Midterminator
@midterminator.bsky.social
Protect the #midterms! The policy of the GOP, the oligarchs and the trolling felon in the WH looks like a preparation for rigging the midterm elections.
Pinned
Don't give up the ship. You can refuse illegal orders.
See also:
※ www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
※ www.factcheck.org/2025/11/expe...
※ www.ucmjlaw.com/disobey-a-su...
※ uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...
※ uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...
#MarkKelly
Video: drive.proton.me/urls/6R1HG5S...
See also:
※ www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
※ www.factcheck.org/2025/11/expe...
※ www.ucmjlaw.com/disobey-a-su...
※ uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...
※ uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...
#MarkKelly
Video: drive.proton.me/urls/6R1HG5S...
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"US justice department memo about boat strikes diverges from Trump narrative
Exclusive: Officials frame strikes as self-defense against violence, without naming aggressor, while Trump claims they are to stop US overdose deaths"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Exclusive: Officials frame strikes as self-defense against violence, without naming aggressor, while Trump claims they are to stop US overdose deaths"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US justice department memo about boat strikes diverges from Trump narrative
Exclusive: Officials frame strikes as self-defense against violence, without naming aggressor, while Trump claims they are to stop US overdose deaths
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"US justice department memo about boat strikes diverges from Trump narrative
Exclusive: Officials frame strikes as self-defense against violence, without naming aggressor, while Trump claims they are to stop US overdose deaths"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Exclusive: Officials frame strikes as self-defense against violence, without naming aggressor, while Trump claims they are to stop US overdose deaths"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Tacky is as tacky does.
November 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Tacky is as tacky does.
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Affordability messaging from the White House
Political Cartoons /3
Political Cartoons /3
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Affordability messaging from the White House
Political Cartoons /3
Political Cartoons /3
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Pete Hegseth bullying Mark Kelly?
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Pete Hegseth bullying Mark Kelly?
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Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way,
"Elections Without Democracy
THE RISE OF COMPETITIVE AUTHORITARIANISM",
page 53,
Journal of Democracy Volume 13, Number 2 April 2002
#CompetitiveAuthoritarism #Authoritarism #Democracy #AntiFascism
scholar.harvard.edu/files/levits...
"Elections Without Democracy
THE RISE OF COMPETITIVE AUTHORITARIANISM",
page 53,
Journal of Democracy Volume 13, Number 2 April 2002
#CompetitiveAuthoritarism #Authoritarism #Democracy #AntiFascism
scholar.harvard.edu/files/levits...
![https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/levitsky/files/SL_elections.pdf
Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way, Elections Without Democracy - THE RISE OF COMPETITIVE AUTHORITARIANISM, page 53,
Journal of Democracy Volume 13, Number 2 April 2002
«[...] Competitive authoritarianism must be distinguished from democracy on the one hand and full-scale authoritarianism on the other. Modern democratic regimes all meet four minimum criteria:
1) Executives and legislatures are chosen through elections that are open, free, and fair;
2) virtually all adults possess the right to vote;
3) political rights and civil liberties, including freedom of the press, freedom of association, and freedom to criticize the government without reprisal, are broadly protected; and
4) elected authorities possess real authority to govern, in that they are not subject to the tutelary control of military or clerical leaders.
Although even fully democratic regimes may at times violate one or more of these criteria, such violations are not broad or systematic enough to seriously impede democratic challenges to incumbent governments. In other words, they do not fundamentally alter the playing field between government and opposition.
In competitive authoritarian regimes, by contrast, violations of these criteria are both frequent enough and serious enough to create an uneven playing field between government and opposition. Although elections are regularly held and are generally free of massive fraud, incumbents routinely abuse state resources, deny the opposition adequate media coverage, harass opposition candidates and their supporters, and in some cases manipulate electoral results. Journalists, opposition politicians, and other government critics may be spied on, threatened, harassed, or arrested. Members of the opposition may be jailed, exiled, or—less frequently—even assaulted or murdered. Regimes characterized by such abuses cannot be called democratic. [...]»](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lftldd4k2bnecjcxja2zz2d7/bafkreib4n5ylvym5flcfj36hdcdchhqb6gcc74xrvhug4xkcdqtbcsrak4@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way,
"Elections Without Democracy
THE RISE OF COMPETITIVE AUTHORITARIANISM",
page 53,
Journal of Democracy Volume 13, Number 2 April 2002
#CompetitiveAuthoritarism #Authoritarism #Democracy #AntiFascism
scholar.harvard.edu/files/levits...
"Elections Without Democracy
THE RISE OF COMPETITIVE AUTHORITARIANISM",
page 53,
Journal of Democracy Volume 13, Number 2 April 2002
#CompetitiveAuthoritarism #Authoritarism #Democracy #AntiFascism
scholar.harvard.edu/files/levits...
