Michael Hernandez

This visualization, "Domestic Deployment of the Military in 2025," updated on November 10, 2025, displays the geographical distribution, scale, and specific legal authority for four categories of domestic military deployments across the United States. Deployment scale is categorized by the size of the circles, representing 800, 3,000, or 8,000 troops. The legal authorities are color-coded as follows: Article II powers (Yellow), Title 10 Chapter 15 (Dark Blue), Title 10 Section 12406 (Cyan), and Title 32 Section 502(f) (State-Controlled National Guard with Federal Funding, Orange).

The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.

Lawfare's new project–which includes a tracker and a map–follows where and how the military is being domestically deployed. www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...

Official: Trump's 20-point plan to end Israel's war on Gaza.

Unclear where the proposal stands as Trump prepares to hold a press conference with Netanyahu at the White House.

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of Palestinian officials ahead of next month's UN General Assembly in New York.

Multiple nations are expected to announce formal recognition of Palestine during the leader-level convening, including:
- Australia
- Canada
- France
- Malta
- The UK

I know quite a bit about the conservative complaints here (post-Ferguson/Floyd museums adding more apologetic racial language in exhibits) but the Af-Am museum does exactly what she says. You start w slavery and end with Obama/Af-Am success!

Alaska summit: What did Trump get from talks with Putin? 'He does want this to be over, but I think he's also realizing what he's running into,' says American academic David Kearn - Anadolu Ajansı

Thanks again to @michaelghernandez.bsky.social for the opportunity to chat about the Alaska summit.

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Senior White House official to me:

"Whatever happens today cannot be prevented. But we have the ability to negotiate a successful peaceful resolution to this conflict if Iran is willing. The fastest way for Iran to accomplish peace is to give up its nuclear weapons program."

I reiterate that all parties to the conflict are bound by international law to protect the absolute inviolability of UN premises. Without this, our colleagues face intolerable risks as they work to save the lives of civilians," Dujarric adds.

"The strikes claimed the life of a UN colleague from Bulgaria and left six others – from France, Moldova, North Macedonia, Palestine and the United Kingdom – with severe injuries, some of them life-altering.
The location of this UN compound was well known to the parties to the conflict....

The UN is reducing its presence in Gaza a week after Israel resumed its war, killing hundreds, including at least 1 UN staffer.

"Based on the information currently available, the strikes hitting a UN compound in Deir Al Balah on 19 March were caused by an Israeli tank": Spox

BREAKING | The Israeli army has assassinated journalist Hossam Shabat, 24-year-old reporter for Al Jazeera Mubasher and contributor to @dropsitenews.com , in an airstrike targeting his vehicle in northern Gaza.

Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.

SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

a judicial decision... The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose," Roberts said.

Chief Justice John Roberts issues exceedingly rare rebuke of Trump after the president called for the impeachment of a judge who ruled against his deportation plans:

"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning...

The Palestinian death toll has risen to 404 after Israel resumed large-scale air strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to local health officials. A further 562 people have been injured.

Israel’s strikes have effectively ended the two-month ceasefire.

New statement from the Trump White House after Israel resumed large-scale attacks on Gaza tonight:

“Hamas could have released hostages to extend the ceasefire but instead chose refusal and war.” – NSC Spokesman Brian Hughes

This quote is from USIP President and CEO George Moose. It was provided by a spokesperson. Apologies for the error.

A spokesperson for the United States Institute of Peace says representatives of Elon Musk’s DOGE “have broken into our building.”

This comes after DOGE staffers tried entering Saturday, but were turned away.

USIP is not a federal agency, and was established and is funded by Congress.

To clarify: Trump made these sensational comments without any prompting. But they came less than 24 hours after Schumer said this on the other website:

Trump responds to Schumer's criticism of the administration's arrest and attempted deportation of Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil:

"Schumer is a Palestinian. As far as I'm concerned, he's become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He's not Jewish anymore. He's a Palestinian. Okay?" Trump says.

Kremlin officials announced their intention of taking advantage of the suspension of US military aid and intelligence sharing to make additional battlefield gains. isw.pub/UkrWar030525

Struggling With Errors, DOGE Deletes Billions More From List of Savings For the second time in a week, Elon Musk’s government overhaul effort updated its “wall of receipts” to remove mistakes that inflated its success.

"Since that first posting, the total amount of savings that the initiative has claimed from cutting contracts has steadily declined, from $16 billion at first to less than $9 billion now."

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...

White House on Ocalan's call for PKK to lay down arms and dissolve:

"It’s a significant development and we hope that it will help assuage our Turkish allies about U.S. counter-ISIS partners in northeast Syria. We believe it will help bring peace to this troubled region.” – NSC spox Brian Hughes

Services collapsing as USAID cuts health contracts worldwide U.S.-funded health projects around the world, including those providing lifesaving care, received termination notices from Washington on Thursday as President Donald Trump's administration neared completion of a review to ensure grants are aligned with its "America First" policy.

The Trump administration says it finished a 90 day review of suspended foreign aid 53 days early—magically just hours before a court had ordered the aid restarted.

It terminated over 90% of these thousands of aid contracts, devastating lifesaving programs worldwide.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...

To be clear, pool reports have been much worse since Tuesday.

Within 10 minutes on X, I was met with a torrent of pro-Nazi propaganda on the "For You" tab.

The content was from 1 account that complained about being fired for past posts.

The account featured Holocaust denial, a video praising Goebbels, + claims the Nazis "were the good guys" in WW2.

Trump, in the Oval Office just now, held up a red hat that read "Trump was right about everything."

He offered it to a reporter in the room, who declined.

WHCA response to White House's bid to take over press pool rotation:

Some are speculating on the other website that an ICE van was set ablaze in Philadelphia today. That is not the case.

Per ICE spox:
An ICE "vehicle experienced mechanical issues and caught on fire in South Philadelphia, today...The cause of the fire is unknown, but no foul play is suspected.”

The Staffers Helping Elon Musk Dismantle and Downsize the U.S. Government, One Agency at a Time Musk and his lieutenants are reshaping the government and its mission with the blessing of President Trump. ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 staffers affiliated with the…

#ICYMI: ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 Musk-affiliated staffers who are helping the world’s richest man dismantle or downsize federal agencies one by one.