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Thoughtful #WhiskersWednesday pose.

It’s Giving Tuesday! There are so many worthy causes to give to today. But if you’re considering giving to a media organization, I hope you’ll keep Lawfare in mind. I’m really proud of the journalism (yes, journalism!) produced by our small but scrappy non-profit. givebutter.com/journalism/a...

NEW: After the DOJ and DHS released contradictory statements about the motives of their unprecedented hunt for state voter data, top election officials gave the Trump administration until Dec. 1 to offer an explanation. Their response? Crickets.

The Trump administration plans to block Democratic-controlled states from accessing billions of dollars they need to run their food stamp programs unless governors turn over benefits rolls to federal officials.

Movies. Pete Hegseth is emerging as dark house Oscar contender for Best Adapted Screenplay of Nuremberg.

A good reminder.

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Phang: It just underscores how much this Trump administration has destroyed any concept of public safety — that federal cases cannot be prosecuted in the state of New Jersey because Alina Haba refuses to actually step away from this bullshit.

In many countries, throwing the military under the bus and blaming them for stuff you made them do, often breeds the sort of events you read about on the front pages of papers like coups and revolutions and whatnot.

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Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us

🔥 AL GORE: “We already have way too many subservient cowards in Congress, the last thing we need is to send another one (Van Epps 🤖) — you can make tomorrow the turning point for our country by getting out and voting for Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social .” #TN7 Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...

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Seriously, subscribe to Law Dork. I can't do everything the big publications can do, but at least I'll never do this. (And, this weekend, you can get a paid subscription for 15% off for a year: $51 for the year or $5.10 a month!) www.lawdork.com/blackfriday

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No better way to signal intent to give illegal orders than to blow up at the lawful suggestion to not follow illegal orders. Do not follow illegal orders. GI Rights Hotline (Independent & Confidential): 877-447-4487.

Ultra rich in the Gilded Age were robber barons, who, on occasion would engage in acts of philanthropy. Any billionaires want to lift 42 million students up? Benefit would allow their earnings to flow more meaningfully into the economy, and then make education free for all. Tax oil and not learning

We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled. He’s going to kill people for oil.

I always check if I am alive by flipping quarter, brilliant works. Rest now, Tom Stoppard, keep tossing those coins.

Trump’s golf trips add up costing taxpayers millions. Why doesn’t the GOP cut these trips instead of Medicaid?

31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated. I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.

A Maine woman retired early to be a caregiver for her terminally ill mother. Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare. Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year. This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics. Medicare for all.

The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...

You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.

The EPA is prioritizing review of new chemicals to be used in data centers. Experts say this could lead to the fast approval of new types of forever chemicals—with limited oversight.

Remember 6 weeks ago when Admiral Alvin Holsey, head of the U.S. military’s southern command, abruptly decided to retire? Makes me think at least one top-ranking officer knows what a war crime is.

Closing the airspace over a foreign country is a de facto declaration of war but we’ve pushed so far into “let’s conspicuously underreact so everyone knows we’re savvy people not overreacting to Trump” that his de facto declaration of war is literally not even being reported on the news

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.

NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...

There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home. They are lawless bestial scum.

The last fluent speakers of Arapaho are all over the age of 70. Linguists have created a comprehensive digital archive that could help younger generations learn the language and keep it alive. buff.ly/FvsZIop

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A woman recently went viral for holding up a window sign during a traffic stop, part of a growing trend of drivers using cards to assert their rights instead of speaking to police.

ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!

a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats

More cracks in the dam

What do these corporations have in common? Netflix Ford Tesla T-Mobile Duke Energy DISH Network Metlife Dominion Energy United States Steel In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes. This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

Hell yes! What a steal tbh

Or, uh, Miller’s own family www.politico.com/magazine/sto...

There has been no breathless roadblock coverage of this shooting on cable channels or in major newspapers, afaik. wgme.com/news/local/i...