Before being put in charge of the most powerful military in human history, Hegseth's big cause was getting war criminals pardoned! Trump pardoning serial killer eddie gallagher was basically Hegseth's doing

Slotkin: Do you believe there is such a thing as an illegal order? Something the president could ask you to do that violates the constitution? Hegseth: Anyone of any party could give an illegal order. Slotkin: Will you stand in the breach if Trump does? Hegseth: I reject the premise

A Dishonorable Strike Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...

New in PN: MAGA's Epstein gaslighting is unsustainable "The Epstein files are a 'hoax,' Trump says — a lie made up by Dems to make him look bad. Yet somehow, at the same time, there’s nothing in them that could make him look bad — b/c if there was, Biden would have released them. So which is it?"

So far, Trump has pardoned: Changpeng Zhao (founder, Binance) - pled guilty to money laundering. Facilitated millions in transactions for terrorist organizations such as Hamas. Ross Ulbricht (founder of the Silk Road) - the dark web Costco of illegal drugs. 1/3

As Anna's thread highlights, his arguments are cheap pandering and midwit slop, hardly any kind of rigorous thinking. But he was never hiding the ball. More War Crimes Please has been his thing for a long time, nobody could have been in any doubt that's what he'd bring to the job.

The prohibition is rather specific. "The DOD Manual is clear because the law here is clear: 'Persons who have been incapacitated by . . . shipwreck are in a helpless state, and it would be dishonorable and inhumane to make them the object of attack.'"

Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.

A note on SaneWashing: I read part of this post to family (all liberal Democrats who consume a lot of news, but not social media), and it blew their mind. They all thought it was parody: if Corporate Media did not SaneWash, it would shock US, his approval would plummet from low (30s) to lower(20s).

This would be a war crime even if there were an actual war and these people were actual combatants, which there isn't and they weren't. It's unquestionably an unlawful homicide under any form of law you wish to apply: military or civilian, domestic or international, federal or state. ...

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

New in PN: Why MAGA is coming apart at the seams "It’s far too early to know if Trump will share George W. Bush's fate. But unless he manages some remarkable turnaround in the public’s esteem, Republicans will continue to edge away from him, and his problems will only grow."

Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.

Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”

It's easy to be numb because it's par for the course nowadays, but repeatedly calling a reporter who asks a reasonable question "stupid" is conduct unbecoming for a small-town mayor, let alone the President of the United States. The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.

No thought to whether he’d attend the funeral but boy has he given a lot of thought to how much the people of WV love him.

I had my first ever go at one of those round table talking heads sort of shows, and promised myself ahead of time that I wouldn't turn into a shouting head. And then one of the panelists said something utterly silly... I didn't shout, but you might be able to hear my eyeroll.

Upholding $1M sanction against Trump & Habba, 11th Cir. held: • Arguments were "frivolous" • "Malicious prosecution claim without a prosecution" • "Trade secrets claim without a trade secret" • 7 claims w/o cause of action • 11 of 16 claims not even appealed • "Pattern of misusing the courts" 1/2

What do you get when you mix the best selling single of the king of pop with the lately departed queen of MAGA? This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺 youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs

Didn’t the FBi pull a lot of personnel from anti terrorism to put them on deportations? Actually the whole security establishment pivoted

Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?

An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II: - Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future” - Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier

My latest in rhe @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/letter-fro...

I think this is the best and only piece worth reading on this subject: www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/n...

When I worked for Obama, I advised him on how to talk to Russian leaders. I never gave the Kremlin advice on how to talk to Obama (and I talked to Ushakov many times!).

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.

These kinds of stories would have been helpful BEFORE the election. Yes, I realize some of these things have happened SINCE the election, but he was the same before the election. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

The White House is run by complete and total turkeys (albeit, very dangerous turkeys). @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, @cathyyoung63.bsky.social, and @eggerdc.bsky.social on the idiocracy and malice on full display in Trump's Ukraine policy @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/turkey-day...

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff isn’t working for the US, or for humanity. He’s working for Vladimir Putin. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

@houserepublicans.bsky.social are you really siding with the draft-dodging “bone spur” guy and his insecure, toadying, operation-plan-leaking caricature of a SecDef in their persecution of VETERANS exercising their 1st Amendment right to restate the actual law? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.

Want to know how bad Donald Trump is losing his trade war with China? Last month, he said China will buy 12 million tons of US soybeans by January. China hasn’t even bought 1/10th of that amount yet. Trump is getting played by China while American farmers pay the price.

His ability to turn even the most light-hearted occasion into a mean-spirited rant is really something.

"It looked like it was working for a while this time. But now the Trump Train is starting to jump the tracks." @eggerdc.bsky.social on Amateur Hour at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave in Morning Shots @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/amateur-ho...

Take pride in our fellow American, Sen. Mark Kelly, vigorously standing up for the Constitution and against a violence-inciting White House occupant who is failing to intimidate this good man and honorable public servant.

Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is. There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”

Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino and his masked raiders have now left not one, but *two* American cities they sought to terrorize. Their lawlessness was simply no match for the public's commitment to the Constitution. @raders.bsky.social lays out lessons from Charlotte and Chicago.

Genuine question: has any GOP member of house or senate spoken out about the Dept of defense and Hegseth threatening sen Mark Kelly with lawfare? Beyond disturbing Especially any veterans? Shame on all those who stay silent

This is identical to Russia invading Ukraine. Illegally invading a country for their resources and likely killing thousands—if not more—is immoral and should not be supported by anyone with any shred of moral conscience.

The orders for the killing spree at sea are so legal that the administration refuses to disclose the written legal justification...

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Kegsbreath doesn’t have the basic common sense to consider how this is going to get framed. He is personally going out of his way to harass and persecute a veteran for exercising 1st Amendment rights.

Well said.

BROWN: If there are more communications that come out, are there are discussions about to handle that? Because we're already seen the fallout from that w/other Democrats & Epstein RASKIN: I just don't know what to say. It's a sign of the times here that everything is viewed in such a partisan lens

It’s amazing that you have a political party that’s pretty explicitly pro-political violence, meanwhile you still have beltway media continuously speaking about political violence on “both sides”

Another Trump promise with much hype and fanfare when it was announced as a "HUGE WIN" for farmers that didn't happen. Incidentally, we made concessions to the Chinese for this "deal." bsky.app/profile/atru...

Reposting this clip of Harry Enten talking about inflation to make clear that the numbers he cites comes from a poll about how Americans *feel* prices are going up, not percentages of prices increases themselves. It's still not good news for Trump politically.