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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 1h

This is worrisome. I have mixed feelings about this. Judge Advocates General (JAG) and Commanders need to decide what are unlawful orders under all but exigent circumstances.

THIS is why removal/replacement of JAGs was such a big deal.

Is this WHY they were removed/replaced?

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"

taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/

Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes

“Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 2h

Interested in law, politics, philosophy? You'll find this a good read.

"At its core, this is a case about determining whether the president is acting in good faith when wielding immense power. The justices’ track record on that front is not reassuring."

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The Cases That Could Unleash Trump’s War on Blue Cities

A legal battle between California Governor Gavin Newsom and the president will decide whether the president’s autocratic use of the National Guard is above board.

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 4h

Please watch. Please repost so more people can see this.

It's a 16 minute video, very much worth the time.

Jerelle @shankhead.bsky.social · 5h

Michigan’s Senator Slotkin tells US exactly where we’re at:
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Elissa Slotkin speech outlines dark future on how Donald Trump intends 'to hold onto power'

YouTube video by Detroit Free Press

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 5h

Entitled foul-mouthed sleaze bag magat repug.

Nancy Mace berated airport police and TSA agents, incident report says

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Nancy Mace berated airport police and TSA agents, incident report says

The report claims Mace called officers “incompetent” and accused them of mistreating her.

www.washingtonpost.com

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 18h

🚨🔫Pulled on citizens. Video from different angle, broken in 2 parts because this MUST be seen. This 🧊 commits aggravated assault against the man on the ground. Video 1/2 Post 1/3

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 18h

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We have not been this far from civilized since water hoses were used to take out the eyes of black people fighting for basic human rights.

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 18h

3/3

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 14h

Humans. 🥹

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 13h

Ditto.

Earthbound420+ @earthbound420plus.bsky.social · 14h

Seriously 💥🤬

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 13h

Remind me, please. Where did Project 2025 come from? Who put it together? Who pushed it?

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 1d

Kevin Roberts' defense of Nick Fuentes is a watershed moment: the right has officially declared open, unabashed Hitlerism to be an acceptable position in their coalition

www.vox.com/politics/466...

The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi

Reasonable people can disagree about whether Hitler was good, says the Heritage Foundation.

www.vox.com

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 13h

Scott is a corrupt, thieving bastard.

He's just making a show.

pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 18h

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 13h

Solid Americans. Gutsy. Big-time gutsy. Good luck to both. Hats off to both. I hope they do not experience reprisals.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 17h

Two Illinois Guardsmen claim to have sworn an oath over orders, stating that they will not turn on their city

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18h

"To Trump, Reagan’s composed performance, with its affirmation of consensus, is almost intolerable. It must be discredited not because it is inaccurate but because it represents an entirely different model of what presidential authority looks like." -Jake Lundberg
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Why a Reagan Ad Provoked Trump

Canada’s anti-tariff ad was an incursion in the trade war, but there’s another reason it may have bothered Trump.

www.theatlantic.com

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 14h

I TOTALLY AGREE.

LoriPerkinsRAB @loriperkinsrab.bsky.social · 15h

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Harrison Ford blasts Trump as 'world goes to hell': 'I don't know of a greater criminal in history'

Harrison Ford is blasting Donald Trump for his 'hubris' and 'lies' as 'the world goes to hell in a handbasket': 'I don't know of a greater criminal in history.'

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 14h

Please say it ain't so!

I don't want either of these two to run, but either one would be a thousand times better than Vance. Good god, is this really the country we live in? Where VANCE has even a slight chance of being president?

PLEASE SAY IT AIN'T SO!

(No repug should have a chance!)

Newsweek @newsweek.com · 15h

Ocasio-Cortez and Newsom are on track for a close race against Vance if they become their parties' nominees, a new poll found.

AOC’s and Gavin Newsom’s Chances of Beating JD Vance in 2028—Polls

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 15h

Cook County residents would see their monthly premiums rise by 95% next year, on average.

Illinois residents to see 78% average cost increase for Affordable Care Act exchange plans if subsidies expire

Illinois residents to see 78% average increase in cost of Affordable Care Act exchange plans, if Congress allows subsidies to expire

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 14h

Mother Jones predicts very scary, tenuous days ahead. From Weiss, because of Weiss? AI, the ability to identify AI-generated "slop," the end of truth?

Very interesting article that might make you think, almost certainly make you worry.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Another big reason to worry about Bari Weiss’ tenure at CBS News

Right now, a potential peril is at hand: the end of truth.

www.motherjones.com

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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 17h

Some shareholders of NANA Regional Corporation say the profit from its contract work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — nearly $1.2 billion over the past decade — aren't worth the human toll.

Some Alaska Native corporation shareholders say profits from ICE contracts not worth human toll

As the Trump administration's immigration crackdown continues, allegations of human rights abuses have led to calls from some NANA shareholders to get out of the immigrant detention business.

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 17h

Scary stuff. I want ICE and CBP to get the hell gone!

KUOW Public Radio @kuow.org · 17h

A series of immigration arrests has shaken an Issaquah preschool community over the past week. They’ve also had a ripple effect throughout the city’s education system.

Issaquah on edge after ICE arrest outside preschool

A series of immigration arrests has shaken an Issaquah preschool community over the past week. The arrests have also had a ripple effect throughout the city’s education system.

www.kuow.org

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Alex Harrison @alexhairysun.bsky.social · 1d

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

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Lyle E Kyotee @lyleekyotee.bsky.social · 1d

this is exactly how I feel about the current regime.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h

Popok: The blue states and cities effectively brought the cases. The red states are suffering, and their AGs are sitting on the sidelines. There’s no red state that brought a case. Think about that: not one red state attorney general brought a case to help prevent starvation and suffering. None.

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 21h

They're all going to hell.

FOX8 WGHP @myfox8.com · 21h

Civil war erupts on the right after Heritage president's Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes comments

Civil war erupts on the right after Heritage president’s Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes comments

A civil war over the direction of the conservative movement and who should be considered part of it erupted after Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts posted a video Thursday defending Tucke…

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 21h

Dozens of concerned Asian American restaurant owners across Chicago are hosting a fundraiser on Monday night in response to ICE raids throughout the city, with the proceeds going toward immigrant rights groups. trib.al/yotMkgd

Immigrants power kitchens, chefs say. So a Chicago group is raising money for their protection.

The Tiger Moon Market fundraiser, set for Nov. 3, came together in just a few days after a community conversation among food workers. More than half of restaurant workers in Illinois are foreign-born, according to the Illinois Restaurant Association.

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Bill Ellison @soundnation2.bsky.social · 21h

Tramp bragged about his renovation of the Lincoln bathroom. Gaudy gold furnishings. A Tramp trademark. Like Saddam.

Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 1d

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

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