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Sal Mercogliano of What's Going on with Shipping is an exceptional source for all things civilian maritime.
He's got the deets about the siezed super tanker.
Turns out, the administration was for once acting appropriately and within international law.
Sal Mercogliano of What's Going on with Shipping is an exceptional source for all things civilian maritime.
He's got the deets about the siezed super tanker.
Turns out, the administration was for once acting appropriately and within international law.
U.S. Seizes A Shadow Fleet Super Tanker off Venezuela | The Skipper Has Been Arrested!
YouTube video by What's Going on With Shipping?
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Sal Mercogliano of What's Going on with Shipping is an exceptional source for all things civilian maritime.
He's got the deets about the siezed super tanker.
Turns out, the administration was for once acting appropriately and within international law.
Sal Mercogliano of What's Going on with Shipping is an exceptional source for all things civilian maritime.
He's got the deets about the siezed super tanker.
Turns out, the administration was for once acting appropriately and within international law.
I have the biggest nerd-crush on this man.
I could have listened to another full minute of him taking down her "but, but it's journalism!" BS, but I'm sure he spent the time better on actual facts.
@justinwolfers.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/K_5M7...
I could have listened to another full minute of him taking down her "but, but it's journalism!" BS, but I'm sure he spent the time better on actual facts.
@justinwolfers.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/K_5M7...
A Moment of Meta Media Commentary: Why Repeat Nonsense and Pretend It's Real?
YouTube video by Justin Wolfers
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I have the biggest nerd-crush on this man.
I could have listened to another full minute of him taking down her "but, but it's journalism!" BS, but I'm sure he spent the time better on actual facts.
@justinwolfers.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/K_5M7...
I could have listened to another full minute of him taking down her "but, but it's journalism!" BS, but I'm sure he spent the time better on actual facts.
@justinwolfers.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/K_5M7...
...not unless the relevant state officials choose to comply.
See: TX redistricting.
See: TX redistricting.
The executive can't command states to do anything
Trump has signed an executive order blocking states from making their own guardrails around artificial intelligence
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 AM
...not unless the relevant state officials choose to comply.
See: TX redistricting.
See: TX redistricting.
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This does actually change the entire story. Assuming it's correct, it was an entirely lawful seizure.
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This does actually change the entire story. Assuming it's correct, it was an entirely lawful seizure.
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We don’t want fishermen to start avoiding air strikes
House Intel Chair Rick Crawford on why he doesn't want video of the second Sept 2 boat strike released: "What the trained eye can detect from these videos may reveal sources and methods that would imperil troops." (But releasing video of the first strike didn't?)
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
We don’t want fishermen to start avoiding air strikes
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This is a nakedly thuggish and corrupt administration. People who support it should be treated as corrupt thugs.
A media mogel with important merger business before the FCC says he has "great conversations" about it with Trump, while Trump for his part speaks openly about the kind of ownership he wants to see at CNN, a news network he detests.
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
And it's just another day in our Orbanization. Via @status.news
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is a nakedly thuggish and corrupt administration. People who support it should be treated as corrupt thugs.
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I’m totally lost. I thought we were invading Venezuela. And now allies with Russia. So the friend of my “friend”
is…?
is…?
"The Russian President expressed solidarity with the Venezuelan people and confirmed his support for [the Maduro] government's course in defense of the country's sovereignty."
December 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I’m totally lost. I thought we were invading Venezuela. And now allies with Russia. So the friend of my “friend”
is…?
is…?
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When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...
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I am honestly having some trouble following “the health care industry is a huge powerful malevolent machine ripping off America and we want you to negotiate directly with it for your insulin.”
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I am honestly having some trouble following “the health care industry is a huge powerful malevolent machine ripping off America and we want you to negotiate directly with it for your insulin.”
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Warned that this was going to happen. And if Trump’s DOJ doesn’t fight it, I’m not sure there’s much that can be done to stop it.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Warned that this was going to happen. And if Trump’s DOJ doesn’t fight it, I’m not sure there’s much that can be done to stop it.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
radleybalko.substack.com/p/magas-300-...
Props to Congresswoman Johnson of TX.
Just wish I could hear the rest of the heckling clearly.
(Might dislodge my current earworm "Brave Sir Robin's Song")
Just wish I could hear the rest of the heckling clearly.
(Might dislodge my current earworm "Brave Sir Robin's Song")
There’s no need to treat these people as anything but the sordid rabble of crooks and grifters and subnormal bigots that they are.
Noem leaves the hearing and is heckled as she departs the room
December 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Props to Congresswoman Johnson of TX.
Just wish I could hear the rest of the heckling clearly.
(Might dislodge my current earworm "Brave Sir Robin's Song")
Just wish I could hear the rest of the heckling clearly.
(Might dislodge my current earworm "Brave Sir Robin's Song")
don't want to hear you talk about it--when he's blackened your eye for the umpteenth time.
Variation on what my late father used to say "meh, everyone's a victim..."
Variation on what my late father used to say "meh, everyone's a victim..."
I think this is right. It’s like when a family has decided to tolerate an abusive drunk. They know what he’s like and they’ve priced it into their decisions and they don’t want to hear you talk about it.
Yes, Fox makes people dumber, but I think many of you underestimate how many Trump supporters go to Fox because they already know he’s terrible and they don’t want to hear about it
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
don't want to hear you talk about it--when he's blackened your eye for the umpteenth time.
Variation on what my late father used to say "meh, everyone's a victim..."
Variation on what my late father used to say "meh, everyone's a victim..."
Oh, she did a Brave Sir Robin?
What a surprise.
What a surprise.
