Moonloop
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I used to be a ninja, but now I'm just a concerned Texan.
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Pete Hegseth responded to all this with the smirking, adolescent sadism of a schoolyard bully pulling the legs off of a spider. Now juxtapose this with the horror experienced by a source who saw the imagery of the men being blown apart in the water:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Pete Hegseth responded to all this with the smirking, adolescent sadism of a schoolyard bully pulling the legs off of a spider. Now juxtapose this with the horror experienced by a source who saw the imagery of the men being blown apart in the water:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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This is a big deal: Jack Goldsmith, former head of OLC, says that if WaPo's report is right, Pete Hegseth's order might have been an illegal one.
WaPo reports that the commander overseeing the strikes gave a rationale but Goldsmith says it doesn't hold up:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
WaPo reports that the commander overseeing the strikes gave a rationale but Goldsmith says it doesn't hold up:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is a big deal: Jack Goldsmith, former head of OLC, says that if WaPo's report is right, Pete Hegseth's order might have been an illegal one.
WaPo reports that the commander overseeing the strikes gave a rationale but Goldsmith says it doesn't hold up:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
WaPo reports that the commander overseeing the strikes gave a rationale but Goldsmith says it doesn't hold up:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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Pete Hegseth denies he gave the order to kill them all. But even some Republicans now appear to be demanding answers, so Frank Bradley, who oversaw the bombings, is in discussions with House Armed Services about coming in.
Rep Adam Smith lays out his Qs to me here:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Rep Adam Smith lays out his Qs to me here:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Pete Hegseth denies he gave the order to kill them all. But even some Republicans now appear to be demanding answers, so Frank Bradley, who oversaw the bombings, is in discussions with House Armed Services about coming in.
Rep Adam Smith lays out his Qs to me here:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Rep Adam Smith lays out his Qs to me here:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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News --> The commander who oversaw Pete Hegseth's alleged killing of two boat bombing survivors is now likely to come in and face questions from the House Armed Services Committee, ranking Dem Adam Smith tells me.
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Trump Boat Bombings Suddenly on Shakier Ground as Damning Info Emerges
Will Republicans give us a real investigation into Trump’s bombings, now that we just learned horrific new details about them? Or are they seriously going to fall on their swords for Pete Hegseth?
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
News --> The commander who oversaw Pete Hegseth's alleged killing of two boat bombing survivors is now likely to come in and face questions from the House Armed Services Committee, ranking Dem Adam Smith tells me.
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
In this piece, I try to make sense of this horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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Leavitt: “The president has made it quite clear that if narco terrorists are trafficking illegal drugs toward the United States he has the authority to kill them”
[narrator voice]: He did not, in fact, have lawful authority to kill them…
[narrator voice]: He did not, in fact, have lawful authority to kill them…
Q: Was the initial order from Hegseth to kill everyone and did that come from President Trump?
LEAVITT: I would reject that Hegseth ever said that. However, the president has made it quite clear that if narcoterrorists are trafficking illegal drugs toward the US he has the authority to kill them
LEAVITT: I would reject that Hegseth ever said that. However, the president has made it quite clear that if narcoterrorists are trafficking illegal drugs toward the US he has the authority to kill them
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Leavitt: “The president has made it quite clear that if narco terrorists are trafficking illegal drugs toward the United States he has the authority to kill them”
[narrator voice]: He did not, in fact, have lawful authority to kill them…
[narrator voice]: He did not, in fact, have lawful authority to kill them…
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Yep. This was a prosecution developed by the professionals at the DOJ under Trump 1.0, despite the fact that the first Trump admin's DHS was actively working with JOH on migration, and praising him as a valuable ally.
Here's Chad Wolf meeting JOH in 2020, AFTER his brother had been convicted.
Here's Chad Wolf meeting JOH in 2020, AFTER his brother had been convicted.
