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@annieroth.bsky.social Great piece in Harvard Magazine (March-April), on the Bonobos. Fascinating stuff -- but then again, our simian cousins never cease to enlighten and amaze. (And to humble us with their conflict resolution skills and empathy.) Thank you! 🥰

This is what the Trump regime deems important- this, and the freaking ballroom, and all of the gaudy gold embellishments Trump has added to The West Wing-- while publicly declaring that There is no money for Healthcare and food, and gutting life-saving research, programs, and the social safety net.

Hegseth gutted offices that would have probed Iran school strike The number of Pentagon employees who focus on mitigating civilian casualties has dropped from 200 people to less than 40.

Politico is recapping Pro Publica's reporting here, but it's essential stuff. Hegseth gutted the Pentagon offices that would have investigated the strike on an Iranian girls’ school. The Civilian Protection Center went from 200 employees to 20, with only 1 left investigating civilian casualties

Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with photos taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out press photographers from two subsequent news conferences.

While a U.S.-Israel war is ravaging the Middle East, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his staff are worried about “unflattering” photos.

Pentagon briefings are supposed to inform the public — not serve as photo-ops.

Jesus. How vain is this guy?! Enough! It's not all about him. We're in the middle of a freaking War now, because of trump. And Hegseth is worried about looking picture perfect on camera? Give me a freaking break.

This actually should be a crime.

US military spent $9 million on crab legs and lobster in the months before Iran war Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also authorized the $100,000 purchase of a Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, according to a watchdog report

I used to work for the government. In order to justify budgets, bad actors overspend at the end of the fiscal year. So the administration spent $93B on bullshit to justify massive Pentagon budget proposals, all while gutting health care and food assistance. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

WTF.

Brazen, overt corruption. ⬇️

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It’s the kind of imagery designed to terrorize. And it was worn on the uniforms of guards responsible for the safety of people in U.S. custody.

🔁 Share this. Silence is complicity. open.substack.com/pub/moniqueo...

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A former detainee — who described the patch unprompted — said officers wore it throughout the facility, not just in solitary. He said they would remove it and reattach it deliberately.
“It felt like they were meant to make us even more afraid than we already were. I always felt haunted by it.”

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This is the same camp Trump named and celebrated. The same facility where detainees have no meaningful access to legal counsel, are held in remote wetlands surrounded by alligators, and are cut off from the outside world.

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Guards at a federal immigration detention facility aka concentration camp deep in the Florida Everglades have been wearing a patch that resembles Nazi SS death’s head insignia — and one of them made it himself and handed it out to colleagues working inside.

-- or, to put a finer point on it, when DEAD? 🙄

“All of the people that died through the roadside bombs. Died and are, right now, walking around with no legs, no arms,” Trump said during his Doral Gold Club news conference

#25thAmendmentNow

Trump mocked after bizarre rant about people 'walking around with no legs' Social media users were quick to mock President Donald Trump over the strange, oxymoronic comment

Trump mocked after bizarre statement at press conference, “All the people that died through the roadside bombs… died and are, right now, walking around with no legs, no arms.”

It’s difficult to believe this is reality. He needs to be removed immediately. It’s not funny. He’s a danger to the world.

@shayruldawn.bsky.social Here's the video. <eye roll>🙄

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Even as a cynical scholar of rape culture, I'm shocked that this isn't the headline story on domestic politics everywhere right now. It's just an unfathomable abuse of power, in clear violation of the law.

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Fascinating, though -- like watching a train wreck in real time.

Thanks for pulling yeoman's duty!

Boyle: that's it from us unless you have more questions

Judge: I have a lot of questions but I don't think they are going to be answered today

Renfer: this was not a major motion such as summary judgment, it was a routine filing

Judge: that makes it all the more outrageous that you resorted to an AI tool and didn't check after it

Renfer says he is aware of the problems with AI, he can give no explanation, he keeps going back to "I thought I had checked these citations but I just forgot"

Judge: why are you using AI to do run of the mill issue spotting which is a basic part of your job?

(I am also interested in this question)

Renfer: the document I filed was intended to be a draft. Once I came back from my vacation I did the final document.

Judge: you're going to have to walk me through that. I understand the meaning of the words you are saying but it doesn't make any sense.

Renfer: the issue is whether I tried to deceive the court. I didn't intentionally deceive the court. I just made a mistake.

Judge: attorneys, and particularly those with the awesome power of the US Attorney's office, have a responsibility to be candid

Judge: you intentionally drafted this with AI and you intentionally filed it with the court without checking it. How is this accidental? Why weren't you candid with the court?

Judge: your surreply claims these quotations were "inadvertently included". What do you mean by that?

Renfer: I mean that I thought I had reviewed the document and checked the citations but I guess I didn't

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Judge is not impressed