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Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
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If only Donald Trump could read:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If only Donald Trump could read:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
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The peace plan being pushed on Ukraine, with the threat to withdraw ALL American support for Ukraine is a nightmare and must be stopped. The health and future of Europe is at stake.
Call your senators and remind them that we don’t like dictators.
5calls.org/issue/ukrain...
Call your senators and remind them that we don’t like dictators.
5calls.org/issue/ukrain...
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The peace plan being pushed on Ukraine, with the threat to withdraw ALL American support for Ukraine is a nightmare and must be stopped. The health and future of Europe is at stake.
Call your senators and remind them that we don’t like dictators.
5calls.org/issue/ukrain...
Call your senators and remind them that we don’t like dictators.
5calls.org/issue/ukrain...
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FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Federal Agents Repeatedly Lied About What They Did During Aggressive Immigration Raids: Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis used a blistering 233-page ruling to painstakingly detail how agents falsely asserted in court and in official reports that they had been confronted with unrelenti...
news.wttw.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
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Millions dead from hunger and malnutrition. Billions wasted. Lost and wasted research. Compromised security. Shame on Elon Musk. Blood on his hands and a legacy of failure.
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Millions dead from hunger and malnutrition. Billions wasted. Lost and wasted research. Compromised security. Shame on Elon Musk. Blood on his hands and a legacy of failure.
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The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The number of ways this is disgraceful behavior from the Secretary of Defense is...a lot.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
Service members do have a duty to refuse illegal orders
All Americans have a 1st Amendment right to say that out loud.
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Pardons for sale, get your fresh hot pardons for sale...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The case of a felon who paid lobbyists nearly $1 million to seek a Trump pardon
Nursing home magnate Joseph Schwartz was sentenced in April to three years for defrauding the government of $38 million. Seven months later, Trump pardoned him, but the White House denies a lobbying t...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Pardons for sale, get your fresh hot pardons for sale...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Yes, you have to pay the convicted fraudsters to get your presidential pardon, but that's how the United States of America sells 'em now:
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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NEW: Indictment against LETITIA JAMES has also been DISMISSED because of the unlawful appointment of Lindsey Halligan storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Order on Motion to Dismiss – #140 in United States v. James (E.D. Va., 2:25-cr-00122) – CourtListener.com
ORDER AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. (2) All actions flowing from ...
storage.courtlistener.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
NEW: Indictment against LETITIA JAMES has also been DISMISSED because of the unlawful appointment of Lindsey Halligan storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"EPA's own scientists closed the case on this 16 years ago. But this administration is obsessed with reversing the progress we have made and taking the country backwards."
@schiff.senate.gov defended the restoration of EPA's smart methane standards that protect our air and health.
@schiff.senate.gov defended the restoration of EPA's smart methane standards that protect our air and health.
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"EPA's own scientists closed the case on this 16 years ago. But this administration is obsessed with reversing the progress we have made and taking the country backwards."
@schiff.senate.gov defended the restoration of EPA's smart methane standards that protect our air and health.
@schiff.senate.gov defended the restoration of EPA's smart methane standards that protect our air and health.
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The fix was in long ago.
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The fix was in long ago.
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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“His abusive and excessive use of the GV Jet for his personal adventures and the assignment of SWAT-qualified special agents to guard his girlfriend are indicative of his lack of leadership experience, judgment and humility,” he added...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Patel Under Scrutiny for Use of SWAT Teams to Protect His Girlfriend
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“His abusive and excessive use of the GV Jet for his personal adventures and the assignment of SWAT-qualified special agents to guard his girlfriend are indicative of his lack of leadership experience, judgment and humility,” he added...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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Understand that the Halligan thing is 100% Pam Bondi's fuck-up. She could have appointed Halligan Special Attorney and this thing would still be alive.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Understand that the Halligan thing is 100% Pam Bondi's fuck-up. She could have appointed Halligan Special Attorney and this thing would still be alive.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
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3/ And whether they can reindict at all is questionable. Judge Currie suggest otherwise in dicta, writing that an "invalid indictment...cannot serve to block the door of limitations as it swings closed," relying on district court decisions in Maryland and Illinois.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
3/ And whether they can reindict at all is questionable. Judge Currie suggest otherwise in dicta, writing that an "invalid indictment...cannot serve to block the door of limitations as it swings closed," relying on district court decisions in Maryland and Illinois.
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2/…expect DOJ to contest that, both in court and by trying to install their own pick under other rules. They only have 6 months to reindict. As a practical matter, it’s unclear any of this resolves that quickly. It’s a mess.
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
2/…expect DOJ to contest that, both in court and by trying to install their own pick under other rules. They only have 6 months to reindict. As a practical matter, it’s unclear any of this resolves that quickly. It’s a mess.
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1/Because Judge Currie says the govt can’t keep appointing acting US Attys after an initial 120 day appt, it’s now up to the local district judges to name an acting us atty. They’re likely to name someone who will stand for the rule of law & not reindict bad cases. But…
And now, the case against Letitia James is dismissed too, same rationale but minus the statute of limitations complication.
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
1/Because Judge Currie says the govt can’t keep appointing acting US Attys after an initial 120 day appt, it’s now up to the local district judges to name an acting us atty. They’re likely to name someone who will stand for the rule of law & not reindict bad cases. But…
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A federal judge has dismissed the criminal charges against former F.B.I. Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that the prosecutor Trump handpicked to pursue the cases was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal charges against former F.B.I. Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that the prosecutor Trump handpicked to pursue the cases was illegally appointed.
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“A federal judge has ruled that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, leading the judge to dismiss the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.”
www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
Judge dismisses Comey and James indictments, says Halligan unlawfully appointed
James Comey and Letitia James both challenged the legality of Halligan’s installation. It’s one of several issues in their cases.
www.ms.now
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“A federal judge has ruled that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed as the interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, leading the judge to dismiss the indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.”
www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
www.ms.now/deadline-whi...
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BREAKING: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) responds to Pentagon investigation: "I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies"
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
BREAKING: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) responds to Pentagon investigation: "I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies"
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Trump has lost independents on immigration. That carries enormous political consequences.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump has lost independents on immigration. That carries enormous political consequences.
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Currie's ruling also seems to rule out a reindictment of Comey by concluding that if the indictment was invalid at the time it was issued, prosecutors can't invoke a federal law that give extension of 6 months-plus in some situations.
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Currie's ruling also seems to rule out a reindictment of Comey by concluding that if the indictment was invalid at the time it was issued, prosecutors can't invoke a federal law that give extension of 6 months-plus in some situations.