I would think Bradley’s reputation would have been harmed by, you know, committing a war crime, not by somebody noticing he’d committed a war crime.

kinda seems like what happened is that Bradley correctly understood that he was being ordered to commit war crimes but did not anticipate that anyone would later distinguish between the types of war crimes he was willing to commit

Trump has posted to Truth Social at least 75 times and counting in the past hour. It’s weirdo garbage produced by random people on X and TikTok across a number of topics, like conspiracy theories about Ilhan Omar and influencers who claim “communists” are attempting a color revolution in the U.S.

This FBI “pulse check” report on the dept under Patel and Bongino is a mixed bag - the fibbies love having no more sensitivity training but many hate going on ICE raids and think leadership is weak - but this anecdote is clearly gold: K$H Patel wearing the traditional FBI Director’s ladies clothes.

The detail about Pentagon rules of war is in this NY Times story. (Gift link)

Hegseth and his defenders claim he didn’t specifically order the killing of 2 survivors of the boat attack. But if he ordered that everyone on the boat be killed, it’s a war crime. Under Pentagon rules, soldiers are “prohibited to conduct hostilities on the basis that there shall be no survivors.”

NEW: DOJ is weighing whether to seek new indictments against Comey and James — but faces acute risks with any path prosecutors take. w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Sen. Kelly: “This is about a president who doesn't want anybody to say anything that he does not like. I don't think he understands the Constitution. I think he is ignorant to the Constitution and the rule of law…This isn't about me. This is about what he will do next.”

Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act" could blow a less-than-beautiful $400 million hole in San Francisco’s coffers, city officials have warned, with tens of thousands of people at risk of losing Medi-Cal coverage. sfstandard.com/2025/11/25/s...

Missed this one last week sfstandard.com/2025/11/23/e...

Meanwhile on TruthSocial...

"One official said of Leavitt’s statement, 'It’s throwing us, the service members, under the bus.' ... [S]ome of Hegseth’s top civilian staff appeared deeply alarmed about the revelations and were contemplating whether to leave the administration." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Meanwhile on X... Noem: "I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies."

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.

SCOOP: Dan Richman, a key figure in the now-dismissed case against James Comey, has filed suit over the gov't's handling of data seized from his devices. He says his constitutional rights were violated — and seeks to block DOJ from further use of the materials. open.substack.com/pub/annabowe...

i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse

Still a longshot, but the fact that a district Trump won by 20 pts is now polling within two has the GOP in total panic mode www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...

Rep. Shri Thanedar told Axios he's considering introducing articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over reports he authorized a 2nd strike on a purported drug boat in the Caribbean.

She wasn't the only one www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...

It’s important to note from a military perspective that if a subordinate is about to give an unlawful order & his senior knows about it, it’s also a requirement for the senior official to stop him from executing it. And then counsel/discipline him. So there’s that, too.

For Lurie, the appointment is a chance for him to turn the page on an embarrassing episode for his administration.

Starting January 1, California will implement a major change at grocery stores around the state as part of an environmental push.

TSA will begin charging a $45 fee on Feb. 1 for travelers who reach airport security without a REAL ID, passport or other approved identification.

How much do you know about being a San Francisco district supervisor? Take our quiz to find out. via @kellywaldron.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/11/quiz...

Why would anyone have a Target app on their phone in the first place though?

Reporter: While you have these Republicans defending the strikes on the narco terrorists and then a pardon for a convicted drug trafficker, does that make it more difficult for your members to defend your administration's policies?  Leavitt: I don't think so

Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing.

Weija: Did Admiral Bradley order that second strike because there were still survivors after the initial strike?  Leavitt: Again, as I read for you, Admiral Bradley worked well within his authority in the law.

Right under the bus

DOJ says immigration judges, as "inferior officers," may be fired on the basis of sex, religion, race, or national origin. Leaving aside the law, it's *politically* remarkable they're taking this position. washingtonlitigationgroup.org/news/former-... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is true. And it's also true that, like your time and your money, there are very motivated people and companies trying to get their share of your attention. See @chrislhayes.bsky.social's book "The Siren's Call" for an excellent analysis of how this warps everything.

Will Trump really attack Venezuela? US ‘issues Maduro with ultimatum to leave’

Third circuit finds appointment of interim US Attorney Alina Habba is invalid. Courts have consistently struck down Trump’s efforts to evade Senate confirmation process. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/n...

Russia is invading Ukraine. It is important that Ukraine pay the price. Preferably to us directly. by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff

"The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to perform conduct that is clearly illegal or orders that the subordinate knows, in fact, are illegal. For example, orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal."

President Trump posts that Venezuela’s airspace should be considered “closed in its entirety” as he weighs military action against the nation. Venezuela’s government said it “forcefully rejects” Trump’s claim about closing the airspace.

GOP Rep. Scott Fitzgerald on Venezuela: "If you're in for a penny, you're in for a pound on this. We're in for a pound. The buildup is real."

So the Intercept had the story about the double tap attack two months ago.

NEWS: A unanimous Third Circuit panel rules that Alina Habba is not U.S. Attorney, cannot be Acting U.S. Attorney, and cannot have the powers delegated to her. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

John McCain couldn’t have possibly gotten hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians into the streets for months, even as regime forces killed over 100 protestors, nor get Ukraine’s then-president to try banning free speech and assembly. If you think about the conspiracy theory at all it is very stupid.

President Hernandez was responsible for smuggling 500 TONS of cocaine into the United States! He was the top dog; the Pablo Escobar figure! He wasn’t just “selling drugs in that country.”

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Flock accidentally exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.

By me: ‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rereading the wsj article on the corrupt dealings between the Trump admin and Russia, and this line provoked a grim laugh: « Witkoff has tried to inspire Ukrainian officials with the idea of soldiers disarming to earn Silicon Valley-scale salaries operating American built AI data centers »