Former US military lawyers speak out: "The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both." Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes 1/2

How refreshing to hear from someone running for public office who's able to articulate the issue and provide a thoughtful opinion without dipping into gutter arguments based on bigotry and Project 2025 talking points. Iowa will be lucky to have Rob Sand as governor.

It’s wrong to lump all top Trump people in one category. There are differences among them. But they do seem to fall into three (sometimes overlapping) categories: • Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption). • Sex criminals. • War criminals.

At some point in the future, Witkoff should be prosecuted for this.

Bernie's Correct ! Corporate Greed Is Stealing Workers Wages......

This piece took me over 2 months to write. It’s about a man given illegal orders that is impossible not to obey. Please read. open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...

Keep in mind that white American males shot and killed countless Americans including many children, and no one ever did a thing but protect their right to do it again.

It's not hard to avoid shopping at Amazon. You can use the site as a search engine and purchase directly from vendors. Or try eBay and buy directly from individuals and small businesses. And eBay protects your purchase. Even better, buy locally. We all have to make an effort.

Your Black Friday reminder that Amazon... -Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine -Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund -Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump -Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump

What do these corporations have in common? Netflix Ford Tesla T-Mobile Duke Energy DISH Network Metlife Dominion Energy United States Steel In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes. This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.

"Contrary to Miller and Trump, Lakanwal’s shooting spree is not the result of importing Afghan culture to America. While much will surely be revealed in Lakanwal’s upcoming trial, it looks more like the result of importing American culture to Afghanistan." New from me @zeteo.com

JUST IN: Trump says he’ll issue a “Full and Complete Pardon” to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted of drug trafficking last year in the US and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The most lawless president in history.

Holiday carolers are protesting Home Depot’s association with ICE 🎶 We don't want no more deportations 🎶

I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.

Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes. If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.

Rahmanulla Lakanwal is the National Guard shooting suspect. Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name. 4 hours before the shooting. I bet Stephen Miller knows why.

💯. It's not these patriotic citizens' fault they're being used as performative props by a corrupt, mendacious, and deranged president. They deserve our kindness and respect, and now, devastatingly, our deepest concern and sympathy. 😢

Hate-sharing this because it’s too accurate

The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Drop your favorite local shops below—let’s boost the folks who actually show up for us. Skip Target, Amazon, and Home Depot and put your cash where community lives. Our dollars are leverage. Let’s use them like it. #WeAintBuyingIt #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

“The National Guard is stranded somewhere on this battlefield of partisan politics. They are not ready for this arena, and we should never have asked them to be. Politics is not a military mission.” @juliettekayyem.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Had Trump not ignored a week-old court order to withdraw the troops from DC, no one would have been shot and all the members of the WV guard would have been home sor Thanksgiving. I honor her service, but I also won't forget Trump's hand in this.

20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.

The Carrot Story…🤪🤪🤪

Morning Kittens

Three decades ago, democracy looked unstoppable. Today, Russia and China are rewriting the rules. My new book, Autocrats vs. Democrats, lays out how we got here — and how America should navigate what comes next.

Trump’s Environmental Polluting Agency clears forever chemicals, the bane of the outdoor industry, for use on food.

I’m horrified by the news coming out of our nation’s capital today. Our guardsmen selflessly dedicate themselves to service. This violence cannot be normalized in our country. Minnesota is sending our love to the families of the service members who were killed.

The people who do this, who conceived of it, who demand it, are real life monsters.

James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars. Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.

Have people forgotten that Mark Kelly has an identical twin named Scott who is also an astronaut, also has a Masters degree in engineering and was also a captain in the Navy. The brothers were part of a NASA twins project and both can kick Kegsbreath’s ass.

The FBI pulled all-nighters and burned nearly $1M in OT trying to redact the Epstein files all the while Trumpworld argued over what to hide or release. The panic says more than the pages do. Transparency shouldn’t be optional. What are they hiding? #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/A81d6M8N_S32...

Precisely!👇

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

John Oliver is an underrated hero. He has been quietly doing things like this for years. He’s smart and hilarious, and he’s an immigrant.

Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

One-third of the energy now generated in Texas is from renewables like wind and solar. Without this clean energy, the grid in Texas would have failed multiple times and many people would have died. This is something Gov. Abbott and the GOP refuse to tell the public.

🎩 Get This POS Out Of The White House!

Our convicted felon president, who pardoned Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, wants to charge Mark Kelly, a decorated war veteran and astronaut, with seditious conspiracy. That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.

No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.

Mamdani could murder Trump on 6th Ave and I wouldn't care because he's already a rock star to me.

This will make your day better.