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  1. The way to deal with hard decisions you know you’re going to face is to work out your response ahead of time. That way you have time to evaluate each option against your own model of the person you’d like to be, and to prepare yourself for the possible consequences of your decision. When the moment comes, you’re ready, not panicking over what to do.

    Act in haste, as the old saying goes, repent at leisure.

    #UCMJ #illegalOrders #Iran #Israel #Amerika #impeach47 #resist #Ω #donotcomply #crushICE

  2. From: nlgmltf.org/military-law/2026/

    MLTF Condemns Unprovoked US/Israeli Attack On Iran

    The MILITARY LAW TASK FORCE of the NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD categorically condemns the unprovoked US/Israeli attack on Iran. This is a grotesque violation of international law and the U.S. Constitution.

    Iran is a sovereign nation and a member of the United Nations as is the United States. The UN Charter is a treaty which is the “supreme law of the land” under Article VI of the US Constitution. Article 2(4) of the UN Charter states, “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.”

    The aggression here is a crime under international law and is committed when, as here, a country attacks another that is not threatening it and is not carried out in self-defense against an attack.

    There can be no justification for the attack if, as President Trump proclaimed, Iran’s nuclear weapons program was “obliterated” in another illegal act just over six months ago.

    We recall that, for the past two decades or more, Netanyahu has claimed that Iran was within weeks of having a nuclear weapon. Those claims were false, however, even if true, a resolution was being negotiated when the current assault occurred.

    We remind U.S. armed service members that they have the right and the duty to resist and refuse illegal orders. We pledge our full support to those who do so, and to service members who protest or stand against this disastrous war.

    #InterntionalLaw #UN #Iran #Israel #USA #MilitaryLaw #ConstitutionalLaw #illegalOrders #Peace #AntiWar #Netanyahu #Trump #War

  3. nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d

    Excerpt: “This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees,” U.S. District Judge Richard Leon wrote. “After all, as Bob Dylan famously said, 'You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.' To say the least, our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government, and our Constitution demands they receive it!”

    “Rather than trying to shrink the First Amendment liberties of retired service members, Secretary Hegseth and his fellow Defendants might reflect and be grateful for the wisdom and expertise that retired service members have brought to public discussions and debate on military matters in our Nation over the past 250 years,” Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote. “If so, they will more fully appreciate why the Founding Fathers made free speech the first Amendment in the Bill of Rights!"

    He added, "Hopefully this injunction will in some small way help bring about a course correction in the Defense Department’s approach to these issues.”

    #FirstAmendment #MilitaryLaw #ConLaw #ConstitutionalLaw #MarkKelly #IllegalOrders

  4. The DUI-hire defense secretary justified the firings of top judge advocate generals; they’re telling us that the US military will be given illegal orders, including, perhaps, to fire on US citizens.

    Hegseth: Trump Will Install New Military Attorneys Who Won’t Be ‘Roadblocks to Anything’

    rollingstone.com/politics/poli

    #PeteHegseth #JAGs #IllegalOrders #AgentKrasnov #ArrestTrumpNow #GOPKakistocracy #ResistFascism #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlue #RepublicansDidThis #WeirdGOP #USPol

  5. “EMERGENCY ALERT! If You Know Someone In The Military, Send This To Them TODAY!”

    by Mark Taylor in DeMOCKracy.ink on Substack

    @us_news
    @usnew.trending
    @UnitedStates

    “There is no honor in terrorizing and brutalizing families and children. Is this what you signed up for? You have the moral duty, obligation and legal right to refuse to follow illegal orders”

    open.substack.com/pub/mark192/

    #Press #US #Military #IllegalOrders #NationalGuard #Minnesota #Minnespolis #Gestapo #ICE

  6. “EMERGENCY ALERT! If You Know Someone In The Military, Send This To Them TODAY!”

    by Mark Taylor in DeMOCKracy.ink on Substack

    @us_news
    @usnew.trending
    @UnitedStates

    “There is no honor in terrorizing and brutalizing families and children. Is this what you signed up for? You have the moral duty, obligation and legal right to refuse to follow illegal orders”

    open.substack.com/pub/mark192/

    #Press #US #Military #IllegalOrders #NationalGuard #Minnesota #Minnespolis #Gestapo #ICE

