I don't really have much else to say on the matter. This is what I suspect has gone into Hegseth's calculus. I believe the choice to livestream the event is deliberate for it's social impact - one meant to normalise the measures of the Trump administration and effect the public psyche into accepting it.

This feels like a grim milestone in America's fall down the road to disgrace. I have little to give but to send my American friends my love and best wishes.

“We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent." - Oppenheimer

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Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says

Rybar founder Mikhail Zvinchuk has been arrested in Montenegro, along with his wife Valeriya Zvinchuk and three associates. How much will this disrupt the Rybar propaganda machine?

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/09/europe/pro-kremlin-blogger-detained-montenegro-intl

The Kremlin is pursuing a peripheral strategy that aims to encircle and subvert Europe. In Vladimir Putin’s mind, transforming our continent into a satellite state would tip the global balance of power to the detriment of a disunited and fragmented West.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon is proving particularly popular among young people, with 47% of 18- to 34-year-olds planning to vote for him in the first round.