@markhertling.bsky.social warns the gravest threat to the U.S. military is the erosion of the values that keep our forces lawful and legitimate. He implores Congress to investigate whether unlawful orders were issued in the Caribbean, and hold every official to account.

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.

@radiofreetom.bsky.social Hertling asking some good questions here. Do we know the names of the 11 "terrorists" we targeted in that boat? Sure seems like we are just killing guys in boats - not targeting terrorists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6NO...

There it is

Rare video of Pete Hegseth playing World of Warcraft. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLyO...

WAPO: “.. Officials in Congress and the Pentagon said Monday they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill two survivors of a targeted strike ..” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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...

@radiofreetom.bsky.social FYI

“General Dostler justified his action by contending that he was merely obeying Hitler’s Commando Order…General Dostler was condemned to death by the U.S. military tribunal in Rome on October 12, 1945.” -Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 1539

I can’t promise that this is the first time a Canadian publisher of a beloved children’s book series has publicly condemned the bloodthirsty US secretary of defense’s use of its imagery to smirkingly defend heinous war crimes. I mean who can say.

🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for Kids Can Press, the publisher of the Franklin the Turtle books, messaged me today about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth using the likeness and image from the books to make light of killings in the Caribbean in his post yesterday on X.

Trump's MRI raises new questions about Biden's health.

The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.

@i-jasonalexander.bsky.social It is that time of year again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1njz...

So just marked up my first permit in about 8 years. Going to be a lot of fun tomorrow because some slacking has been occuring.

I think about this WAY too much. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4ya... #Community

Why care about Alt5 Sigma? 🔥 It acquired $1.5B of tokens—with no inherent value—from the Trump's World Liberty Financial. 🔥 WLF owns 1M shares in Alt5, plus warrants for another 99M. 🔥WLF co-founder Zach Witkoff is Alt5 Sigma's chair. 🔥 WLF co-founder Zak Folkman also on the board. 🔥 Eric. 4/

That other apparent conflict? Alt5 Sigma told the SEC that it suspended its CEO in mid-October. An internal email, though, says he was placed on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier. From Nov. 21 — 2/

Scoop: They tried to bury this news on Black Friday, but, well... Trump crypto partner Alt5 Sigma told the SEC its auditor quit in Nov. We called the auditor. He resigned in August. That's the second SEC filing with an apparent conflict that Alt5 Sigma has made in recent weeks. 1/

You know @scalzi.com in re-reading all the OMW books I am realized how each one has a different voice. Compared to some other series books where the author just sticks with the formula from book one, you really mixed it up alot. I appreciate that.

When no one wanted to know about AIDS, when the government didn't care about the death of so many gay men, when everyone wanted to look away, this was the energy Elizabeth Taylor brought for real. She *meant* it. It's a beautiful thing, this energy.

For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss: It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!! www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...

Surprising outcome.

I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine

Congratulations America. You are now on the hook for lifetime monitoring of everybody involved. mesothelioma.net/mesothelioma...

JUST IN: 9th Circuit goes en banc on CA law requiring background checks for buying ammunition. Panel ruled 2-1 in July that the law violates 2nd Amendment under #SCOTUS Bruen case. That decision nullified & 11-judge bench will rehear. Doc: cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...

Trump has commuted the sentence of David Gentile, 59 yo resident of Long Island, who defrauded people of $1.6B in a phony investment scheme. Gentile spend just seven days in prison for a seven year sentence. Grift sees grift www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...

This is a fun movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi5N...

Remember when we all laughed and though the DOGE checks were never going to happen?

Hey @politico.com @sophiacai.bsky.social any update on this? www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

This. babylonbee.com/news/trumps-...

A Christmas stocking filler for magats

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — US appeals court rules former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as New Jersey prosecutor.

Can relate.

Palantir has received billions to create a surveillance state. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Spotted today in DC 😢

@schiff.senate.gov We need a law to ban Kushner and his ilk from meetings like this - if we ever get to pass laws again.

I’d rather question why is Kushner there and why is he laying out a vision? We did not vote him into any gov position nor the senate we voted for has approved his candidacy. This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.

In this Ohio town, it was tradition: Latin mass, biscuits and gravy at Bob Evans, and then down to the old marina to shoot a bunch of fishermen and claim they were running drugs. But now the woke mob wants to take all that away.

Yes, it’s foggy and very cold but still pretty.

Just randomly googling things