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#TrumpRegime vows to ‘disable’ #InternationalCriminalCourt
The #regime has taken several actions that #InternationalLaw experts have said could eventually be #investigated, including during the #US #Israel war with #Iran, its strikes on alleged drug smuggling #boats in the #Caribbean & its #abduction of #Venezuelan leader #NicolasMaduro.
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#TrumpRegime vows to ‘disable’ #InternationalCriminalCourt
The #regime has taken several actions that #InternationalLaw experts have said could eventually be #investigated, including during the #US #Israel war with #Iran, its strikes on alleged drug smuggling #boats in the #Caribbean & its #abduction of #Venezuelan leader #NicolasMaduro.
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#TrumpRegime vows to ‘disable’ #InternationalCriminalCourt
The #regime has taken several actions that #InternationalLaw experts have said could eventually be #investigated, including during the #US #Israel war with #Iran, its strikes on alleged drug smuggling #boats in the #Caribbean & its #abduction of #Venezuelan leader #NicolasMaduro.
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#TrumpRegime vows to ‘disable’ #InternationalCriminalCourt
The #regime has taken several actions that #InternationalLaw experts have said could eventually be #investigated, including during the #US #Israel war with #Iran, its strikes on alleged drug smuggling #boats in the #Caribbean & its #abduction of #Venezuelan leader #NicolasMaduro.
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#TrumpRegime vows to ‘disable’ #InternationalCriminalCourt
The #regime has taken several actions that #InternationalLaw experts have said could eventually be #investigated, including during the #US #Israel war with #Iran, its strikes on alleged drug smuggling #boats in the #Caribbean & its #abduction of #Venezuelan leader #NicolasMaduro.
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Report From #Havanna: #Cuba Suffering but Unbroken | #KajsaEkisEkman
#NeutralityStudies #PascalLottaz #LatinAmerica #CentralAmerica #SouthAmerica #Caribbean #USA #Hegemony #MonroeDoctrine
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St. Vincent Flounder Eyes
A close-up shot of a flounder in St. Vincent reveals its ability to camouflage against the seafloor. The fish's eyes, positioned on one side, convey a sense of awareness, while its vibrant, iridescent appearance and detailed skin pattern highlight its unique features. Commonly, this is the peacock flounder.https://scubahanknyc.com/2026/06/25/st-vincent-flounder-eyes/
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Video - Cuban Doctors in Italy and Africa: A Documentary Screening With Belly of the Beast
https://peertube.world/w/j7Jay9jJJe27AhwspRSKy2
Duration - 5:49[a #video about #Cuba from the #news collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
BotB recently held a screening of two documentaries on Cuban #medical missions. One is focused on #Cuban #doctors deployed to #Calabria, #Italy, and another follows a brigade of #African students from #ELAM (Cuba's #LatinAmerican School of #Medicine), who traveled to #GuineaBissau to provide medical care based on the training they received on the island.
Some of the ELAM students attended the screening and were given a standing ovation.
One audience member said: "Thank you for being heroes, not just of Cuba, but of the entire world."
#OilForCuba!
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#AbajoElBloqueo
#SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#Caribbean
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🟢 MilitaryStrike | 5/10
🇺🇸U.S. carried out a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean
U.S. Southern Command said it carried out a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean suspected of narcotics trafficking, killing three individuals. -
🟢 MilitaryStrike | 5/10
🇺🇸U.S. carried out a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean
U.S. Southern Command said it carried out a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean suspected of narcotics trafficking, killing three individuals. -
🟢 MilitaryStrike | 5/10
🇺🇸U.S. carried out a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean
U.S. Southern Command said it carried out a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean suspected of narcotics trafficking, killing three individuals. -
Hype for the Future 169E: Is Florida Caribbean?
Introduction Society often expects the State of Florida to be described as a peninsular state with the Gulf of Mexico to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, but why? Isn’t there also the Caribbean Sea in the area? Caribbean Definition Usually, the Caribbean refers to the insular areas of the Caribbean Sea and not to the mainland. These are often independent nations, though dependencies and overseas territories are also associated with the region. Sometimes, even the South […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/hype-for-the-future-169e-is-florida-caribbean/
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Hype for the Future 169E: Is Florida Caribbean?
