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Hard to over-state how much this is a consensus view among serous military-legal observers. "Comparing the drug cartel threat to the conflict with al-Qaeda and subsequently with the Islamic State is like comparing a rifle with a cruise missile." warontherocks.com/2025/12/atta...
Attacking Drug Boats: Bending or Breaking the Law?
U.S. attacks on alleged narcotics trafficking boats continue unabated with little apparent concern for near-unanimous legal condemnation. The Trump
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December 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Hard to over-state how much this is a consensus view among serous military-legal observers. "Comparing the drug cartel threat to the conflict with al-Qaeda and subsequently with the Islamic State is like comparing a rifle with a cruise missile." warontherocks.com/2025/12/atta...
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'Hegseth relayed the plans in a private Signal chat set up to coordinate the strikes on the Yemen-based Houthi group, but stripped the classification markings, according to a second person.' www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Pentagon’s Signalgate Review Finds Hegseth Violated Defense Department Regulations
The Defense Department watchdog also stated that as Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth has the authority to declassify information.
www.wsj.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
'Hegseth relayed the plans in a private Signal chat set up to coordinate the strikes on the Yemen-based Houthi group, but stripped the classification markings, according to a second person.' www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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'the Pentagon’s top watchdog has concluded that the information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared in the chat could have put the mission, U.S. personnel, and national security at risk had it fallen into the wrong hands' www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Hegseth Risked Endangering Troops With Signal Messages
An inspector general report finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
'the Pentagon’s top watchdog has concluded that the information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared in the chat could have put the mission, U.S. personnel, and national security at risk had it fallen into the wrong hands' www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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"Since Ukraine isn’t going to do insta-elections just to satisfy the Russian dictator’s supposed legal scruples, one might ask why the peace talks are even being held—other than to put on a show for Trump."
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As Putin Threatens Europe, Failure of Trump Peace Plan Laid Bare
Peace games from the Russian dictator, who can’t win but can’t afford to stop fighting.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Since Ukraine isn’t going to do insta-elections just to satisfy the Russian dictator’s supposed legal scruples, one might ask why the peace talks are even being held—other than to put on a show for Trump."
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⚡️ Ukraine war latest: Romania reports taking out Ukrainian Sea Baby drone, Ukraine denies.
Ukraine war latest updates: Russia attacks Kryvyi Rih, injuring at least 4 people, including 3-year-old girl (13)
Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 13 times today. Russian missile struck the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Dec. 3, injuri...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
⚡️ Ukraine war latest: Romania reports taking out Ukrainian Sea Baby drone, Ukraine denies.
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Osman: "President Trump singling out one group of people & ICE being on our streets & asking people for documentation, it feels like we're in 1930s Germany. I never thought there would be a time where I will tell my community to carry their passport around bc if you look Somali you might be stopped"
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Osman: "President Trump singling out one group of people & ICE being on our streets & asking people for documentation, it feels like we're in 1930s Germany. I never thought there would be a time where I will tell my community to carry their passport around bc if you look Somali you might be stopped"
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AOC: This is how our healthcare system got deregulated. People talking about Americans should have the personal choice of getting totally fleeced by insurance companies.
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
AOC: This is how our healthcare system got deregulated. People talking about Americans should have the personal choice of getting totally fleeced by insurance companies.
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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👀 NASHVILLE has entered the chat
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
👀 NASHVILLE has entered the chat
Hegseth and Trump’s Unhinged Rantings Got it Exactly Wrong
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
>> The video is public. Whether it is “seditious” is a legal question with the answer: no. FBI agents appeared at lawmakers’ homes and congressional offices. The agenda was plainly to bully and intimidate.
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>> The video is public. Whether it is “seditious” is a legal question with the answer: no. FBI agents appeared at lawmakers’ homes and congressional offices. The agenda was plainly to bully and intimidate.
