"Kill All Crew Members": Margaret Donovan on Hegseth's Alleged Lethal Boat Strike Order. "Maybe these are just our last gasps at trying to maintain the America that we were." #thecontrarian #hegseth #warcrimes #law #jag #Venezuela https://co […]

Split Screen: Pete #hegseth and the Visual War Machine. The uniformly dignified visual treatment of the Defense secretary stands in sharp contrast to how other political figures are portrayed. #Media #Image #warcrimes #authoritarianism […]

The banality of #AI #evil… Drew Magary: The time has come to declare war on AI, on the 'evil technology' taking over the world. "Because AI is garbage. It’s an inherently antihuman technology that is doing active harm to the now hundreds of millions of people who consume it." #Media […]

Bob Egelko: #California AG unveils tool to report law-breaking by federal agents. California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new online platform Wednesday for residents to report illegal actions by federal officers […]

Carter Sherman: New #Texas #law allows residents to sue those suspected of providing access to #abortion pills. Abortion providers, and even manufacturers, will be liable for penalties over pills mailed into the state […]

Raheem Hosseini: An influential anti-#abortion lawyer is targeting a Bay Area doctor — and California’s shield laws #Texas #California #sfbayarea #law https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/shield-law-abortion-ban-21208348.php

High-tech flophouses: Sara Braun: $700 for a bed? San Francisco startup plots ‘sleeping pod’ expansion. Brownstone firm buys building with plan for 400 pods in city where median apartment rent tops $3,000 a month #sanfrancisco #housing #Tech […]

4-Dec-2025 New camera traps snap nearly three times more images of endangered Sumatran #tigers than before In #sumatra, researchers captured almost three times as many images of critically #endangered tigers as during previous surveys, which shows the positive impact of #conservation efforts […]

Whitney Bauck: Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’. Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisis #ClimateChange […]

Student describes ‘horror show’ #ice #deportation to #Honduras at #Thanksgiving. Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained at #boston airport while on the way to see family in Austin for a surprise trip #immigration […]

Attorney General Bonta Issues Consumer Alert: Credit Discrimination Remains Illegal Under California and Federal Law https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-issues-consumer-alert-credit-discrimination-remains

Hegseth's Deadly Fiasco: Eugene Fidell Explains. "What actually happened here? Who’s responsible for it? How do we get to ground truth if there are any obscure or unknowns? And what is to be done?" #military #hegseth #Trump #warcrimes #Venezuela #thecontrarian #law […]

Hegseth's Incompetence is Deadly: Rep. Jason Crow on #Venezuela & Potentially Illegal Orders. "Well, it turns out that appointing an incompetent, reckless individual with no relevant experience...is not a good idea." #military #warcrimes #hegseth #colorado

Shalise Manza Young: The First Amendment Can’t Get You Out of Following Class Instructions. A failing grade for not understanding the assignment isn't a constitutional crisis. #University #Education #Trans #firstamendment #academicfreedom #thecontrarian […]

California Announces New Online Portal to Report Misconduct by Federal Agents https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/california-announces-new-online-portal-report-misconduct-federal-agents

First Nations chiefs say that delayed introduction of First Nations clean water bill 'unacceptable’ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/first-nations-water-bill-9.7001699 - - - Les chefs des Premières Nations disent que le retard du dépôt du projet de loi sur l’eau potable pour les Premières […]

Once again a billionaire, owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, shows how stupid he is. Farley Elliott: Months after layoffs, LA Times asks employees to buy $1,000 LA Times shirts. The paper of record enters its streetwear era. #latimes #Media #billionaires #business […]

Miles Taylor: Leaked memo exposes flimsy legal basis for #Trump boat strikes. DOJ's classified, "legal authorization" for the missile attacks is beginning to collapse. #warcrimes #doj #hegseth #dod https://www.defiance.news/p/news-leaked-memo-exposes-flimsy-legal

Jennifer Rubin: #Trump Faltering in Face of Lower Courts. The rule of #law is proving to be stronger than he thought #contempt #ruleoflaw #judiciary #thecontrarian https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-faltering-in-face-of-lower

Very little food given to detained people while they were in ICE cells for 12-23 hours - a single small burrito. Eventually, the detained people were released because there was no legal basis for holding them. None. 8/

I’m reading the facts in a new decision temporarily prohibiting the Trump regime from making warrantless civil immigration arrests unless the regime has probable cause to believe that the person subjected to arrest is in the U.S. unlawfully AND is likely to escape before a warrant may be […]

We must keep paying attention to the particulars of what the Trump regime is doing to people. It is the only way we are going to stay galvanized in the face of large-scale, relentless fascism. It is what makes the utter moral wrongness crystal clear. Case was brought by people arrested by […]

How the dollar-store industry overcharges cash-strapped customers while promising low prices #business #poverty #dollarstore #crime https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/03/customers-pay-more-rising-dollar-store-costs

I can’t even… #rfkjr Blames Pills — Not #guns — for #schoolshootings There is NO credible evidence that #antidepressants cause violence, but Kennedy now vows a “massive” effort to prove the failed theory. #policy #law #trump #conspiracytheories #disinformation #childendangerment #publichealth […]

The Trump administration is fully aware of the effectiveness of using vaccine disinformation to divide a population and undermine trust in scientific institutions. Under the first Trump administration, the U.S. military ran a clandestine operation to undermine trust in China’s COVID19 vaccine.

Twitter was used as a vehicle to spread this disinformation. Posts said things like: “COVID came from China and the VACCINE also came from China, don’t trust China!” “From China – PPE, Face Mask, Vaccine: FAKE. But the Coronavirus is real.”

Meredith Blake: Mira Nair, the Creative Visionary Who Shaped New York's Next Mayor A look at the trailblazing director of Monsoon Wedding, Salaam Bombay!, and Mississippi Masala #Film #reviews #MiraNair #mamdani #thecontrarian https://contrarian.substack.com/p/mira-nair-the-creative-visionary

Aidin Vaziri: #Arizona Lawmaker Jeannette Garcia who called Tom Hanks a ‘pedo’ sued for allegedly #kidnapping colleague’s teen daughter #tpusa #avondale #gop #lawsuits https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/arizona-lawmaker-tom-hanks-lawsuit-teen-daughter-21217148.php

Marina Dunbar: White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories. #Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US #journalism. #Fascism #Media https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/white-house-media-website-trump

The fading of Japan’s Shōwa era – in pictures. Lee Chapman’s photographs document the scenes, signages and family businesses of the postwar Shōwa era Japan. They focus on a unique aspect of Japanese life, and one that in Tokyo in particular is rapidly disappearing… #Japan #History #tokyo _mx […]

almost 40% of undergraduates at #Stanford are now registered as "disabled", meaning they get more time on tests and other special accommodations at #Brown and #Harvard it's better - only a 5th of the class consider themselves intellectually handicapped […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Stuart Heritage: Sean Combs, The Reckoning review – you can see why the musician is fighting to ban this horrific documentary. #rape #sextrafficking #Netflix #TV #seancombs https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/02/sean-combs-the-reckoning-review-documentary-netflix

It's a scam. There is no future under #fascism. Michael and Susan #dell donate $6.25bn to encourage families to claim ‘Trump Accounts’ #Trump #pronatalism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/dell-donation-625bn-trump-accounts

Pete #hegseth told US soldiers in #Iraq to ignore legal advice on rules of engagement #warcrimes #law https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/hegseth-us-soldiers-iraq-rules-engagement

Unix - BSD developers : this code should run and be maintained as long as computers exist. Linux - GNU dev : this code should run and be maintained as long as someone is willing to do the work Consultant: this code should run until the end of my contract. Enterprise grade B2B software : this […]

Erin McCormick & Verónica García de León: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’ #Mexico #Monterrey #business #Pollution https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/monterrey-mexico-air-quality-industrial-pollution

RE: https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/115646642010144982 Stellar #investigative #journalism from RollingStone on the #environmental & human cost of mega #datacentres. "It never occurred to Doherty that his effort to fix the #water problem would provoke the ire of a group of local […]

Attorney General Bonta Slams Trump’s Latest Effort to Feed Americans’ Personal, Sensitive Information into Mass Surveillance Machine https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-slams-trump%E2%80%99s-latest-effort-feed-americans%E2%80%99-personal

Stephen Council: #California has a huge #solar power problem. A fix is coming. With the upcoming launch of a new energy-trading market for Western states, California is hoping to save ratepayers money and put more solar to use. #ClimateChange […]

Miles Taylor: #Trump officials discussed illegal “boat strikes” years ago. White House aides in the first administration wanted to know if airstrikes against unarmed civilians would be legal. #crime #warcrimes #hegseth https://www.defiance.news/p/news-trump-officials-discussed-illegal

All corruption, all the time, everywhere in Trump world. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/nov/30/all-the-presidents-millions-how-the-trumps-are-turning-the-presidency-into-riches

Tim Mak: A phony peace process to appease #tRump. First, we have to start with what Ukrainians would consider victory. Working backwards from that, we see that the ongoing #diplomacy is a charade. #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #RussiaUkraineWar […]

#northwestern University agrees to pay US government $75m to restore research funding #capitulation #Trump #authoritarianism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/northwestern-university-agreement-us-government

‘I have watched politicians failing yet and yet again’: lessons from a life as an #Environment writer. Paul Brown looks back at his career reporting on the climate crisis, failed summit and #nuclear power – and how to do it well #ClimateChange […]

Sam Levine: A teenager redrew the #alabama voting map – and it’s now state law. Daniel DiDonato, 18, drafted new state senate districts at home on free software – and a judge picked his map ahead of professionals’ efforts to remedy voting rights violations #Elections #election2026 […]

He won't explicitly admit guilt, but asking for a pre-emptive pardon implies that he knows he's guilty. Julian Borger: Benjamin #netanyahu asks Israel’s president for pardon in #Corruption case. Request is submitted weeks after Donald #Trump called on Isaac #herzog to pardon Israeli prime […]

Oliver Milman: Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony #solar to millions across US. Tweaks to state laws mean many Americans will be able to benefit from small, simple plug-in solar panels #ClimateChange https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/30/balcony-solar-power-states-laws

Ko Lyn Cheang: #California immunization leader blasts #fda #Vaccine chief’s unsupported claim of child deaths "Catherine Flores, executive director of the public-private partnership nonprofit California Immunization Coalition, said there is no evidence that the #COVID-19 vaccine has caused […]

Mona Charen: Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar? The #MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious #pedophile. #stevebannon #Epstein https://www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bannon-jeffrey-epstein-comeback-consultant

Meanwhile, Ukrainian sea drones disabled two of the "shadow fleet" tankers carrying Russian oil. No doubt the start of a campaign kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-na...