Sakina Chenot
@sakinachenot.bsky.social
Lawyer, local activist, Liberal Democrat. All views my own
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Yesterday Trump's regime said it would halt leases for five wind farms under construction off the East Coast, virtually gutting the offshore wind industry in the United States. The projects were “expected to power more than 2.5 million homes and businesses".
December 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Yesterday Trump's regime said it would halt leases for five wind farms under construction off the East Coast, virtually gutting the offshore wind industry in the United States. The projects were “expected to power more than 2.5 million homes and businesses".
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Then there is this. Are we outraged yet?
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December 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Then there is this. Are we outraged yet?
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SCOTUS just rejected Trump’s illegal deployment of the National Guard in Chicago, confirming what we knew all along - that turning the military on the American people is a disgusting misuse of our armed forces.
We got lucky this time, but our checks and balances remain under immense strain.
We got lucky this time, but our checks and balances remain under immense strain.
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
SCOTUS just rejected Trump’s illegal deployment of the National Guard in Chicago, confirming what we knew all along - that turning the military on the American people is a disgusting misuse of our armed forces.
We got lucky this time, but our checks and balances remain under immense strain.
We got lucky this time, but our checks and balances remain under immense strain.
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“Babies Are Freezing to Death in Gaza. Israeli Policy and the World’s Inaction Are to Blame”
Babies Are Freezing to Death in Gaza. Israeli Policy and the World’s Inaction Are to Blame
The world must stop treating the word “ceasefire” as a guarantee of safety when Gaza’s residents remain under fire, under siege, and under conditions that guarantee more suffering and heartbreak.
zeteo.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“Babies Are Freezing to Death in Gaza. Israeli Policy and the World’s Inaction Are to Blame”
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When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr
When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr
The US economy is pumped up on tech-bro vanity. The inevitable correction should prompt a global conversation, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr
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Apparently, ICE isn’t doing enough…
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group
BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants.
theintercept.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Apparently, ICE isn’t doing enough…
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
So the gang is expanding its ranks, recruiting *private bounty hunters* to track down immigrants at home and at work
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Alarm over ‘exploding’ rise in use of sanctions-busting shadow fleet
Alarm over ‘exploding’ rise in use of sanctions-busting shadow fleet
Fear that confrontation is on the cards as policing of ships becomes more aggressive and Russia challenges Europe
The “shadow fleet” used by Russia, Iran and Venezuela to avoid western sanctions and ship cargo to customers including China and India is “exploding” in its scale and scope, and there are concerns that efforts to counter it are drawing closer to dangerous military confrontations.
Complicating the issue is that Russia has begun putting its own flag on some former shadow fleet tankers, in an open challenge to Europe. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Alarm over ‘exploding’ rise in use of sanctions-busting shadow fleet
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Meet Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahi.
He’s called for Gaza to be nuked and he protested for the right of Israeli soldiers to rape Palestinian detainees.
@dianabuttu.bsky.social explains how he’s leading Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign.
Read more about him: zeteo.com/p/heritage-m...
He’s called for Gaza to be nuked and he protested for the right of Israeli soldiers to rape Palestinian detainees.
@dianabuttu.bsky.social explains how he’s leading Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign.
Read more about him: zeteo.com/p/heritage-m...
December 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Meet Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahi.
He’s called for Gaza to be nuked and he protested for the right of Israeli soldiers to rape Palestinian detainees.
@dianabuttu.bsky.social explains how he’s leading Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign.
Read more about him: zeteo.com/p/heritage-m...
He’s called for Gaza to be nuked and he protested for the right of Israeli soldiers to rape Palestinian detainees.
@dianabuttu.bsky.social explains how he’s leading Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign.
Read more about him: zeteo.com/p/heritage-m...
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"You Know Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. Now Meet the Dangerous Israeli Minister You've Never Heard Of"
Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons. By @dianabuttu.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/heritage-m...
Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons. By @dianabuttu.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/heritage-m...
You Know Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. Now Meet the Dangerous Israeli Minister You've Never Heard Of
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons.
zeteo.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"You Know Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. Now Meet the Dangerous Israeli Minister You've Never Heard Of"
Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons. By @dianabuttu.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/heritage-m...
Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons. By @dianabuttu.bsky.social:
zeteo.com/p/heritage-m...
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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Billionaires backed by the Trump administration are trying to build a data center in Michigan that would jack up energy bills, pollute groundwater, and consume as much power as the entire city of Detroit.
Data centers are stealing our resources AND making us foot the bill.
Data centers are stealing our resources AND making us foot the bill.
‘Uniquely evil’: Michigan residents fight against huge data center backed by top tycoons
Locals band together in David v Goliath fight against facility they say would jack up bills, increase pollution and destroy area’s character
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Billionaires backed by the Trump administration are trying to build a data center in Michigan that would jack up energy bills, pollute groundwater, and consume as much power as the entire city of Detroit.
Data centers are stealing our resources AND making us foot the bill.