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Yep. This was a prosecution developed by the professionals at the DOJ under Trump 1.0, despite the fact that the first Trump admin's DHS was actively working with JOH on migration, and praising him as a valuable ally.
Here's Chad Wolf meeting JOH in 2020, AFTER his brother had been convicted.
Here's Chad Wolf meeting JOH in 2020, AFTER his brother had been convicted.
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This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Leavitt: "The people of Honduras have highlighted to him how the former President Hernandez was set up. This was a clear Biden over prosecution."
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
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Last week: In response to WaPo’s story on the Sept. 2 boat strikes, the Pentagon says “This entire narrative is completely false.”
Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”
Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Last week: In response to WaPo’s story on the Sept. 2 boat strikes, the Pentagon says “This entire narrative is completely false.”
Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”
Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”
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Disappointing to see companies sign-on to the App Store Accountability bill as if it's not the first small step before full-blown censorship for all online services.
Lawmakers aren't going to stop at the app stores. It's foolish to think otherwise. thehill.com/policy/techn...
Lawmakers aren't going to stop at the app stores. It's foolish to think otherwise. thehill.com/policy/techn...
thehill.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Disappointing to see companies sign-on to the App Store Accountability bill as if it's not the first small step before full-blown censorship for all online services.
Lawmakers aren't going to stop at the app stores. It's foolish to think otherwise. thehill.com/policy/techn...
Lawmakers aren't going to stop at the app stores. It's foolish to think otherwise. thehill.com/policy/techn...
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To note just one of the many problems with this idea, there are multiple that countries do not permit you to relinquish citizenship — and some of those countries also have jus sanguinis laws that make someone a citizen even if they were born in the U.S. and never left.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, just introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship. The bill says that to “preserve the integrity of national citizenship, allegiance to the United States must be undivided.” It’s called the Exclusive Citizenship Act.
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
To note just one of the many problems with this idea, there are multiple that countries do not permit you to relinquish citizenship — and some of those countries also have jus sanguinis laws that make someone a citizen even if they were born in the U.S. and never left.
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The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.
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Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton on Monday imposed restrictions on how faculty discuss race, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms and introduced a new course content approval process.
Texas Tech System restricts race and gender teaching
Tech, now the second Texas public university system to add similar teaching restrictions, had earlier directed faculty to follow state and federal guidance recognizing only two sexes.
www.texastribune.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton on Monday imposed restrictions on how faculty discuss race, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms and introduced a new course content approval process.
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REPUBLICAN MAYOR IN KANSAS FACING DEPORTATION OVER VOTER FRAUD
Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.
Full story: https://bit.ly/4iwEwYj
Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.
Full story: https://bit.ly/4iwEwYj
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
REPUBLICAN MAYOR IN KANSAS FACING DEPORTATION OVER VOTER FRAUD
Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.
Full story: https://bit.ly/4iwEwYj
Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.
Full story: https://bit.ly/4iwEwYj
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Probably not the smartest policy considering we live in a world and depend on other countries for trade, information, labor and security. But what do I know? I'm a Muslim whose family came from a "third world country."
Good luck, white supremacists.
Good luck, white supremacists.
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Probably not the smartest policy considering we live in a world and depend on other countries for trade, information, labor and security. But what do I know? I'm a Muslim whose family came from a "third world country."
Good luck, white supremacists.
Good luck, white supremacists.
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This is because of the Kavanaugh Stop blessed by the Supreme Court’s Republican appointees in September. This was the known, inevitable result of that shadow docket order.
Here’s what I had to say about it a month ago: www.lawdork.com/p/the-kavana...
Here’s what I had to say about it a month ago: www.lawdork.com/p/the-kavana...
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This is because of the Kavanaugh Stop blessed by the Supreme Court’s Republican appointees in September. This was the known, inevitable result of that shadow docket order.
Here’s what I had to say about it a month ago: www.lawdork.com/p/the-kavana...
Here’s what I had to say about it a month ago: www.lawdork.com/p/the-kavana...
