The U.S. military killed four men aboard a boat in international waters near Venezuela, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Friday, in the first such strike since the Trump administration told Congress that the United States was engaged in a formal "armed conflict" with Latin American cartels. read more
The column, by editor at large Geoffrey Ingersoll, calls for "blood in the streets" in response to violence against conservatives. read more
President Donald Trump said the U.S. military on Monday again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela ... read more
Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was shot dead in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park on Friday after he "resisted arrest, attempted to flee the scene and dragged an ICE officer a significant distance with his car," the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement. read more
President Trump said that Intel has agreed to give the U.S. government a 10% stake in its business. Speaking with reporters on Friday, Mr. Trump said the deal came out of a meeting last week with Intel CEO Lip Bu Tan " which came days after the president called for Tan to resign over his past ties to China. "I said, I think it would be good having the United States as your partner," Mr. Trump said. "He agreed, and they've agreed to do it." read more
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(b) The JTTFs shall investigate potential Federal crimes relating to acts of recruiting or radicalizing persons for the purpose of:
(i) political violence, terrorism, or conspiracy against rights; or
(ii) the violent deprivation of any citizen's rights.
So, when ICE detains and deports a US citizen are they now terrorists? When a FCC commissioner threatens a media company's license over speech that he doesn't like is he now a terrorist? When the editor of a main stream publication explicitly advocates for violence, is he a terrorist?
"(c) The JTTFs shall also investigate:
(i) institutional and individual funders, and officers and employees of organizations, that are responsible for, sponsor, or otherwise aid and abet the principal actors engaging in the criminal conduct described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section; and"
WOW, this is a direct assault on individuals and entities that fund left wing organizations. The definition of who and what is a terrorist is incredibly vague.
"(ii) non-governmental organizations and American citizens residing abroad or with close ties to foreign governments, agents, citizens, foundations, or influence networks engaged in violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.) or money laundering by funding, creating, or supporting entities that engage in activities that support or encourage domestic terrorism."
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"(e) The JTTFs may, to the extent permitted by law, request operational assistance from and coordinate with law enforcement partners when investigating domestic terrorism."
Domestic terrorism IS NOT A THING
"(h) The Attorney General shall issue specific guidance that ensures domestic terrorism priorities include politically motivated terrorist acts such as organized doxing campaigns, swatting, rioting, looting, trespass, assault, destruction of property, threats of violence, and civil disorder. "
domestic terrorism is trespassing? WOW
I wonder why the January 6 insurrectionists aren't considered terrorists
"This guidance shall also include an identification of any behaviors, fact patterns, recurrent motivations, or other indicia common to organizations and entities that coordinate these acts in order to direct efforts to identify and prevent potential violent activity. "
So, thought crime, got it.
"(i) The Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary), in coordination with the Attorney General, shall make available all resources, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to identify and disrupt financial networks that fund domestic terrorism and political violence. '
So, you donate to a liberal organization who help organize a legal, lawful, peaceful protest. A rightwing provocateur vandalizes an ICE van. The organizers, the liberal organizers and those who provided donations are now subject to being considered terrorists
WOW!!!!!!!
"(j) The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (Commissioner) shall take action to ensure that no tax-exempt entities are directly or indirectly financing political violence or domestic terrorism. ''
IOW weaponize the IRS against -------- political enemies.
"(l) All Federal law enforcement agencies with investigative authority shall adopt strategies similar to those used to address violent crime and organized crime to disrupt and dismantle entire networks of criminal activity."
Disrupt, iow pre-crime.
This is totally ------ up
But, then again, I told you so
What BS nonsense. Who knows what those sailors were briefed on before they were ordered to blow up those boats. Quite a bit different than being deployed to US cities where they will face the truth of their actions in public with the public yelling in their faces. You do not know if they were Venezuelans or whom they were at all for that matter. You just saw some video and yet here you are acting like you were sitting in a boat ten feet away from them when they got whacked. Should the US military be blowing up boats out in the ocean? No. Should you believe anything coming from this administration? No.
#24 | Posted by Wildman62
Lots of obfuscation there.
Facts are facts
The Navy works under Rules of Engagement.
There is ZERO legal justification for blowing up a speed boat off the shores of Venezuela a thousand miles from America
None, nada, zilch.
Even assuming they were drug smugglers, drug smuggling is not a capital offense
And NO ONE up or down the chain of command has taken the OBVIOUS measure of saying NO I WILL NOT COMMIT MURDER
These officers and men should realize murder does not have a statute of limitations and ------- will not be in office for ever
Probably not likely but definitely possible that some future administration will want to hold these people accountable.
Could be sooner if, say, some photos emerge of blown up children floating the water, cause, you realize, that that is the logical response to what America is doing, right? Human shields I think is the term.
Oh and BTW, the NYTimes reported that in the first attack, the boat had turned around and was heading back to Venezuela before it was attacked MULTIPLE times by the US
So, logically, our sailors were strafing a derelict boat occupied by essentially unarmed individuals and certainly they were certainly shipwrecked.
that is a war crime and very close to what we prosecuted nazi submariners for.