Blog Betty (Thomas Friedman is a Great Man was an online novel): 2025

Monday, November 24, 2025

A spiritual retreat at Camp David?

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S MEGA DUB & THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS & THE COMMON ILLS -- THE KOOL AID TABLE

FORGETTING THE DICTUM THAT IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE, INSURANCE ATTORNEY LINDSEY HALLIGAN, INTERIM U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE EASTER DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, IS INSISTING, "I AM JUST STUPID. PAM? PAM'S CROOKED."

THAT WOULD BE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES PAM DA BIMBO BONDI. CHARGES AGAINST FORMER F.B.I. DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK LETITIA JAMES WERE DROPPED TODAY AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE ILLEGAL EFFORTS OF THE JUSTICE DEPT. BEAUTY QUEEN LINDSEY HAD NEVER DONE GRANDJURIES BEFORE -- INSURANCE CASES, YES, AND BEAUTY PAGENTS, BUT NOT GRAND JURIES. TURNS OUT SHE DIDN'T PRESENT THE INDICTMENTS AGAINST COMEY PROPERLY OR FULLY IN CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE LAW. AND WHEN SHE FESSED UP TO THAT? BONDI THEN LIED TO THE COURTS INSISTING THAT WASN'T THE CASE AT ALL. ATLANTA BLACK STAR NEWS TOLD THESE REPORTERS:

Bondi was already under fire for an illegal move to install Halligan to the case, but things took another turn when Halligan told the court Wednesday that the grand jury never saw the full indictment used to charge Comey — a stunning admission that defense attorneys immediately seized on as grounds for dismissal.

But within 24 hours, Bondi’s DOJ tried to reverse course, suddenly insisting the opposite was true, citing a “clerical inconsistency” and attempting to rewrite their own record in real time.

REACHED FOR COMMENT BY THESE REPORTERS, DA BIMBO BONDI DECLARED, "YOU KNOW KA$H PATEL'S USING THE FBI TO PROTECT HIS GIRLFRIEND. I COULD TELL YOU ABOUT THAT. OR HOW HE'S FLYING HER AROUND ON THE JUSTICE DEPT. DIME. I HEARD TULSI GABBARD'S USING CAMP DAVID FOR A SPIRITUAL RETREAT WITH HER GURU CHRIS. WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN THAT? HOW ABOUT THIS -- ROBERT KENNEDY JUNIOR HAS WORMS AGAIN! THIS TIME IN THE ASS! PINWORMS! LOOK, I'LL TELL YOU ANYTHING, JUST, PLEASE, DON'T WRITE ABOUT ME."

ALL OF THIS AS HER IMPOTENT LOVER CHUMP REVEALS HIMSELF TO BE BOTH PHYSICALLY REPUSLIVE AND DANGEROUSLY STUPID. Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Poll Slip"

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

This morning, Ben Meiselas addresses Chump's late night crazy.

That's an important video and it is clear that Chump is now just as crazy as his extreme supporters. Two have a radio program. I have o idea what channel I had to endure it in this morning's taxi ride.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the two dick jockeys insisted, broke with Chump because she supports Sharia Law. This is apparently the new talking point for the extreme crazy on the extreme right. She is a secret Muslim, the two fey men trying to act butch insisted. This is how they'll take over our county, the 'men' insisted and impose Sharia law. Chump is the only thing that will save us, they repeatedly stated.

Sharia Law? Best example of un-American law attacking our country and our rights is in Hamtramck. That's where Muslim Amer Ghalib has attacked the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. He's used his post as mayor to bring in something very ugly into the United States.

So, per the dick jockeys, he must be someone Chump opposes, right? Chump has nominated this trash and filth to be the US Ambassador to Kuwait. His hearing was a nightmare and the nomination is not progressing. Considering Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, you really can't make Amer the Ambassador to Kuwait when he insists that Saddam was a "martyr." He is the voice of hate and he's a radical who wants to destroy the country.

And Chump wants to make him the US Ambassador to Kuwait. He endorsed Chump in the 2024 election and that's why Chump hasn't focused on Michigan as he goes around from state to state destroying cities Michigan, especially in the Detroit-Hamtramck region, has a huge number of immigrants. But Chump and Kristi don't go there because, as a result of Amer, Chump carried that region in the 2024 election.

I don't spend my time worrying about Sharia Law because I don't think it could ever get a real hold in the US -- outside of a community of Muslim extremists (most Muslims in this country are not extremists) -- but I really don't think I missed some speech or press release Marjorie Taylor Greene gave or issued calling for Sharia Law. I really don't see that happening.

But this is how Team Chump works. They find the needy who will do their bidding -- in this case, two closeted gay men desperate to be accepted in MAGA and seen as straight -- and hand out the marching orders. Take Marjorie down with lies. That's what they're trying to do and that's why they're promoting these lies that Marjorie rejected Chump because she supports Sharia law (and she's joining THE VIEW -- they lied that was happening as well). The only Republican willing to support Sharia law would be Chump who is attempting to get the disgusting Amer Ghalib named US Ambassador to Kuwait.

