Richard Gorrie
@richardgorrie.bsky.social
Historian and educationalist. One foot in the Eighteenth Century and one in the 21st. Ouch. Keep It Complex.
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A qualified professional who actually DOES know what he's talking about with the degrees and experience to prove it.
#TEA
#TEA
A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A qualified professional who actually DOES know what he's talking about with the degrees and experience to prove it.
#TEA
#TEA
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These are the words of a deeply sick human being. True psychopathic cognitive patterns here. At the same time, she is just aura farming. Were she actually faced with something like this right in front of her she would be traumatized for life. The latter consideration only makes her more evil.
Megyn Kelly on alleged war crimes: "I really do kind of not only wanna see them killed in the water, whether they're on the boat or in the water, but I'd really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so they lose a limb and bleed out."
December 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
These are the words of a deeply sick human being. True psychopathic cognitive patterns here. At the same time, she is just aura farming. Were she actually faced with something like this right in front of her she would be traumatized for life. The latter consideration only makes her more evil.
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Trump is pro-corruption
Trump has commuted the sentence of David Gentile, 59 yo resident of Long Island, who defrauded people of $1.6B in a phony investment scheme.
Gentile spend just seven days in prison for a seven year sentence.
Grift sees grift
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Gentile spend just seven days in prison for a seven year sentence.
Grift sees grift
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Trump is pro-corruption
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Day # 317.
Read the 4 page letter sent to US President from this ex Honduran leader..what do you think & feel?
For me, Wisdom says. Let's investigate how this happened & where corruption lies in our system
Can we do that when DOGE laid off/fired oversight?
So many questions!
#proudblue #pinks
Read the 4 page letter sent to US President from this ex Honduran leader..what do you think & feel?
For me, Wisdom says. Let's investigate how this happened & where corruption lies in our system
Can we do that when DOGE laid off/fired oversight?
So many questions!
#proudblue #pinks
#ConvictedFelonDonaldTrump who is so against #narcoterrorists gives full pardon to one of worst narcoterrorists flooding the U.S. with illegal and deadly drugs. And the Republican MAGAts in Congress are silent. #ImpeachAndConvictTrump #DV1 #ProudBlue
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Honduran Ex-President Freed After Pardon for Drug Crimes
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Day # 317.
Read the 4 page letter sent to US President from this ex Honduran leader..what do you think & feel?
For me, Wisdom says. Let's investigate how this happened & where corruption lies in our system
Can we do that when DOGE laid off/fired oversight?
So many questions!
#proudblue #pinks
Read the 4 page letter sent to US President from this ex Honduran leader..what do you think & feel?
For me, Wisdom says. Let's investigate how this happened & where corruption lies in our system
Can we do that when DOGE laid off/fired oversight?
So many questions!
#proudblue #pinks
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People used to say, with great confidence, that variable renewables could never safely provide more than 5% of grid power. That estimate has crept up ever since, though the "great confidence" part never wavers.
Anyway, about China ...
Anyway, about China ...
December 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
People used to say, with great confidence, that variable renewables could never safely provide more than 5% of grid power. That estimate has crept up ever since, though the "great confidence" part never wavers.
Anyway, about China ...
Anyway, about China ...
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gramps is banged up this afternoon
December 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
gramps is banged up this afternoon
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I will translate for those who don't speak fascist
"I just met with the President.
I want to ban anyone who isn't white, Christian, & politically obedient. We will label entire cultures as criminal so we can strip their rights. This nation belongs only to us.
WE DON’T WANT BROWN PEOPLE. NOT ONE"
"I just met with the President.
I want to ban anyone who isn't white, Christian, & politically obedient. We will label entire cultures as criminal so we can strip their rights. This nation belongs only to us.
WE DON’T WANT BROWN PEOPLE. NOT ONE"
December 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I will translate for those who don't speak fascist
"I just met with the President.
I want to ban anyone who isn't white, Christian, & politically obedient. We will label entire cultures as criminal so we can strip their rights. This nation belongs only to us.
WE DON’T WANT BROWN PEOPLE. NOT ONE"
"I just met with the President.
I want to ban anyone who isn't white, Christian, & politically obedient. We will label entire cultures as criminal so we can strip their rights. This nation belongs only to us.
WE DON’T WANT BROWN PEOPLE. NOT ONE"
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There have been at least 19 murders in D.C. since Trump deployed the National Guard here in August. One was the murder of a Guard soldier less than a week ago.
December 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
There have been at least 19 murders in D.C. since Trump deployed the National Guard here in August. One was the murder of a Guard soldier less than a week ago.
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Palestinians could get behind an alternative to Hamas if Israel does a bunch of things Israel is absolutely not going to do.
www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...
www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...
Are Palestinians Ready to Shed Hamas?
How other factions might gain ground.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Palestinians could get behind an alternative to Hamas if Israel does a bunch of things Israel is absolutely not going to do.
www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...
www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...
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If you can excuse murdering people hanging on to a blown up boat to save their lives, it's a short step to excusing murdering peaceful protesters because you disagree with them.
Kent State 2.0 is on its way.
Kent State 2.0 is on its way.
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If you can excuse murdering people hanging on to a blown up boat to save their lives, it's a short step to excusing murdering peaceful protesters because you disagree with them.
Kent State 2.0 is on its way.
Kent State 2.0 is on its way.