Data centers are stealing our resources AND making us foot the bill.
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Across the country, communities are fighting back against Big Tech and preventing construction of power-hungry AI data centers in their backyards.
In response, Big Tech is launching an all-out lobbying blitz. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=OabmXBYpoINwEDPD
In response, Big Tech is launching an all-out lobbying blitz. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=OabmXBYpoINwEDPD
Big Tech's AI Power-Grab
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Across the country, communities are fighting back against Big Tech and preventing construction of power-hungry AI data centers in their backyards.
In response, Big Tech is launching an all-out lobbying blitz. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=OabmXBYpoINwEDPD
In response, Big Tech is launching an all-out lobbying blitz. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=OabmXBYpoINwEDPD
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Republicans decided to go home for the holidays, leaving millions of Americans staring down massive health care premium hikes.
They didn’t just clock out. They walked away from people’s lives. NOTE: These are all red or purple districts.
They didn’t just clock out. They walked away from people’s lives. NOTE: These are all red or purple districts.
December 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Republicans decided to go home for the holidays, leaving millions of Americans staring down massive health care premium hikes.
They didn’t just clock out. They walked away from people’s lives. NOTE: These are all red or purple districts.
They didn’t just clock out. They walked away from people’s lives. NOTE: These are all red or purple districts.
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New Zealand just recorded its first-ever day of zero coal- or gas-fired electricity. In fact two days, 20 & 21 December. (Still some co-gen, about 1.8%.)
December 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New Zealand just recorded its first-ever day of zero coal- or gas-fired electricity. In fact two days, 20 & 21 December. (Still some co-gen, about 1.8%.)
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December 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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"The company’s financial collapse highlights the danger of buying into Elon Musk’s claims that Tesla vehicles would become “appreciating assets”—a prediction that has faced a harsh reality check in the used EV market."
Elon says a lot of things. Baseline assumption should be that none are true.
Elon says a lot of things. Baseline assumption should be that none are true.
Tesla rental fleet that bought into Elon Musk's self-driving lies goes bankrupt due to depreciation
Dutch leasing company Mistergreen, known for its “Tesla only” fleet and bold bets on a future of autonomous robotaxis, is...
electrek.co
December 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"The company’s financial collapse highlights the danger of buying into Elon Musk’s claims that Tesla vehicles would become “appreciating assets”—a prediction that has faced a harsh reality check in the used EV market."
Elon says a lot of things. Baseline assumption should be that none are true.
Elon says a lot of things. Baseline assumption should be that none are true.
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It's almost as if a diet of cigars and sitting about in a man cave isn't good for a middle aged fella
to add to the Jake Paul schadenfreude, Andrew Tate also lost a fight to some reality TV influencer. most analysis of the fight I've read described his opponent as deeply untalented but Andrew lost anyway. Tate's endurance was awful and he was gassed after the first round.
December 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It's almost as if a diet of cigars and sitting about in a man cave isn't good for a middle aged fella
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What do these corporations all have in common?
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Google
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's $400M ballroom.
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's $400M ballroom.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
What do these corporations all have in common?
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Google
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's $400M ballroom.
-Lockheed Martin
-Palantir
-Microsoft
-Amazon
-Comcast
-Apple
-Meta
-HP
-Nvidia
-T-Mobile
They all have lucrative government contracts — and they're all donors to Trump's $400M ballroom.
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If there only was a word for a governing system in which one set of laws applied to people of a specific race, and a completely different and much harsher set of laws applied to those of another race...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If there only was a word for a governing system in which one set of laws applied to people of a specific race, and a completely different and much harsher set of laws applied to those of another race...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
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Fox reports that that while many of the redactions to the Epstein Files were made to protect victims’ identities, “the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.”
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
December 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Fox reports that that while many of the redactions to the Epstein Files were made to protect victims’ identities, “the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials.”
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
In other words, DOJ admits that they edited Trump and his pals out.
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New post out:
@ldfreedman.bsky.social talks to @kschake.bsky.social - who's worked at senior levels in the US defense and state departments - on how the military should deal with Trump, Hegseth and illegal orders.
(Free to read)
samf.substack.com/p/the-state-...
@ldfreedman.bsky.social talks to @kschake.bsky.social - who's worked at senior levels in the US defense and state departments - on how the military should deal with Trump, Hegseth and illegal orders.
(Free to read)
samf.substack.com/p/the-state-...
The State and the Soldier
How should the US military react to a "unprincipled principal"?
samf.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
New post out:
@ldfreedman.bsky.social talks to @kschake.bsky.social - who's worked at senior levels in the US defense and state departments - on how the military should deal with Trump, Hegseth and illegal orders.
(Free to read)
samf.substack.com/p/the-state-...
@ldfreedman.bsky.social talks to @kschake.bsky.social - who's worked at senior levels in the US defense and state departments - on how the military should deal with Trump, Hegseth and illegal orders.
(Free to read)
samf.substack.com/p/the-state-...
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Congressional investigation now.
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Congressional investigation now.