And he's also refusing to send ICE to Hamstamck -- a city where 44.2% of the population was born outside of the United States. That's greater than the percent of the population of Los Angeles or NYC.

Elsewhere across the country, we see the appalling results of the Convicted Felon's return to the White House. Last week? A superior court judge and a court intern -- both American citizens -- found themselves harassed and bullied by ICE. Vic Verbalaitis (DAILY BEAST) notes:

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents threatened a Rhode Island Superior Court judge and an intern after they botched a detainment operation on Thursday.

Outside the Licht Judicial Complex in Providence, Rhode Island, ICE agents briefly took a high school intern into custody who worked at the Superior Court, WPRI 12 News reported.

Courthouse security had noticed someone taking photos of the intern from outside the courthouse earlier that day. The individual, when approached, identified himself as an ICE agent before he was told to stop taking pictures.

The intern, unsettled by the federal agents stalking him, was offered a ride home by Superior Court Judge Joseph McBurney. However, ICE agents surrounded the judge’s car and threatened to smash its windows if they did not exit the vehicle.

The Superior Court’s head of security intervened, telling the judge and the intern to stay in the car.

The intern was briefly handcuffed and taken into custody by ICE agents, as seen in video from bystanders.

After an argument ensued, the ICE agents confirmed they had misidentified their target and left the scene.

Oh, sure, no harm no foul, right? It's not like you didn't terrorize that kid and it's not like that was the actual intention, right? That is the intention and that was the action. CNN adds:

The agents took him out of a vehicle that was being driven by Superior Court Associate Justice Joseph McBurney, who was taking the teen to school.

The agents allegedly ignored the teen, who insisted they were detaining the wrong person.

Agents restrained the teen’s hands behind his back and took him across the street.

Katie Mulvaney (PROVIDENCE JOURNAL) notes that it was only the judge insisting that they had the wrong person repeatedly that forced ICE to check and see if this 16 year old was the predator of children that they claim they were looking for.

Steve Benham (KATU) reports, "Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers took a McMinnville high school student into custody Friday during lunch period off school grounds, McMinnville School District Superintendent Kourtney Ferrua told KATU in a statement. Students who were in the area saw what happened, Ferrua said." ICE confirms that the 17 year old that they harassed and arrested is a US citizen as was the 20 year old the student was with. 17 and American doesn't matter to the terrorists who illegally invade our communities as they pretend its for our protection. KATU notes four American citizens were arrested by ICE this week. They also quote DHS Whore Tricia McLaughlin insisting ICE does not target children though they fail to note Tricia's long term pattern of public lies this year or that she and her husband stole $220 million from American taxpayers in an illegal hidden contract handed to them by Tricia's boss at Homeland (In)Security. ICE does anything and evrything, they break every law in the book because they exist right now for one reason only: To terrorize this country. New Orleans is next to find that out.

And Americans are seeing and grasping what's going on. KGW reports protests took place in McMinnville on Saturday over the arrest of the 17 year old and they quote Abraham Mejia stating, "A 17-year-old minor being abducted in broad daylight -- whether people agree with that or not, it's just unacceptable. It hits home and it makes you feel almost fueled that you need to do something about it and that's why I'm here today." Americans are on the streets protesting, they're addressing it with family, friends and members of their communities, they're speaking out and writing letters to the editor -- such as the one below.

Imagine yourself walking down the street when suddenly you are approached by a beefy-dude who gets into your face and begins to aggressively force himself upon you. As you attempt to break away you find yourself surrounded by four other men, some who have completely covered their face behind a mask, and each of them yelling at you, taunting you, and wrestling you onto the ground to place you in handcuffs. This violent assault leaves you disoriented, traumatized and bewildered. You are aggressively thrown into a van, and taken away to a location which only upon arrival do you realize you are being detained and judged as an enemy of the State. Having lived peacefully and lawfully, having held a job, having begun the process that leads toward citizenship, you are now, with no due process of law cast into a hole, not allowed to call your family, your lawyer, or a friend. You are disappeared and have become subject to the lawless immorality that is readily, purposely and cruelly eradicating the customs, traditions and way of life that once made our nation a beacon of hope and light to all the nations.

What can we the people do about this immoral and egregious practice that is bringing shame to our beloved country? The Des Moines Indivisible Citizens Movement, those who organize democracy rallies at Big Catch Plaza, are joining up with a larger King County grass roots movement called The Whistle Warriors to develop and distribute whistles throughout our community. Our mission is to empower immigrant families and community residents with a simple, effective, community-supported tool for rapid alert, ensuring community safety and promoting neighbor to neighbor solidarity during times of ICE raids.

We encourage all citizens who witness these types of assaults to film the event, and to blow the whistle attempting to draw a crowd who can collectively document as many details as possible, texting the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) hotline at 844-724-3737. Our goal is to hold ICE accountable to the rule of law, and to protect as best we can those who have lived amongst us as friends and neighbors. Such nonviolent actions on our part carry the promise that “we the people” are present and observing as we insist on upholding our higher community standards of justice and decency, particularly from those who act in our name.

The whistles can be picked up at the Big Catch Plaza whenever we rally for a return to democracy with its promise of liberty and justice for all.

