WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR |
- "In April, he welcomed Witkoff to the St. Petersburg presidential library for another three-hour meeting with Putin. Witkoff took his own notes, relying on a Kremlin translator..."
Make Money Not War: Trump's Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
(Wall Street Journal)
- "In case you're wondering why Pete Hegseth is freaking out about a congressional video reminding the military not to participate in illegal orders:"
- "To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation."
(Garrett M. Graff shares Brandon Friedman sharing Ryan Goodman sharing the Washington Post report on Hegseth's orders to "kill them all")
- "Suddenly, the applause he gave on that red-carpeted airport tarmac makes a lot more sense. 🤡"
- "In days after Alaska, a European intel agency distributed a hard-copy report in an envelope to some of the continent's most senior national security officials, who were shocked by the contents: Inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the Trump admin had been pursuing with Russia."
(Carl Quintanilla shares Aaron Rupar's excerpting from the Wall Street Journal story about Trump looking for money opportunities in a Ukraine-Russia peace deal)
- "Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked.""
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- "Mark Kelly on the Trump/Hegseth boat strikes: "If orders are illegal, not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow them.""
(Ryan Goodman shares Aaron Rupar's video clip of Senator Mark Kelly on Meet the Press)
- "Let this be a reminder to all of us: Watch what Trump does, not what he says..."
On Canada and tariffs, watch what Trump does, not what he says —
A month after the president announced tariffs on our neighbors to the north, the White House has failed to follow through.
(MaddowBlog)
- "If FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi, eager to impress the White House, decide to pursue a subpoena, they could certainly try, but (a) there's no reason to assume this would work; (b) it'd likely produce some hilarious court filings ("Your honor, we believe these members of Congress hurt Trump's feelings by telling the truth"); and (c) there's no reason to comply with such madness in advance."
As the FBI eyes Democratic veterans in Congress, members have a decision to make
(MaddowBlog)
- "'History's eyes are on the Supreme Court,' she said.
'This court will have to decide, is it going to be the court that puts an end to American democracy as we know it'..."
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"With the Supreme Court's approval rating hovering near all-time lows, the justices may also want to consider the matter of public confidence and legitimacy. A very large majority of Americans support major Supreme Court reforms, and a recent Gallup poll found the highest percentage of Americans that it has ever measured who believe that the court is "too conservative" — a sizable, 43 percent plurality of respondents. The court could face a reckoning in the future if it fails to confront the challenges posed by Trump's power grabs."
(Politico)
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