Holley Atkinson

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.

Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:

Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.

And recognized as such by the US Government.

From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

Kimmel Goes Nuclear on Newsmax Host for Trying to Get Him Fired “How does this not embarrass them?” Kimmel asked of the network.

It would be cool if prominent figures and journalists aggressively called out right wing propagandists instead of routinely leaving the task to late night comedians and satirists

These attacks are focused on eliminating human life - the US is bombing schools and Israel is destroying desalination plants. It is raining oil-soaked acid rain in Tehran

This is why so many have been screaming for years that the climate movement should be paying attention to Gaza

NEW: Watch this report just in from CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen. It is raining oil in Tehran this morning.

A city of 10 million is being actively poisoned.

(🎥 CNN)

Like clock work. Whenever Republicans run the government, they trash the economy for working people. Prices go up. 10 of the last 11 recessions were under Republican Presidents.

Good for the mega corporations and billionaires, bad for everyone else.

Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.

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#LocalJournalists are sentinels of what’s happening in America.

Please follow @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social of the El Paso Times. He has broken multiple stories on CBP/ICE concentration camps including 911 calls logs and disease outbreaks (that are then picked up nationally w/o acknowledgment).

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

This vote should disqualify Kelly from running for President.

Hang this around his neck. In February 2026 after Pretti and Good, after the SOTU and all the fascism, Mark Kelly was STILL voting for Trump nominees. His presidential run is over.

Could you release these episodes as an audio podcast feed in addition to the videos?

This is why you do stunts.
This is why you do stunts.
This is why you do stunts.

Yep - heard in Carroll Gardens

Family Lawyer Lincolniana: A Glimpse of Lincoln in 1864 by J. Hubley Ashton [click image above to read full account] My great-grandfather, Joseph Hubley Ashton, was a 19th-century lawyer and a powerful voice for…

1898. It was my great-grandfather – attorney J. Hubley Ashton – who argued for birthright citizenship and won #WongKimArk #BirthrightCitizenship at SCOTUS that year. I wrote about him here: oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...

A must-read conversation about the realities of concentration camps between two of the best people on here, @andreapitzer.bsky.social and @jamellebouie.net messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...

New post by @jesscraven101.bsky.social on the danger we're NOT talking about: Customs and Border Patrol.

Article by investigative journalist @vermontgmg.bsky.social (Garrett Graff)

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Kristi Noem Must Be Impeached Members of Congress have a constitutional duty to remove this gangster from office.

BREAKING: FBI notifies Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension that it won’t provide access to evidence it’s collected on the killing of Alex Pretti by armed and masked federal agents.

Perhaps this would be a good time to note that 187 members of Congress are signed on to Impeach Kristi Noem:

Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer Weekly politics, history, and surprises. Exploring the history of strongmen and what we can do to thwart them. By Andrea Pitzer, author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps, Iceb...

10,000+ subscribers for the Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer channel. There should be millions, but I am grateful to be a part of sharing her vital insights and warnings about where we are headed, informed by her history of concentration camps.

Don't know if we can stop the worst, but we must try.

AOC speech clips or transcripts? Can only find full-length panel

Propaganda, Rather than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case.

More from @liberalcurrents.com, from November by @zeblarson.bsky.social. It deserves to be widely read. It's the most sober-minded version of how liberal backlash to COVID mitigation measures set the table for the take-over of public health by the far-right. www.liberalcurrents.com/propaganda-r...

The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...

NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics.
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Pretending the rise of the far right and the focus on issues such as immigration or trans people comes from the "legitimate concerns" of "the people" is not just factually wrong, it's a deeply political point

Refusing to see this as primarily top down processes is to protect the status quo

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Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.

One of the people involved in that whistleblower complaint against DNI is Jared Kushner.

"The allegations in the conversation about Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, would be significant if verified, according to U.S. officials familiar with its contents."

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For what it's worth. Ori inal Messa e From: [mailto: Sent: Wednesda Se tember 30, 2009 12:04 PM To: Subject: Jeffrey Epstein NM, Some interesting facts that should be passed on to the investigative agent on the Epstein case. I will also copy Dir Mueller. I. Zorro Trust (belonging to Epstein), won an $80 million lottery ticket in NMexico 2. Zorro ranch belonging to Epstein sits close to US Mexican border where most trafficked children are routed prior to being dispersed to East Coast. 3. Several high ranking officials and friends of Epstein have confirmed he has sexual relations with trafficked under age minors. 4. Both Ghislaine Maxwell (in Ny) and were served last week. Two key witnesses on Epstein's camp. Thank you, Conchita Sent via BlacicBerry from T -Mobile

This email is getting a lot of play as if it carries some official weight. It's from an journalist/anti-human-trafficking activist/eccentric named Conchita Sarnoff. She liked to email the feds tips about her investigations.

Everyone - and especially every journalist and editor needs to read and follow @andreapitzer.bsky.social

#CallThemConcentrationCamps

This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Just totally gone from the news. Like every other presidency-ending thing since 2017. Incredible object impermanence, only for him, the One Special Boy.

Dinosaur Convention out here with higher moral standards than the Cabinet.

Team USA, Vance Booed in Frosty Reception at Italy’s Winter Olympics With the U.S. vice president in attendance, local fans at the Milan Cortina Opening Ceremony made their frustration with America heard on Friday By Joshua Robinson and Marcus Walker Feb. 6, 2026 5:06 pm ET 46 Flag-bearer Erin Jackson leads the U.S. contingent in the athletes parade during the Opening Ceremony. Flag-bearer Erin Jackson leads the U.S. contingent in the athletes parade during the Opening Ceremony. Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters MILAN—In a gleefully kitschy Opening Ceremony that featured ancient Romans, dancing espresso pots and a number by Mariah Carey, Italy threw open its arms to welcome the entire world to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Well, nearly the entire world. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Continue reading your article with a WSJ subscription Subscribe Now Videos

HOLD UP. This headline from the @wsj.com is dead wrong - No one at the actual opening ceremonies thinks the US team was being booed. Come on! The CBC broadcasters & people in the stadium are all crystal clear that JD VANCE WAS BEING BOOED, not the team.

Among the 300 layoffs was reporter Caroline O’Donovan, who covers tech companies and corporate accountability with a focus on Amazon.

The once prestigious newspaper is now fully at the mercy of billionaire owner (and Amazon founder) Jeff Bezos. trib.al/rlWOHyn

I don’t know maybe it’s me, maybe I’m old-fashioned, but doesn’t it seem like a bad idea for the president, a bunch of his cabinet members, the guy he let decimate our federal workforce and his future Fed Chair, to be implicated in the criminal files of a notorious child sex trafficker?