  7. “EMERGENCY ALERT! If You Know Someone In The Military, Send This To Them TODAY!”

    by Mark Taylor in DeMOCKracy.ink on Substack

    @us_news
    @usnew.trending
    @UnitedStates

    “There is no honor in terrorizing and brutalizing families and children. Is this what you signed up for? You have the moral duty, obligation and legal right to refuse to follow illegal orders”

    open.substack.com/pub/mark192/

    #Press #US #Military #IllegalOrders #NationalGuard #Minnesota #Minnespolis #Gestapo #ICE

  8. “EMERGENCY ALERT! If You Know Someone In The Military, Send This To Them TODAY!”

    by Mark Taylor in DeMOCKracy.ink on Substack

    @us_news
    @usnew.trending
    @UnitedStates

    “There is no honor in terrorizing and brutalizing families and children. Is this what you signed up for? You have the moral duty, obligation and legal right to refuse to follow illegal orders”

    open.substack.com/pub/mark192/

    #Press #US #Military #IllegalOrders #NationalGuard #Minnesota #Minnespolis #Gestapo #ICE

  9. “EMERGENCY ALERT! If You Know Someone In The Military, Send This To Them TODAY!”

    by Mark Taylor in DeMOCKracy.ink on Substack

    @us_news
    @usnew.trending
    @UnitedStates

    “There is no honor in terrorizing and brutalizing families and children. Is this what you signed up for? You have the moral duty, obligation and legal right to refuse to follow illegal orders”

    open.substack.com/pub/mark192/

    #Press #US #Military #IllegalOrders #NationalGuard #Minnesota #Minnespolis #Gestapo #ICE

  10. Supreme Court Refuses to Allow #Trump to Deploy #NationalGuard in #Chicago

    President Trump ordered state-based troops to #PortlandOR.; #LosAngelesCA; #WashingtonDC; and #ChicagoIL over the objections of state and local officials.

    By Ann E. Marimow
    Reporting from Washington
    Dec. 23, 2025, 3:44 p.m. ET

    "The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to allow President Trump to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops in the Chicago area over the objection of Illinois officials, casting doubt on the viability of similar deployments in other American cities.

    "The justices’ order is preliminary, but it blocks the Trump administration for now from ordering the state-based military force to the Chicago area, where an immigration crackdown led to thousands of arrests and confrontations between residents and federal agents.

    "In its temporary ruling against the administration, the court refused to grant the president broad discretion to deploy the military in U.S. cities. It represented a rare departure from recent cases, in which the conservative majority has overwhelmingly sided with Mr. Trump in preliminary tests of presidential power.

    "At this stage in the litigation, the court said the Trump administration had not shown that the statute at issue 'permits the president to federalize the Guard in the exercise of inherent authority to protect federal personnel and property in Illinois.'

    "Three conservative justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch — noted their dissents."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/poli

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/Y5P4k

    #USPol #SCOTUS #JusticeThomasIsCompromised #OligarchCamp #Oiligarchy #Authoritarianism #Resistance #IllegalOrders

  11. WATCH TO THE END.

    In 2016, Fox host #KegBreath told an audience that the military "must refuse #illegalorders".

    #MSNOW did a mix-cut of the "controversial" video by 7 #Democrats reminding the U.S. military "not to comply with illegal orders", and he fits right in.

    #Treason? #Sedition?
    ms.now/the-briefing-with-jen-p

  12. There's no way Charlie Sheen would have followed orders if top brass ordered his Navy Seals unit to fire on and kill everyone on suspected narco boats. But here in real life, Seal Team 6 gets the page and is like "COME GET SOME, FISHERMEN WHO MIGHT BE 'NARCOTERRORISTS'! WOOOOOOOO DOUBLE TAP LETS GOOOOOOOO K/D RATIO COME ON!!!!"

    Bummer, that.

    #navyseals #illegalorders #trump #venezuela #movies #politics #DementiaDon

  13. @gtconway3 In a final #PsyOp by #Kremlin propagandists, they have managed to convert the ‘rock-ribbed’, ‘better dead than red’ #Republican Party of Ronald Reagan and John McCain* into a cult of red hat-wearing, ‘#Putin is a genius’ party of spineless #BananaRepublicans.
    #Resist. #DoNotComply with #IllegalOrders and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.

