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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 17h

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Monterey airport not running Kristi Noem video that blames Democrats for shutdown

KSBW 8 reached out to the Monterey Regional Airport, which says they were given an option to run the video but declined.

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 17h

Texas at the expense of Illinois.” 👏
This ruling is a thunderclap. She just reminded Trump that the United States military answers to the Constitution, not to one man’s weak, pathetic ego.
Like and Share if you support BLOCKING military control of our cities... like Judge Perry just did!

Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 17h

Constitution, the Posse Comitatus Act, and the sacred balance between state and federal power. “To have a National Guard from Texas deployed to Illinois against the wishes of its elected leaders,” she wrote, “empowers

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 17h

the crime problem in Chicago. I’ll straighten it out," but when she asked his lawyers if the Guard was being deployed to “stop crime,” Trump’s lawyers flat out said, "No."
In the end, Perry ruled that Trump’s actions violated the

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 17h

perceptions are not reliable.” 😮That's judicial speak for, "You can't even perceive reality".
Even better, Perry used Trump's own words to RIP into his habit of saying one thing to the public, but say the OPPOSITE in court. She quoted him saying, “I will solve

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 17h

Perry shredded the administration’s credibility, blasting its “troubling trend” of “equating protests with riots” and noting “bias and lack of objectivity” in officials who went in expecting “a sh*t show.”
Her conclusion was brutal: “Defendants’ declarants’

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 17h

subordination of the military to the civil arm.” 💯
She found his claim of “rebellion” absurd, writing, “The court cannot find reasonable support for a conclusion that there exists in Illinois a danger of rebellion.” The unrest Trump described “consisted entirely of opposition to ICE.”

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 17h

such preposterous means” as using one state’s militia to punish another.
She reminded him that even Madison and Hamilton warned against a president turning the military inward on Americans. “Our fathers never forgot their principles,” she wrote. “They always asserted and enforced the

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: Judge Perry updated her Chicago ruling to DESTROY Trump, using our founders' words to humiliate his “preposterous" fantasies. Enjoy ⬇
Perry opened with Alexander Hamilton’s own words — that it was “impossible to believe” any president would “employ

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 17h

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 17h

Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal fields, sorting coal from rock as it rushed past them inside massive processing buildings.
Their efforts helped fuel America’s industrial boom, but at a terrible cost.
(Photograph: LOC)

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 17h

Breaker boys in Pennsylvania's anthracite coal region | 1913
They were just eight, nine, or ten years old – small, tired figures perched above endless chutes of coal, their faces covered in soot and dust.
Known as breaker boys, these children worked in

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 18h

1939...
Caption
Two-wheeled trailer with a kitchen cabinet fitted on the end. This is copied from the old chuck wagons. Harlingen, Texas, migrant camp...
Source
Farm Security Administration, Russell Lee, photographer

Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 18h

isolated. Today, as a retired Colonel and trailblazing VFW leader, she advocates for women veterans.

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 18h

Promoted to 1st Lieutenant in February 1967, she faced the war's harsh realities: incoming rockets, endless shifts, and the emotional toll of young lives lost or forever changed.
Returning home in December 1967 brought a cold welcome—anti-war sentiments left veterans like her

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 18h

Hospital in Qui Nhon.
For a grueling year, Dee worked tirelessly in the Surgical Recovery Unit, caring for wounded soldiers amid the chaos of constant threats. She also served on a three-ward POW unit, treating enemies with the same compassion.

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 18h

Dolores "Dee" Padget joined the Army Student Nurse Program in 1961 to fund her education, committing to two years in the Army Nurse Corps—including one in Vietnam.
Commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in February 1966, she deployed in December of that year with the 85th Evac

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 1d

Territory. Photo by Charles H Dome.
Source
Oklahoma Historical Society

Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 1d

Oklahoma Territory, ca. 1890s...
Caption
Photograph of the Dome Family Dug-Out, where they lived until they were able to build a proper home. This method of living was typical until settlers were able to import building materials. Located one mile east of Hunter, Oklahoma

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Peace @dogsmile.bsky.social · 1d

Remove them ALL

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 1d

of 1943 who gave their lives during WW2.

Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 1d

was listed as Missing in Action. He is memorialized with the US Navy Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines.
He loved the sea, but also had aspirations of becoming an aviator.
Arty was one of 84 members of the Naval Academy Class

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Jerry Whitney @theharpoonman.bsky.social · 1d

USS Duncan kept firing until she was severely damaged by enemy shellfire. Her crew attempted to reach Savo Island to beach the stricken destroyer, but she sank.
Ensign Arthur Lane Jr was not among the survivors and

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