JB_at_Large
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JB_at_Large
@jbatlarge.bsky.social
Canadian, news junkie, retired journalist and student of the human condition.
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Hot off the keyboard and gifted:

Hegseth has to go.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.

Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.

Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Reporter: You said that that second strike was in full accordance with the law of armed conflict but the Navy's own manual of law of war says that specifically firing on survivors from a wrecked vessel is an example of a war crime that's forbidden under U.S. Law and the law of armed conflict…
December 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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BREAKING: Trump Just Distanced Himself From Hegseth Mid-Scandal
open.substack.com/pub/reallyam...
BREAKING: Trump Just Distanced Himself From Hegseth Mid-Scandal
Trump avoided defending his own War Secretary and refused to rule out illegality — the writing may be on the wall.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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In case you needed even more motivation to vote in the Midterm elections...

#AccountabilityIsComing
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Bash: "Do you believe if there was a second strike to eliminate any survivors that it constitutes a war crime?"

Mark Kelly: "It seems to."

Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?"

Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."
November 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Kaine: "We had to pry with a crowbar after weeks and weeks out of the administration the supposed rationale for the strikes in international waters. It was very shoddy. It was not at all persuasive that these are legal actions ... It's time for Congress to rein in the president."
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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🙂
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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See, good things happen. Hang in there and more things like Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning from Congress will happen. FYI she openly ranted there is no 4d chess. There is no plan.
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi: "Try as much as you can to save democracy and freedom of the press and speech in America. Do not be a copy of a Middle East dictatorship. We look to you as a role model of Western civilization—please maintain it."
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Good. It’s why we speak up.
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a more stringent policy on hate symbols, prohibiting “divisive or hate symbols or flags.”

The change came hours after The Post reported that the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive.”
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.

Got it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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He knows it's all falling apart. This is a clear reaction to that. He's going to be lashing out more and more as things get worse and worse for him. As I said in a previous post, it's called an 'extinction burst'...and it's happening now in real time.
November 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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I’ve said this every month for a year.
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Nothing to see here. Just the White House needing to reassure the public that Piggy doesn't want to murder members of Congress. 😩
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Taco said “Just shot the protesters.” First Amendment doesn’t exist for a dictator #arresttrump
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM