@kateschmidt
CA expat living in coastal Maine. Genealogist. Loves kitties and booze and food and knitting. Intolerant of TERFs and bigots and racists and douchebags. Friend of DeSoto. Leguminati. Anti-fascist. She/her. 2547.
Math is hard
The US and Israel have destroyed over 36,000 homes and over 50 cultural sites in Iran thus far.
Nearly a million people are homeless in Lebanon.
Gaza is still being starved by Israel.
ICE is still kidnapping people off our streets based on nothing but their skin color or gender identity.
“Section 14 of the Press Law ordered editors ‘to keep out of the newspapers anything which…tends to weaken the strength of the German Reich, outwardly or inwardly.’”
- William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 405
(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.
I thought it was excellent.
Not to get too technical but it's swallows.
The president is handing out oversized clown shoes to his cabinet — and watching to see who refuses to wear them.
It's Solzhenitsyn's Stalin story come to life: the first person to stop applauding ended up in the gulag. The lesson then, as now — never be the first to stop clapping.
Of the three people most mentioned in the Epstein files, one died in prison, the second is IN prison, and the third is the president of the United States of America.
Right?
It's supposed to be on Netflix, not the news.
I’ll take it,
@pingree.house.gov #25thamendment
Oh, you’re into the great stuff now.
Right, it's less an issue in and of itself, and more of a data point in "we shouldn't let this person control the nukes"
My mom used to drive me crazy when she couldn’t distinguish Cyndi from Madonna.
Lobster, steak and booze. Is he TRYING to get gout? ‘Cause that’s how you get gout. I hope he gets gout.
"[The United States government] can only end in Despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic Government, being incapable of any other."
—Benjamin Franklin in his Constitutional Convention closing speech, 1787
I’d be okay with that.
The DOJ released evidence, which the FBI deemed credible, that the President of the United States sexually and physically assaulted a 13 year old girl AND she was afraid to talk about it because Trump would kill her—and it’s somehow not the biggest scandal in American history?
BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.
This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.
(🎥 Vahid Online)
Trump now needs help from Ukraine, a country he hates, to destroy drones from Iran, a country he ripped up a peace deal with, guided by intelligence from Russia, a country he loves, in a war started by Israel, a country with obvious blackmail over him.
Meanwhile, Nero golfs.
I’d tag Susan Collins, but she’s not here.
The series finale must be coming up if they are bringing in all these legacy characters
Reuters Exclusive
"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East."
This is the man who is now in charge of US Homeland Security.
Whatcha going to do about it, Ed?
HE JUST POTENTIALLY STARTED WORLD WAR 3, NOBODY CAN AFFORD GROCERIES, AND HE’S TALKING ABOUT HIS FUCKING BALLROOM
Breaking: Key figure in the Epstein Files, known for his friendship with Epstein, launches a war in a bid to distract from Epstein Files.
The one person who should’ve been fired for his reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death wasn’t
congrats to the mens hockey team for letting a demented 80 year old sex criminal steal your shine and make himself the center of your accomplishment
