@sixmile.bsky.social
Ernest Hemingway's three words on how bankruptcy occurs also applies to how democracy is lost: "Gradually, then suddenly."
So let's get this straight: she has resigned from a position she was unlawfully serving in. Yet the absurd subtext she'd like to keep alive is lifted from The Terminator: "I'll be back."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
Alina Habba, a Trump Loyalist, Resigns as New Jersey’s Top Prosecutor
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
So let's get this straight: she has resigned from a position she was unlawfully serving in. Yet the absurd subtext she'd like to keep alive is lifted from The Terminator: "I'll be back."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
"...why I’m worried the president and his most rabid supporters have a plan in their back pockets to invalidate the results of the 2026 midterms if Democrats win the House... based on a Big Lie that will amount to a constitutional coup d’état."
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
The Simple, Legal Way Trump Could Steal the Midterms
A little-known section of the Constitution may hold the key to overturning Democratic wins in 2026.
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"...why I’m worried the president and his most rabid supporters have a plan in their back pockets to invalidate the results of the 2026 midterms if Democrats win the House... based on a Big Lie that will amount to a constitutional coup d’état."
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
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Trump says he's "disappointed Zelenskyy hasn't yet read the proposal" but "Russia is fine with it"
STOOOOOOOOP.
STOOOOOOOOP.
December 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Trump says he's "disappointed Zelenskyy hasn't yet read the proposal" but "Russia is fine with it"
STOOOOOOOOP.
STOOOOOOOOP.
'Toledo-Martinez’s lawyer, Olia Catala, said her client was denied immediate medical care. He was only later taken to a hospital, she said, after he begged them to do so and heard one of the agents say, “I’m not losing my job over this.”'
newrepublic.com/post/204073/...
newrepublic.com/post/204073/...
ICE Agents Released an Attack Dog on a Man: Report
The latest horrific development in Trump’s war on immigrants occurred in the state of Washington.
newrepublic.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
'Toledo-Martinez’s lawyer, Olia Catala, said her client was denied immediate medical care. He was only later taken to a hospital, she said, after he begged them to do so and heard one of the agents say, “I’m not losing my job over this.”'
newrepublic.com/post/204073/...
newrepublic.com/post/204073/...
The recurring "time is not on Ukraine's side" or "Ukraine's last chance" argument. False before and false now even when pushed by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Nor is Trump being transactional, rather than Putin's puppet.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nor is Trump being transactional, rather than Putin's puppet.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ukraine is facing a painful choice | Christopher S Chivvis
Kyiv may be approaching its last chance to end the war with its sovereignty intact. If a peace deal includes two key elements, it should accept
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The recurring "time is not on Ukraine's side" or "Ukraine's last chance" argument. False before and false now even when pushed by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Nor is Trump being transactional, rather than Putin's puppet.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nor is Trump being transactional, rather than Putin's puppet.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'“We’re reviewing the process [of releasing the video of the killing of two survivors], and we’ll see,” [Hegseth] said on Saturday, adding that the Pentagon wanted to ensure sensitive information was not compromised.'
He showed no such mindset in Signalgate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He showed no such mindset in Signalgate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats urge Pentagon to release video of strike on alleged drug boat
Trump team faces mounting pressure as members of Congress allege that the deadly attack was unlawful
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
'“We’re reviewing the process [of releasing the video of the killing of two survivors], and we’ll see,” [Hegseth] said on Saturday, adding that the Pentagon wanted to ensure sensitive information was not compromised.'
He showed no such mindset in Signalgate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
He showed no such mindset in Signalgate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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It’s important to remember there are two scandals here:
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
BERMAN: Did you see any evidence of them trying to use a radio in the video you saw?
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
TOM COTTON: Well I saw lots of evidence of them standing on the boat that had been capsized
BERMAN: That wasn't my question. Did you see any evidence?
COTTON: No, I didn't
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It’s important to remember there are two scandals here:
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
1. The Administration has likely committed war crimes.
2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.
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Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."
BARTIROMO: What are you expecting the president's economic message to be?
SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
SEN. McCORMICK: I think the message is that we inherited a trainwreck from the Biden administration and we made a lot of progress
December 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trainwreck? In October 2024, The Economist called Biden's economy "the envy of the world."
