Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

@makakilo.bsky.social

Just a guy sitting and thinking on a hill on Oahu.

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Listen to the latest episode of our podcast for more on why this killing campaign crosses into crimes against humanity territory To be clear: These operations have been unconscionable, illegal, & irrelevant to stopping fentanyl since the first strike last Sept. www.justsecurity.org/138206/just-...

justsecurity.orgThe Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part VTess Bridgeman and Rachel Goldbrenner are joined by Rebecca Ingber and Brian Finucane to examine escalating U.S. strikes on suspected drug traffickers.
Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

With Friday strike, over 200 people killed by US military in alleged drug boat strikes. Overwhelming consensus of experts, myself included, assess these to be murder because no armed conflict (and war crime if it were armed conflict). 200 killed also raises serious question: crime against humanity

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Trump lies that taxes on Social Security are “done.” There are no changes to the way Social Security benefits are taxed under the federal income tax law, and some seniors had to find that out the hard way this tax season.

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⚡️'May he perish,' — Zelensky voices Ukrainians' wish in his Christmas Eve address. "'May he perish,' each of us may think to ourselves," Zelensky said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "But when we turn to God, of course, we ask for something greater. We ask for peace for Ukraine."

kyivindependent.com'May he perish,' — Zelensky voices Ukrainians' wish in his Christmas Eve address"'May he perish,' each of us may think to ourselves," Zelensky said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "But when we turn to God, of course, we ask for something greater. We ask for peace ...

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Replying to @patriottakes.bsky.social

That's an odd posture of a man walking. Someone is on his right, possibly holding his arm. What's with the left wrist? And what's that thing around his neck/shoulders? It doesn't look like a collar on the jacket. Looks sorta like a "Mae West" inflatable life vest.

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Replying to @normative.bsky.social

Chapters in this charming book include "The Necessity of Eugenics" and "The Everlasting Truth About Race" (which is exactly what you think). Again, this is an official account of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This is who they're hiring. These are their "intellectual" influences.

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From the white supremacist book the official DHS account is referencing: "The point is to reveal organized Jewry as a world power entrenched in every country of the White man’s world, operating freely across every nation’s frontiers, and engaged in a ruthless war for the destruction of them all."

hannah gais@hannahgais.bsky.social

DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man? Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.

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"I spent past year and a half with The Lincoln Project... There, I learned some of the hard-line messaging tactics R's have used for decades to defeat Dems. R's know how to define opponents early, sharply, and relentlessly—exactly what Dems need to do." Must read: 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 bsky.app/profile/evel...

Evelyn Quartz@evelynquartz.bsky.social

The case for Democrats to start holding televised, primetime opposition hearings featuring civil servants fired by Trump & Musk, Americans hurt by baseless cuts, and scholars on authoritarian regimes. quartzevelyn.substack.com/p/the-urgent...

Democracy has been supplanted by kleptocracy. Let’s turbocharge the movement to overturn Citizens United by constitutional amendment. Obviously there can be no action taken on this in Congress until it flips but now is the time to prepare. www.citizen.org/article/by-t...

citizen.orgOverturning Citizens United: By The Numbers - Public CitizenIn the wake of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporations are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to buy access and…

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