James Seddon
@realjamesseddon.bsky.social
James Seddon is a father, husband, author, retired Navy veteran, Afghanistan veteran, speaker, activist for veterans and Afghan allies, recovering IT manager, and regularly unsuccessful fisherman living in Southern California.
https://james-seddon-author.
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It's immoral. Read more here: afghanevac.substack.com/p/the-white-...
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's immoral. Read more here: afghanevac.substack.com/p/the-white-...
I see this misconception over and over:
"Const. promises due process for 'citizens' and not everyone."
Here's the 5th Amendment. Many times elsewhere in the Const. the framers specified something applied only to "citizens."
See if that's the case for due proc:
"Const. promises due process for 'citizens' and not everyone."
Here's the 5th Amendment. Many times elsewhere in the Const. the framers specified something applied only to "citizens."
See if that's the case for due proc:
October 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I see this misconception over and over:
"Const. promises due process for 'citizens' and not everyone."
Here's the 5th Amendment. Many times elsewhere in the Const. the framers specified something applied only to "citizens."
See if that's the case for due proc:
"Const. promises due process for 'citizens' and not everyone."
Here's the 5th Amendment. Many times elsewhere in the Const. the framers specified something applied only to "citizens."
See if that's the case for due proc:
53 yr-old-vet. 1st protest ever. Nothing but American flags and patriots. Don't believe the lies My sign states simple facts. Trump wants to end them.
He illegally denies due process to wartime allies.
#IServedtheConstitution #NoKings
@vets4amerideals.bsky.social @afghanevac.bsky.social
He illegally denies due process to wartime allies.
#IServedtheConstitution #NoKings
@vets4amerideals.bsky.social @afghanevac.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
53 yr-old-vet. 1st protest ever. Nothing but American flags and patriots. Don't believe the lies My sign states simple facts. Trump wants to end them.
He illegally denies due process to wartime allies.
#IServedtheConstitution #NoKings
@vets4amerideals.bsky.social @afghanevac.bsky.social
He illegally denies due process to wartime allies.
#IServedtheConstitution #NoKings
@vets4amerideals.bsky.social @afghanevac.bsky.social
This is the message I sent to my elected reps today. Will you join me?
October 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is the message I sent to my elected reps today. Will you join me?
OTD in 2009, my life changed forever. It did again OTD in 2021. If you want to support a veteran, ask me how spending a few minutes to send an email can help this veteran sleep at night. Learn how little it takes to join the fight to save our allies. You can.
@afghanevac.bsky.social
@afghanevac.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
OTD in 2009, my life changed forever. It did again OTD in 2021. If you want to support a veteran, ask me how spending a few minutes to send an email can help this veteran sleep at night. Learn how little it takes to join the fight to save our allies. You can.
@afghanevac.bsky.social
@afghanevac.bsky.social
The Trump administration admits in a report that Afghan allies face death under the Taliban. This reveals the lie behind their TPS removal justification and underscores the immorality of the Trump administration's systematic abandonment of our allies.
www.state.gov/reports/2024...
www.state.gov/reports/2024...
August 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Trump administration admits in a report that Afghan allies face death under the Taliban. This reveals the lie behind their TPS removal justification and underscores the immorality of the Trump administration's systematic abandonment of our allies.
www.state.gov/reports/2024...
www.state.gov/reports/2024...
<<--This easily identifiable veteran went to federal court yesterday and left with questions:
August 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
<<--This easily identifiable veteran went to federal court yesterday and left with questions:
Outside court, an Afghan interpreter said that he used to fear getting snagged by the Taliban. Now he fears it by ICE, even though he's here fully legally. Unfortunately, that's been happening. It's outrageous.
#battlebuddies @afghanevac.bsky.social
#battlebuddies @afghanevac.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Outside court, an Afghan interpreter said that he used to fear getting snagged by the Taliban. Now he fears it by ICE, even though he's here fully legally. Unfortunately, that's been happening. It's outrageous.
