@docpolitx.bsky.social
Retired Physician, lifelong activist for peace and justice.
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Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Department of Defense Law of War Manual, Sec. 18.3.2.1 states the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders.
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
What’s its key example? Wait for it . . . It’s "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Resign now!
MAGA Republican Rep. Troy Nehls just announced he won't run for re-election in 2026.
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Resign now!
This is how we do it! Like antibodies swarming around an infection, make them impotent, make them go away.
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is how we do it! Like antibodies swarming around an infection, make them impotent, make them go away.
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The way to do this.
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The way to do this.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
This is no satire? OMG.
Area Man Discovers Tariffs Raise Prices and Cause Inflation
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is no satire? OMG.
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
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FLAG: The Trump admin says the Justice Department will monitor polling sites in California and New Jersey ahead of the Nov. 4 election, following requests by Republican officials in those states.
Democrats call the move an obvious attempt at voter suppression.
Democrats call the move an obvious attempt at voter suppression.
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
FLAG: The Trump admin says the Justice Department will monitor polling sites in California and New Jersey ahead of the Nov. 4 election, following requests by Republican officials in those states.
Democrats call the move an obvious attempt at voter suppression.
Democrats call the move an obvious attempt at voter suppression.
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This. And for historians in the future, please record your experiences ON PAPER (preferably cotton fiber)!
Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally.
Print it.
Put it in a frame.
Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy. 
Print it.
Put it in a frame.
Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy. 
October 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This. And for historians in the future, please record your experiences ON PAPER (preferably cotton fiber)!
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Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."
October 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Pritzker: "If the Constitution means anything -- and I guess we all are questioning that right now -- the Insurrection Act cannot be invoked ... they just want troops on the ground because they want to militarize especially blue cities in blue states."
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Sen. Dick Durbin presses Pam Bondi on FBI personnel reportedly being asked to flag instances of Trump's name appearing in the Epstein files.
Bondi says she's "not going to discuss anything about that with you."
Durbin: "Eventually, you're going to have to answer for your conduct."
Bondi says she's "not going to discuss anything about that with you."
Durbin: "Eventually, you're going to have to answer for your conduct."
October 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Sen. Dick Durbin presses Pam Bondi on FBI personnel reportedly being asked to flag instances of Trump's name appearing in the Epstein files.
Bondi says she's "not going to discuss anything about that with you."
Durbin: "Eventually, you're going to have to answer for your conduct."
Bondi says she's "not going to discuss anything about that with you."
Durbin: "Eventually, you're going to have to answer for your conduct."
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This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.
Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies
October 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.
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ICE in Chicago is a big f*cking story. Get the details from local Chicago journalists:
(this is a list in progress so please send me more suggestions to add. Also note that many of the reporters/ news outlets on this story are not on bluesky.)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
(this is a list in progress so please send me more suggestions to add. Also note that many of the reporters/ news outlets on this story are not on bluesky.)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
ICE in Chicago is a big f*cking story. Get the details from local Chicago journalists:
(this is a list in progress so please send me more suggestions to add. Also note that many of the reporters/ news outlets on this story are not on bluesky.)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
(this is a list in progress so please send me more suggestions to add. Also note that many of the reporters/ news outlets on this story are not on bluesky.)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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This is one thing nearly everyone can do: TAKE PICTURES of what ICE is doing to our city. 📸❗
Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.
October 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is one thing nearly everyone can do: TAKE PICTURES of what ICE is doing to our city. 📸❗
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📣President Trump has NO authority to unilaterally "determine" that the U.S. is at war with criminal gangs.
The people targeted on those boats are at most criminal suspects -- not "combatants."
Killing them is murder.
The people targeted on those boats are at most criminal suspects -- not "combatants."
Killing them is murder.
Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
📣President Trump has NO authority to unilaterally "determine" that the U.S. is at war with criminal gangs.
The people targeted on those boats are at most criminal suspects -- not "combatants."
Killing them is murder.
The people targeted on those boats are at most criminal suspects -- not "combatants."
Killing them is murder.
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Trump called Kamala Harris a “fascist.” Lock him up?
