Daniel Larison
@daniellarison.bsky.social
Writer at Eunomia, Responsible Statecraft, and Antiwar
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"These are the ravings of a dangerous and impulsive leader. We don’t need to pretend that there was anything more to it than that." daniellarison.substack.com/p/trump-has-...
Trump Has No Plan in Africa (or Anywhere Else)
These are the ravings of a dangerous and impulsive leader. We don’t need to pretend that there was anything more to it than that.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"These are the ravings of a dangerous and impulsive leader. We don’t need to pretend that there was anything more to it than that." daniellarison.substack.com/p/trump-has-...
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“None of the legal criteria have been met.”
FCNL's @hbrandon-smith.bsky.social and other experts break down how Pres. Trump is usurping Congress's war powers to carry out his illegal killing campaign in Latin America:
FCNL's @hbrandon-smith.bsky.social and other experts break down how Pres. Trump is usurping Congress's war powers to carry out his illegal killing campaign in Latin America:
“Weaponizing Grief”—Experts Weigh In on Trump’s Continuing Boat Strikes
With the known death toll now at 67, the strikes are illegal, trample on basic human rights, and threaten further violent escalation.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“None of the legal criteria have been met.”
FCNL's @hbrandon-smith.bsky.social and other experts break down how Pres. Trump is usurping Congress's war powers to carry out his illegal killing campaign in Latin America:
FCNL's @hbrandon-smith.bsky.social and other experts break down how Pres. Trump is usurping Congress's war powers to carry out his illegal killing campaign in Latin America:
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More than 200,000 Iraqi civilians were killed in the wake of the post-9/11 wars writes @ishaantharoor.bsky.social, citing our research.
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Column | Dick Cheney’s Iraq War legacy lives on
The former vice president is outlived by the cascading consequences of a war he defended to the last, even as Republican politics shifted.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
More than 200,000 Iraqi civilians were killed in the wake of the post-9/11 wars writes @ishaantharoor.bsky.social, citing our research.
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What did Leclerc do to deserve this? He was taken out by another driver. There was nothing he could have done.
Ferrari executive chairman John Elkann warns that Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc need to "focus on driving and talk less" after both of the team's drivers failed to finish the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Ferrari boss says Hamilton and Leclerc need to 'focus on driving and talk less'
Ferrari executive chairman John Elkann warns that Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc need to “focus on driving and talk less” after both of the team’s drivers failed to finish the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
What did Leclerc do to deserve this? He was taken out by another driver. There was nothing he could have done.
We really are living in Escape from L.A.
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We really are living in Escape from L.A.
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Most of the victims of a US strike on a migrant detention facility in Yemen were Ethiopian migrants who had been detained in overcrowded, poorly ventilated cells.
Deep Dive: Did the US Commit War Crimes by Bombing Yemen?
A new Amnesty International report investigates a deadly American airstrike on a migrant detention facility in Yemen.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Most of the victims of a US strike on a migrant detention facility in Yemen were Ethiopian migrants who had been detained in overcrowded, poorly ventilated cells.
But where is the Millennial Destro?
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
But where is the Millennial Destro?
How would he know?
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
How would he know?
"Was Robert Sánchez a threat to the United States or to any other country? To ask the question is to understand how insane and vicious our government’s policy is." daniellarison.substack.com/p/the-presid...
The President's Murder Spree Continues
The U.S. military has murdered more than 70 people in the Caribbean and the Pacific over the last two months.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Was Robert Sánchez a threat to the United States or to any other country? To ask the question is to understand how insane and vicious our government’s policy is." daniellarison.substack.com/p/the-presid...
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The United States killed six more men in Sunday strikes on suspected drug boats. Our news article and tracker on this offensive, which has killed at least 76 people in 19 attacks in the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea since early September.
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U.S. Military Kills 6 in Strikes on Suspected Drug Boats, Hegseth Says
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November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The United States killed six more men in Sunday strikes on suspected drug boats. Our news article and tracker on this offensive, which has killed at least 76 people in 19 attacks in the Pacific and the Caribbean Sea since early September.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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I’ve been waiting to hear a step-by-step scenario for how sanctions, blowing up boats, or even assassinating Maduro leads to a democratic regime in Venezuela. It’s like the old South Park gnome bit. 1. Get rid of Maduro ➡️ 2. ??? ➡️ 3. Democracy!
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I’ve been waiting to hear a step-by-step scenario for how sanctions, blowing up boats, or even assassinating Maduro leads to a democratic regime in Venezuela. It’s like the old South Park gnome bit. 1. Get rid of Maduro ➡️ 2. ??? ➡️ 3. Democracy!
"The president and the Secretary of Defense have given illegal orders to kill civilians on these boats at least 18 times and every time the orders have been carried out." daniellarison.substack.com/p/the-presid...