#battlebuddies @afghanevac.bsky.social
#battlebuddies @afghanevac.bsky.social
Email this short primer we prepared to your elected reps. It succinctly shares the state of saving our wartime allies in terms everyone can understand. In my experience, many govt. officials are NOT familiar with these issues. Help us change that!
go.afghanevac.org/primer
go.afghanevac.org/primer
August 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Email this short primer we prepared to your elected reps. It succinctly shares the state of saving our wartime allies in terms everyone can understand. In my experience, many govt. officials are NOT familiar with these issues. Help us change that!
go.afghanevac.org/primer
go.afghanevac.org/primer
Novel path to publication update #10:
Words: 71,772 (up from 61,768 before revising)
Challenges this week:
1. How to split/expand a key chap into two?
2. Where to insert key info and a character much earlier in the book than they are now?
Been outlining to solve.
Words: 71,772 (up from 61,768 before revising)
Challenges this week:
1. How to split/expand a key chap into two?
2. Where to insert key info and a character much earlier in the book than they are now?
Been outlining to solve.
July 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Novel path to publication update #10:
Words: 71,772 (up from 61,768 before revising)
Challenges this week:
1. How to split/expand a key chap into two?
2. Where to insert key info and a character much earlier in the book than they are now?
Been outlining to solve.
Words: 71,772 (up from 61,768 before revising)
Challenges this week:
1. How to split/expand a key chap into two?
2. Where to insert key info and a character much earlier in the book than they are now?
Been outlining to solve.
Novel path to publication update #9:
WritGrp finished my book!
Good: The ending worked well for all! Was worried about it. "Very satisfying" is what one said.
Bad (really still good): They had many excellent suggestions for the book. Still have a LOT of work to finish!
WritGrp finished my book!
Good: The ending worked well for all! Was worried about it. "Very satisfying" is what one said.
Bad (really still good): They had many excellent suggestions for the book. Still have a LOT of work to finish!
July 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Novel path to publication update #9:
WritGrp finished my book!
Good: The ending worked well for all! Was worried about it. "Very satisfying" is what one said.
Bad (really still good): They had many excellent suggestions for the book. Still have a LOT of work to finish!
WritGrp finished my book!
Good: The ending worked well for all! Was worried about it. "Very satisfying" is what one said.
Bad (really still good): They had many excellent suggestions for the book. Still have a LOT of work to finish!
Trump admin ended today TPS protections for Afghans, claiming, laughably, that Afg better now while ignoring the fact of Taliban retribution. Latest in the shameful betrayal of our allies. It could turn around if enough of the public got involved against it. Ask me how.
July 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Trump admin ended today TPS protections for Afghans, claiming, laughably, that Afg better now while ignoring the fact of Taliban retribution. Latest in the shameful betrayal of our allies. It could turn around if enough of the public got involved against it. Ask me how.
Our founders were so opposed to unchecked executive power that they risked everything to replace it with a republic with three self-checking branches.
Will we keep it? Or will we go the Weimar way and thus, predictably, self-destruct?
I have never been in more doubt.
Will we keep it? Or will we go the Weimar way and thus, predictably, self-destruct?
I have never been in more doubt.
July 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Our founders were so opposed to unchecked executive power that they risked everything to replace it with a republic with three self-checking branches.
Will we keep it? Or will we go the Weimar way and thus, predictably, self-destruct?
I have never been in more doubt.
Will we keep it? Or will we go the Weimar way and thus, predictably, self-destruct?
I have never been in more doubt.
Nurse said I had "baby blood." I said, "Huh?" She said, "You're O+ and CMV-free. That means your blood likely goes to babies who need it. Has no one ever told you that?"
So, yeah, I feel all warm and fuzzy today.
So, yeah, I feel all warm and fuzzy today.
