David Jenni
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David Jenni
@davidjenni.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Opinion | Enough
To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.
www.nytimes.com
We must refuse to participate in a mass delusion!
Roxane Gay is absolutely right:
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
Roxane Gay is absolutely right:
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
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It was all that talk from Sean Duffy about people wearing pajamas on the plane.
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It was all that talk from Sean Duffy about people wearing pajamas on the plane.
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It's not enough to ask Rs if they support oversight on killing of the two men.
They should also be asked if they support public release of the DOJ memo laying out admin's legal rationale for *all* the strikes.
Rep Adam Smith wants this released. Do Rs agree? 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
They should also be asked if they support public release of the DOJ memo laying out admin's legal rationale for *all* the strikes.
Rep Adam Smith wants this released. Do Rs agree? 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It's not enough to ask Rs if they support oversight on killing of the two men.
They should also be asked if they support public release of the DOJ memo laying out admin's legal rationale for *all* the strikes.
Rep Adam Smith wants this released. Do Rs agree? 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
They should also be asked if they support public release of the DOJ memo laying out admin's legal rationale for *all* the strikes.
Rep Adam Smith wants this released. Do Rs agree? 2/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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A note of caution about the new GOP vow of oversight on the murder of the two men clinging to the boat. It's good to see, but it could become a backdoor way for Rs to defuse pressure for broader scrutiny.
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A note of caution about the new GOP vow of oversight on the murder of the two men clinging to the boat. It's good to see, but it could become a backdoor way for Rs to defuse pressure for broader scrutiny.
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
The entire operation is illegal. It all needs oversight. 1/
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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“The government has responded by arguing that the president's power to oversee the executive branch under Article II of the U.S. Constitution essentially overrides that core civil rights law, Nemer's attorney said.”
They are gonna ask SCOTUS to gut what’s left of the Civil Rights Act
They are gonna ask SCOTUS to gut what’s left of the Civil Rights Act
Fired worker sues government in a case that could upend civil rights laws
A fired immigration judge says she was dismissed from her job because of her gender, her status as a dual citizen of Lebanon and the fact that she once ran for municipal office in Ohio as a Democrat.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“The government has responded by arguing that the president's power to oversee the executive branch under Article II of the U.S. Constitution essentially overrides that core civil rights law, Nemer's attorney said.”
They are gonna ask SCOTUS to gut what’s left of the Civil Rights Act
They are gonna ask SCOTUS to gut what’s left of the Civil Rights Act
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Also, none of the boat strikes have been on suspected Sinaloa Cartel boats and all of them have come against their rivals.
Hernandez also enabled Prospura which Peter Thiel and Mark Andreessen (who wrote Trump's tech policy) are heavily invested in.
kellyscaletta.substack.com/p/trumps-gor...
Hernandez also enabled Prospura which Peter Thiel and Mark Andreessen (who wrote Trump's tech policy) are heavily invested in.
kellyscaletta.substack.com/p/trumps-gor...
Trump's Gordian Knot of Corruption, Crypto, Cartels, and Corporate City-States
When President Donald Trump announced he was going to pardon Juan Orlando Cortez, my first inclination was to point to the hypocrisy of it; this was a man who literally facilitated the trafficking of ...
kellyscaletta.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Also, none of the boat strikes have been on suspected Sinaloa Cartel boats and all of them have come against their rivals.
Hernandez also enabled Prospura which Peter Thiel and Mark Andreessen (who wrote Trump's tech policy) are heavily invested in.
kellyscaletta.substack.com/p/trumps-gor...
Hernandez also enabled Prospura which Peter Thiel and Mark Andreessen (who wrote Trump's tech policy) are heavily invested in.
kellyscaletta.substack.com/p/trumps-gor...
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So, seems like we’re not all that serious about fighting the war on drugs after all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Former President of Honduras Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
So, seems like we’re not all that serious about fighting the war on drugs after all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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Just for muscle memory's sake, it would be fun if everyone thought of one way to make political hay over this. Got a GOP MoC? Call them out for being the party of crime publicly. Got a MAGAt family member? Call and ask why they're freeing cocaine traffickers.
So, seems like we’re not all that serious about fighting the war on drugs after all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Former President of Honduras Is Freed From Prison After Trump Pardon
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Just for muscle memory's sake, it would be fun if everyone thought of one way to make political hay over this. Got a GOP MoC? Call them out for being the party of crime publicly. Got a MAGAt family member? Call and ask why they're freeing cocaine traffickers.
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These people are operating outside the State Department, rather like the “Three Amigos” of Trump’s first term.
Steve Witkoff, a special envoy for President Trump, and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, are expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Moscow on Tuesday, as the White House pushes for an end to the war in Ukraine. Follow live.
Trump Administration Live Updates: U.S. Envoy to Meet With Putin in Moscow
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
These people are operating outside the State Department, rather like the “Three Amigos” of Trump’s first term.
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Trump isn’t hiding the hypocrisy: blowing up vessels and people to fight the drug war while pardoning a drug kingpin who facilitated tons upon tons of cocaine to enter the US…
Trump announces a “full and unconditional” pardon for Juan Orlando Hernandez, a former president of Honduras sentenced to 45 years for drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
My latest on Trump’s continued abuse of the presidential pardon power:
youtu.be/M3VzVlHhQM8?...
My latest on Trump’s continued abuse of the presidential pardon power:
youtu.be/M3VzVlHhQM8?...
