Kevin Hardiman
@kevinhardiman.bsky.social
Data and software guy; system V init was perfectly fine.
Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Brooklyn, NY, USA.
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“The combat decisions he has made”
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“The combat decisions he has made”
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Looks like Trump and Hegseth might be preparing to throw the military under the bus on the second strike.
This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Looks like Trump and Hegseth might be preparing to throw the military under the bus on the second strike.
This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
This is why you don’t execute illegal orders. Because you are responsible
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“Trish Carter-Goodheart, a Democratic candidate and citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe, spoke plainly: Racism and discrimination remain real and persistent …
When the conversation hit a nerve, [the GOP senator] abruptly stormed out, shouting: ‘Why don’t you go back to where you came from?’”
When the conversation hit a nerve, [the GOP senator] abruptly stormed out, shouting: ‘Why don’t you go back to where you came from?’”
Tribal IDs Are Federally Recognized. ICE Agents Are Ignoring Them.
Opinion. During last year’s Idaho election, a Republican state senator lost his composure when a candidate forum turned to the topic of racism.
nativenewsonline.net
December 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Trish Carter-Goodheart, a Democratic candidate and citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe, spoke plainly: Racism and discrimination remain real and persistent …
When the conversation hit a nerve, [the GOP senator] abruptly stormed out, shouting: ‘Why don’t you go back to where you came from?’”
When the conversation hit a nerve, [the GOP senator] abruptly stormed out, shouting: ‘Why don’t you go back to where you came from?’”
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
“Implement policy I want or I’ll burn down your house” is no way to run a democracy.
More from Fox59: "Leising is one of many Indiana politicians who have reportedly received threats in recent weeks. Previous reporting indicates senators Andy Zay, Kyle Walker, Greg Goode, Linda Rogers and others have all said they’ve received threats this month. [They] are all Republicans."
fox59.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“Implement policy I want or I’ll burn down your house” is no way to run a democracy.
Mark me down as not taking at face value anything Noem says
US authorities believe the shooter suspected of killing one National Guard member and seriously wounding another in Washington, DC, was radicalized while in the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said
National Guard Shooter Was Radicalized While in US, Noem Says
US authorities believe the man suspected of fatally shooting a National Guard member and seriously wounding another in Washington, DC, was radicalized while in the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.
bloom.bg
November 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Mark me down as not taking at face value anything Noem says
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This is quite the hedge, imho. Bacon here is pretty clearly saying "Yeah if this happened then he committed a war crime."
GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "I don't think Secretary Hegseth would be foolish enough to make this decision to say, 'Kill everybody. Kill the survivors,' because that's a clear violation of the law of war."
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is quite the hedge, imho. Bacon here is pretty clearly saying "Yeah if this happened then he committed a war crime."
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“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Federal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge
The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force...
abc7chicago.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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4/4 AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it
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AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it
There's no one way to be absolutely sure about a video's authenticity, but experts say there are some simple clues that can help.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
4/4 AI video slop is everywhere, take our quiz to try and spot it
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“The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both.”
2/2 link:
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both.”
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Leaders like Trump and Pete Hegseth should listen to and learn from those they have the honor of commanding, instead of giving them meandering nonsensical lectures.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Leaders like Trump and Pete Hegseth should listen to and learn from those they have the honor of commanding, instead of giving them meandering nonsensical lectures.
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Witkoff and Co. priorities in “peace” negotiations:
1) Make money
2) Get Putin what he wants in Ukraine, which will facilitate 1
3) Get connected Americans a piece of the spoils in Ukraine
And that’s apparently it.
Not priorities: freedom, security, justice, law, US allies, avoiding future war
1) Make money
2) Get Putin what he wants in Ukraine, which will facilitate 1
3) Get connected Americans a piece of the spoils in Ukraine
And that’s apparently it.
Not priorities: freedom, security, justice, law, US allies, avoiding future war
Three powerful businessmen—two Americans and a Russian—hunched over a laptop in Miami Beach last month, ostensibly to draw up a plan to end Russia’s long and deadly war with Ukraine.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Witkoff and Co. priorities in “peace” negotiations:
1) Make money
2) Get Putin what he wants in Ukraine, which will facilitate 1
3) Get connected Americans a piece of the spoils in Ukraine
And that’s apparently it.
