The Pentagon’s public-execution announcement
The Pentagon plans to let the public watch the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan; ABC News reports that it will be livestreamed. Pete Hegseth says people need to see the consequence. We think turning an execution into entertainment and social-media content is a disgrace, whatever we think of the condemned man.
ABC News: Pentagon execution livestream report
Trump’s artificial-intelligence loyalty test
Trump declares anyone who says “Artificial Intelligence” instead of “Super Intelligence” to be “THE ENEMY.” This is a loyalty test over the words we use for a technology, and we are not playing along: artificial intelligence.
JD Vance’s answer on socialism
Asked to define socialism, JD Vance starts with prioritizing workers, then pivots to immigration and transgender participation in sports. We are supposed to accept that culture-war detour as a definition? Listen to his answer.
Trump misnames Abdul El-Sayed
Trump repeatedly attacks “Mohammed El-Sayed,” but the Michigan Senate candidate is Abdul El-Sayed. We see bigotry in this attack, right down to the name he chooses to use.
A closer look at Trump’s walk to the plane
Watch Trump leave Marine One and walk toward the plane. Keep your eyes on his feet as he moves: what do you notice?
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People don't need to watch this to "understand consequences". Hegseth is as depraved as Caligula. He couldn't be further away from Jesus's representation of Christianity than it's possible to be. As much as I want Hegseth to face a similar fate for his treasonous acts and war crimes, I don't need to see it - it will be enough for me to know it's happened; that he's finally been held accountable for his depravity.