– Rich Lang
Des Moines Indivisible

ICE is a threat, it hurts our democracy, it hurts people and it hurts business.

RECOMMENDED: "The Snapshot"

Kat's "Kat's Korner: Is Chase Rice our most underrated living musician?"

Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Poll Slip"

"The Snapshot"

"Jellybean Johnson"

"Mr. Riley Gaines -- the masculine man"

"Trash (Megyn Kelly) and science (kissing)"

"Raye"

"Epstein and the Economy"

"2 Things"

"Lindsey thought he was all prepared for Sadie Hawkins Day"

"The HHS Secretary broke federal laws and Bondi needs to open an investigation"

"Chump and his goons are now going after Native Americans"

"Epstein and his creepy friends"

"palm royal (spoiler!)"

"'general hospital' and 'the best in me'"

"another chump pardon blows up in his fat face"

"the epstein files and general hospital"

"orange face is about to explode"

"WICKED: FOR GOOD"

"Brendan Fraser"

"THE BEAST IN ME, Indiana Jones, Linda Hamilton"

"Who won the Superman battle?"

"Weekend box office"

"Spaghetti Puttanesca in the Kitchen"

"Cheddar Corn Casserole in the Kitchen"

"Slow Cooker Stuffing in the Kitchen"

"Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars in the Kitchen"

"Quesadillas in the Kitchen"

"The Crooked Court"

"Verdicts aren't good for Chumpy Chumpster"

"Chump and his goons struggle with the courts"

"Keep Matthew Gruter out of the US"

"Don't get it twisted"

"About that MRI . . ."

"Chump lies about everything -- everything"

"The attacks can be depressing but those choosing to stand together can be inspiring"

"The continued attack on the transgender community"

"Dementia Donald and other things"

"Correction -- Idiot of the Week was a tie"

"Idiot of the Week"

"Johnson and Chump bask in their humiliation"

"Greg Asshole and other creeps"

"Miss Sassy and Chump need couples counseling"

"Chump's dementia pushes him further into insanity"

"Chump and his losing streak"

"They buried the fork in his large ass and announced Chump is done"

"Dementia prone Donald explains minimum wage increasing is the 'real' threat"

"Chump is a nasty, old man and we are done with him"

"Grifter and sex addict Cory Mills"

"Natalie Green is the new Jussie Smollett"

"Chump stands against the 9/11 families"

"Of course Chump gets cozy with the killer of a jou..."

"Con artists"

"Media: The Four Jack Asses of the Apocalypse"

"Feel for Mrs. Bill Pulte, really feel for her"

"Just another loser toiling for the convicted felon Chump"

"THIS JUST IN! MAYBE SOME DAY PULTE WILL LEARN TO WIPE HIMSELF!"

Friday, November 21, 2025

The Crooked Court

Today the Crooked Court met. Mark Sherman (AP) reports:

The Supreme Court is to meet in private Friday with a high-profile issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump ’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.

The justices could say as soon as Monday whether they will hear Trump’s appeal of lower court rulings that have uniformly struck down the citizenship restrictions. They have not taken effect anywhere in the United States.

If the court steps in now, the case would be argued in the spring, with a definitive ruling expected by early summer.

The birthright citizenship order, which Trump signed on the first day of his second term in the White House, is part of his administration's broad immigration crackdown. Other actions include immigration enforcement surges in several cities and the first peacetime invocation of the 18th century Alien Enemies Act.

They should not even be considering hearing Chump's nonsense. This is the law, this has been law. It is written law, it is law by custom.

I also think that Chump needs to be addressed for his frivolous use of the courts. That's for his government nonsense like this -- the law is clear and has always been clear on this -- and for all of his lawsuits against journalists and others. He is abusing his power of office. If he has any personal lawsuits, he should bring them when he is not the president.

Adam Lynch writes:

Former prosecutor Andrew Warren tells MS Now that it’s easy to dismiss the Trump administration’s disastrous Wednesday judicial hearing as what happens when you replace real lawyers with “incompetent lackeys.” But this isn’t just about a president’s abysmal hiring standards.

Justice Department prosecutors admitted during the prosecution of a former FBI director James Comey that the grand jury that “approved” the pending indictment against Comey never voted on — or even reviewed — the actual indictment.

“But the magnitude of the prosecution’s incompetence plays a more sinister role as well: It masks the sheer extent of the pervasive and pernicious corruption and lawlessness that has been allowed to fester by this administration,” said Warren.

U.S. Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick found multiple serious problems with Halligan’s grand jury presentation. Halligan told jurors they did not need to rely on the evidence before them because the government supposedly had “better” evidence waiting at trial, which Warren described as an “egregious violation of fundamental rules that any competent attorney knows.”

Halligan, a real estate attorney temporarily charged with removing mentions of historical racism from the Smithsonian Institution before Trump tapped her as AG, also wrongly suggested Comey had no right to remain silent, which Warren said “anyone who has ever watched an episode of ‘Law & Order’” knows isn’t true. And now Lindsey’s case is on shaky ground if the indictment she filed in court turns out not to be the one the full grand jury actually reviewed.