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“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
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Will Trump recheck all firearms licenses of US citizens after the next school shooting?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Will Trump recheck all firearms licenses of US citizens after the next school shooting?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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Happy Thanksgiving Eve Friends 🧡
#MarkKelly represents the best of our military/government 🇺🇸
Keep fighting for our country, she’s with it 🇺🇸✌🏽💙
#SheShed 🇺🇸
#MarkKelly represents the best of our military/government 🇺🇸
Keep fighting for our country, she’s with it 🇺🇸✌🏽💙
#SheShed 🇺🇸
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Happy Thanksgiving Eve Friends 🧡
#MarkKelly represents the best of our military/government 🇺🇸
Keep fighting for our country, she’s with it 🇺🇸✌🏽💙
#SheShed 🇺🇸
#MarkKelly represents the best of our military/government 🇺🇸
Keep fighting for our country, she’s with it 🇺🇸✌🏽💙
#SheShed 🇺🇸
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Senator/Captain Mark Kelly may have some medals that were awarded to him for bravery under fire, but Donald Trump also has a few impressive awards he was given while in military school
#Trump #MarkKelly
#Trump #MarkKelly
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Senator/Captain Mark Kelly may have some medals that were awarded to him for bravery under fire, but Donald Trump also has a few impressive awards he was given while in military school
#Trump #MarkKelly
#Trump #MarkKelly
Don't give up the ship. You can refuse illegal orders.
See also:
※ www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
※ www.factcheck.org/2025/11/expe...
※ www.ucmjlaw.com/disobey-a-su...
※ uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...
※ uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...
#MarkKelly
Video: drive.proton.me/urls/6R1HG5S...
See also:
※ www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
※ www.factcheck.org/2025/11/expe...
※ www.ucmjlaw.com/disobey-a-su...
※ uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...
※ uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...
#MarkKelly
Video: drive.proton.me/urls/6R1HG5S...
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Don't give up the ship. You can refuse illegal orders.
See also:
※ www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
※ www.factcheck.org/2025/11/expe...
※ www.ucmjlaw.com/disobey-a-su...
※ uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...
※ uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...
#MarkKelly
Video: drive.proton.me/urls/6R1HG5S...
See also:
※ www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
※ www.factcheck.org/2025/11/expe...
※ www.ucmjlaw.com/disobey-a-su...
※ uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...
※ uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...
#MarkKelly
Video: drive.proton.me/urls/6R1HG5S...
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Our military is supposed to "assume" that all orders from superiors are lawful. However, we are (vet speaking here) also trained to refuse unlawful orders. Yes, we face harsh penalties if we are wrong in saying no, but the Constitution, the law, and our country are worth that risk.
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Our military is supposed to "assume" that all orders from superiors are lawful. However, we are (vet speaking here) also trained to refuse unlawful orders. Yes, we face harsh penalties if we are wrong in saying no, but the Constitution, the law, and our country are worth that risk.
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When you had been trained to refuse unlawful orders, was there any written training material given to you?
There are cases where any soldier can decide that an order is unlawful, e.g. an order to participate in a coup against the POTUS. Trump surely wants such an order to be refused.
There are cases where any soldier can decide that an order is unlawful, e.g. an order to participate in a coup against the POTUS. Trump surely wants such an order to be refused.
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
When you had been trained to refuse unlawful orders, was there any written training material given to you?
There are cases where any soldier can decide that an order is unlawful, e.g. an order to participate in a coup against the POTUS. Trump surely wants such an order to be refused.
There are cases where any soldier can decide that an order is unlawful, e.g. an order to participate in a coup against the POTUS. Trump surely wants such an order to be refused.
@smirkingchimp.bsky.social, a link in www.smirkingchimp.com/news/115537/... isn't working.
uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r... works
#MarkKelly | Mark Kelly | #UnlawfulOrders | unlawful orders
uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r... works
#MarkKelly | Mark Kelly | #UnlawfulOrders | unlawful orders
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
@smirkingchimp.bsky.social, a link in www.smirkingchimp.com/news/115537/... isn't working.
uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r... works
#MarkKelly | Mark Kelly | #UnlawfulOrders | unlawful orders
uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r... works
#MarkKelly | Mark Kelly | #UnlawfulOrders | unlawful orders
"Senator Mark E. Kelly, Patriot of Patriots"
by Robert Reich | November 26, 2025
by Robert Reich | November 26, 2025
Senator Mark E. Kelly, Patriot of Patriots | The Smirking Chimp www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/rober... ...donnyboy really fucked himself by taking Kelly on.
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"Senator Mark E. Kelly, Patriot of Patriots"
by Robert Reich | November 26, 2025
by Robert Reich | November 26, 2025
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Meet Trump's Goebbels
open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
Meet Trump's Goebbels
After his latest appearance on FOX News, it’s clear Stephen Miller wants to bring Nazism to America.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Meet Trump's Goebbels
open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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How estranged are Donald and Melania Trump? Was it legal how Melania Knauss became a US citizen? Does she have to be afraid of the ICE?
bsky.app/profile/caro...
bsky.app/profile/caro...
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
How estranged are Donald and Melania Trump? Was it legal how Melania Knauss became a US citizen? Does she have to be afraid of the ICE?
bsky.app/profile/caro...
bsky.app/profile/caro...
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