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David Roberts@volts.wtf · 10h ago

The US periodically murders, without trial, people in boats that it has deemed to be involved in drug smuggling. Again: this is murder, plain and simple. There is no law, national or international, that can even pretend to justify it. The US has simply claimed the right to murder whoever it wants.

U.S. military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific

Trump has sought to justify the attacks by saying they stem the flow of drugs into the U.S., but critics have questioned the overall legality of the boat strikes as well as their effectiveness.

pbs.org

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 8h ago

I looked up the firm currently arguing for preschools' religious right to refuse to enroll kids w gay parents turns out it's the same firm that argued for a right to refuse to provide adoption services to gay couples, & to opt kids out of books w LGBTQ characters ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/st-ma...

Right-Wing Lawyers Keep Pushing a Constitutional Right to Discriminate Against LGBTQ People

This six-justice conservative supermajority keeps telling activists exactly what kinds of cases to bring next.

ballsandstrikes.org

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · yesterday

For several days I have been hearing rumors of an ICE detainee death that ICE was not reporting. I've just learned a local journalist has confirmed it and will publish soon. Now I read this and see there are actually TWO deaths ICE is not reporting. www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-detainee...

ICE detainee dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego

Private prison company CoreCivic confirmed that someone in its custody died on Oct. 24 in one of the housing units.

daylightsandiego.org

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterday

Raskin: "When historians look back on this miserable period of our history, they might say that the first problem was disregarding all those women who told us back in 2016 that they had been sexually harassed or assaulted by Donald Trump."

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 2d ago

The vile attacks on Amy Acton need to be seen in the context of a party that *needs* people to believe women fabricating sexual assaults is common as rainwater. Because it’s pretty much the only way to evade the conclusion that the president is a rapist.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d ago

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2d ago

Per a new report from House Democrats, Trump's DOJ is withholding evidence of his ties to Epstein and slow-walking the complete release of the Epstein files. It's time to end the cover-up and expose the truth. Remember this when you cast your ballot. www.ms.now/news/house-j...

House Judiciary Democrats release 50-page report on Trump’s alleged involvement in Epstein files

The report — issued just eight days before the election — makes multiple, uncorroborated allegations against the president while also detailing discrepancies in his statements about Epstein.

ms.now

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver@lastweektonight.com · 3d ago

This week’s main story is about how more and more white nationalists, antisemites, and Nazi sympathizers seem to be integrating into the Republican Party, how some of them are currently running for office, and how old you can be for JD Vance to consider you “a very young boy.”

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David Burbach 🇺🇸@dburbach.bsky.social · 3d ago

I will continue to use "artificial intelligence" in my personal capacity but yes I have been ordered to use "SUPER! Intelligence" in class discussions, syllabus materials, etc www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/mil...

A ‘super’ rebrand: Navy mandates dropping ‘artificial intelligence’

The U.S. Navy this week became one of the first services to mandate changing terminology from "artificial intelligence" to "super intelligence."

militarytimes.com

Francesca D'Annunzio@francescadnunz.bsky.social · 4d ago

Early this year, I visited Ingram, a TX town of ~1,900, to check out a tip. The area was starting to recover from its worst flood in a century. But as Latino workers drove to jobsites to help rebuild, the tipster said, a cop in a black Dodge Charger kept stopping them ... 🧵

Nick Lloyd@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 5d ago

This new electoral vídeo from Pedro Sánchez is quite something. Standing in front of Guernica defending the anti-war stance of his government, limiting military expenditure, denouncing the atrocity of Gaza. English subtitles.

Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 6d ago

Journalist Heidi Levine recounts Israeli settler attack and Palestinians’ daily fear - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/journalist-heidi-levine-recounts-israeli-settler-attack-and-palestinians

Journalist Heidi Levine recounts Israeli settler attack and Palestinians’ daily fear

<article data-history-node-id="449831" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/journalist-heidi-levine-recounts-israeli-settler-attack-and-palestinians" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/journalist-heidi-levine-recounts-israeli-settler-attack-and-palestinians" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Journalist Heidi Levine recounts Israeli settler attack and Palestinians’ daily fear</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Washington Post journalist Heidi Levine has described how Israeli settlers knocked her down, kicked her and struck her with sticks during an attack last week.</p> <p>Speaking to CNN on Thursday after leaving hospital in Israel, Levine said the experience had deepened her understanding of the violence Palestinians face.</p> <p>What hurt most, she said, was that she could now “really understand what others have gone through, what Palestinian women, children, men have gone through”.</p> <p>“I can’t imagine what it’s like for all the victims that have gone through the same ordeal and are living with the threat of this violence on a daily basis,” she said.</p> <p>Levine recounted the moments before the assault: “There was tear gas, there was gunfire. From what I understand, a man was shot; a Palestinian man was shot in the leg, and the settlers charged forward,” she told CNN.</p> <p>“I was thrown to the ground… They just kept kicking me and hitting me with sticks, and it just kept going on and on. And then I actually thought, okay, maybe I’ll just play dead and pretend I’m dead, and they’ll stop and they’ll leave me alone.”</p> <p>She said the attack had strengthened her “commitment to continue working to try to make a difference”.</p> </div> </div> </article>

middleeasteye.net

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 6d ago

Woah - boards of service in the Marines and the Navy are ignoring Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth's order to purge transgender troops from the military. "Navy and Marine Corps boards have voted to retain trans members in nine of 12 cases." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Military Boards Are Defying Orders and Letting Trans Troops Serve (Gift Article)

The service members at Navy and Marine Corps hearings are finding ways to keep trans troops in uniform.

nytimes.com

Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com · 2mo ago

I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.

I’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.

Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids.

transiticsnews.com

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 7d ago

Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

How the Consulting Class Is Eating the Democratic Party

Fundraising costs gobble up most of the funds raised. Billions are spent on TV ads that have virtually no impact. Candidates may win or lose—but the consulting class always wins.

newrepublic.com

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 7d ago

“Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest… After the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre – taking even the top soil with it – all that remains is a vast expanse of mud”

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

Company ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push

theguardian.com

Asia Russell@asia-ilse.bsky.social · 6d ago

Read this--Trump's policy of kidnapping people and removing them to third countries is torture, and builds in, on purpose, the torture of withholding health care: HIV treatment, insulin, cancer treatment +++ causing suffering and death. It's terrorism: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

'He'll die there.' Gravely ill detainees face deportation to Africa

About a dozen detainees with serious medical conditions and pending court cases were told they’ll be deported to Africa, according to Workers Circle.

usatoday.com

Ed@notdred.bsky.social · 6d ago

This is quite simply not going to work, and in the process of not working is going to reach absolutely horrific levels of animal cruelty

Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social · 6d ago

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 6d ago

The extent to which Israel is totally immune from any of the normal consequences which would be imposed onto almost any other state is hard to describe, and it is something which is true under both parties whenever they hold the Presidency. Here is just one example among many.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 6d ago

Internal State Department communications under the Biden administration referred to a US journalist as 'kidnapped' by the Israeli army, but no substantive effort was made to secure his release or punish Israel for unlawfully detaining him in one of its most notoriously abusive prisons.