  14. Pentagon says it’s investigating Sen. #MarkKelly over video urging troops to defy ‘#IllegalOrders

    By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
    Updated 2:58 PM EST, November 24, 2025

    Excerpt: WASHINGTON (AP) — "The Pentagon announced Monday it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for troops to defy 'illegal orders.'

    "The Pentagon’s statement, posted on social media, cited a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court martial or other measures.

    "It is extraordinary for the Pentagon, which until President Donald Trump’s second term had usually gone out of its way to act and appear apolitical, to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress with investigation. It comes after Trump ramped up the rhetoric by accusing the lawmakers of sedition 'punishable by DEATH' in a social media post days after the video was released last week.

    "In its statement Monday, the Pentagon suggested that Kelly’s statements in the video interfered with the 'loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces' by citing the federal law that prohibits such actions.

    " 'A thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures,' the statement said.

    "Kelly said he upheld his oath to the Constitution and dismissed the #Pentagon investigation as the work of '#bullies.'

    " 'If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work,' Kelly said in a statement.

    "In the video, Kelly was one of six Democratic lawmakers who have served in the military or intelligence community to speak 'directly to members of the military.' The other lawmakers are Sen. #ElissaSlotkin and Reps. #JasonCrow, #ChrisDeluzio, #MaggieGoodlander and #ChrissyHoulahan, who are seen as possible future aspirants for higher office and elevated their political profiles with the video’s wide exposure.

    "Kelly, who was a fighter pilot before becoming an #astronaut and then retiring at the rank of captain, told troops that 'you can refuse illegal orders,' while other lawmakers in the video said they needed troops to 'stand up for our laws ... our Constitution.' "

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/pentagon-ma

    #USPol #TrumpIsABully #CourtMartial #Sedition #Resistance #ResistIllegalOrders #Constitution #TrumpIsAFascist #Authoritarianism #IllegalOrders #IllegalPresident #ImpeachTrump #NoWar #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  15. Pentagon says it’s investigating Sen. #MarkKelly over video urging troops to defy ‘#IllegalOrders

    By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
    Updated 2:58 PM EST, November 24, 2025

    Excerpt: WASHINGTON (AP) — "The Pentagon announced Monday it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for troops to defy 'illegal orders.'

    "The Pentagon’s statement, posted on social media, cited a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court martial or other measures.

    "It is extraordinary for the Pentagon, which until President Donald Trump’s second term had usually gone out of its way to act and appear apolitical, to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress with investigation. It comes after Trump ramped up the rhetoric by accusing the lawmakers of sedition 'punishable by DEATH' in a social media post days after the video was released last week.

    "In its statement Monday, the Pentagon suggested that Kelly’s statements in the video interfered with the 'loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces' by citing the federal law that prohibits such actions.

    " 'A thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures,' the statement said.

    "Kelly said he upheld his oath to the Constitution and dismissed the #Pentagon investigation as the work of '#bullies.'

    " 'If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work,' Kelly said in a statement.

    "In the video, Kelly was one of six Democratic lawmakers who have served in the military or intelligence community to speak 'directly to members of the military.' The other lawmakers are Sen. #ElissaSlotkin and Reps. #JasonCrow, #ChrisDeluzio, #MaggieGoodlander and #ChrissyHoulahan, who are seen as possible future aspirants for higher office and elevated their political profiles with the video’s wide exposure.

    "Kelly, who was a fighter pilot before becoming an #astronaut and then retiring at the rank of captain, told troops that 'you can refuse illegal orders,' while other lawmakers in the video said they needed troops to 'stand up for our laws ... our Constitution.' "

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/pentagon-ma

    #USPol #TrumpIsABully #CourtMartial #Sedition #Resistance #ResistIllegalOrders #Constitution #TrumpIsAFascist #Authoritarianism #IllegalOrders #IllegalPresident #ImpeachTrump #NoWar #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  16. Pentagon says it’s investigating Sen. #MarkKelly over video urging troops to defy ‘#IllegalOrders

    By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
    Updated 2:58 PM EST, November 24, 2025

    Excerpt: WASHINGTON (AP) — "The Pentagon announced Monday it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for troops to defy 'illegal orders.'

    "The Pentagon’s statement, posted on social media, cited a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court martial or other measures.

    "It is extraordinary for the Pentagon, which until President Donald Trump’s second term had usually gone out of its way to act and appear apolitical, to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress with investigation. It comes after Trump ramped up the rhetoric by accusing the lawmakers of sedition 'punishable by DEATH' in a social media post days after the video was released last week.

    "In its statement Monday, the Pentagon suggested that Kelly’s statements in the video interfered with the 'loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces' by citing the federal law that prohibits such actions.

    " 'A thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures,' the statement said.

    "Kelly said he upheld his oath to the Constitution and dismissed the #Pentagon investigation as the work of '#bullies.'

    " 'If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work,' Kelly said in a statement.

    "In the video, Kelly was one of six Democratic lawmakers who have served in the military or intelligence community to speak 'directly to members of the military.' The other lawmakers are Sen. #ElissaSlotkin and Reps. #JasonCrow, #ChrisDeluzio, #MaggieGoodlander and #ChrissyHoulahan, who are seen as possible future aspirants for higher office and elevated their political profiles with the video’s wide exposure.

    "Kelly, who was a fighter pilot before becoming an #astronaut and then retiring at the rank of captain, told troops that 'you can refuse illegal orders,' while other lawmakers in the video said they needed troops to 'stand up for our laws ... our Constitution.' "

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/pentagon-ma

    #USPol #TrumpIsABully #CourtMartial #Sedition #Resistance #ResistIllegalOrders #Constitution #TrumpIsAFascist #Authoritarianism #IllegalOrders #IllegalPresident #ImpeachTrump #NoWar #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  17. Pentagon says it’s investigating Sen. #MarkKelly over video urging troops to defy ‘#IllegalOrders

    By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
    Updated 2:58 PM EST, November 24, 2025

    Excerpt: WASHINGTON (AP) — "The Pentagon announced Monday it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for troops to defy 'illegal orders.'

    "The Pentagon’s statement, posted on social media, cited a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court martial or other measures.

    "It is extraordinary for the Pentagon, which until President Donald Trump’s second term had usually gone out of its way to act and appear apolitical, to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress with investigation. It comes after Trump ramped up the rhetoric by accusing the lawmakers of sedition 'punishable by DEATH' in a social media post days after the video was released last week.

    "In its statement Monday, the Pentagon suggested that Kelly’s statements in the video interfered with the 'loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces' by citing the federal law that prohibits such actions.

    " 'A thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures,' the statement said.

    "Kelly said he upheld his oath to the Constitution and dismissed the #Pentagon investigation as the work of '#bullies.'

    " 'If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work,' Kelly said in a statement.

    "In the video, Kelly was one of six Democratic lawmakers who have served in the military or intelligence community to speak 'directly to members of the military.' The other lawmakers are Sen. #ElissaSlotkin and Reps. #JasonCrow, #ChrisDeluzio, #MaggieGoodlander and #ChrissyHoulahan, who are seen as possible future aspirants for higher office and elevated their political profiles with the video’s wide exposure.

    "Kelly, who was a fighter pilot before becoming an #astronaut and then retiring at the rank of captain, told troops that 'you can refuse illegal orders,' while other lawmakers in the video said they needed troops to 'stand up for our laws ... our Constitution.' "

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/pentagon-ma

    #USPol #TrumpIsABully #CourtMartial #Sedition #Resistance #ResistIllegalOrders #Constitution #TrumpIsAFascist #Authoritarianism #IllegalOrders #IllegalPresident #ImpeachTrump #NoWar #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  18. Pentagon says it’s investigating Sen. #MarkKelly over video urging troops to defy ‘#IllegalOrders

    By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
    Updated 2:58 PM EST, November 24, 2025

    Excerpt: WASHINGTON (AP) — "The Pentagon announced Monday it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for troops to defy 'illegal orders.'

    "The Pentagon’s statement, posted on social media, cited a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court martial or other measures.

    "It is extraordinary for the Pentagon, which until President Donald Trump’s second term had usually gone out of its way to act and appear apolitical, to directly threaten a sitting member of Congress with investigation. It comes after Trump ramped up the rhetoric by accusing the lawmakers of sedition 'punishable by DEATH' in a social media post days after the video was released last week.

    "In its statement Monday, the Pentagon suggested that Kelly’s statements in the video interfered with the 'loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces' by citing the federal law that prohibits such actions.

    " 'A thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures,' the statement said.

