A man who murdered and skinned his wife walks free by joining the Russian army. 🧵 1/3 ⬇️

Sea drones struck the Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Dashan in the Black Sea. The vessel, flying the flag of the Comoros, was sailing in Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone en route to the port terminal Novorossiysk. The tanker suffered critical damage and is reportedly out of operation.

“Goal: to ensure survivors did not end up in U.S. judicial system where courts could force administration to show evidence justifying military campaign in the region” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

This is a ploy to get around the Flores settlement, which requires that children be removed from immigration detention after 20 days. Building a school in the detention center makes it look like it's a licensed facility for child care but it's not. prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...

A for-profit education firm called Stride is opening a school inside a for-profit immigration prison run by CoreCivic. Stride has been accused of defrauding investors and providing substandard education to children. @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings: prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...

If you want gold standard science you don't fire the ethics office or the Institutional Review Board- my continued discussions on ACIP this week with ABC abcnews.go.com/Health/video...

This year, the US presented six peace proposals. Ukraine accepted all of them, while Russia rejected every one.

Voting rights coalition submits more than 300,000 signatures to force ballot referendum on gerrymandered congressional map in Missouri, blocking it once measure certified until voters can weigh in. Big victory for fair representation missouriindependent.com/2025/12/09/m...

🕯️🇺🇦 The bodies of 449 people who died during the occupation of Izyum in 2022 have been identified and reburied. Of these, 23 are servicemen of AFU. The rest are civilians, among whom are many pro-Ukrainian activists.

🇹🇼👀 Taiwan has issued a public request for a naval suicide drone system and associated control infrastructure, - Defence Blog The suicide USV must be capable of reaching speeds of at least 35 knots and cover a range of at least 250 nautical miles.

To recap: •Rittenhouse killed 2 people at a BLM rally & raised $2M •Shiloh Hendrix called a Black child the n-word & raised $800K •Now Crystal Wilsey called a Black customer the n-word & has already raised $100K in 1 day On thing remains clear—White supremacy remains extremely profitable in America

ChatGPT cannot fathom that we are living in this timeline.

🇸🇾 Footage of the large-scale celebration of the first anniversary of the country's liberation from the dictatorship of Bashar Assad in Syria 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha congratulated the Syrians, noting that "justice and freedom have triumphed."

Holy shit this back and forth between Kagan/Alito/Jackson/&the SG. Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated? SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now Kagan: So what? Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"

I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about Don Jr receiving a massive loan for his startup from the Pentagon. I guess when there’s so much corruption some things fly under the radar?

A variety of signed prints for the holidays are available at mluckovich.com

⚡️ Russia just shipped its first sanctioned LNG load to China.

The unstable cease fire between Cambodia and Thailand has erupted into a full scale firefight between both armies. The Royal Thai Air Force bombed Cambodian positions, and at least one point in Cambodia's Northwest Thai troops have crossed into Cambodia.

Thank you. Here it is in case others want to watch. youtu.be/I6Fke8XLMaE?...

If the Sep. 2 boat really had "narco-terrorists" on board, questioning the survivors would have been a way to learn about how the organization worked, where more drugs were stashed, etc. But this isn't a counter-terrorism campaign. It's a shooting gallery with helpless targets.

The killing of shipwrecked survivors at sea is a textbook violation of the laws of war. If Hegseth is so proud of the killing of these survivors, the Pentagon should release the full video, just like they have with other boat strikes. The American people deserve full transparency & accountability.

On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”

The Financial Times finally covers the Network State cult. Is this tech fascism? "I mean,we are funding companies that will operate non-democratic cities...and if you're not into that you shouldn't move there," says Peter Thiel protégé Patri Friedman.

MS NOW, citing three unnamed sources, reports Patel has, at least twice, ordered his girlfriend's FBI security detail to also escort one of her allegedly intoxicated friends after a night of partying. Agents have objected to the order, only for Patel to throw a fit trib.al/Kk54JRb

This is a very important article that everyone needs to read. This is a threat that affects... infects the whole world. Please pass it along.

😳 Russian Defense Ministry "Africa Corps" soldiers are accused of killing civilians in Mali, - AP Amid ongoing fighting in the country, local residents are reporting new serious violations, which they blame on mercenaries from the "Africa Corps"—the organization that replaced the Wagner PMC.

Republicans use the "I'm not familiar with that" dodge several times a day now, and if a reporters or anchor isn't ready and willing to shut them down as soon as they try it, that means they're either incompetent at their job or a willing accomplice to the lies. Either way, never trust them again.

According to dozens of refugees interviewed by the Associated Press, the unit's soldiers, operating alongside the Malian army, are involved in extrajudicial executions, mass detentions, rape, and scorched-earth tactics.

Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.

Every Western European country scores higher on the global ranking of freedom and democracy than the U.S. does, according to Freedom House, a U.S.-based nonprofit that ranks countries according to measures such as election process, rule of law and individual rights.

The most transparent administration in history is now hiding both the complete Epstein files and the complete video of the Sept. 2 boat strike from the American people, only releasing the parts of each that they want you to see while concealing the rest.

When the House and Senate marked up stablecoin legislation, we raised all of these concerns - their anonymity, their nearly perfect design for money laundering. All the barn doors were left wide open. It’s used for crime because that is its purpose. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...

🛳️🇺🇦 Ukrainian attacks on oil tankers and Black Sea ports have triggered a surge in shipping insurance prices, - FT Over the past month, insurance rates for vessels trading in the Black Sea have risen from 0.25-0.3% of the vessel's value in early November to 0.5-0.75% this week.

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Soldiers in Benin appeared on state TV, claimed to remove President Patrice Talon, and dissolved all institutions. The self-declared "Military Committee for Refoundation" closed borders and suspended the constitution. Gunfire is also reported near the presidency. Talon’s status remains unclear.

On September 7, during a Russian attack on #Kyiv, Tetiana suffered burns over 95% of her body. Tetiana was in the seventh month of her pregnancy. The doctors had to perform an emergency C-section to save her baby.

💣 Russian aerial bomb fell near an electrical substation in Belgorod.

Considering that I was largely correct about how the war in Ukraine would develop and where Europe would eventually find itself, I will allow myself to share a few thoughts on how I see things unfolding for us in the future:

🇺🇦✈️ Pilot 2nd Class, Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Borovyk was awarded the highest title of Hero of Ukraine with the award of the Order of the Golden Star (posthumously) in accordance with the Decree of the President of Ukraine dated 05.12.2025.

❗️☢️ Zaporizhzhia NPP temporarily left without power supply, - IAEA Grossi stated that after a half-hour outage, the station was connected to a 330 kV line, but the 750 kV line still remains disconnected.

☢️🇺🇦 Chornobyl Shelter Has Lost Its Essential Safety Functions and Requires Comprehensive Restoration, - IAEA The statement stressed that despite partial repairs, the timely and complete restoration of the NSC is critical for long-term nuclear safety.

JUST NOW: "This is like Alice in Wonderland", Judge Breyer says when trying to get the DOJ to explain to him why what happened in CA is a "rebellion" justifying the deployment of the National Guard. "Words just mean what you want them to mean?"

I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.

Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.

When you put it that way, it seems horrible.

G7 and EU discuss replacing Russia's oil price cap with full maritime services ban, potentially ending Western shipping for a third of Russian oil exports mostly to India and China, Reuters reports citing six sources. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

“What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, said. “You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed...

A journalist said that even Russian-speaking Ukrainians in eastern Ukraine were shocked by the actions of the Russians,to which Putin said that he "gave them the opportunity to express their will in a referendum,"those who didn’t want to,"were free to leave."