RitaR
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Wow. Listen to Bruce Springsteen kick off his European tour, talking about what is happening here.
May 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Wow. Listen to Bruce Springsteen kick off his European tour, talking about what is happening here.
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A military judge has forbidden use of a 9/11 defendant's confession at his death-penalty trial, ruling the statements were the product of a campaign of torture and isolation by the CIA. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
Military Judge Throws Out Sept. 11 Case Confession as Obtained Through Torture
The critical question of whether the prisoner’s 2007 interrogations could be used at his capital trial has shadowed the case for years.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A military judge has forbidden use of a 9/11 defendant's confession at his death-penalty trial, ruling the statements were the product of a campaign of torture and isolation by the CIA. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
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BREAKING: The Department of Defense Inspector General has launched an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for sharing secret attack plans against the Houthis using Signal.
April 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Defense Inspector General has launched an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for sharing secret attack plans against the Houthis using Signal.
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ICYMI, I broke down the top 10 moments from Cory Booker's historic Senate Speech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8bH...
The Top 10 moments from Cory Booker's historic speech
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
www.youtube.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
ICYMI, I broke down the top 10 moments from Cory Booker's historic Senate Speech. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8bH...
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Guantanamo is expensive??? WHO KNEW????!!!!????? URHDJEJDGDGGHHrrhejjejjwhHHRHRJSJWJAJAJSJ
Five senators who visited the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, criticized the migrant mission there as a waste of resources, after the Pentagon estimated that the operation had cost $40 million in its first month.
U.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at Guantánamo
The disclosure of the tab so far came after a visit by five senators to the offshore operation, who condemned it as a waste of resources.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Guantanamo is expensive??? WHO KNEW????!!!!????? URHDJEJDGDGGHHrrhejjejjwhHHRHRJSJWJAJAJSJ
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"Booker can help rebrand his party as less risk-averse and more willing to try … something. He can rebrand himself, just as the old and ineffective guard falters. Booker’s speech was raw and visceral and real and angry. He did something. Now his colleagues and American voters must do more."
Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Was a Stunt. It Worked.
The New Jersey senator’s display of stamina wasn't just for the Democratic base. It was a message to his colleagues in the Senate.
www.bloomberg.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"Booker can help rebrand his party as less risk-averse and more willing to try … something. He can rebrand himself, just as the old and ineffective guard falters. Booker’s speech was raw and visceral and real and angry. He did something. Now his colleagues and American voters must do more."
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Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
@booker.senate.gov doing an old fashioned filibuster on the Senate floor this evening:
www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
@booker.senate.gov doing an old fashioned filibuster on the Senate floor this evening:
www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
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“I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our country is in crisis.”
We do too, Senator Booker, we do too. Thank you for standing up as a reminder that this is not normal.
We do too, Senator Booker, we do too. Thank you for standing up as a reminder that this is not normal.
Democrat kicks off marathon Senate floor speech to protest Trump administration actions | CNN Politics
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has kicked off what is expected to be a marathon speech on the Senate floor to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump’s administration, saying that he will keep go...
www.cnn.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our country is in crisis.”
We do too, Senator Booker, we do too. Thank you for standing up as a reminder that this is not normal.
We do too, Senator Booker, we do too. Thank you for standing up as a reminder that this is not normal.
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The disclosure of highly classified information in a group chat wasn’t just some one-off security failure.
It was a window into how this Administration operates: with incompetence, recklessness, contempt for the truth, & a reflexive impulse to try to cover things up.
I'll explain🧵
It was a window into how this Administration operates: with incompetence, recklessness, contempt for the truth, & a reflexive impulse to try to cover things up.
I'll explain🧵
March 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The disclosure of highly classified information in a group chat wasn’t just some one-off security failure.
It was a window into how this Administration operates: with incompetence, recklessness, contempt for the truth, & a reflexive impulse to try to cover things up.
I'll explain🧵
It was a window into how this Administration operates: with incompetence, recklessness, contempt for the truth, & a reflexive impulse to try to cover things up.
I'll explain🧵
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I’m heading to the Senate floor because Donald Trump and Elon Musk have shown a complete disregard for the rule of law, the Constitution, and the needs of the American people. You can tune in on CSPAN, YouTube, X, and Facebook.
March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’m heading to the Senate floor because Donald Trump and Elon Musk have shown a complete disregard for the rule of law, the Constitution, and the needs of the American people. You can tune in on CSPAN, YouTube, X, and Facebook.
