Crimes against humanity.

Please stop this nonsense.

Svetlana Stalin, Joseph's daughter, was born 100 years ago yesterday. She lived an extraordinary life and defected here in 1967. Late in life, I found her living anonymously in Wisconsin. We became friends and exchanged hundreds of letters.

I know there's *a lot* going on. But the way this regime is treating children in our immigration detention hell is a crime against humanity, fit for a guy hiding his connections to the worst child sex ring of the century.

Former New Mexico Attorney General Balderas details how the FBI forcefully shut down New Mexico's criminal probe into what was up at Epstein's Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe Co. The feds insisted that they were running their own criminal probe and that NM's involvement would not be tolerated. It was a lie.

Thing is, we don't actually know that it's good for anybody, and conceding this in Trump's favor isn't helpful. Yes, everyone at the top of the Iranian government was bad. But this does not necessarily mean unilaterally killing them improves the situation! It could make it much worse!

Rep. Ansari Statement on United States Attack on Iran.

This is a bombshell: "the Pentagon wanted the company to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data" This kind of agenda echoes the defunded Total Information Awareness effort, post-9/11

The only thing Platner loves more than farming oysters is far-right antisemitic conspiracy theorists

When THEY KNEW went into paperback, I wrote a description of its chapters. Some excerpts, including Chapter Three, "Epstein Wasn't the First": sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/its-safe-t...

"The only way they can get elected is to cheat" Also Trump: pass me a law so I don't have to win fair elections Students, Seniors, Married Women & Disaster victims — all turned away over trivial paperwork My publisher's note on why it won't stand this week on @contrariannews.org 👇-TN\

Source describes the failed Pentagon-Anthropic talks: through the end, the Pentagon wanted to use Anthropic's AI to analyze bulk data collected about Americans (Ross Andersen/The Atlantic) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

The early medieval burial from Gammertingen, 6th century AD. The high-ranking warrior died in his early 30s and was buried with a Byzantine helmet (a so-called Spangenhelm), his weapons, and his mail armour, which consisted of about 45,000 iron rings! 📷Landesmuseum Württemberg 🏺

Seems like the emerging policy is: you people out there are responsible for setting up your own governments, but if the US doesn’t like who ends up in charge we’ll just assassinate or kidnap them and then the ball is back in your court.

It tells you something about the disorientating rate of change underway that nobody is particularly shocked that a head of state has been assassinated by other states, something which has *never happened* in the modern era. Which is illegal under US law. Shed no tears for Khamanei, but still. 1/3

The Pope on Iran: “Faced with the possibility of a tragedy of immense proportions, I make a heartfelt appeal to all the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility of halting the spiral of violence before it becomes an unbridgeable chasm.”

LINDSEY GRAHAM: Our goal is to make sure Iran cannot become again the largest state sponsor of terrorism. WELKER: Does the the president have a plan to guarantee that happens? GRAHAM: No. It's not his job.

One of my colleagues wrote about this over 30 years ago, noting that Congress was all about "blame avoidance" in foreign policy, which basically made the president a king

“sorry about the fascism you’re dealing with; here’s a $10 coupon that expires next week.” via @marisakabas.bsky.social

Civilizations throughout history have had to deal with the consequences of a ruler who is a malignant aging despot sliding into dementia. I guess now it’s our turn.

Yes, but also Ukraine

Unbelievable that we still talk about withholding HIV funding as a form of political maneuvering rather than an act of social murder, as if the 80’s + 90’s never happened and we didn’t lose an entire generation to this already.

Delbert Anderson is a Diné Jazz trumpeteer, composer, and educator, whose music flows from a deeper understanding of kinship and responsibility. The foundation of the sound created by the Delbert Anderson Quartet integrates Navajo spinning songs. redpopnews.com/sound-that-c...

5/9. This is unsurprising. The Russians and the Chinese also try to prop up Trump. Everyone outside the US knows that he weakens the US.

4/9. The Iranian operation in 2020 was designed to help Donald Trump get elected.

Are you feeling confused today about whether or not it is OK to bomb a school or hospital that actually has kids and patients in them? Regardless of what race or religion of people those kids and vulnerable people belong to? I can’t help you. Please unfollow and delete your account.

Procedural liberalism on display. We support the murder of innocents, the immoral and demonic violence, but the President didn't fill out the right paperwork. The same logic that calls for higher police training budgets and more diversity among prison guards. Polishing the bars of the cage.

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins harps on one point: The VA spends too much money on its suicide prevention operations. But these initiatives keep the veteran suicide rate much lower than it would be otherwise.

BREAKING: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, Iranian state media reports.

The US is detaining pregnant children in Texas and limiting their access to health care. We shouldn't tolerate this obscenity. Andrea Pitzer on how this mirrors some of the public spectacle and private terror that took place during Argentina's military dictatorship.

If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.

"The 542 drone strikes that Obama authorized killed an estimated 3,797 people, including 324 civilians." www.cfr.org/articles/oba...

rough day for anyone who believes in the sanctity of human life

Oh btw ICE activity today at Whipple was fucking nuts. Large convoys of masked agents leaving every so often with a constant stream of single ICE vehicles in between. This 'drawdown' was clearly just a brief hiatus to pacify liberals and get bourgeois media/politicians to completely lose interest.

Not many if any current or former US intelligence officers sad to see the demise of the Iranian leader and his regime. I’m worried of what’s to come—and my personal feelings aren’t justification for my country’s military actions—but I’m not worried about khamenei.

It’s been terrifying to have almost every year in the past 20 years be a lesson in how many people with power make decisions about who lives and dies with little thought or care or even a clear idea as to why they’re doing anything, and it’s terrifying that it seems to be getting worse

Rep. Patronis claims Trump's strikes on Iran are part of "an effort of global peace taking place under his leadership"

EXCLUSIVE: A draft executive order that would allow Trump to take unprecedented control over federal elections is reportedly being circulated with the White House. Democracy Docket obtained a copy. Read the full, 17-page order below👇

They did a much better job selling the WMD story back in the day than today’s version.

congress sounds cool i wish it was real

From November 2024. I don't believe Trump is in control of this war. I worry about how he may try to control it now that the war is here. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/just-answe...

War and mass casualties are never a "distraction". They are an abomination. But saying the war on Iran is a distraction from Epstein is especially ridiculous:

If you’re still carrying the torch for the Democrats or spending your time defending them, please, I beg you, look around. They’re saying they agree with this illegal war, they just demand the privilege to make it legal. This isn’t opposition. This isn’t capitulation. This is cooperation.

"There is something very wrong with the way Americans trust criminal elites to be more reliable sources than the people they hurt." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/epstein-an...

No wonder Trump went to war with Iran in the dead of night, with the Capitol empty, most Americans soundly asleep This war is illegal. Full stop. The worst abuse of presidential power in American history aims to cement a dictatorship on U.S. soil My instant column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

The judges in WV have seen enough. They say that if the ICE continues detaining people in ways they have unanimously deemed illegal they will start issuing civil fines and contempt findings — including against state officials who help them carry it out. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I like following lawyers because they’ll tweet something like “oh shit the judge went OFF on this one, he was PISSED” above a screenshot which reads “prosecution claims to be unaware of any memo”

Keep this in mind as Netanyahu is now claiming to have killed Khamenei

When there are no consequences for the last bad thing, you'll get a next worse thing.

June 2025: "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated." - Donald Trump www.reuters.com/world/middle...