This is the Crooked Court's fault. The six crooks on that court have given Chump the impression that he can do anything and that's not reality, that's not legality and it sure as hell isn't democracy.

John Roberts will be remembered as the worst Supreme Court justice ever, let alone chief justice. Part of a cabal that secretly plotted how to lie to the Senate to get confirmed for the Court with the intent -- conspiracy -- to hijack our democracy and delete the Constitution. We see you.

"The Snapshot" (THE COMMON ILLS):

Friday, November 21, 2025. Chump attacks and smears Democrats while revealing that the commander in chief has never even read the Uniform Code of Military Justice and a RAW STORY writer wants us to betray the Esptein survivors because the topic either ores him or makes him uncomfotable.

Let's start with Donald Chrump. What's the Convicted Felon done now? Senator Patty Murray's office issued the following:

Murray responds to outrageous posts from President Trump: “I am calling on every one of my Republican colleagues: show some courage. Don’t just brush this one off yet again. State plainly that the President is not above the law—it’s right there in the constitution. Don’t mince words: make it clear that calls for political violence are unacceptable.”

*** WATCH VIDEO HERE; DOWNLOAD HERE***

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released a new video message condemning President Trump’s recent post calling for members of Congress to be arrested for stating that the President is not above the law and his later repost of a call to hang members of Congress.

WATCH HERE; DOWNLOAD HERE

In the video message, Senator Murray slams President Trump for endorsing political violence against elected members of Congress, saying:

“Just think about this, the President of the United States is using his platform to lift up people calling for political violence. And then, in his own words, he called this video: ‘Seditious behavior, punishable by death.’ This is twisted, dangerous stuff.

“As my colleagues, on both sides have said there is no room in our democracy for political violence, or for rhetoric that champions political violence. And as every single one of us remembers from our own oath, in this country we swear loyalty to the constitution, not to the President. The danger here should be obvious. Every single one of my colleagues should be here with me saying: President Trump’s behavior—his choice to amplify a dangerous call for violence—is completely unacceptable.

“There is a whole lot more I could say about how clearly unfit this President is for office. Believe me, I have some choice words. But in the interest of unity—I’ve tried to keep my message simple and restrained in the hopes that members on both sides will join me in saying this loud and clear. Because it’s clear the President needs to hear this message, but he needs to hear it from all of us. And frankly—I need to hear it from my colleagues too. I need to know my colleagues, who I work with every day, actually agree with me about the basic bedrock of our democracy.”

A full transcript of Senator Murray’s remarks in the video message is below:

“I was disturbed—genuinely horrified—to see President Trump call for members of Congress to be arrested for simply stating the fact that no one is above the law—not even the President. It is infuriating. It is enough to make your blood boil.

“I mean—I can’t think of anything more un-American, at least I couldn’t until Trump went further and reposted a call to hang members of Congress. All because Members of this Congress—veterans who served this country selflessly and proudly—did nothing other than simply state the plain letter of the law.

“Here’s what they said: ‘Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders… No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our constitution.’

“I whole-heartedly agree. I’ll say it myself. To the soldiers bravely serving our nation—thank you. As a voice for many servicemembers from Washington state let me state unequivocally: you can refuse illegal orders.

“Just think about this, the President of the United States is using his platform to lift up people calling for political violence. And then, in his own words, he called this video: ‘Seditious behavior, punishable by death.’ This is twisted, dangerous stuff.

“As my colleagues, on both sides have said there is no room in our democracy for political violence, or for rhetoric that champions political violence.

“And as every single one of us remembers from our own oath, in this country we swear loyalty to the constitution, not to the President. The danger here should be obvious.

“Every single one of my colleagues should be here with me saying: President Trump’s behavior—his choice to amplify a dangerous call for violence—is completely unacceptable.

“There is a whole lot more I could say about how clearly unfit this President is for office. Believe me, I have some choice words. But in the interest of unity—I’ve tried to keep my message simple and restrained in the hopes that members on both sides will join me in saying this loud and clear.

“Because it’s clear the President needs to hear this message, but he needs to hear it from all of us.

“And frankly—I need to hear it from my colleagues too. I need to know my colleagues, who I work with every day, actually agree with me about the basic bedrock of our democracy. Because how am I supposed to sit across the table from people who are silent when the President lifts up voices saying Democrats should be hanged?

“A President who calls a simple recitation of the law ‘treasonous behavior, punishable by death?’

“We’ve seen where this path goes—where silence in the face of escalating calls for violence can lead. I was here on January 6^th, as were many of my colleagues. I was here while they built a gallows outside and chanted ‘hang Mike Pence.’

“Are we going to sit here and say nothing while the President riles up another crowd? Lifts up new calls for violence? Are we going to say nothing as they build another gallows?

“What exactly do my colleagues think they will be chanting this time? And why exactly do they think the President will care to stop the crowd when today he is the one lifting up calls for violence?

“We cannot wait. We cannot pretend we don’t know how serious President Trump’s actions are.

“Now, I know we may not all be in perfect agreement on how to respond, but this moment really requires us to speak with one voice.

“I am calling on every one of my Republican colleagues: show some courage.