The President's Murder Spree Continues
The U.S. military has murdered more than 70 people in the Caribbean and the Pacific over the last two months.
daniellarison.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"The president and the Secretary of Defense have given illegal orders to kill civilians on these boats at least 18 times and every time the orders have been carried out." daniellarison.substack.com/p/the-presid...
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Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
FIFA head says 'you will see' at World Cup draw if Trump receives new peace prize
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
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"[T]his is not just a secret war, but a secret unauthorized war. Or, in reality, a make-believe war, because most of these groups we probably couldn’t even be in a war with,” said @bcfinucane.bsky.social about US claims it is in armed conflict with 24 cartel groups
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Trump Has a Secret List of 24 “Designated Terrorist Organizations.” We Got Some of the Names.
The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"[T]his is not just a secret war, but a secret unauthorized war. Or, in reality, a make-believe war, because most of these groups we probably couldn’t even be in a war with,” said @bcfinucane.bsky.social about US claims it is in armed conflict with 24 cartel groups
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Did I use my newsletter for some self-promotion? Yes. Am I also making the urgent case that Trump is returning to an early-20th Century style of militarized imperialism at home and abroad? Also yes. Do I wish my book was a lot less relevant? Every day.
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It wasn't supposed to be a playbook!
Glad everyone's enjoying my history of American empire. Please stop reenacting it.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Did I use my newsletter for some self-promotion? Yes. Am I also making the urgent case that Trump is returning to an early-20th Century style of militarized imperialism at home and abroad? Also yes. Do I wish my book was a lot less relevant? Every day.
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A reminder that before he was blowing up boats under supposed war authority based on bogus accusations of terrorism, the President sent hundreds of men to CECOT under supposed war authority based on bogus accusations of terrorism.
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‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A reminder that before he was blowing up boats under supposed war authority based on bogus accusations of terrorism, the President sent hundreds of men to CECOT under supposed war authority based on bogus accusations of terrorism.
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"33 deaths so far this year in attacks against Christians in which religion was reported to play a role. The equivalent figure for Muslims is higher, 88 deaths... American humanitarian aid was [estimated as] saving about 270,000 lives a year in Nigeria."
Trump "has expressed such outrage at attacks on Christians in Nigeria that he has threatened military intervention there... but here’s the awkwardness: Trump’s aid cuts are killing far more Nigerian Christians than Islamic terrorists are." @nickkristof.bsky.social
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Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
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November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"33 deaths so far this year in attacks against Christians in which religion was reported to play a role. The equivalent figure for Muslims is higher, 88 deaths... American humanitarian aid was [estimated as] saving about 270,000 lives a year in Nigeria."
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Good for my friend Lt Col. (ret.) Rachel VanLandingham.
Glad to see it.
Glad to see it.
Former military lawyer calls U.S. boat strikes "murder"
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Former military lawyer calls U.S. boat strikes ‘murder’ | CNN
Retired Lt. Col. Rachel VanLandingham joins The Lead.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Good for my friend Lt Col. (ret.) Rachel VanLandingham.
Glad to see it.
Glad to see it.
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I can't wait for @akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com's book Crossing the Red Line. But even with this reporting–including that Antony Blinken raised the prospect Israel was committing ethnic cleansing–is damning. Every revelation about Biden's final year looks worse.
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Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I can't wait for @akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com's book Crossing the Red Line. But even with this reporting–including that Antony Blinken raised the prospect Israel was committing ethnic cleansing–is damning. Every revelation about Biden's final year looks worse.
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Dumbest man alive finds new grift.
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Dumbest man alive finds new grift.
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I stand by everything I wrote here about Kroenig in 2020. fellowtravelersblog.com/2020/12/23/2...
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I stand by everything I wrote here about Kroenig in 2020. fellowtravelersblog.com/2020/12/23/2...
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WSJ editorial page has more thoughts on war powers.
This time from a professor of...business law.
Folks, rest assured that the maritime strikes are still very much illegal. And this fellow does not seem to understand war powers.
www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...
This time from a professor of...business law.
Folks, rest assured that the maritime strikes are still very much illegal. And this fellow does not seem to understand war powers.
www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...
Opinion | Trump Has the Legal Power to Bomb Drug Boats
But Congress can stop it by constitutional means—namely by employing the power of the purse.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
WSJ editorial page has more thoughts on war powers.
This time from a professor of...business law.
Folks, rest assured that the maritime strikes are still very much illegal. And this fellow does not seem to understand war powers.
www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...
This time from a professor of...business law.
Folks, rest assured that the maritime strikes are still very much illegal. And this fellow does not seem to understand war powers.
www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
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They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
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Ah, yes, the “true Catholic” who defends summary executions of civilians and supports genocide.
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ah, yes, the “true Catholic” who defends summary executions of civilians and supports genocide.