Introduction Society often expects the State of Florida to be described as a peninsular state with the Gulf of Mexico to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, but why? Isn’t there also the Caribbean Sea in the area? Caribbean Definition Usually, the Caribbean refers to the insular areas of the Caribbean Sea and not to the mainland. These are often independent nations, though dependencies and overseas territories are also associated with the region. Sometimes, even the South […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/hype-for-the-future-169e-is-florida-caribbean/
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Your guide to Aruba after sunset 🍹 Clubs, beaches, and hidden gems await
Read more: https://flip.it/wegwke
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Your guide to Aruba after sunset 🍹 Clubs, beaches, and hidden gems await
Read more: https://flip.it/wegwke
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Hype for the Future 138D: Monroe County, Florida
Introduction Though the City of Key West is the county seat of Monroe County and located firmly at the outer edge of the Florida Keys, the vast majority of the land area of the county is home to only seventeen (17) residents as of the 2020 United States Census as part of the Everglades. To the south of the Everglades, the Florida Keys represent a Caribbean culture within close proximity to Cuba 🇨🇺 to the south and the Bahamas 🇧🇸 to the east. International influences in the region […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/hype-for-the-future-138d-monroe-county-florida/
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Hype for the Future 138D: Monroe County, Florida
Introduction Though the City of Key West is the county seat of Monroe County and located firmly at the outer edge of the Florida Keys, the vast majority of the land area of the county is home to only seventeen (17) residents as of the 2020 United States Census as part of the Everglades. To the south of the Everglades, the Florida Keys represent a Caribbean culture within close proximity to Cuba 🇨🇺 to the south and the Bahamas 🇧🇸 to the east. International influences in the region […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/hype-for-the-future-138d-monroe-county-florida/
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Trump convenes ‘Shield of Americas’ summit with 12 Latin American leaders https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/07/trump-shield-of-americas-summit #DonaldTrump #UsForeignPolicy #TrumpAdministration #Mexico #Venezuela #ClaudiaSheinbaum #NicolsMaduro #Argentina #Bolivia #Chile #CostaRica #DominicanRepublic #Ecuador #ElSalvador #Guyana #Honduras #Panama #Paraguay #TrinidadAndTobago #UsPolitics #UsNews #Caribbean #Americas #WorldNews
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Trump convenes ‘Shield of Americas’ summit with 12 Latin American leaders https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/07/trump-shield-of-americas-summit #DonaldTrump #UsForeignPolicy #TrumpAdministration #Mexico #Venezuela #ClaudiaSheinbaum #NicolsMaduro #Argentina #Bolivia #Chile #CostaRica #DominicanRepublic #Ecuador #ElSalvador #Guyana #Honduras #Panama #Paraguay #TrinidadAndTobago #UsPolitics #UsNews #Caribbean #Americas #WorldNews
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Trump suggests US could carry out ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-cuba-regime-change #DonaldTrump #Cuba #UsNews #NicolsMaduro #Venezuela #Americas #Caribbean #WorldNews #UsForeignPolicy
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Trump suggests US could carry out ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/trump-cuba-regime-change #DonaldTrump #Cuba #UsNews #NicolsMaduro #Venezuela #Americas #Caribbean #WorldNews #UsForeignPolicy
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Brazilian Movements Demand Petrobras Oil for Cuba
The #Brazilian organizations emphasize that #Brazil should not submit to external pressures using energy as a weapon of war, and recognize the historical #MedicalSolidarity that #Cuba has provided to the world.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/brazilian-movements-demand-oil-for-cuba/from #TeleSUR
Feb. 26, 2026Oil workers, unions, and various popular movements in Brazil protested this Thursday, February 26, in front of #Petrobras headquarters to demand that President Luiz Inacio #Lula da Silva and the state-owned oil company supply crude oil and its derivatives to Cuba, to mitigate the energy crisis facing the Caribbean island amid the #US blockade.
The initiative arises in response to the tightening of the blockade measures imposed by the US against Cuba, which have severely impacted vital sectors such as health...
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
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Brazilian Movements Demand Petrobras Oil for Cuba
The #Brazilian organizations emphasize that #Brazil should not submit to external pressures using energy as a weapon of war, and recognize the historical #MedicalSolidarity that #Cuba has provided to the world.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/brazilian-movements-demand-oil-for-cuba/from #TeleSUR
Feb. 26, 2026Oil workers, unions, and various popular movements in Brazil protested this Thursday, February 26, in front of #Petrobras headquarters to demand that President Luiz Inacio #Lula da Silva and the state-owned oil company supply crude oil and its derivatives to Cuba, to mitigate the energy crisis facing the Caribbean island amid the #US blockade.
The initiative arises in response to the tightening of the blockade measures imposed by the US against Cuba, which have severely impacted vital sectors such as health...
#OilForCuba!
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#SolidaridadConCuba
#PetróleoParaCuba
#LatinAmerica #Caribbean
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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Congregation of the Holy Spirit
Officially known as: the Congregation of the Holy Spirit under the protection of the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary. Or in Latin: Congregatio Beatissimae Virginis Mariae.
This is a religious congregation for men in the Catholic Church. Members are known as Holy Ghost Fathers. Or in continental Europe, & the Anglosphere, as Spiritans. Members use the postnominals: CSSp. Postnominals are letters placed after a person’s name to signify academic degrees, professional qualifications, awards, military decorations, or honorific titles (like PhD).
The order began in Paris on Pentecost Sunday, 1703. Claude Poullart des Places was a wealthy young lawyer who abandoned his social standing to become a priest. He wanted to form a religious institute for young men who wanted to become priests but were too poor to do so.
Unlike orders that focused on the elite, Claude was moved by the plight of “poor scholars.” HIs vision was a “proletariat” clergy. Priests assignments in hospitals, rural parishes, & overseas missions.
Claude was born on February 26, 1679 in the capital city of Brittany, France: Rennes. Claude was tutored at home before being enrolled at the age of 9-10 as a day student in the nearby Jesuit college of St. Thomas. Thus beginning his lifelong association with the Society of Jesus.
Graduating at 16, Claude studied at the University of Caen, Normandy. Before graduating at 22, with a Licentiate in Law from the Law School of Nantes. A licentiate in law is an individual holding an academic degree or professional certification. This is usually below a doctorate but above a bachelor’s, that authorizes them to practice law.
In 1701, Claude Poullart began his studies for the priesthood, as a boarder at the Jesuit College in Paris. His work grew quickly. The Order developed. However, Claude passed away at 29, or 31 depending on the source, of pleurisy after founding the order.
After the founder’s death, the order became fully organized. In 1765, the South American missions, in colonies such as China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand (Siam), & India under the support of the Paris Foreign missionaries arrived in Senegal, Africa.
Those in France served in various dioceses or alongside the de Montfont missionaries. This was due to the close friendship between Poullart & Louis de Montfont. The Order had trained 1,300 priests in the years leading up to 1792, when the seminary was suppressed by the French Revolution. The French Revolution saw the Spiritans have their property seized & many were executed or exiled to England, Italy, & Switzerland.
After the French Revolution only 1 member remained, James Bertout. He survived a series of hardships like being shipwrecked on his way to his destined mission in French Guiana, enslaved by the Moors, & a short stay in Senegal (where he had been sold to the English).
