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The White House doesn’t offer a plausible legal rationale because the orders are illegal.
Various lawyers wouldn’t sign off on it because the orders are illegal.
Trump flipped out at veterans saying don’t follow illegal orders because he’s giving illegal orders.
Real Occam’s razor situation here.
Various lawyers wouldn’t sign off on it because the orders are illegal.
Trump flipped out at veterans saying don’t follow illegal orders because he’s giving illegal orders.
Real Occam’s razor situation here.
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
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It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The White House doesn’t offer a plausible legal rationale because the orders are illegal.
Various lawyers wouldn’t sign off on it because the orders are illegal.
Trump flipped out at veterans saying don’t follow illegal orders because he’s giving illegal orders.
Real Occam’s razor situation here.
Various lawyers wouldn’t sign off on it because the orders are illegal.
Trump flipped out at veterans saying don’t follow illegal orders because he’s giving illegal orders.
Real Occam’s razor situation here.
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It was the US embassy, wasn't it?
"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It was the US embassy, wasn't it?
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“…wherever there was a ‘deserving’ Party member and no other place could be found for him, he would be dumped into education.…Putting ignorant ‘reliables,’ from politics or business, over the educators was also part of the Nazi way of humiliating education and bringing it into popular contempt.”
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“…wherever there was a ‘deserving’ Party member and no other place could be found for him, he would be dumped into education.…Putting ignorant ‘reliables,’ from politics or business, over the educators was also part of the Nazi way of humiliating education and bringing it into popular contempt.”
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Ngl even apart from the obvious racism I think it is absurd for the State to subject anybody to this kind of shit a priori
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
Greenlandic families fight to get children back after parenting tests banned
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests, known as FKUs, on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Ngl even apart from the obvious racism I think it is absurd for the State to subject anybody to this kind of shit a priori
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1. This is a perennial proposal in Iranian politics. The framing seems dire, but I'd honestly bet this isn't happening.
2. If it does, they sure as hell aren't putting it on the Makran coast
2. If it does, they sure as hell aren't putting it on the Makran coast
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
1. This is a perennial proposal in Iranian politics. The framing seems dire, but I'd honestly bet this isn't happening.
2. If it does, they sure as hell aren't putting it on the Makran coast
2. If it does, they sure as hell aren't putting it on the Makran coast
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This is getting messy. Senators claim that Rubio told them that the peace plan was Russia’s, not a White House position. A spokesman from the State Department says that Rubio never said that.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
US senators say Rubio told them Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is Russia's 'wish list'
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing ...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This is getting messy. Senators claim that Rubio told them that the peace plan was Russia’s, not a White House position. A spokesman from the State Department says that Rubio never said that.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
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WTF newrepublic.com/post/203517/... This is like a Maddow fever dream circa 2018
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Deal Appears to Be Translated From Russian
Certain phrases in Trump’s proposed deal seem to be using Russian language.
newrepublic.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
WTF newrepublic.com/post/203517/... This is like a Maddow fever dream circa 2018
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Washington state resident dies of new H5N5 form of bird flu
Washington state resident dies of new H5N5 form of bird flu
The person, who lived in Grays Harbor County, Wash., had been hospitalized earlier this month in Kings County, where Seattle is located.
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Washington state resident dies of new H5N5 form of bird flu
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Light pollution from that jerk.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Light pollution from that jerk.
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Breaking: Administration officials working overtime to find turkeys with sexual assault and crypto scam convictions so the President can pardon them
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Breaking: Administration officials working overtime to find turkeys with sexual assault and crypto scam convictions so the President can pardon them
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I don’t believe this but if it’s anywhere close to this next November we’re going to see Blexas and more, Dems have not won the white vote since 1964
Generic Ballot Polling Among White Voters:
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
🔵 Democrats: 50%
🔴 Republicans: 46%
Marist / Nov 13, 2025
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I don’t believe this but if it’s anywhere close to this next November we’re going to see Blexas and more, Dems have not won the white vote since 1964
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The amount of times i've quoted their holy book only for them to go "It doesn't say that!"
"Oh really, look, right here." (points to the passage)
"Well, you're taking it out of context!"
"Oh really, look, right here." (points to the passage)
"Well, you're taking it out of context!"
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The amount of times i've quoted their holy book only for them to go "It doesn't say that!"
"Oh really, look, right here." (points to the passage)
"Well, you're taking it out of context!"
