Once again, to the Military Brass:
1. DO YOU SEE HOW QUICK THEY WILL THROW YOU UNDER THE BUS AND DESTROY YOUR CAREER?
2. THIS IS WHY YOU DON’T FOLLOW ILLEGAL ORDERS.
Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) posted at 8:57 AM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
NEW: Admiral Frank Bradley arrives on Capitol Hill for a classified briefing on the “double tap” boat strike, where US forces hit a target once, then hit survivors and vessels again as they tried to flee.He’s the one Trump and Hegseth are trying to throw under the bus to save their own asses.
https://t.co/KYJfx0BQ3Q
(https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/1996594781930303814?t=roWjD_uUprDqnmAuGx8irw&s=03)
Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) posted at 7:08 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
Admiral Bradley took 41 minutes to decide whether to kill civilians hanging onto a disabled vessel.A crime against humanity.
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers https://t.co/yIQhtViOke
(https://x.com/AnthonyMKreis/status/1996748600294932582?t=V8ELW22obKGtyK9QRLV1ow&s=03)
Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 1:52 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
NEWS –> Tons of fresh detail on what video of strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren’t visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.“It’s bad,” Smith says.
Read:
https://t.co/1KAEHXVqzA
(https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1996669060080074829?t=rAG6GfkIClZQpNq3WpFCKw&s=03)Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 2:04 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
“It looks like two classically shipwrecked people,” Rep Adam Smith told me, calling it “highly questionable decision that these two people on that obviously incapacitated vessel were still in any kind of fight.”Details on what the video revealed here:
https://t.co/1KAEHXVqzA https://t.co/2GzOVCMGBs
(https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1996672036811255947?t=PjMoabwO1ybeiG9eI7S5Hg&s=03)Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 2:12 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
Hegseth’s “fog of war” claim is nonsense, if this account of what video shows is correct: The two men were visible.Tom Cotton’s claims also in doubt: Rep Smith says drugs not visible. The decision that the men were still in the fight looks very shaky:
https://t.co/1KAEHXVqzA https://t.co/ZfnxrOsZ7k
(https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1996674006016049583?t=3i0oc-En5tTU06tuncUmiQ&s=03)Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 2:20 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
Lawmakers pressed officials on releasing video, and the officials said it isn’t their call. And they have no recording of radio traffic from the men, Rep Smith says.Video + legal memo on broader strikes should be released. This should increase pressure:
https://t.co/1KAEHXVqzA https://t.co/u8Yw25xSbV
(https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1996675978194526441?t=0HhaQBTdsgVQ5qJzAfrEsQ&s=03)
BMB Empower Network (@BmbEmpower) posted at 0:49 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
#PeteHegseth confronted Admiral Alvin Holsey regarding the admiral’s refusal to execute fishing boat attacks in the #Caribbean.
Admiral Holsey voiced his worries about potential civilian casualties. In response, Hegseth reminded the admiral of his sworn obligations. Admiral Holsey made it clear to Hegseth that he would not follow an unlawful order after dedicating forty years to the #USNavy.
In reaction to the admiral’s position, Hegseth threatened to remove Holsey from his command. The discussion escalated and was abruptly concluded.
Shortly after, within fifteen minutes, Pete Hegseth received a resignation letter from Admiral Alvin Holsey.
Recently, members of #Congress have approached Admiral Holsey, asking him to provide testimony regarding the circumstances of his resignation.
Admiral Holsey possesses evidence. He has agreed to testify.
Admiral Holsey Naval Aviator’s Badge:
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Meritwith four award stars
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with award star
Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with three award stars
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Navy E Ribbon, 1st award
National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal
Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with three bronze service stars
Navy Pistol Marksmanship Ribbon
Command at Sea insignia
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge
https://t.co/YsC4FDfGTH
(https://x.com/BmbEmpower/status/1996653101865177213?t=TF8n0CuzkHtV0SaHcYh9qg&s=03)
He knew which way was up and wasn’t about to let them put the blame for ILLEGAL ORDERS ON HIM.
Charles Micheaux (@CharlesMicheaux) posted at 6:23 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
“I cannot in good conscience, authorize or execute orders that risk innocent lives and compromise the principles I swore to.”–Admiral Alvin Holsey ✨Duty.
Honor.
Country.
