TheRealMrBill
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Reagan Republican, now NeverGOP/NeverTrump. If you weren't alive in the 80s, go away. Believer in Horseshoe Theory. I don't blindly follow left or right. If you can't deal with someone telling you're wrong, don't follow me. Sports and StL Cardinals. 🇺🇦
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Rocky and Bullwinkle was a very sophisticated cartoon, my mom would watch it with me and burst out laughing at stuff that I didn’t get when I was a little kid
Just like Rocky and Bullwinkle
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Rocky and Bullwinkle was a very sophisticated cartoon, my mom would watch it with me and burst out laughing at stuff that I didn’t get when I was a little kid
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“If the current administration ever ends, many people in (and around) it will need to be prosecuted. From influence peddling to flat-out murder, their crimes seem to accumulate each and every day.”
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October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“If the current administration ever ends, many people in (and around) it will need to be prosecuted. From influence peddling to flat-out murder, their crimes seem to accumulate each and every day.”
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Even Hegseth's old Fox News colleagues are calling him out for throwing his subordinate under the bus.
December 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Even Hegseth's old Fox News colleagues are calling him out for throwing his subordinate under the bus.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Because the jets that would send the SECDEF to those countries runs on unicorn pee and there aren't enough unicorns left due to the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine
Idk, feels like you commit murder in a foreign country you risk being extradited there. Why should the secretary of defense be different?
Yes, we can, but no one is going to do that. I'm sorry, people, but this is like talking to children. The USA is not going to send a former SECDEF for trial in Latin America.
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Because the jets that would send the SECDEF to those countries runs on unicorn pee and there aren't enough unicorns left due to the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine
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For once, you can all pile on Reagan, if it'll get all of you off your bizarre belief that the ICC can do anything to Hegseth. This is one of my fave cartoons, by Tom Toles - the greatest and most hilarious cartoonist critic of Reagan - in 1986, when the US defied the World Court over Nicaragua.
December 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
For once, you can all pile on Reagan, if it'll get all of you off your bizarre belief that the ICC can do anything to Hegseth. This is one of my fave cartoons, by Tom Toles - the greatest and most hilarious cartoonist critic of Reagan - in 1986, when the US defied the World Court over Nicaragua.
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Sen. Kelly: “This is about a president who doesn't want anybody to say anything that he does not like. I don't think he understands the Constitution. I think he is ignorant to the Constitution and the rule of law…This isn't about me. This is about what he will do next.”
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Sen. Kelly: “This is about a president who doesn't want anybody to say anything that he does not like. I don't think he understands the Constitution. I think he is ignorant to the Constitution and the rule of law…This isn't about me. This is about what he will do next.”
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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."
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
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Please don't google anything about me, I beg you
In general aligned with what Nichols has said tonight but this is a big yikes
I have never discussed my vote in 2016 and don't plan to start now
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Please don't google anything about me, I beg you
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What annoys me about all the talk of the icc is that these are americans committing crimes under the american legal system, so we need to charge them under the american legal system at the earliest chance. We shouldnt offload the responsibilities of trying these criminals to the rest of the world
Pipe dreams don't change things. I've said point-blank that I think what happened in the boat strikes is a war crime, but I don't think "let's hand over US officers to foreign courts" is a winning Dem message, even if it makes people on Bluesky feel brave and virtuous and good about themselves.
Part of the reason to speak out, even if it’s a pipe dream, is that Americans generally aren’t keen on letting a pundit class euphemize international accountability for war crimes as some kind of nebulous international control of U.S. military personnel generally.
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
What annoys me about all the talk of the icc is that these are americans committing crimes under the american legal system, so we need to charge them under the american legal system at the earliest chance. We shouldnt offload the responsibilities of trying these criminals to the rest of the world
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There must be immediate Congressional investigations into Pete Hegseth’s ordering the killings of strike survivors and over 80 people in international waters. Where is my opponent Rep. Ann Wagner? Bible verses and banking regulations aren’t going to save you. Do your job or resign! @wellmanformo
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
There must be immediate Congressional investigations into Pete Hegseth’s ordering the killings of strike survivors and over 80 people in international waters. Where is my opponent Rep. Ann Wagner? Bible verses and banking regulations aren’t going to save you. Do your job or resign! @wellmanformo
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In 1991, I talked my boss in the Senate out of invoke the War Powers act in defense of Bush 41, and then in 2011, I argued for ditching it - in defend of Obama.
I don't know how to ungate this. Sorry. Even I can't get in, but I've been on this for years.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/repeal-the-w...
I don't know how to ungate this. Sorry. Even I can't get in, but I've been on this for years.