    "Kelly said he upheld his oath to the Constitution and dismissed the #Pentagon investigation as the work of '#bullies.'

    " 'If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work,' Kelly said in a statement.

    "In the video, Kelly was one of six Democratic lawmakers who have served in the military or intelligence community to speak 'directly to members of the military.' The other lawmakers are Sen. #ElissaSlotkin and Reps. #JasonCrow, #ChrisDeluzio, #MaggieGoodlander and #ChrissyHoulahan, who are seen as possible future aspirants for higher office and elevated their political profiles with the video’s wide exposure.

    "Kelly, who was a fighter pilot before becoming an #astronaut and then retiring at the rank of captain, told troops that 'you can refuse illegal orders,' while other lawmakers in the video said they needed troops to 'stand up for our laws ... our Constitution.' "

    Read more:
    apnews.com/article/pentagon-ma

    #USPol #TrumpIsABully #CourtMartial #Sedition #Resistance #ResistIllegalOrders #Constitution #TrumpIsAFascist #Authoritarianism #IllegalOrders #IllegalPresident #ImpeachTrump #NoWar #CharacteristicsOfFascism

  19. Uniform Code of Military Justice:

    "An order requiring the performance of a military duty or act may be inferred to be lawful, and it is disobeyed at the peril of the subordinate. This inference does not apply to a patently illegal order, such as one that directs the commission of a crime."

    #IllegalOrders #UCMJ

    mattbarrylaw.com/2024/11/10/un

  20. Yikes! Apparently, #Trump is accusing these #Veterans of #sedition!

    #Goodlander is among Democratic lawmakers urging military to reject '#IllegalOrders'

    New Hampshire Public Radio | By Josh Rogers
    Published November 19, 2025

    Excerpt: "New Hampshire Rep. #MaggieGoodlander joined five other Democratic lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds in an online video Tuesday to advise members of the U.S. armed forces that they should refuse to carry out 'illegal orders.'

    "The video didn’t identify any specific order or U.S military action as 'illegal,' but the message comes at a time of flaring tension between Democrats and the #Trump administration over the administration’s deployment of the #NationalGuard to patrol American cities and military strikes against #Venezuelan drug cartels that are believed to have killed more than 80 people.

    " 'Right now, the threats to our #Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home,' the Democrats said as they took turns reading a single statement. 'Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders.'

    " 'Don’t give up the ship,' the message ended.

    "Sen. #ElissaSlotkin of Michigan, a former CIA analyst who served in Iraq, led the messaging effort. It comes on the heels of Sloktin introducing legislation aimed at limiting the president's power to deploy National Guard troops in American cities.

    " 'I’ve joined my colleagues in sending a clear message to our brave women and men in uniform,' Goodlander said in a statement. 'We stand with you at a moment when you have been put in a terrible position by a president and a secretary of defense who are testing the boundaries of the law here at home.”

    "In addition to Goodlander — a former U.S. Naval Reserve intelligence officer — the video features Navy veteran and former astronaut Sen. #MarkKelly of Arizona; Rep. #ChrisDeluzio of Pennsylvania, who also served in the Navy; Rep. #JasonCrow of Colorado, a former Army Ranger; and Rep. #ChrissyHoulahan of Pennsylvania, an Air Force veteran."

    nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-11-19/go

    Trump Suggests Death Penalty for ‘#Seditious’ Democratic Lawmakers Who Condemned ‘Illegal’ Military Orders

    “Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL," the president adds

    by Corbin Bolies
    Thu, November 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM EST

    "President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a half-dozen Democratic lawmakers who issued a video urging military officials to 'refuse illegal orders' should be tried for seditious behavior, a crime he said was 'punishable by death!' "

    #Resistance #USPol #PresidentBoneSpurs #USCivilWar #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism

  21. The DUI-hire defense secretary justified the firings of top judge advocate generals; they’re telling us that the US military will be given illegal orders, including, perhaps, to fire on US citizens.

    Hegseth: Trump Will Install New Military Attorneys Who Won’t Be ‘Roadblocks to Anything’
    rollingstone.com/politics/poli

    #PeteHegseth #JAGs #IllegalOrders #AgentKrasnov #ArrestTrumpNow #GOPKakistocracy #ResistFascism #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlue #RepublicansDidThis #WeirdGOP #USPol