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THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
THIS is among the most important list of documents the public needs to see.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
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Jealous
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Resigns in the Face of Mass Protests
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Jealous
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“I don’t know about you, but if a country I wanted to visit was asking for all that information—while at the same time ramping up hostile mass surveillance and grabbing innocent people off the street without due process—I would think twice about visiting.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/come-to-tr...
www.americaamerica.news/p/come-to-tr...
Come to Trump's America...If You Dare
The Trump regime is pushing a paranoid new policy that will further discourage international travelers. The reputation of America's aggression is growing.
www.americaamerica.news
December 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
“I don’t know about you, but if a country I wanted to visit was asking for all that information—while at the same time ramping up hostile mass surveillance and grabbing innocent people off the street without due process—I would think twice about visiting.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/come-to-tr...
www.americaamerica.news/p/come-to-tr...
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Donald Trump launched his political career by insisting that free-trade deals had sacrificed the national interest in the pursuit of corporate profits. One wonders what that version of Trump would ...
RIP American Tech Dominance
Lifting export controls on Nvidia’s second-best chip jeopardizes America’s AI advantage over China.
www.theatlantic.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Donald Trump launched his political career by insisting that free-trade deals had sacrificed the national interest in the pursuit of corporate profits. One wonders what that version of Trump would ...
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I’d also caution servicemembers that Hegseth probably now has a realtime scroll of every input to this chatbot on a dedicated monitor like a Twitter feed and six DOGE interns scrubbing it for disloyalty.
LOL... Pentagon released a new AI military chatbot and it immediately pointed out that Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
abovethelaw.com/2025/12/pent...
Pentagon Unveils New GenAI Platform, It Immediately Starts Flagging Pete Hegseth's War Crimes - Above the Law
The Defense Department's new ChatJAG turned out to be better than the human chain of command.
abovethelaw.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I’d also caution servicemembers that Hegseth probably now has a realtime scroll of every input to this chatbot on a dedicated monitor like a Twitter feed and six DOGE interns scrubbing it for disloyalty.
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Head Start is a 60-year-old US Department of Health and Human Services program that, among other things, creates inclusive and accessible classrooms for children with disabilities. But those applying for funding were told by the Trump regime to avoid the words "inclusion" and "disability." 🤡
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
www.npr.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Head Start is a 60-year-old US Department of Health and Human Services program that, among other things, creates inclusive and accessible classrooms for children with disabilities. But those applying for funding were told by the Trump regime to avoid the words "inclusion" and "disability." 🤡
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In rejecting yesterday a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump, Indiana’s Republican-controlled senate did not merely deny Republicans two new U.S. House seats in next year’s midterm ...
The Indiana Vote Is an Inflection Point
The spines of the state’s Republicans stiffened where so many others snapped.
www.theatlantic.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
In rejecting yesterday a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump, Indiana’s Republican-controlled senate did not merely deny Republicans two new U.S. House seats in next year’s midterm ...
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Trump is getting immigration progressives into politics. lnk.thebulwark.com/4p29J7G
Trump Immigration Cruelty Fuels Surge in New Candidates
These political newcomers are appalled by the sights and stories of the deportation regime.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Trump is getting immigration progressives into politics. lnk.thebulwark.com/4p29J7G
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Tina Peters is supposed to spend the next eight years of her life in prison. The former Colorado county clerk was convicted last year of charges tied to tampering with voting equipment under her co...
The Last MAGA Prisoner
Trump desperately wants Tina Peters released but can’t make it happen without help.
www.theatlantic.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Tina Peters is supposed to spend the next eight years of her life in prison. The former Colorado county clerk was convicted last year of charges tied to tampering with voting equipment under her co...
GOP candidate for Kentucky Senate defends, then deletes ‘rant’ against millennial ‘skanks’ www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...
GOP candidate for Kentucky Senate defends, then deletes ‘rant’ against millennial ‘skanks’
The Jefferson County Republican Party has selected a candidate for a special election in Louisville’s South End that railed against the women of his generation through online posts, using vulgar epith...
www.lpm.org
December 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
GOP candidate for Kentucky Senate defends, then deletes ‘rant’ against millennial ‘skanks’ www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...
