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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
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With what's going on over here it's easy to ignore what's happening in Iran, which is also horrible but might result in regime change at long last? Maybe? The violence is beyond words but we can only stand in solidarity and hope that (one of) their long national nightmares might soon be over.
January 11, 2026 at 3:21 AM
With what's going on over here it's easy to ignore what's happening in Iran, which is also horrible but might result in regime change at long last? Maybe? The violence is beyond words but we can only stand in solidarity and hope that (one of) their long national nightmares might soon be over.
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nothing annoys me more than people who want to feel like they have special information going "do you know this CAN work..."
shut up, use water, use water, use water. got something else you want to urge people to use bc you saw a street medic use it once? shut up. use water.
shut up, use water, use water, use water. got something else you want to urge people to use bc you saw a street medic use it once? shut up. use water.
Really want to emphasize this. Don't use shit like LAW or milk in your eyes. If you don't know what LAW is, great, don't bother. I've worked in chemistry labs and production floors most of my adult life, including with lachrymators and irritants. Use water. Just water. That's it.
Hey, you! :)
Here: activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/ri..., has a link to a 56-pg field guide. And also, a giant freaking 486-pg book for medics.
Short one is closer to what you want. Relevant bit for pepper spray ⬇️
(RCAs) = Riot control agents AKA pepper spray (OC) and tear gas (CS and or CN).
Here: activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/ri..., has a link to a 56-pg field guide. And also, a giant freaking 486-pg book for medics.
Short one is closer to what you want. Relevant bit for pepper spray ⬇️
(RCAs) = Riot control agents AKA pepper spray (OC) and tear gas (CS and or CN).
January 11, 2026 at 1:52 AM
nothing annoys me more than people who want to feel like they have special information going "do you know this CAN work..."
shut up, use water, use water, use water. got something else you want to urge people to use bc you saw a street medic use it once? shut up. use water.
shut up, use water, use water, use water. got something else you want to urge people to use bc you saw a street medic use it once? shut up. use water.
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You are doing the right thing. It sucks to be under siege but you are under siege. And you won't be free while these law enforcement agencies continue to exist.
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM
You are doing the right thing. It sucks to be under siege but you are under siege. And you won't be free while these law enforcement agencies continue to exist.
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You lying piece of shit. I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three times. Minnesota never bought your con. And now, as Chair of the DNC, I’m looking forward to ending Trumpism for good in 2028 — not with lies, but with votes. Again.
Trump: "I feel I won Minnesota. I think I won it all three times. Nobody has won it since Richard Nixon won it many many years ago. I won it all three times in my opinion. It's a corrupt state ... I did so well in that state. The people were crying every time after."
January 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
You lying piece of shit. I chaired the Minnesota DFL for all three of your runs here. I watched you lose. Three times. Minnesota never bought your con. And now, as Chair of the DNC, I’m looking forward to ending Trumpism for good in 2028 — not with lies, but with votes. Again.
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they have plenty of goons unless people decide to make that number insufficient
but right now? they have all the goons they need
but right now? they have all the goons they need
So to return to this: Mussolini had 200,000 blackshirts for the March on Rome in a country of ~35m. Hitler had 400,000 brownshirts in 1932 in Germany for a population of ~60m.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
So around 0.6% of the population.
0.6% of 340m Americans is just over 2 million.
They do not have enough goons.
In 1932, on the eve of seizing power, the Nazi goon army - the Sturmabteiling or SA - numbered 400,000 members. By 1933, it was over two *million.*
DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
DHS has 240,00 employees and lot of those are non-goons who have, you know, real jobs.
January 10, 2026 at 12:32 AM
they have plenty of goons unless people decide to make that number insufficient
but right now? they have all the goons they need
but right now? they have all the goons they need
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The most enlightening and disappointing thing to come out of this ICE shooting is that the right legitimately does not give a fuck about human life if it harms their political narrative.
Watching people malign a 37 year old mother for being murdered by her country is insane.
Watching people malign a 37 year old mother for being murdered by her country is insane.
January 8, 2026 at 11:50 PM
The most enlightening and disappointing thing to come out of this ICE shooting is that the right legitimately does not give a fuck about human life if it harms their political narrative.
Watching people malign a 37 year old mother for being murdered by her country is insane.
Watching people malign a 37 year old mother for being murdered by her country is insane.
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They will happily come to your state. To your street. Cause chaos. Murder you. And then call you a terrorist.
This is the Trump regime.
A murderous regime that hates the American people.
