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The premier of New South Wales hailed the bystander as "a genuine hero" and said the video was "the most junbelievable scene I've ever seen".
Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney
December 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The premier of New South Wales hailed the bystander as "a genuine hero" and said the video was "the most junbelievable scene I've ever seen".
Say one thing about Indiana Republicans, they are principled and can’t be bullied ie Mike Pence, the Indiana Senate Republicans.
Indiana Republican legislature says NO to Trump's gerrymandering scheme despite his threats, National Trust SUES Trump over demolishing the East Wing, Republicans won't rubber stamp the Paramount hostile bid of Warner Bros (CNN), and GOP investigates Trump's murders in the Caribbean.
December 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Say one thing about Indiana Republicans, they are principled and can’t be bullied ie Mike Pence, the Indiana Senate Republicans.
“Democrats simply do not have the will or the fight in them to use their powers maximally, as Republicans do. Just look at Slaughter herself. She’s a Republican Trump-appointee Biden didn’t even have to fire; he could have nominated a Democrat when her term ended. Instead, Biden renominated her…”
My newsletter is out. I explained how a chimpanzee throwing feces would be doing a better job of communicating than Democrats on the Senate Judicary Committee, and why the World Cup will be Trumpist slop (shoutout to @theoldzealand.bsky.social)
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Supreme Court Has a Serial Killer Problem
In this week's Elie v. U.S., The Nation’s justice correspondent recaps a major death penalty case that came before the high court as well as the shenanigans of a man who’s angling to be the next SCOTU...
www.thenation.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“Democrats simply do not have the will or the fight in them to use their powers maximally, as Republicans do. Just look at Slaughter herself. She’s a Republican Trump-appointee Biden didn’t even have to fire; he could have nominated a Democrat when her term ended. Instead, Biden renominated her…”
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Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
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BREAKING: Republicans blocked our clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits—guaranteeing health insurance premiums skyrocket for millions in the new year.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
BREAKING: Republicans blocked our clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits—guaranteeing health insurance premiums skyrocket for millions in the new year.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
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Here's what happened on the Senate floor today: Republicans voted to kill our bill to save the ACA tax credits—this was our last chance.
Then they held a sham vote on a GOP bill that does NOTHING to lower health care premiums.
Make sure everyone knows it.
Then they held a sham vote on a GOP bill that does NOTHING to lower health care premiums.
Make sure everyone knows it.
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Here's what happened on the Senate floor today: Republicans voted to kill our bill to save the ACA tax credits—this was our last chance.
Then they held a sham vote on a GOP bill that does NOTHING to lower health care premiums.
Make sure everyone knows it.
Then they held a sham vote on a GOP bill that does NOTHING to lower health care premiums.
Make sure everyone knows it.
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NEW: This is an exquisite Expert Backgrounded on the laws and U.S. military practices that would apply to the survivors of a boat strike.
Many thanks to @marknevitt.bsky.social.
Especially valuable in light of WaPo's reporting today, which raises more questions than answers imo.
Many thanks to @marknevitt.bsky.social.
Especially valuable in light of WaPo's reporting today, which raises more questions than answers imo.
Expert Backgrounder: Law on Targeting Shipwrecked Traffickers
Expert Backgrounder on how, under different scenarios, international law and U.S. past practices apply to Sept. 2 boat strike on survivors.
www.justsecurity.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
NEW: This is an exquisite Expert Backgrounded on the laws and U.S. military practices that would apply to the survivors of a boat strike.
Many thanks to @marknevitt.bsky.social.
Especially valuable in light of WaPo's reporting today, which raises more questions than answers imo.
Many thanks to @marknevitt.bsky.social.
Especially valuable in light of WaPo's reporting today, which raises more questions than answers imo.
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73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
December 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Sen Cotton says the 2 people in the shipwreck were “tryin to flip the boat and get back into the fight.” On Oct. 16th a similar boat was sunk. The 2 survivors were rescued and repatriated without interrogation. We know nothing about them. Now just how stupid do they think we are?
December 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Sen Cotton says the 2 people in the shipwreck were “tryin to flip the boat and get back into the fight.” On Oct. 16th a similar boat was sunk. The 2 survivors were rescued and repatriated without interrogation. We know nothing about them. Now just how stupid do they think we are?
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
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He will be impeached in 2027. Just sayin
Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth has now severed any remaining connection to reality
December 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
He will be impeached in 2027. Just sayin
Sudden or increasing anger, irritability, verbal aggression (name-calling) and other behavioral changes can be early signs of Alzheimer’s. Also, an MRI is commonly used in the diagnostic workup for Alzheimer’s disease.
November 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Sudden or increasing anger, irritability, verbal aggression (name-calling) and other behavioral changes can be early signs of Alzheimer’s. Also, an MRI is commonly used in the diagnostic workup for Alzheimer’s disease.
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How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Pentagon Pete in Legal Peril Over ‘Kill Them All’ Orders
A follow-up missile allegedly killed survivors of a U.S. strike on a drug boat.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How low we have sunk as a country. The US Department of Defense is now run by a rabid war criminal.
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
Ordering the execution of helpless survivors of an attack is ALWAYS a war crime, whether they civilian or military.
Pure, mindless, barbarism.
www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pet...
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Good on him (even if I don’t agree with his politics).
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Good on him (even if I don’t agree with his politics).
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Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Lindsey Graham sponsored the Afghan Adjustment Act: “This is the right thing to do. The people who were there with us in the fight who are here in America need to stay. This will be their new home. We have a moral obligation to these people and they will make great citizens.”
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
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Just saw a commercial for a video game. Men all decked out in Seal Team equipment blowing buildings up and shooting at people. One character says to the other “who we shooting at?” And he replies “Doesn’t matter!”
Young men play with this Clockwork Orange crap? wonder why our country is sick.
Young men play with this Clockwork Orange crap? wonder why our country is sick.
November 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Just saw a commercial for a video game. Men all decked out in Seal Team equipment blowing buildings up and shooting at people. One character says to the other “who we shooting at?” And he replies “Doesn’t matter!”
Young men play with this Clockwork Orange crap? wonder why our country is sick.
Young men play with this Clockwork Orange crap? wonder why our country is sick.
Can’t wait for the food fights that follow when gen Z women tell MAGA Uncle Charlies to be “quiet, Piggy!”
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Can’t wait for the food fights that follow when gen Z women tell MAGA Uncle Charlies to be “quiet, Piggy!”
He doesn’t like BLACK or BROWN people and he’s the champion of the WHITE man but he’s ORANGE! WTF?!
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
He doesn’t like BLACK or BROWN people and he’s the champion of the WHITE man but he’s ORANGE! WTF?!