US forces killed two people and left one survivor in a strike on a boat in the eastern Pacific, the latest attack under Operation Southern Spear amid legal scrutiny. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/us-boat-strike-eastern-pacific-kills-two-one-survivor-vd40syfd?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #UnitedStates #OperationSouthernSpear #BoatStrike #DrugTrafficking
The Trump administration is visibly crumbling under pressure with Trump and #PeteHegseth falling apart when questioned on the release of the #boatstrike videos, as Congress dropping bombshells on #Pentagon funding ultimatum. #JohnIadarola breaks it down on #TheDamageReport. youtu.be/nfwEqGELQK4?...

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Trump Team SNAPS Under Pressure Over Boat Strike Videos As Congress Drops Bombshell

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Via #MS_NOW @ ~6:00pm EST on Dec 8, 2025

Frmr Captain #MargaretDonovan, serving in 101st #AirborneDivision & later in 5th #SpecialForces Group, & #ClaireMcCaskill, frmr #Democrat #Senator from #Missouri, join #NicolleWallace on #DeadlineWhiteHouse w/ reaction 2 #Trump backtracking on previous commitment 2 release vid of 2nd #BoatStrike on Sep 2, in the #Caribbean, & how he reacted when he was called out on a lie: by attacking female reporter again

#TrumpIsAMisogynist

https://youtube.com/watch?v=0lv-s72vjfU&si=Y90yOmyUW2DZbNt-

‘This is sick s***’: Nicolle Wallace reacts to another Trump attack on female reporter

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“We had video for 48 minutes of two guys hanging off the side of a boat. There was plenty of time to make a clear and sober analysis,” [Rep. Adam] Smith [, D-Wash., the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee] told CNN on Thursday.

“They had at least 35 minutes of clear visual on these guys after the smoke of the first strike cleared. There were no time constraints. There was no pressure…” said one of the sources.

https://removepaywalls.com/https://theintercept.com/2025/12/05/boat-strike-survivors-double-tap/

#missile #boatstrike

https://theintercept.com/2025/12/05/boat-strike-survivors-double-tap/

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“What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, said. “You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel,... killed by the United States.”

#BoatStrike

Is #BoatStrike the new #Watergate? 🤨

Harassing whales and marine dwellers with UAVs in their annual migration
Human–animal interaction via flying robots

"As whales migrate up Australia’s east coast in the coming months, drones are hot on their tails. But experts are warning that low-flying drones seeking a viral shot can disrupt the whales’ migration patterns and may even place their mating season at risk."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/11/drones-whale-migration-australia-impact-warnings
#cetaceans #whales #marine #mammals #dolphins #drone #disturbance #UAVs #regulation #wildlife #harassment #plastic #entanglement #boats #BoatStrike #noise #pollution #HAI #Australia

Low-flying drones could disrupt whale migration off Australia’s east coast, experts warn

In high-density places such as Sydney many drones may hover over an animal at once, amplifying disturbance pressure

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Little penguins at risk of vanishing from WA island as once-thriving colony reduced to 120 birds

Exclusive: Study shows Penguin Island population in freefall, sources say, amid pressure from tourism, boat traffic and warming seas

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"Last year we saw about 133 turtles rescued —that's about 10 turtles a month that we've had to drive down to the Sunshine Coast”
“Sick and dying turtles on the Fraser Coast will no longer have to be rushed on a three-hour drive to Australia Zoo with the opening of Hervey Bay's own turtle hospital.”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-20/turtle-rehabilitation-research-centre-to-open-hervey-bay/102499112
#Floods #Pollution #disease #Fishing #Boatstrike #Turtles

Turtle rehabilitation, research centre to open in Hervey Bay, treating 150 turtles each year

Sick and dying turtles on the Fraser Coast will no longer have to be rushed on a three-hour drive to Australia Zoo with the opening of Hervey Bay's own turtle hospital. 

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