Matt
@mattaiesi.bsky.social
Dad, husband, noted round-Earther and mediocre lawyer.
I think the Law of Armed Conflict is good and that Russian propaganda is bad.
All views + opinions are my own.
Posts, likes, RT do not imply USG endorsement.
I think the Law of Armed Conflict is good and that Russian propaganda is bad.
All views + opinions are my own.
Posts, likes, RT do not imply USG endorsement.
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It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
I have noticed a remarkably high number of brand new UCMJ experts around recently.
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I have noticed a remarkably high number of brand new UCMJ experts around recently.
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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“The notion that American anti-Semitism is an outside influence operation rather than a homegrown menace is a comforting story. Unfortunately, it’s not true,” @yair-rosenberg.bsky.socialwrites. “Foreign actors may exploit our divisions, but they don’t create them”:
People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem
Rising American anti-Semitism isn’t a foreign influence operation.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“The notion that American anti-Semitism is an outside influence operation rather than a homegrown menace is a comforting story. Unfortunately, it’s not true,” @yair-rosenberg.bsky.socialwrites. “Foreign actors may exploit our divisions, but they don’t create them”:
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Derek understands men’s clothing and the corrosive ecosystem of American social media and the broken political system it reinforces.
I hope he gets to live in a walkable neighborhood soon.
I hope he gets to live in a walkable neighborhood soon.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Derek understands men’s clothing and the corrosive ecosystem of American social media and the broken political system it reinforces.
I hope he gets to live in a walkable neighborhood soon.
I hope he gets to live in a walkable neighborhood soon.
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This excellent WSJ annotation of the Molotov/Ribbentrop … sorry, Witkoff/Dmitriev … “peace deal” for Ukraine shows how ridiculously vague and utterly unworkable this thing is
Free link
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Free link
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Trump’s Peace Plan for Ukraine, Annotated
Here’s a breakdown of some of the key points in the plan and how Ukraine and its European allies might respond.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This excellent WSJ annotation of the Molotov/Ribbentrop … sorry, Witkoff/Dmitriev … “peace deal” for Ukraine shows how ridiculously vague and utterly unworkable this thing is
Free link
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Free link
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Appeasing war criminals promotes aggression.
Failing to punish war criminals allows them to rewrite their atrocities.
Rewarding war criminals by giving them everything they want incentives them and others to continue kidnapping, sexual assaulting, torturing, looting, and murdering.
Failing to punish war criminals allows them to rewrite their atrocities.
Rewarding war criminals by giving them everything they want incentives them and others to continue kidnapping, sexual assaulting, torturing, looting, and murdering.
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Appeasing war criminals promotes aggression.
Failing to punish war criminals allows them to rewrite their atrocities.
Rewarding war criminals by giving them everything they want incentives them and others to continue kidnapping, sexual assaulting, torturing, looting, and murdering.
Failing to punish war criminals allows them to rewrite their atrocities.
Rewarding war criminals by giving them everything they want incentives them and others to continue kidnapping, sexual assaulting, torturing, looting, and murdering.
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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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"In recent weeks, junior officers in the military, fearing potential legal exposure, asked military lawyers, judge advocates general, for written sign-off before taking part in strikes. It does not appear that such memos were furnished."
wapo.st/43FXQfO
wapo.st/43FXQfO
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
"In recent weeks, junior officers in the military, fearing potential legal exposure, asked military lawyers, judge advocates general, for written sign-off before taking part in strikes. It does not appear that such memos were furnished."
wapo.st/43FXQfO
wapo.st/43FXQfO
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In March, the America in the World Consortium will be hosting a one-day workshop for early-career scholars and practitioners on US nuclear policy in the 21st century.
Paper proposals due December 15.
www.awconsortium.org/about/call-f...
Paper proposals due December 15.
www.awconsortium.org/about/call-f...
CALL FOR PAPERS: America's Nuclear Crossroads: Deterrence, Diplomacy, and Disarmament in the 21st Century - AWC
The America in the World Consortium invites Ph.D. students, early-career scholars, and early-career policy practitioners to submit paper proposals for a one-day conference on the multifaceted dimensio...
www.awconsortium.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In March, the America in the World Consortium will be hosting a one-day workshop for early-career scholars and practitioners on US nuclear policy in the 21st century.
