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Paul Derrick
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Trying to live a life that glorifies Christ (perhaps occasionally succeeding); husband/dad/grandpa/lawyer; politically independent; grateful ex-alcoholic; competition BBQ judge.
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Why? Because it’s true and it is faithful to the letter and spirit of the Constitution and the law.

Senator, keep speaking out against this insecure and malicious would-be dictator. I happily and publicly stand with you. (4/4)
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
It’s scandalous and treasonous that our POTUS doesn’t. He’s apparently never met an oath or law he couldn’t break.

Since February of this year, I’ve given service members, both in-person and on social media, the same message that you and your colleagues gave in the recent video. (3/4)
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I served in a Republican administration and, as before, I swore an oath to protect the Constitution and to faithfully uphold the law. I honored that oath, too.

Decades later, I’m neither Republican nor Democrat but I still believe in upholding the Constitution and honoring the rule of law. (2/4)
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
My first job after college was in law enforcement. I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and to faithfully enforce the law. I honored that oath.

A decade later, I went to work as an attorney for the federal government after graduation from law school. … (1/4)
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
North Carolina is the nation’s largest producer of sweet potatoes, and plenty of us here devour sweet potato pie whenever it’s around. Anyone who turns up their nose at such wholesome goodness is to be pitied…possibly even shunned.
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
🎯 Gotta be sure there’s plenty of room to take in the white South Africans who are being systematically “terrorized and slaughtered.”
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Apparently, Hegseth either doesn't know or doesn't care that initiating a bogus investigation is, itself, prohibited by the UCMJ. Article 107 (False Official Statements) and Article 134 (General Article) are most applicable, but other articles also may be implicated, depending on the specifics.
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Trump, Johnson, and others are tossing around the word "sedition" as if the repeated incantation of it, through some feat of legal alchemy, will somehow give their baseless pronouncements about what it means a gloss of truth. They're merely incorrect.
www.csis.org/analysis/und...
Understanding Insurrection and Sedition
CSIS security experts define acts of sedition and insurrection and evaluate the seriousness of both charges.
www.csis.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
💯 You have to be very careful when arguing with insane people because there's always a likelihood that folks won't be able to tell you apart.
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
When a president feels threatened and calls for the execution of people whose only action was openly stating what the Constitution and federal law have long provided, it's time to immediately remove him by any legal means possible.
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In the words of one of my law school professors, “Compulsive liars are just incapable of letting facts and evidence get in the way of a good story.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
nlgmltf.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
And less than 20 of those had a criminal record. As we've seen countless times from this administration, cruelty is the point.
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Heads would explode.
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Nor am I...and I'm OK with that.
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM