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No, it's not a war crime because it's not a war. It's murder for Hegseth and whoever followed his orders that there be no survivors.
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
No, it's not a war crime because it's not a war. It's murder for Hegseth and whoever followed his orders that there be no survivors.
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This is how atrocities start in bureaucratic states. With lists. First, name all your Jews so we can investigate antisemitism. Next Muslims? Trans? "Radicals" who remind the military that they must disobey unlawful orders?
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
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Federal agency sues Penn, alleges Univ. withheld information in antisemitism investigation
In a response to the suit, Penn wrote that it has “cooperated extensively with the EEOC, providing over 100 documents, totaling nearly 900 pages.”
www.thedp.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is how atrocities start in bureaucratic states. With lists. First, name all your Jews so we can investigate antisemitism. Next Muslims? Trans? "Radicals" who remind the military that they must disobey unlawful orders?
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
www.thedp.com/article/2025...
The beauty of the sandwich guy's acquittal is not that he's not guilty of assault. It's that he's guilty and was acquitted anyway. When the jury knows you're guilty but ignores the judge's instructions to make a point it's called jury nullification - a rare thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The beauty of the sandwich guy's acquittal is not that he's not guilty of assault. It's that he's guilty and was acquitted anyway. When the jury knows you're guilty but ignores the judge's instructions to make a point it's called jury nullification - a rare thing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Secret facts? Ok, but we're pretty far down the fascist rabbit hole once no one any longer blinks at secret law:
"Pressed by lawmakers, the White House recently shared a classified memo with Congress that outlined the legal argument defending the operations."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
"Pressed by lawmakers, the White House recently shared a classified memo with Congress that outlined the legal argument defending the operations."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Democrats Raise Concerns After Trump Administration Briefing on Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Secret facts? Ok, but we're pretty far down the fascist rabbit hole once no one any longer blinks at secret law:
"Pressed by lawmakers, the White House recently shared a classified memo with Congress that outlined the legal argument defending the operations."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
"Pressed by lawmakers, the White House recently shared a classified memo with Congress that outlined the legal argument defending the operations."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Looks like academia is about to experience an uptick on the pogrom meter because Tyler Robinson spent a semester in college.
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Republicans Have Found A Dubious Place To Blame For Charlie Kirk's Shooting
There is no clear motive connected to the suspect, Tyler Robinson, 22.
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September 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Looks like academia is about to experience an uptick on the pogrom meter because Tyler Robinson spent a semester in college.
www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...
www.huffpost.com/entry/republ...
Can you think of anything more indicative of disinterest in peace than attacking the negotiators in a neutral country hosting peace talks?
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel attacks Hamas leaders in Qatar, Trump says he's 'very unhappy' about strike
Hamas said five of its members had been killed in the attack.
www.reuters.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Can you think of anything more indicative of disinterest in peace than attacking the negotiators in a neutral country hosting peace talks?
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
'The Trump Administration’s War on the Laws of War.' I examine recent US approaches to international humanitarian law and the "concerted effort to unravel some of the most significant and hard-won threads of the international legal order."
Read here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/the-trump-ad...
Read here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/the-trump-ad...
August 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
'The Trump Administration’s War on the Laws of War.' I examine recent US approaches to international humanitarian law and the "concerted effort to unravel some of the most significant and hard-won threads of the international legal order."
Read here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/the-trump-ad...
Read here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/the-trump-ad...
If Putin comes to the US and is not arrested, we will be violating Geneva Conventions obligations to search for and try or extradite for trial persons suspected of having committed "grave breaches" of the Conventions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Trump Says He Will Meet With Putin in Alaska Next Week
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August 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
If Putin comes to the US and is not arrested, we will be violating Geneva Conventions obligations to search for and try or extradite for trial persons suspected of having committed "grave breaches" of the Conventions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
There's still some hope in the courts:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
Judge Bars Trump Administration From Punishing 2 Law Professors for I.C.C. Work
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:29 AM
There's still some hope in the courts:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/u...
In conclusion, the reason for deploying National Guard and U.S. Marines was to pressure L.A. cops to use excessive force against peaceful protestors to prevent them from getting near the National Guard and Marines.
