Joand315
@joand315.bsky.social
Retired ATCS USN
Knock on every door
Vote! Vote! Vote!
I am anti fascist.
Knock on every door
Vote! Vote! Vote!
I am anti fascist.
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I think the shut down was unsustainable. Air traffic controllers and others have been working for weeks with no pay. Their suffering had to be taken into account as well. I think the Democrats made their point, elevated the problems with the ACA, and it's time to get people paid.
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Worth noting that the laws of war are *extraordinarilly* permissive in allowing violence to achieve a legitimate military objective. War crimes are almost definitionally unnecessary to win wars.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Worth noting that the laws of war are *extraordinarilly* permissive in allowing violence to achieve a legitimate military objective. War crimes are almost definitionally unnecessary to win wars.
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You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
I follower a few defense experts.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
Seeing them all straight-up declare this a war crime without any him-and-hawing is uhm
Disconcerting.
Pete Hegseth must resign, as does Stephen Miller. Donald Trump should be subpoenaed before Congress to answer for HIS policy.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
You're not seeing the defense and international conflict experts disagreeing because if the facts are true, it's one of the most basic things in the law of armed conflict: You cannot kill people who are "hors de combat," taken out of the game by injury or attack. This is Geneva 101 stuff.
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Honestly, no officer should need advice to decide if "kill these guys flailing around in the water" is a legal order
My understanding is that, at the height of the "drone war on terror" that when the military officer thought the legality of a particular strike was legally dubious, they'd have a CIA guy actually "pull the trigger". I wonder if that is happening in our current "War on Fishing Boats"?
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Honestly, no officer should need advice to decide if "kill these guys flailing around in the water" is a legal order
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There are no terse excuses for moral cowardice, gullibility, and breach of fiduciary duty.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
There are no terse excuses for moral cowardice, gullibility, and breach of fiduciary duty.
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“current” is a pretty weird word there
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“current” is a pretty weird word there
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Trumpism and Trumpists are incompatible with American culture and traditions and should be purged.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trumpism and Trumpists are incompatible with American culture and traditions and should be purged.
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Absolutely. Doing this remotely with drones or bombs is no different than pulling up in a boat and shooting them in the water. If this isn’t an illegal order, hard to imagine what could be.
And unlike some of the finer questions of “was the president’s inherent Art 2 powers in play”, shouldn’t offing people who are hors de combat be clearly known to be an illegal order all the way down the line to the lowest Seaman?
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Absolutely. Doing this remotely with drones or bombs is no different than pulling up in a boat and shooting them in the water. If this isn’t an illegal order, hard to imagine what could be.
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UPDATE: After nine months of unjust detention in an Israeli prison, Mohammed has been released.
I met with his loved ones earlier this year, and I can only imagine the joy and relief they must be feeling.
Praying for his healing and recovery, after months of inhumane treatment.
I met with his loved ones earlier this year, and I can only imagine the joy and relief they must be feeling.
Praying for his healing and recovery, after months of inhumane treatment.
Right now, Mohammed Ibrahim, a US citizen, is being held in an Israeli prison.
His health is deteriorating. The circumstances are desperate.
The United States must use every avenue available to secure the release of this Palestinian American child.
His health is deteriorating. The circumstances are desperate.
The United States must use every avenue available to secure the release of this Palestinian American child.
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
UPDATE: After nine months of unjust detention in an Israeli prison, Mohammed has been released.
I met with his loved ones earlier this year, and I can only imagine the joy and relief they must be feeling.
Praying for his healing and recovery, after months of inhumane treatment.
I met with his loved ones earlier this year, and I can only imagine the joy and relief they must be feeling.
Praying for his healing and recovery, after months of inhumane treatment.
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Wild to watch corporate democrats rightly condemn Trump’s extrajudicial murders of innocent people in Carribean—while simultaneously pretending Trump isnt letting Netanyahu do the exact same thing to Palestinians in Gaza & the West Bank.
Their cowardly silence on Gaza enables this in the Caribbean
Their cowardly silence on Gaza enables this in the Caribbean
November 29, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Wild to watch corporate democrats rightly condemn Trump’s extrajudicial murders of innocent people in Carribean—while simultaneously pretending Trump isnt letting Netanyahu do the exact same thing to Palestinians in Gaza & the West Bank.
Their cowardly silence on Gaza enables this in the Caribbean
Their cowardly silence on Gaza enables this in the Caribbean
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases.
Trump administration plan to reduce access to some student loans angers nurses, health care groups | CNN
A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases.
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases.
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Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Markwayne Mullin on healthcare: "What the president would like to do is say, hey, if you take care of yourself -- you don't smoke, you don't dip, you're not drinking, you're not overweight, you're working out -- then you should pay less than the guy that obviously is not taking care of himself."
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Spending Thanksgiving dinner alone in the spare room because I am sick and coughing obnoxiously, but the family came together like champs to take over dinner and I can hear them having a great time in the other room, and I am content, if physically miserable.
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Spending Thanksgiving dinner alone in the spare room because I am sick and coughing obnoxiously, but the family came together like champs to take over dinner and I can hear them having a great time in the other room, and I am content, if physically miserable.
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Pour one out for Ernie Kovacs.
But pour it out sideways.
But pour it out sideways.
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Pour one out for Ernie Kovacs.
But pour it out sideways.
But pour it out sideways.
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Lots of people think this is fine: manly, bold, “genuine,” “telling it like it is.“. Lots of people will approve.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Lots of people think this is fine: manly, bold, “genuine,” “telling it like it is.“. Lots of people will approve.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
Shitty people, shitty values, shitty culture.
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
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I get why it doesn't happen, but Americans ...and here's an old chestnut ... put a man on the moon in a decade. We just don't want it badly enough to do it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I get why it doesn't happen, but Americans ...and here's an old chestnut ... put a man on the moon in a decade. We just don't want it badly enough to do it.
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"The airlines" won't let you? The airlines do not control the fact that the American people refuse to invest in trains. I take Amtrak as much as I can if I'm not in a hurry. We should have high-speed trains. But people would rather bitch at the airport than invest in a better future.
We could solve a minority of our air travel problems with Europe style trains. But the airlines will not let us.
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
"The airlines" won't let you? The airlines do not control the fact that the American people refuse to invest in trains. I take Amtrak as much as I can if I'm not in a hurry. We should have high-speed trains. But people would rather bitch at the airport than invest in a better future.
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Its name was RICO it was a statute
and while there used to be a bar
it could only sink so far
and while there used to be a bar
it could only sink so far
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Its name was RICO it was a statute
and while there used to be a bar
it could only sink so far
and while there used to be a bar
it could only sink so far