Howard Roark
@howardroark8669.bsky.social
Ex-GOP classical liberal. Be kind to others #NeverTrump from day 1 until the end of time
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Howard Roark
@howardroark8669.bsky.social
· Nov 10
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There’s abundant evidence too that an army that abandons its own moral restraints quickly begins to abandon other things too, like its discipline and cohesion. An army operating in bad faith with its own putative values becomes a bad army.
December 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
There’s abundant evidence too that an army that abandons its own moral restraints quickly begins to abandon other things too, like its discipline and cohesion. An army operating in bad faith with its own putative values becomes a bad army.
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A modern military does not need to prove how lethal and dangerous it is. That is obvious to any civilian.
It DOES need to prove how ethical and moral it is because that is very much in doubt for civilians on the battlefield.
It DOES need to prove how ethical and moral it is because that is very much in doubt for civilians on the battlefield.
December 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A modern military does not need to prove how lethal and dangerous it is. That is obvious to any civilian.
It DOES need to prove how ethical and moral it is because that is very much in doubt for civilians on the battlefield.
It DOES need to prove how ethical and moral it is because that is very much in doubt for civilians on the battlefield.
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Hegseth has a high school football player's understanding of the Law of War.
Professionals understand that protecting civilians on the battlefield is a moral and legal obligation that often entails enhanced risk to combatants. That's part of the job.
Professionals understand that protecting civilians on the battlefield is a moral and legal obligation that often entails enhanced risk to combatants. That's part of the job.
“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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It’s almost as if there were signs!
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December 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Hegseth has a high school football player's understanding of the Law of War.
Professionals understand that protecting civilians on the battlefield is a moral and legal obligation that often entails enhanced risk to combatants. That's part of the job.
Professionals understand that protecting civilians on the battlefield is a moral and legal obligation that often entails enhanced risk to combatants. That's part of the job.
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He also feels this way about:
Haitians
People from African countries (remember the “sh**house countries remark he made in his first term?)
I’m trying to detect a pattern here …
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Haitians
People from African countries (remember the “sh**house countries remark he made in his first term?)
I’m trying to detect a pattern here …
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump calls Ilhan Omar 'garbage' and says Somalis should 'go back to where they came from'
The president, who has a history of disparaging African people and migrant communities, launched into a tirade over Minnesota's Somali population at the end of a Cabinet meeting.
www.nbcnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
He also feels this way about:
Haitians
People from African countries (remember the “sh**house countries remark he made in his first term?)
I’m trying to detect a pattern here …
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Haitians
People from African countries (remember the “sh**house countries remark he made in his first term?)
I’m trying to detect a pattern here …
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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⚡️ Ukraine strikes Druzhba oil pipeline again, HUR source says, despite Hungary, Slovakia's appeal.
"The Russian oil network... will continue to explode and burn," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
"The Russian oil network... will continue to explode and burn," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
Ukraine strikes Druzhba oil pipeline again despite Hungary, Slovakia's appeal, HUR source says
"The Russian oil network...will continue to explode and burn," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
kyivindependent.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
⚡️ Ukraine strikes Druzhba oil pipeline again, HUR source says, despite Hungary, Slovakia's appeal.
"The Russian oil network... will continue to explode and burn," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
"The Russian oil network... will continue to explode and burn," a source told the Kyiv Independent.
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why isn’t our kids learning
vs
how dare you educate our kids
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how dare you educate our kids
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
why isn’t our kids learning
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how dare you educate our kids
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how dare you educate our kids
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I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
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Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.
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Make war crimes wrong again
December 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Make war crimes wrong again
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Note: He is expressly saying "the murders we are doing are with the President's express approval" and the President is nodding along as he says it; this is not going to be a complicated war crimes trial if the Hague ever gets its hands on either of them
Hegseth: "We've only just begun striking narco boats and putting narcoterrorists at the bottom of the ocean"
December 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Note: He is expressly saying "the murders we are doing are with the President's express approval" and the President is nodding along as he says it; this is not going to be a complicated war crimes trial if the Hague ever gets its hands on either of them
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i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 AM
i'd say the midterm-level turnout for a special election is even more ominous than the swing
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Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tonight, we did something everyone counted out. We proved to a nation that states like Tennessee are still worth fighting for. The margin was close, and that can only be attributed to the thousands of volunteers who showed out. This is just the beginning.
"They wet both incompetent." 🤣😂
Trump on Tim Walz: "I think the man is a grossly incompetent man. I thought that from the day I watched JD destroy him in the debate. I was saying, 'Who's more incompetent, that man or my man?' I had a man and he had a man. They were both incompetent."
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
"They wet both incompetent." 🤣😂
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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So you can't see everything, but finding zero Jake Tapper posts about Trump sleeping through a cabinet meeting designed to fluff him. Jake must be saving it for the book.
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
So you can't see everything, but finding zero Jake Tapper posts about Trump sleeping through a cabinet meeting designed to fluff him. Jake must be saving it for the book.
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In attempting to call off his corruption trial, Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t incriminate himself, but he did something just as damning, @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues:
Netanyahu Just Admitted He Shouldn’t Be Israel’s Prime Minister
In attempting to call off his corruption trial, Netanyahu didn’t incriminate himself, but he did something just as damning.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
In attempting to call off his corruption trial, Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t incriminate himself, but he did something just as damning, @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues:
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In 2000, almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. By 2024, 90% of their electricity was from renewables. ⚡ Energy transitions can happen faster than we think!
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In 2000, almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. By 2024, 90% of their electricity was from renewables. ⚡ Energy transitions can happen faster than we think!
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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Rich Lowry is a bigoted piece of shit whose existence makes America a worse place. He's vapid patrician gentility used to mask gutter racism. He's a Brooks Brothers pocket square used to wipe Nick Fuentes' ass.
December 2, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Rich Lowry is a bigoted piece of shit whose existence makes America a worse place. He's vapid patrician gentility used to mask gutter racism. He's a Brooks Brothers pocket square used to wipe Nick Fuentes' ass.
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She has the moral clarity that a lot of elected Dems could use: what is happening today is evil.
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using her song ‘Juno’ for a pro-ICE video:
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
She has the moral clarity that a lot of elected Dems could use: what is happening today is evil.
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
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Friends of mine at HDS, UT–Austin & Chicago are hosting the Religious Trauma Symposium April 16–17, 2026. Dan Beecher & I will be part of the program. See the call for proposals below. If you’re interested, you can submit a proposal here:
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December 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Friends of mine at HDS, UT–Austin & Chicago are hosting the Religious Trauma Symposium April 16–17, 2026. Dan Beecher & I will be part of the program. See the call for proposals below. If you’re interested, you can submit a proposal here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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I’m sure the self-proclaimed ‘most transparent White House in history’ won’t mind a thorough investigation into the second strike.
Sen Mark Kelly:
“You do not execute survivors who are clinging onto a side of a ship.”
Sen Mark Kelly:
“You do not execute survivors who are clinging onto a side of a ship.”
December 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I’m sure the self-proclaimed ‘most transparent White House in history’ won’t mind a thorough investigation into the second strike.
Sen Mark Kelly:
“You do not execute survivors who are clinging onto a side of a ship.”
Sen Mark Kelly:
“You do not execute survivors who are clinging onto a side of a ship.”
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If you believe a president who pardons drug dealers is fighting a war on drugs I don’t know how to help you…
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If you believe a president who pardons drug dealers is fighting a war on drugs I don’t know how to help you…
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if i worked in a White House with an elderly and ailing president who had a hard time staying awake, i would simply recommend against having 3 hour cabinet meetings that are boring af and pointless and best remembered for the fact said president is sleeping on camera
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
if i worked in a White House with an elderly and ailing president who had a hard time staying awake, i would simply recommend against having 3 hour cabinet meetings that are boring af and pointless and best remembered for the fact said president is sleeping on camera