Everyone from Hegseth down to the fellow who hit the button to fire the missile committed at least a double-murder following a manifestly unlawful order that is used *as the example* of a manifestly unlawful order. They should all go to jail, presumably for life (I don't support the death penalty).

NYT: “.. the waving by the survivors could have been an attempt to surrender, which could raise questions about whether the military had violated the rules of armed conflict ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...

I'm sorry, what? Communicating for rescue "could have justified the follow-up strike" what? You can really tell how insanely illegal this strike was by the increasingly absurd defenses being offered here.

NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse. The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead. "Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender" Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue." 1/

Aaaaaand ACIP just voted to delay the vaccine and remove the universal recommendation for it

In the new year, workers are facing skyrocketing health insurance costs — they could double, triple or worse. With prices rising on everything else, these price spikes would be devastating for families. It’s time to put working people first and fix this health care crisis.

At the end of a brutal week for the nation’s public health system, Bill Cassidy — who’s responsible for RFK Jr’s confirmation & who chairs the Senate health committee — disapproves of what’s happened, especially on the hep B vaccine. He’s just not willing to do anything www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

A 27 year old man in end stage kidney failure was told if he wanted his dialysis he has to sign self deportation papers. “If you want to leave, sign. If not, you're going to die here." Withholding of life saving medical treatment should be considered torture. www.wfae.org/race-equity/...

Reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally want to see the person who doesn't think this is just overtly racist

“The Tennessee Holler amplified the video and wrote ‘@RepTimBurchett unwittingly makes the case for MEDICARE FOR ALL as Republicans flail for a way to deal with skyrocketing health care costs.’” We sure did! 👋🏽 2paragraphs.com/2025/12/maga...

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?"

Thirty years ago today, the scientist Clair Patterson passed away. He campaigned tirelessly and effectively to remove lead from gasoline, paint, pipes, and food cans. The drop in violent crime that correlates with this change? Massive. Science hero. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair_P...

CARTOON OF THE DAY

1: Trump slaps tariffs on Australia, despite U.S. having a trade surplus with the country. 2: Countries get scared away from US assets, buy gold. 3: Australia is one of the top gold exporters. 4: U.S. trade surplus with Australia sinks to lowest level in 20 years because gold sales to U.S. grow 10x

Congress is considering a drastic, first-of-its-kind federal ban on abortion coverage in private health insurance plans that receive tax credits through the Affordable Care Act. Urge your members of Congress to protect our reproductive freedom now. 

Speaker Johnson's two core traits are being a degenerate liar and not doing his job, so this clip captures him perfectly.

Starting to look like there is indeed additional info here that didn't make it into the charging docs and doesn't fit the government's preferred narrative.

On top of this, Trump has: -Prevented the NLRB from operating -Reversed Biden's minimum wage hike for federal contractors -Gutted OSHA -Rolled back dozens of workplace health & safety regulations -Dropped the FTC’s support for a noncompete ban The “pro-worker" president.

Hegseth lost Newsmax...

No masks, no swapped out plates, no badgeless enforcement. ICE and CBP: stop being the Gestapo.

The border is not secure. What the hell is he talking about? Trump gutted the joint terrorism task force and the National Security Council. JFC

JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election. As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.

A University of Oklahoma student failed an assessment and seemingly blamed it on her professor being a trans woman. Now that professor has been put on leave.

Breaking on MS NOW: The Signalgate report contradicts Pete Hegseth's claims he did nothing wrong. It shows he "violated policy by using a non-approved device," a source who read the report says. Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.

“Milhoan compared vaccination efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic to the Holoc’ust and called mRNA technology “the biggest threat to humanity.’” He makes up insane, unsubstantiated numbers about vaccines & miscarriage—claimed there’s a conspiracy to hide the data, but has none of his own.

Honestly, no matter how much you hear about RFK Jr, Jay Bhattacharya, Marty Makary, Vinay Prasad & the legions of other grifting quacks that now populate the US public health establishment, you are not hearing enough. The damage they are doing will absolutely kill people & will take years to repair.

But we need to take into account the fog of murder.

📚 🦸🏻‍♀️RUTHERFORD COUNTY — “Go and thank your librarian. Absolute heroes.” Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee. Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...

MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report. Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.

There is no plausible scenario where Trump's paramilitary is making US safe or even making US feel safe. ICE is the terror, the violence, the crime they are claiming to stop.

"I'm a US citizen, Please help me!"

The Trump administration is taking aim at the Somali American community in Minnesota with an immigration crackdown, punctuated by President Trump on Tuesday calling Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali American herself, “garbage” along with the rest of her community. trib.al/AHFJOl0

Q: You outlined the dangers posed by drugs. So what explanation do you have for Trump pardoning the former president of Honduras? SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I don't know the details. Happy to look into it. I can't speak to it Q: Alright. Um. Ok. Like, no thought on it? MARSHALL: I haven't researched it

....And that’s a good lesson for CDC leaders/supervisors: if you break the law -- like denying reasonable accommodations to disabled employees -- you’ll be left holding the bag. Don’t follow illegal orders.

Eli Weinstein promised to reform — but after his release he took on an alias and started another Ponzi scheme.

Hey, can my deleted BlueSky post get re-posted?

3 December 1903 | A Polish Jew, Chaim Leser, was born in Krakow. A watchmaker. In #Auschwitz from 17 October 1941. No. 21846 He perished in the camp on 23 October 1941. --- Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U

Congrats, everyone seems to be waking up.

Federal Government Announces Racial Profiling Campaign, Explains It’s Because of the President’s Personal Bigotry

"Rick Wilson, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, has also warned that far from being a lame duck, Trump “doesn’t care who he burns” as he tears down the country to stay in power." https://www.salon.com/2025/12/02/sorry-trump-isnt-a-lame-duck-yet/

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement.” The latest from George F. Will:

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and Alex Clark of Turning Point USA needlessly whip up a culture war around basic healthcare. Makary shows that he is an anti-vaxxer and ignoramus. He casts aspersions on birth doses of HepB vaccine & antibiotic eye ointment that prevent chronic complications in kids.

Many don’t realize that immigration judges are part of the executive branch not the judicial branch under U.S. law. They are being purged to install what Kristi Noem calls “deportation judges.” We need reform—and independent immigration judges.

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.

He really is becoming one droopy-ass old man. Maybe the droopiest old man going.

Not surprised by these DOGE freaks implementing exploitive practices. “…the MOUs also want governments to commit to a 25-year ‘data sharing arrangement’ for ‘exchanging data…& for accountability to the United States Congress…’ However, the country grants will only run from 1 April 2026 until 2030”