Will Brewer

The best modern tome on human rights comes from Henry B. Veatch in "Human Rights: Fact or Fancy?," from 2007. He builds his argument step by step, carefully laying the foundation for his central assertion that our basic rights are discoverable directly in the facts of nature.

@ggreenwald With close to 40 US military bases and 100,000 personnel in the EU, I think it would be obvious who actually has the major influence. For those with IDS, however, it's always Israel. You have no chance of understanding anything with such a monomaniacal focus

Not just Israelis think this way. So do many of their servants in their vassal state in North America: x.com/WideAsleepNima…

The way Israelis keep talking as if Iran just randomly decided to victimize them with missiles -- due to anti-Semitism -- is almost impressive in its sociopathic delusion. Israelis really believe they have the divine right to bomb and exterminate anyone with no retaliation.

@WesternLensman I can't figure out why there would be a mural in RI, for a Ukrainian war-refugee who was k*lled in NC?

A new Iryna Zarutska mural is being planned at another location in Providence. The reporter describes the project as “divisive."

@TonySeruga It certainly seems plausible, but I just don't know enough to make such an assertion. Only time will tell, but patience is in short supply in the 21st century

🚨Pam Bondi Failed to Prosecute Those Who Used Lawfare in an Attempt to Jail Trump for Life. Todd Blanche Probably Will, Too. Todd Blanche’s network reveals how the “deep state” operates organically through elite professional continuity — not a cartoon cabal, but a self-replicating class ecosystem. His SDNY training, WilmerHale tenure, and political positioning show how institutional power recycles loyalty through law, using moral language—“justice,” “integrity,” “rule of law”—to mask systemic self-preservation. Blanche is neither a villain nor a hero. He’s a reference specimen of how the modern managerial-legal elite mediates between the surface politics of democracy and the subterranean governance of empire. Todd Blanche is not an ideologue but a stabilizer — a man trained to ensure that any deviation from system norms (like Trump’s populism) stays within the bounds of the language and rituals of legitimacy. His career is a living diagram of how law acts as the exoskeleton of empire. The brilliance of this structure is its invisibility: it appears meritocratic and procedural, but, in reality, any deviation from system norms (like Trump’s populism) stays within. Be afraid, be very afraid.

@ggreenwald I'd advise you to go to Iran and broker a peace deal, but they would throw you off a building

I know it's hard to believe but the MAGA excuse for the Iran War for at least the first 10 days was to insist that this isn't even a war at all.

@ms_babyrussell Don't sweat it, sister. There's lots of psychological games being played here

You can hope and wish, but some things never change. Well… except those opinions and reasons for voting..

@ggreenwald We are liberating the oil, Glenn, FFS

Notice how quickly all that bullshit about liberating Iranians disappeared, and now it's all about bombing them back to the Stone Age, destroying their bridges and universities, poisoning their air and water, and stealing their oil.

@Polymarket I remember the first time I saw gas for $3.64 back in 2002. It was a rural place called Placerville, CO. It was before 6am and I had to do a double-take

Gasoline is expected to surge above $4.50 this month. polymarket.com/event/will-gas…

JUST IN: U.S. average diesel price surges to $5.53/gallon, just 30 cents below its record high.

@cheeseheadexpat I mostly drink PBR these days. I went to the Great American Brew Fest in my 20s a bunch. The ale vs. lager (pilsner) question is significant

@CandideOptimum This one is brewed by Carlsburg in Germany.

Lunch. Capacola wrap and a pretty good Aldi pilsner.

@TexanDevilDog I didn't get any shots, but you should try to understand how excited everyone (in biotech) was in the late '90s about the prospect of mRNA shots that could hijack the immune response

If you made THE list congratulations!!! The 15%. They definitely know which of us didn't take their bioweapon clot shot. Think about that for a minute.

@HansMahncke You can't honestly believe it's ignorance

It is almost impressive how consistently this “professor” showcases his ignorance, apparently without any awareness of how ridiculous he looks. The United States absolutely helped the United Kingdom win the Falklands War, so much so that the victory would not have been possible without the United States’ support. After initially trying to assist with negotiations, which failed, the United States provided critical military support, including advanced Sidewinder and Stinger missiles, intelligence, satellite imagery, and perhaps most importantly, access to the United States base on Ascension Island.

@AndrewKolvet There were books written thousands of years ago about the reality of what your wrote, but that can't overpower the emotionally driven

Let's break down why this F-15E Strike Eagle being shot down matters to the legacy media so much this morning. When President Trump declared that we had air dominance over Iran, and then this happens, they were only all too eager to play it up because they want to make the president look bad. This is war. There's always bad things that happen in war. This is why we haven't been frothing at the mouth to go to war and why I don't support boots on the ground. But the legacy media practically cheering this on is disgusting, too. We've successfully flown thousands of sortie missions without incident in Iran. We've transitioned from stealth aircraft (F-35s and B-2s) to non-stealth aircraft as Iran's air defenses have been degraded and destroyed. Despite the air dominance, there is always a chance of our aircraft being shot down by a "golden BB," which is usually heat seeking missiles that are very difficult to detect, and the military pilots flying missions over Iran know this very well. This is war, bad things happen, even when you have such massive dominance of the skies. The fact that ONE F-15E being shot down is such big news only underscores how effective our military actually is.

