Ossoff: "The WH put out a video depicting this war as a video game. When service members are returning in flag-draped coffins, & even more have lost limbs or suffered brain injuries or are fighting for their lives, this WH treats war like a game. It's a disgrace. And it speaks to a moral rot."
✋ 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.
Search-and-rescue crews were “flying blind” trying to rescue survivors from deadly tornadoes that hit the Midwest last week.
Why? Because Kristi Noem hadn't approved FEMA’s $200,000 contract with a tornado-tracking tool.
But she had time to spend $220 million on anti-immigrant ads. Priorities.
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
NEWS: Democrat Shawn Harris has forced a runoff in the special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s deep-red Georgia seat (Trump +37).
With ~70% in, Harris leads with 38.3% to Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller’s 34.5%.
Runoff set for April 7. A major warning sign for MAGA.
BREAKING: Canada's Mark Carney Just Beat Everyone To The Arctic With HISTORIC $35 Billion Security Announcement.
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BREAKING: Epstein’s Personal Accountant Drops A Smoking Cannon On Trump
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As a country we have made a lot of mistakes in foreign wars over the last 2+ centuries. But I’m not sure we have ever looked as feckless, foolish, incompetent and ridiculous at the leadership level than right now.
That is a unanimous, adamant YES. The sooner the better.
When Iranian news is more honest than American news, if a bit repetitive.
A Governor Criminalizes Trump’s Election Interference, Another Red Seat Flips Blue, Teen Trumpet Player Walks Free, and Khalil Dines With Mayor Mamdani
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BREAKING: After Banning Starlink Canada Just Told Elon to Go F*** Himself. From Space.
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Trump steps into a minefield with no clear escape.
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This administration is committing Watergate level crimes multiple times per week—and those are the ones we know about. It’s crazy to think about what else will come out after.
It’s absolutely essential these criminals are held responsible for their crimes. We must end elite impunity.
'Abhorrent': Reagan judge issues stinging rebuke to DHS over 'unconstitutional' Trump move #AlterNet
This amazing scientific advance may one day lead to either more effective treatments or dare I say perhaps a cure.
This is why it is vitally important to fund basic scientific research.
Scientists Discover Way To Reverse Chemical Process Linked With Alzheimer’s Disease share.google/Vm0hfSMfkGIc...
BREAKING: As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded in the war with Iran, according to sources familiar—far higher than the Pentagon’s publicly disclosed figure of just 8 seriously wounded troops. The true toll of this war is already far worse than the public has been told. (Reuters)
Who would have guessed that the legal system in America was so fragile that a single crazy president could ignore the whole thing, from the Constitution right down to state laws?
Why does the Supreme Court and Congress let this demented moron act like the dictator of a banana republic?
BREAKING: Someone Shot At The U.S. Consulate In Toronto This Morning. Here’s The Full Global Picture Nobody’s Talking About.
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TRUMP’S WAR IS GOING SO BAD HE’S ALREADY THROWING JARED KUSHNER UNDER THE BUS
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BREAKING: The US Could Have Have Had Ukranian Drone Tech Seven Months Ago - For Free. Trump Chose To Mock Zelensky For Putin instead.
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I think more than what was going on with Epstein with him raping kids , we need to know why the US was protecting him.