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Wow. Tracy Beth Høeg, the FDA's new acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) just put this slide up during her presentation to ACIP.

We have left reality.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Washington Post vs Democracy Docket.

Please consider supporting independent pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 3, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Just a horrible human being.
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his
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December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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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.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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“.. your little problems.”
Trump: "Is Trump in good health? I sit here, I do four news conferences a day. I ask questions from very intelligent lunatics -- you people. I give the right answers. There's never a scandal. There's never a problem. I give you answers that solve your little problems."
December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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The “kill them all” order by SecDef Hegseth would be a textbook war crime even if the original attack had been legal.
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...
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
10 grand a day for personal security amid layoffs.
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
MSN
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December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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If anyone's interested, I've got a whole article on these dynamics ... papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
High-five.
"Mayor Andrea Biancani told people to “give [him] a high five” as they skated by."

www.thedailybeast.com/mayor-apolog...
Mayor Apologizes to Pavarotti’s Widow Over Ice Rink Statue Stunt
The likeness was installed to fanfare last year.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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This is disgusting.
Hegseth called one chapter in his 2024 book, “The Laws Of War, For Winners.”

He wrote: “Our boys should not fight by rules written by dignified men in mahogany rooms eighty years ago.”

(He also fantasized about treating Americans like overseas combatants.)

www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-h...
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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The anonymous gift is estimated to exceed $50 million over the next 50 years to UW's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology.
$50M gift to UW students makes ‘unseen field’ feel ‘very seen’
www.seattletimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Another reason why it’s important not to obey illegal orders is because the people willing to give illegal orders will happily throw you under the bus for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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my official diagnosis: his brain has fallen out of his ass.
Before you ask, yes apparently this is real. He must be taking comedy lessons and substances from Elon.
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Exhibit 926 in criminal contempt proceedings. Noem’s declaration is due Friday to Judge Boasberg.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?

KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Hegseth’s only qualification for the job of Secretary of Defense was his TV punditry in support of war crimes. Of course he would do that. That’s why Trump hired him.
GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "I don't think Secretary Hegseth would be foolish enough to make this decision to say, 'Kill everybody. Kill the survivors,' because that's a clear violation of the law of war."
November 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Here it is. The first case that will likely test the legality of all the boat strikes.

“Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight ‘would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,’”🚨
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 11:27 PM
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Straight-up sociopath.

Asked about a Guard member who’s dead because of his bullshit and it takes him 30 seconds to make it all about how great he is.
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?

TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM