When there are no consequences, murderers just keep killing

#US strikes another boat in the Eastern #Pacific, killing 4, amid escalating questions about its purported “counter-drug” offensive [ #oil acquisition / US #supremacy of the Americas]

#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/politics/us-strike-eastern-pacific-drug-boat

"It’s no wonder in such a world [the ideological world Republicans have made for themselves] that a man like Hegseth could rise to his current position, sustained and protected by cowardice and lies."

~ Michael Tomasky

#Trump #morality #ethics #corruption #JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #EconomicElites #SuperRich #racism #xenophobia #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #WarCrimes #murder
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"And it’s no wonder that he’s ordering the clearly illegal targeting of vessels and making allegations about them without offering any evidence. This is exactly where the moral rot that has consumed the Republican Party in this century was bound to land us."

#Trump #morality #ethics #corruption #JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #EconomicElites #SuperRich #racism #xenophobia #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #WarCrimes #murder
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"It’s no wonder in such a world [the ideological world Republicans have made for themselves] that a man like Hegseth could rise to his current position, sustained and protected by cowardice and lies."

~ Michael Tomasky

#Trump #morality #ethics #corruption #JohnRoberts #SupremeCourt #EconomicElites #SuperRich #racism #xenophobia #WhiteSupremacy #misogyny #WarCrimes #murder
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The fact Americans appear to be accepting that their government can commit war crimes with impunity should be a clarion call.

When the fuck will you all wake up???

#WarCrimes #Hegseth #murder #ImpeachPeteHegseth #StopAuthoritarianism
#WakeTheFuckUp

The fact Americans appear to be accepting that their government can commit war crimes with impunity should be a clarion call.

When the fuck will you all wake up???

#WarCrimes #Hegseth #murder #ImpeachPeteHegseth #StopAuthoritarianism
#WakeTheFuckUp

At least 87 people have now been murdered in strikes on 23 *suspected* drug boats as part of a campaign, dubbed Operation Southern Spear, that the #Trump admin has claimed is aimed at curtailing narcotics trafficking [but is really about #oil & US #supremacy].

#Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #InternationalLaw

Alongside the post is a 21-second-long #SnuffFilm showing the boat being struck.

Thursday’s strike comes as the #Pentagon is facing bipartisan criticism over a September attack on an *alleged* drug vessel in which the #military fired follow-up strikes, killing surviving crew members.

#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #InternationalLaw

When there are no consequences, murderers just keep killing

#US strikes another boat in the Eastern #Pacific, killing 4, amid escalating questions about its purported “counter-drug” offensive [ #oil acquisition / US #supremacy of the Americas]

#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/politics/us-strike-eastern-pacific-drug-boat

"Hegseth has chosen the wrong man to pick on with his threat to court martial Senator Mark Kelly. The person who should be brought back into uniformed service to face a court martial is Hegseth himself."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #Hegseth #MarkKelly #WarCrimes #murder #Pentagon
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"Kingsley Wilson, Trump’s newly installed Pentagon press secretary, stepped to the microphone and declared that the boat strikes, including the follow-on strike that killed the survivors, were 'presidentially directed.' Her exact words were, 'The Secretary has been very clear in every statement that we’ve released about these strikes that they are presidentially directed."

#Trump #Hegseth #MarkKelly #WarCrimes #murder #Pentagon
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"What has unfolded this week is among the most chilling developments yet of this Trump regime. The White House, already under intense scrutiny for the deadly boat strikes off the coast of Venezuela, has now made a catastrophic admission. And it came directly from the podium of the Department of Defense."

~ Ben Meiselas

#Trump #Hegseth #MarkKelly #WarCrimes #murder #Pentagon
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Rep #JimHines continued, “But what I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel were killed by the United States.”

#Hegseth #Trump #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #Pentagon #Carribean #Venezuela #InternationalLaw

Rep #JimHines continued, “But what I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service. You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel were killed by the United States.”

#Hegseth #Trump #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #Pentagon #Carribean #Venezuela #InternationalLaw

Rep #JimHimes of Connecticut, the top #Democrat on the #House #Intelligence Cmte, commented after seeing a video of two boat strike #survivors in what he said was “clear distress” at the #classified morning briefing.

“Admiral Bradley has a storied career, & he has my respect &…the respect of all of us,” Himes said on CNN.

#Hegseth #Trump #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #Pentagon #Carribean #Venezuela #InternationalLaw

The details about the strike on alleged drug smugglers are crucial as lawmakers question #Hegseth’s leadership at the #Pentagon amid concerns about the legality of the strike on #survivors in the waters off the coast of #Venezuela.

#Trump #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #Carribean #Venezuela #InternationalLaw

Now we know why #Trump called them suckers & losers, it was if they thought they could serve under his reign without blowback.

#JointChiefs chair Gen #DanCaine & #scapegoat US #Navy Adm #FrankBradley at Hill briefing on boat strike

Bradley & Caine are in the secure area at the Capitol where top lawmakers are gathered for the closed-door #classified morning briefing

#Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #Carribean #Venezuela #InternationalLaw

"Hegseth has chosen the wrong man to pick on with his threat to court martial Senator Mark Kelly. The person who should be brought back into uniformed service to face a court martial is Hegseth himself."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#Trump #Hegseth #MarkKelly #WarCrimes #murder #Pentagon
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The details of the contingency planning could raise more questions about who was responsible for the second strike — the commander who ordered it or the defense secretary who approved the overall operation. Many critics, including some lawmakers, have said the follow-up attack could be a #WarCrime.

#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #InternationalLaw