emily
@soupmuse.bsky.social
lawyer. human rights and civilian protection. forever Arabic student.
our liberation is bound together.
our liberation is bound together.
Cannot imagine worse timing for this. But has Maduro signed it? Not seeing confirmation so perhaps has not taken effect.
January 3, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Cannot imagine worse timing for this. But has Maduro signed it? Not seeing confirmation so perhaps has not taken effect.
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Article I, Section 8
"The Congress shall have power... To declare war"
and
United Nations Charter, Article 2(4)
"All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State"
"The Congress shall have power... To declare war"
and
United Nations Charter, Article 2(4)
"All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State"
January 3, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Article I, Section 8
"The Congress shall have power... To declare war"
and
United Nations Charter, Article 2(4)
"All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State"
"The Congress shall have power... To declare war"
and
United Nations Charter, Article 2(4)
"All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State"
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I think this feels particularly shocking because no matter how much you stretch the law this has absolutely no basis of legality whatsoever. No terrorists, no "threat" requiring anticipatory self defence. Nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
I think this feels particularly shocking because no matter how much you stretch the law this has absolutely no basis of legality whatsoever. No terrorists, no "threat" requiring anticipatory self defence. Nothing.
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A 2026 reminder: refuse selective empathy and oppose all politics/policies that consign people (such as migrants, Indigenous communities, disabled people, trans folk, Palestinians, etc) to their deaths.
January 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
A 2026 reminder: refuse selective empathy and oppose all politics/policies that consign people (such as migrants, Indigenous communities, disabled people, trans folk, Palestinians, etc) to their deaths.
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If this doesn't come with a UNGA Uniting for Peace resolution and global condemnation then the prohibition on the use of force is finished and the UN will go the way of the League of Nations.
Ask the international lawyers in your life how they are because right now I wish I weren't 10 years sober
Ask the international lawyers in your life how they are because right now I wish I weren't 10 years sober
January 3, 2026 at 10:51 AM
If this doesn't come with a UNGA Uniting for Peace resolution and global condemnation then the prohibition on the use of force is finished and the UN will go the way of the League of Nations.
Ask the international lawyers in your life how they are because right now I wish I weren't 10 years sober
Ask the international lawyers in your life how they are because right now I wish I weren't 10 years sober
“To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole."
Nuremburg, Trial of the Major War Criminals (1948)
Nuremburg, Trial of the Major War Criminals (1948)
Impeachment is not enough. This demands prosecution by the ICC.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
“To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole."
Nuremburg, Trial of the Major War Criminals (1948)
Nuremburg, Trial of the Major War Criminals (1948)
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The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 AM
The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.
Impeachment is not enough. This demands prosecution by the ICC.
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Impeachment is not enough. This demands prosecution by the ICC.
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All my fucking tax dollars go towards murdering innocent people abroad. Never enough money for free college. Or free school lunch. Or to fix the goddamned roads and the crumbling bridges. Always enough for murder.
I am so livid.
I am so livid.
January 3, 2026 at 9:02 AM
All my fucking tax dollars go towards murdering innocent people abroad. Never enough money for free college. Or free school lunch. Or to fix the goddamned roads and the crumbling bridges. Always enough for murder.
I am so livid.
I am so livid.
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Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
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Multiple explosions in Caracas, Venezuela.
No to pointless foreign wars and bloodshed.
No to pointless foreign wars and bloodshed.
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Multiple explosions in Caracas, Venezuela.
No to pointless foreign wars and bloodshed.
No to pointless foreign wars and bloodshed.
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The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.
January 3, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The bombing of Venezuela is an act of aggression: unprovoked, unjustified and unjustifiable.
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🚨 Three Freedom Flotilla participants have publicly accused Israeli forces of severe sexual abuse, including rape and torture, after being seized and detained by Israeli authorities in October 2025.
📌 Statements from Anna, Vincenzo, and Surya
▪️Anna: “After I was kidnapped by Israeli forces...
📌 Statements from Anna, Vincenzo, and Surya
▪️Anna: “After I was kidnapped by Israeli forces...
