PessimisticIdealist

Members of the military are supposed to obey *legal* orders. The idea that they should obey *all* orders and that "just obeying orders" is a legitimate defense for atrocities was rejected at the Nuremberg trials after World War II.

the proper response to Donny's unhinged posts is 'shut the fuck up, Piggy'

How upside down is our world? The White House occupant thinks elected public servants who say the military should not follow illegal orders are "punishable by death." We exactly need public servants to speak out against illegal orders and not be cowed by a man who despises our Constitution.

Every one of them should be put on the record about whether they approve of this kind of death threat from the President.

Then we'll really see what they think of calls for political violence.

he's really quite the actor

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

Why would they be upset about reminding troops they have a duty to refuse illegal orders? It’s spelled out very clearly in the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

The President doesn’t really want the Epstein files to be released. He just reversed his position because Republicans were getting their asses kicked.

If Trump wanted to, he could order the release of the files right now.

Trump sees the writing on the wall — there's more than enough votes to release the Epstein files because Americans want to see some accountability for the victims of these heinous crimes. As soon as the House passes their bill, the Senate needs to take it up immediately.

Excusing Abuse as Political Strategy Megyn Kelly and the rot within the GOP

Megyn Kelly is not just problematic in her defense of Trump and Epstein…she is emblematic of the decline in humanity infesting the Republican Party. The double standard for the definition of a child. The excuses…the rot at the center of the GOP.

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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:

✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.

Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀

Trump’s new “affordability” push is basically reversing the tariffs he said would never cause un-affordability.

@nytimes.com 🤡
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

Now that the Democrats are using the Epstein Hoax, involving Democrats, not Republicans, to try and deflect from their disastrous SHUTDOWN, and all of their other failures, I will be asking A.G. Pam Bondi, and the Department of Justice, together with our great patriots at the FBI, to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan, Chase, and many other people and institutions, to determine what was going on with them, and him. This is another Russia, Russia, Russia Scam, with all arrows pointing to the Democrats. Records show that these men, and many others, spent large portions of their life with Epstein, and on his “Island.” Stay tuned!!!

he’s crashing out

you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric

Waging war without congressional approval to distract from the Epstein emails was on my bingo card. Entirely expected.

Trump: Please ignore my involvement with a sex trafficking ring and focus more on the Venezuelans I’m about to murder.

Thanksgiving is the time to share your blessings with your family and your closest, most enigmatic friends.

Blanche didn’t ask Maxwell a single question about any of these emails. Then he moved her to Club Fed where she is served individual meals and has a puppy and numerous other special privileges while she prepares her clemency petition. WHY?

Revenge prosecutions are about payback, like payback against elected officials who obtained articles of impeachment against you.

We have reliable direct evidence connecting Donald Trump to Epstein’s underage sex trafficking ring. Trump’s DOJ cover-up of Epstein’s crimes must not continue.

DOJ must release every piece of the Epstein files. No more secrets. The American people, the survivors, and the victims deserve the truth.

“Sorry we went to the Supreme Court to block your food stamps. We were busy moving $500 million.” 🤡

Marie Antoinette may not have said “let them eat cake” but Eric Trump definitely said this:

WOW, new signage!

The only one telling us not to talk about it now is Donald J. Trump.

JD Vance @JDVance Follow What possible interest would the US government have in keeping Epstein's clients secret? Oh… Jack Posobiec | Are you paying attention yet? @Ja... • 12/30/21 The DOJ and Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers have made a deal that her "little black book" of contacts will never be... 7:23 AM • 12/30/21

JD Vance in 2021:

“What possible interest would the US government have in keeping Epstein's clients secret? Oh…”

At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.

The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.

Lesson learned: Never book anything with Expedia! They will not cancel or change our flights to Jamaica because the airport is open again! Meanwhile, our resort gave us a full refund. Telling everyone I know for the rest of my life not to use Expedia. 😡🤬

#badbusinesspractices

Inside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machine The U.S. president’s family raked in more than $800 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized “on paper” gains. Much of that cash came from foreign sources as Donald Trump's sons touted their business on an international investor roadshow.

Trump Org’s income in the first half of 2024 was $51 million.

In the first half of 2025 it rose to $864 million.

A massive percentage came from foreigners.

It should be the biggest scandal in the history of American politics.

But few even care. www.reuters.com/investigatio...