On his return to France, he reestablished the Order & continued its work. But he found it VERY hard to recover sufficiently from the effects caused by the Revolution.
In 1841/1842, Francis Liberman founded the Society of the Holy Heart of Mary (a.k.a. Society of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) This society is/was dedicated to serve mainly the emancipated black slaves in the French colonies. Particularly in Africa & the Caribbean.
In 1848, the Holy See asked Liberman to merge his relatively new society with the struggling Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Lieberman was made the 1st Superior General of the united groups. This effectively saving the Spiritan name & legacy.
Liberman’s approach to missionary work was revolutionary from the time. He instructed his missionaries not to “Europeanize” the people they served. Besides the missions in Africa, the society started missions in Mauritius, Reunion, & the Rodriguez Islands. In the Western Hemisphere, they had missions in Trinidad, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Haiti, & Amazonia.
The Spiritans arrived in the United States in 1972, fleeing the Kulturkampf (persecution of Catholics) in Germany. They found a home in industrial heartlands, particularly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Order is known in the United States for founding Duquesne University in 1878. This university was originally established to provide an education to the kids of poor immigrants working in the steel mills. It grew into a major research institution. The university’s motto (Spiritus est qui vivificat, “It is the Spirit who gives life”) reflects the order’s charism.
By the early 20th century the organization into the following provinces: France, Ireland, Portugal, United States of America, & Germany.
On December 31, 1961, 20 Spiritans: 19 Belgians & 1 Dutch man, were unalived in Kongolo (in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) by government troops during the Katanga Secession Rebellion.
In Rome, on April 24, 1979, Pope John Paul II presided over the beautification ceremony for Jacques-Desire Laval. The 1st member of the Spiritans to be honored.
Today, there are about 3,000 Spiritans serving in over 60 countries. They’re often associated with schools & chaplaincy, & missionary work.
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#1701 #1703 #1765 #1779 #1792 #1841 #1842 #1848 #1872 #1878 #2October1709 #24April1979 #26February1679 #31December1961 #Africa #Amazonia #Anglosphere #Beautification #Belgians #Brittany #Cambodia #Caribbean #CatholicChurch #China #ClaudePoullartDesPlaces #CongregationOfTheHolySpirit #CongregationOfTheHolySpiritUnderTheProtectionOfTheImmaculateHeartOfTheVirginMary #ContinentalEurope #CSSp #DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo #DuquesneUniversity #Dutch #Early20thCentury #England #English #France #FrancisLiberman #FrenchGuiana #FrenchRevolution #Germany #Guadeloupe #Haiti #HolySee #India #Ireland #Italy #JacquesDesireLaval #JamesBertout #Jesuit #JesuitCollegeOfStThomas #Kongolo #Kulturkampf #LouisDeMontfort #Martinique #Mauritius #Moors #Paris #ParisForeignMissionsSociety #Pennsylvania #PentecostSunday #Pittsburgh #Pleurisy #PopeJohnPaulII #Portugal #Priest #Rennes #ReunionIsland #RodriguezIsland #Rome #Senegal #Siam #SocietyOfJesus #SocietyOfTheHolyHeartOfMary #SocietyOfTheImmaculateHeartOfMary #SouthAmerica #Spiritans #SuperiorGeneral #Switzerland #Thailand #Trinidad #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UniversityOfCaenNormandy #Vietnam -
Brazilian unions and movements rally under the “Petróleo para Cuba” campaign to break the energy siege on Cuba
https://www.telesurenglish.net/brazil-cuba-solidarity-petrobras-fuel/from #TeleSUR
Feb. 14, 2026#Brazil #Cuba solidarity reaches new heights as trade unions and social movements launch coordinated efforts to support Cuba amid a severe energy crisis triggered by #USpressure. On February 14, 2026, the Unified Federation of Petroleum Workers (FUP) formally requested an emergency meeting with state-owned #Petrobras to arrange urgent fuel deliveries to the #Caribbean island.
The campaign, dubbed “Petróleo para Cuba” (Oil for Cuba), counters recent threats from US President Donald #Trump. He imposed potential tariffs on nations or entities supplying hydrocarbons to Cuba, exacerbating fuel shortages that cause rolling blackouts and disrupt essential services.
#OilForCuba!
#PetróleoParaCuba
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#LatinAmerica
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Brazilian unions and movements rally under the “Petróleo para Cuba” campaign to break the energy siege on Cuba
https://www.telesurenglish.net/brazil-cuba-solidarity-petrobras-fuel/from #TeleSUR
Feb. 14, 2026#Brazil #Cuba solidarity reaches new heights as trade unions and social movements launch coordinated efforts to support Cuba amid a severe energy crisis triggered by #USpressure. On February 14, 2026, the Unified Federation of Petroleum Workers (FUP) formally requested an emergency meeting with state-owned #Petrobras to arrange urgent fuel deliveries to the #Caribbean island.
The campaign, dubbed “Petróleo para Cuba” (Oil for Cuba), counters recent threats from US President Donald #Trump. He imposed potential tariffs on nations or entities supplying hydrocarbons to Cuba, exacerbating fuel shortages that cause rolling blackouts and disrupt essential services.
#OilForCuba!
