Chris Duckworth

It’s nauseating.

U.S. Southern Command @Southcom on Twitter On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Six male narco-terrorists were killed during this action. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar

- 158 people killed in 188 days. Guilt for a non-capital crime unknown.
- 42 separate attacks.
- 27 in the Eastern Pacific. 13 in the Caribbean. 2 unspecified.
- 17 listed as at Donald Trump's orders. 16 at Pete Hegseth's orders. The last 9 at the orders of Southcom's Gen. Francis Donovan.

It’s too easy to go to war

Essential read: a statement from Cardinal Cupich. www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

This was an excellent episode, on a topic near and dear to my heart and my vocation.

But let’s be honest. Every episode of Amicus is excellent because @dahlialithwick.bsky.social and @mjsdc.bsky.social are so damn dedicated to the law and to the best of what this country can be.

BREAKING: The US has bombed Tehran’s main refinery and burning oil is now flooding down the streets into the city’s sewers.

This is a vision from hell, unleashed by the US tonight.

(🎥 Vahid Online)

To hell with all of them.

These are not serious people.

One thing I feel ought to be discussed more is the fact that basically all rural and suburban places in the US are subsidized by cities. They resent cities. They insult cities. They elect politicians who abuse cities. But none of them could survive without cities.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to widen the shipping channel leading into Port Everglades, blasting through a coral reef and dredging up sediment that could smother acres of coral, federal scientists say. https://wapo.st/4r7kRAU

I’m old enough to remember when a tan suit worn at a press conference caused the GOP to go bonkers.

So damn arrogant.

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

ESPN push alert ESPN President Donald Trump plans executive order that would "solve all of the problems" facing college sports now

oh ok

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.

I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

They know that many people in the US will accept the killing of civilians overseas but will draw the line at high gas prices.

Killing people is entertainment to the sociopaths in the White House. Decency demands that we resist this.

They love their socials. Lordy.

Karoline Leavitt just cited the Iran Hostage Crisis (1979) and the Beirut barracks bombings (1983) as evidence of the "threat" posed by Iran now, in 2026

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

Today’s “yellowcake”?

Sgt La David Johnson: soldier at the center of dispute over Trump remarks The 25-year-old South Florida native who was killed in Niger has been put in the spotlight after Trump reportedly made insensitive comments to his widow

Trump was raised in a family that disparaged military service. He thinks people “dumb” enough to serve have what’s coming to them. Remember what he told the widow of the soldier who was killed in Niger: “he knew what he signed up for”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017....

Hey is this good

Jonathan Karl: Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

“So successful”

"That's the way it is," says the five-time draft dodger to our military families who fear their loved one in uniform could be next.

What a disgrace.

I think if I'd gotten away with attempting a coup, suffered no consequences for it, then won an election four years later, got away with executing citizens in the streets and foreigners in boats, and successfully abducted a head of state, I too might think I could just bomb my way to regime change

there are a lot of people working in the government right now who want to intentionally trigger an apocalypse to create the conditions for the return of jesus christ and I know how crazy that sounds but its absolutely true

I like to distract myself from the terrifying political news by reading the ridiculous political news.

Then what happened?