DOGE sure isn't paying much attention to the cost of the "migrant" operations on Guantanamo...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
U.S. Has Spent $40 Million to Jail About 400 Migrants at Guantánamo (Gift Article)
The disclosure of the tab so far came after five senators visited the offshore operation, which they condemned as a waste of resources.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
DOGE sure isn't paying much attention to the cost of the "migrant" operations on Guantanamo...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
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that Noem video reinforces my belief that there is a streak of sexualized sadism on the US right that goes back to lynching imagery but began in its most recent form with the enthusiasm for torture during the Bush years.
March 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
that Noem video reinforces my belief that there is a streak of sexualized sadism on the US right that goes back to lynching imagery but began in its most recent form with the enthusiasm for torture during the Bush years.
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I asked an international human rights lawyer recently what red lines to watch for - he said, “when people start to disappear.” Well…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/ice-tufts-student-detained-rumeysa-ozturk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Student, Is Detained by ICE
The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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18 USC 793(f) makes it a crime to remove national defense information from its proper place through gross negligence. Doesn’t matter whether info was classified. Signal chat is not a proper place.
Signal Chat Disclosure Poses Early Test for F.B.I. and Justice Dept.
Whether the agencies open an investigation will bring into sharp relief the intended approach of their leaders, Kash Patel and Pam Bondi, who promised to administer impartial justice.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
18 USC 793(f) makes it a crime to remove national defense information from its proper place through gross negligence. Doesn’t matter whether info was classified. Signal chat is not a proper place.
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So, which is it?
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
March 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So, which is it?
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
If this info wasn’t classified, that in itself would be a scandalous screw-up that must be explained.
And if it was classified, then the Trump administration lied to Congress and to the American people.
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“Those who are impacted the most by these closures are people who have already suffered at the hands of some of the world’s worst human rights abusers.” @simonadams.bsky.social in the @startribune.com on impacts of funding cuts on survivors of torture.
www.startribune.com/ceo-of-cente...
www.startribune.com/ceo-of-cente...
CEO of Center for Victims of Torture: Ending foreign aid slams the door on hope
Our organization, which started 40 years ago at the University of Minnesota, has lost 75% of its budget and had to furlough or lay off 430 employees.
www.startribune.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“Those who are impacted the most by these closures are people who have already suffered at the hands of some of the world’s worst human rights abusers.” @simonadams.bsky.social in the @startribune.com on impacts of funding cuts on survivors of torture.
www.startribune.com/ceo-of-cente...
www.startribune.com/ceo-of-cente...
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"courts do not have the power to stop extra-legal conduct by the Executive branch on their own. It requires the work of diligent lawyers to bring matters to courts, to abide by the rules of our legal system, to make the sound arguments, and to activate the potential of the court’s power...."
March 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"courts do not have the power to stop extra-legal conduct by the Executive branch on their own. It requires the work of diligent lawyers to bring matters to courts, to abide by the rules of our legal system, to make the sound arguments, and to activate the potential of the court’s power...."
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interesting filing in the Nashiri military commission case (the document itself is not available yet, just the title)
February 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
interesting filing in the Nashiri military commission case (the document itself is not available yet, just the title)
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Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
February 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
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When you’re teaching about security, human rights, law, and accountability in the middle of a democratic crisis, there are few better guest lecturers than the amazing @markfallon.bsky.social 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 @pennlaw.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
When you’re teaching about security, human rights, law, and accountability in the middle of a democratic crisis, there are few better guest lecturers than the amazing @markfallon.bsky.social 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 @pennlaw.bsky.social
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Jeez, I wonder why an organization that has people living undercover in hundreds of countries around the world would want to recruit “diverse” individuals? The stupidity is breathtaking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...
The C.I.A. Is Planning Its Largest Mass Firing in Nearly 50 Years
The possible purge of officers working on recruiting and diversity comes as the agency moves to comply with the spirit of an executive order banning efforts to diversify the federal work force.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Jeez, I wonder why an organization that has people living undercover in hundreds of countries around the world would want to recruit “diverse” individuals? The stupidity is breathtaking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...
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Breaking News: The Trump administration today repatriated the 170+ Venezuelans it sent to Guantanamo Bay, emptied the migrant operation it hastily established earlier this month. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...
Trump Administration Abruptly Clears Out Migrants It Sent to Guantánamo
A transfer operation on Thursday repatriated 177 Venezuelans via a handoff in Honduras, while one migrant was brought back to U.S. soil.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration today repatriated the 170+ Venezuelans it sent to Guantanamo Bay, emptied the migrant operation it hastily established earlier this month. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...