A scan of Musk's recent activity on X reads like it was cultured in a petri dish.
www.theverge.com/news/837423/...
www.theverge.com/news/837423/...
Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again
And he wants you to know Donald Trump likes him again.
www.theverge.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A scan of Musk's recent activity on X reads like it was cultured in a petri dish.
www.theverge.com/news/837423/...
www.theverge.com/news/837423/...
"Despite the best efforts of the [patently corrupt] Roberts court, what once appeared to be a decisive win for Trump’s party is now looking much more like a stalemate." NOTE: a Trump-appointed judge initially blocked Trump's racist Texas gerrymander.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Roberts court just helped Trump rig the midterms
The Supreme Court reinstated the Trump-inspired congressional map in Texas.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"Despite the best efforts of the [patently corrupt] Roberts court, what once appeared to be a decisive win for Trump’s party is now looking much more like a stalemate." NOTE: a Trump-appointed judge initially blocked Trump's racist Texas gerrymander.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“The real evils in war are love of violence, revengeful cruelty, fierce and implacable enmity, wild resistance, and the lust of power.” St. Augustine in his Confessions
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“The real evils in war are love of violence, revengeful cruelty, fierce and implacable enmity, wild resistance, and the lust of power.” St. Augustine in his Confessions
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
"The entire boat-strike operation is a murder conspiracy being carried out by the US government. Each one of these deaths is an execution without trial. You don’t need to go to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to hold Hegseth accountable."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"The entire boat-strike operation is a murder conspiracy being carried out by the US government. Each one of these deaths is an execution without trial. You don’t need to go to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to hold Hegseth accountable."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
We should never forget the origins of the euphemistic concept of "remigration." It foretold of the genocide to come in the Nazi death cult regime; the word was used in proposals to send people "who don't belong in this country" to another place. That other place was the grave, arrived at variously.
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We should never forget the origins of the euphemistic concept of "remigration." It foretold of the genocide to come in the Nazi death cult regime; the word was used in proposals to send people "who don't belong in this country" to another place. That other place was the grave, arrived at variously.
"There is no statute of limitations on murder."
"The regime that authorizes the war crimes never self-police. We have to wait until that regime is out of power."
"Murder most foul, as in the best it is." (Shakespeare)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"The regime that authorizes the war crimes never self-police. We have to wait until that regime is out of power."
"Murder most foul, as in the best it is." (Shakespeare)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"There is no statute of limitations on murder."
"The regime that authorizes the war crimes never self-police. We have to wait until that regime is out of power."
"Murder most foul, as in the best it is." (Shakespeare)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"The regime that authorizes the war crimes never self-police. We have to wait until that regime is out of power."
"Murder most foul, as in the best it is." (Shakespeare)
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
"...the racist rhetoric coming from Noem and others in the [regime] resembles that of white nationalists. But it also highlights something else we have yet to fully reckon with: the mainstream racist ideas that fueled the anti-immigrant laws of the last century."
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
The Radical Honesty of Trump’s Racist New Asylum Policy
Kristi Noem is being pretty direct in her regurgitation of white nationalist talking points.
newrepublic.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"...the racist rhetoric coming from Noem and others in the [regime] resembles that of white nationalists. But it also highlights something else we have yet to fully reckon with: the mainstream racist ideas that fueled the anti-immigrant laws of the last century."
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
"The secretary [Hegseth] is unlikely to resign, but Trump has a record of throwing people under the bus when they are no longer of use to him, and Republicans should increase the pressure on him to fire the most unqualified secretary of defense in U.S. history."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"The secretary [Hegseth] is unlikely to resign, but Trump has a record of throwing people under the bus when they are no longer of use to him, and Republicans should increase the pressure on him to fire the most unqualified secretary of defense in U.S. history."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"Trump and his top aides are re-creating in America the conditions and terrors of failed states. They’re erasing the distinction between the perpetrators and victims of violence."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump’s Policy of Collective Punishment
“The actions of one individual do not represent an entire nation.”
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Trump and his top aides are re-creating in America the conditions and terrors of failed states. They’re erasing the distinction between the perpetrators and victims of violence."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"The instinct to investigate truth-tellers rather than alleged illegality has marked some of America’s darkest constitutional moments. And it is the through line of this one."
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Pete Hegseth Crossed a Clear, Bright Line. Will He Pay a
Price?
The rule against attacking people “out of the fight” is foundational in U.S. and international law. And there’s no doubt it was crossed. What now?
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"The instinct to investigate truth-tellers rather than alleged illegality has marked some of America’s darkest constitutional moments. And it is the through line of this one."
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
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.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
Surely no conflicts of interest pervade the Trump regime (filed with only "the best people" focused on the greater public good not their own business interests), starting with the commander in chief who never, ever conducts personal business on the public dole.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Surely no conflicts of interest pervade the Trump regime (filed with only "the best people" focused on the greater public good not their own business interests), starting with the commander in chief who never, ever conducts personal business on the public dole.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
A wise friend passed this to me with the note that Thomas Paine couldn't have put it better. I'd add: impeachment (and conviction) not just of Trump but most of his cabinet is not subject to presidential pardon so would be irreversible.
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
Oaths Of Office, And How Everyone Not Moving To Impeach Trump Is Violating Their Own
Until very recently the only member of Congress excused from not having moved to impeach Trump was Rep. Grijalva, because until someone swore her in there was nothing she could officially do. But f…
www.techdirt.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A wise friend passed this to me with the note that Thomas Paine couldn't have put it better. I'd add: impeachment (and conviction) not just of Trump but most of his cabinet is not subject to presidential pardon so would be irreversible.
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
“Wikipedia requires huge human governance structures, all visible and auditable,” Seiling says. “Musk[ipedia] does not have armies of people writing pages. What he does have is a shit-ton of GPUs,” the technology that underpins AI processing."
theintercept.com/2025/11/26/g...
theintercept.com/2025/11/26/g...
Elon Musk's Anti-Woke Wikipedia Is Calling Hitler “The Führer”
Grokipedia, the anti-woke Wikipedia alternative, aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
theintercept.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Wikipedia requires huge human governance structures, all visible and auditable,” Seiling says. “Musk[ipedia] does not have armies of people writing pages. What he does have is a shit-ton of GPUs,” the technology that underpins AI processing."
theintercept.com/2025/11/26/g...
theintercept.com/2025/11/26/g...
When Trump routinely declares a false "emergency," he then proceeds to create a real one. It is standard operating procedure for this lawless grift storm regime.
As of August 2025, Trump had declared 11 emergencies under the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
As of August 2025, Trump had declared 11 emergencies under the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Trump’s Fake Emergencies are Straight Out of the Authoritarian Playbook
Five (other) instances when President Trump used baseless "emergencies" to seize unwarranted power
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
When Trump routinely declares a false "emergency," he then proceeds to create a real one. It is standard operating procedure for this lawless grift storm regime.
As of August 2025, Trump had declared 11 emergencies under the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
As of August 2025, Trump had declared 11 emergencies under the National Emergencies Act of 1976.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
"20 years ago, John Roberts promised that as chief justice of the Supreme Court, he would be like an umpire, calling balls and strikes." What he didn't say (but we should have known) was that he intended to radically change the strike zone and rules of the game.
www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...
www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...
Inside the 'corrupt bargain' between Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts
Mother Jones writers Pema Levy and Ari Berman say that President Donald Trump "owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man" — Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts."Twenty years ago, John Roberts...
www.alternet.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"20 years ago, John Roberts promised that as chief justice of the Supreme Court, he would be like an umpire, calling balls and strikes." What he didn't say (but we should have known) was that he intended to radically change the strike zone and rules of the game.
www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...
www.alternet.org/trump/trump-...
"[SCOTUS]... stepped in not just to decide questions of legal importance, but to [corruptly] resolve heated partisan disputes." Not that heated for dark money Trump/Federalist Society lickspittle John "Roger Taney" Roberts.
Prescient piece from a year ago.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Prescient piece from a year ago.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How John Roberts brought back Donald Trump
The Supreme Court empowered billionaires, blocked voters, and ran interference.
www.motherjones.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"[SCOTUS]... stepped in not just to decide questions of legal importance, but to [corruptly] resolve heated partisan disputes." Not that heated for dark money Trump/Federalist Society lickspittle John "Roger Taney" Roberts.
Prescient piece from a year ago.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Prescient piece from a year ago.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...