January 2, 2026 at 11:47 PM
🚨 Three Freedom Flotilla participants have publicly accused Israeli forces of severe sexual abuse, including rape and torture, after being seized and detained by Israeli authorities in October 2025.
📌 Statements from Anna, Vincenzo, and Surya
▪️Anna: “After I was kidnapped by Israeli forces...
📌 Statements from Anna, Vincenzo, and Surya
▪️Anna: “After I was kidnapped by Israeli forces...
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What the fuck is going on with the Minnesotan senators making no statements about the terror campaign being inflicted on their own state?
January 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
What the fuck is going on with the Minnesotan senators making no statements about the terror campaign being inflicted on their own state?
manifesting this for peacock and portland city council in the new year
(and thinking back on one of the city's finest moments of the last year for no particular reason)
bsky.app/profile/soup...
(and thinking back on one of the city's finest moments of the last year for no particular reason)
bsky.app/profile/soup...
would love a council president who wanted to raise expectations and do big things 👀
January 1, 2026 at 10:07 PM
manifesting this for peacock and portland city council in the new year
(and thinking back on one of the city's finest moments of the last year for no particular reason)
bsky.app/profile/soup...
(and thinking back on one of the city's finest moments of the last year for no particular reason)
bsky.app/profile/soup...
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This is a brilliant line that should make a lot of folks…in both parties…very uncomfortable. Yes.
Good.
Good.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:18 PM
This is a brilliant line that should make a lot of folks…in both parties…very uncomfortable. Yes.
Good.
Good.
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The latest print issue of @streetroots.bsky.social is a devastating read, even if you won’t read every word. 16 pages of items city contractors took during sweeps in the first half of 2025. Data, presented without comment, tells the real, human-centered story of unsheltered Portland homelessness.
December 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The latest print issue of @streetroots.bsky.social is a devastating read, even if you won’t read every word. 16 pages of items city contractors took during sweeps in the first half of 2025. Data, presented without comment, tells the real, human-centered story of unsheltered Portland homelessness.
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
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one last time, for the road
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 AM
one last time, for the road
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This is great news and reflects the efforts from everyday Portlanders who poured into the streets, found ways to throw sand in the gears of this machine, and the urgency of my fellow electeds. Special thanks to the vets who joined me in the call to refuse orders. We won and it’s just the beginning.
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is great news and reflects the efforts from everyday Portlanders who poured into the streets, found ways to throw sand in the gears of this machine, and the urgency of my fellow electeds. Special thanks to the vets who joined me in the call to refuse orders. We won and it’s just the beginning.
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When news about the UN’s fiscal crisis floats out to larger audiences, it’s important to note that it’s largely the result of unpaid membership dues. While the organization could certainly use some reform, it’s not constantly financially strapped because it’s constantly mismanaging its funds.
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When news about the UN’s fiscal crisis floats out to larger audiences, it’s important to note that it’s largely the result of unpaid membership dues. While the organization could certainly use some reform, it’s not constantly financially strapped because it’s constantly mismanaging its funds.
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A professor from France studying homelessness in PDX came to one of the council meetings and he was like “wow you guys are being so calm and civil? Our legislators would be fist fighting on the floor”
And it was so funny because in Portland it was considered one of the most contentious meetings
And it was so funny because in Portland it was considered one of the most contentious meetings
The problem with “Portland nice” is officials think accountability, which sometimes necessarily means being adversarial, is uncouth.
December 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A professor from France studying homelessness in PDX came to one of the council meetings and he was like “wow you guys are being so calm and civil? Our legislators would be fist fighting on the floor”
And it was so funny because in Portland it was considered one of the most contentious meetings
And it was so funny because in Portland it was considered one of the most contentious meetings
Nothing like a cozy morning with coffee and a new Sarah Jeong article for this household
December 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Nothing like a cozy morning with coffee and a new Sarah Jeong article for this household
An end of year masterpiece on collective literacy that may just ruin ezra klein’s day.
no one asked for a sequel to the shitposting fire emblem triangle article but i wrote one anyway www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
December 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
An end of year masterpiece on collective literacy that may just ruin ezra klein’s day.
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Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
December 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Israel becomes the first country in the world to ban the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders.
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Let that sink in.
File under "Things you do when you are committing genocide"...
www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...