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"Legal experts point out that this effectively hands Trump the authority to unilaterally execute civilians who are not waging war against the United States in any recognizable sense."
Read that again, I had to.
Read that again, I had to.
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Legal experts point out that this effectively hands Trump the authority to unilaterally execute civilians who are not waging war against the United States in any recognizable sense."
Read that again, I had to.
Read that again, I had to.
thehill.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
On Sudan (and on us):
Opinion | As genocide engulfs Darfur, history's lessons are forgotten share.google/4eQAiQC9WOsE...
Opinion | As genocide engulfs Darfur, history's lessons are forgotten share.google/4eQAiQC9WOsE...
As genocide engulfs Darfur, history’s lessons are forgotten - The Boston Globe
What if a genocide like the ones in Rwanda or in Srebrenica were to happen today? Would the global response be any different?
share.google
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
On Sudan (and on us):
Opinion | As genocide engulfs Darfur, history's lessons are forgotten share.google/4eQAiQC9WOsE...
Opinion | As genocide engulfs Darfur, history's lessons are forgotten share.google/4eQAiQC9WOsE...
A second piece, also with Kathryn Hammer, expanding on last week's piece in just security addressing Trump's transactional approach to peace:
worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/no-mr-p...
worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/no-mr-p...
No, Mr. President, Your Trade Deals Don’t Deserve a Nobel Prize - World Peace Foundation
Trump’s profit and power approach translates to “transactional peacemaking,” focused on short-term interests rather than comprehensive peace.
worldpeacefoundation.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A second piece, also with Kathryn Hammer, expanding on last week's piece in just security addressing Trump's transactional approach to peace:
worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/no-mr-p...
worldpeacefoundation.org/blog/no-mr-p...
Our argument that Trump's approach to peace dealing is generally based on economic leverage and power plays- ultimately to the detriment of peace itself.
www.justsecurity.org/122215/close...
www.justsecurity.org/122215/close...
A Closer Look at Trump’s Peace Deals
Under the Trump administration, peace deals have been treated as an opportunity to secure resources and real estate.
www.justsecurity.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our argument that Trump's approach to peace dealing is generally based on economic leverage and power plays- ultimately to the detriment of peace itself.
www.justsecurity.org/122215/close...
www.justsecurity.org/122215/close...
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Group of Israeli international law scholars send urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Defense, IDF Chief of Staff, and Attorney General
On plan to "concentrate" Palestinian population in South Gaza
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On plan to "concentrate" Palestinian population in South Gaza
via @eliavl.bsky.social and @tamarmegiddo.bsky.social
Israeli Int'l Law Scholars on Plan to "Concentrate" Gaza Population
Israeli international law scholars send urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Defense, the IDF Chief of Staff, the Attorney General.
www.justsecurity.org
July 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Group of Israeli international law scholars send urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Defense, IDF Chief of Staff, and Attorney General
On plan to "concentrate" Palestinian population in South Gaza
via @eliavl.bsky.social and @tamarmegiddo.bsky.social
On plan to "concentrate" Palestinian population in South Gaza
via @eliavl.bsky.social and @tamarmegiddo.bsky.social
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The University of Michigan spent $800,000 hiring private investigators--one of whom FAKED A DISABILITY--to surveil anti-genocide protesting students. I'm speechless.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
June 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The University of Michigan spent $800,000 hiring private investigators--one of whom FAKED A DISABILITY--to surveil anti-genocide protesting students. I'm speechless.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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t.co/lg46ijHLDF
April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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t.co/lg46ijHLDF
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Appalling. For those sending and coordinating #HumanitarianAidForMyanmar in the aftermath of the devastating #EarthquakeinMyanmar, the message should be clear - this needs to stop. Now.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Myanmar earthquake: Junta continues air strikes after devastating quake
A UN Special Rapporteur tells BBC it is "nothing short of incredible" that the military would "drop bombs when you are trying to rescue people".
www.bbc.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Appalling. For those sending and coordinating #HumanitarianAidForMyanmar in the aftermath of the devastating #EarthquakeinMyanmar, the message should be clear - this needs to stop. Now.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Obstructing investigation into child trafficking= facilitating child trafficking www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia
A Democratic lawmaker is drafting a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database on thousands of children has been deleted.
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Obstructing investigation into child trafficking= facilitating child trafficking www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...
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I urge Columbia’s leadership to sit with the reality that they are no longer making decisions simply for their own institution, but for all of US higher education
March 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I urge Columbia’s leadership to sit with the reality that they are no longer making decisions simply for their own institution, but for all of US higher education
Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Children newrepublic.com/article/1927... via @newrepublic.com
Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Children
The fate of abducted Ukrainian children is a white-hot issue for peace negotiations—and it looks like the State Department may have just undercut the cause.
newrepublic.com
March 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Children newrepublic.com/article/1927... via @newrepublic.com
As a fellow David Simon, I second that!
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.”
March 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
As a fellow David Simon, I second that!
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Reactions to the changes in USAID run the gamut. Some leading voices — like Mexico's president — are in favor. Others fear that lives will be lost as health care programs are cut.
How the gutting of USAID is reverberating around the world: Worry, despair, praise
Reactions to the changes in USAID run the gamut. Some leading voices — like Mexico's president — are in favor. Others fear that lives will be lost as health care programs are cut.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Reactions to the changes in USAID run the gamut. Some leading voices — like Mexico's president — are in favor. Others fear that lives will be lost as health care programs are cut.
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"Everywhere you look, death is near."
Hundreds of people, including dozens of children, have been killed in Sudan in recent days, according to civilian witnesses, medical workers and the UN, as fierce clashes have escalated in an internal conflict that is approaching its third year.
Hundreds of people, including dozens of children, have been killed in Sudan in recent days, according to civilian witnesses, medical workers and the UN, as fierce clashes have escalated in an internal conflict that is approaching its third year.
Fighting Intensifies in Sudan, Leaving Hundreds Dead
The army and the paramilitary forces are locked in a new and ruinous battle for territory across the northeast African nation.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"Everywhere you look, death is near."
Hundreds of people, including dozens of children, have been killed in Sudan in recent days, according to civilian witnesses, medical workers and the UN, as fierce clashes have escalated in an internal conflict that is approaching its third year.
Hundreds of people, including dozens of children, have been killed in Sudan in recent days, according to civilian witnesses, medical workers and the UN, as fierce clashes have escalated in an internal conflict that is approaching its third year.
The best we can hope for is that the damage done will be, at some point (hopefully soon), reversible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The best we can hope for is that the damage done will be, at some point (hopefully soon), reversible.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/o...
Aside from all the other falsehoods, misrepresentations, and unduly creative constitutional theories . . . A "national emergency"? Huh.
Trump's executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court is available here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency
www.whitehouse.gov
February 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Aside from all the other falsehoods, misrepresentations, and unduly creative constitutional theories . . . A "national emergency"? Huh.
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Ghana election result: John Mahama wins as Mahamudu Bawumia accepts defeat
Ghana election result: John Mahama wins as Mahamudu Bawumia accepts defeat
Although the ruling party candidate has conceded, no official results have been declared.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Ghana election result: John Mahama wins as Mahamudu Bawumia accepts defeat
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Syrian state TV is now broadcasting just a single, still image.
It reads: “The great revolution has triumphed and the Assad regime has fallen.”
History.
#Syria 🇸🇾
It reads: “The great revolution has triumphed and the Assad regime has fallen.”
History.
#Syria 🇸🇾
December 8, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Syrian state TV is now broadcasting just a single, still image.
It reads: “The great revolution has triumphed and the Assad regime has fallen.”
History.
#Syria 🇸🇾
It reads: “The great revolution has triumphed and the Assad regime has fallen.”
History.
#Syria 🇸🇾
Powerful work by Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab, the cutting implications of which are described here: www.justsecurity.org/105372/hrl-r...
New Report Documents Russia’s Systematic Program of Coerced Adoption and Fostering of Ukraine’s Children
Researchers identified 314 individual Ukrainian children that Russian officials transferred from Ukraine to Russia for coerced adoption.
www.justsecurity.org
December 3, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Powerful work by Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab, the cutting implications of which are described here: www.justsecurity.org/105372/hrl-r...
Not to mention that there is a word for what's going on when someone starts to model what they do and wear after what someone what else been advocating or projecting.
I believe it's "influencing"
I believe it's "influencing"
Lol, "copying her aesthetic" is literally fashion
November 28, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Not to mention that there is a word for what's going on when someone starts to model what they do and wear after what someone what else been advocating or projecting.
I believe it's "influencing"
I believe it's "influencing"
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Hegseth, according to his books, could be counted upon to ignore threats to America from abroad, and to use a purged and politicized military against “enemies within.”
Essay: "Pete Hegseth: 13 Steps to National Destruction"
snyder.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
Essay: "Pete Hegseth: 13 Steps to National Destruction"
snyder.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
Pete Hegseth: The Short Course
13 Steps to National Destruction
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Hegseth, according to his books, could be counted upon to ignore threats to America from abroad, and to use a purged and politicized military against “enemies within.”
Essay: "Pete Hegseth: 13 Steps to National Destruction"
snyder.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
Essay: "Pete Hegseth: 13 Steps to National Destruction"
snyder.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
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The picks for UN amb., Sec. Defense, and amb. to Israel signal that a defining feature of Trump 2.0 will be an open disregard for and desire to undermine the core tenets of international law, including its basic claim of authority. 1/
November 13, 2024 at 11:37 AM
The picks for UN amb., Sec. Defense, and amb. to Israel signal that a defining feature of Trump 2.0 will be an open disregard for and desire to undermine the core tenets of international law, including its basic claim of authority. 1/