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Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
- Birthright citizenship heads to Supreme Court
- DC Court of Appeals allows POTUS to remove NLRB and MSPB members
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
- Birthright citizenship heads to Supreme Court
- DC Court of Appeals allows POTUS to remove NLRB and MSPB members
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
- Birthright citizenship heads to Supreme Court
- DC Court of Appeals allows POTUS to remove NLRB and MSPB members
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
- Birthright citizenship heads to Supreme Court
- DC Court of Appeals allows POTUS to remove NLRB and MSPB members
www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
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(1/4) Catch up on our recent analysis:
• U.S. strikes / Venezuela
• Book recommendations
• Ethiopia
• Trump executive actions
• Supreme Court
• Economic diplomacy
• Civil society
• Emerging technologies
www.justsecurity.org/125922/diges...
• U.S. strikes / Venezuela
• Book recommendations
• Ethiopia
• Trump executive actions
• Supreme Court
• Economic diplomacy
• Civil society
• Emerging technologies
www.justsecurity.org/125922/diges...
Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Dec. 1-5, 2025)
U.S. strikes / Venezuela • Book recommendations • Ethiopia • Trump executive actions • Supreme Court • Economic diplomacy • Civil society • Emerging technologies
www.justsecurity.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
(1/4) Catch up on our recent analysis:
• U.S. strikes / Venezuela
• Book recommendations
• Ethiopia
• Trump executive actions
• Supreme Court
• Economic diplomacy
• Civil society
• Emerging technologies
www.justsecurity.org/125922/diges...
• U.S. strikes / Venezuela
• Book recommendations
• Ethiopia
• Trump executive actions
• Supreme Court
• Economic diplomacy
• Civil society
• Emerging technologies
www.justsecurity.org/125922/diges...
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Today's news roundup:
-Thailand launches airstrikes along border with Cambodia
-New Orleans leaders demand DHS transparency in immigration crackdown
-US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense
-Judge stalls DOJ effort to seek Comey re-indictment
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www.justsecurity.org/126549/early...
-Thailand launches airstrikes along border with Cambodia
-New Orleans leaders demand DHS transparency in immigration crackdown
-US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense
-Judge stalls DOJ effort to seek Comey re-indictment
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www.justsecurity.org/126549/early...
Early Edition: December 8, 2025
A curated guide to major news and developments over the weekend.
www.justsecurity.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today's news roundup:
-Thailand launches airstrikes along border with Cambodia
-New Orleans leaders demand DHS transparency in immigration crackdown
-US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense
-Judge stalls DOJ effort to seek Comey re-indictment
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www.justsecurity.org/126549/early...
-Thailand launches airstrikes along border with Cambodia
-New Orleans leaders demand DHS transparency in immigration crackdown
-US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense
-Judge stalls DOJ effort to seek Comey re-indictment
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www.justsecurity.org/126549/early...
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When it comes to intelligence sharing, European allies are shifting from assuming U.S. reliability to managing it, writes Brian O'Neill.
www.justsecurity.org/126220/quiet...
www.justsecurity.org/126220/quiet...
The Quiet Rebalance in Transatlantic Intelligence
Recent developments are deepening European officials' existing unease about Washington's steadiness as a security partner.
www.justsecurity.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When it comes to intelligence sharing, European allies are shifting from assuming U.S. reliability to managing it, writes Brian O'Neill.
www.justsecurity.org/126220/quiet...
www.justsecurity.org/126220/quiet...
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President Trump proclaimed that he gave #SouthKorea “approval” to build a nuclear-powered submarine at a Philadelphia shipyard.
Except he doesn’t have unilateral authority to grant such approval, explains Lowell H. Schwartz, outlining the legal requirements:
www.justsecurity.org/126497/us-so...
Except he doesn’t have unilateral authority to grant such approval, explains Lowell H. Schwartz, outlining the legal requirements:
www.justsecurity.org/126497/us-so...
Law and Policy for a U.S-South Korea Nuclear Submarine Program
Trump’s proposed U.S.–South Korea nuclear submarine deal overlooks key legal and congressional requirements under the Atomic Energy Act.
www.justsecurity.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
President Trump proclaimed that he gave #SouthKorea “approval” to build a nuclear-powered submarine at a Philadelphia shipyard.
Except he doesn’t have unilateral authority to grant such approval, explains Lowell H. Schwartz, outlining the legal requirements:
www.justsecurity.org/126497/us-so...
Except he doesn’t have unilateral authority to grant such approval, explains Lowell H. Schwartz, outlining the legal requirements:
www.justsecurity.org/126497/us-so...
