I don’t think it’s a good sign that a significant part of our country is celebrating the latest mass shooting because someone shot back.
Matt Rodier
@matthewrodier.bsky.social
Photojournalist primarily focused on the impact of conflict on civilians and political movements.
Matthew Cole is facing a federal suepoena for his reporting on this failed SEAL Team Six operation in North Korea. youtu.be/0jr-f31AD8U?...
Inside SEAL Team 6's Botched Raid in North Korea | Dave Philipps & Matthew Cole
YouTube video by The Team House
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The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe
The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.
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We studied this in law school. It’s called malicious prosecution, and gives rise to a civil claim by the person or persons targeted. IIRC it’s based on a preponderance of evidence and a lack of probable cause. There was no evidence of malfeasance, hence there was no probable cause.
Jon Collins@jcollins.bsky.social · 4d ago'Ms. Pirro blamed both the government’s vendor and the administration’s timetable, saying the pool’s poor state “was the result of a flawed installation by the contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, and the rush to complete the project..."' www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
I can't stress enough what a crisis this is. Trump's own intelligence agencies concluded that Iran attacked Minnesota's critical infrastructure and Trump is saying that it's Minnesota's own fault and denying it was Iran. The federal government won't defend blue states in a literal war.
U.S. Sees Iran as Likely Behind Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Systems (Gift Article)
Investigators cautioned that the assessment was preliminary. There were no indications that any water supply had been rendered unsafe to drink.
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My felony charges were dismissed last September. Today, despite affirming to the court that they would not do so (and 11th Circuit rules only permitting one extension), the United States moved for what is now its FOURTH extension to gain permission to actually file an appeal against that dismissal.
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under 18 U.S.C. § 3731. Indeed, in the first order, the court invited the United
States to “appeal this decision and postpone trial until the Eleventh Circuit
clarifies the law regarding the Wiretap Act interception offenses.” Doc. 217 at
316 (identifying this as one of “several potential paths forward for the
government”). After the entry of the second order, which clarified the scope of
the dismissal, Doc. 226, the United States timely filed a notice of appeal, Doc.
229.
2. The United States’ appeal cannot proceed further without the
Solicitor General’s authorization. The Solicitor General “[d]etermin[es]
whether, and to what extent, appeals will be taken by the Government . . . .” 28
C.F.R. § 0.20(b); Justice Manual § 2-1.000(a). The United States Attorney
must report each adverse, appealable decision to the responsible component of the
Department of Justice and must recommend whether the decision should be
appealed. Id. §§ 2.2.110, 2.2.111, 9-2.170. That component—the Criminal
Division, Appellate Section, in this case—then makes its own recommendation.
Id. § 9-2.170(6). Attorneys in the Office of the Solicitor General also make
recommendations to the Solicitor General, who decides whether to authorize the
appeal. 28 C.F.R. § 0.20(b); Justice Manual § 9-2.170(6). This process ensures that the United States pursues only those
relatively few appeals that the Solicitor General deems warranted.
3. The United States Attorney immediately reported this adverse
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decision to the Criminal Division, as required, and submitted his
recommendation. The Criminal Division has submitted its own
recommendation to the Solicitor General, and lawyers within the Solicitor
General’s Office also are weighing in, as required. As noted above, the
Solicitor General will decide whether this appeal should proceed.
4. We appreciate that this process has taken a long time. The legal
issues implicated by the district court’s Wiretap Act rulings are novel and
complex, as are the potential ramifications of the rulings for other cases and
other contexts. We are working diligently toward obtaining the Solicitor
General’s determination, including any parameters for our briefing on appeal,
if authorized. If it is not, we will immediately move to dismiss this appeal.
5. Mr. Burke—who is not detained—has had his conditions of
release modified to enable him to travel and to otherwise minimize the effect of
this appeal.
6. Mr. Burke objects to this requested extension and anticipates filing
a written objection to the requested extension.