July 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Nurse said I had "baby blood." I said, "Huh?" She said, "You're O+ and CMV-free. That means your blood likely goes to babies who need it. Has no one ever told you that?"
So, yeah, I feel all warm and fuzzy today.
So, yeah, I feel all warm and fuzzy today.
Here's the Zippo for that particular light off:
July 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Here's the Zippo for that particular light off:
Novel path to publication update #8:
Words: 71,062 (up from 61,768)
Chaps: 16
Since last update:
-WritGrp feedback incorporated for all chaps except last two!
Goals this week:
-Writgrp sees last two chapters next week! Scary!
-Start my 2nd revision pass.
Words: 71,062 (up from 61,768)
Chaps: 16
Since last update:
-WritGrp feedback incorporated for all chaps except last two!
Goals this week:
-Writgrp sees last two chapters next week! Scary!
-Start my 2nd revision pass.
June 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Novel path to publication update #8:
Words: 71,062 (up from 61,768)
Chaps: 16
Since last update:
-WritGrp feedback incorporated for all chaps except last two!
Goals this week:
-Writgrp sees last two chapters next week! Scary!
-Start my 2nd revision pass.
Words: 71,062 (up from 61,768)
Chaps: 16
Since last update:
-WritGrp feedback incorporated for all chaps except last two!
Goals this week:
-Writgrp sees last two chapters next week! Scary!
-Start my 2nd revision pass.
Novel path to publication update #7:
Words: 67,331 (see that creeping up?)
Chapts: 16
Since last update:
-Completed WritGrp edits to Chap 5-7. A good week!
Goals this week:
-Attend WritGrp Tues. for feedback on Chap 14
-Continue WG suggested edits on Chap 8.
Words: 67,331 (see that creeping up?)
Chapts: 16
Since last update:
-Completed WritGrp edits to Chap 5-7. A good week!
Goals this week:
-Attend WritGrp Tues. for feedback on Chap 14
-Continue WG suggested edits on Chap 8.
June 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Novel path to publication update #7:
Words: 67,331 (see that creeping up?)
Chapts: 16
Since last update:
-Completed WritGrp edits to Chap 5-7. A good week!
Goals this week:
-Attend WritGrp Tues. for feedback on Chap 14
-Continue WG suggested edits on Chap 8.
Words: 67,331 (see that creeping up?)
Chapts: 16
Since last update:
-Completed WritGrp edits to Chap 5-7. A good week!
Goals this week:
-Attend WritGrp Tues. for feedback on Chap 14
-Continue WG suggested edits on Chap 8.
Novel path to publication update #6:
Words: 64,711
Chapts: 16 65,353 (Chap 4 revisions added a lot)
Since last update:
-Writers Group (WG) suggested edits made to Chap 3/12/13 and almost done on Chap 4! Good week.
Goals this week:
-Continue WG suggested edits
Words: 64,711
Chapts: 16 65,353 (Chap 4 revisions added a lot)
Since last update:
-Writers Group (WG) suggested edits made to Chap 3/12/13 and almost done on Chap 4! Good week.
Goals this week:
-Continue WG suggested edits
June 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Novel path to publication update #6:
Words: 64,711
Chapts: 16 65,353 (Chap 4 revisions added a lot)
Since last update:
-Writers Group (WG) suggested edits made to Chap 3/12/13 and almost done on Chap 4! Good week.
Goals this week:
-Continue WG suggested edits
Words: 64,711
Chapts: 16 65,353 (Chap 4 revisions added a lot)
Since last update:
-Writers Group (WG) suggested edits made to Chap 3/12/13 and almost done on Chap 4! Good week.
Goals this week:
-Continue WG suggested edits
Novel path to publication update #5:
Words: 64,711
Chapts: 16
Since last update:
-Writers Group (WG) suggested edits made to Chaps 3/12/13 and started on Chap 4! Good week.
Goals this week:
-Continue WG suggested edits
-Sched next WG. They'll see Chap 14!
