J. Kay
@left-not-right.bsky.social
Michigan dweller, lover of the 5 Great Lakes, Democrat/Progressive, MSU & Lions fan, Agnostic, gardener, avid book (paper) reader and lover of libraries, trump hater. I voted for her-twice. Member of the Resistance! No DMs.
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It’s not your grandmother’s Jeopardy.
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
It’s not your grandmother’s Jeopardy.
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And it can just as easily be renamed The Institute of Peace. Oh for the day that narcissistic SOB is gone.
Well well well @marisakabas.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
And it can just as easily be renamed The Institute of Peace. Oh for the day that narcissistic SOB is gone.
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If you are wealthy in Trump’s America, you can commit any crime you want with zero consequences. www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
If you are wealthy in Trump’s America, you can commit any crime you want with zero consequences. www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
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Yeah the only ones taking this seriously is the Nordic Countries and Poland. The UK is full of Russian spies London is called the little Kremlin. Anything American can NOT be trusted anymore. As the chain of command is compromised.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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The constitution says only Congress can declare war.
December 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The constitution says only Congress can declare war.
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Important this gets public attention... Good to see the WAPO editorial board chiming in about this scheduled meeting.
WaPo 🎁 article on tomorrows Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting (APIC): "The CDC’s next anti-vaccine clown show is coming."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The CDC’s next anti-vaccine clown show is coming. Take your seats.
Delaying hepatitis B shots would be RFK Jr.’s most disruptive change yet to immunization policy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Important this gets public attention... Good to see the WAPO editorial board chiming in about this scheduled meeting.
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Sens. Tim Kaine, Rand Paul, Chuck Schumer, and Adam Schiff have filed a War Powers Resolution to block the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress.
December 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sens. Tim Kaine, Rand Paul, Chuck Schumer, and Adam Schiff have filed a War Powers Resolution to block the use of the U.S. Armed Forces to engage in hostilities within or against Venezuela unless authorized by Congress.
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SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
USTA bans trans athletes from competing as women to comply with Trump executive order
The national tennis governing body's policy change was made with no announcement.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
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The notion that the shipwrecked calling for help is a "hostile act" b/c it might enable salvage of part of the cargo (supposedly a military objective) strikes me as absurd. And would risk gutting the protection of the shipwrecked.
(This is not an armed conflict.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
(This is not an armed conflict.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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This really lays bare how absurd the manufactured war theory is:
A shipwrecked survivor of a Hellfire missile strike on his small burning vessel is supposed to do... what, exactly, to show he is not "in the fight"?
When there is no war, applying the law of war is an exercise in absurdity.
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A shipwrecked survivor of a Hellfire missile strike on his small burning vessel is supposed to do... what, exactly, to show he is not "in the fight"?
When there is no war, applying the law of war is an exercise in absurdity.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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9/ For the last point about international human rights being the correct body of law:
See section entitled, "Applying International Human Rights Law to the Alleged Facts" in this article written by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me
See section entitled, "Applying International Human Rights Law to the Alleged Facts" in this article written by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me
Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder
An expert backgrounder on the reported Hegseth "no quarter" order to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.
www.justsecurity.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
9/ For the last point about international human rights being the correct body of law:
See section entitled, "Applying International Human Rights Law to the Alleged Facts" in this article written by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me
See section entitled, "Applying International Human Rights Law to the Alleged Facts" in this article written by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and me
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8/ A public service reminder:
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
8/ A public service reminder:
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
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7/ After serving in the Dept of Defense, I wrote the law review article SUPPORTING war-sustaining targeting.⬇️
But transporting/working on war-sustaining objects does not equal "active combat activities."
The 11 were civilians, and retrieving cocaine would not make the 2 less than shipwrecked.
But transporting/working on war-sustaining objects does not equal "active combat activities."
The 11 were civilians, and retrieving cocaine would not make the 2 less than shipwrecked.
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
7/ After serving in the Dept of Defense, I wrote the law review article SUPPORTING war-sustaining targeting.⬇️
But transporting/working on war-sustaining objects does not equal "active combat activities."
The 11 were civilians, and retrieving cocaine would not make the 2 less than shipwrecked.
But transporting/working on war-sustaining objects does not equal "active combat activities."
The 11 were civilians, and retrieving cocaine would not make the 2 less than shipwrecked.
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6/ This next point gets deeper into some legal weeds, but law of war experts will know exactly what I mean.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
6/ This next point gets deeper into some legal weeds, but law of war experts will know exactly what I mean.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
The fact that the DOJ/USG wants to call these cocaine boats legitimate "war-sustaining" military targets, makes this new explanation fall apart.
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5/ Let Hegseth (or Admiral Bradley or General Caine) try to defend the idea that retrieving the cocaine is active combat activity. They can't.
They're digging themselves in worse.
They're digging themselves in worse.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
5/ Let Hegseth (or Admiral Bradley or General Caine) try to defend the idea that retrieving the cocaine is active combat activity. They can't.
They're digging themselves in worse.
They're digging themselves in worse.
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4/ What about explanation that calling to be rescued might also allow cartel to retrieve some cocaine?
It's legally ludicrous to claim (as Hegseth et al would need to argue) that such conduct equals a failure to "cease all active combat activity."
