Lethal force against a civilian vessel in international waters is a war crime if not in self-defense. If not in self-defense, only non-lethal actions, such as warning shots or disabling fire, are allowed. "Not yielding to pursuers" or "suspected of carrying drugs" doesn't carry a death sentence.
Same. I used to worry about friends who wouldn't protect themselves. Lesson. Learned. Let it rip. If they're too ignorant to save themselves, let them experience the consequences of their decisions.
Hakeem "Chamberlain" Jeffries it's time to retire.
Puerto Rico is not DC. Let PR residents decide. Stop using the island for your convenience.
Yep. Low turnout and even among those who participated: >200k blank or voided ballots. Additionally, they've never had a referendum on the 2 final options: statehood or independence. Please, PR residents should decide through a binding referendum of the 2 options.
A Cuban Sandwich
> @denverpost.com EDITORIAL BOARD: “The message the president is sending is clear — get on board with team Trump or he will try to hurt your state. . We hope this decision .. will help sway voters .. when Trump tries to retain office in just a few short years.” www.denverpost.com/2025/09/02/t...
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
That would be too orderly for these chaos agents.
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****If residents of PR want to become a state****. When are Dems going to understand that statehood can't be mandated! PR isn't as clearcut as DC.
Not enough people know this - and they should!
Aug 28-31 poll on birth control % who think that birth control is morally acceptable | unacceptable U.S. adult citizens 76% | 8% Men 74% | 9% Women 79% | 7% Democrats 86% | 4% Independents 72% | 11% Republicans 71% | 10% ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Bi...
Brazil puts its coup-plotter on trial. America put ours back in power. Bolsonaro’s in court for attacking democracy. Meanwhile, Trump’s in the Oval Office honoring a Jan 6 rioter with military honors...
Teens calling Idaho's suicide hotline are being told they can't proceed with the conversation without parental consent. Many of the callers are then hanging up. Idaho approved a strict parental consent law last year. idahocapitalsun.com/2025/08/29/i...
This Florida resident approves your message. Don't vacation in Florida until the rule of law is restored.
Welcome to Russia - the land of traditional values where women are handed out these pamphlets (Credit: Mykhailo Golub)
Donald Trump pretends to care about Medicare fraud, but then turns around and pardons a guy who ran a $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme.
Platner: “Fake remorse doesn’t hide the sellout to lobbyists. Empty opposition won’t reopen hospitals. Weak words won’t restore Roe v. Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.”
It's the most likely scenario.
Not a wrong answer! It is plausible in this timeline.
A mediocre "Last Lecture"
At this point, the only proof that he's capable of holding the presidency is to take unscreened questions live. Preferably while walking and talking to prove that he's in the best shape ever. Anything less than that is unacceptable.
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
Platner: Our taxpayer dollars can build schools and hospitals in America, not bombs to destroy them in Gaza.
Too late to provide answers. The only proof that he's capable of holding the presidency is to take unscreened questions live. Preferably walking and talking to prove that he's in his best shape ever. Anything less than that is unacceptable.
🔥 March on Billionaires Lane in the Hamptons — one of the densest concentrations of billionaires in the world. Oligarchs are hiding in their mansions as they bankroll attacks on us with fortunes they plundered from us. The working class is rising. ✊ #PeopleOverBillionaires #FightOligarchy
He put chalk on his shoes then walked on the Pulse Memorial crosswalk. Police arrested him. But the court said they had no cause and he was released. The man arrested is now considering suing the state of Florida citing first amendment right violations.
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🇺🇸 “La merma del turismo por temor a Trump seguirá golpeando a EE.UU. más allá del verano.
Someone is sending troops to Venezuela. Not sure how cognizant Trump is about troop movements at this point. Not that he cared about military lives before anyway. But 💯 agree that the contrast between the "emergency" DC occupation and the troop movement vs the golf vacation is striking.
Have a teenager in your life? In many places, you can pre-register a 16 or 17 year olds to vote when they turn 18. This is true in Florida. Check the rules with your local board of elections. More Labor Day homework: pre-register your teens to vote. 🗳️ registertovoteflorida.gov/home #registertovote
Sure grandpa. Now let's hear you say that live while walking in the heat around occupied DC.
I'm still waiting for the relentless onslaught of media demands for a press conference and calls to resign.
There's only one way to stop the rumors about Donald Trump's health: a press conference. Why won't he talk to the press, and why isn't the media doggedly demanding it?
Over 330 rural hospitals are at risk of closing or scaling back services due to Trump's Medicaid cuts.
If only there were a Nobel Prize for crimes against humanity, Trump would be a shoe-in.
Jesus fucking christ. The Trump administration tried to send a bunch of children to Guatemala at 3 am and justified it by saying that the kids just wanted to return to their parents in Guatemala, but the kids actually told the court that they are afraid of being sent back to Guatemala.
Must be Gruden’s favorite golf outfit since he wore it last week at Trump’s club in Virginia.
JB Pritzker uses the word "invasion" to describe what Trump has planned for my city, Chicago. And that's exactly what it would be – an autocratic government trying to crush our dissent because we oppose his corruption, cruelty and incompetence. It's what dictators do.