#PetróleoParaCuba
#CubaSolidarity
#LetCubaLive
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba
#AbajoElBloqueo #SolidaridadConCuba
#LatinAmerica
#news #politics #USpol -
https://nebula.tv/videos/foreignman-racism-in-gaming/ #gaming #game #terminallyonline #racism #racisme #rassigheid #foreignman #rassisme #Caribbean #woke #Caribisch #Gatekeepers #Genderfication #autism #adhd #autisme #Battlefront #Creed #racist #gamergate #boycot #black #inclusion #whitesupremacy #sexism #feminism #lhbti #womensrights #righttovote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0g3DEvvCfc
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#RubenBlades & #WillieColon - Tiburón
Song from 1981 about that shark that prowls the #Caribbean, always looking to gobble someone up
🦈 = 🇺🇸
https://peertube.wtf/w/hbpqjXftkv9qVhBM4qUSDE
The warrior fish is passing by
Roaming the kingdom he rules
Pity he who falls prisoner
Today his life won't be sparedHe's the shark that is searching
He's the shark that never sleeps
He's the shark that is stalking
He's the shark of doomhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibur%C3%B3n_(song)
lo-qlty translation
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#RubenBlades & #WillieColon - Tiburón
Song from 1981 about that shark that prowls the #Caribbean, always looking to gobble someone up
🦈 = 🇺🇸
https://peertube.wtf/w/hbpqjXftkv9qVhBM4qUSDE
The warrior fish is passing by
Roaming the kingdom he rules
Pity he who falls prisoner
Today his life won't be sparedHe's the shark that is searching
He's the shark that never sleeps
He's the shark that is stalking
He's the shark of doomhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibur%C3%B3n_(song)
lo-qlty translation
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tibur%C3%B3n-shark.html-0 -
#RubenBlades & #WillieColon - Tiburón
Song from 1981 about that shark that prowls the #Caribbean, always looking to gobble someone up
🦈 = 🇺🇸
https://peertube.wtf/w/hbpqjXftkv9qVhBM4qUSDE
The warrior fish is passing by
Roaming the kingdom he rules
Pity he who falls prisoner
Today his life won't be sparedHe's the shark that is searching
He's the shark that never sleeps
He's the shark that is stalking
He's the shark of doomhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibur%C3%B3n_(song)
lo-qlty translation
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tibur%C3%B3n-shark.html-0 -
#RubenBlades & #WillieColon - Tiburón
Song from 1981 about that shark that prowls the #Caribbean, always looking to gobble someone up
🦈 = 🇺🇸
https://peertube.wtf/w/hbpqjXftkv9qVhBM4qUSDE
The warrior fish is passing by
Roaming the kingdom he rules
Pity he who falls prisoner
Today his life won't be sparedHe's the shark that is searching
He's the shark that never sleeps
He's the shark that is stalking
He's the shark of doomhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibur%C3%B3n_(song)
lo-qlty translation
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tibur%C3%B3n-shark.html-0 -
#RubenBlades & #WillieColon - Tiburón
Song from 1981 about that shark that prowls the #Caribbean, always looking to gobble someone up
🦈 = 🇺🇸
https://peertube.wtf/w/hbpqjXftkv9qVhBM4qUSDE
The warrior fish is passing by
Roaming the kingdom he rules
Pity he who falls prisoner
Today his life won't be sparedHe's the shark that is searching
He's the shark that never sleeps
He's the shark that is stalking
He's the shark of doomhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibur%C3%B3n_(song)
lo-qlty translation
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/tibur%C3%B3n-shark.html-0 -
Video - Cuba and the US Drug War: The Story Washington Isn’t Telling You
[A video about #Cuba, hosted on #PeerTube.wtf, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
https://peertube.wtf/w/2ii94MbMzkFcZ233Rp1qEK
The #Trump administration seems to be careening toward war in the #Caribbean under the banner of stopping drug trafficking. It’s an open secret that its real objective is #oil and regime change in both #Venezuela and Cuba. It’s also been widely reported that Venezuela is not the real source of drug problems in the US.
But what few journalists are covering – and what nobody in the Trump administration dares acknowledge – is that for years Cuba has arguably been the US government’s most reliable regional ally in #counternarcotics efforts. We expose the uncomfortable (for Marco Rubio) truth about Cuba’s long track record of protecting #US borders from drug trafficking even as Washington tries to undermine its government.
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Video - Cuba and the US Drug War: The Story Washington Isn’t Telling You
[A video about #Cuba, hosted on #PeerTube.wtf, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
https://peertube.wtf/w/2ii94MbMzkFcZ233Rp1qEK
The #Trump administration seems to be careening toward war in the #Caribbean under the banner of stopping drug trafficking. It’s an open secret that its real objective is #oil and regime change in both #Venezuela and Cuba. It’s also been widely reported that Venezuela is not the real source of drug problems in the US.
But what few journalists are covering – and what nobody in the Trump administration dares acknowledge – is that for years Cuba has arguably been the US government’s most reliable regional ally in #counternarcotics efforts. We expose the uncomfortable (for Marco Rubio) truth about Cuba’s long track record of protecting #US borders from drug trafficking even as Washington tries to undermine its government.
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Video - Cuba and the US Drug War: The Story Washington Isn’t Telling You
[A video about #Cuba, hosted on #PeerTube.wtf, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
https://peertube.wtf/w/2ii94MbMzkFcZ233Rp1qEK
The #Trump administration seems to be careening toward war in the #Caribbean under the banner of stopping drug trafficking. It’s an open secret that its real objective is #oil and regime change in both #Venezuela and Cuba. It’s also been widely reported that Venezuela is not the real source of drug problems in the US.
But what few journalists are covering – and what nobody in the Trump administration dares acknowledge – is that for years Cuba has arguably been the US government’s most reliable regional ally in #counternarcotics efforts. We expose the uncomfortable (for Marco Rubio) truth about Cuba’s long track record of protecting #US borders from drug trafficking even as Washington tries to undermine its government.
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Video - Cuba and the US Drug War: The Story Washington Isn’t Telling You
[A video about #Cuba, hosted on #PeerTube.wtf, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
https://peertube.wtf/w/2ii94MbMzkFcZ233Rp1qEK
The #Trump administration seems to be careening toward war in the #Caribbean under the banner of stopping drug trafficking. It’s an open secret that its real objective is #oil and regime change in both #Venezuela and Cuba. It’s also been widely reported that Venezuela is not the real source of drug problems in the US.