Navy/Marines/Coast Guard Commander's Handbook:
It's legally ludicrous to claim (as Hegseth et al would need to argue) that such conduct equals a failure to "cease all active combat activity."
Navy/Marines/Coast Guard Commander's Handbook:
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
4/ What about explanation that calling to be rescued might also allow cartel to retrieve some cocaine?
It's legally ludicrous to claim (as Hegseth et al would need to argue) that such conduct equals a failure to "cease all active combat activity."
Navy/Marines/Coast Guard Commander's Handbook:
It's legally ludicrous to claim (as Hegseth et al would need to argue) that such conduct equals a failure to "cease all active combat activity."
Navy/Marines/Coast Guard Commander's Handbook:
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3/ First it's absurd on its face that communicating to be RESCUED is a hostile act.
That's the definition of being shipwrecked and helpless.
The whole point of a legal prohibition on killing people who are shipwrecked is that they must be rescued or left to be rescued instead.
That's the definition of being shipwrecked and helpless.
The whole point of a legal prohibition on killing people who are shipwrecked is that they must be rescued or left to be rescued instead.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
3/ First it's absurd on its face that communicating to be RESCUED is a hostile act.
That's the definition of being shipwrecked and helpless.
The whole point of a legal prohibition on killing people who are shipwrecked is that they must be rescued or left to be rescued instead.
That's the definition of being shipwrecked and helpless.
The whole point of a legal prohibition on killing people who are shipwrecked is that they must be rescued or left to be rescued instead.
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2/ The Hegseth-approved contingency plan:
The U.S. military could try to kill shipwrecked survivors if "they took what the United States deemed to be a hostile action, like communicating with suspected cartel members."
The U.S. military could try to kill shipwrecked survivors if "they took what the United States deemed to be a hostile action, like communicating with suspected cartel members."
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
2/ The Hegseth-approved contingency plan:
The U.S. military could try to kill shipwrecked survivors if "they took what the United States deemed to be a hostile action, like communicating with suspected cartel members."
The U.S. military could try to kill shipwrecked survivors if "they took what the United States deemed to be a hostile action, like communicating with suspected cartel members."
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The USG has a new explanation on why they (now admittedly) intentionally killed 2 shipwrecked men. It does not pass the laws-of-war smell test
Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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U.S. Military’s Boat Strikes Planning Takes On New Significance
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The USG has a new explanation on why they (now admittedly) intentionally killed 2 shipwrecked men. It does not pass the laws-of-war smell test
Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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Worse for Hegseth, NYT: "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved contingency plans for what to do if an initial strike left survivors."
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Jimmie Duncan, who was on death row in Louisiana for 27 years for the murder of his former girlfriend's toddler, is free on bail following a @propublica.org + @veritenews.org investigation that examined the reliability of the key forensic evidence used to convict him.
A Death Row Inmate Was Released on Bail After His Conviction Was Overturned. Louisiana Still Wants to Execute Him.
Months after a judge tossed out his 1998 murder conviction, Jimmie Duncan is free on bail. But prosecutors have asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Duncan, even as the...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Jimmie Duncan, who was on death row in Louisiana for 27 years for the murder of his former girlfriend's toddler, is free on bail following a @propublica.org + @veritenews.org investigation that examined the reliability of the key forensic evidence used to convict him.
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Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 159 as officials order citywide scaffolding net removal www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 159 as officials order citywide scaffolding net removal
Police say number of dead may still be revised as ‘suspected human bones’ found during search require forensic testing
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 159 as officials order citywide scaffolding net removal www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
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This IS just the beginning. SIX of TEXAS' GOP House members, including the HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR and the HOUSE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR have announced they will not seek reelection.
$#!+'s getting real!
NOW TO ESTABLISH VERIFIABLE RECOUNTABLE UNHACKABLE PAPER BALLOTS NATIONWIDE.
$#!+'s getting real!
NOW TO ESTABLISH VERIFIABLE RECOUNTABLE UNHACKABLE PAPER BALLOTS NATIONWIDE.
Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This IS just the beginning. SIX of TEXAS' GOP House members, including the HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIR and the HOUSE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR have announced they will not seek reelection.
$#!+'s getting real!
NOW TO ESTABLISH VERIFIABLE RECOUNTABLE UNHACKABLE PAPER BALLOTS NATIONWIDE.
$#!+'s getting real!
NOW TO ESTABLISH VERIFIABLE RECOUNTABLE UNHACKABLE PAPER BALLOTS NATIONWIDE.
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This is a lesson Canadian university programs keep having to learn as well. Incorporate your student media as separate non-profits, or at least underneath your student union. Do not, under any circumstances, put them under a university department.
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This is a lesson Canadian university programs keep having to learn as well. Incorporate your student media as separate non-profits, or at least underneath your student union. Do not, under any circumstances, put them under a university department.
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University of Alabama suspended two student magazines–one which focused primarily on women and the other on Black student life and culture–citing a DOJ memo. thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...
University suspends Alice, Nineteen Fifty-Six student magazines
The University of Alabama Department of Student Life permanently suspended Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazine, two University-funded student magazines, effective Monday, citing a federal memo issue...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
University of Alabama suspended two student magazines–one which focused primarily on women and the other on Black student life and culture–citing a DOJ memo. thecrimsonwhite.com/125358/news/...