“Don’t just brush this one off yet again. State plainly that the President is not above the law—it’s right there in the constitution. Don’t mince words: make it clear that calls for political violence are unacceptable. Something I have heard members on both sides of the aisle speak passionately about recently.

“None of that should be controversial. This is not a moment where our democracy can afford cowards and sycophants.

“I really hope every Member of Congress, every CEO, every community leader lifts up their voice.

“Say it plain: this kind of rhetoric is a disgrace—it’s not even close to acceptable coming from an American President. That is the bare minimum.”

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Same topic, this is from last night's THE NEWSHOUR (PBS).

Amna Nawaz: Half-a-dozen Democrats in Congress with military and intelligence backgrounds are urging current service members to ignore the chain of command if they're given unlawful orders.

Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA): Right now, the threats to our Constitution aren't just coming from abroad…

Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO): … but from right here at home.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ): Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders.

Ren. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI): You can refuse illegal orders.

Rep. Chris Deluzio: You must refuse illegal orders.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin: No one has to carry out orders that violate the law…

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA): … or our Constitution.

Amna Nawaz: Now, they didn't specify which orders they consider unlawful, but President Trump has fired back, writing on social media these members of Congress should be — quote — "arrested and put on trial," saying their actions are seditious behavior from traitors that is — quote — "punishable by death."

Congressman Jason Crow of Colorado is a retired Army Ranger and one of the Democrats you just heard from in that video. He joins me now. Congressman, welcome to the show. Thanks for joining us.

Rep. Jason Crow: Hi, Amna.

Amna Nawaz: So, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, was asked about all this in the briefing today. I just want to play for you her response.

Question: Just to be clear, does the president want to execute members of Congress?

Karoline Leavitt, White House Press Secretary: No. Let's be clear about what the president is responding to. You have sitting members of the United States Congress who conspired together to orchestrate a video message to members of the United States military, to active-duty service members, to members of the national security apparatus, encouraging them to defy the president's lawful orders.

Amna Nawaz: Congressman, I just want to get your response to the latest from the White House on this.

Rep. Jason Crow: Well, first off, Karoline Leavitt is just lying. We specifically said to unlawful orders — that they don't have to obey unlawful orders, which actually is what the Constitution says, what the Uniform Code of Military Justice says and what we were trained on when we were in uniform as well. This administration wants people to think that simply reminding people of their oath and what the law requires is somehow criminal and should result in treason and hanging, because, secondly, that is what the president said this morning. He called for a treason trial. He called for our arrest. And he called specifically for our execution by hanging.

Amna Nawaz: So, to be specific here, then, Congressman, which unlawful orders are you asking military members to refuse? What did you see that prompted you and others to make this video?

Rep. Jason Crow: The point of this video was not to point to specific orders. It's to prepare our service members, our young men and women, who are going to be put in very difficult positions in the years ahead to understand their oath and their obligation. And there's plenty of reason to be concerned. Donald Trump actually asked whether he could shoot protesters in the leg during the protests at Lafayette Square. Donald Trump has said he's going to go to war with Chicago and send troops into our cities, several of which have already been declared illegal by federal courts. So there's plenty of reason to be concerned. And we want to start a public conversation about what the obligation of our troops really is, in the very same way, I will say, that I did before I deployed my paratrooper platoon to Iraq in 2003, because once you get to the point where they are faced with an instant decision, it's too late if you haven't already had that conversation with them.

Amna Nawaz: Well, Congressman, for military members who are trying to navigate this now, I want to put to you what I heard from the director of The Orders Project, which is a nonprofit that offers legal advice to military service members who are unclear about their orders or worried about them. And they have been seeing an uptake in calls recently. But this person also said that any service member who disobeys an order on the basis that it's unlawful does run the risk that a military judge will disagree. And then they have to face the consequences. Are you saying to military members they should take on that risk?

Rep. Jason Crow: Well, listen, every military member takes on that risk. Service is hard. Being in the military is very hard. So what we want to do is send a message that members of Congress, their fellow veterans, we stand by them, we see them, and we are reminding them of their oath.

Amna Nawaz: Congressman, you have served honorably. We thank you for your service. So did most in that video. But so did retired Four-Star General Barry McCaffrey. And he had this to say in response to your video. He said: "This action by Democrats is unwarranted and dangerous. Focus on your own responsibilities in Congress to oppose military actions you believe are wrong or illegal. Support the judicial system to push back. Don't call on the military to stop Trump." What do you say to that?

Rep. Jason Crow: Well, we're not calling on the military to stop Trump. We're calling on the military to fulfill oaths. And, unfortunately, I think General McCaffrey doesn't understand the moment that we're in, the challenges that this administration is presenting to the troops. And I think he doesn't understand the time and the challenges that leaders face right now.

Amna Nawaz: Do you not trust that the courts will continue to push back or slow or stop Trump policies as they have been doing?

Rep. Jason Crow: They may. They may not. And even when courts issue orders, over a third of the time, this administration disregards lawful orders of the courts, right? They simply disregard court orders time and time again. So my job as a member of Congress is to do everything possible to uphold the Constitution and to defend this country. I don't rely on anybody to help me fulfill my duties, right? This is a project the entire country needs to undertake. Courts have an obligation. Citizens have an obligation. The military has an obligation. Law enforcement has an obligation. And I have mine.

