Clay Jackson
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This is actually an important point.
The consensus political goal that's so fundamental it practically defines what it means to have a successful society—improving living standards—requires an open immigration policy that's flatly rejected by today's right. But it's all they care about!
The consensus political goal that's so fundamental it practically defines what it means to have a successful society—improving living standards—requires an open immigration policy that's flatly rejected by today's right. But it's all they care about!
"immigration has to go up for our growth goals, but our policy is to bring it down"
uk politics in a nutshell
uk politics in a nutshell
There is an actual interesting little deceit in the budget, namely ther have the OBR still forecasting based on increasing net immigration back to 300-350k whilst the Home Secretary is promising to bring it down from 200k, which does dissolve about half the headroom, but somehow we're doing vibes.
December 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This is actually an important point.
The consensus political goal that's so fundamental it practically defines what it means to have a successful society—improving living standards—requires an open immigration policy that's flatly rejected by today's right. But it's all they care about!
The consensus political goal that's so fundamental it practically defines what it means to have a successful society—improving living standards—requires an open immigration policy that's flatly rejected by today's right. But it's all they care about!
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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more like 60% when you count the folks who are “meh” re: utter shitbird accountability
Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
more like 60% when you count the folks who are “meh” re: utter shitbird accountability
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Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Like 30% of the country is absolutely enraged because they thought they were going to be able to be utter shitbirds without anyone being allowed to call them shitbirds, but here we are, calling them shitbirds.
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Highland Park is a controlled sanctuary for America’s aristocracy, where they let the rest of us in occasionally, like fifth graders touring a zoo.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Highland Park is a controlled sanctuary for America’s aristocracy, where they let the rest of us in occasionally, like fifth graders touring a zoo.
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I’m not an expert in the law of war, but an order to kill injured people who were not posing a single threat to anyone would seem to me to be a possible war crime.
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m not an expert in the law of war, but an order to kill injured people who were not posing a single threat to anyone would seem to me to be a possible war crime.
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Such great writing. And so true.
Big oil folks lived there, including Dick Cheney & some of the Hunt oil family. The Perot kids, Harlan Crow, who loves to provide lavish perks to his good friend Clarence Thomas & whose brother is accused of financing a sex ring.
unicourt.com/case/pc-db5-...
Big oil folks lived there, including Dick Cheney & some of the Hunt oil family. The Perot kids, Harlan Crow, who loves to provide lavish perks to his good friend Clarence Thomas & whose brother is accused of financing a sex ring.
unicourt.com/case/pc-db5-...
November 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Such great writing. And so true.
Big oil folks lived there, including Dick Cheney & some of the Hunt oil family. The Perot kids, Harlan Crow, who loves to provide lavish perks to his good friend Clarence Thomas & whose brother is accused of financing a sex ring.
unicourt.com/case/pc-db5-...
Big oil folks lived there, including Dick Cheney & some of the Hunt oil family. The Perot kids, Harlan Crow, who loves to provide lavish perks to his good friend Clarence Thomas & whose brother is accused of financing a sex ring.
unicourt.com/case/pc-db5-...
Highland Park is old money. Lubricated by time. The kind of fortune that’s been folded, reinvested, laundered, tax-advantaged, and passed down so many times that it’s become an heirloom unto itself. People here don’t earn their lifestyle, they inherit it in the delivery room.
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Highland Park is old money. Lubricated by time. The kind of fortune that’s been folded, reinvested, laundered, tax-advantaged, and passed down so many times that it’s become an heirloom unto itself. People here don’t earn their lifestyle, they inherit it in the delivery room.
At the northern edge of Dallas proper, somewhere between SMU and the first boutique Pilates studio that promises to “lengthen” you, the landscape shifts dramatically. Lawns become surgically precise; homes turn into a Garden & Gun holiday feature; cars evolve from grocery-getters into declarations.
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
At the northern edge of Dallas proper, somewhere between SMU and the first boutique Pilates studio that promises to “lengthen” you, the landscape shifts dramatically. Lawns become surgically precise; homes turn into a Garden & Gun holiday feature; cars evolve from grocery-getters into declarations.
Drive north on the Dallas Tollway past downtown toward the Bush Presidential Center and you can feel the class divide tighten around your throat like an imported silk noose.
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Drive north on the Dallas Tollway past downtown toward the Bush Presidential Center and you can feel the class divide tighten around your throat like an imported silk noose.
just before thanksgiving, east arkansas transforms from a big rice field into a sportsman’s paradise
or at least it did when i was growing up
or at least it did when i was growing up
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
just before thanksgiving, east arkansas transforms from a big rice field into a sportsman’s paradise
or at least it did when i was growing up
or at least it did when i was growing up
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Explaining to my Canadian wife that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursdays because Thanksgiving is the Thursday of holidays
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Explaining to my Canadian wife that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursdays because Thanksgiving is the Thursday of holidays
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Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
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If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
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New from me: Trump and his allies have decided that they are the real victims of the criminal justice system.
And while restrictive immunity laws make it difficult for actual victims to get compensation, Trump plans to just skip the courts and start issuing taxpayer-funded "reparation" checks.
And while restrictive immunity laws make it difficult for actual victims to get compensation, Trump plans to just skip the courts and start issuing taxpayer-funded "reparation" checks.
MAGA's $300 million heist
Donald Trump supports immunity for cops and prosecutors. Unless they try to hold him and his allies accountable. Then we all have to pay Donald Trump.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New from me: Trump and his allies have decided that they are the real victims of the criminal justice system.
And while restrictive immunity laws make it difficult for actual victims to get compensation, Trump plans to just skip the courts and start issuing taxpayer-funded "reparation" checks.
And while restrictive immunity laws make it difficult for actual victims to get compensation, Trump plans to just skip the courts and start issuing taxpayer-funded "reparation" checks.
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This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
im sure john roberts will meet the moment
The Epstein Files bill has a lot of protections in it to prevent Bondi from doing what we all suspect she's going to do: hold back or redact because of an open investigation or national security concerns. If she improperly withholds, she'll be sued, and SCOTUS will eventually decide.
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
im sure john roberts will meet the moment
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Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Let’s talk about sedition and treason, because the most powerful yet inadequate man in the world is having a tantrum about it, and his soulless, spineless sycophants are boosting his message.
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Please to speak with @the-independent.com about the boat strikes and the law.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
Experts doubt legal memo shields troops from prosecution over Trump’s boat strikes
Experts doubt legal memo shields troops from prosecution over Trump’s boat strikes
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Please to speak with @the-independent.com about the boat strikes and the law.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
“The term for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict is murder. And the Trump administration has not established that these strikes are taking place in an armed conflict.”
DOJ: US forces following orders.
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”