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Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money
(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.
Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."
Trump tells donors they’ll receive his national security briefings in return for money: www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/p...
But in Argentina in the 1970s, the military dictatorship offered another option: a parallel unit that needed staffing, valued loyalty over competence, and offered career-pressured officers a second chance. The dirty work of state terror — kidnapping, torture, disappearing people — was psychologically repugnant enough that high-performing officers with smooth career trajectories had every reason to avoid it. But for the men at the bottom of the cohort, it was a ladder. A ladder that paid off in terms of higher positions at the end of the career, more salary, and better pensions. The worse an officer’s academic record, the more likely he was to join the secret police. Once inside, the worst performers were assigned to the most brutal departments, where the work was most repugnant and the career reward for doing it most valuable.
Who is willing to to the dirty of an authoritarian regime? A study of the Argentinian secret police found that those who joined "were not the most extreme officers in Argentina’s army. They were the most stuck." Mediocre men whose careers had stalled out.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-secret...
the effing wheels are off the bus: Economy
Fourth-quarter GDP revised down to just 0.7% growth; January core inflation was 3.1%
she’s so terrible that even CANADIANS bullied her lol
Trump ran on a platform of affordability fueled by populist anger toward the elites. Now he's protecting the Epstein class by failing to release the files and launching a costly war with Iran.
My op-ed in @mercurynews.com on what this means: www.mercurynews.com/2026/03/12/k...
Lawyer: You don't regret that people might have lost income?
Cavanaugh (DOGE): No, I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit from two trillion dollars to close to zero.
Lawyer: Did you reduce the federal deficit?
Cavanaugh: No, we didn't.
This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.
They’ll play this in museums in future.
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NEW: Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as six months for help.
Jake Paul and Donald Trump dancing to YMCA like the Middle East isn’t on fire is so tone-deaf.
Agree?
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The first state in the US to remove statutory protections for an entire class, gender identity, has just enacted a bill preventing local municipalities from having their own protections for trans people.
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
How the Roberts Court destroyed our Democracy
"Five presidential elections ago, before the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling that lifted many remaining campaign finance restrictions, the share of billionaire spending was almost zero — 0.3 percent, to be precise."
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
This story suggests that Witkoff and Kushner bungled the negotiations with Iran because they don't understand nuclear technology
www.ms.now/news/trump-i...
NPR is garbage now
Recall that Binance co-founder CZ was pardoned by President Trump last October.
The chart of Oracle free cash flow is fun.
@koyfin.bsky.social $ORCL
WOW!!! GOP Rep James Comer Says Trump DOJ Asked New Mexico Officials to End Jeffrey Epstein Investigation! The property was being probed in 2019, but Trump DOJ took over and shut things down. This is the cover up in action! www.mediaite.com/media/news/j...
Our new searchable database is the most comprehensive public source of financial disclosures across the executive branch.
Here's what we've found using the data so far:
A screenshot of a business registry webpage for a company named SK2 LLC. The page displays a "Details" tab under a header titled "General Information." The business is listed as a Domestic, For Profit, Limited Liability Company with the Register Number 532054. The record indicates the entity's status is DISSOLVED. Key dates include: Formation/Effective Date: June 6, 2024, at 11:20 AM. Termination Date: February 20, 2026, at 2:21 PM.
![The image is a screenshot of the Articles tab for the company SK2 LLC on a business registry website. The section is titled Registration and Organization and features a list of documents filed for the entity.
Each entry in the list shows a uniform Effective Date of 20-Feb-2026 02:21 PM. The documents listed include a Payment Receipt [EN], an Other (Uploaded) file, and a Certificate of Dissolution. There are also entries for Articles of Dissolution [EN], an Administrator Resolution (Uploaded), a Certificate of Dissolution [EN], and a final entry for Articles of Dissolution. Navigation links for "Details," "Annual Filings," and "Certificates" appear at the top of the page above the main header.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tfi2ptjvgjf5xvkbykujtyz7/bafkreibrekrdcuv2suomdoinq6ogvojofqtuu3qdq5niuylfha2lfapfne)
The image is a screenshot of the Articles tab for the company SK2 LLC on a business registry website. The section is titled Registration and Organization and features a list of documents filed for the entity. Each entry in the list shows a uniform Effective Date of 20-Feb-2026 02:21 PM. The documents listed include a Payment Receipt [EN], an Other (Uploaded) file, and a Certificate of Dissolution. There are also entries for Articles of Dissolution [EN], an Administrator Resolution (Uploaded), a Certificate of Dissolution [EN], and a final entry for Articles of Dissolution. Navigation links for "Details," "Annual Filings," and "Certificates" appear at the top of the page above the main header.
A review of Puerto Rico business records shows that SK2 LLC — the firm ICE hired in November to broker the purchase of warehouses around the U.S. — filed to dissolve the company in February.
The company had just been added to the WEXMAC TITUS contract vehicle in January.
Flashback, June 2025: “Conservatives on SCOTUS give DOGE the go-ahead.” www.lawdork.com/p/conservati...
A new whistleblower report alleges that a former DOGE engineer told co-workers at his new job that that he “previously had unrestricted ‘God-level’ access to the SSA’s systems” & that he possessed copies of SSA’s “Numident” & “Master Death” files, which he planned to use at his new job. 3/10/26…1/
Donald Trump endangered us around the globe with his reckless, lawless, unconstitutional war, while FBI Director Kash Patel endangers us by firing FBI agents who were protecting us against terrorist attacks on US soil. Let's discuss on Substack live at 8:30 pm ET open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"
Receipts:
Marco Rubio's BFF is an accused foreign agent and money launderer. His trial is about to start — and Rubio is on the witness list.
My @vanityfair.com story on the legal bomb that's poised to go off in Trumpland.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
New in PN: The worst cabinet in history
"Even having one or two cabinet members as disastrous as Noem, Hegseth, Kennedy, or Bondi would be a stain on any administration; putting them all in one govt has created a kind of Bizarro World 1927 Yankees, an all-star team of incompetence and malevolence."