Amna Nawaz: We saw Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say today he's asked for special protections for Senators Slotkin and Kelly, who appeared with you in that video, after the president's post about seditions. Are you worried about your own safety? Have you seen any increase in threats since the president's post?

Rep. Jason Crow: Yes, we have received threats. And we take those very seriously. I mean, this is actually making the point that the president continues to incite violence in vitriolic rhetoric and partisanship over and over again. And it's very serious stuff, right? People sometimes act on what Donald Trump and others say, right? They certainly did on January 6. So I understand the threats that we face right now. I take those seriously. But I will not be intimidated. But what Donald Trump wants is, he wants to use fear and intimidation to silence dissent, to silence opposition, and to silence speech. And I am not allowed — I'm not going to allow that to happen, because the moment we allow that to happen is the moment we lose our democracy. And I will not allow it to happen. Fear is contagious, but so is courage. And I intend to lead.

Amna Nawaz: Congressman Jason Crow of Colorado, thank you for making the time to speak with us. We appreciate it.

I am so sick of stupid. Donald Chump avoided the Vietnam War. He didn't protest it and he didn't serve in it. He got his daddy to buy his way out of it because he was a coward. Someone else went in his place. Someone else may be dead as a result.

He should never have been president of the United States. But here we are and while Americans are hard working, we have a non-working president. He doesn't learn.

He's a stupid piece of filth who just wants to stay stupid. You have never had a president of the United States make the idiot remarks that Chump did yesterday regarding the members of Congress.

There was nothing controversial about their remarks. Jason got to the most important part. Yes, absolutely the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. But I'm referring to UCMJ.

Some people are just as stupid as Chump.

Lt Ehren Watada. He refused to go to the Iraq War. Do we remember why?

Because it was an illegal war and he would be betraying the service members under him by obeying an illegal order. I agree with him -- you don't have to -- and I agreed with him and we covered him constantly when the US government tried to court-martial him.

In fact, I defended him against Amy Goodman and Norman Solomon. If you've forgotten, Norman had a side piece and she was going to be put on the stand!!!! On the stand!!! So Norman and Amy made it all about how Ehren had to stop defending himself and refusing to testify to 'save' her.

You may remember those two -- Norman and Amy -- were part of the effort to defeat Kamala last November (which meant electing Chump, don't give them a pass). They do that all the time, they destroy what needs to be supported.

His side piece -- who's now at IN THESE TIMES -- was going to have to decide whether to tefisy about her sources or not. The journalistic stance -- even Judith Miller understood this -- is that you don't give up your sources. If it means you spend a week or a month in jail, that's what you do. Unless Norman's crushing on you.

Then what you do is go after a young man fighting for his rights and you start shaming him on DEMCORACY NOW! with b.s. about how he could end the side piece's 'troubles' by taking the stand and then she wouldn't have to do this or do that or wah wah wah.

Some of us on the left are so f**king stupid that we let the same people betray us over and over and make no point to call them out for it.

Ehren didn't listen and good for him.

He took a brave stand based on his convictions.

And -- this is what you need to pay attention to -- his training.

He wasn't creating new guidelines, rules or codes. He was going by the UCMJ.

The no-working Chump didn't serve in the miliary and despite being given the title of commander in chief twice now, has never bothered to even glance at the UCMJ. Our troops follow UCMJ. Ehren was exposed to it through his training.

This was more nonsense from Chump. He's an idiot and people need to be calling him out. This is his second term as president and he's objecting to a very basic thing that is part of our laws and that the US military trains people in.

Propaganda Pig Karoline Levitt declared at the White House yesterday, "Every single order that is given to this United States military by this commander-in-chief and through this command chain of command, through the secretary of war, is lawful."

The porcine ugly needs to shut her uninformed mouth. There is no "secretary of war." The position is -- legally, you idiot -- Secretary of Defense. Congress has not changed it and they're the only ones who legally can. So you don't know the law, you don't know God you hypocrite hiding behind the cross around your neck and you don't know a damn thing.

Do not follow an illegal order? That's actually the law. That.

Not whatever Karoline, snout in air, is snorting about.

I think Donald's confusing sedition with treason and, in the dementia that now possesses him, is somehow projecting his attempt to overthrow the country on January 6th onto other people today. Neither he now Porky Karoline understand military justice -- not just military law but military justice. And they disgrace the country as they babble on about what they wrongly think is the law.

You're just so damn stupid, Donald.

The only thing we can take comfort in is the fact that you went into another rage last night. Yea! He's morbidly obese and eats junk food despite closing in on 80. Each one of these rages takes another few days off his life.

Malcolm Ferguson (THE NEW REPUBLIC) notes Senator Mark Kelly's response to Donald's lies:

“We are veterans and national security professionals who love this country and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. That oath lasts a lifetime, and we intend to keep it. No threat, intimidation, or call for violence will deter us from that sacred obligation,” they wrote in a joint statement posted by Kelly. “What’s most telling is that the President considers it punishable by death for us to restate the law. Our servicemembers should know that we have their backs as they fulfill their oath to the Constitution and obligation to follow only lawful orders. It is not only the right thing to do, but also our duty.” They signed it with a reminder: “Don’t Give Up the Ship!”