But what few journalists are covering – and what nobody in the Trump administration dares acknowledge – is that for years Cuba has arguably been the US government’s most reliable regional ally in #counternarcotics efforts. We expose the uncomfortable (for Marco Rubio) truth about Cuba’s long track record of protecting #US borders from drug trafficking even as Washington tries to undermine its government.
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Video - Cuba and the US Drug War: The Story Washington Isn’t Telling You
[A video about #Cuba, hosted on #PeerTube.wtf, from the #news / #video collective #BellyOfTheBeast]
https://peertube.wtf/w/2ii94MbMzkFcZ233Rp1qEK
The #Trump administration seems to be careening toward war in the #Caribbean under the banner of stopping drug trafficking. It’s an open secret that its real objective is #oil and regime change in both #Venezuela and Cuba. It’s also been widely reported that Venezuela is not the real source of drug problems in the US.
But what few journalists are covering – and what nobody in the Trump administration dares acknowledge – is that for years Cuba has arguably been the US government’s most reliable regional ally in #counternarcotics efforts. We expose the uncomfortable (for Marco Rubio) truth about Cuba’s long track record of protecting #US borders from drug trafficking even as Washington tries to undermine its government.
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Did a U.S. Boat Strike Amount to a War Crime? – The New York Times
transcript, 0:00/34:16
Did a U.S. Boat Strike Amount to a War Crime?
Top Republicans have joined Democrats in scrutinizing a military campaign the Trump administration says is aimed at drug traffickers.
2025-12-03, T06:00:10-05:00
This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email [email protected] with any questions.rachel abrams
From “The New York Times,” I’m Rachel Abrams. And this is “The Daily.”
The transcript of the podcast is online at: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/podcasts/the-daily/boat-strike-war-crime.html
Today’s episode was produced by Rob Szypko and Jessica Cheung. It was edited by Liz O. Baylen and Paige Cowett. It contains music by Elisheba Ittoop and Diane Wong, and was engineered by Alyssa Moxley.
That’s it for “The Daily.” I’m Rachel Abrams. See you tomorrow. Dec. 3, 2025, 6:00 a.m. ET. Hosted by Rachel Abrams. Featuring Charlie Savage. Produced by Rob Szypko and Jessica Cheung. Edited by Liz O. Baylen and Paige Cowett. Contains music by Elisheba Ittoop and Diane Wong. Engineered by Alyssa Moxley.
On Today’s Episode
Charlie Savage, who covers national security and legal policy for The New York Times.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifying during a Senate hearing in June. Credit…Tierney L. Cross / The New York TimesBackground Reading
- Lawmakers suggested that a follow-up boat strike could have been a war crime.
- Amid talk of a war crime, the details and precise sequence of a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean are facing more scrutiny.
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Did a U.S. Boat Strike Amount to a War Crime? – The New York Times
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Did a U.S. Boat Strike Amount to a War Crime?
Top Republicans have joined Democrats in scrutinizing a military campaign the Trump administration says is aimed at drug traffickers.
2025-12-03, T06:00:10-05:00
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifying during a Senate hearing in June. Credit…Tierney L. Cross / The New York TimesBackground Reading
- Lawmakers suggested that a follow-up boat strike could have been a war crime.
- Amid talk of a war crime, the details and precise sequence of a Sept. 2 attack on a boat in the Caribbean are facing more scrutiny.
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The family of a Colombian fisherman who died in a #US #military boat strike in September has filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights [#IACHR] alleging the #USgovernment illegally killed him.
#AlejandroCarranza was killed in a strike in the #Caribbean on Sept. 15, acc/to the petition, filed Tuesday.
#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #InternationalLaw
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The family of a Colombian fisherman who died in a #US #military boat strike in September has filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights [#IACHR] alleging the #USgovernment illegally killed him.
#AlejandroCarranza was killed in a strike in the #Caribbean on Sept. 15, acc/to the petition, filed Tuesday.
#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #InternationalLaw
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Civil Discourse – The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
By Joyce Vance, Nov 29, 2025
“You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress. Trump accused them of seditious behavior. The FBI launched an investigation.
Then, on Black Friday, the Washington Post ran with an exclusive story about the September 2, 2025, attack on a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, the first of a series of attacks that have involved strikes on at least 23 boats to date. The Post reported that in advance of the strike, “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive,according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. ‘The order was to kill everybody.’”
That’s what the special operations commander overseeing the attack did. After the initial hit, live drone feed showed two survivors clinging to the wreckage. The commander “ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions … The two men were blown apart in the water.” The video Trump released later that day did not include the second strike.
The Post quoted Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who had advised special operations on the illegality of the order: “Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight ‘would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime.’”
My colleague Ryan Goodman, Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and the founding co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, an online forum focused on U.S. national security law and policy, will join us Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. EST for an in-depth Substack live discussion of the issues raised here. Mark your calendars now and make sure you have the Substack App downloaded so you can join us for cutting edge legal analysis on this most important of issues. Ryan has been tracking these strikes and their legal implications since they first began. After the story broke in the Washington Post, he tweeted, “Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing.”
Earlier this month, The Guardian reported that Britain had stopped sharing intelligence on Caribbean drug running with the United States “amid concerns information supplied may be used to engage in lethal military strikes by American forces.” They specified that the cooperation was “paused shortly after the US began a campaign of lethal strikes in September,” but there was no explicit mention of the order Hegseth issued as the cause.
Friday evening at 5:42 p.m., Hegseth tweeted:
“As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland.
As we’ve said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically intended to be ‘lethal, kinetic strikes.’ The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people. Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization.
The Biden administration preferred the kid gloves approach, allowing millions of people — including dangerous cartels and unvetted Afghans — to flood our communities with drugs and violence. The Trump administration has sealed the border and gone on offense against narco-terrorists. Biden coddled terrorists, we kill them.
Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command.
Our warriors in SOUTHCOM put their lives on the line every day to protect the Homeland from narco-terrorists — and I will ALWAYS have their back.”
Hegseth did not deny that two defenseless people were killed. We still do not know what, if anything, they were guilty of. Certainly, as they clung to the wreckage of a boat in the ocean, they did not pose an immediate threat to the United States. The lawful thing to do would have been to rescue and prosecute the men. Instead, per Hegseth’s instruction, they were executed.
Hegseth doubled down a few moments later, tweeting, “We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.”
The Pentagon Spokesman, Seth Parnell, tweeted, “We told the Washington Post that this entire narrative was false yesterday. These people just fabricate anonymously sourced stories out of whole cloth. Fake News is the enemy of the people.”
But shortly after the story ran in The Post, Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, issued a joint statement with the Committee’s top Democrat, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, vowing “vigorous oversight” of Hegseth’s “kill them all” order. They wrote, “The Committee has directed inquires to the Department, and we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to the circumstances.”
By Saturday night, there was a growing call for, if not accountability, investigation, including by both House and Senate Republicans. The Washington Post wrote, “In a rare split with the Trump administration, GOP-led panels in the House and Senate say they want a full accounting in the September military attack.” Saturday night, Democratic Senator Ed Markey tweeted, “Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.”
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Civil Discourse – The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
By Joyce Vance, Nov 29, 2025
“You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress. Trump accused them of seditious behavior. The FBI launched an investigation.
Then, on Black Friday, the Washington Post ran with an exclusive story about the September 2, 2025, attack on a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, the first of a series of attacks that have involved strikes on at least 23 boats to date. The Post reported that in advance of the strike, “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive,according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. ‘The order was to kill everybody.’”
That’s what the special operations commander overseeing the attack did. After the initial hit, live drone feed showed two survivors clinging to the wreckage. The commander “ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions … The two men were blown apart in the water.” The video Trump released later that day did not include the second strike.
The Post quoted Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who had advised special operations on the illegality of the order: “Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight ‘would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime.’”
My colleague Ryan Goodman, Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and the founding co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, an online forum focused on U.S. national security law and policy, will join us Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. EST for an in-depth Substack live discussion of the issues raised here. Mark your calendars now and make sure you have the Substack App downloaded so you can join us for cutting edge legal analysis on this most important of issues. Ryan has been tracking these strikes and their legal implications since they first began. After the story broke in the Washington Post, he tweeted, “Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing.”
Earlier this month, The Guardian reported that Britain had stopped sharing intelligence on Caribbean drug running with the United States “amid concerns information supplied may be used to engage in lethal military strikes by American forces.” They specified that the cooperation was “paused shortly after the US began a campaign of lethal strikes in September,” but there was no explicit mention of the order Hegseth issued as the cause.
Friday evening at 5:42 p.m., Hegseth tweeted:
“As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland.
As we’ve said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically intended to be ‘lethal, kinetic strikes.’ The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people. Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization.
The Biden administration preferred the kid gloves approach, allowing millions of people — including dangerous cartels and unvetted Afghans — to flood our communities with drugs and violence. The Trump administration has sealed the border and gone on offense against narco-terrorists. Biden coddled terrorists, we kill them.
Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command.
Our warriors in SOUTHCOM put their lives on the line every day to protect the Homeland from narco-terrorists — and I will ALWAYS have their back.”
Hegseth did not deny that two defenseless people were killed. We still do not know what, if anything, they were guilty of. Certainly, as they clung to the wreckage of a boat in the ocean, they did not pose an immediate threat to the United States. The lawful thing to do would have been to rescue and prosecute the men. Instead, per Hegseth’s instruction, they were executed.
Hegseth doubled down a few moments later, tweeting, “We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.”
The Pentagon Spokesman, Seth Parnell, tweeted, “We told the Washington Post that this entire narrative was false yesterday. These people just fabricate anonymously sourced stories out of whole cloth. Fake News is the enemy of the people.”
But shortly after the story ran in The Post, Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, issued a joint statement with the Committee’s top Democrat, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, vowing “vigorous oversight” of Hegseth’s “kill them all” order. They wrote, “The Committee has directed inquires to the Department, and we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to the circumstances.”
By Saturday night, there was a growing call for, if not accountability, investigation, including by both House and Senate Republicans. The Washington Post wrote, “In a rare split with the Trump administration, GOP-led panels in the House and Senate say they want a full accounting in the September military attack.” Saturday night, Democratic Senator Ed Markey tweeted, “Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
Tags: "Kill Everybody", Caribbean, Civil Discourse, Democratic Congress Members, Ed Markley, Joyce Vance, Moment, Narco-terrorists, Pete Hegseth, Pick a Side, Senate Armed Service Committee, Senator Wicker, The Washington Post, Unlawful Killing#killEverybody #caribbean #civilDiscourse #democraticCongressMembers #edMarkley #joyceVance #moment #narcoTerrorists #peteHegseth #pickASide #senateArmedServiceCommittee #senatorWicker #theWashingtonPost #unlawfulKilling
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Civil Discourse – The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
By Joyce Vance, Nov 29, 2025
“You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress. Trump accused them of seditious behavior. The FBI launched an investigation.
Then, on Black Friday, the Washington Post ran with an exclusive story about the September 2, 2025, attack on a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, the first of a series of attacks that have involved strikes on at least 23 boats to date. The Post reported that in advance of the strike, “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive,according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. ‘The order was to kill everybody.’”
That’s what the special operations commander overseeing the attack did. After the initial hit, live drone feed showed two survivors clinging to the wreckage. The commander “ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions … The two men were blown apart in the water.” The video Trump released later that day did not include the second strike.