(https://x.com/CharlesMicheaux/status/1996737102168363308?t=iFK9uGPsAg_gJaBlP2J5jg&s=03)
Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) posted at 9:27 AM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
BREAKING: US Senator Jeff Merkley, moments ago:
“If this was a legal action of war, then it would be a war crime. If it was not, it was a murder. In either case, again, the right way to find out if there are drugs onboard a boat, is you stop the boat, you board it, you investigate it and in the process you learn about the strategies involved which gives you information to dismantle a broad operation.”
https://t.co/rghKip4LSc
(https://x.com/EdKrassen/status/1996602312215740874?t=8tyLTRJTomKg9Gaf73rFSA&s=03)
Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) posted at 9:59 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
.@SenDuckworth, a retired U.S. Army pilot, says new CNN reporting that the admiral overseeing the secondary strike on a boat on September 2 briefed lawmakers that the survivors did not radio for backup “tells you the Defense Department has been lying to everybody” for months. https://t.co/64K9dbUp4y
(https://x.com/AC360/status/1996791534365155609?t=U-jRF-_vUDhA6ES-flQyBw&s=03)
Deuce A. Rooni (@deucearooni) posted at 2:18 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
Drugs or no drugs, drug trafficking is not a capital crime. Arrest them. Give them their day in court. Proceed from there. Extrajudicial killing is not the answer. On our best day, we struggle to operate from the moral high ground. This is disastrous.
(https://x.com/deucearooni/status/1996675434264908217?t=f7pKBFlwjJrYf__xx40NBA&s=03)
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 9:22 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he’s willing to take lives to get off on that power. https://t.co/8a0zlgOEBd
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1996782107864216028?t=7nx4yVrbWs_LZCV1-xictQ&s=03)
Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 9:29 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
Hall: He’s a total buffoon. And it begs the question, how is he still in this role?Blow: These people are not qualified for these jobs, but they still get to hold them. That is the hypocrisy of the entire anti-woke Republican position. And you guys can never defend that. You put person after person in these jobs who do not deserve to be there. They’re failures.
https://t.co/pUwnXhypng
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1996783988560875930?t=nuEPrVLo5YubIz4FNKEIRg&s=03)
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@ReichlinMelnick) posted at 10:15 AM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
The video sounds quite bad. If you have two injured people on a disabled boat, even if you accept the premise behind the initial strikes (which I do not), it is wrong to just straight-up kill them.Remember, the U.S. was nearby and could have *easily* just arrested them.
(https://x.com/ReichlinMelnick/status/1996614314434630098?t=rTKXZ-1xN6Ju3TsjC0tb3A&s=03)
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) posted at 1:23 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
Himes: “What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service … any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors.” https://t.co/vkOZL6flIC
(https://x.com/atrupar/status/1996661724930257114?t=T9dPdGxrRcQ57GgN60bgRQ&s=03)
Julian E. Barnes (@julianbarnes) posted at 4:46 PM on Wed, Dec 03, 2025:
New: Before the strike, Hegseth approved various JSOC plans and scenarios for the first Caribbean boat strike that were approved by Hegseth. @helenecooper @charlie_savage and co. https://t.co/od52y4i0lv
(https://x.com/julianbarnes/status/1996350344054571299?t=oePkolh33fQ8im9WNaNj6A&s=03)
Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) posted at 6:48 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
🚨🚨🚨This collapses the one ‘argument’ Hegseth had against it being war crime:“Two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat .. DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE RADIO OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES, the top military official overseeing the strike told lawmakers.”
1/ https://t.co/IDw5iceJZT
(https://x.com/rgoodlaw/status/1996743412868108721?t=qGYjYg8yaC2dUfmHGZ1Mqw&s=03)
Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) posted at 6:53 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
2/ Secretary Hegseth bears ultimate responsibility as the designated Target Engagement Authority.And recall how many times he has said Admiral Bradley acted within the authority Hegseth gave him, and that Bradley made “the correct” decision.
https://t.co/bgJZScSHg4
(https://x.com/rgoodlaw/status/1996744679165960479?t=GyhPACD_9cVuu_MTg30onA&s=03)
Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) posted at 6:57 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
3/ It looks like DoD officials previously made false statements to Congress:“As far back as September, defense officials have been quietly pushing back on criticism that killing the two survivors amounted to a war crime by arguing, in part, that they were legitimate targets https://t.co/3xHFxAoly7
(https://x.com/rgoodlaw/status/1996745782347591864?t=qL-0jagwTHt4D5Koa3K36g&s=03)Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) posted at 8:59 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
4/ More from NYT:“But the video did not show any radios or satellite phones, according to the people familiar with the briefings, and a surveillance plane apparently did not spot any nearby boat.”
https://t.co/symeCajVNE
(https://x.com/rgoodlaw/status/1996776456740106270?t=N6mM6v4tHIdOD23409X7kQ&s=03)Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 8:35 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
Collins: CNN has exclusive reporting tonight from sources with direct knowledge of those briefings that the admiral told them that the two survivors in the water did not appear to have radio or other communications devices. https://t.co/DFLerUOL8O
(https://x.com/Acyn/status/1996770350777126975?t=rmcmPsn5aIMbC_Qk-ERKdQ&s=03)AND, why the strikes in the first place?
