Charles Ray
@charlesray45.bsky.social
Author, Artist, Photographer, Teacher, Traveler.
Just follow orders or obey the law? What US troops told us about refusing illegal commands
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Just follow orders or obey the law? What US troops told us about refusing illegal commands
A majority of service members understand the distinction between legal and illegal orders.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Just follow orders or obey the law? What US troops told us about refusing illegal commands
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Pentagon investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly revives Cold War persecution of Americans with supposedly disloyal views
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Pentagon investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly revives Cold War persecution of Americans with supposedly disloyal views
President Donald Trump and his supporters cast their domestic opponents as disloyal, traitorous or worse, rather than seeing dissent as part of democracy.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Pentagon investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly revives Cold War persecution of Americans with supposedly disloyal views
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There is a flock of wild turkeys that frequently snack in the field across from my neighborhood. Sometimes I can hear them gobbling when the back door is open and they’re in the wooded area out back.
I don’t want to eat their relatives.
I’m having roast beef this Thanksgiving.
God bless America.
I don’t want to eat their relatives.
I’m having roast beef this Thanksgiving.
God bless America.
"There are things we all know to be true, and yet we cannot say them. Why? Because it might offend someone. I’m going to say it. If you hate eating turkey on Thanksgiving, you are un-American."
New from Clare Coffey:
New from Clare Coffey:
A Defense of the Thanksgiving Turkey
The noble, beautiful, all-American bird pays worthy homage to our grand culinary inheritance.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
There is a flock of wild turkeys that frequently snack in the field across from my neighborhood. Sometimes I can hear them gobbling when the back door is open and they’re in the wooded area out back.
I don’t want to eat their relatives.
I’m having roast beef this Thanksgiving.
God bless America.
I don’t want to eat their relatives.
I’m having roast beef this Thanksgiving.
God bless America.
Your Most Powerful Vote Isn't for President
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Your Most Powerful Vote Isn't for President
Who's delivering for their constituents?
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November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Your Most Powerful Vote Isn't for President
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The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela prospect.org/2025/11/26/3...
The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela - The American Prospect
How Juan Guaidó sucked a weary nation dry, and primed it for the current U.S.-led assault
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November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The $30 Billion Identity Theft of Venezuela prospect.org/2025/11/26/3...
Hegseth is not fit to carry Senator Mark Kelly’s laundry
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Hegseth is not fit to carry Senator Mark Kelly’s laundry
Oh boy, is Senator Kelly in trouble now.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Hegseth is not fit to carry Senator Mark Kelly’s laundry
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Genuine question: has any GOP member of house or senate spoken out about the Dept of defense and Hegseth threatening sen Mark Kelly with lawfare? Beyond disturbing
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Genuine question: has any GOP member of house or senate spoken out about the Dept of defense and Hegseth threatening sen Mark Kelly with lawfare? Beyond disturbing
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
Especially any veterans?
Shame on all those who stay silent
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A question for discussion — especially for vets:
If you were ordered to stop a ship in the Caribbean believed to be carrying drugs, board it, and execute its crew — purely as a hypothetical raised by recent DoD interdiction videos — would you follow that order?
What would guide your decision?
If you were ordered to stop a ship in the Caribbean believed to be carrying drugs, board it, and execute its crew — purely as a hypothetical raised by recent DoD interdiction videos — would you follow that order?
What would guide your decision?
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A question for discussion — especially for vets:
If you were ordered to stop a ship in the Caribbean believed to be carrying drugs, board it, and execute its crew — purely as a hypothetical raised by recent DoD interdiction videos — would you follow that order?
What would guide your decision?
If you were ordered to stop a ship in the Caribbean believed to be carrying drugs, board it, and execute its crew — purely as a hypothetical raised by recent DoD interdiction videos — would you follow that order?
What would guide your decision?
We’re Not Backing Down
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We’re Not Backing Down
On Hegseth’s Attacks on Eugene and Sen. Mark Kelly
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November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We’re Not Backing Down
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“I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies.”
Trump threatened him with death. Now the Pentagon will probe him.
The Pentagon announced Monday that it has launched an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona after he and several other Democratic lawmakers said that military troops should not obey “illegal…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies.”
The Wait
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The Wait
How America Delays Justice Until Survivors Die
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November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Wait
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through legal interpretations and the Manual for Courts-Martial, establishes a duty to disobey manifestly unlawful orders. Reiterating this principle aligns with Congress’s oversight responsibilities and is fundamentally part of fulfilling its constitutional role. #holdfast #SteadyState
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
through legal interpretations and the Manual for Courts-Martial, establishes a duty to disobey manifestly unlawful orders. Reiterating this principle aligns with Congress’s oversight responsibilities and is fundamentally part of fulfilling its constitutional role. #holdfast #SteadyState
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Congress has the constitutional duty to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces (Article I, Section 8, Clause 14). It enacted the UCMJ, which specifies that service members must obey only “lawful” orders and,
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Congress has the constitutional duty to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces (Article I, Section 8, Clause 14). It enacted the UCMJ, which specifies that service members must obey only “lawful” orders and,
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portraying her as a useful idiot in a bizarre QAnon-style conspiracy. This is propaganda straight from the dictator’s playbook: invent a shadowy conspiracy, assign hidden “handlers,” and weaponize paranoia to delegitimize lawful oversight. #holdfast
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
portraying her as a useful idiot in a bizarre QAnon-style conspiracy. This is propaganda straight from the dictator’s playbook: invent a shadowy conspiracy, assign hidden “handlers,” and weaponize paranoia to delegitimize lawful oversight. #holdfast
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Fox is now claiming that Rep. Slotkin is a CIA asset in a “destabilization op,” controlled by “deep state handlers,” because she reminded service members to follow the law. They even suggest she’s unwitting of her own “mission,”
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Fox is now claiming that Rep. Slotkin is a CIA asset in a “destabilization op,” controlled by “deep state handlers,” because she reminded service members to follow the law. They even suggest she’s unwitting of her own “mission,”
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November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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It’s just a disinformation trope to turn a lawful message into a fabricated threat. #holdfast #SteadyState
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It’s just a disinformation trope to turn a lawful message into a fabricated threat. #holdfast #SteadyState
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The “deep state psyop” narrative is a defensive reaction, not some big discovery — it’s panic wrapped in conspiracy. Here, Newsmax also falsely claims the Smith–Mundt Act lets the government run psychological operations on Americans. It doesn’t.
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The “deep state psyop” narrative is a defensive reaction, not some big discovery — it’s panic wrapped in conspiracy. Here, Newsmax also falsely claims the Smith–Mundt Act lets the government run psychological operations on Americans. It doesn’t.
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Good riddance.
DOGE is put out of its misery
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency has reportedly died a quiet death after months of generating havoc throughout the federal government, costing taxpayers millions of dollars, and ...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Good riddance.
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.