If you don’t understand why ordinary people stand nonviolently in the face of unaccountable force — you don’t understand service or sacrifice. My latest op-ed in the @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

When scrutiny of state force is treated as betrayal, American democracy is in serious trouble. Minneapolis marks a line in the sand. My op-ed in @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

When legality is left unresolved, the burden doesn’t disappear — it gets pushed downward onto those ordered to act. My new piece for @latimes.com on why “refuse illegal orders” is not a substitute for leadership or accountability. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

My new @latimes op-ed: “Trump just removed the last restraints on presidential power.” U.S. military action in Venezuela this weekend bypassed Congress entirely. This piece is about war without consent and why this moment matters. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

In today’s developments in the Article I Crisis. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

I wrote this for @latimes.com after reading reporting I couldn’t shake about a three-year-old appearing alone in immigration court — and what that says about power, responsibility, and character. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Sen. Mark Kelly is the tip of the iceberg. DoD has many speech investigations underway that have led troops to scrub their own social media and watch what they say: www.businessinsider.com/military-tro...

Hoooooooo boy www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Reporting now confirms that U.S. forces fired second missiles at survivors of our own strikes. This is no “gray area.” It’s illegal — and it morally injures the very people we ask to serve. My op-ed in the LA Times on why killing survivors is neither legal nor moral: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

The Defense Department’s Law of War Manual specifies: “Orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal.” These are actions that you would expect from the Islamic State or the Russian army — not from the armed forces of a democracy. wapo.st/49LrEvh

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.

Pleased to share my new essay in @foreignaffairs.com on the broader implications of the Trump administration’s killing spree at sea. www.foreignaffairs.com/central-amer...

We’re killing people at sea without trial or oversight. A secret memo now promises immunity. This is what happens when a system built to obey forgets how to take a moral stand. My LA Times op-ed: “Do our military leaders have the backbone to disobey illegal orders?” www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Unless they’re being gunned down in their classroom…

The strike in the Caribbean wasn’t about drugs. It was about power unbound from principle. In Defense One (@defenseone.bsky.social), I explain why this is a warning to all who serve: remember your oath. www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...

Fairness and trust keep the Navy strong—not performative outrage. We’re failing that test, and it’s costing good people and hurting the mission. I wrote about it in Defense One: www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...

I wrote for Defense One (@defenseone.bsky.social) on why banning books at the Naval Academy is a betrayal of everything we’re supposed to stand for: www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/0...

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