Ron Cereola
@roncereola.bsky.social
Retired Attorney / JMU University Professor/ “60s teen”/ William O’ Douglas/ 420 / amateur musician / Rock & Roll “never forgets”. No Bio\No-Post=No Follow. No DM unless I know you.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1... Hegseth’s words, there are “serious consequences” for treason. “No-brainer,” Hegseth said. We know the #1 candidate.
The Real Harm of a Public Execution
It is hard to appreciate how awful this viewing experience will be, until you have it.
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www.cnbc.com/2026/10/09/t... Trading dollars & Ukrainian lives for votes. Miserable POS.
Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets
President Donald Trump has few options to reduce diesel prices given the destruction done to refineries by the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
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Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u... Of course, because he could be a potential defendant.
Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions (Gift Article)
U.S. officials announced the new, sweeping punishments just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize committee gave its annual honor to a former court judge.
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u... Regardless of your opinion of the death penalty. Live streaming an execution? How far and fast has this administration dragged the country into the depths of inhumanity?
Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says (Gift Article)
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... So military strategies are being considered based on how they might impact the midterm elections.
Trump Is Considering a Plan to Strike Iran Before the Midterms
Pentagon planners are weighing options, though no final decision has been made.
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Kennedy Plans Federal Vaccine Injury Initiative, Drawing Wary Eye From Experts www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u... Emblematic of the cancer that is this administration.
RFK Jr. Plans Vaccine Injury Initiative, Drawing Wary Eye From Experts
Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary’s effort will be grounded in science.
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www.cnn.com/2026/10/03/p... Just say I’m giving you money for your vote - we already know you’re a cheat and fraud so don’t bother with any pretext. 🖕
Trump to give $90 to senior citizens for Medicare premiums | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump said late Friday he will give around 20 million senior citizens $90 each to help pay for their Medicare Part B premiums, marking his latest effort to dole out funds to certain A...
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Tennessee Fails to Execute Woman After 2 Doses of Lethal Injection www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u... Per se “cruel and unusual”.
Tennessee Death Row Inmate Christa Pike Still Alive After Attempts to Execute Her, Lawyers Say (Gift Article)
Christa Pike was convicted of murdering a classmate in 1995. It was not clear what went wrong in the execution or what her current medical condition was.
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Court Pauses Execution of Tennessee’s Lone Woman on Death Row www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u... “….justice and the finality of …. execution compel the entry of a short stay of execution” The interest of justice compels abolishing the death penalty..full stop. Our justice system is not infallible.
Court Pauses Execution of Christa Pike, Tennessee’s Lone Woman on Death Row (Gift Article)
Christa Pike tortured and murdered a classmate in 1995. She had been set to die on Wednesday, the first woman executed in the state in 200 years.
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This Case Has Flown Under the Radar. It Won’t Stay There. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
Opinion | This Case Has Flown Under the Radar. It Won’t Stay There. (Gift Article)
This case has flown under the radar, but it won’t stay there.
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This Is What I Fear Most About A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/o... Humans are flawed - any system created by humans, regardless of its “efficiencies”, will to some degree inherit those flaws. Every advanced self replication will inherit some fruit of that poisonous tree.
Opinion | This Is What I Fear Most About A.I. (Gift Article)
Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West.
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A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportations www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/w...
A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportations (Gift Article)
Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.
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Two Conservative Justices Would Have Allowed Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Rules www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u... Bought.
Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito Would Have Allowed Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Rules (Gift Article)
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, called the challenge to the restrictions a “Hail Mary pass” that was unlikely to prevail because of the Postal Service’s broad authority...
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Russian Businessman Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Lavish Wedding After-Party www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
Russian Businessman With Putin Ties Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Party (Gift Article)
The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member.
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www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/t... Following his Covid plan - which resulted in thousands dying. Moron!
Trump says no need for more AI regulation, slams Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
The Trump administration has encouraged AI's rapid growth and the development of data centers as it seeks an insurmountable tech edge over China.
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