@martingen.bsky.social
Air Force Vet, Pro-democracy, Pro-science, Pro-environment, Ant-Trumpism, "To what destiny of mine, O conscript fathers, that none for the last twenty years has been an enemy to the republic without at the same time declaring war against me" - Cicero
In the old Soviet Military, each unit had a political officer (Commissar), in addition to the operational commander, to ensure ideological conformity. I believe Trump is trying to create a similar system for our military.
I believe this is in Article 37 of the UCMJ - Unlawful command influence (UCI) is a legal concept within American military law. UCI occurs when a person bearing "the mantle of command authority"[1] uses or appears to use that authority to influence the outcome of military judicial proceedings
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
In the old Soviet Military, each unit had a political officer (Commissar), in addition to the operational commander, to ensure ideological conformity. I believe Trump is trying to create a similar system for our military.
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"It’s the proverbial Winston Churchill line about Kremlin politics as a 'bulldog fight under a rug'—only now with Jared Kushner under there, holding a leash." @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on the Ukraine "peace plan": www.thebulwark.com/p/on-illegal...
On Illegal War and Immoral Peace
Why we should be dubious of both the coming actions in Venezuela and the ‘peace’ proposal for Ukraine.
www.thebulwark.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
"It’s the proverbial Winston Churchill line about Kremlin politics as a 'bulldog fight under a rug'—only now with Jared Kushner under there, holding a leash." @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on the Ukraine "peace plan": www.thebulwark.com/p/on-illegal...
I believe this is in Article 37 of the UCMJ - Unlawful command influence (UCI) is a legal concept within American military law. UCI occurs when a person bearing "the mantle of command authority"[1] uses or appears to use that authority to influence the outcome of military judicial proceedings
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I believe this is in Article 37 of the UCMJ - Unlawful command influence (UCI) is a legal concept within American military law. UCI occurs when a person bearing "the mantle of command authority"[1] uses or appears to use that authority to influence the outcome of military judicial proceedings
#whitehouse #trump His destruction of the people’s house is a symbol of his destruction of the Republic
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#whitehouse #trump His destruction of the people’s house is a symbol of his destruction of the Republic
One hates to jump to the Reichstag Fire analogy, too quickly. It's been used before. but it does seem to march the regimes current actions.
theracket.news/p/has-trump-...
theracket.news/p/has-trump-...
Has Trump found his Reichstag fire?
Trump is trying to exploit Charlie Kirk's assassination to crack down on civil liberties and consolidate power. But history shows authoritarians can be stopped if we act now.
theracket.news
September 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
One hates to jump to the Reichstag Fire analogy, too quickly. It's been used before. but it does seem to march the regimes current actions.
theracket.news/p/has-trump-...
theracket.news/p/has-trump-...
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Y’all are cutting HBCU funding, dismantling civil rights offices, slashing Medicaid and SNAP, over-policing Black communities—yet want us to believe you’re helping poor Black people?
September 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Y’all are cutting HBCU funding, dismantling civil rights offices, slashing Medicaid and SNAP, over-policing Black communities—yet want us to believe you’re helping poor Black people?
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Donald Trump just blew up another boat in the middle of the ocean with no legal justification.
I'm drafting a resolution and forcing a vote to reclaim Congress’s power to declare war.
Before Trump’s actions provoke one.
I'm drafting a resolution and forcing a vote to reclaim Congress’s power to declare war.
Before Trump’s actions provoke one.
September 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Donald Trump just blew up another boat in the middle of the ocean with no legal justification.
I'm drafting a resolution and forcing a vote to reclaim Congress’s power to declare war.
Before Trump’s actions provoke one.
I'm drafting a resolution and forcing a vote to reclaim Congress’s power to declare war.
Before Trump’s actions provoke one.
Of course - In his first term he took credit for Obama's economy, now he's taking credit for Biden's infrastructure
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/07/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/07/n...
Trump tried to kill the infrastructure law. Now he’s getting credit for its projects. - The Boston Globe
In southern Connecticut, the federal government is replacing a 118-year-old bridge along America’s busiest rail corridor. The $1.3 billion project was largely funded by the 2021 infrastructure law tha...
www.bostonglobe.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Of course - In his first term he took credit for Obama's economy, now he's taking credit for Biden's infrastructure
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/07/n...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/07/n...
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Just the POTUS gleefully threatening an American city with the US military. Nothing to see here.
Certainly not a reason to impeach him or anything.
Certainly not a reason to impeach him or anything.
September 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just the POTUS gleefully threatening an American city with the US military. Nothing to see here.
Certainly not a reason to impeach him or anything.
Certainly not a reason to impeach him or anything.
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Big crowd at the Anti-Trump protest in Concord NH. Bernie decided to join us
September 1, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Big crowd at the Anti-Trump protest in Concord NH. Bernie decided to join us
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When Trump wrote "and soon, the beautification will begin". He was invoking past urban renewal movements that often meant destroying black and poor neighborhood in favor of monuments. Imagine him doing to the city of Washington, what he's done to the oval office.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Gilded Age Framework for Trump’s Urban Politics of Disgust
President Donald Trump’s push to clean up Washington, DC, by force echoes the ugliest aspects of the Gilded Age-era urban planning movement known as City Beautiful.
www.bloomberg.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
When Trump wrote "and soon, the beautification will begin". He was invoking past urban renewal movements that often meant destroying black and poor neighborhood in favor of monuments. Imagine him doing to the city of Washington, what he's done to the oval office.
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Robert's Court has been a monumental shit show of partisanship, right-wing idealogue-ism, dictatorial enablement, corruption and just weak-ass thinking.
www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/08/mour...
www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/08/mour...
Mourning Chief Justice Roberts' Twenty-Year Anniversary: The Ten Worst Constitutional Law Cases of the Roberts Court
We are close to the twentieth anniversary of John Roberts taking office as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (September 2...
www.dorfonlaw.org
August 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Robert's Court has been a monumental shit show of partisanship, right-wing idealogue-ism, dictatorial enablement, corruption and just weak-ass thinking.
www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/08/mour...
www.dorfonlaw.org/2025/08/mour...
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Mississippi is now the fourth state to send armed National Guard troops to D.C. under the guise of a nonexistent “emergency.”
This is a hostile takeover of an American city by a fascist regime composed of white supremacists, Christian nationalists and billionaires.
We must unite to save democracy.
This is a hostile takeover of an American city by a fascist regime composed of white supremacists, Christian nationalists and billionaires.
We must unite to save democracy.
Governor Reeves Statement On Mississippi National Guard Deployment to Washington, D.C.
Governor Tate Reeves today released the following statement on approving the deployment of approximately 200 Mississippi National Guard Soldiers to Washington , D.C.:
governorreeves.ms.gov
August 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Mississippi is now the fourth state to send armed National Guard troops to D.C. under the guise of a nonexistent “emergency.”
This is a hostile takeover of an American city by a fascist regime composed of white supremacists, Christian nationalists and billionaires.
We must unite to save democracy.
This is a hostile takeover of an American city by a fascist regime composed of white supremacists, Christian nationalists and billionaires.
We must unite to save democracy.
All you New Hampshire people, be there or be square. We really need to amp up these events. Express our anger at all that is Trump.
July 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
All you New Hampshire people, be there or be square. We really need to amp up these events. Express our anger at all that is Trump.