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Senator Tuberville on x writing a response to the @endwokeness account Original tweet from @EndWokeness - “less than 25 years apart” Image 1 - the twin towers as they are hit by a the planes on 9/11/2001 Image 2 - Mayor Mamdani sitting on a prayer rug while hosting an Iftar at city hall Quote tweet from Senator Tuberville - “the enemy is inside the gates.”

Let there be as much outrage from politicians in Washington when kids go hungry as there is when I break bread with New Yorkers.

(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.

our country is being run by sociopaths

👇💯 - it is maddening

Showing this to myself in 2022 and having an aneurysm

I think he may be related to our cat Lucas. Looks very like him and also very interested in bags, especially bags containing food

Very active SURJ member completely astonished at this bad move. You could (should?) have just stayed out of it if you can't get behind a non-Nazi adjacent (at the very least) Fetterman type candidate. This shows shocking lack of judgement and understanding

I try to remind myself of this now as much as I can - the pressures are increasingly sneaky and I am increasingly vulnerable in this onslaught due to *waves hands wildly*

This is what I've heard from sooo many people- I don't think it says anything about you other than being targeted as a new mom. Many have come around as they get older and more confidence (and tired of the woo scams) but others never do or dive deeper into the disinfo.

I was just thinking that - you can predict who colludes pretty easily these days

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Historian of French Revolution here to say that in periods like this, squeamish compromisers do as much to drive radicalization as do ideologues. If you keep making excuses for the unfit king, eventually folks come for you and him.

Photographs of the last three Republican Presidents.... Trump, Dubbya, and Bush Sr. Next to them are check-lists that include "Crashed the economy" and "started a war in the Middle East". Yup, they all did that. Every one. No Democrat has ever done that.

Stop fucking voting for fucking Republicans.
I mean, goddammit, learn from history.
This isn't rocket science.

Her trip to Ireland was ruined by this one question?? Gee, I wonder why…

AI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will Bunch A debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime.

They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175

Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...

huh - thanks for the answer because I couldn't logic it out for the life of me. Weird yes. seems harmless

why tho?

Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

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I *think* their point was it was her job to get people to pick her but it wasn't her job to convince people to vote, like at all. But that WAS her job too - it's on all candidates to turn out the vote.

the world progressives want

Six people legally living in the US and legally traveling for work were disappeared by the US government and the only reason we knew about it was because one woman was family friends with a county commissioner and her cell phone pinged to two detention centers.

Strongly recommend calling your US senators today to tell them:

1. Publicly call for Sheehy to be expelled from the Senate for assaulting a protestor.

2. DO NOT vote to confirm Mullin for DHS.

Find your senators at reps.fyi

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

I am so happy for you to have this. My mom also had dementia and I know how much these moments of connection mean

That was exactly my reaction to this.

The US lethal attack on a girls school in Minab, that killed about 180 mostly young girls, will forever been connected by the world with Pete Hegseth's pronouncement that "we won't be following any stupid rules of engagement." It's a war crime plain and simple.

Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.

If she's never punished for any of this, who cares what "history" thinks?

History will forget her like it's forgotten so many shitty racist, murderous U.S. officials in the past.

"History" is the secular version of Hell, and just as imaginary.

People have used the word "normalize" for years to criticize the media and describe the erosion of democratic norms under this orange menace. I want folks to consider what everyday normalization in action looks like. I posted yesterday about the whistleblower evidence that Kash Patel betrayed his office by spiking the investigation of Renee Good's murder for political reasons and the need for severe consequences if this proves true. As always happens in such situations, a good number of the commenters replied with some version of "Nothing will happen." Some struck a fatalistic, commiserating tone while others turned the sentiment into an insult about how clueless and naive anyone must be to treat the depredations of these people as worthy of comment much less to demand accountability. (The latter happens much more on Threads where I also have a platform, rarely here.) That is normalization in action. Fatalism, world-weary cynicism and aggressive sanctimony are direct assaults on the strengthening of norms and the spotlighting of corruption, misconduct and crimes. It is the equivalent on an individual level of media platforms reporting on these depredations like they are ordinary exercises of public policy and executive discretion.

With permission I'm sharing a post from The Other Place by my friend Tobias, who's a constitutional law professor, because it touches on this question of how we tell the story and what the consequences of that are.