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No. Per Rand Paul, those outboard motors would need to refilled 20 times before reaching the US. This is a royal Kabuki dance, aka a cover up.
Not what we were expecting: Bradley apparently exonerates Hegseth, contradicting the anonymous sources in the WaPo, & says he never got a command to "kill them all." Moreover, he is defending the 2nd strike as lawful on the ground that the survivors could have righted the ship and taken drugs to US
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
No. Per Rand Paul, those outboard motors would need to refilled 20 times before reaching the US. This is a royal Kabuki dance, aka a cover up.
People like Tom Cotton are the very reason we’ve reached this breaking point. He must have been raised by sadists.
This is sick! And I don't mean in a good way. Something is seriously wrong with Tom Cotton and people who think like him. Drug smuggling (if that's really what was happening) is NOT a capital offense. Neither is trying not to drown.
www.rawstory.com/tom-cotton-2...
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Strike survivors deserved death for 'trying to flip their boat back over': GOP senator
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) insisted that two survivors of the strike on a small alleged drug boat deserved to die because they were trying to "flip" the vessel back over after it was hit.Following a brief...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
People like Tom Cotton are the very reason we’ve reached this breaking point. He must have been raised by sadists.
“Focusing on the shipwrecked is a distraction… Even under a law of armed conflict, they were all civilians, and we are not actually in armed conflict. Either way, it was all murder.” - Ryan Goodman
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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The Furor Over Trump’s Boat Attacks and a Particular Follow-Up Strike, Explained
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December 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“Focusing on the shipwrecked is a distraction… Even under a law of armed conflict, they were all civilians, and we are not actually in armed conflict. Either way, it was all murder.” - Ryan Goodman
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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“… when I first read the Washington Post story, I thought of the terrified pair, struggling helplessly in the water before the next missile ended their lives.
But I also thought of the men or women who fired those missiles. How does their conscience…” - D. French
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
But I also thought of the men or women who fired those missiles. How does their conscience…” - D. French
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Opinion | The Laws of War Are Not Woke
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December 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“… when I first read the Washington Post story, I thought of the terrified pair, struggling helplessly in the water before the next missile ended their lives.
But I also thought of the men or women who fired those missiles. How does their conscience…” - D. French
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
But I also thought of the men or women who fired those missiles. How does their conscience…” - D. French
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
“This is one of the most shameful episodes in American foreign policy, and the entire Republican Party is complicit in its perpetuation.”
“ There is no policymaking process, and there appear to be at least five people acting as the Secretary of State…” - T Friedman
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
“ There is no policymaking process, and there appear to be at least five people acting as the Secretary of State…” - T Friedman
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
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December 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“This is one of the most shameful episodes in American foreign policy, and the entire Republican Party is complicit in its perpetuation.”
“ There is no policymaking process, and there appear to be at least five people acting as the Secretary of State…” - T Friedman
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
“ There is no policymaking process, and there appear to be at least five people acting as the Secretary of State…” - T Friedman
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
🎶 One of these things is not like the other ones 🎶
December 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🎶 One of these things is not like the other ones 🎶
Mystery solved -
Why did Trump pardon Hondura’s Fernandez? - an island named PROSPERA
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m...
Why did Trump pardon Hondura’s Fernandez? - an island named PROSPERA
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m...
The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down (Published 2024)
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December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Mystery solved -
Why did Trump pardon Hondura’s Fernandez? - an island named PROSPERA
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m...
Why did Trump pardon Hondura’s Fernandez? - an island named PROSPERA
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m...
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The reason truth is stranger than fiction is that there is less of it.
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The reason truth is stranger than fiction is that there is less of it.
Inconvenient fact - per Rand Paul - outboard motor boats leaving Venezuela would need to stop and refuel 20 times before reaching Miami. We are summarily executing people.
December 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Inconvenient fact - per Rand Paul - outboard motor boats leaving Venezuela would need to stop and refuel 20 times before reaching Miami. We are summarily executing people.
“Trump to disaster victims, wherever they live and whoever they voted for: Drop dead.” - Dr. Paul Krugman
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Trump to Disaster Victims: Drop Dead
Sorry, but we don’t help the little people
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December 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“Trump to disaster victims, wherever they live and whoever they voted for: Drop dead.” - Dr. Paul Krugman
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The truth be told….
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The truth be told….
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Mystery solved! Thank you Dr. Krugman.
“Finally, why pardon Hernández? What’s the connection to the crypto/tech broligarchy? It’s called Próspera. Próspera is a for-profit city being built off Honduras’s coast.” - Paul Krugman
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“Finally, why pardon Hernández? What’s the connection to the crypto/tech broligarchy? It’s called Próspera. Próspera is a for-profit city being built off Honduras’s coast.” - Paul Krugman
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Trump: Pro-crypto or Pro-crime?
Or are they the same thing?
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December 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Mystery solved! Thank you Dr. Krugman.
“Finally, why pardon Hernández? What’s the connection to the crypto/tech broligarchy? It’s called Próspera. Próspera is a for-profit city being built off Honduras’s coast.” - Paul Krugman
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
“Finally, why pardon Hernández? What’s the connection to the crypto/tech broligarchy? It’s called Próspera. Próspera is a for-profit city being built off Honduras’s coast.” - Paul Krugman
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Q - What’s the difference between Bibi Netanyahu and a rescue dog?
A - "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you.". - Mark Twain
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
A - "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you.". - Mark Twain
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Opinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza
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December 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Q - What’s the difference between Bibi Netanyahu and a rescue dog?
A - "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you.". - Mark Twain
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
A - "If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you.". - Mark Twain
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
“The only thing Trump knows is that he needs to fuel bigotry. His Straight White Male Christian Nationalism requires prejudice against anyone who’s not.” - Robert Reich
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Sunday thought: The Bigot in the Oval Office
Like dictators before him, Trump’s road to tyranny is paved with hate
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November 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“The only thing Trump knows is that he needs to fuel bigotry. His Straight White Male Christian Nationalism requires prejudice against anyone who’s not.” - Robert Reich
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5/A similar attack by a U boat in WWII resulted in conviction for war crimes. Even in wartime, an attack like this is a crime. If we are not at war—an issue the experts are now hotly debating—it’s quite simply murder. Continue reading here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-moment...
The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
“You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
5/A similar attack by a U boat in WWII resulted in conviction for war crimes. Even in wartime, an attack like this is a crime. If we are not at war—an issue the experts are now hotly debating—it’s quite simply murder. Continue reading here: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-moment...
When the truth hurts…
November 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
When the truth hurts…
