In September, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered the military to kill everyone on board a boat in the Caribbean suspected of carrying drugs. @ichotiner.bsky.social speaks with a former military judge to understand the apparent illegality of the attack. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/UaMVFM

Bill Kristol commenting on government by "a lawless gang" www.thebulwark.com/p/sex-crimes...

🧵A legal scholar finds the killing by special forces of survivors in the Navy attack on an alleged drug boat to be a war crime and murder. "the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...

Stocks and cryptocurrencies linked to Trump are in a deep slump, leaving some of the president’s biggest fans with steep losses.

It’s clear that the primary interest of the US in “peace negotiations” is to create opportunities for Trump, Witkoff, their family members, business partners and cronies to make billions from business deals with Russia, and Ukraine is just the annoying nuisance in the way.

“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.

I didn’t want to overreact, and took time to read this. Having done so, I’m adding Northwestern to the list of places I won’t visit or speak. The concessions re: international students and gender-affirming care are not merely symbolic.

As a son of Appalachia, I understand the opioid crisis better than anyone. That's why I'm proud to stand with the Honduran president who delivered drugs to needy Americans with such efficiency. by JD Vance

The "peace" plan: Selling out Ukraine for business opportunities in Russia. Details from the Wall Street Journal. No paywall. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.

“What is remigration, which the Department of Homeland Security is calling for?” It’s this:

"Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight “would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime.”" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”

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

Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.

It hits different when they're arresting white women. They signed up to terrorize Black and brown people.

A new level of "pick your judge" -- a special grand jury in a location with only one judge, guaranteeing that Trump's favorite handles the case. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...

German views of U.S. went from 74% positive under Biden to 73% negative under Trump (Pew data, no paywall) www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

LADA: Let Americans Die Again -- less road safety, less product safety, less healthcare, more pollution... Profitable for some, terrible for most. #health www.wsj.com/business/aut...

America is quickly moving toward a system in which tens of millions of blue-state Republicans and red-state Democrats effectively have no congressional representation at all, Marc Novicoff argues.

My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link) The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."

The New Yorker has a detailed report on deportations to foreign prisons. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “What if you could save someone in West Africa from developing river blindness, caused by a parasite that can destroy the optic nerve, for 75 cents? Or keep a child from dying of hunger in Sudan’s civil war and famine for $14 a week?” Nicholas Kristof writes.

Really interesting breakdown on how evangelicals transformed American Christianity into an ethos of hate and aggression www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends. We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over. We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.

Why is the Trump White House pushing Ukraine to accept a Russian plan that paves the way for another war? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

"State and local voting officials from both political parties are actively preparing for the possibility of interference by a federal government helmed by President Trump." #election www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...

Who is welcome and who isn't... Can't be clearer. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."

THIS: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols. Reconnecting with a proud tradition? Really? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Democrats have an edge going into 2026 midterms, new poll shows www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...

A PSA: check your neighborhood roads on the map. Pedestrian deaths up 70% since 2010. wapo.st/4polhCJ

Revenge beats law www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

LA Times: "Caveats in the bill could provide Trump and Bondi with loopholes to keep records related to the president concealed." www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

All the President's friends... www.propublica.org/article/andr...

Records show 97% of immigrants arrested in Chicago had no criminal history www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...

Great. Enjoy your dinner everyone...

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!” --Megyn R. Kelly “Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!” --Also Megyn R. Kelly

Next absurdity: Past or future collaboration with Chinese students and scientists would disqualify American researchers from access to funding. 🧪 #academicsky #psychscisky

The President is not well.

#ICE #Chicago

Another success of MAGA misogyny: 40% of young women would prefer living in another country. news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...

More #Epstein files... www.npr.org/2025/11/12/n...

Trump is a liar. Tear gassing kids in peaceful neighborhoods makes no one safer. He cannot steal credit from our violence prevention and law enforcement efforts that have reduced crime for four years straight — long before his masked agents showed up. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months" China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

Same sex marriage stands. For now. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...