In his first term, he praised then-President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines for doing an “unbelievable job on the drug problem.". Mr. Duterte was arrested this year and is facing charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court over his drug war.

By ordering the U.S. military to summarily kill a group of people aboard what he said was a drug-smuggling boat, President Trump used the military in a way that had no clear legal precedent or basis, according to specialists in the laws of war.

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Pentagon authorizes up to 600 military lawyers to serve as temporary immigration judges.

RT @ByrhondaLyons: “In the nearly two years since Newsom launched CARE Court, it has reached only a few hundred people. That’s barely more….

ICE arrested a Cuban man in Miami. His dark bounce around the ICE detention system included 40 days in a jail cell in Casper. The isolation and uncertainty made him "want to die." He remains detained as ICE tries to find out how to deport him.

RT @WyoFile: Dismissing for a second time a lawsuit against a University of Wyoming sorority that admitted a transgender woman, a federal j….

And because it's Friday, here's some really great antler photographs from longtime Wyoming wildlife documenter Mark Gocke.

Pinedale braces for a trying trial after local DA secures an indictment of infamous wolf captor Cody Roberts, @Koshywrites reports. Wyoming skies delivered a little photojournalism magic, with a storm conveniently gathering above the Green River Bar.

This reporting on Trump's profiting off the presidency is thorough, and long, and even handed, and should probably be read by everyone.

Wyoming's U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman said carbon dioxide isn't a pollutant at a town hall in Wyoming oil and gas country (in Pinedale, where there's a history of organizing for clean air). She got booed, @DBleizeffer reports.

RT @MattLaslo: 'America is gone': Tiny act of kindness illuminates stark new reality of Trump's DC. My latest from outside the White House….

"About a dozen members of the National Guard appeared in five military vehicles near the Washington Monument as the sun set, a stark juxtaposition to a peaceful evening scene of people jogging by with headphones and walking their dogs.".

RT @NickTimiraos: Some folks have said core goods inflation is mild, and while true, last year, core goods prices were falling. Before th….

RT @peterbakernyt: The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no or….

RT @peterbakernyt: Citing a nonexistent crime crisis, Trump plans to take over the Washington DC police and put troops in the streets of th….

RT @demianbulwa: "Now, Lucy was seeking a hardship visa, while working under a legal permit and paying taxes while her case was pending. Bu….

RT @CJBarker: Yesterday was a brutal day for the Wyoming press, with eight community newspapers abruptly shuttered by their Illinois-based….

Where Wyoming troops will be deployed. governor and national guard spokespeople both say they don't know. @nytimes reports that guard members might do administrative functions at detention centers. Wyoming does not have such a federal facility.

Gov. Mark Gordon will deploy the Wyoming National Guard to support Trump's mass detention and deportation effort. He is one of a reported 20 Republican governors to do so.