@pierreatlas.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at IU Indianapolis. Recovering poli-sci prof, IBJ.com columnist, TX native, Army vet, ex-GOP. Biased in favor of democracy. (Opinions are my own and don’t represent Indiana University.)
Hegseth: “The buck stops with my subordinate.”
#Hegseth #illegalorders #warcrime #leadership #accountability
#Hegseth #illegalorders #warcrime #leadership #accountability
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Hegseth: “The buck stops with my subordinate.”
#Hegseth #illegalorders #warcrime #leadership #accountability
#Hegseth #illegalorders #warcrime #leadership #accountability
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A key difference bet today’s US military and the Wehrmacht of 1935-1945: soldiers in Nazi Germany swore an oath to the Leader and were required to follow orders blindly, while American servicemen and women swear an oath to the Constitution and have a duty to question and even disobey #illegalorders.
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A key difference bet today’s US military and the Wehrmacht of 1935-1945: soldiers in Nazi Germany swore an oath to the Leader and were required to follow orders blindly, while American servicemen and women swear an oath to the Constitution and have a duty to question and even disobey #illegalorders.
Reminding military personnel that they should not obey unlawful orders is NOT #sedition or #treason. Refusing to obey an unlawful or #illegalorder is actually a duty in the US military. I was taught that in Army basic training back in 1987. A page from my Soldier’s Handbook:
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Reminding military personnel that they should not obey unlawful orders is NOT #sedition or #treason. Refusing to obey an unlawful or #illegalorder is actually a duty in the US military. I was taught that in Army basic training back in 1987. A page from my Soldier’s Handbook:
When I enlisted in the United States Army, I swore an oath to the Constitution, not to the leader—and certainly not to a king.
#VeteransDay #NoKings
#VeteransDay #NoKings
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
When I enlisted in the United States Army, I swore an oath to the Constitution, not to the leader—and certainly not to a king.
#VeteransDay #NoKings
#VeteransDay #NoKings
I didn’t always agree with #DickCheney (especially re torture) but he always stood by his principles & did what he believed would keep America safe, in Congress, DoD & White House. And that’s why—despite being a lifelong Republican—he denounced Trump and supported & voted for Kamala Harris in 2024.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I didn’t always agree with #DickCheney (especially re torture) but he always stood by his principles & did what he believed would keep America safe, in Congress, DoD & White House. And that’s why—despite being a lifelong Republican—he denounced Trump and supported & voted for Kamala Harris in 2024.
Dictators and monarchs have always put themselves on coins while alive, going back to the Roman Empire. This is literally and figuratively Un-American.
#NoKings
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Dictators and monarchs have always put themselves on coins while alive, going back to the Roman Empire. This is literally and figuratively Un-American.
#NoKings
#NoKings
September 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#Tariffs are NOT paid by exporting countries but by importers: US companies, from the largest multinationals to smallest mom-and-pop businesses. Every dollar of revenue added via tariffs is a dollar spent by a US employer or consumer. My ibj.com column, online & print: www.ibj.com/articles/pie...
September 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#Tariffs are NOT paid by exporting countries but by importers: US companies, from the largest multinationals to smallest mom-and-pop businesses. Every dollar of revenue added via tariffs is a dollar spent by a US employer or consumer. My ibj.com column, online & print: www.ibj.com/articles/pie...
To all those people who, all of a sudden, have discovered “hate speech,” and want to ban, persecute, or prosecute those who say things they don’t like or find offensive: in addition to re-reading the First Amendment, you should re-read Charlie Kirk.
#CharlieKirk #freespeech #censorship #hatespeech
#CharlieKirk #freespeech #censorship #hatespeech
September 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
To all those people who, all of a sudden, have discovered “hate speech,” and want to ban, persecute, or prosecute those who say things they don’t like or find offensive: in addition to re-reading the First Amendment, you should re-read Charlie Kirk.
#CharlieKirk #freespeech #censorship #hatespeech
#CharlieKirk #freespeech #censorship #hatespeech
September 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is sadly the latest in a long line of recent acts of political violence across the political spectrum. Political violence has become a pathology of the American polity.
#CharlieKirk #politicalviolence
#CharlieKirk #politicalviolence
September 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The assassination of Charlie Kirk is sadly the latest in a long line of recent acts of political violence across the political spectrum. Political violence has become a pathology of the American polity.
#CharlieKirk #politicalviolence
#CharlieKirk #politicalviolence
September 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The US added only 22,000 jobs last month in the face of economic and policy uncertainty with Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. A return to stagflation?