BREAKING: Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Kristi Noem claimed she left today’s hearing to attend was cancelled.
Kristi Noem Caught Lying About Why She Left Committee Hearing Early
Congressman Moskowitz has confirmed that the FEMA meeting Noem left today's hearing for was cancelled.
meidasnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Oh, she did a Brave Sir Robin?
What a surprise.
What a surprise.
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In case you ever needed proof that the Heritage Foundation is not a conservative organization, here we have them cheering on the Federal Government threatening to strip all funding from a state that does not make political decisions the President likes. Any true conservative would be howling.
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In case you ever needed proof that the Heritage Foundation is not a conservative organization, here we have them cheering on the Federal Government threatening to strip all funding from a state that does not make political decisions the President likes. Any true conservative would be howling.
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The Heritage Foundation is an authoritarian Christian Nationalist organization.
Treat their people accordingly.
Treat their people accordingly.
In case you ever needed proof that the Heritage Foundation is not a conservative organization, here we have them cheering on the Federal Government threatening to strip all funding from a state that does not make political decisions the President likes. Any true conservative would be howling.
The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Heritage Foundation is an authoritarian Christian Nationalist organization.
Treat their people accordingly.
Treat their people accordingly.
Aw, come ON, Popehat.
This snark's waaaay over the top, even for you!
This snark's waaaay over the top, even for you!
“According to a source Ms. Halligan became enraged when a grand juror told her that the word ‘indict’ is pronounced ‘in-DITE,” not “in-DICKT.”
Justice Department again fails to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James
The Justice Department also tried and failed last week to secure a new indictment against James in Norfolk, Virginia.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Aw, come ON, Popehat.
This snark's waaaay over the top, even for you!
This snark's waaaay over the top, even for you!
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Reader, that’s not what this president is focusing on
Leavitt: "We know that when gas gets cheaper, everything else gets cheaper too, and that's what this president is focusing on"
December 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Reader, that’s not what this president is focusing on
Please also note that "ICE" is convenient shorthand here for all of DHS's "law" enforcement.
Some of the very worst videos we've seen are CBP actions.
Greg Bovino is CBP.
No letting CBP off the damned hook.
Some of the very worst videos we've seen are CBP actions.
Greg Bovino is CBP.
No letting CBP off the damned hook.
Stephen Miller is to blame for the evil ICE is doing. Trump is to blame for listening to Miller. The Republican party is to blame for supporting Trump. MAGA voters are to blame for re-electing Trump. There's enough blame for all of them to share.
December 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Please also note that "ICE" is convenient shorthand here for all of DHS's "law" enforcement.
Some of the very worst videos we've seen are CBP actions.
Greg Bovino is CBP.
No letting CBP off the damned hook.
Some of the very worst videos we've seen are CBP actions.
Greg Bovino is CBP.
No letting CBP off the damned hook.
"It's not just Tr*mp" part eleventy-brasilian.
What a waste of oxygen.
What a waste of oxygen.
United States Congressman Randy Fine, an ally of President has suggested that “mainstream Muslims” should be destroyed, boasting that he is not afraid to be called Islamophobic.
US Congressman Randy Fine suggests Muslims should ‘be destroyed’
The Republican lawmaker, a Trump ally, says during a congressional hearing he is 'not afraid' to be called Islamophobic.
www.aljazeera.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"It's not just Tr*mp" part eleventy-brasilian.
What a waste of oxygen.
What a waste of oxygen.
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1/ I am grateful that Aysha Bagchi of USA TODAY elected to interview me about the Trump DOJ’s second “No Bill” in a week attempting to indict NY AG Letitia James.
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“This is a humiliating defeat for the Department of Justice," Mitchell Epner, a former New Jersey federal prosecutor, told USA TODAY.
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“This is a humiliating defeat for the Department of Justice," Mitchell Epner, a former New Jersey federal prosecutor, told USA TODAY.
Trump DOJ fails for second time to get indictment of Letitia James
For the second time in about a week, a federal grand jury refused to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.usatoday.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
1/ I am grateful that Aysha Bagchi of USA TODAY elected to interview me about the Trump DOJ’s second “No Bill” in a week attempting to indict NY AG Letitia James.
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“This is a humiliating defeat for the Department of Justice," Mitchell Epner, a former New Jersey federal prosecutor, told USA TODAY.
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“This is a humiliating defeat for the Department of Justice," Mitchell Epner, a former New Jersey federal prosecutor, told USA TODAY.
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this was a really powerful approach to questioning noem—bringing the actual people impacted by her reign of terror. from her perch it's easy to see these cases as abstractions but she needs to be confronted with them at every turn.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
this was a really powerful approach to questioning noem—bringing the actual people impacted by her reign of terror. from her perch it's easy to see these cases as abstractions but she needs to be confronted with them at every turn.
Not even her so much: Congressional Republicans (and a significant part of the media and general public) need to be confronted thus. Regularly.
Powerful approach all around: we the people need to see our electeds pushing back effectively.
Powerful approach all around: we the people need to see our electeds pushing back effectively.
this was a really powerful approach to questioning noem—bringing the actual people impacted by her reign of terror. from her perch it's easy to see these cases as abstractions but she needs to be confronted with them at every turn.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Not even her so much: Congressional Republicans (and a significant part of the media and general public) need to be confronted thus. Regularly.
Powerful approach all around: we the people need to see our electeds pushing back effectively.
Powerful approach all around: we the people need to see our electeds pushing back effectively.
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Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
Reporter: The senate in Indiana voted against the redistricting effort.
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
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Not just tourism. It ends US global business.
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Not just tourism. It ends US global business.