Tolerating these bad faith parlor games, devoid of an attachment to actual history or the plain meaning of words, as paths to elite success in legal academia & the federal judiciary was a grave mistake. We need to stop doing that & never do it again.

They deny, they hide, and they lie about what they cannot justify.

If Hegseth is not fired following the indefensible actions he has committed, then we must assume that Robert Kennedy is not enough of a distraction from the Epstein files.

whole conversation here: conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...

If the Sep. 2 boat really had "narco-terrorists" on board, questioning the survivors would have been a way to learn about how the organization worked, where more drugs were stashed, etc. But this isn't a counter-terrorism campaign. It's a shooting gallery with helpless targets.

Warren Buffett, explains how Trump’s intentional breaking of the economic bonds with Canada has destroyed the reputation of America as a trading partner & has irrevocably set the U.S. and the world economies into long-term retraction. www.youtube.watch?v=vU19J7wr_LQ

Report: USA has collapsed into a fugue state. Executive function impaired, psychosis Danger to itself and others Profound break with reality, ego grandiosity Loss of impulse control, ability distinguish right from wrong Thoughts/actions dominated by resentment, paranoia Denial, lashes out

this shit is just beyond parody, man

The latter decision is usually blocking the former

They are LIARS and they have serious problems with numbers. ‼️💯‼️

"Clausewitz reminds us that the real issue is what leaders thought they were seeing, what information they were relying on, and whether they would exercise the disciplined judgment required before ordering another missile to be fired." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

One Admiral resigned rather than carry out an illegal order, while the other Admiral followed those orders. One Admiral has no job, but he has his dignity and our respect, while the other needs a lawyer and a pardon

it is insanely dishonest to characterize the reaction to the most corrupt pardons in american history as pro-police and pro-prison. fuck off

It would be all too easy to overlook this case with everything else that's going on, but it's too important to miss, so I wrote a rare midday post. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Trump directing loyalists to prosecute NY Attorney General Tish James repeatedly and investigate her successful lawsuits against fraudsters is persecution, plain and simple.

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) announced he will file articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who is at the center of two scandals at the Defense Department.

It's now been 3 1/2 weeks since the submission of supplemental briefs in the Illinois v Trump case testing his power to use 10 usc 12406 to call out troops. Remember this was an emergency petition from the Administration, which usually is resolved quite quickly. Must be a real battle afoot in Sup Ct

Speaking of lingering issues, anybody seen a guy skulking around with $50k in a CAVA bag? It's been nearly 15 months! Today would be a good day for the FBI to reveal what happened to the taxpayers' money that Tom Homan apparently took in exchange for propsective official favors.

I'm going to sound like a broken record by the way I keep mentioning how 95% of Somalis in the Twin Cities metro area are US citizens, but very few mainstream outlets are pointing this out. This should be very basic stuff for any news organization.

“Donald Trump, as a rule, hates Democrats. But every once in a while, Trump bumps into a Democrat that turns out to be a kindred spirit, someone he can really relate to. They’re the ones who have been accused—and occasionally convicted—of corruption crimes.” www.thebulwark.com/p/the-only-d...

Point 1 on the ID of the pipe bomb suspect from January 6 is the tenacious dogged law-enforcement work. A huge and very difficult achievement if they have the right person. Point 2 is he is obviously a bird of a feather with the Jan 6 hordes that Trump has pardoned and extolled as American heroes.

Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.

Trump has issued 1500+ pardons and counting…a who’s who of drug kingpins, crypto scammers, violent insurrectionists, terrorism financiers & corrupt politicians. In Trump’s oligarchy, the rich and powerful can pay their way to reside above the law.

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

It is telling that these flailing defenses against murderous boat strikes, corrupt pardons of corrupt people, & illegal deportations do not include the projection that democrats are really doing it, not them. These evils are on their brand. In contrast, it is go to w Epstein, but unconvincing.

It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.

Four Shots at an Unarmed Boat in Uncontested Waters www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/03/f...

Team Trump strips "renewable energy" from the name of an iconic national lab

If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:

The oligarchs’ reaction to this piece is heavily illustrative of the fact that for decades most of the press coverage they got was trade related and fawning. Now they think stating the obvious is a “hit piece” when their own actions reflect badly on them

It is true that no one has grasped this scope. But there are ways to deal with it. First, track the way that Kristi Noem is converting it to personal grift, like her propaganda campaign. Next, illustrate how this is a funding shift, from things Americans like to body snatching they hate.

I tried to do the latter here, with an assist from @cingraham.bsky.social. www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/18/t...

This is part of Trump Behavior Syndrome: Say whatever you must at a given moment to serve your interests, regardless of whether it is true and without regard for anything you've said on the subject previously or might say about it later.

This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020. Both were later sentenced to life in prison!

Yes and we can enter -ai in the search to stop it.

Good front-paging.

When the evil doers get caught, they get frenetic. Hence, the rapidly escalating rhetoric and extrajudicial actions is a sign of weakness. Every outrage is an attempt to distract from the others and to satisfy a craven base that enjoys cruelty. Hmmm. Who could I be talking about?

PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.” The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Bash: "Do you believe if there was a second strike to eliminate any survivors that it constitutes a war crime?" Mark Kelly: "It seems to." Bash: "If you received that order, would you have carried it out?" Mark Kelly: "No…Going after survivors in the water is unlawful."

Meanwhile, Ukrainian sea drones disabled two of the "shadow fleet" tankers carrying Russian oil. No doubt the start of a campaign kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-na...

I always love me a good Columbo meme

This is the correct name now..

Very sneaky, hiding his views in a book

When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not

1/ You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what 6 Democratic members of Congress said on video. Trump called it seditious. The FBI launched an investigation. Then came reporting in WAPO about an order SecDef Hegseth gave ahead of the 9/2 attack on a boat allegedly trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.

"Secretary of War" under attack

Pete Hegseth's "Kill Them All" Order Constitutes a War Crime! youtu.be/6fKGmrjvFm8?...

Genocide just as Lemkin defined it. euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/27/r...