Words: 64,711
Chapts: 16
Since last update:
-Writers Group (WG) suggested edits made to Chaps 3/12/13 and started on Chap 4! Good week.
Goals this week:
-Continue WG suggested edits
-Sched next WG. They'll see Chap 14!
June 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Novel path to publication update #5:
Words: 64,711
Chapts: 16
Since last update:
-Writers Group (WG) suggested edits made to Chaps 3/12/13 and started on Chap 4! Good week.
Goals this week:
-Continue WG suggested edits
-Sched next WG. They'll see Chap 14!
Words: 64,711
Chapts: 16
Since last update:
-Writers Group (WG) suggested edits made to Chaps 3/12/13 and started on Chap 4! Good week.
Goals this week:
-Continue WG suggested edits
-Sched next WG. They'll see Chap 14!
Memorial day is a commemoration, not a celebration. Gather with family and friends. Have a good time. That honors their sacrifice. Just be sure to raise a glass together and say "Remember the Fallen!" There is no "Happy Memorial Day." #RememberTheFallen
May 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Memorial day is a commemoration, not a celebration. Gather with family and friends. Have a good time. That honors their sacrifice. Just be sure to raise a glass together and say "Remember the Fallen!" There is no "Happy Memorial Day." #RememberTheFallen
Novel path to publication update #4:
Words: 63,555
Chapters: 16
Progress since last update:
--Writers Group suggested edits made to Chap2 and started on Chap3
--Got scriv files working on the road
Goals this week:
--Continue WG suggested edits
--Get WG feedback on Chap13
Words: 63,555
Chapters: 16
Progress since last update:
--Writers Group suggested edits made to Chap2 and started on Chap3
--Got scriv files working on the road
Goals this week:
--Continue WG suggested edits
--Get WG feedback on Chap13
May 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Novel path to publication update #4:
Words: 63,555
Chapters: 16
Progress since last update:
--Writers Group suggested edits made to Chap2 and started on Chap3
--Got scriv files working on the road
Goals this week:
--Continue WG suggested edits
--Get WG feedback on Chap13
Words: 63,555
Chapters: 16
Progress since last update:
--Writers Group suggested edits made to Chap2 and started on Chap3
--Got scriv files working on the road
Goals this week:
--Continue WG suggested edits
--Get WG feedback on Chap13
Spot on Bishop!. One difference between an Afrikaner and an Afghan ally is that one of them risked everything for America in wartime. If the former is worthy of protection, then surely the later is. The Trump admin has absolutely chosen Afrikaners INSTEAD of Afghan allies.
May 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Spot on Bishop!. One difference between an Afrikaner and an Afghan ally is that one of them risked everything for America in wartime. If the former is worthy of protection, then surely the later is. The Trump admin has absolutely chosen Afrikaners INSTEAD of Afghan allies.
Novel path to publication update #3:
Words: 63,194
Chapters: 16
Progress since last update:
--WG suggested edits made to Chap 1
-- Prepped Chap 13. for writers group review.
Goals this week:
--Continue WG suggested edits
--Get scriv files rdy to travel (on the road this week)
Words: 63,194
Chapters: 16
Progress since last update:
--WG suggested edits made to Chap 1
-- Prepped Chap 13. for writers group review.
Goals this week:
--Continue WG suggested edits
--Get scriv files rdy to travel (on the road this week)
May 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Novel path to publication update #3:
Words: 63,194
Chapters: 16
Progress since last update:
--WG suggested edits made to Chap 1
-- Prepped Chap 13. for writers group review.
Goals this week:
--Continue WG suggested edits
--Get scriv files rdy to travel (on the road this week)
Words: 63,194
Chapters: 16
Progress since last update:
--WG suggested edits made to Chap 1
-- Prepped Chap 13. for writers group review.
Goals this week:
--Continue WG suggested edits
--Get scriv files rdy to travel (on the road this week)