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Repeal the War Powers Resolution
The debate over whether President Barack Obama violated the 1973 War Powers Resolution by committing U.S. forces to Operation Odyssey Dawn, including the drama of outraged legislators condemning yet a...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
In 1991, I talked my boss in the Senate out of invoke the War Powers act in defense of Bush 41, and then in 2011, I argued for ditching it - in defend of Obama.
I don't know how to ungate this. Sorry. Even I can't get in, but I've been on this for years.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/repeal-the-w...
I don't know how to ungate this. Sorry. Even I can't get in, but I've been on this for years.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/repeal-the-w...
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Pipe dreams don't change things. I've said point-blank that I think what happened in the boat strikes is a war crime, but I don't think "let's hand over US officers to foreign courts" is a winning Dem message, even if it makes people on Bluesky feel brave and virtuous and good about themselves.
Part of the reason to speak out, even if it’s a pipe dream, is that Americans generally aren’t keen on letting a pundit class euphemize international accountability for war crimes as some kind of nebulous international control of U.S. military personnel generally.
Because if there's one thing Americans of all classes love, it's arguing over how much power over US military personnel we should give to international courts
I mean, do you guys *know* any voters?
I mean, do you guys *know* any voters?
November 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Pipe dreams don't change things. I've said point-blank that I think what happened in the boat strikes is a war crime, but I don't think "let's hand over US officers to foreign courts" is a winning Dem message, even if it makes people on Bluesky feel brave and virtuous and good about themselves.
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In my defense, it was a nice day in Boston and the squirrels were adorable
Hard to believe you can sit there watching squirrels like a man at peace when whole generations of colonels walked out of your lectures ready to wage campaigns not against real foes, but for whatever grand DEI crusade you convinced them was the true battlefield.
I don’t know what the farmers almanac says, but these chunky boys are telling me that it’s going to be a cold winter because all of them on the Common are now seriously Fatty McFatfaces
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
In my defense, it was a nice day in Boston and the squirrels were adorable
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It's literally a free gift article
I can't read this article, but counterpoint: these people are fucking clowns and treating them like serious people implies their ideas should be seriously considered.
This gives them both more credit than they deserve and ground in the Overton window, both of which are huge tactical errors.
This gives them both more credit than they deserve and ground in the Overton window, both of which are huge tactical errors.
Sure, it's cute, but I really wish people would stop with the memes and funny names. It's stupid and unserious. As I wrote here in 2021:
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November 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It's literally a free gift article
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A woman recently went viral for holding up a window sign during a traffic stop, part of a growing trend of drivers using cards to assert their rights instead of speaking to police.
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A woman recently went viral for holding up a window sign during a traffic stop, part of a growing trend of drivers using cards to assert their rights instead of speaking to police.
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Honestly, no officer should need advice to decide if "kill these guys flailing around in the water" is a legal order
My understanding is that, at the height of the "drone war on terror" that when the military officer thought the legality of a particular strike was legally dubious, they'd have a CIA guy actually "pull the trigger". I wonder if that is happening in our current "War on Fishing Boats"?
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Honestly, no officer should need advice to decide if "kill these guys flailing around in the water" is a legal order
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The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Straight up war crime
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Straight up war crime
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Trump only sent the Guard into DC because of the Big Balls bullshit, even though crime was down 30%. So the only reason the Guard was there was because Trump was playing politics, and now he’s sending 500 more in to do it again. This is all on Trump.
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Trump only sent the Guard into DC because of the Big Balls bullshit, even though crime was down 30%. So the only reason the Guard was there was because Trump was playing politics, and now he’s sending 500 more in to do it again. This is all on Trump.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If Trump uses the considerable economic, military and diplomatic power of the United States to coerce Ukraine into risking its independence, a cease-fire wouldn’t be a diplomatic achievement — it would be a national shame,” our columnist David French writes.
“If Trump uses the considerable economic, military and diplomatic power of the United States to coerce Ukraine into risking its independence, a cease-fire wouldn’t be a diplomatic achievement — it would be a national shame,” our columnist David French writes.
Opinion | ‘We Are Going to Have to Fight Three Wars’
How much will Trump ask Zelensky to pay for peace in Ukraine?
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November 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“If Trump uses the considerable economic, military and diplomatic power of the United States to coerce Ukraine into risking its independence, a cease-fire wouldn’t be a diplomatic achievement — it would be a national shame,” our columnist David French writes.
“If Trump uses the considerable economic, military and diplomatic power of the United States to coerce Ukraine into risking its independence, a cease-fire wouldn’t be a diplomatic achievement — it would be a national shame,” our columnist David French writes.
The Chiefs and Cowboys are the 2 worst teams in the NFL for phantom flags.
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The Chiefs and Cowboys are the 2 worst teams in the NFL for phantom flags.
I hate the chiefs, but I don't think that was DPI
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I hate the chiefs, but I don't think that was DPI