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Jessica Wolfendale

@jessicawolfendale.bsky.social

Professor of Philosophy at Case Western Reserve University. Writes on torture, terrorism, war crimes, security. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/american-torture-and-american-terrorism-9780197653432?cc=us&lang=en&

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Jessica Wolfendale@jessicawolfendale.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Trump's weaponization of "terrorism" hides the administration's own uses of terror and reveals the threat of arbitrary power. Sharing this op ed I wrote for ABC Religion & Ethics www.abc.net.au/religion/jes...

Trump’s weaponisation of the term ‘terrorism’ and the threat of arbitrary power - ABC Religion & Ethics

The Trump administration’s expansive and misleading use of ‘terrorism’ is not just a problem of terminology: rather, it reveals the administration’s blatant disregard of, and even contempt for, extern...

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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6mo ago

They started a war of choice for absolutely no reason, with no real strategy and no real preparation, and the end result will be a global situation that is, in every single way, worse than what it was when they started.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Amazing. But it seems that the US is *assuming* that Iran will emerge from the war vastly stronger. able to either dictate or seriously contest sovereignty over the strait, exact tolls, etc.

Max Berger@maxberger.bsky.social · 6mo ago

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.

Oona Hathaway@oonahathaway.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I spoke with @NPR about the U.S. strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed at least 165 civilians: "At every level, civilian protection has been deprioritized . . . A modern army has to fight according to the law, and the law requires that you protect civilians." www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

Pentagon probe points to U.S. missile hitting Iranian school

A military assessment suggests a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile was responsible for at least 165 deaths at an Iranian girls' school, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly...

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Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 9mo ago

The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.

Laurence H. Tribe@tribelaw.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders. What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Former US military lawyers speak out: "The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both." Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes 1/2

• If the U.S. military operation to interdict and destroy suspected narcotraFicking vessels is a “non-international armed conflict,” as the Trump Administration suggests, orders to “kill everybody,” which can reasonably be regarded as an order to give “no quarter,” and to “double-tap” a target in order to kill survivors, are clearly illegal under international law. In short, they are war crimes. • If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder.BildHighlighted sentence at the end of the document reads: Again, the bottom line is that, since orders to kill survivors of an attack at sea are “patently illegal,” anyone who issues or follows such orders can and should be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Trump regime is lying, again, so they can terrorize immigrant communities with impunity. We must never forget the cruelty this administration has inflicted. https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges

“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime

Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little eviden

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Jessica Wolfendale@jessicawolfendale.bsky.social · 10mo ago

How do states keep getting away with war crimes? Check out my new paper with @ncrenic.bsky.social and Christopher Elliot on apologist narratives for war crimes - and it's open access! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Dirty hands, savage enemies, and bad apples: A taxonomy of war crimes apologia | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core

Dirty hands, savage enemies, and bad apples: A taxonomy of war crimes apologia

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Philip Gourevitch@pgourevitch.bsky.social · 2y ago

What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

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

Medicaid didn't go offline because it was too "woke." School lunch programs weren't put at risk because of immigrants. Funding for cancer research wasn't on the chopping block because of trans people. All of this (and more) was jeopardized because of one person: Donald Trump.

Tom Dannenbaum@tomdannenbaum.bsky.social · 2y ago

Airwars on the first 25 days of Gaza “By almost every metric, the harm to civilians from the first month of the Israeli campaign in Gaza is incomparable with any 21st century air campaign. It is by far the most intense, destructive, and fatal conflict for civilians that Airwars has ever documented.”

By almost every metric, the harm to civilians from the first month of the Israeli campaign in Gaza is incomparable with any 21st century air campaign. It is by far the most intense, destructive, and fatal conflict for civilians that Airwars has ever documented.At least 5,139 civilians were killed in Gaza in 25 days in October 2023. This is nearly four times more civilians reported killed in a single month than in any conflict Airwars has documented since it was established in 2014. In October 2023 alone, Airwars documented at least 65 incidents in which a minimum of 20 civilians were killed in a particular incident. This is nearly triple the number of such high-fatality incidents that Airwars has documented within any comparable timeframe.Over the course of 25 days, Airwars recorded a minimum of 1,900 children killed by Israeli military action in Gaza. This is nearly seven times higher than even the most deadly month for children previously recorded by Airwars. Families were killed together in unprecedented numbers, and in their homes. More than nine out of ten women and children were killed in residential buildings. In more than 95 percent of all cases where a woman was killed, at least one child was also killed. On average, when civilians were killed alongside family members, at least 15 family members were killed. This is higher than any other conflict documented by Airwars.
Airwars@airwars.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEW: How does the scale of harm in Gaza compare to other conflicts? Our new report presents a unique analysis of where and how thousands of civilians were killed in the first 25 days in Gaza - and how these patterns are unprecedented in modern warfare. gaza-patterns-harm.airwars.org

Amnesty International UK@amnestyuk.bsky.social · 2y ago

To establish genocidal intent, Amnesty examined Israel’s overall pattern of conduct in Gaza, analysed racist, dehumanising and genocidal statements by senior Israeli officials and considered the context of Israel’s apartheid system, unlawful occupation & inhumane blockade