Mike Levin (@MikeLevin) posted at 8:32 AM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025:
The Trump Administration says its recent military strikes near Venezuela are about stopping drug traffickers, but what’s really driving this?Reporting shows Venezuela isn’t a major source of drugs entering our country. The White House has used a level of force that looks nothing like a normal counter-drug mission. So what’s actually going on?
Here’s a big hint.
Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the entire world.
Even though its industry has collapsed under Maduro, its exports have started rising again, which makes the country a huge player in global energy politics.
Some of our officials have floated the idea of opening Venezuela’s oil sector to Western companies if there’s a change in leadership.
Add Trump’s long history of saying the U.S. should “take the oil” in other countries, and the drug story looks more like a convenient mask. Many now believe the real aim is to weaken or remove Maduro and reshape control of a massive oil reserve.
No matter your politics, the bottom line is the same.
Military force should never be justified with a story that falls apart the moment you check the facts.
(https://x.com/MikeLevin/status/1996588439811002430?t=axHrUhaTBucsyQr6vm9FqA&s=03)
Brian Allen
@allenanalysis
NEWS: The attempted hostile takeover of Warner Bros. by Paramount is reportedly being backed by Jared Kushner and Saudi money.
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DeVory Darkins
@devorydarkins
BREAKING: Justice Kavanaugh appears to support the Trump administration’s case to extend Presidential powers.
Kavanaugh: “Independent agencies are not accountable to the people. They’re not elected as Congress and the President are, and are exercising massive power over individual liberty and billion dollar industries, whether it’s the FCC or the FTC.”
https://x.com/devorydarkins/status/1998118447570677946?s=20
Just going to remind folks….
A safe Republican District is now R+13
R+13
We just need to run good Democrats FOR THE SPECIFIC DISTRICTS AND LET THEM RUN THEIR RACE.
R+13
🤔🤔🤔
I like our odds.
Democracy Docket
@DemocracyDocket
NEW: The South Carolina NAACP and three voters sued state election officials, arguing that several state laws restricting who can give and receive voting assistance violate Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act. They seek to block the restrictions.
https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/1998079398927302863?s=20
LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻
@LongTimeHistory
ICE detain undergrad—point guns at witnesses including other students & staff.
Agents admit they did not have warrant to be on university property—when confronted by school administrators.
“I don’t know if I feel safe here,” said student. “If they can bust in, just take whoever they want without a signed warrant signed by a judge, that’s worrisome.”
The incident occurred outside a residence hall at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. #DemsUnited
https://x.com/LongTimeHistory/status/1998015997224046683?s=20
Not a Drag Queen
Chicano Marine 🇲🇽🇺🇸💙
@elchicanomarine
“Gateway Church founder Robert Morris was handcuffed and escorted out of the Osage County District Court in Oklahoma on Thursday after pleading guilty to five counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child.”
His church has been closely tied to high-profile Republican figures, including Donald Trump and former Texas Governor Rick Perry.
https://x.com/elchicanomarine/status/1997788073753723165?s=20
Tim
@trouble_man90
Biden’s presidency was killed for far, FAR, less than this, yet trump is allowed to just chug along like nothing’s wrong. Why?? Why?? It’s not even just a double standard, trump is held to no standard at all whatsoever. Why?
https://x.com/trouble_man90/status/1997898435010212227?s=20
Brian Allen
@allenanalysis
Sen. Chris Murphy just exposed what Trump is calling a “peace plan” for Ukraine and it’s not a peace plan at all. It’s a business deal for Trump’s billionaire friends.
Putin didn’t send diplomats.
He sent the head of his sovereign wealth fund to meet Trump insiders in Miami, with Jared Kushner in the room.
Their pitch: lift sanctions, end the war, and open the door to massive Russian gas projects that Trump’s donors can cash in on.
Ukraine gets nothing.
Russia gets territory.