Yikes! Trump’s SHOCKING Pardon IGNITES Global OUTRAGE
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Trump isn’t hiding the hypocrisy: blowing up vessels and people to fight the drug war while pardoning a drug kingpin who facilitated tons upon tons of cocaine to enter the US…
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New, from me: Trump’s justification for invading American cities and other countries is to reduce the crime he is actively encouraging through his pardons.
It’s emblematic of how corrupt the pardon process has become under Trump.
Deep dive 🧵 to follow.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
It’s emblematic of how corrupt the pardon process has become under Trump.
Deep dive 🧵 to follow.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
Pardon the Corruption
Trump’s justification for invading American cities and other countries is to reduce the crime he is actively encouraging through his pardons
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
New, from me: Trump’s justification for invading American cities and other countries is to reduce the crime he is actively encouraging through his pardons.
It’s emblematic of how corrupt the pardon process has become under Trump.
Deep dive 🧵 to follow.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
It’s emblematic of how corrupt the pardon process has become under Trump.
Deep dive 🧵 to follow.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...
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And relatedly, @mollymckew.bsky.social makes interesting points here about how the absurd effort to designate "narco-terrorists" as the new enemy is really a war over reality, a war to create our own reality in this hemisphere. The memes are also deeply sinister.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — PART 1
President Trump has pushed the nation toward a fulcrum — a point where the entire definition of American power could unhinge, and after which there is greatly increased risk for the United States of A...
www.greatpower.us
December 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And relatedly, @mollymckew.bsky.social makes interesting points here about how the absurd effort to designate "narco-terrorists" as the new enemy is really a war over reality, a war to create our own reality in this hemisphere. The memes are also deeply sinister.
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
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Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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Now juxtapose Hegseth's vile little cartoon with this line from the Post report on the latest horror:
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Now juxtapose Hegseth's vile little cartoon with this line from the Post report on the latest horror:
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
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Remember in May when Trump gave asylum to 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel after making a deal with El Chapo’s son? And did you know in 2013, El Chapo bribed Juan Hernandez- who trump just pardoned - in exchange for protection in Honduras? I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence.
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Remember in May when Trump gave asylum to 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel after making a deal with El Chapo’s son? And did you know in 2013, El Chapo bribed Juan Hernandez- who trump just pardoned - in exchange for protection in Honduras? I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence.
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🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
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December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7
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after watching sen. kelly’s press conference what i most admire is how much of it was just like, get a load of this guy, hegseth. you see this dumbass? one of the dumbest guys you’ll ever meet. prize dunce.
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
after watching sen. kelly’s press conference what i most admire is how much of it was just like, get a load of this guy, hegseth. you see this dumbass? one of the dumbest guys you’ll ever meet. prize dunce.
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December 1, 2025
December 1, 2025
President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:41 AM
December 1, 2025
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IN ADDITION, Hegseth failed to learn or adopt the number one precept of Army leadership, specifically aimed at officers: "I am responsible for everything my unit does or fails to do."
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
IN ADDITION, Hegseth failed to learn or adopt the number one precept of Army leadership, specifically aimed at officers: "I am responsible for everything my unit does or fails to do."
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Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
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Also, a lesson to every DOJ lawyer & law enforcement official. A lesson to everyone.
Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Also, a lesson to every DOJ lawyer & law enforcement official. A lesson to everyone.
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The intent here is to force people to endure the regime. But in reality, the US has no control over the citizenship
conferred by other countries. This is legislative flexing by a moron.
conferred by other countries. This is legislative flexing by a moron.
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The intent here is to force people to endure the regime. But in reality, the US has no control over the citizenship
conferred by other countries. This is legislative flexing by a moron.
conferred by other countries. This is legislative flexing by a moron.
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Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, just introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship. The bill says that to “preserve the integrity of national citizenship, allegiance to the United States must be undivided.” It’s called the Exclusive Citizenship Act.
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, just introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship. The bill says that to “preserve the integrity of national citizenship, allegiance to the United States must be undivided.” It’s called the Exclusive Citizenship Act.
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So military folks are mad that Hegseth isn't taking responsibility for the second strike - but if you carried out an unlawful order, that's on you, too. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
So military folks are mad that Hegseth isn't taking responsibility for the second strike - but if you carried out an unlawful order, that's on you, too. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Trump announces a “full and unconditional” pardon for Juan Orlando Hernandez, a former president of Honduras sentenced to 45 years for drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
My latest on Trump’s continued abuse of the presidential pardon power:
youtu.be/M3VzVlHhQM8?...
My latest on Trump’s continued abuse of the presidential pardon power:
youtu.be/M3VzVlHhQM8?...
Yikes! Trump’s SHOCKING Pardon IGNITES Global OUTRAGE
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Trump announces a “full and unconditional” pardon for Juan Orlando Hernandez, a former president of Honduras sentenced to 45 years for drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
My latest on Trump’s continued abuse of the presidential pardon power:
youtu.be/M3VzVlHhQM8?...
My latest on Trump’s continued abuse of the presidential pardon power:
youtu.be/M3VzVlHhQM8?...
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I’ve been teaching…so now Trump says he knows nothing about the second strike?? Seems kind of bad for the Commander in Chief — then who’s running the show?
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I’ve been teaching…so now Trump says he knows nothing about the second strike?? Seems kind of bad for the Commander in Chief — then who’s running the show?