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In 2026 so far, the Trump admin has bombed: —Iran—14,000+ strikes; 1 JSOC mission —Somalia—strikes on 66 days —Caribbean/E. Pacific—31 strikes —Iraq—strikes on 26+ days —Syria—strikes on 18 days —Arabian Sea—9 strikes —Nigeria—strikes on 3 days; 1 JSOC raid —Venezuela—strikes on 2 days; 1 JSOC raid
Wesley Morgan@wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 7mo agoYear-end tally of Trump admin combat actions in 2025: —Yemen—1,000+ strikes* —Somalia—140+ strikes, 1 ground raid** —Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids*** —Iran—3 B-2 strikes —Iraq—1 strike —Nigeria—1 set of TLAM strikes —Caribbean—11 strikes —Eastern Pacific—20 strikes —Venezuela—1 known CIA strike
Can't get over this amazing feat of engineering in Pittsburgh, where a new bridge was built next to the old one and then literally slid into place. AND it's opening early, which never happens with construction projects. www.axios.com/local/pittsb...
67 boat strikes 221 people killed EXCLUSIVE: Operation Southern Spear has not reduced the volume, availability, purity or price of cocaine arriving in the U.S., according to an internal DEA assessment and a closed-door Pentagon briefing for senators, and has made enforcement more difficult
67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.
The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.
washingtonpost.com
“No one in command could claim under the circumstances not to have known what was happening, even if they did not give orders to those under their control to do it.” David Schwendiman (my old boss from Bosnia war crimes prosecution days) citing a key element of command responsibility.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 2w agoUkrainian former POWs and civilians have recounted sexualized torture they suffered in Russian camps, as evidence grows that the practice has become a core tactic.
See the first and fourth bullet points of this list. Those are the points staunch prohibitionists ignore most, because if you examine their volumes you find it’s virtually impossible to stop the transnational shipment of narcotics without eliminating international trade.
Adam Isacson@adamisacson.com · 2w agoWhy has bombing 67 civilian boats failed to make a dent in US cocaine supplies? Maybe because "small boats on the high seas" is just one of a menu of options that nimble drug traffickers can choose from. See WOLA's new report on the boat strikes at www.wola.org/analysis/kil...
![Smuggling inside shipping containers aboard boats carrying licit cargo. No estimates exist for how many tons of cocaine are smuggled this way each year, because it is impossible to know what has gone undetected. However, large-scale container seizures have become more frequent in recent years, especially at European ports.[236]
Submarines and semi-submersible craft. These have larger payloads than small boats and are harder to detect. Authorities in Colombia and Ecuador periodically raid sites, often hidden in dense Pacific mangrove estuaries, where traffickers build these vessels.[237]
Small boats making short hops up the coasts of South and Central America. This is more time-consuming than using the open ocean and probably requires paying off more corrupt authorities along the way. However, it involves less time in international waters and is less vulnerable to interdiction, lethal or otherwise, from U.S. forces.
Overland transshipment, usually along road networks, perhaps combined with shorter maritime routes. Land routes are the principal vector for migrant smuggling, and drugs are harder to detect and easier to conceal than humans.
Riverine routes. Traffickers are particularly using the Orinoco and Amazon rivers, and their tributaries, to move cocaine to eastern areas of South America, closer to markets in Europe. The Defense Department’s Humire testified that, in response to the boat strikes, traffickers’ “movements shifted eastward through Venezuela and Guyana into Suriname.”[238]
Aerial routes. Smuggling via small aircraft appears to be less frequent than it was during the 20th century, as U.S.-backed “airbridge denial” programs in Colombia, Peru, Honduras, and elsewhere—which today rarely kill people aboard civilian planes—have made aircraft easier to detect and intercept at their destinations. Still, a significant portion of cocaine travels at least part of the way by air. During the 2010s, maps produced by SOUTHCOM estimated that aerial trafficking made u…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t5hgkoxrsxpe3wfisqfeymg5/bafkreigpmyec34kifhfilsd7ek5xd4prn6vbmnkrxo7x5hnj5s2pveqa5y)
FT Exclusive: The Trump administration has collected more than $13bn in revenues from Venezuelan oil sales this year, according to FT calculations, but has said almost nothing about what has happened to the money. ft.trib.al/PfzSSIx
Can’t help but think this type of headline will be so much more common in ten years, when all the young people currently getting addicted to gambling on apps will have access to corporate bank accounts.