The Post quoted Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who had advised special operations on the illegality of the order: “Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight ‘would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime.’”
My colleague Ryan Goodman, Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and the founding co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, an online forum focused on U.S. national security law and policy, will join us Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. EST for an in-depth Substack live discussion of the issues raised here. Mark your calendars now and make sure you have the Substack App downloaded so you can join us for cutting edge legal analysis on this most important of issues. Ryan has been tracking these strikes and their legal implications since they first began. After the story broke in the Washington Post, he tweeted, “Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing.”
Earlier this month, The Guardian reported that Britain had stopped sharing intelligence on Caribbean drug running with the United States “amid concerns information supplied may be used to engage in lethal military strikes by American forces.” They specified that the cooperation was “paused shortly after the US began a campaign of lethal strikes in September,” but there was no explicit mention of the order Hegseth issued as the cause.
Friday evening at 5:42 p.m., Hegseth tweeted:
“As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland.
As we’ve said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically intended to be ‘lethal, kinetic strikes.’ The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people. Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization.
The Biden administration preferred the kid gloves approach, allowing millions of people — including dangerous cartels and unvetted Afghans — to flood our communities with drugs and violence. The Trump administration has sealed the border and gone on offense against narco-terrorists. Biden coddled terrorists, we kill them.
Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command.
Our warriors in SOUTHCOM put their lives on the line every day to protect the Homeland from narco-terrorists — and I will ALWAYS have their back.”
Hegseth did not deny that two defenseless people were killed. We still do not know what, if anything, they were guilty of. Certainly, as they clung to the wreckage of a boat in the ocean, they did not pose an immediate threat to the United States. The lawful thing to do would have been to rescue and prosecute the men. Instead, per Hegseth’s instruction, they were executed.
Hegseth doubled down a few moments later, tweeting, “We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.”
The Pentagon Spokesman, Seth Parnell, tweeted, “We told the Washington Post that this entire narrative was false yesterday. These people just fabricate anonymously sourced stories out of whole cloth. Fake News is the enemy of the people.”
But shortly after the story ran in The Post, Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, issued a joint statement with the Committee’s top Democrat, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, vowing “vigorous oversight” of Hegseth’s “kill them all” order. They wrote, “The Committee has directed inquires to the Department, and we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to the circumstances.”
By Saturday night, there was a growing call for, if not accountability, investigation, including by both House and Senate Republicans. The Washington Post wrote, “In a rare split with the Trump administration, GOP-led panels in the House and Senate say they want a full accounting in the September military attack.” Saturday night, Democratic Senator Ed Markey tweeted, “Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
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Civil Discourse – The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
By Joyce Vance, Nov 29, 2025
“You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress. Trump accused them of seditious behavior. The FBI launched an investigation.
Then, on Black Friday, the Washington Post ran with an exclusive story about the September 2, 2025, attack on a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, the first of a series of attacks that have involved strikes on at least 23 boats to date. The Post reported that in advance of the strike, “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive,according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. ‘The order was to kill everybody.’”
That’s what the special operations commander overseeing the attack did. After the initial hit, live drone feed showed two survivors clinging to the wreckage. The commander “ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions … The two men were blown apart in the water.” The video Trump released later that day did not include the second strike.
The Post quoted Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who had advised special operations on the illegality of the order: “Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight ‘would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime.’”
My colleague Ryan Goodman, Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and the founding co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, an online forum focused on U.S. national security law and policy, will join us Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. EST for an in-depth Substack live discussion of the issues raised here. Mark your calendars now and make sure you have the Substack App downloaded so you can join us for cutting edge legal analysis on this most important of issues. Ryan has been tracking these strikes and their legal implications since they first began. After the story broke in the Washington Post, he tweeted, “Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing.”
Earlier this month, The Guardian reported that Britain had stopped sharing intelligence on Caribbean drug running with the United States “amid concerns information supplied may be used to engage in lethal military strikes by American forces.” They specified that the cooperation was “paused shortly after the US began a campaign of lethal strikes in September,” but there was no explicit mention of the order Hegseth issued as the cause.
Friday evening at 5:42 p.m., Hegseth tweeted:
“As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland.
As we’ve said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically intended to be ‘lethal, kinetic strikes.’ The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people. Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization.
The Biden administration preferred the kid gloves approach, allowing millions of people — including dangerous cartels and unvetted Afghans — to flood our communities with drugs and violence. The Trump administration has sealed the border and gone on offense against narco-terrorists. Biden coddled terrorists, we kill them.
Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command.
Our warriors in SOUTHCOM put their lives on the line every day to protect the Homeland from narco-terrorists — and I will ALWAYS have their back.”
Hegseth did not deny that two defenseless people were killed. We still do not know what, if anything, they were guilty of. Certainly, as they clung to the wreckage of a boat in the ocean, they did not pose an immediate threat to the United States. The lawful thing to do would have been to rescue and prosecute the men. Instead, per Hegseth’s instruction, they were executed.
Hegseth doubled down a few moments later, tweeting, “We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.”
The Pentagon Spokesman, Seth Parnell, tweeted, “We told the Washington Post that this entire narrative was false yesterday. These people just fabricate anonymously sourced stories out of whole cloth. Fake News is the enemy of the people.”
But shortly after the story ran in The Post, Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, issued a joint statement with the Committee’s top Democrat, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, vowing “vigorous oversight” of Hegseth’s “kill them all” order. They wrote, “The Committee has directed inquires to the Department, and we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to the circumstances.”