This is the Trump regime.
A murderous regime that hates the American people.
January 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
They will happily come to your state. To your street. Cause chaos. Murder you. And then call you a terrorist.
This is the Trump regime.
A murderous regime that hates the American people.
This is the Trump regime.
A murderous regime that hates the American people.
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They want to make it illegal to identify ICE.
That's why they put on the masks and refuse to self-ID. That's why Vance treats "saying the killler's name" as doxxing.
They want secret police.
That's why they put on the masks and refuse to self-ID. That's why Vance treats "saying the killler's name" as doxxing.
They want secret police.
January 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
They want to make it illegal to identify ICE.
That's why they put on the masks and refuse to self-ID. That's why Vance treats "saying the killler's name" as doxxing.
They want secret police.
That's why they put on the masks and refuse to self-ID. That's why Vance treats "saying the killler's name" as doxxing.
They want secret police.
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1. ICE will kill you.
2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.
3. Because they are all thug trash.
2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.
3. Because they are all thug trash.
January 8, 2026 at 1:10 AM
1. ICE will kill you.
2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.
3. Because they are all thug trash.
2. Trumpists will lie to justify it.
3. Because they are all thug trash.
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"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
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What the fuck
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
What the fuck
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I don’t understand how the first reaction from leadership isn’t “This is an impeachable offense. My colleagues must defund Hegseth and begin drafting articles immediately.”
Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?
Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?
January 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I don’t understand how the first reaction from leadership isn’t “This is an impeachable offense. My colleagues must defund Hegseth and begin drafting articles immediately.”
Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?
Like, even if it doesn’t get done, how are you not planting this flag in the ground immediately?
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In a healthy democracy, there would bipartisan Articles of Impeachment on the floor of the House by tonight
But we are neither a healthy democracy nor, I would argue—given the end of our separation of powers and our rule of law—a democracy at all anymore
But we are neither a healthy democracy nor, I would argue—given the end of our separation of powers and our rule of law—a democracy at all anymore
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
In a healthy democracy, there would bipartisan Articles of Impeachment on the floor of the House by tonight
But we are neither a healthy democracy nor, I would argue—given the end of our separation of powers and our rule of law—a democracy at all anymore
But we are neither a healthy democracy nor, I would argue—given the end of our separation of powers and our rule of law—a democracy at all anymore
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Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
January 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Perhaps now people will stop wishcasting about the US military refusing illegal orders. That's not a thing that happens. The 100% compliance rate with using civilian boats for target practice was a bit of a tell.
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So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.
January 3, 2026 at 9:28 AM
So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.
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I have never been so ashamed of my country. Those aren’t fireworks. Those are unsuspecting people being murdered by U.S. forces.
January 3, 2026 at 8:18 AM
I have never been so ashamed of my country. Those aren’t fireworks. Those are unsuspecting people being murdered by U.S. forces.
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"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
James Madison
James Madison
January 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department."
James Madison
James Madison
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Watching wars start in real time across social media is normal now, there's no hiding. He shouldn't be allowed to do it but this is happening. Absolutely horrific.
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Watching wars start in real time across social media is normal now, there's no hiding. He shouldn't be allowed to do it but this is happening. Absolutely horrific.
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
This is a crime against humanity - there is no justification, no authorization, no valid color of law or casus belli.
It is horrific aggression that will cost many innocent lives.
And Americans will go to work Monday, treat it as water-cooler news, and continue on...
We can't live like this.
It is horrific aggression that will cost many innocent lives.
And Americans will go to work Monday, treat it as water-cooler news, and continue on...
We can't live like this.
January 3, 2026 at 9:12 AM
This is a crime against humanity - there is no justification, no authorization, no valid color of law or casus belli.
It is horrific aggression that will cost many innocent lives.
And Americans will go to work Monday, treat it as water-cooler news, and continue on...
We can't live like this.
It is horrific aggression that will cost many innocent lives.
And Americans will go to work Monday, treat it as water-cooler news, and continue on...
We can't live like this.
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Every war from Korea to Iraq and Afghanistan, though without a formal declaration of war, had congressional authorization, and even those conflicts were extremely hazy in their legality. Trump has no constitutional right to attack Venezuela. None. He is an illegitimate war criminal.
January 3, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Every war from Korea to Iraq and Afghanistan, though without a formal declaration of war, had congressional authorization, and even those conflicts were extremely hazy in their legality. Trump has no constitutional right to attack Venezuela. None. He is an illegitimate war criminal.