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 2w agoSoCal attorney pleads guilty to embezzling $310,000 of clients' money to fund gambling habit
there's so much stuff happening that just doesn't bear explanation because it's too stupid for words and the underlying explanation for why it's happening is that the people doing it are very greedy and not very bright
“.. The funding crunch is already leading the Pentagon to limit training and maintenance that help maintain military readiness, according to four current and former officials ..” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
I often wonder what the world would look like if these people put half the energy and resources into preventing the material conditions necessary for the breakdown of societal function that they put into preparing for it.
George Pearkes@peark.es · 2w agoA lady who copped a producer credit on 'Modern Dads', 'The People's Couch', and 'Restaurant Startup' thinks she's going to be swamped by "a protest" on the way to In-N-Out, so she drives WHAT now?
If you're a current or former employee at CDC or FDA in a food safety role, I'm interested in speaking with you for a story for @wired.com. You can reach me securely at emullin.06 on Signal.
LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors announce they are seeking extradition of Tate brothers from US on rape, sex trafficking charges.
Incredibly disturbing report in the Portland @pressherald.com about David Brouillette, the ICE agent identified as fatally shooting Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero. This one is outside the paywall. www.pressherald.com/2026/07/17/s...
Second ex-wife seeks protection order against ICE agent who shot man in Biddeford
The woman sought emergency sole custody of her daughter with David Brouillette.
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Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.
WIRED@wired.com · 3w agoYesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.
The connection is cheap rent. Violent crime keeps the rent down so people can work less and make more art, and more great art gets made. There are much more beneficial ways to accomplish this end state, such as govt subsidies for arts and humanities, as seen in places like Ireland and Norway.
Rufus Hickok@rufus-hickok.bsky.social · 3w agoIs it possible that the cultural vibrancy of late 70s/early 80s NYC had no real causal connection to the crime rate, such that it's possible to have an opinion on the one thing that doesn't imply a particular opinion on the other?
Brazen. RTS: Trump Media & Technology Group has unveiled a paid, licensed data feed that will give banks and trading firms "the fastest" access to posts from influential Truth Social accounts, such as President Donald Trump's, whose posts often move global markets www.reuters.com/technology/t...
Truth Social to sell banks 'fastest' access to Trump's posts
Trump Media & Technology Group has unveiled a paid-for, licensed data feed that will give banks and trading firms "the fastest" access to posts from influential Truth Social accounts, such as Presid...
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The U.S. military is going to administer exogenous testosterone to service members while dismantling the segments of our military that investigate war crimes.
Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · 3w agoUS defense secretary unveils plan that will work to ensure service members have the ‘right testosterone levels’
* MEXICO HAS FILED CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS WITH STATE PROSECUTORS IN U.S. OVER DEATHS OF CITIZENS IN IMMIGRATION CUSTODY -- STATEMENT * MEXICAN GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO SENT CEASE-AND-DESIST LETTERS TO U.S. DETENTION CENTERS WHERE NATIONALS HAVE DIED -- STATEMENT @reuters.com
We modeled this when I was studying policy in undergrad. It takes a shockingly small amount of resources to close the Strait. It would have been easy to keep it closed in 2005, long before the advent of the widespread use of drone technology and the force multiplier that technology represents.
Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social · 3w agoOpen for ship traffic—depending on risk tolerance for being hit by drones, missiles, mines, exploding boats, etc.
Trump has said: “We love our veterans. We are going to take good care of them.” Help me dig into the reality I'm particularly interested in hearing from current or recently former VA staffers, or, of course, vets getting care there. My Signal, cell, and email 👇🏻 www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Have You Been Affected by Changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? Tell Us About It.
Have you experienced setbacks in your care or benefits amid the changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? ProPublica wants to hear from you.
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"Four settlers were arrested after an attack on CNN and other journalists in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to Israeli Police." www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/m...
Four settlers arrested in attack on journalists, including CNN, in West Bank | CNN
Four settlers were arrested after an attack on CNN and other journalists in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to Israel Police.
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Thinking about Archbishop Desmond Tutu's statement that he would rather go to hell than a homophobic heaven