Not priorities: freedom, security, justice, law, US allies, avoiding future war
1) Make money
2) Get Putin what he wants in Ukraine, which will facilitate 1
3) Get connected Americans a piece of the spoils in Ukraine
And that’s apparently it.
Not priorities: freedom, security, justice, law, US allies, avoiding future war
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There’s gotta be some grift here. Massacring unknown people in boats to supposedly stop drugs, while pardoning drug traffickers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says he will pardon ex-Honduras president convicted of drug trafficking
Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in the US to 45 years behind bars for conspiring to smuggle cocaine.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There’s gotta be some grift here. Massacring unknown people in boats to supposedly stop drugs, while pardoning drug traffickers.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Witkoff is a Russian asset, representing the interests of the brutal Russian regime.
everything about this is obscene but here's the real tell:
"Witkoff, who hasn’t traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week and will again meet Putin."
"Witkoff, who hasn’t traveled to Ukraine this year, is set to visit Russia for the sixth time next week and will again meet Putin."
Three powerful businessmen—two Americans and a Russian—hunched over a laptop in Miami Beach last month, ostensibly to draw up a plan to end Russia’s long and deadly war with Ukraine.
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Witkoff is a Russian asset, representing the interests of the brutal Russian regime.
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U.S. Economic Recovery Resting On Man Currently Perusing Sears Power Tools Section https://theonion.com/u-s-economic-recovery-resting-on-man-currently-perusin-1819572979/
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
U.S. Economic Recovery Resting On Man Currently Perusing Sears Power Tools Section https://theonion.com/u-s-economic-recovery-resting-on-man-currently-perusin-1819572979/
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Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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I have to speak generally but I can tell you there is and has for some time been a split at the Pentagon between those who are legally, morally, and/or
operationally appalled at Hegseth, and those who say—and this is the exact phrase—“we just work here.”
operationally appalled at Hegseth, and those who say—and this is the exact phrase—“we just work here.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I have to speak generally but I can tell you there is and has for some time been a split at the Pentagon between those who are legally, morally, and/or
operationally appalled at Hegseth, and those who say—and this is the exact phrase—“we just work here.”
operationally appalled at Hegseth, and those who say—and this is the exact phrase—“we just work here.”
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Of course Witkoff doesn’t buy the Kremlin narrative. He sells it.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Thursday defended President Trump’s special envoy against accusations of pro-Kremlin bias.
Putin Defends Witkoff Against Accusations of Pro-Russia Bias
The Russian leader called the U.S. special envoy “an intelligent man” who is properly representing his country in peace negotiations.
nyti.ms
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Of course Witkoff doesn’t buy the Kremlin narrative. He sells it.
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Russia writing US policy. For discussion of the implications of this please listen to my conversation with Michael Weiss on Thinking Live:
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New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Russia writing US policy. For discussion of the implications of this please listen to my conversation with Michael Weiss on Thinking Live:
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
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It's easy to be numb because it's par for the course nowadays, but repeatedly calling a reporter who asks a reasonable question "stupid" is conduct unbecoming for a small-town mayor, let alone the President of the United States.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It's easy to be numb because it's par for the course nowadays, but repeatedly calling a reporter who asks a reasonable question "stupid" is conduct unbecoming for a small-town mayor, let alone the President of the United States.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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Sending prayers and strength to the friends, families and fellow guardsmen of the two West Virginians who were shot in DC. These individuals signed up to serve because they cared about their community and their country, and to have this happen the day before Thanksgiving is heartbreaking.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Sending prayers and strength to the friends, families and fellow guardsmen of the two West Virginians who were shot in DC. These individuals signed up to serve because they cared about their community and their country, and to have this happen the day before Thanksgiving is heartbreaking.
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Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
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@nytimes.com
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Mike Bloomberg: A rushed settlement that fails to restrain Russian aggression over the long term will be as dangerous to the US as it is to Ukraine.
In War and Peace, US Must Stand With Ukraine
The peace “plan” the US is pressuring Ukraine to sign may be improving after talks in Geneva over the weekend, which would be good news. In its eagerness for a diplomatic victory, however, the White House shouldn’t forget the costs of a weak deal that fails to keep Russian aggression in check.
bloom.bg
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Mike Bloomberg: A rushed settlement that fails to restrain Russian aggression over the long term will be as dangerous to the US as it is to Ukraine.