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GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
@postopinions.bsky.social
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December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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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...
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Donald Trump’s name was not mentioned a single time; and the politics of this supremely political event were muted. But it was impossible to ignore the incongruity of the moment.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
A Split Screen Moment for America
Dick Cheney's funeral. Donald Trump's deranged rant.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Donald Trump’s name was not mentioned a single time; and the politics of this supremely political event were muted. But it was impossible to ignore the incongruity of the moment.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Real wisdom and clarity here from @markhertling.bsky.social
"Enlisted personnel obey lawful orders; officers ensure the orders that reach them are lawful. The real constitutional failsafe...is the officer corps, obligated to the Constitution alone."
@markhertling.bsky.social on the military and illegal orders: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
@markhertling.bsky.social on the military and illegal orders: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Real wisdom and clarity here from @markhertling.bsky.social
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From shocking deaths to more wee donkeys: what we want from the return of Line of Duty
From shocking deaths to more wee donkeys: what we want from the return of Line of Duty
Jed Mercurio’s police drama is getting a comeback – which gives it the chance to be TV’s greatest cop show once more. Here’s what it needs to do
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
From shocking deaths to more wee donkeys: what we want from the return of Line of Duty
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Reminder: while President Trump said today that MBS didn’t know anything about Khashoggi killing… This from 2021 US intelligence report:
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/u...
Saudi Crown Prince Is Held Responsible for Khashoggi Killing in U.S. Report (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Reminder: while President Trump said today that MBS didn’t know anything about Khashoggi killing… This from 2021 US intelligence report:
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/u...
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The White House is objectively and demonstrably pro-sex trafficking
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The White House is objectively and demonstrably pro-sex trafficking
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
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'I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man' -- Tom Paine via the great Jill Lepore
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...)
What Was the American Revolution For?
Amid plans to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, many are asking whether or not the people really do rule, and whether the law is still king.
www.newyorker.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
'I should suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul by swearing allegiance to one whose character is that of a sottish, stupid, stubborn, worthless, brutish man' -- Tom Paine via the great Jill Lepore
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...)
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...)
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Good tweet-length summary from a conservative talk show host.
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good tweet-length summary from a conservative talk show host.
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Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
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Excellent analysis by the NYT. Are We Losing Our Democracy? Spoiler alert: It’s happening. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Excellent analysis by the NYT. Are We Losing Our Democracy? Spoiler alert: It’s happening. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Enten: "Trump is doing absolutely awful in the minds of the American people. We're talking about new lows. CNBC, -13 net approval on the economy. It's -19 among Quinnipiac ... He's not just beating himself with record lows -- this is the lowest for any president ever."
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Enten: "Trump is doing absolutely awful in the minds of the American people. We're talking about new lows. CNBC, -13 net approval on the economy. It's -19 among Quinnipiac ... He's not just beating himself with record lows -- this is the lowest for any president ever."
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A fascinating piece about life as an in-the-trenches GOP operative in the Trump era and the compromises you have to make. Almost all are now fully bought in. But some remain concerned. This one decided he had enough.
Please read and share!
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...
Please read and share!
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...
My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party
Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.
www.thebulwark.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A fascinating piece about life as an in-the-trenches GOP operative in the Trump era and the compromises you have to make. Almost all are now fully bought in. But some remain concerned. This one decided he had enough.
Please read and share!
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...
Please read and share!
www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...
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Bookmark this video. It should be an everyday reminder of what Donald Trump is doing to chicago and the country overall. Stay outraged.
WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.
October 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Bookmark this video. It should be an everyday reminder of what Donald Trump is doing to chicago and the country overall. Stay outraged.
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Why can't one of these guys just say something like: "Yes, I'm a Republican. But more importantly, I'm an American and a human being. And what the President has (posted/said/done) is simply wrong."
I mean, what is the worst that could happen? They regain some dignity??
I mean, what is the worst that could happen? They regain some dignity??
Rep. Carlos Gimenez defends Trump's racist AI videos: "You're gonna see more of these things happen, and so people need to develop a little bit thicker skin ... if you complain about it you're just going to get more of it"
October 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Why can't one of these guys just say something like: "Yes, I'm a Republican. But more importantly, I'm an American and a human being. And what the President has (posted/said/done) is simply wrong."
I mean, what is the worst that could happen? They regain some dignity??
I mean, what is the worst that could happen? They regain some dignity??
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Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/
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"Trump is not offering a neutral guideline for making American political debate more civil," @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes. "He is proposing a rule that binds his opponents but does not protect them, and protects him and his allies but does not bind them":
Trump’s Dangerous Response to the Kirk Assassination
Rather than condemning violence and calling for unity, the president of the United States accused his political opposition of being accessories to murder.
bit.ly
September 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Trump is not offering a neutral guideline for making American political debate more civil," @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes. "He is proposing a rule that binds his opponents but does not protect them, and protects him and his allies but does not bind them":
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“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered…Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
- 1984, George Orwell
- 1984, George Orwell
The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.
US to rewrite its past national climate reports
US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.
www.france24.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered…Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
- 1984, George Orwell
- 1984, George Orwell
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As we mark the 80th anniversary of WWII's end, I’ve come to believe that in losing that Greatest Generation, we are losing more than just the memories of combat. We are losing the memory and experience of what it means to fight fascism and authoritarianism. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/what-we-lo...
What We Lost When We Lost the Greatest Generation
It's no coincidence that democracy is backsliding in the US exactly eighty years after the end of World War II.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
As we mark the 80th anniversary of WWII's end, I’ve come to believe that in losing that Greatest Generation, we are losing more than just the memories of combat. We are losing the memory and experience of what it means to fight fascism and authoritarianism. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/what-we-lo...
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“Every member of the Long Gray Line knows the Cadet Prayer. It asks that we ‘choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong’…The harder right is never easy. That’s the whole point.”
www.linkedin.com/pulse/harder...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/harder...
The Harder Right
I spent 25 years in uniform, including four as a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point and two and a half more teaching economics and national security at West Point’s Department o...
www.linkedin.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“Every member of the Long Gray Line knows the Cadet Prayer. It asks that we ‘choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong’…The harder right is never easy. That’s the whole point.”
www.linkedin.com/pulse/harder...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/harder...