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I see they are just making things up to justify murder.
It was two men clinging to debris in the wreckage of a sunken ship.
It was two men clinging to debris in the wreckage of a sunken ship.
Fox News' Joey Jones justifies the US military killing survivors after an initial boat strike: "An enemy combatant does not have to have a gun to be a danger or a threat... if you leave anybody alive, they can signal and let others know what’s happening and they can also retaliate through radio."
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I see they are just making things up to justify murder.
It was two men clinging to debris in the wreckage of a sunken ship.
It was two men clinging to debris in the wreckage of a sunken ship.
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#BREAKING: Ideologically diverse Third Circuit panel unanimously *affirms* district court ruling that Alina Habba was *not* lawfully appointed to serve as Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey *or* to otherwise exercise the functions of that office:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Opinion Filed – #81 in United States v. Julien Giraud, Jr. (3rd Cir., 25-2635) – CourtListener.com
PRECEDENTIAL OPINION. Coram: RESTREPO, SMITH and FISHER, Circuit Judges. Total Pages: 32. Judge: FISHER Authoring. [25-2635, 25-2636] (CJG)
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December 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#BREAKING: Ideologically diverse Third Circuit panel unanimously *affirms* district court ruling that Alina Habba was *not* lawfully appointed to serve as Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey *or* to otherwise exercise the functions of that office:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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NEWS: A unanimous Third Circuit panel rules that Alina Habba is not U.S. Attorney, cannot be Acting U.S. Attorney, and cannot have the powers delegated to her. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NEWS: A unanimous Third Circuit panel rules that Alina Habba is not U.S. Attorney, cannot be Acting U.S. Attorney, and cannot have the powers delegated to her. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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There's a lot going on, and immigration law is notoriously labyrinthine. But it's still wild both that (1) the Trump administration is trying to treat millions of non-citizens who have lived here for years/decades as "arriving aliens"; & (2) *hundreds* of courts have (almost unanimously!) said "no":
195. The Immigration Detention Flood
The Trump administration's attempt to quietly—but massively—expand who can be detained pending their removal has been met with overwhelming pushback from a remarkably large number of district courts.
www.stevevladeck.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
There's a lot going on, and immigration law is notoriously labyrinthine. But it's still wild both that (1) the Trump administration is trying to treat millions of non-citizens who have lived here for years/decades as "arriving aliens"; & (2) *hundreds* of courts have (almost unanimously!) said "no":
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Posted this on the Other Place and an alarming number of replies were basically like “war crimes are good, actually”
“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 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Posted this on the Other Place and an alarming number of replies were basically like “war crimes are good, actually”
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"By forcing everyone to hand over their most valuable and sensitive identity data, the law builds out a dangerous new surveillance infrastructure instead of actually keeping young people safe," EFF’s Molly Buckley told TechRadar. www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-pri...
Missouri search for VPNs quadruples as age verification laws kick in
Missourians begin to take matters of data security into their own hands
www.techradar.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"By forcing everyone to hand over their most valuable and sensitive identity data, the law builds out a dangerous new surveillance infrastructure instead of actually keeping young people safe," EFF’s Molly Buckley told TechRadar. www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-pri...
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there is nothing more confusing to me than people who hate ms. rachel. it's like hating puppies. it's a declaration that you have no soul.
December 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
there is nothing more confusing to me than people who hate ms. rachel. it's like hating puppies. it's a declaration that you have no soul.
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the things i want to say violate the terms of service here.
These are screenshots from an actual DHS press release that just went out offering "self-deportation" as a "gift" to "illegal aliens" this holiday season.
This administration is truly repugnant.
This administration is truly repugnant.
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
the things i want to say violate the terms of service here.
Bro, when Fox News is putting your feet to the fire...
FOX: You said the follow up strike was lawful. What law is it that allows no survivors?
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
LEAVITT: The strike was conducted in self defense to protect Americans
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Bro, when Fox News is putting your feet to the fire...