June 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
In conclusion, the reason for deploying National Guard and U.S. Marines was to pressure L.A. cops to use excessive force against peaceful protestors to prevent them from getting near the National Guard and Marines.
Whoever's responsible for saying the student was wrong to express "one sided views" should be fired 'cause that's saying the quiet part out loud. On second thought, everyone at NYU responsible for withholding his diploma should be fired. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
NYU withholds diploma of student who used commencement speech to address Israel-Hamas war
The university said the student “lied about the speech he was going to deliver and violated the commitment he made to comply with our rules.”
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May 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Whoever's responsible for saying the student was wrong to express "one sided views" should be fired 'cause that's saying the quiet part out loud. On second thought, everyone at NYU responsible for withholding his diploma should be fired. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
While students are being targeted for protesting Israeli war crimes, check out the warm welcome at Mar-a-Lago, Yale U, and in the fund-raising salons of NYC's Upper East Side for an Israeli official actually convicted of terrorism charges:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Israel’s far-right security minister to visit Yale day after Mar-a-Lago dinner
Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has past convictions for supporting terrorism, attended fundraiser at Trump’s resort
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
While students are being targeted for protesting Israeli war crimes, check out the warm welcome at Mar-a-Lago, Yale U, and in the fund-raising salons of NYC's Upper East Side for an Israeli official actually convicted of terrorism charges:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
What protocols are in place to protect Mr. Garcia from retaliation by the brutal government holding him at the behest of a vengeful government that shipped him off without due process? It is unethical to expose detainees to such risks without safeguards. The ICRC knows:
www.icrc.org/en/document/...
www.icrc.org/en/document/...
What we do for detainees
In the event of armed conflict and other situations of violence, detainees are acutely vulnerable to forced disappearance, extrajudicial killing, torture and ill treatment, inhumane material condition...
www.icrc.org
April 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
What protocols are in place to protect Mr. Garcia from retaliation by the brutal government holding him at the behest of a vengeful government that shipped him off without due process? It is unethical to expose detainees to such risks without safeguards. The ICRC knows:
www.icrc.org/en/document/...
www.icrc.org/en/document/...
International law is part of our law and the prohibition of the threat or use of aggressive force, per Art. 2(4) of the UN Charter, is perhaps THE most significant provision of international law. We're talking well beyond garden-variety high crimes or misdemeanors.
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'It would mean war': Trump assailed after threatening to 'pull a Crimea' on ally
President Donald Trump created an international firestorm on Thursday after suggesting that “NATO might have to get involved” to help the United States invade Greenland in the interest of “internation...
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March 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
International law is part of our law and the prohibition of the threat or use of aggressive force, per Art. 2(4) of the UN Charter, is perhaps THE most significant provision of international law. We're talking well beyond garden-variety high crimes or misdemeanors.
www.rawstory.com/trump-greenl...
www.rawstory.com/trump-greenl...
Columbia students who oppose Israeli war crimes are being used by the university as human sacrifices to MAGA.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/columbia-u...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/columbia-u...
Columbia University’s Secret Disciplinary Process for Students Critical of Israel
As Trump threatens sweeping action against “illegal protest” on college campuses, Columbia is already using secret processes to punish pro-Palestine students
www.dropsitenews.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Columbia students who oppose Israeli war crimes are being used by the university as human sacrifices to MAGA.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/columbia-u...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/columbia-u...
In the rush of justified outrage over his nominees there’s surprisingly little discussion of why he deliberately picked such incompetent sycophants.
My answer: 1) the more outrageous his choices, the more it cements his domination over those Rs who believe they are powerless to oppose them; and ...
My answer: 1) the more outrageous his choices, the more it cements his domination over those Rs who believe they are powerless to oppose them; and ...
February 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
In the rush of justified outrage over his nominees there’s surprisingly little discussion of why he deliberately picked such incompetent sycophants.
My answer: 1) the more outrageous his choices, the more it cements his domination over those Rs who believe they are powerless to oppose them; and ...
My answer: 1) the more outrageous his choices, the more it cements his domination over those Rs who believe they are powerless to oppose them; and ...
Bibi confirms the righteousness of the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant against him for war crimes when he stands by approvingly while Trump calls for the crime against humanity of ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
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Trump Says He Wants U.S. To Take Ownership Of Gaza Strip
Trump renewed his call to Arab nations to relocate displaced Palestinians as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House.
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February 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Bibi confirms the righteousness of the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant against him for war crimes when he stands by approvingly while Trump calls for the crime against humanity of ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Maybe 5% of 10s of 1,000s of homicides/yr trigger federal prosecution with only 40 people on federal death row for decades of cases. The death penalty is an arbitrary crapshoot. If it “must stop” (Biden), commuting some but not all death sentences is irrational. www.bbc.com/news/article...
President Joe Biden commutes 37 out of 40 federal death sentences
The president condemns the murderers but says the death penalty at federal level "must stop".
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Maybe 5% of 10s of 1,000s of homicides/yr trigger federal prosecution with only 40 people on federal death row for decades of cases. The death penalty is an arbitrary crapshoot. If it “must stop” (Biden), commuting some but not all death sentences is irrational. www.bbc.com/news/article...
I Chair the International Humanitarian Law Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA). We have issued this Statement opposing sanctions against the International Criminal Court:
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December 16, 2024 at 10:13 PM
I Chair the International Humanitarian Law Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA). We have issued this Statement opposing sanctions against the International Criminal Court:
www.ila-americanbranch.org/committee_re...
www.ila-americanbranch.org/committee_re...
Every day brings a new worst thing. Today it’s ABC folding in the defamation case brought against it by Trump – a case ABC most certainly would have won - because avoiding his wrath is so much more important than integrity for mainstream media.
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
December 16, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Every day brings a new worst thing. Today it’s ABC folding in the defamation case brought against it by Trump – a case ABC most certainly would have won - because avoiding his wrath is so much more important than integrity for mainstream media.
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
A compelling argument that you can either stand with Israel or with Netanyahu, but not both. And that standing against Netanyahu is essential to peace and justice for Palestine. As for the US, anti-ICC demagogues like Lindsay Graham and Josh Hawley must be shut down.
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Could the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants break Netanyahu's grip on power?
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www.haaretz.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:30 PM
A compelling argument that you can either stand with Israel or with Netanyahu, but not both. And that standing against Netanyahu is essential to peace and justice for Palestine. As for the US, anti-ICC demagogues like Lindsay Graham and Josh Hawley must be shut down.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Companies are using US synagogues to market land in the Israeli settlements in OPT, thus aiding and abetting the war crime of transferring one's own population into occupied territory. Does anyone know of efforts to prohibit this practice in the US or elsewhere?
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Illegality of Israeli Settlement Real Estate Sales
Buying and selling real estate in the Occupied Palestinian Territories violates international law and various UN resolutions, and may constitute a war crime under the Rome Statute.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 27, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Companies are using US synagogues to market land in the Israeli settlements in OPT, thus aiding and abetting the war crime of transferring one's own population into occupied territory. Does anyone know of efforts to prohibit this practice in the US or elsewhere?
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
In 2021, we (and separately, ACLU) sucessfully sued Trump over his ICC sanctions. Does anyone know of efforts to prepare for the likely renewal of sanctions coming from either Congress or the incoming administration or both?
www.justiceinitiative.org/newsroom/jus...
www.justiceinitiative.org/newsroom/jus...
Justice Initiative Settles ICC Executive Order Lawsuit with the Biden Administration
The Open Society Justice Initiative settled their lawsuit against the U.S. government an executive order that authorized sanctions against the International Criminal Court.
www.justiceinitiative.org
November 27, 2024 at 4:36 PM
In 2021, we (and separately, ACLU) sucessfully sued Trump over his ICC sanctions. Does anyone know of efforts to prepare for the likely renewal of sanctions coming from either Congress or the incoming administration or both?
www.justiceinitiative.org/newsroom/jus...
www.justiceinitiative.org/newsroom/jus...
The ICC has issued arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant. www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejectin...
www.icc-cpi.int
November 21, 2024 at 4:35 PM
The ICC has issued arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant. www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...