Congressman wants Gavin Newsom arrested for terrorism because he called Stephen Miller a fascist. The hundreds of times Miller called Democrats fascist apparently doesn’t count for anything.
September 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trump called Kamala Harris a “fascist.” Lock him up?
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Lawlessness is contagious. It is spreading throughout Trump's Justice Department. This is what authoritarianism looks like. It's most potent enemy is the rule of law.
BREAKING NYT:
Trump just fired a U.S. attorney who insisted on following a court order.
Michele Beckwith, the top federal prosecutor in Sacramento, was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.
Trump just fired a U.S. attorney who insisted on following a court order.
Michele Beckwith, the top federal prosecutor in Sacramento, was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.
Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Lawlessness is contagious. It is spreading throughout Trump's Justice Department. This is what authoritarianism looks like. It's most potent enemy is the rule of law.
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“No doubt the spirit and energy of the world is what is acting in us, as the sea is what rises in every little wave; but it passes through us; and, cry out as we may, it will move on. Our privilege is to have perceived it as it moved.”
— George Santayana, “Skepticism and Animal Faith” (1923)
— George Santayana, “Skepticism and Animal Faith” (1923)
September 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“No doubt the spirit and energy of the world is what is acting in us, as the sea is what rises in every little wave; but it passes through us; and, cry out as we may, it will move on. Our privilege is to have perceived it as it moved.”
— George Santayana, “Skepticism and Animal Faith” (1923)
— George Santayana, “Skepticism and Animal Faith” (1923)
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❗️Trump:We stopped the conflict between Cambodia and Armenia. It was just starting and it was a bad one.
September 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
❗️Trump:We stopped the conflict between Cambodia and Armenia. It was just starting and it was a bad one.
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MSNBC: In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now Trump's border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents win government contracts in a second Trump admin.
Trump's DOJ just shut down the investigation into Homan's actions.
Trump's DOJ just shut down the investigation into Homan's actions.
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
MSNBC: In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now Trump's border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents win government contracts in a second Trump admin.
Trump's DOJ just shut down the investigation into Homan's actions.
Trump's DOJ just shut down the investigation into Homan's actions.
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Remember when Biden as a private citizen asking Twitter to enforce its moderation policies was the biggest impeachable scandal ever? Good times.
JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.
September 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Remember when Biden as a private citizen asking Twitter to enforce its moderation policies was the biggest impeachable scandal ever? Good times.
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It's propaganda, not journalism to directly quote Trump without fact checks and context.
Alt: Trump claims he wants national healing while continuing his same attacks against the left. The suspect in Charlie Kirk's murder is from a Republican family of Trump voters.
Alt: Trump claims he wants national healing while continuing his same attacks against the left. The suspect in Charlie Kirk's murder is from a Republican family of Trump voters.
In an interview with NBC News, Trump talked about the Charlie Kirk assassination, criticized "a radical left group of lunatics" and called for Democratic donor George Soros to be jailed.
Trump says he wants national healing — while blaming the 'radical left' as a barrier
In an interview with NBC News, Trump talked about the Charlie Kirk assassination, criticized "a radical left group of lunatics" and called for Democratic donor George Soros to be jailed.
nbcnews.to
September 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It's propaganda, not journalism to directly quote Trump without fact checks and context.
Alt: Trump claims he wants national healing while continuing his same attacks against the left. The suspect in Charlie Kirk's murder is from a Republican family of Trump voters.
Alt: Trump claims he wants national healing while continuing his same attacks against the left. The suspect in Charlie Kirk's murder is from a Republican family of Trump voters.
Science works!
September 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Science works!
Way to go Wisconsin!
Trump’s latest attempt at rigging the 2026 midterms is receiving criticism from both sides of the political aisle.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/bipartisan-group-of-former-wisconsin-leaders-criticize-trump-election-proposal/
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/bipartisan-group-of-former-wisconsin-leaders-criticize-trump-election-proposal/
Bipartisan group of former Wisconsin leaders criticize Trump election proposal • Wisconsin Examiner
A bipartisan group of former Wisconsin officials criticized President Trump's proposal to end mail-in voting and electronic vote counting.
wisconsinexaminer.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Way to go Wisconsin!