Modern Pacifists and Conscientious Objectors in the time of War Ukraine to Russia to Israel opposition to killing is met with prison

"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944

Shall it be the legacy of most of this U.S. Congress to remembered as "What not to do as a MOC when the nation is in danger and moral decisions call and demand to be made."

Dear U.S. Congress, what the hell have you been waiting for? DOJ has told you nothing about what they are doing in the Caribbean, and only now, are a few members of Congress are getting a bit serious about asking questions? It won't be just Trump and Hegseth remembered for this.

Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."

Reminder- tRump released the 5000 Taliban who joined up with 40,000 Taliban who toppled the Afghan government...... who then killed U.S. Soldiers and civilians

I mean…

They all attacked Biden for actually competing the withdrawal from Afghanistan even though he was just cleaning up the mess created when Trump freed 5000 Taliban fighters who overthrew the Afghan govt & negotiated the withdrawal 11 months before he left office.

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

Of course he did. 🚨TRUMP CANCELS ALL GDP & JOBS REPORTS *President Trump has ordered the immediate cancellation of all GDP and jobs reports, effective indefinitely. Unprecedented executive action in U.S. history.

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Money… How much he charged for 🇭🇳 former president pardon? It’s not about drugs. It’s all about the money.

“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

There are flyers circulating and even mailers showing up in people’s mailboxes in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District that list the wrong date for the upcoming special election. Voters are being told to vote on the incorrect day.

We went from a country that defended others from being invaded for their natural resources, to a country that is now threatening to invade others for their natural resources. Systems of governance are only as good as the people you elect to uphold them.

The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes

Have read some alarming things elsewhere about Peter Thiel, Vance's mentor and funder, Russell Vought, Trump's Director of the OMB, and an associate of theirs named Curtis Yarvin. They share a political ideology "Dark Enlightenment," and do not believe in "the failed experiment of democracy."

reminds me of something Asha Rangappa posted a few hours ago. If you quote a journalist, pls point to where you took the line from.

Yes, reminds me of Japanese concentration camps WWII & how the govt rounded up Japanese-Americans, then stole the lands/businesses/assets & gave them to white people. Almost anniversary of Pearl Harbor, this is particularly poignant because *we* are the aggressors. There is no bottom to this regime.

from a country the U.S. is at war with or engaged in hostilities against. Under ordinary circumstances, the government cannot legally conduct mass detentions or broad, nationality-based deportations due-process protections, asylum law, and federal courts all create barriers that stop overreach.

But by creating even a limited foreign conflict, the administration can claim that a state of hostilities exists, and once that designation is in place, the president can argue that Venezuelan nationals fall under wartime authority. Courts have historically granted wide

deference to the executive branch when it claims war powers, which dramatically reduces judicial oversight. The political logic is simple: a foreign conflict is being used as a pretext to unlock a domestic tool that normally would be unconstitutional to deploy at scale.

Lets explain how escalating/manufacturing a military confrontation with Venezuela gives the administration a legal “hook” to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, one of the oldest national-security laws still on the books. This statute allows a president to detain, restrict, or deport non-citizens

Federal immigration enforcement officials called off a planned raid on Canal Street today shortly before it was slated to begin. New Yorkers who heard about the raid showed up at the garage where the feds had gathered, and as federal agents tried to leave, the NYPD cleared the way for them.

Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.

This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs

Agree 💯 With This Statement......

Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom: We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.

The only thing Putin understands is power. Right now he has seen only weakness as Witkoff begs for Russian envoys to make Trump feel important. Every single person in this administration should feel embarrassed as should every American who is watching their President cower.

Had some blunt off-the-record conversations for the LA Times regarding the much-needed new independent film distributors jumping into the awards season fray (some intentionally, some not). A good overview of all the new distribution players in the mix overall.

Mike Johnson, whose claim to fame is a ridiculous selfie with Kid Rock, is furious that we’re pushing to force a vote on extending tax credits. You know what to do:

Tell Congress: in the war against Putin’s aggression, there are not “fine people on both sides.” Stand with Ukraine. Not with Putin.

Wanna see what a real traitor looks like? Here you go. Witkoff is advising Russia how to get they want at the expense of both the United States and Ukraine.

🎁Gift Article Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Ops commander followed the SEC Defense's order to leave no survivors. By Alex Horton Ellen Nakashima wapo.st/49KbUJ1

Agreed. And tonight Trump has promised to pardon a Honduran political leader who is in our prison for overseeing 400 tons of cocaine being dumped in the U.S.

Fox News (in particular Ingraham) called Abby Spanberger the “AOC of Virginia” even though she is an extremely moderate Dem. That’s just their go-to when they want to scare/smear somebody

Marc is bringing cases against Trump and winning them.

Sickening — “Massachusetts college student (Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19 year-old business major at Babson College) deported to Honduras after attempting to fly to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving…” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Farmers bemoan crushing Trump tariffs facing higher prices during holiday season www.rawstory.com/trump-tariff...