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What has happened today from both DOD and DHS absolutely is further advancing the position I laid out at Law Dork over the weekend.
The Trump administration's lawlessness is front and center, on multiple fronts
The response to the shooting of two National Guard troops, reporting on the boat-strike murders, and the continued contempt inquiry keep Trump's lawlessness in the news.
www.lawdork.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
What has happened today from both DOD and DHS absolutely is further advancing the position I laid out at Law Dork over the weekend.
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When officials start demanding “full bans” on entire countries, it isn’t about safety.
It’s a rehearsal.
They say the extreme thing first just to measure the silence.
Silence becomes the green light.
It’s a rehearsal.
They say the extreme thing first just to measure the silence.
Silence becomes the green light.
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
When officials start demanding “full bans” on entire countries, it isn’t about safety.
It’s a rehearsal.
They say the extreme thing first just to measure the silence.
Silence becomes the green light.
It’s a rehearsal.
They say the extreme thing first just to measure the silence.
Silence becomes the green light.
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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social You should step down. You fail to meet the moment, day after day. The country needs someone who will do your job.
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social You should step down. You fail to meet the moment, day after day. The country needs someone who will do your job.
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"The administration initially lashed out at the reporting. But by Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed there was a second strike while claiming that it was lawful," writes CNN's Aaron Blake. | Analysis https://cnn.it/3MdpDy8
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"The administration initially lashed out at the reporting. But by Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed there was a second strike while claiming that it was lawful," writes CNN's Aaron Blake. | Analysis https://cnn.it/3MdpDy8
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Shame, all those years of SEALs & DEVGRU but Bradley couldn't spot an obvious trap set up by the world's least trustworthy people.
Of course the illegal order they gave Bradley which he followed has now become his "combat decision" for which he is responsible. It was always going to be that way.
Of course the illegal order they gave Bradley which he followed has now become his "combat decision" for which he is responsible. It was always going to be that way.
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 2:31 AM
Shame, all those years of SEALs & DEVGRU but Bradley couldn't spot an obvious trap set up by the world's least trustworthy people.
Of course the illegal order they gave Bradley which he followed has now become his "combat decision" for which he is responsible. It was always going to be that way.
Of course the illegal order they gave Bradley which he followed has now become his "combat decision" for which he is responsible. It was always going to be that way.
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Hegseth’s spokesman has now moved to goalposts to another stadium.
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Hegseth’s spokesman has now moved to goalposts to another stadium.
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If blowing up survivors in the water was the right thing to do because they are “narco-terrorists” (trust us, bro) and deserve no quarter, why did we rescue two other survivors in a different strike, fly them home, and let them go free?
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
If blowing up survivors in the water was the right thing to do because they are “narco-terrorists” (trust us, bro) and deserve no quarter, why did we rescue two other survivors in a different strike, fly them home, and let them go free?
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“This has been a year when the unthinkable has become routine.” Ruth Marcus writes about the Trump Administration’s strikes on Venezuelan boats and new reporting that suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4jwU31
The Dishonorable Strikes on Venezuelan Boats
New reporting suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“This has been a year when the unthinkable has become routine.” Ruth Marcus writes about the Trump Administration’s strikes on Venezuelan boats and new reporting that suggests that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated multiple rules of war. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4jwU31
Why is nearly everyone we put in charge of the honor of our country either a coward or complicit?
December 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Why is nearly everyone we put in charge of the honor of our country either a coward or complicit?
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Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Every sentence here is even crazier than the last.
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BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses
The city says about 15,000 employees will get paid $50 for each week worked over a three-year period. For some workers, that's thousands of dollars.
gothamist.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: According to a recent investigation by NYC's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, Starbucks illegally violated workers' protection laws in NYC 500,000 times since 2021. Over $35.5 million will be paid in restitution to Starbucks workers!
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
gothamist.com/news/starbuc...
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This really goes to the deep contempt they have for people. Jeffries could have said any number of plausible reasons why he doesn't want a Hegseth impeachment vote, at least for right now. He instead reached for an almost reflexive lie because he thinks people are too stupid to know it's a lie.
December 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This really goes to the deep contempt they have for people. Jeffries could have said any number of plausible reasons why he doesn't want a Hegseth impeachment vote, at least for right now. He instead reached for an almost reflexive lie because he thinks people are too stupid to know it's a lie.
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Extrajudicial? EXTRAJUDICIAL?! You can't even bring yourself to say "illegal" or "immoral"? You just use the most legalesed euphemism you can find? Which side are you even on, Jeffries? Because that's the sort of language you use to downplay what happened.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Extrajudicial? EXTRAJUDICIAL?! You can't even bring yourself to say "illegal" or "immoral"? You just use the most legalesed euphemism you can find? Which side are you even on, Jeffries? Because that's the sort of language you use to downplay what happened.
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For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
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There's no other way to spin this. Hegseth, Admiral Bradley and everyone who was involved with this committed murder.
December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
There's no other way to spin this. Hegseth, Admiral Bradley and everyone who was involved with this committed murder.
Any Senator who voted to confirm Hegseth, Noem, Kennedy, or Oz is unfit for office.
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Any Senator who voted to confirm Hegseth, Noem, Kennedy, or Oz is unfit for office.
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NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
Identified: federal agents who pointed gun, punched detainee in Evanston
Unraveled has verified a hate speech-laden X account belonging to U.S. Border Patrol agent Timothy Donahue, who was seen in numerous viral videos during Operation Midway Blitz. He and another agent, T...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: Evanston has released video + reports surrounding a 10/31 incident where a CBP agent threatened to shoot people + another beat a handcuffed man.
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
We found some disturbing X posts from one of the feds, also seen in other viral videos. His name is Timothy Donahue, and it's now public record:
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I worked for the DOD under 14 different SECDEFs, all I considered serious adults who respected the military and the Constitution. When Hegseth was confirmed I decided to retire ASAP. While I didn't expect war crimes in only 9 months, I knew the DOD was going to suffer because of him.
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I worked for the DOD under 14 different SECDEFs, all I considered serious adults who respected the military and the Constitution. When Hegseth was confirmed I decided to retire ASAP. While I didn't expect war crimes in only 9 months, I knew the DOD was going to suffer because of him.
Admiral Bradley is a murderer.
December 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Admiral Bradley is a murderer.
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Admiral Bradley is dead wrong here. He should be tried.
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Admiral Bradley is dead wrong here. He should be tried.
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Goldsmith says Vice-Admiral Bradley should have refused the order
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Goldsmith says Vice-Admiral Bradley should have refused the order
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Expressions of overt sadism being normalized and even celebrated is deeply troubling.
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Expressions of overt sadism being normalized and even celebrated is deeply troubling.
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This administration is filled with the absolute dumbest, meanest, cruelest pieces of shit.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This administration is filled with the absolute dumbest, meanest, cruelest pieces of shit.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
And they're so *proud* to be dumb, mean, cruel pieces of shit too. They delight in it. They brag about it.
It's vice signaling as a way of life.
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Well, this is exhibit number one in any lawsuit challenging a new travel ban on unconstitutional animus grounds.
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Well, this is exhibit number one in any lawsuit challenging a new travel ban on unconstitutional animus grounds.