By Saturday night, there was a growing call for, if not accountability, investigation, including by both House and Senate Republicans. The Washington Post wrote, “In a rare split with the Trump administration, GOP-led panels in the House and Senate say they want a full accounting in the September military attack.” Saturday night, Democratic Senator Ed Markey tweeted, “Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
Tags: "Kill Everybody", Caribbean, Civil Discourse, Democratic Congress Members, Ed Markley, Joyce Vance, Moment, Narco-terrorists, Pete Hegseth, Pick a Side, Senate Armed Service Committee, Senator Wicker, The Washington Post, Unlawful Killing#KillEverybody #Caribbean #CivilDiscourse #DemocraticCongressMembers #EdMarkley #JoyceVance #Moment #NarcoTerrorists #PeteHegseth #PickASide #SenateArmedServiceCommittee #SenatorWicker #TheWashingtonPost #UnlawfulKilling
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Civil Discourse – The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come – Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
By Joyce Vance, Nov 29, 2025
“You must refuse illegal orders.” That’s what was said in the video made by six Democratic members of Congress. Trump accused them of seditious behavior. The FBI launched an investigation.
Then, on Black Friday, the Washington Post ran with an exclusive story about the September 2, 2025, attack on a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, the first of a series of attacks that have involved strikes on at least 23 boats to date. The Post reported that in advance of the strike, “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken directive,according to two people with direct knowledge of the operation. ‘The order was to kill everybody.’”
That’s what the special operations commander overseeing the attack did. After the initial hit, live drone feed showed two survivors clinging to the wreckage. The commander “ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions … The two men were blown apart in the water.” The video Trump released later that day did not include the second strike.
The Post quoted Todd Huntley, a former military lawyer who had advised special operations on the illegality of the order: “Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight ‘would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime.’”
My colleague Ryan Goodman, Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and the founding co-editor-in-chief of Just Security, an online forum focused on U.S. national security law and policy, will join us Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m. EST for an in-depth Substack live discussion of the issues raised here. Mark your calendars now and make sure you have the Substack App downloaded so you can join us for cutting edge legal analysis on this most important of issues. Ryan has been tracking these strikes and their legal implications since they first began. After the story broke in the Washington Post, he tweeted, “Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing.”
Earlier this month, The Guardian reported that Britain had stopped sharing intelligence on Caribbean drug running with the United States “amid concerns information supplied may be used to engage in lethal military strikes by American forces.” They specified that the cooperation was “paused shortly after the US began a campaign of lethal strikes in September,” but there was no explicit mention of the order Hegseth issued as the cause.
Friday evening at 5:42 p.m., Hegseth tweeted:
“As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland.
As we’ve said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically intended to be ‘lethal, kinetic strikes.’ The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy narco-boats, and kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people. Every trafficker we kill is affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization.
The Biden administration preferred the kid gloves approach, allowing millions of people — including dangerous cartels and unvetted Afghans — to flood our communities with drugs and violence. The Trump administration has sealed the border and gone on offense against narco-terrorists. Biden coddled terrorists, we kill them.
Our current operations in the Caribbean are lawful under both U.S. and international law, with all actions in compliance with the law of armed conflict—and approved by the best military and civilian lawyers, up and down the chain of command.
Our warriors in SOUTHCOM put their lives on the line every day to protect the Homeland from narco-terrorists — and I will ALWAYS have their back.”
Hegseth did not deny that two defenseless people were killed. We still do not know what, if anything, they were guilty of. Certainly, as they clung to the wreckage of a boat in the ocean, they did not pose an immediate threat to the United States. The lawful thing to do would have been to rescue and prosecute the men. Instead, per Hegseth’s instruction, they were executed.
Hegseth doubled down a few moments later, tweeting, “We have only just begun to kill narco-terrorists.”
The Pentagon Spokesman, Seth Parnell, tweeted, “We told the Washington Post that this entire narrative was false yesterday. These people just fabricate anonymously sourced stories out of whole cloth. Fake News is the enemy of the people.”
But shortly after the story ran in The Post, Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, issued a joint statement with the Committee’s top Democrat, Jack Reed of Rhode Island, vowing “vigorous oversight” of Hegseth’s “kill them all” order. They wrote, “The Committee has directed inquires to the Department, and we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to the circumstances.”
By Saturday night, there was a growing call for, if not accountability, investigation, including by both House and Senate Republicans. The Washington Post wrote, “In a rare split with the Trump administration, GOP-led panels in the House and Senate say they want a full accounting in the September military attack.” Saturday night, Democratic Senator Ed Markey tweeted, “Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.”
Continue/Read Original Article Here: The Moment to Pick a Side Has Come
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In Marronage Lies the Search of a World
by Malcom Ferdinand: https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/14/1/182/294316
#reservations #silenciation #responsibility #emancipation #religions #whiteness #coloniality #modernity #separation #ecology #environmentalism #natives #indigènes #autochtones #maroon #marronage #MalcomFerdinand #AndreasMalm #Malm #wilderness #nature #decolonial #GreenSpaces #Maroons #colonization #imaginaries #systemicRacism #lynching #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #BlackMastodon #plantation #plantationism #agroForestry #structuralRacism #decolonialRead #longRead #gardening #Antilles #Caribbean #environmentalJustice
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In Marronage Lies the Search of a World
by Malcom Ferdinand: https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/14/1/182/294316
#reservations #silenciation #responsibility #emancipation #religions #whiteness #coloniality #modernity #separation #ecology #environmentalism #natives #indigènes #autochtones #maroon #marronage #MalcomFerdinand #AndreasMalm #Malm #wilderness #nature #decolonial #GreenSpaces #Maroons #colonization #imaginaries #systemicRacism #lynching #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #BlackMastodon #plantation #plantationism #agroForestry #structuralRacism #decolonialRead #longRead #gardening #Antilles #Caribbean #environmentalJustice
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And Saint Kitts and #Nevis comes in third with £217. A favorite for its boutique hotels and premium #villas, the #Caribbean hideaway comes with a top-end price. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-14579459/Three-destinations-rank-Maldives-expensive-countries.html