As Trump preps military occupations of Democratic-run cities, his history as a sex predator is relevant. Trump has a lot of experience forcing himself on people.
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years. CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years. But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures. Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious.
Who voted for war with Venezuela?
African media have quizzed FIFA president Gianni Infantino if people from the continent will be safe and welcome in the United States at the 2026 World Cup.
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#secondcivilwarletters are back
Image caring more about stopping a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting than stopping mass shootings. #Priorities
Last known picture of Queen Elizabeth for no particular reason.
The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
Reported
We won’t notice it at first Maybe an outbreak of cholera in southwest Kansas goes undetected Perhaps the number of flu related deaths ticks up just a bit each year But-ultimately, inexorably-the destruction of the CDC will lead to countless deaths All because of two men Trump and RFK, Jr
So not only do churches NOT have to pay taxes, they're going to get YOUR tax dollars to boot. This seems like oh, I don't know, government establishing a religion in violation of the First Amendment?
Warming up for when it eventually happens
Question: Why did US put big tariffs on India despite major national interest in cultivating a strategic counterweight to China and trying to isolate Russia? Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldn’t go along with the lie. (Seriously, that’s the answer)
Bernie in the Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
"January 6 survivor and former MPD Officer Michael Fanone launches a campaign demanding that federal officers remove their masks, advocating for transparency." Check out our new D.C. campaign demanding federal agents take off their mask! @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Guys nothing happened. However, CEOs are still trying to convince you that quiet quitting is worse than wage theft, while planning on replacing you with a robot and charge you for the robot’s rent Unions know better. Happy Labor Day Weekend.
Bluesky right now ...
In honor of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina: "Heck of a job you're doing, Donny."
Trump needs to post an unhinged, hateful all caps screed as proof of life
Soon but first it will be weekend at Bernie's.
Oh, well.
Bet you that was written by Miller.
Trump wasn't seen yesterday by the White House press pool. He wasn't seen today. He has no public events scheduled this weekend. Trump hasn't been seen in public since Weds, and it's unclear if he'll be seen in public until Tues. That's pretty damn weird.
The evils in my books are nothing compared to those in the world right now, and that breaks my heart
NEW: A federal judge ordered an Arkansas school district to take down Ten Commandments displays in its classrooms following our lawsuit.
Little kids are having to use their bodies to shield friends from gunfire while armed soldiers are busy picking up trash.
WHOOPSIE DOODLE
Exhibit 999 that JGo is delusional and a traitor to PR residents. Other than hiring ICE agents, the regime is not investing in anything anywhere.
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, who resigned from the CDC, revealed that RFK Jr. has NEVER been briefed by CDC experts on measles, flu, or Covid: “No one from my center has ever briefed him on any of those topics…He’s getting his information from somewhere”
Newsom: Perhaps the president could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi. Murder rate is out of control there. And the governor may want to make that phone call.
One thing that really hits you when you're directly affected by gun violence in schools is that there's nowhere to hide. Public, private, religious, whatever - unless you're going to homeschool your kids, we live in a world where they're at risk of something like this happening.
"If the Israeli plan comes to fruition, the entire population of the Gaza Strip would be crowded into about 19 percent of its territory." That includes areas "designated by the IDF as places where civilians would be in danger." Gift link ⤵️ www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Same. At least I would have a newer car.
I'm still waiting for my reimbursement for the 1st Women's March and for March for our Lives.
Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved earned sick time last November. Governor Mike Kehoe and Missouri Republicans signed away that right. Corporations won. Working Missourians lost.  This is an actual email forwarded to me from an employee of a company removing earned sick time.
JD Vance asking to be invited into a city feels really on the nose after Sinners
A couple of months ago, the Navy dishonored civil rights hero Harvey Milk by removing his name from a ship. Now, the Air Force is dishonoring itself by celebrating a domestic terrorist called Ashli Babbitt.
While Democratic voters overwhelmingly believe a genocide is ongoing in Gaza, or that America should stop sending military aid to Israel, their politicians are wildly out of line with them Read it for free here -> usapolling.substack.com/p/democrats-...
NPR described the purchase as recent too. Which surprises no one. We have seen this happen so many times. The solutions are clear.
What did Putin think of the Alaska summit? Well, he just sent drones and missiles to hit an apartment building, a shopping mall and the headquarters of the European Union in Kyiv. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/w...
Idk man maybe the reason for all the antidepressants is that we’re forced to live in a hellscape where know-nothing nepo babies get to set policy against all evidence & nothing is ever done to address the real things killing our children at schools, movie theaters, and malls? Just a theory.
ICE plans to 6x its current budget for immigrant transportation and deportations. The money offers a potential windfall for a few contractors and charter airlines — some with close ties to the Trump campaign. Yet the system is already under strain, with significant concerns for detainees' safety: 🧵
it's starting www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
It's a clear indicator of how Dear Leader appreciates their time and talents.
This reminds me of when the Soviets used to call out army units to help bring in the harvest @radiofreetom.bsky.social @markhertling.bsky.social
Couldn't happen to a more deserving person!
💔 clearly, a lack of prayers wasn't a factor today. Time for policy change.