"The odds that another government, or the relatives of America’s victims, will try to force an international reckoning could also increase if Trump succeeds in gutting domestic methods of holding him and his administration accountable."

Why Trump Is Afraid of International Law

The administration worries “woke” institutions will go after its officials for alleged human rights abuses.

politico.com

This statement praising Venezuela's decision to withdraw from the ICC, and welcoming "the new Venezuelan government’s partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle the corrupt and worthless ICC," is a deeply pathetic document.

Venezuela Withdraws from the ICC - United States Department of State

The United States welcomes the decision by interim President Delcy Rodriguez and Venezuela to withdraw from the ICC and the new Venezuelan government’s partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle...

state.gov

This statement praising Venezuela's decision to withdraw from the ICC, and welcoming "the new Venezuelan government’s partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle the corrupt and worthless ICC," is a deeply pathetic document.

Venezuela Withdraws from the ICC - United States Department of State

The United States welcomes the decision by interim President Delcy Rodriguez and Venezuela to withdraw from the ICC and the new Venezuelan government’s partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle...

state.gov

Fuck this guy forever. Hundreds of thousands of the world's poorest people have already died because of his casual cuts and so many more are doomed. He is one of mankind's most evil figures.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

‘I got carried away’: Elon Musk expresses regret about Doge and wading into Trump’s orbit

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Political Prisoners @repcohen.bsky.social issues a statement urging the leaders of democratic nations to prioritise the release of all civilian captives as part of any ceasefire in Ukraine. Time to put #PeopleFirst www.csce.gov/statements/i...

why 50% tariffs on Canada? Greedy, not very bright, emotionally unregulated.

This illegal war must stop. The American people don't want it. Congress never authorized it. It is not making us safer. We are killing civilians. Our soldiers are dying. For nothing. Just end it.

In the realm of questions posed during Senate hearings, this one from Ossoff -- "Isn't it humiliating to be unable to answer this?" -- ranks right up there with "Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?"

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election? CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election? C: I'm not gonna get into that with you O: You're not being honest or forthright C: ...

Mexico went out with their boots on. We had our corrupt president try to rig it and got our asses kicked anyway

oh no i cant believe it but it looks like donald trump inserted himself into a story captivating the worlds attention, overshadowing a unifying event with overt corruption, in an attempt to seize attention and credit for himself

a place where people actually live and profoundly hated the president even before this

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · last mo.

The entire DC metro area — a place where people actually live — is being blasted with the roar of this B-1B right now. It is MIDNIGHT!

DC is, flatly, owed statehood after what they have been through under this man to make sure this shit never happens again

Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social · last mo.

The entire city is on edge right now. It’s 96 degrees, we’re interrupted every 5 min by the sound of low-flying fighter jets, and the president has managed to ruin July 4th. Quietly muttering to myself: “just wait until IT happens. Everyone will be so happy when IT happens. It’ll be incredible…”

So we wrote this article for @justsecurity.org, calling out this aspect of the broader problem of the UAE's partners failing to confront its role in the conflict and the RSF's abuses.

U.S., U.K. Must Stop Tiptoeing Around UAE Support for Sudan RSF

Governments and the private sector must apply reputational pressure on the UAE for supporting a force the U.S. cites for genocide in Sudan.

justsecurity.org

@mutasima.bsky.social and I got tired of successive new rounds of U.S. targeted sanctions that focus on the Colombian mercenaries supporting Sudan's brutal RSF -- yet fail to touch or even reference the Emirati players who have repeatedly been shown to be providing those mercenaries to the RSF.

The reflecting pool debacle is a marvelous illustration of the interconnection between autocracy, illiberalism and incompetence. Trump broke the pool. Lied abt it. Said it was violent outside agitators. Now he’s created a vast security perimeter to prevent people from getting near it.

obviously not the first person to make this observation but the "move along, citizen" shit for regular DC residents is especially galling in context of the pardons for the rioters who broke into the fucking capitol

amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · last mo.

