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  BREAKING: Pete Hegseth announces the firing squad execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Hasan will be made public on December 3, at the same location where he carried out the massacre.

  @PolymarketX6d ago22k▲view on X ↗
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  MAGA would introduce Hunger Games if they could. You think I'm joking.

  wajali.bsky.socialBluesky6d ago943▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  The unquenchable bloodlust of this administration is really quite something. What's next? Running man? https://www. reuters.com/world/us-livestrea m-army-execution-fort-hood-shooter-pentagon-official-says-2026-10-08/

  briankrebs@infosec.exchangeMastodon6d ago247▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  A quick web search¹ shows these as the only other nations that still hold public executions: Iran, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Somalia.Those aren't places whose approach to justice the US should emulate. Civilized governments did away with public execution a century ago²In fact, one argument I recently have used in support of the war with Iran is…

  thomassmith65Hacker News6d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  I think people are objecting to live streaming the execution more than the execution itself. I think they have underestimated the size of the audience they will get and the world reaction. Even China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia don’t live stream executions. The only group that I can think of in recent years that has streamed executions as a matter…

  General-Sea-5975r/politics6d agoview on r/politics ↗
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  Their lives mattered deeply 🙏💔 Nidal Hasan robbed them of their lives, and took them away from their beloved family members. December 3, 2026 at 1:00pm, Hasan will pay with his life as he stands before a firing squad at Fort Hood Army base in Killeen, Texas.

  @FarmGirlCarrieX6d ago18k▲view on X ↗
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  I’ve probably watched dozens of mass shooting videos as part of my job. It takes a part of you each time. I do not understand why you would do this. Vile.

  hannahgais.bsky.socialBluesky6d ago239▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  Unreal. # Trump has dragged us back to the # barbaric days of # PublicExecution . I am sick. # Pentagon says the # FiringSquad # execution of # FortHood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be # livestreamed . I’ve said it before, there are sooooo many things wrong with these people. They are basically the equivalent of the terrorists who livestream…

  Nonilex@masto.aiMastodon6d ago213▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  if you've read enough history you know the authoritarian path the u.s is headed down towards.this public execution buys implied consent to execute 'enemies' of the state. it also forces state governors aligned with the president to livestream executions of those on death row as 'deterrent'. then later go execute enemies of the state.however as…

  dzongaHacker News6d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  You are right and other people here are wrong. While some sickos surely like watching them most people don’t and keeping the actual video of what happens when you execute someone is a big reason why the death penalty returned to popularity. If you’ve ever seen someone die it is very often not a pretty affair, no matter the method. Public…

  eskimospy212r/politics6d agoview on r/politics ↗
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  BREAKING: The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.

  @APX6d ago15k▲view on X ↗
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  BREAKING US execution by firing squad of Fort Hood shooter to be livestreamed: Pentagon official

  en.afp.comBluesky6d ago142▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  So how do you plan to celebrate Christmas? I sure hope you have better plans than Pete Hegseth, who plans to execute a prisoner by military firing squad and livestream it to the nation. You know… like the terrorist regimes which the US used to be against. Please vote for a better future on November 3rd. https:// apnews.com/article/fort-hood-s…

  randahl@mastodon.socialMastodon6d ago57▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  Yes. In Iran they routinely kill enemies of the regime in public and/or hang them from cranes for display. I can’t fathom the folks that are currently the in crowd elites. I’d rather be dead than support a dystopian shit hole.

  steve-atx-7600Hacker News6d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  Ok, let's compare a no death penalty state and a death penalty state of comparable sizes. Massachusetts has no death penalty and they had 127 homicides in 2024. Missouri has the death penalty and they had 486 homicides in 2025. I say comparable but Mass. actually has almost a million more people. So, smaller population, death penalty and nearly 4…

  duckchasefunr/news6d agoview on r/news ↗
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  Public will be able to watch firing squad execution of Fort Hood attacker, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says

  @BBCBreakingX6d ago775▲view on X ↗
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  BREAKING: The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

  faytuksnetwork.bsky.socialBluesky6d ago77▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  Imagine what it does to a person to see a human being put to death. Imagine what it does to a country to allow this. https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/o ct/08/hegseth-fort-hood-shooter-public-execution?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

  ben@werd.socialMastodon6d ago42▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  The last public execution in my country ended up such bloody debacle that the crowd ended up attacking the officials. The death penalty was quickly abolished after that.

  expedition32Hacker News6d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  Right. I'm incredibly anti death penalty but this is a military situation. Military justice rules are always different and they do have the death penalty for certain things. But shit, if they do this there will probably be fireworks, a pre game-show and slow motion replays. 🤮

  rezin111r/politics6d agoview on r/politics ↗
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  Hegseth on Nidal Hasan: "He's gonna get a firing squad of soldiers. As it should be. We'll make sure that people are able to watch it. That it's public. Because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things."

  @atruparX6d ago658▲view on X ↗
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  If you want to encourage extremist behavior, this is precisely how you do it: celebrate someone’s ceremonial death worldwide. It’s a recipe for martyrdom.

  shiplives.bsky.socialBluesky6d ago61▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  These people are absolutely fucking insane. https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/o ct/08/hegseth-fort-hood-shooter-public-execution

  davep@infosec.exchangeMastodon6d ago33▲view on Mastodon ↗
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  We're going down a dark path. An uncivilized one. It will eventually touch people far more innocent than the criminal in this case.

  techteach00Hacker News6d agoview on Hacker News ↗