Hegseth and Trump’s Unhinged Rantings Got it Exactly Wrong
The Investigation, Not the Dems’ Video, Was the Constitutional Violation
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Hegseth and Trump’s Unhinged Rantings Got it Exactly Wrong
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
>> The video is public. Whether it is “seditious” is a legal question with the answer: no. FBI agents appeared at lawmakers’ homes and congressional offices. The agenda was plainly to bully and intimidate.
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
>> The video is public. Whether it is “seditious” is a legal question with the answer: no. FBI agents appeared at lawmakers’ homes and congressional offices. The agenda was plainly to bully and intimidate.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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Fentanyl. Drug Overdoses, including Fentanyl, are not even in the top 20 causes of death in the USA. Cancer, Diabetes, Covid, Heart Disease all in the top 10, and all have had their research funding cut. They aren't murdering just Venezuelans. However they are killing us much slower.
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Fentanyl. Drug Overdoses, including Fentanyl, are not even in the top 20 causes of death in the USA. Cancer, Diabetes, Covid, Heart Disease all in the top 10, and all have had their research funding cut. They aren't murdering just Venezuelans. However they are killing us much slower.
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She seems nice
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
She seems nice
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It's the opposite of "the buck stops here". He is selling out Admiral Bradley and sending chills down the spines of his chain of command, who now know their boss will sell them out if he is taking heat. A case study in how not to lead.
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It's the opposite of "the buck stops here". He is selling out Admiral Bradley and sending chills down the spines of his chain of command, who now know their boss will sell them out if he is taking heat. A case study in how not to lead.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
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If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
Pete Hegseth Crossed a Clear, Bright Line. Will He Pay aPrice? newrepublic.com/article/2037... via @newrepublic.com
>> The DoD Law of War Manual forbids conducting operations “on the basis there shall be no survivors” Yet Trump's first move was to attack Congressmen who accurately described the law.
>> The DoD Law of War Manual forbids conducting operations “on the basis there shall be no survivors” Yet Trump's first move was to attack Congressmen who accurately described the law.
Pete Hegseth Crossed a Clear, Bright Line. Will He Pay a
Price?
The rule against attacking people “out of the fight” is foundational in U.S. and international law. And there’s no doubt it was crossed. What now?
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Pete Hegseth Crossed a Clear, Bright Line. Will He Pay aPrice? newrepublic.com/article/2037... via @newrepublic.com
>> The DoD Law of War Manual forbids conducting operations “on the basis there shall be no survivors” Yet Trump's first move was to attack Congressmen who accurately described the law.
>> The DoD Law of War Manual forbids conducting operations “on the basis there shall be no survivors” Yet Trump's first move was to attack Congressmen who accurately described the law.
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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People often ask why Democrats don’t have something like TurningPoint USA — we do. It’s Voters of Tomorrow.
We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.
Can you chip in before midnight to help us win? 👇
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We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.
Can you chip in before midnight to help us win? 👇
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November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
People often ask why Democrats don’t have something like TurningPoint USA — we do. It’s Voters of Tomorrow.
We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.
Can you chip in before midnight to help us win? 👇
secure.actblue.com/donate/votho...
We’re on campuses across the country, organizing over 10,000 Gen Z members to engage our generation.
Can you chip in before midnight to help us win? 👇
secure.actblue.com/donate/votho...
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Took me a second to find it, but it’s in 18.3.2.1 in page 1075 of the manual.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Took me a second to find it, but it’s in 18.3.2.1 in page 1075 of the manual.
ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
ogc.osd.mil/Portals/99/d...
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Hours from December, isn’t that crazy?
The first week of meteorological winter in Northern Hemisphere is marked by overheating continents. North America appears lonely with temperatures significantly below average in Northern Plains. (1/2)
The first week of meteorological winter in Northern Hemisphere is marked by overheating continents. North America appears lonely with temperatures significantly below average in Northern Plains. (1/2)
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hours from December, isn’t that crazy?
The first week of meteorological winter in Northern Hemisphere is marked by overheating continents. North America appears lonely with temperatures significantly below average in Northern Plains. (1/2)
The first week of meteorological winter in Northern Hemisphere is marked by overheating continents. North America appears lonely with temperatures significantly below average in Northern Plains. (1/2)