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Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
See here for the full tracker: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
See here for the full tracker: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
December 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
See here for the full tracker: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
See here for the full tracker: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
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For policymakers, lawmakers, commentators and the public:
We provide a detailed review of the international law relevant to lethal operations against suspected drug boats
I teamed up with @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social
We provide a detailed review of the international law relevant to lethal operations against suspected drug boats
I teamed up with @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social
Operation Southern Spear: Why the Crews, Drugs, and Boats are Not Targetable
A deep dive on the international law applicable to the U.S. military's lethal operations against suspected drug boats
www.justsecurity.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
For policymakers, lawmakers, commentators and the public:
We provide a detailed review of the international law relevant to lethal operations against suspected drug boats
I teamed up with @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social
We provide a detailed review of the international law relevant to lethal operations against suspected drug boats
I teamed up with @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social
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"We are told there is a legal opinion from the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel justifying the lethal boat strikes, but the opinion is classified ...
Any such opinion must discuss constitutional law, and constitutional law is not classified."
- Jeh Johnon op-ed
Any such opinion must discuss constitutional law, and constitutional law is not classified."
- Jeh Johnon op-ed
Opinion | Not All Targeted Killings Are the Same. Hegseth’s Boat Strikes Are Illegal.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"We are told there is a legal opinion from the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel justifying the lethal boat strikes, but the opinion is classified ...
Any such opinion must discuss constitutional law, and constitutional law is not classified."
- Jeh Johnon op-ed
Any such opinion must discuss constitutional law, and constitutional law is not classified."
- Jeh Johnon op-ed
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What Senator Cotton says here would be a bad defense for the Germans convicted in WWI and WWII war crimes trials -- including for firing on shipwrecked in fully operational lifeboats.
This line of response hurts the US and US servicemembers. It will cause long-term damage unless we get this right.
This line of response hurts the US and US servicemembers. It will cause long-term damage unless we get this right.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What Senator Cotton says here would be a bad defense for the Germans convicted in WWI and WWII war crimes trials -- including for firing on shipwrecked in fully operational lifeboats.
This line of response hurts the US and US servicemembers. It will cause long-term damage unless we get this right.
This line of response hurts the US and US servicemembers. It will cause long-term damage unless we get this right.
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Killed them because they might "stay in the fight"⬇️
Even if you buy all the legal falsehoods (that this is an 'armed conflict,' that drugs are war-sustaining objects), the 2 shipwrecked were in no way, shape or form engaged in "active combat activities" (the actual legal test).
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Even if you buy all the legal falsehoods (that this is an 'armed conflict,' that drugs are war-sustaining objects), the 2 shipwrecked were in no way, shape or form engaged in "active combat activities" (the actual legal test).
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December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Killed them because they might "stay in the fight"⬇️
Even if you buy all the legal falsehoods (that this is an 'armed conflict,' that drugs are war-sustaining objects), the 2 shipwrecked were in no way, shape or form engaged in "active combat activities" (the actual legal test).
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Even if you buy all the legal falsehoods (that this is an 'armed conflict,' that drugs are war-sustaining objects), the 2 shipwrecked were in no way, shape or form engaged in "active combat activities" (the actual legal test).
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Whatever you may think about the Tish James case, the defense's legal claims of vindictive prosecution and the evidence of a corrupt use of DOJ power just got ...
stronger (trying a second indictment) and
stronger (grand jury denial) and
stronger (DOJ determined to try again)
stronger (trying a second indictment) and
stronger (grand jury denial) and
stronger (DOJ determined to try again)
Grand jury declines to indict Letitia James again | CNN Politics
A grand jury voted against indicting New York Attorney General Letitia James after being asked to look at the mortgage fraud case against her a second time, according to multiple people familiar with ...
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Whatever you may think about the Tish James case, the defense's legal claims of vindictive prosecution and the evidence of a corrupt use of DOJ power just got ...
stronger (trying a second indictment) and
stronger (grand jury denial) and
stronger (DOJ determined to try again)
stronger (trying a second indictment) and
stronger (grand jury denial) and
stronger (DOJ determined to try again)
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"The survivors could hypothetically have floated to safety, been rescued, and carried on with trafficking the drugs, the logic went.
"The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale 'f**king insane.'”
"The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale 'f**king insane.'”
🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one 'argument' Hegseth had against it being a war crime:
"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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"The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers."
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Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
"The survivors could hypothetically have floated to safety, been rescued, and carried on with trafficking the drugs, the logic went.
"The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale 'f**king insane.'”
"The other source with direct knowledge of the briefing called that rationale 'f**king insane.'”
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NYTimes adds: "But the video did not show any radios or satellite phones, according to the people familiar with the briefings, and a surveillance plane apparently did not spot any nearby boat."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
NYTimes adds: "But the video did not show any radios or satellite phones, according to the people familiar with the briefings, and a surveillance plane apparently did not spot any nearby boat."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...