Eric Turkewitz

That is going to be one angry jury.

"You took me away from my job and family for this?"

This song was written before Dick Cheney and Company led the U.S. into war with Iraq.

But it’s all about him…

Good post, here.

If the government is still shut at Thanksgiving, the mess at airports is gonna be epic.

And there will be hell to pay because now it won't be about some "other people."

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Masters of War

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🎵You fasten all the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you sit back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
While the young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud🎵

YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO Bob Dylan - Masters of War (Official Audio)

To those who have never listened to Bob Dylan‘s Masters of War, today is a good day to do so.

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So far, the Trump who claims to hate foreign adventures has suggested taking over or invading:

Greenland
Gaza
Canada
Venezuela
Nigeria

In the first 9 months.

Trump’s potential war with Venezuela as a bluff.

He just wants to say he settled a war and deserves a peace prize for it.

On Halloween, ‘state-sponsored terror’ in Chicago and the north suburbs Despite pleas from Gov. JB Pritzker to pause federal immigration enforcement operations while children celebrate Halloween, Border Patrol agents tore through Chicago and the suburbs.

Straight up “papers please” harassment of people doing their jobs and assault and brutalizing of people who tied to intervene. Abolish DHS.

Tomorrow, everyday runners will compete against the best in the world in the #NewYorkCityMarathon.

Same course. Same day.

Every other sport has some barrier to entry that prevents amateurs from competing against world class athletes.

Major road races stand alone.

Impeachable offenses now happened with such regularity that nobody blinks.

Executions and Mass Casualties: Videos Show Horror Unfolding in Sudan Evidence of atrocities emerging from the city of El Fasher stoked fears that the Sudanese region of Darfur is plunging, once again, into a cycle of genocidal violence.

Numerous scenes of violence have emerged from the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher since it was captured by paramilitaries last weekend. The evidence of atrocities stoked fears that Darfur is plunging, once again, into a cycle of genocidal violence.

How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico When Alejandro Juarez was returned to his homeland, federal agents told him that they were just following orders. Those orders were wrong.

Alejandro Juarez, who worked for more than a decade at a Trump Organization golf club, said he was never given a chance to contest his deportation in front of an immigration judge before he was returned to Mexico. ICE agents told him that they were just following orders. Those orders were wrong.

The real kicker in the story is that he was working for Trump as an undocumented alien until Trump got caught red-handed hiring the undocumented.

And Trump was in office at the time.

I’ve been saying this for months and it’s good to see another sober documentation. When oh when will the press start demanding to see the evidence for DHS’s inflammatory claims?

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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

DHS deceptively spliced images from different cities and times in videos sowing fear about "chaos" in Chicago and Washington, D.C., a WaPo investigation found.

DHS used footage from years ago, half the country away, or even in international waters, the Post found.

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"The club condemned the incident, saying: 'This really is happening in our country with frightening frequency. It’s terrifying and it has to stop.'"

It will continue until enough of us demand that it stop.

Mass killings reported in Sudanese city seized by paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces accused of killing more than 2,000 unarmed civilians in El Fasher in recent days Reports of ethnically motivated mass killings and other atrocities are emerging from El Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took control of the city in Sudan’s western Darfur region last week. Video released by local activists showed a fighter known for executing civilians in RSF-controlled areas shooting a group of unarmed civilians sitting on the ground at point-blank range. Continue reading...

Mass killings reported in Sudanese city seized by paramilitary group

Another Kavanaugh Stop?

It was never a peace deal.

It was a ceasefire.

The explicit goal of Hamas is the extermination of Israel and creation of an Islamic theocracy.

It was never a peace deal.

It was a ceasefire.

The explicit goal of Hamas is the extermination of Israel and creation of an Islamic theocracy.

As SNAP benefits are set to expire, while Trump obsesses about his gilded ballroom, I'm thinking Marie Antoinette Ballroom may be the appropriate name.

1. I think the “defund the police” caucus will not be heard from;

2. This is how civil wars start; and

3. Trump wants civil war.

When Trump raced in to tear down the Bonwit Teller building in Manhattan, in order to put up Trump Tower, he hired illegal immigrants.

They were called the Polish Brigade.

And yes, of course Trump stiffed them.

And, of course, during Trump’s first term he was caught with “illegal immigrants” working at his golf clubs.

When Trump raced in to tear down the Bonwit Teller building in Manhattan, in order to put up Trump Tower, he hired illegal immigrants.

They were called the Polish Brigade.

And yes, of course Trump stiffed them.