The attack on the Venezuelan boat was legal in the same way that Pete Hegseth is sober

@borowitzreport.bsky.social do you have a private account on the space nazi site?

What they’ve described here is murder. Full stop. We don’t deny aid, and we don’t execute people who are trying to surrender. It should make EVERYONE nauseous. But yes, this story is falling apart.

I’m honestly pretty surprised they haven’t leaked already, but I think if the administration tries to release a sanitized (read: no Trump / Republicans) version of it, we’ll start to see some leaks.

The administration is trying very hard to block that testimony. He’s got a closed interview with Congress coming up soon - I suspect we’ll see some leaks from that.

It reminded me of placating a toddler throwing a fit by distracting him with candy. It’s fucking insane that this man is the president of the United States.

It does sound plausible, but I don’t have any information to corroborate it. Trump is falling asleep more often, both in public and in private, and the White House is trying *badly* to hide the hand bruises.

Shouldn’t this news about Trump Jr. spend at least a few hours atop the newscycle?

Yes. Imagine if this were Hunter Biden. That’s all you need to know about how badly this is being mishandled right now.

Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation used unsealed documents showing that Trump-aligned political action committees (PACs) and the campaign's general fund paid millions to organizers of the Jan. 6 "Save America" rally, including funds for travel, hotels, and a busing program for attendees.

Still think Trump/Russia is a “hoax”? www.wsj.com/world/europe...

You all know Elf On A Shelf Now let me introduce you to #PrickOnABrick

@govpritzker.illinois.gov can you help these people?

This is how we survive this. Take notes, everybody. We survive this together. ❤️❤️❤️

Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.” In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.

Colorado told the DOJ to “take a hike,” becoming the latest state to reject its request for private voter data. Read an exclusively-obtained email from the department revealing its push to access the state’s “unredacted voter registration” information👇

The Department of Education will bring back a lot of federal workers who were placed on administrative leave in March.

Today marks 84th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. In honor & memory of all who fought for our Nation in the Pacific Theater during WWII, thank you. Most of those who survived the war are gone but never ever forgotten. I wager they'd all have something to say about lawless SecDef & Career Criminal Felon.

Lethal force is the LAST option Coasties want to use. Here to save people, not to kill them.... it's not that hard honestly. Interdictions like this happen all the time with no loss of life.

FYI, FIFA is one of most corrupt governing bodies in all of sports. They’ve been indicted for fraud, bribery, racketeering and money laundering offenses. Their adoration of someone like Trump is understandable.

The Trump administration appears to have deleted their ICE promotional video after being called out by Sabrina Carpenter.

@whitehouse.senate.gov isn’t taking “no” for an answer. He’s relentless in getting the truth from this Trump Regime. He joins me to give the inside scoop on the fate of ACA subsidies, the incessant grift of Trump, & how Democrats can capitalize on the current chaos. youtu.be/AWcz92yzVRY?...

Millions of Americans watch @cbsnews.com—I do, too. That’s why I’m investigating whether the network’s content is now controlled by journalists or by Trump censors. His tactics are straight out of Putin’s Russia or Xi’s China.

rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.

“European officials may end up offering Ukraine a financial Band-Aid when they had hoped for a financial bazooka.” Tragic loss of nerve. The $244 billion must be used to help Ukraine survive Russia’s illegal onslaught. Belgium is being cowardly. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/w...

whether hegseth gets away with it remains to be seen but it is interesting to see that he thought trump handed him a license to murder with this job, no questions asked, and now questions are definitely being asked.

He stressed that “two individuals in clear distress, with no ability to move and with their vessel already destroyed, were killed by the United States.”

Representative Jim Himes the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee and someone who has overseen sensitive counterterrorism and covert operations for years, told reporters that the video was “one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service.”

Video evidence appears to have now confirmed a war crime was committed. The Department of Justice must open an investigation and Secretary Hegseth must resign.

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This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?

Rumor is that the SSA whistleblower, @chuckborges.bsky.social is living rent free in the heads of DOGE leadership, especially Frankie, SSA Commish 🤣🤣 Honestly, there is no greater 🎁 this holiday season than fucking with Frank! 🤣🤣 Help CB pay that rent! Repost this! #paytherent #DOGE #SSA #ethics

If I, or any other civil servant or contractor, refused to do either of these things, let alone both, my access would be suspended & I would expect my clearance would be yanked & I’d ultimately be terminated.

New National Trust seabird census from the Farne Islands shows a mixed picture: ⬇️ Puffins down 23% (50,103 → 38,500 pairs) ⬇️ Common Terns halved (10 → 5 pairs) ⬆️ Arctic Terns up 26% (410 → 519 pairs) bit.ly/4aqD33K Amid global pressures on migrants, protecting these colonies is vital. #Seabirds

NEW: House Oversight Dems release photos & videos from Jeffrey Epstein’s Little St. James Island, the epicenter of the horrific sexual abuse of his victims. I’ve got the latest details, incl. the push to get AG Pamela Jo to explain what “new information” she’s obtained. youtu.be/QAgfT1lJbSc?...

We talked about this in my class. People (& lenders!) need to have credible information about climate risk to their homes. However the way it is done right now, if at all, has lots of uncertainty. A home could be categorized as low-risk when it’s high risk, & vice versa! NOAA should do this service.

If only there had been signs that a group of below average men who espouse misogynist views and are led by an adjudicated rapist would treat their female colleagues poorly.

Trump’s USDA is threatening to withhold food stamp funding for 20 Democrat-controlled states if they don’t share recipients’ sensitive personal data. Yes: Trump is weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans, including children, to score cheap political points. The cruelty is endless.

It's been a rough year for #federalworkers. But here's what most people don't see: workers are building remarkably resilient networks of mutual support 🤝 In @us.theconversation.com, federal workers share their stories with me... 👇🏻

Can I let you in on a little secret? Billionaire philanthropy isn’t charity. It’s PR to distract you from low wages, labor exploitation, and a tax system that’s rigged for the rich.

strike plans against Houthi targets in Yemen last March using an unsecured channel, a move that could have exposed critical military information and jeopardized both American troops and ongoing missions.

A federal watchdog concluded that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. forces at risk by circulating sensitive operational plans through the messaging app Signal. In a report released this week, investigators said Hegseth shared detailed

When I first ran for Congress and made housing part of my campaign, people told me: "Housing isn’t the government's problem." Bullshit. High costs and homelessness aren't inevitable. They are a direct result of our policy choices. Let's build more, and build fast.

"We acknowledge the family was separated by ICE, but ICE doesn't separate families." 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

Judge Anthony Napolitano on Newsmax: "It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”

A win! A federal appeals court ruled that Alina Habba had been serving unlawfully as the U.S. Attorney in New Jersey.

BREAKING: Absolutely brutal approval numbers for trump, with a whopping 72% saying the economy is poor, and a majority blame trump. No wonder he's hiding the jobs and economic data!

On World AIDS Day I'd like to share this Wikipedia article I wrote about a time that the US government was actually pretty awesome about AIDS, back in 1988. With the Trump administration's refusal to acknowledge the day, it's astonishing to look at how far we've regressed since the 80s.

Hegseth has now pushed Adm. Bradley into the center of potential murder-charge and war-crime allegations. The White House said today, “Adm. Bradley worked well within his authority and the law, directing the engagement to ensure the boat was totally destroyed.”