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."

I have a sinus infection. My doctor's office: sorry, no more phone appointments, either miss work (I don't get paid if I do that) and come to the office or go to urgent care. Whatever. Online Medical Service: here's 3 prescriptions, please take good care of yourself and feel better soon! 1/2

Hey Megyn Kelly, 14-year-old Eloise would like a word: “If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good… because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.” Sound up! 🔥🔊 1/2

What Would Jesus [Not] Do?

Thanks to @mostmuscle.bsky.social www.opensecrets.org/orgs/america...

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

“And ICE is gonna come, bust down your door /Try to build a house no one builds no more /But I got a telephone /Kids are all scared and all alone,” he sings in the song titled “Bad News.”

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

Becoming disabled can shatter everything you thought you knew about yourself. You don’t have to go through this alone. In the U.S., you can call or text 988 anytime. If outside the U.S., visit findahelpline.com for local support. There are people who will hold this with you until it gets lighter.

Portland, Oregon. The request by Occupy Democrats was to share this video far and wide. So l'm doing that. This escalation is illegal. We must exercise our right to peacefully protest the illegal actions of the govt. I look forward to the day of justice for all of these fuckers.

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt

In a Hitleresque speech, JD Vance says there can be no unity with the left and vows to use the government to dismantle non-profit NGOs and liberal civil society who he says promote violence and terrorism.

Good Monday Morning #BookSky! Did you add care & joy to the world this weekend? Great! As part of Banned Books Week @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social is organizing Let Freedom Read Day on October 11. On that day, we're asking everyone to take 1 action to protect the right to read. More info & actions👇

Starting November 1st, New Mexico will become the first state to offer free universal childcare to all its residents. It's expected to save families over $12,000 per child annually. This is a huge step forward — and a reminder that we have the power to fix the system.

I want the folks who support, adulate, & agree with Charlie Kirk's history of hate to wear the "I am Charlie Kirk" shirts. Wear them publicly. Show us all—no subtlety or dog whistles. You are the man who said Black people were better off as slaves and the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. Got it.

The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

Everyone who has ever taught in a high school has met Charlie Kirk, the 13 year old boy who thinks that being an arsehole is the funniest thing in the world, but will later find out that being an arsehole is all he has to offer the world.

Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.

TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.

charlie kirk died the way he lived: filling my timeline with charlie kirk posts

If the Epstein thing is a Democratic hoax then was Trump just lying to the FBI? 🤔

If you throw a single shrimp at an ICE agent, it’s technically nuclear warfare

Masked men jumped a San Bernardino family in unmarked cars, opened fire, and shattered their truck windows—all while the family was just coming home from work. The feds later admitted it was CBP, but the family says the agents never showed warrants or IDs.

Paperback books are like velveteen rabbits — ours to be loved and squeezed and read and stuffed into shoulder bags and left in the sun and read and read again until there's nothing left but memories from something real

Travel’s rough these days… At San Francisco International on Saturday night, passengers say federal agents stormed the cockpit and removed a Delta co-pilot from Flight 2809, which had just arrived from Minneapolis. At least 10 agents boarded, some wearing Department of Homeland Security badges.

Not sure this would work but there’s no reason they can’t try.

I called the office of Congressman Nick Langworthy to ask why he voted to protect pedophiles and rapists. Their response? "Because it's only a gimmick." I don't think protecting women and children is a gimmick...do you? He is so gross.

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

I'm cooking to distract myself from the insanity that's happening in our country and I thought I'd share this with you. Homemade falafel, roasted Greek potatoes, a cucumber & tomato salad, and a big bowl of cauliflower. Not a terrible summer meal. ☀️

the interesting thing about the Diddy verdict is that House Republicans are about to vote to take away healthcare from tens of millions of Americas

Report: Trump’s Everglades Gulag to cost $450 million a year, reimbursed by Federal Emergency Management Agency. Obviously this is a gross misuse of FEMA dollars. For context, $300 million is the total to fund Forest & Rangeland Research zeroed out by the President’s budget request. Priorities.

Dozens of Marines are now patrolling the border near Campo, California. Not just in support roles, but shoulder to shoulder with Border Patrol. A direct challenge to the Posse Comitatus Act, which bans the military from civilian law enforcement.

Guns aren’t America’s favorite tool for self-defense, they are America’s favorite tool for self-destruction.

THIS IS FUCKED UP: Sae Joon Park took bullets for America in Iraq. The thanks he got? A one-way ticket out of the country he nearly died for. He’s being deported to South Korea—after surviving spinal injuries, PTSD, and addiction. He fought for America. Now America throws him out like trash.

Gov Gavin Newsom’s TikTok page is 🔥

WE HAVE QUESTIONS… This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they? ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants. How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?

Facts matter.

FYI

BREAKING: US Senator Alex Padilla attacked by Kristi Noem’s Goons

Nice of @thisisindecline to do some marketing for ICE in the Bay Area Original post: www.instagram.com/reel/DKuf9f6...

A piece of advice from an old retired soldier to the commanders and leaders currently serving: Review the regulations & policies addressing political behavior when wearing the uniform, and then address those standards with your teams.

BRING AMERICAN FLAGS AND CALIFORNIA FLAGS TO THESE PROTESTS ‼️🇺🇸🇺🇸 people need to bring American flags to these protests so we can get the imagery of ICE and the national guard attacking someone holding the flag ‼️‼️‼️‼️

Carlos Alcaraz. 🎾 THAT was an incredible final.

This isn’t even remotely legal what he is doing.

🦋 BBC coverage of the Los Angeles anti-ICE protests Highlighting the attacks on Governor Gavin Newsom and Trump's deployment of the California National Guard For those who like to see how America is being viewed overseas as a result of Trump's actions 🦋