Wtf

Also and again, Republicans in Congress are fine with this.

(Not only that, it’s like 15 minutes worth of pay for the uniformed force)

I know this has been memory-holed, but an actual court of law upheld the use of race in US Naval Academy admissions because diversity was seen as a national security imperative

www.axios.com/2024/12/06/n...

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.

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This is alarming: “Hard to say, but it’s unlikely that this event will be merely performative. One possibility is that it’s merely an opportunity to rally the troops. Another, according to rumor, is that martial law will be declared.“

Opinion | A U.S. return to Bagram isn’t a bad idea The U.S. base at Bagram, Afghanistan was once America’s busiest base. Trump says he wants to get it back, and that may not be as far-fetched as it sounds.

No, it's actually a catastrophically stupid idea, and the WaPo editorial board should be ashamed (it won't be, I know) for writing something so idiotic.

It’s been sad this year watching how the White House press corps refuses to back each other up. Here a female journalist is insulted and denigrated and the next male reporter just moves on to a new question. You’re all in this together, folks. Time & again, they won’t stand up for their colleagues.

International Law & the Question of Palestine: A Reading List A resource for anyone researching, teaching or writing about international law’s impacts, iniquities and incapacities in Palestine.

The good folks at TWAIL Review maintain a helpful list of readings on #internationallaw and #Palestine, which includes writings by—*checks notes*—actual Palestinian scholars twailr.com/internationa...

I would just remind folks, since it's once again relevant, that Pete Hegseth was the driving force behind Trump's pardoning and exoneration of war criminals during his first term.

Hegseth has always defended war criminals and pressed for the ability of U.S. troops to operate lawlessly.

There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.

Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

More Barriers on the Horizon for International Students Advocates worry the Trump administration is planning to end a long-standing policy that allows international students to stay in the U.S. until their studies are complete.

More Barriers on the Horizon for International Students
Advocates worry the Trump administration is planning to end a long-standing policy that allows international students to stay in the U.S. until their studies are complete.
www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

Trump’s Tactics Mean Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus

Trump’s Tactics Mean Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

International students also *make the experience of college better* for US students. Squeezing out international students will make the university experience smaller and more expensive, and set off a chain reaction that puts some of them out of business.

A hugely important point is that international students pay full tuition, so they actually make it CHEAPER for US students to attend college, by allowing for more money for scholarships. Across the board, the reality is we need MORE international students.

Willing to bet that the evidence for these revocations is as flimsy as what they tried to claim about Rümeysa Öztürk….

2.5 million people is more than a quarter of the population. The equivalent of more than 85 million people protesting on the same day in the United States.

By comparison, an estimated five million people joined USA No Kings Day protests.

The @washingtonpost tracked where Trump's forces are patrolling in Washington. Spoiler alert: They're not where the crime is.

Israeli Official Arrested in Nevada Child Sex Operation Is Released and Back in Israel Tom Alexandrovich works under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.

Israeli cybersecurity official arrested in an online sting yet is released and back in Israel.

(I suspect the Trump administration pulled strings for Bibi. Evidence of Donald Trump's administration's penchant to aid child sex abusers continues to mount.)

Thousands of Israelis stayed home from work, flooded city streets and blocked roads and highways across the country on Sunday, staging some of the largest anti-war protests in months as the military prepares for a major assault on Gaza City. wapo.st/4mvMVfK

Today: Anti-Trump protesters marched in Washington, all the way to the White House—peaceful, defiant, rejecting his occupation of D.C.

There’s no longer any pretense this has anything to do with crime (there are cities or parts of cities in SC and Ohio that have higher crime rates than DC — send the troops there!). This is about establishing a precedent for Trump seizing control of the nation’s capital when he wants to.

War crimes that involve the kidnapping of children.

UEFA unfurls Gaza-related plea banner after Palestinian tribute fallout ‘Stop killing children, civilians’ banners at match after tribute criticism over Palestinian player killed by Israel.

‘Stop killing children, civilians’ banners at match after tribute criticism over Palestinian player killed by Israel.

Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom The 18-year-old high school student said she unzipped her hoodie to show she had breasts after a Buffalo Wild Wings server didn't believe she is a woman.

This breaks my heart. This is sexual harassment. This is traumatizing. TERFs and transphobes and everyone “just asking questions” for “women’s safety” (this happened to a cis teenager) should be ashamed for the rest of their lives.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

Trump's rhetoric about DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime President Donald Trump's rhetoric in his federal takeover of Washington police echoes that of conservative politicians going back decades who've denounced American cities with majority non-white popul...

Precisely.
apnews.com/article/trum...

Grossly irresponsible of the Times to have this ludicrous credulous spin as the top story the morning after a president who rules by fiat proclaims a totally specious emergency to militarize the capital - an editorial insult to our intelligence and our democracy.

NEVER FORGET — when the National Guard WASN’T called, and that he lied when he said he couldn’t.

Imperial President at Home, Emperor Abroad American foreign policy in an age of unrestrained executive power.

Trying gift link again: www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...

We All Benefit When All Who Want to Learn Are Welcome: Why International Students Matter in Higher Education Christi Siver for the Avon Hills Salon

New blog post! We all benefit when all who want to learn are welcome: Why International Students matter in higher education avonhillssalon.substack.com/p/we-all-ben...