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This is why military service members should refuse to follow illegal orders. Because when the shit hits the fan, Trunp and Hegseth will deny everything and blame you. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Reporter: Does the administration deny that that second strike happened or did it happen and the administration denies that Hegseth gave the order
Leavitt: The latter is true
Leavitt: The latter is true
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is why military service members should refuse to follow illegal orders. Because when the shit hits the fan, Trunp and Hegseth will deny everything and blame you. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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it should surprise no one that netanyahu would intentionally turn a blind eye to events leading to the 7 oct. massacre of israelis.
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
it should surprise no one that netanyahu would intentionally turn a blind eye to events leading to the 7 oct. massacre of israelis.
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The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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try to imagine the media firestorm if the military was conducting strikes and obama, clinton, or biden said "i dont know anything about it" and how the media just shrugs at trump saying the same thing.
talking to reporters last night, Trump claimed of Hegseth's double tap strike that "I don't know anything about it," then moments later claimed "I don't who you're talking about" when asked his plan to pardon the former Honduran president
December 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
try to imagine the media firestorm if the military was conducting strikes and obama, clinton, or biden said "i dont know anything about it" and how the media just shrugs at trump saying the same thing.
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Mark Kelly: "My concern is with the service members -- we're gonna put these individuals in a really tough place. They may find our down the road that they did something that's illegal. It's not fair to them. That's why need presidents and secretaries of defense who understand the Constitution"
November 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Mark Kelly: "My concern is with the service members -- we're gonna put these individuals in a really tough place. They may find our down the road that they did something that's illegal. It's not fair to them. That's why need presidents and secretaries of defense who understand the Constitution"
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It sucks that governing is basically juggling a million balls in the air at once that are really hard for most people to perceive, and the anti-governing coalition basically just gets to promise simple, magical solutions to every problem that definitely will not work
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
It sucks that governing is basically juggling a million balls in the air at once that are really hard for most people to perceive, and the anti-governing coalition basically just gets to promise simple, magical solutions to every problem that definitely will not work
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This could be the cold open for the next SNL. 🤦🏽♂️
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This could be the cold open for the next SNL. 🤦🏽♂️
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If y’all really are going to investigate Hegseth and trumps’s Venezuelan murders PLEASE GO FASTER! Trump has declared Venezuelan airspace closed which means they are getting ready to murder a lot more people. We are not at war with Venezuela!
www.mississippifreepress.org/wicker-direc...
www.mississippifreepress.org/wicker-direc...
Wicker Directs Inquiry Into Hegseth's Reported 'Kill Them All' Order, Vowing 'Vigorous Oversight' of Boat Strikes
Sen. Roger Wicker is vowing "vigorous oversight" amid reports Hegseth ordered the U.S. military "to kill everybody" in a boat strike.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If y’all really are going to investigate Hegseth and trumps’s Venezuelan murders PLEASE GO FASTER! Trump has declared Venezuelan airspace closed which means they are getting ready to murder a lot more people. We are not at war with Venezuela!
www.mississippifreepress.org/wicker-direc...
www.mississippifreepress.org/wicker-direc...
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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 4:38 PM
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."
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Adam Smith himself wrote about how the rich and powerful have no interest in helping the country, their interest in politics and policy is solely about enriching themselves to the detriment of everyone else.
www.adamsmithworks.org/speakings/ad...
www.adamsmithworks.org/speakings/ad...
Who would have guessed that David Sacks would be doing unethical shit in the White House? Not a single guy in that cohort who’s not a raging sociopath www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Adam Smith himself wrote about how the rich and powerful have no interest in helping the country, their interest in politics and policy is solely about enriching themselves to the detriment of everyone else.
www.adamsmithworks.org/speakings/ad...
www.adamsmithworks.org/speakings/ad...
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The Trump administration believes that the rich and powerful should be pardoned for their crimes, even after judges and juries determined their guilt.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The Trump administration believes that the rich and powerful should be pardoned for their crimes, even after judges and juries determined their guilt.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
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By McGill Assoc. Provost Indigenous Initiatives, Celeste Pedri-Spade
"These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us. Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices."
"These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us. Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices."
Thomas King: As we learn another ‘hero’ is non-Indigenous, let’s not ignore a broader cultural problem
Indigenous people are more than stories. We deserve a future where our identities are not commodities, and accountability is measured by actions that build trust and repair harm.
theconversation.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
By McGill Assoc. Provost Indigenous Initiatives, Celeste Pedri-Spade
"These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us. Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices."
"These heroes were largely created by settler-controlled industries like publishing, media and academia — not by us. Their success was sustained by gatekeepers who valued marketable versions of Indigeneity over authentic voices."
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it is amazing how so much tech gets unremittingly worse year on year at whatever you once used it for and less pleasant to use and more bound up with creepy politics as well as personal and environmental harms and yet also still less productive of actual goods and these are somehow great visionaries
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
it is amazing how so much tech gets unremittingly worse year on year at whatever you once used it for and less pleasant to use and more bound up with creepy politics as well as personal and environmental harms and yet also still less productive of actual goods and these are somehow great visionaries
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As former Bush OLC leader Jack Goldsmith writes, the DOD manual prohibits killing shipwrecked enemies. If reporting is correct, killing helpless men clinging to boats was a war crime.
 open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
 open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
As former Bush OLC leader Jack Goldsmith writes, the DOD manual prohibits killing shipwrecked enemies. If reporting is correct, killing helpless men clinging to boats was a war crime.
 open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
 open.substack.com/pub/executiv...