"Oh really, look, right here." (points to the passage)
"Well, you're taking it out of context!"
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🎩 He’s the worst president we’ve had! 🇺🇸
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🎩 He’s the worst president we’ve had! 🇺🇸
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If you had told me Mamdani and MTG would both be in the news today, and gave me eleventy thousand guesses as to why, I’d … still be guessing.
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
If you had told me Mamdani and MTG would both be in the news today, and gave me eleventy thousand guesses as to why, I’d … still be guessing.
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Rep. Chrissy Houlahan: "The last time we received a briefing on Venezuela with the full committee was never. That is something that should alarm everybody. Congress is supposed to be aware of what intelligence validates and justifies these attacks."
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan: "The last time we received a briefing on Venezuela with the full committee was never. That is something that should alarm everybody. Congress is supposed to be aware of what intelligence validates and justifies these attacks."
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This quote from Spock, always relevant, especially today. When encountering the powerful but badly behaved Trelane (an early Q):
" I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without constructive purpose."
" I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without constructive purpose."
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This quote from Spock, always relevant, especially today. When encountering the powerful but badly behaved Trelane (an early Q):
" I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without constructive purpose."
" I object to you. I object to intellect without discipline; I object to power without constructive purpose."
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The Roberts Court deciding that law doesn’t apply to the president, at least this one, even when he’s out of office, was a bad idea.
They should not have done that. It has had foreseeable negative consequences. They should have gone with the Constitution and over two centuries of precedent instead.
They should not have done that. It has had foreseeable negative consequences. They should have gone with the Constitution and over two centuries of precedent instead.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Roberts Court deciding that law doesn’t apply to the president, at least this one, even when he’s out of office, was a bad idea.
They should not have done that. It has had foreseeable negative consequences. They should have gone with the Constitution and over two centuries of precedent instead.
They should not have done that. It has had foreseeable negative consequences. They should have gone with the Constitution and over two centuries of precedent instead.
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Gonna need to get those confidence intervals down a tad if we are going to get this thing published.
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Gonna need to get those confidence intervals down a tad if we are going to get this thing published.
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Asking capitalists to invest in left-wing media is like asking a cow to invest in a slaughterhouse
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Asking capitalists to invest in left-wing media is like asking a cow to invest in a slaughterhouse
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Your occasional reminder that test audiences for “Good Night, and Good Luck” said the actor playing Senator McCarthy was too over-the-top trying to make him into an obvious villain.
It wasn’t an actor. The film used real archival footage of the real Joseph McCarthy.
It wasn’t an actor. The film used real archival footage of the real Joseph McCarthy.
i'm reminded of that one anecdote where focus groups straight up didn't believe Romney's actual policy positions were real because they were too austere
i think a similar thing is happening for media people who live in denial of what the American right is all about, it's not just Twitter edgelords
i think a similar thing is happening for media people who live in denial of what the American right is all about, it's not just Twitter edgelords
a genuine problem is that a lot of this stuff is just completely alien to the mass media elite
like who else besides weirdos like me take time to analyze what the intellectual righties are saying
like who else besides weirdos like me take time to analyze what the intellectual righties are saying
November 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Your occasional reminder that test audiences for “Good Night, and Good Luck” said the actor playing Senator McCarthy was too over-the-top trying to make him into an obvious villain.
It wasn’t an actor. The film used real archival footage of the real Joseph McCarthy.
It wasn’t an actor. The film used real archival footage of the real Joseph McCarthy.
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This makes me absolutely incandescent
November 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This makes me absolutely incandescent
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"Why don't people support welfare programs?"
Racism. More specifically, anti-Blackness.
White folks asked about who welfare serves overestimate the number of Black people on welfare. Not only that, but just the mere THOUGHT of who welfare supports led less white people to support it. #blacksky
Racism. More specifically, anti-Blackness.
White folks asked about who welfare serves overestimate the number of Black people on welfare. Not only that, but just the mere THOUGHT of who welfare supports led less white people to support it. #blacksky
November 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"Why don't people support welfare programs?"
Racism. More specifically, anti-Blackness.
White folks asked about who welfare serves overestimate the number of Black people on welfare. Not only that, but just the mere THOUGHT of who welfare supports led less white people to support it. #blacksky
Racism. More specifically, anti-Blackness.
White folks asked about who welfare serves overestimate the number of Black people on welfare. Not only that, but just the mere THOUGHT of who welfare supports led less white people to support it. #blacksky