“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.

good to see this. Musk is clearly getting visibly angry at the rising awareness of how many hundreds of thousands of people his DOGE wilding spree has already killed, millions more if this stays in place into the future. Everyone can participate in spreading the word about all the blood on his hands

All In with Chris Hayes@allinwithchris.bsky.social · last mo.

WATCH: Chris Hayes looks at how Elon Musk’s assault on USAID became one of DOGE’s most devastating legacies—and why Musk is now trying to rewrite the record.

“you’re a world historic mass murderer” is getting to him, huh maybe he shouldn’t have chosen to be a world historic mass murderer

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · last mo.

his excuse is they wouldn’t put the starving children on the phone with him.

yes! exactly as you say. and it can be hard to use humor well in these circumstances, because you never want to make light of anything that hurts people, but something like this, which makes the regime seem small, incompetent, and not worth fearing, is an easy, ideal moment to deploy it

What makes my heart heavy is that 13 servicemembers and a school full of girls died for no reason except to attempt to boost a sad old man’s ego

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social · 2mo ago

what a dumb fucking war this has been

"Congratulations to all!" Thinking of the kids the US killed in the TLAM strike on Minab school on the opening day of this unnecessary, illegal war.

Tony Bourdain taught us all that a place is full of good food, good people, and good experiences despite very shitty politics and I think it’s kind of classically American to have thought we were excluded from that Venn diagram

Jeff Grubb@grubb.wtf · 2mo ago

I thought the world cup was going to be a nightmare, but I forgot that we actually love when people like us

The contrast between the massive organic outpouring of communal joy in New York and the tawdry little spectacle at the White House couldn’t be clearer. This is the real #America250

How it’s done: Ousted South Korean President sentenced to 30 years for ruse to try to invoke martial law: www.cnn.com/2026/06/11/a...

Ex-South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to 30 years in jail over Pyongyang drone plot | CNN

A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison on Friday over charges linked to military drones sent over Pyongyang to help create a pretext for his failed Decembe...

cnn.com

This is welcome news at a time when Galal El-Behairy is facing yet another trial and more delays in his case. Galal has done nothing more than write poetry and song lyrics. This drawn-out judicial process is cruel and seems designed to keep him in indefinite detention beyer.house.gov/news/documen...

Egypt Human Rights Caucus Co-Chairs Beyer, DelBene Call for Immediate Release of Galal El-Bahairy

beyer.house.gov

This is obviously not right, legally or morally. Trump is not a king, these things don’t belong to him, and the toadying proponents of ‘unitary executive theory’ are trying to move the country even further towards autocracy.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty... nothing can be done?” asked Judge Patricia Millett. “I think that’s right, yes,” responded DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

📍 Outside the U.S. Capitol, @kerrykennedy.bsky.social and @repmcgovern.bsky.social joined civil society organizations in calling for the release of Ruth López. #FreeRuth #PublicTrialForRuth #HumanRights #ElSalvador

Ruth Lopez has been arbitrarily detained for over a year for exposing the corruption and abuses of the Bukele regime. On behalf of @humanrightsfirst.org, I joined civil society organizations at the US Capitol this week to demand her release and send the message that she is not forgotten. #FreeRuth

Cristosal@cristosal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📍 Outside the U.S. Capitol, @kerrykennedy.bsky.social and @repmcgovern.bsky.social joined civil society organizations in calling for the release of Ruth López. #FreeRuth #PublicTrialForRuth #HumanRights #ElSalvador

The Kennedy Center’s general counsel ordered staff on Thursday to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the building by June 12, according to a memo obtained by CNN, in order to comply with a recent court order. https://cnn.it/4uTzYkk

PEN America called the sentence “disgraceful”. Ahmed Douma’s “case embodies part of an escalating crackdown on writers in Egypt, where poems and articles are routinely weaponised as courtroom evidence,” said Asma Laouira, Senior Research & Advocacy Manager. bsky.app/profile/then...

The New Arab@thenewarab.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The sentence comes after the former political prisoner was freed by a presidential pardon in August 2023, following nearly a decade spent behind bars. Ahmed Douma was arrested again in April this year after publishing an article on prison conditions in Egypt