@LemonSlayer
@lemonslayer.bsky.social
When you're handed lemons, make lemonade!
Veteran & Progressive.
Like nearly everyone, a Subject Matter Generalist (SMG) on most things.
Veteran & Progressive.
Like nearly everyone, a Subject Matter Generalist (SMG) on most things.
If you haven't already done so, do read @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social's piece!
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
If you haven't already done so, do read @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social's piece!
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“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”
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"A question for history will be whether Putin entertained this approach in the interest of ending the war, or as a ploy to pacify the U.S. while prolonging a conflict he believes is his place in history to slowly, ineluctably win"
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
"A question for history will be whether Putin entertained this approach in the interest of ending the war, or as a ploy to pacify the U.S. while prolonging a conflict he believes is his place in history to slowly, ineluctably win"
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"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Harvard Law School’s Jack Goldsmith:
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“In short, if the Post’s facts are correct, it appears that Special Operations Forces committed murder when the ‘two men were blown apart in the water, as the Post put it.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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After being exposed as a homicidal criminal, Pete Hegseth lies up a storm. And this evening he'll probably seek solace in alcohol, as is his wont.
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
After being exposed as a homicidal criminal, Pete Hegseth lies up a storm. And this evening he'll probably seek solace in alcohol, as is his wont.
Hagueseth doubling down.👇
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Hagueseth doubling down.👇
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This is correct. But the Tokyo Tribunals were far harsher than the Nuremberg tribunals and are often criticized as "victor's justice." In any event, the only serious question IMO is whether this was a war crime or an extrajudicial execution chargeable under criminal codes.
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is correct. But the Tokyo Tribunals were far harsher than the Nuremberg tribunals and are often criticized as "victor's justice." In any event, the only serious question IMO is whether this was a war crime or an extrajudicial execution chargeable under criminal codes.
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Wild to see Whelan say this, but to be clear the OLC's immunity powers are fake anyway. The "golden shield" idea was made up to justify rampant criminality in the GWBush years, then adopted by Holder to excuse Obama's inaction. It's not in the Constitution, statute, or precedent. It's not the law.
Does Pete Hegseth have a "golden shield" against prosecution in the form of a DOJ OLC opinion? Ed Whelan thinks not.
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Wild to see Whelan say this, but to be clear the OLC's immunity powers are fake anyway. The "golden shield" idea was made up to justify rampant criminality in the GWBush years, then adopted by Holder to excuse Obama's inaction. It's not in the Constitution, statute, or precedent. It's not the law.
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Seconded as to the well done. And it is a very important piece too. The extraterritorial execution actions of the US in this regard were clear already, but this really compounds the intent and depravity element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Seconded as to the well done. And it is a very important piece too. The extraterritorial execution actions of the US in this regard were clear already, but this really compounds the intent and depravity element.
Big congratulations to both of you @alexhorton.bsky.social and @ellenwapo.bsky.social for this piece!👏👍
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Big congratulations to both of you @alexhorton.bsky.social and @ellenwapo.bsky.social for this piece!👏👍
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Fucking murderers running the DoD
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Fucking murderers running the DoD
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Venezuela gonna be a fiasco. The military will do its thing, but command and control gonna be a mess.
This is actually a relevant factor here: it's been pretty clear SOUTHCOM, whose commander resigned, has been pushing back, at least somewhat. They're putting it under the operational command of SOCOM specifically because that's the most already rotten place you'll find people happy to do crimes.
Why do you need Seal Team 6 to blow up a fucking boat?
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Venezuela gonna be a fiasco. The military will do its thing, but command and control gonna be a mess.
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I feel bad for the 6 but I hope the administration makes a move, cause it will not turn out well for them/ especially hegseth.
Also, Hegseth is coming for Sen. Mark Kelly because he reminded troops that they have a duty not to commit crimes *like this one*
Making an appropriately big deal out of this blunts that attack and demonstrates the need for what Kelly and company did.
Making an appropriately big deal out of this blunts that attack and demonstrates the need for what Kelly and company did.
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I feel bad for the 6 but I hope the administration makes a move, cause it will not turn out well for them/ especially hegseth.
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Trump touts bringing peace to the Middle East as his signal success. But American voters think his claims as a peacemaker are fraudulent. And they're right.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Trump touts bringing peace to the Middle East as his signal success. But American voters think his claims as a peacemaker are fraudulent. And they're right.
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Does Pete Hegseth have a "golden shield" against prosecution in the form of a DOJ OLC opinion? Ed Whelan thinks not.
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Does Pete Hegseth have a "golden shield" against prosecution in the form of a DOJ OLC opinion? Ed Whelan thinks not.
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Trump says he will pardon former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was charged, tried and convicted on drug trafficking charges, and who is currently serving a 45-year sentence in a US prison. Why? Probably because he gave Trump a taste of the action.
November 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Trump says he will pardon former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who was charged, tried and convicted on drug trafficking charges, and who is currently serving a 45-year sentence in a US prison. Why? Probably because he gave Trump a taste of the action.
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Here in Europe, There's Fury over Trump's Betrayal of Ukraine
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
Here in Europe, There's Fury over Trump's Betrayal of Ukraine
Donald Trump's plan sells out Ukraine, Europe, and the idea of American leadership.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Here in Europe, There's Fury over Trump's Betrayal of Ukraine
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
open.substack.com/pub/lincolns...
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And NO WONDER he wants to courtmartial Mark Kelly for telling people not to follow orders to murder people.
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
And NO WONDER he wants to courtmartial Mark Kelly for telling people not to follow orders to murder people.
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It is likely just as important that AFTER this first murderboat (where Whiskey Pete personally ordered two survivors be murdered), there were two strike where survivors were left alive.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It is likely just as important that AFTER this first murderboat (where Whiskey Pete personally ordered two survivors be murdered), there were two strike where survivors were left alive.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...