Kelly later responded personally to Trump adviser Stephen Miller’s claim that their comments are part of an “insurrection” and “a general call for rebellion.”

“I got shot at serving our country in combat, and I was there when your boss sent a violent mob to attack the Capitol,” Kelly wrote. “I know the difference between defending our Constitution and an insurrection, even if you don’t.”

At TPM, Nicole Lafond and Emine Yücel report:

The president repeatedly posted on Truth Social, calling for the veteran lawmakers to be arrested and suggesting they should be put to death. He also reposted other Truth Social users who said they should be hanged.

The death threats were clear and explicit.

“This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand,” Trump said in the Truth Social post. “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???”

“SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” he continued.

[. . .]

When asked about Trump’s posts, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to deflect and point the finger at Democrats who said troops can refuse to follow “illegal orders.”

“That was wildly inappropriate,” Johnson said on Thursday. “It is very dangerous. You have leading members of Congress telling troops to disobey orders. I think that’s unprecedented in American history … I know young soldiers, airmen, sailors — they don’t need that kind of nonsense from people in Congress.”

The Dems being targeted by Chump did nothing wrong. They repeated what the US military is trained on. They didn't make that up. It's actually part of the military training.

Now I get it. I know the only brigade Speaker of the closet Mike Johnson ever served in was Avon so the military escapes him. But your stupidity is not an excuse to use inflammatory and misleading speech to put people at risk. When your hate merchant was shot on stage not that long ago, you all wanted to posture about words and weeks later? Here we are with you lying to back up Chump. You're lying and you don't know what you're talking about. Mike Johnson should have pulled his usual nonsense answer out of his ass, "Uhm, golly, I didn't see that on TV. I don't know anything about that. I only knows what the TV tells me. TV and BLUE BOY and LATIN INCHES."

If you can't tell, I'm not in a good mood this morning. Chump isn't our only problem. We started with him but a stupid idiot at RAW STORY has me even more outraged.

I don't like dumb asses and I don't like f**king ass b**ches. Hope I have everyone's attention with that.

What am I talking about?

A garbage post from a garbage fool.

I don't need crap ass from crap asses who don't know s**t. It's amazing, I can remember in early 2005 when these same type of people were telling us to walk on away from Iraq as a topic. There are ways to take back the White House, these 'experts' said, but Iraq wasn't one of them. Really? Because when 2008 rolled around, it was the issue.

But crap asses were bored with the topic. Crap asses who didn't know s**t and who never know s**t.

An outlet has published a really bad article entitled "Trump will finally crash if we hammer him on this -- instead of Epstein." Oh, STFU. I hate the dualities to begin with. I hate the nonsense that it has to be this or that. I hated it when the 'revinventing government' neolibs pushed there either/or nonsense going into the Clinton years and I hated it when the soulless presented it while people were dying in the Iraq War.

Your own crap ass stupidity makes you think you can frighten people into focusing on what you want. So you try to threaten us -- oh, you're going to cost the election mumble mumble.

You don't know s**t and you should stick to coverage of what you can see because you know nothing of prognosis.

We, the American people, moved a mountain via Epstein. Those of us who focused on it and discussed it.

It has fractured MAGA.

Nothing else would have had that impact.

You're a stupid moron who doesn't understand politics.

John Kerry got Swift boated due to idiots like you.

Now we can and should focus on many issues. But idiots like the RAW STORY writer don't know a damn thing. The GOP's technique in elections has repeatedly been to take what we in the Democratic Party feel is a strength and to attack it. So John Kerry served in Vietnam and they rip apart his service.

Donald Chump claimed to be of the people -- he's not -- and couldn't shut up about Epstein and spent his first term pretending he was a savior of children. This exposed him for what he was. This became a real liability for him. It forced some people who had done everything for him to rethink him.

It has exposed him for what he is. There is probably nothing else that could have done that.

Why?

We all have an opinion on the topic. You need something shared like that so that the country can share revulsion. We can bond over it. And you saw it, you saw MAGA people -- including in Congress -- say they couldn't go along with a cover up.

It also wasn't some obscure mathematical model or something we needed to educate the public on. It had built-in appeal.

The idiot writes:

Look, I am not saying everything and anything associated with Epstein isn’t important, but I am saying it can’t become the thing.

I am saying we believe the women, who were victimized by these monsters. I am saying we keep calling for the release of everything to do with Epstein, and we keep asking the woman-abusing Trump one question, and one question only, blah blah blah

Condescending and rude. If you need to read it, click here, for SUBSTACK -- no, it's not the RAW STORY exclusive it's claimed to be at RS.

You don't like the topic. You've never liked it. You don't think it's political and you don't think it's important. Because you're a stupid idiot.

And here's the thing, we owe it to the survivors to continue to press on this issue. I never said it's the only issue. We also zoom in on Chump's war on immigrants, and many other things.. And we can do that and many other things. But here comes a RAW STORY writer -- fresh from decades at STARS AND STRIPES, with idiotic advice.

There's been no justice for the survivors. But before anything's even released, he's wanting Democrats to give up on the issue.

That'll hurt us. If we weren't really vested in it to begin with? That would mean Chump's 'hoax' talk was accurate.

This was the perfect issue to expose Chump on -- it's one that the entire nation cares about. But we picked up the issue because we care about the survivors. It was a great issue to go with politically but it was also a great issue to go with in terms of helping those in need.

We didn't that garbage from RAW STORY. And we don't need marching orders from these idiots either. Go back to your propaganda post at STARS AND STRIPES.

MS NOW last night.

As you can see, they were able to cover a number of different topics throughout their programming.

It doesn't have to be just one story.

We've got two more things. From Senator Elizabeth Warren's office:

Paramount Skydance made deals with Trump prior to gaining merger approval, now reportedly admin favorites to take over Warner Bros.

Senators warn that botched merger review could raise costs, reduce choices for Americans

“The American people deserve full confidence that the federal government is enforcing these laws independently, transparently, and free from political pressure or financial influence.”

Text of Letter (PDF)

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in writing to U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division Assistant Attorney General Abigail Slater, warning that a potential Warner Bros. deal could be tainted by political favoritism and corruption. Warner Bros., in an upcoming formal auction process, is expected to receive bids from major media companies potentially including Paramount Skydance, Netflix, Apple, Amazon, and Comcast, raising the specter of a new, massive media giant that drives up costs and reduces choices for American families.

Recent reporting revealed that the Trump administration prefers for Paramount Skydance to win the bid, raising questions of political favoritism. The close relationship between the Trump administration and Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison could politicize the merger approval process. In July, the Trump administration approved the merger between Paramount and Skydance, just weeks after Paramount donated $16 million to Trump’s Presidential Library — and after Ellison reportedly agreed to a secret “side deal” to run millions of dollars’ worth of pro-Trump ads.

“The Department of Justice (DOJ) must guarantee that any review of a potential Warner Bros. transaction is conducted transparently, independently, and in accordance with federal antitrust and anti-corruption laws — not politics,” wrote the lawmakers. “Regardless of which bidder is selected, the combination of one of these companies with Warner Bros. would further consolidate the media market — risking higher prices and less variety for consumers.”

The lawmakers demanded that the review of any potential transaction involving Warner Bros. follow the law and avoid the taint of corruption and political favoritism. If the review is botched and a new media giant emerges, the company would have even more market power to raise costs at a time when working- and middle-class Americans are already being squeezed by skyrocketing costs across the board.

To ensure the DOJ review is fact-based and transparent, the senators are pressing for answers on interactions that might bias the transaction review process. In particular, the senators ask whether DOJ officials have discussed any matters related to a potential Warner Bros. transaction with lawyers, lobbyists, or consultants hired by Warner Bros. or any of the reported bidders. They also seek further clarification on whether conversations have been held with non-DOJ lawyers, as well as White House officials or Donald Trump, relating to transaction review at the DOJ, including a potential transaction involving Warner Bros.

“A transparent and lawful merger review process ensures that antitrust and public interest laws function as intended — to protect competitive markets, prevent concentration of power, and safeguard American families from higher prices and fewer choices,” the lawmakers concluded. “The American people deserve full confidence that the federal government is enforcing these laws independently, transparently, and free from political pressure or financial influence.”

Senator Warren has consistently fought back against corrupt corporate media consolidation:

On October 10, 2025, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) questioned Skydance’s refusal to address President Donald Trump’s reported secret side deal.
On August 1, Senator Warren released a statement in response to Paramount’s and Skydance’s responses to her letters to each of the companies, describing the responses as “dodgy” and calling for “a full, independent investigation” into whether the companies or their executives engaged in any criminal behavior connected to the approval of the companies’ multi-billion-dollar merger.
On July 24, Senator Warren responded to the Trump administration’s approval of the Paramount-Skydance megamerger, saying “bribery is illegal no matter who is president.”
On July 23, Senator Warren published an op-ed in Variety: “Elizabeth Warren on Colbert 'Late Show' Cancellation: Is the Paramount Trump Payoff a Bribe?”
On July 21, Senators Warren, Sanders (I-Vt.), and Wyden (D-Ore.) pressed David Ellison, CEO of Skydance, about reports of a secret deal between Skydance and President Trump—and how it may be related to Paramount’s recent multi-million-dollar settlement agreement with Trump.
On July 17, Senators Warren and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), along with Representatives Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and lawmakers in Congress, unveiled the Presidential Library Anti-Corruption Act to close loopholes that allow presidential libraries to be used as tools for corruption and bribery.
On July 15, Senator Warren released a new report exposing how companies, special interests, and foreign governments may be pledging donations to President Trump’s future Presidential Library as a corrupt tool to secure favorable outcomes from his administration.
On July 2, Senator Warren called for an investigation into Paramount’s settlement with Trump.
On May 19, Senators Warren, Sanders, and Wyden wrote to Shari Redstone, Chair of Paramount, with concerns regarding whether Paramount may be engaging in potentially illegal conduct involving the Trump Administration in exchange for approval of its megamerger with Skydance.