Senator Kelly: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution. Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it."
"When the members of Congress in their video urge what seems to be the entire military not to follow illegal orders, they may unintentionally blur the very lines that keep the system functioning." www.thebulwark.com/p/what-ameri...
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
And why it matters there are two military oaths.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Senator Kelly: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution. Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it."
Is it reasonable to fear that Trump (or his top advisers) actually *are* giving illegal orders to people in the military/intelligence services?
YES IT MOST CERTAINLY IS
Several Federal Court Judges have ruled that some of his orders are illegal.
YES IT MOST CERTAINLY IS
Several Federal Court Judges have ruled that some of his orders are illegal.
What’s been oddly absent from much of the coverage is the question: Is it reasonable to fear that Trump (or his top advisers) actually *are* giving illegal orders to people in the military/intelligence services?
The answer: Yes, of course it’s reasonable. trib.al/eX7cHrX
The answer: Yes, of course it’s reasonable. trib.al/eX7cHrX
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Is it reasonable to fear that Trump (or his top advisers) actually *are* giving illegal orders to people in the military/intelligence services?
YES IT MOST CERTAINLY IS
Several Federal Court Judges have ruled that some of his orders are illegal.
YES IT MOST CERTAINLY IS
Several Federal Court Judges have ruled that some of his orders are illegal.
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Friends call your Senators and House Member and demand they work against this outrageous betrayal of Ukraine and Europe.
Every Dem elected at every level of government should be denouncing this rancid appeasement of Putin.
Every Dem elected at every level of government should be denouncing this rancid appeasement of Putin.
In an historic betrayal a weakened and desperate Trump has taken Putin's side, and we must fight this with everything we got👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/after-his-...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/after-his-...
After His Electoral and Epstein Humiliations, Trump Takes Putin's Side In Ukraine, Threatens To Hang Democrats In Congress, Preps For War With Venezuela
As he grows weaker and his many manifest failures impossible to ignore, our malevolent and desperate leader is becoming more dangerous
www.hopiumchronicles.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Friends call your Senators and House Member and demand they work against this outrageous betrayal of Ukraine and Europe.
Every Dem elected at every level of government should be denouncing this rancid appeasement of Putin.
Every Dem elected at every level of government should be denouncing this rancid appeasement of Putin.
Fox News legal analyst Andy McCarthy said, “There is no insurrection or sedition without the use of force. Disobeying a lawful order is insubordination, not insurrection or sedition. Disobeying an unlawful order is required. That is all.”
"There was no active politicking, or passing of the torch, or sense of generational change or political ascension. Because the political movement Cheney was a part of no longer exists." www.thebulwark.com/p/brace-your...
Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic.
The president is feeling cornered and lashing out. It will get ugly—and dangerous.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Fox News legal analyst Andy McCarthy said, “There is no insurrection or sedition without the use of force. Disobeying a lawful order is insubordination, not insurrection or sedition. Disobeying an unlawful order is required. That is all.”
Given "no one in the American military swears allegiance to any individual. The oaths are not pledges of loyalty to a party, a personality, or a political movement. Loyalty is pledged to the Constitution", wouldn't Trump expecting loyalty pledges to him over the constitution be considered seditious?
@markhertling.bsky.social: "No one in the American military swears allegiance to any individual. The oaths are not pledges of loyalty to a party, a personality, or a political movement. Loyalty is pledged to the Constitution."
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Given "no one in the American military swears allegiance to any individual. The oaths are not pledges of loyalty to a party, a personality, or a political movement. Loyalty is pledged to the Constitution", wouldn't Trump expecting loyalty pledges to him over the constitution be considered seditious?
According to Trump, this oath is sedition and those who (willingly and enthusiastically) take it should face the death penalty.
Really, he posted as such on his social media app …
Really, he posted as such on his social media app …
"Officers swear to 'support and defend' the Constitution; to 'bear true faith and allegiance' to it....What they do not swear to do is equally important: Officers make no promise to obey the president and the officers above them."
What Americans Should Understand About the Military Disobeying Illegal Orders
And why it matters there are two military oaths.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
According to Trump, this oath is sedition and those who (willingly and enthusiastically) take it should face the death penalty.
Really, he posted as such on his social media app …
Really, he posted as such on his social media app …
Whoops, I misspoke. It was a $3 million contribution not $6 million. That's so much less worrisome.
Did Trump contribute $6 million to the Jan 6 coup as USA Today reports below …
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Whoops, I misspoke. It was a $3 million contribution not $6 million. That's so much less worrisome.
Buying influence do you think?
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Buying influence do you think?
Logical consistency is not part of Trump's ability set.
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Logical consistency is not part of Trump's ability set.
Is that a much younger Trump with Pam Bondi and Jeffrey Epstein?
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Is that a much younger Trump with Pam Bondi and Jeffrey Epstein?
Did Trump contribute $6 million to the Jan 6 coup as USA Today reports below …
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Did Trump contribute $6 million to the Jan 6 coup as USA Today reports below …
For the record, if both are on the list and shown culpable in sex-trafficking girls, both should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
For the record, if both are on the list and shown culpable in sex-trafficking girls, both should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
In this Trumpian era, America’s moral compass — its capacity to separate right from wrong, and to pride itself doing (or at least trying to do) what is honorable — seems to have vanished, along with the norms on which that authority has been based.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
In this Trumpian era, America’s moral compass — its capacity to separate right from wrong, and to pride itself doing (or at least trying to do) what is honorable — seems to have vanished, along with the norms on which that authority has been based.
Putin must be stopped. Trump cannot act as an arbiter in Putin's imperialism in Europe. It's long past time that we "get real"!
The Trump administration had begun to make progress on Ukraine—but the peace plan that just leaked throws it all into doubt, Thomas Wright argues.
A Self-Defeating Reversal on Ukraine
The Trump administration had actually begun to make progress. Now it’s all in doubt.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Putin must be stopped. Trump cannot act as an arbiter in Putin's imperialism in Europe. It's long past time that we "get real"!
It is Trump's position that being faithful to the constitution is seditious behavior punishable by death.
How is this <bleep> still occupying the Office of the President?
How is this <bleep> still occupying the Office of the President?
For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It is Trump's position that being faithful to the constitution is seditious behavior punishable by death.
How is this <bleep> still occupying the Office of the President?
How is this <bleep> still occupying the Office of the President?
Can you imagine ???
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Can you imagine ???