Paper proposals due December 15.
www.awconsortium.org/about/call-f...
Paper proposals due December 15.
www.awconsortium.org/about/call-f...
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Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
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Russia is a terrorist state.
🔴 Search and rescue operations are still ongoing in Ternopil at the site of the Russian strike that destroyed an apartment building and killed 26 people, including three children.
93 people were injured, among them 18 children. 22 others remain missing.
93 people were injured, among them 18 children. 22 others remain missing.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Russia is a terrorist state.
Secretary of the Army, the Honorable Dan Driscoll sent this message out to the force.
Outstanding leadership.
Outstanding leadership.
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Secretary of the Army, the Honorable Dan Driscoll sent this message out to the force.
Outstanding leadership.
Outstanding leadership.
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We Immigrated Legally. ICE Detained Us Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Opinion | We Came Here Legally. ICE Locked Us Up Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We Immigrated Legally. ICE Detained Us Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
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Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Andrew Johnson claimed to an alleged child molestation victim that Trump's pardon entitled him to multi-million dollar reparations. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Andrew Johnson claimed to an alleged child molestation victim that Trump's pardon entitled him to multi-million dollar reparations. theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
This is not something I learned in law school.
Nor in two decades of government practice.
Nor when being admitted into the SCOTUS Bar.
Nor in two decades of government practice.
Nor when being admitted into the SCOTUS Bar.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is not something I learned in law school.
Nor in two decades of government practice.
Nor when being admitted into the SCOTUS Bar.
Nor in two decades of government practice.
Nor when being admitted into the SCOTUS Bar.
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A wounded 🇺🇦 soldier’s journey to medical help now often takes as long as it did in the bleakest days of World War I. This isn’t just the result of drones or other modern weapons. Russian drone operators ignore the legal protections meant for medics. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/m...
A Harrowing Escape From the Drone-Infested Hellscape of Ukraine’s Front Lines
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A wounded 🇺🇦 soldier’s journey to medical help now often takes as long as it did in the bleakest days of World War I. This isn’t just the result of drones or other modern weapons. Russian drone operators ignore the legal protections meant for medics. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/m...
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#Fellas The Odesa Sisters have introduced their first patch! You can add it to your collection with a donation of $40 each to @antoninaodesa.bsky.social or her sister Tetyana. Please put your Fella name in the note on your donation.
🅿️🅿️ tkagitina@gmail.com
🅿️🅿️ k_tonya@ukr.net
🅿️🅿️ tkagitina@gmail.com
🅿️🅿️ k_tonya@ukr.net
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
#Fellas The Odesa Sisters have introduced their first patch! You can add it to your collection with a donation of $40 each to @antoninaodesa.bsky.social or her sister Tetyana. Please put your Fella name in the note on your donation.
🅿️🅿️ tkagitina@gmail.com
🅿️🅿️ k_tonya@ukr.net
🅿️🅿️ tkagitina@gmail.com
🅿️🅿️ k_tonya@ukr.net
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This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This is me at 15. I’m a child.
I’m a CHILD.
I’m a CHILD.
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Trump and Hegseth's "Department of War" rebranding is more than just a name. It signals their vision of a force that disdains legality, as if whoever commits the most war crimes wins.
But as new research by @doncasler.bsky.social and @robertralston.bsky.social shows, the change is very unpopular,
But as new research by @doncasler.bsky.social and @robertralston.bsky.social shows, the change is very unpopular,
Most Americans oppose the ’Department of War’ rebranding
Even 42% of Republicans are no fans of the change.
goodauthority.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Trump and Hegseth's "Department of War" rebranding is more than just a name. It signals their vision of a force that disdains legality, as if whoever commits the most war crimes wins.
But as new research by @doncasler.bsky.social and @robertralston.bsky.social shows, the change is very unpopular,
But as new research by @doncasler.bsky.social and @robertralston.bsky.social shows, the change is very unpopular,
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
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"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...