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Michael Robinson

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Civ mil, polarization, natsec, & domestic politics | Book: Dangerous Instrument: Political Polarization and Civil Military Relations | Views own, not USG

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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · Nov 27

🎥In honor of the 82nd anniversary of Casablanca's US release, some of the great (and real-life) things about the classic film🧵

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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · 5h

Sometime in earth that will be there will be a class on the term autumnal because the climate apocalypse will have deleted fall from our lives.

It will need a video compilation on the Gilmore Girls and an audio compilation of Siddhartha Khosla’s score for only murders in the building.

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 16h

In between are those who argue that profoundly immoral and illegal orders shouldn't be obeyed, but if one area that shouldn't be the basis of disobedience is political disagreement. See this excellent article by @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social @mzmargulies.bsky.social @eclipticevader7.bsky.social
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What Discord Follows: The Divisive Debate over Military Disobedience

In The Soldier and the State, Samuel Huntington tells a story of a German officer in World War II who strongly believed his government was wrong, but also

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 16h

🧵 I'm excited to share that my article "Democratic Backsliding and the Limits of Civilian Control of the Military" has been accepted @thejop.bsky.social.

It answers the question "how ought militaries act when civilian leaders turn on democratic institutions?"

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Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · 6d

Folks we are watching the adjudication of some of the most important constitutional issues of federalism, executive discretion, and judicial review since the 19th c

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Judge issues new broader order barring any National Guard from relocating to Oregon

Judge asked federal government lawyer: 'Do you believe this is an appropriate way to deal with a judge’s order that you disagree with?'

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 7d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 13d

While every administration has fired some military leaders, none has relieved so many, so early in their tenure, and in this dramatic fashion.

How Military Leaders Should Respond to Trump’s Norm-Busting

There’s no shame in getting fired when it is not for cause.

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Eric M. Murphy @ericmmurphy.bsky.social · Sep 9

Looking forward to getting my own copy of @kschake.bsky.social’s book, and this excerpt certainly whet’s the appetite.

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Sep 8

Grateful to @breakingdefense.com for running an excerpt from my book. Thank you, @aaronmehta.bsky.social 🙂

Can America's trust in its military survive the present moment? [Book excerpt] - Breaking Defense

An excerpt from The State And The Soldier: A History Of Civil-military Relations In The United States written by Kori Schake of AEI.

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Aaron Mehta @aaronmehta.bsky.social · Sep 8

Happy to present a small excerpt from @kschake.bsky.social 's upcoming book, sure to be a masterpiece.

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Can America's trust in its military survive the present moment? [Book excerpt] - Breaking Defense

An excerpt from The State And The Soldier: A History Of Civil-military Relations In The United States written by Kori Schake of AEI.

breakingdefense.com

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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · Sep 5

let’s gooooooooo

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Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · Sep 2

So, sending troops to Chicago or Baltimore would be much more complicated than either LA or DC.
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James McGuire @gozermac.bsky.social · Sep 2

@lindsaypcohn.bsky.social do you have any insight on the authority to operate in IL? I get the base but leaving the base what stops local cops from stopping them?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 2

Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."

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James McGuire @gozermac.bsky.social · Sep 2

@lindsaypcohn.bsky.social do you have any insight on the authority to operate in IL? I get the base but leaving the base what stops local cops from stopping them?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 2

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Greg Jaffe @gregjaffe.bsky.social · Aug 29

The Pentagon is restoring a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which includes a slave guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background, to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed, officials said.

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Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · Aug 27

National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.

Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Aug 27

I love the photo — it’s 1943, FDR in Morocco enroute to the Casablanca conference, being saluted by soldiers whose shadow you see, generals (including Patton and Devers) arrayed saluting both the president and soldiers, FDR’s hat and hand over his heart.

Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Aug 27

I just received my first copy of the book!

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Aug 27

I just received my first copy of the book!

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Jess Booshain 👻 @profjessblankshain.bsky.social · Aug 27

I've noticed that "disobey unlawful orders" has become something of a get out of jail free card when it comes to difficult civil-military relations discussions. Up there with "oath to the Constitution."

Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social · Feb 26

I often see people reposting a paraphrase of the “Nuremberg defense.” The paraphrase is that “I was following orders” is not a defense. To be clear, this “defense” only fails for patently unlawful orders.

It is not relevant in 99.9% of cases. Actions of most employees will not be patently unlawful.

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Tim Mathews @timmathews.bsky.social · Feb 26

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NPR @npr.org · Aug 26

A whistleblower complaint says that the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.

Whistleblower says Trump officials copied millions of Social Security numbers

A whistleblower complaint says that the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.

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