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
September 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The US added only 22,000 jobs last month in the face of economic and policy uncertainty with Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. A return to stagflation?
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
The US added only 22,000 jobs last month in the face of economic and policy uncertainty with Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. A return to stagflation?
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
September 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The US added only 22,000 jobs last month in the face of economic and policy uncertainty with Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. A return to stagflation?
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
The US added only 22,000 jobs last month in the face of economic and policy uncertainty with Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. A return to stagflation?
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
September 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The US added only 22,000 jobs last month in the face of economic and policy uncertainty with Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. A return to stagflation?
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
The US added only 22,000 jobs last month in the face of economic and policy uncertainty with Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. A return to stagflation?
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
September 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The US added only 22,000 jobs last month in the face of economic and policy uncertainty with Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. A return to stagflation?
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
I’m old enough to remember the cover of the October 19, 2024 issue of The Economist—the Biden economy.
As an American, and as a comparative political scientist, I NEVER thought I would see this in my own country.
#CultofPersonality #totalitarian #authoritarian
#CultofPersonality #totalitarian #authoritarian
August 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
As an American, and as a comparative political scientist, I NEVER thought I would see this in my own country.
#CultofPersonality #totalitarian #authoritarian
#CultofPersonality #totalitarian #authoritarian
President Harry S. Truman, Special Message to the Congress on the Internal Security of the United States, August 8, 1950:
#Authoritarianism #dictatorship #freespeech #dissent #democracy
#Authoritarianism #dictatorship #freespeech #dissent #democracy
August 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
President Harry S. Truman, Special Message to the Congress on the Internal Security of the United States, August 8, 1950:
#Authoritarianism #dictatorship #freespeech #dissent #democracy
#Authoritarianism #dictatorship #freespeech #dissent #democracy
Shooting the messenger so he can then create “alternative facts.”
#ErikaMcEntarfer #jobsnumbers #BLS #statistics #alternativefacts
#ErikaMcEntarfer #jobsnumbers #BLS #statistics #alternativefacts
August 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Shooting the messenger so he can then create “alternative facts.”
#ErikaMcEntarfer #jobsnumbers #BLS #statistics #alternativefacts
#ErikaMcEntarfer #jobsnumbers #BLS #statistics #alternativefacts
Look at all the fake pictures made up by Obama, Hillary and Biden as part of the “Epstein Hoax.”
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
July 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Look at all the fake pictures made up by Obama, Hillary and Biden as part of the “Epstein Hoax.”
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
Happy Canada Day to my friends and family who celebrate it! Canada is a free, independent, and sovereign nation and it will ALWAYS be so.
#CanadaDay
#CanadaDay
July 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Happy Canada Day to my friends and family who celebrate it! Canada is a free, independent, and sovereign nation and it will ALWAYS be so.
#CanadaDay
#CanadaDay
So “America First” now includes going to war with Iran for regime change? Is that what Trump’s voters voted for? Will this be the new US policy, announced in a “truth,” and without any congressional input and approval?
#Iran #warpowers #Trump #Separationofpowers #Constitution
#Iran #warpowers #Trump #Separationofpowers #Constitution
June 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
So “America First” now includes going to war with Iran for regime change? Is that what Trump’s voters voted for? Will this be the new US policy, announced in a “truth,” and without any congressional input and approval?
#Iran #warpowers #Trump #Separationofpowers #Constitution
#Iran #warpowers #Trump #Separationofpowers #Constitution
Note that the crisis we are now in began after Trump gratuitously and recklessly withdrew from the seven-party Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) in 2018.
#Iran #JCPOA #Irannucleardeal #enricheduranium #centrifuges #Trump
#Iran #JCPOA #Irannucleardeal #enricheduranium #centrifuges #Trump
June 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Note that the crisis we are now in began after Trump gratuitously and recklessly withdrew from the seven-party Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) in 2018.
#Iran #JCPOA #Irannucleardeal #enricheduranium #centrifuges #Trump
#Iran #JCPOA #Irannucleardeal #enricheduranium #centrifuges #Trump
Today’s 160th anniversary of Juneteenth and the 250th birthday of the US Army, celebrated 5 days ago, are intimately linked. Here is my IBJ.com column, published on June 13, explaining why.
Print and online versions: www.ibj.com/articles/pie...
Print and online versions: www.ibj.com/articles/pie...
June 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today’s 160th anniversary of Juneteenth and the 250th birthday of the US Army, celebrated 5 days ago, are intimately linked. Here is my IBJ.com column, published on June 13, explaining why.
Print and online versions: www.ibj.com/articles/pie...
Print and online versions: www.ibj.com/articles/pie...