✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here.
Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning:
Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime.
And recognized as such by the US Government.
From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.
Murphy: I have great sympathy for our soldiers and our military leaders they are being given directions by a senile old man who is losing his mind. And so it's no surprise that this war is going horribly
Dark money groups are paying influencers to spread attacks about our campaign.
Voters deserve to know who is trying to manipulate our election.
One thing I just want to note about this: this is a warning for the midterms.
If you see a "left leaning influencer" criticizing a true (non-Platner) progressive as we head toward November, you should view that influencer with an extreme degree of suspicion.
Yes. This is transparently the plan. It is a destructive and unconstitutional plan. And it can be stopped. It can even be turned into an electoral issue that hurts Trump. But only if we face this now.
Murphy: "Literally in my other ear I'm listening to Ted Cruz on another network explain why this mission is so essential to destroy the nuclear program. I may have to walk over there and tell him the admin is now briefing that getting rid of the nuclear program has nothing to do with this mission."
This is the way a lot of us would like to think we would respond to hostile questions in a Congressional hearing, but its rare to see a witness just turn the tables on a Senator like this.
I second the motion.
Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"
My first exposure to the military use of “kinetic” in this way was at the National Defense University in 2004 when a fellow student (a U.S. Army Lt. Colonel) used the term to describe an artillery barrage in Iraq. He also described artillery as “throwing iron.”
Well, well, well, I wonder how the broligarch’s board rooms are dealing with this new reality…
I distinctly remember when the Federal Hwy Administration lowered the speed limits on the Interstate Hwy system to 55 mph in an effort to conserve gasoline by upping the nation’s average mpg.
The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.
Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack.
Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.
My friend called it “fur therapy” once and I have adopted that mantra ever since.
Over a month has passed since we demanded information about the Minnesota children held in federal detention facilities. We have not received a response.
We will not stay silent while Donald Trump and Kristi Noem imprison children.
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True, but his opponent in the Democratic primary is the sitting governor of Maine.
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since the U.S. and Israeli strikes are framed as "targeted operations against terrorist infrastructure," rather than a full-scale invasion, the Kremlin interprets this as a case that does not fall under the collective defense provisions.
Trump’s bombing Iran. And where’s Congress?
We should be called back immediately to vote.
Americans deserve to know who is willing to send their kids off to fight more endless wars.
Donald Trump has learned nothing from decades of endless war.
I went to war three times for this country. Working class folks will pay the price of his military adventurism.
Americans are sick of it. I’m sick of it.
Saying "it's a distraction" is saying you care nothing for the little girls bombed out of existence for being born where they were.
Epstein, ICE, Iran - all of it - are Crimes against Humanity by the MAGA Murder Regime.
Praying for the people of Iran and an end to this hell.
My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️
The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.
We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.
How to understand war with Iran? We must get away from propaganda. Facts suggest two interpretive frameworks: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the United States.
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Moral turpitude is the foundation of 47 and his ilk.
Cops lie.
Garcia: President Trump should now appear before our committee and answer our questions for as long as Secretary Clinton and Bill Clinton will tomorrow. He needs to answer questions immediately in front of the committee. And we're not sure why he continues to be protected by the house majority.