Trump’s circle gets rich.
https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/1998070379395383481?s=20
Suzie rizzio
@Suzierizzo1
The way Immigrants were being detained at Court Houses as they showed up for their scheduled hearings was because DHS changed the rules quietly so nobody knew!People that thought they were here legally no longer were & were detained & deported! A judge ruled this Unconstitutional
https://x.com/Suzierizzo1/status/1997963038352138608?s=20
Scott Hechinger
@ScottHech
One of the most surprising, cruelest things about U.S. immigration is there’s no recognized right to counsel. Immigrants — including children – must face government trained lawyers alone.
There was a program to at least help children facing deportation. Trump ended it.
https://x.com/ScottHech/status/1998084122976358873?s=20
Bill Kristol
@BillKristol
“There’s a race to get an astronomical amount of money out the door [in DHS] before Democrats take over the House. They’re hiring ICE agents, juicing contracts for the social media snuff films they’re doing, building private prisons.”
https://x.com/BillKristol/status/1998009483436433768?s=20
ProPublica
@propublica
New: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them. They finally got their wish.
https://x.com/propublica/status/1997971953202671888?s=20
Mark Warner
@MarkWarner
Unbelievable – House Republicans just killed our broadly bipartisan housing affordability bill, which would have been a great first step towards lowering skyrocketing rents & mortgages.
Republicans are actively torpedoing progress towards lowering your rent.
12:05 PM · Dec 8, 2025
https://x.com/MarkWarner/status/1998091627467026697?s=20
Johnny Loveless
@JohnnyLoveless
The relationship MAGA has with Trump is no longer based on value he can add to their lives.
He isn’t doing anything whatsoever that adds value to the life of any American.
Nothing is more affordable or prosperous on any metric.
No, MAGA’s relationship with Trump is now solely based on the license he gives them to be openly hateful, cruel to their perceived enemies, subjugate disenfranchised minorites, and engage in normalized bigotry.
And for them, even if they’re starving or sick, that’s enough.
3:27 PM · Dec 7, 2025
https://x.com/JohnnyLoveless/status/1997780091204432246?s=20
i Expose Racists & Pedos
@SeeRacists
‼️VIRAL VIDEO: Black San Francisco Environment (SFE) worker bravely records shocking harassment by a white man in a trailer park—who falsely accuses him of “burglaries” in the neighborhood, follows him aggressively and nearly runs him over!
📍San Francisco, CA
The worker, on duty promoting city sustainability efforts, faced unprovoked racist fury: the driver yelled racial slurs, blocked his path, and revved his engine inches from him, forcing him to dodge for safety. “I’m just doing my job—why target me?” he pleads in the clip, highlighting the fear of everyday bias.
UPDATE: Suspect identified as 52-year-old local resident Mark Harlan Thompson.
SFPD confirms investigation into racial motivation.
America, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!!
https://x.com/SeeRacists/status/1998034952881840247?s=20
Terry Lee Watkins Jr. 王瑞民💜💙
@TerryWatkinsJr1
Jasmine Crocket isnt a “bad candidate” you are just racist.
You cannot rely on our votes, but then attack, malign, and abuse us whenever we run for office or maintain positions of leadership.
Whether you’re an old Blue dog or a useless left populist…watch your mouth.
9:41 AM · Dec 8, 2025
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Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.
“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”
Dec 7, 2025, 9:15 AM
Kevin M. Kruse
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Republicans use the “I’m not familiar with that” dodge several times a day now, and if a reporters or anchor isn’t ready and willing to shut them down as soon as they try it, that means they’re either incompetent at their job or a willing accomplice to the lies.
Either way, never trust them again.
Brian Stelter
@brianstelter
Trump blasting Paramount right now because “60 Minutes” aired an interview with MTG: “THEY ARE NO BETTER THAN THE OLD OWNERSHIP, who just paid me millions of Dollars for FAKE REPORTING about your favorite President, ME! Since they bought it, 60 Minutes has actually gotten WORSE!”
8:35 AM · Dec 8, 2025
https://x.com/brianstelter/status/1998038817388028336?s=20
No Dear.
Elections have consequences.
You are having the day you voted for.
But, at least you are semi-acknowledging that this wouldn’t be happening if you have just voted for the Black Lady.
Ronald Brownstein
@RonBrownstein
Mayor of heavily Arab-American Michigan city asserts Dems aren’t doing enough to protect his community from Trump immigration enforcement-after MI Arab-American voters shifted sharply to Trump in 24 to protest Biden over Gaza. They directly empowered this.
https://x.com/RonBrownstein/status/1998052813159763978?s=20
cary lawyerguy
@scarylawyerguy
Dearborn voters were very clear that they were punishing Harris. Indeed, they bragged about it after the election ended. Elections have consequences, folks. If you can’t accept that, make better decisions!
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