@michaelmalice They really should have gone with the buildings we have in our industrial parks like this:

This is probably the strangest ratio Ive ever gotten, esp since he wasn't being particularly serious

@so_calmike Girls or women? Words mean things

Michael Tracey can believe Kane is the Undertakers brother but he just can’t believe Epstein trafficked young women to powerful men.

@emmafoleymedia As Alex from Clockwork Orange would say: Pure horror show

No wonder her son was such a fan of Charlie Kirk

@willchamberlain To be fair, he probably got it from some European recipe site and that's what they used. I've waisted so much time converting units when trying to something new

“Yes, indeed, I’m an expert on the Middle East, global energy markets, and American military norms. Also, since you asked, here’s a recipe for crème brûlée in metric.”

Is there a guy who is more clearly just regurgitating AI slop than this guy?

@shanaka86 All the wokesters must be relieved of duty. They oversaw record low recruitment levels, which doesn't work in an all-volunteer army

Twenty-six generals and admirals in fourteen months. No misconduct cited for a single one. A former Fox News weekend host who never held a senior military command has removed the Joint Chiefs Chairman, the Army Chief of Staff, the commander of Army Transformation and Training, the Chief of Chaplains, and at least 22 other senior officers from the most powerful military on earth. He blocked four Army officers from promotion to brigadier general, two Black men and two women, by unilaterally striking their names from a list of 36. When Army Secretary Dan Driscoll refused to remove them, Hegseth did it himself. No hearing. No review board. No Senate consultation. The names were struck because the man who reads the list decided they should not be on it. The pattern is not random. It is architectural. Every removal serves the same function: shortening the distance between a presidential decision and its execution. The officers who remain are the ones who did not resist. The officers who resisted are gone. The replacement for the Army Chief of Staff is Vice Chief General Christopher LaNeve, who served as Hegseth’s personal military aide. The man who carried the briefcase now signs the orders. The chain of command has been rebuilt so that every link answers directly to the man who removed the previous link. General Randy George was the commander of the United States Army’s ground forces. That title matters now in a way it did not matter six weeks ago. Before February 28, ground forces in Iran were a theoretical exercise discussed in war colleges and think tanks. After five weeks of air strikes, with the IRGC publishing bridge target lists across four allied nations, with the President saying the military has “not even started” destroying what remains, with MEUs staged in the Gulf and the 82nd Airborne deploying and JSOC operators at forward bases in four countries, the ground option is no longer theoretical. It is a logistics package. And the man whose job was to assess whether that package should be opened was told to retire the same day the President posted “much more to follow.” Lieutenant General Hodne ran the command that trains every soldier who would execute a ground operation. Major General Green led the chaplain corps that would minister to every soldier who dies in one. George decided whether the operation should happen. Hodne prepared the soldiers to carry it out. Green prepared them to live with it. All three were removed on the same afternoon. Congress has not held a hearing. No subpoenas issued. The legal authority for a Defence Secretary to unilaterally override promotion lists and force immediate retirement of Senate-confirmed officers during wartime has not been tested because nobody with the authority to question it has chosen to. The IRGC has said attacks will “intensify from next week.” The Ford carrier is heading back. The CNN intelligence assessment confirms half of Iran’s launchers and thousands of drones remain. The President has named the next targets: power plants, desalination, oil wells, Kharg Island. And every general who might have said “this crosses a line” is already gone. Twenty-six officers. Zero misconduct findings. One question that every general still serving is asking behind closed doors: who is left to say no? And what happens when the answer is nobody? open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

@bonchieredstate I have very little understanding of Catholic teachings/practices. The entire thing is bizarre to me except some leftist trying to sow discord

Catholics do not do Mass on Good Friday. It would be offensive to them to try to hold one. Just incredible how hard the left is trying to cause divisions that don't actually exist.

@AGHamilton29 Sounds like something of a planned operation? Don't worry, humans don't conspire because they just don't know how... Anyway, you are probably too pessimistic on people's ability to separate fact from fiction, and understand the biases of the podcast hosts

I have long described the death of mainstream media credibility as a suicide. The intentional bias and misinformation cost them trust that can’t be easily recovered. People started seeking alternate sources a a result. The problem is that many of those sources have even fewer standards. Eventually it will also catch up to them for the very same reasons. When many of the figures in Podcastan are constantly interviewing the same 15 guests because the all push the same false narratives and dishonest claims (many fused from foreign propaganda efforts), the audiences will eventually reach the same conclusions about their credibility. The problem is that then people increasingly feel like they can’t trust anyone. Which will lead more people to simply tune things out completely and we will end up with a public that’s less informed overall. Or actively misinformed.

@cheeseheadexpat Yeah, which is kind of an innovation. I wonder why Kroger and Albertson's (that's what we have) haven't gone the same route. I know Kroger white labels numerous other products (often good quality like Tillamook cheese). My best guess is you got Bren's? Look like Breck's?

@CandideOptimum So contract brewed all over the place.

@UsefulIdiotpod @ofercass @dianabuttu I have no idea what the details are, but this is a decidedly different take from that of the Israel supporters in The States. Would be good for a debate. I despise race essentialism, as do most Americans I've ever met in person

The Israeli Knesset passed an ethnicity-based death penalty law that targets Palestinians. We speak with Israeli Knesset Member @ofercass and Palestinian lawyer @dianabuttu to break down the "genocidal" new law: