• If the U.S. military operation to interdict and destroy suspected narcotraFicking vessels is a “non-international armed conflict,” as the Trump Administration suggests, orders to “kill everybody,” which can reasonably be regarded as an order to give “no quarter,” and
to “double-tap” a target in order to kill survivors, are clearly illegal under international law. In short, they are war crimes.
• If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder.
Highlighted sentence at the end of the document reads:
Again, the bottom line is that, since orders to kill survivors of an attack at sea are “patently illegal,” anyone who issues or follows such orders can and should be prosecuted for war crimes, murder, or both.
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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29.11.2025 20:10 — 👍 6685 🔁 2801 💬 117 📌 172
Now Senate Armed Services Committee and House Armed Services Committee - vow "vigorous oversight" and "full accounting" of Secretary Hegseth's alleged "kill them all" order and double-strike operation.
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
30.11.2025 02:15 — 👍 1859 🔁 503 💬 67 📌 50
The image is a tweet by Senator Rand Paul quoting Andy McCarthy's article in the National Review. Senator Paul's post quotes: "It is not permitted, under the laws and customs of honorable warfare, to order that no quarter be given — to apply lethal force to those who surrender or who are injured, shipwrecked, or otherwise unable to fight."
Senator Rand Paul remains principled and clear eyed on this set of issues.
30.11.2025 20:02 — 👍 697 🔁 193 💬 40 📌 13
Note two things about GOP Rep. Mike Turner's solid remarks on Hegseth's reported order:
1) Turner: "I agree that that would be an illegal act."
2) Implicitly confirms the Washington Post's reporting that this information has been kept from Congress
30.11.2025 20:11 — 👍 1531 🔁 408 💬 28 📌 6
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
30.11.2025 16:35 — 👍 9076 🔁 3290 💬 110 📌 136
“You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules.”
25.11.2025 12:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Two Texas men charged in shocking plot to invade Haitian island
Prosecutors say two Texas men plotted to invade Haiti’s Gonave Island, kill its male residents and enslave women and children. (Credit: FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth)
Here’s the pitch: A delusional pair of right wing dopes think they can take over an entire island cause they’re “white MAGA alphas.” I see this as a buddy comedy for Russell Brand & Theo Von. Get back to me.
23.11.2025 05:25 — 👍 192 🔁 24 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
Top MAGA Accounts EXPOSED AS FOREIGN ACTORS
#ProudBlue
#OneV1
youtu.be/KOJWVcUtL3A?...
We let the criminals from other countries, run ours?
We deserve the “banana republic” moniker.
MAGA, douped by the foreigners, they wanted to keep out.
Make it make sense.
23.11.2025 05:48 — 👍 51 🔁 44 💬 1 📌 1
Sad but true.
23.11.2025 06:18 — 👍 2373 🔁 502 💬 68 📌 31
If her “awakening” were sincere, she WOULD.
23.11.2025 07:10 — 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
A sitting president shouting that people should be jailed for telling the military to follow the law.
You can hear the panic in every capital letter.
23.11.2025 08:01 — 👍 8553 🔁 2280 💬 539 📌 146
As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
22.11.2025 02:21 — 👍 7121 🔁 1474 💬 181 📌 124
#MeanwhileInMichigan
#POTUS took a hit out on our Senator & one of his militant bootlickers answered his call to kill her.
What are we even doing here?
#ThisIsPoliticalViolence
#StochasticTerrorism
#LawlessPOTUS
#ImpeachAndRemoveHim
22.11.2025 03:20 — 👍 458 🔁 208 💬 18 📌 15
Stochastic terrorism.
22.11.2025 04:08 — 👍 1043 🔁 315 💬 32 📌 5
"When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right."
~Simon Bolivar~
#Pinks
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#NoKings
22.11.2025 04:23 — 👍 401 🔁 146 💬 16 📌 0
Since ICE invaded Raleigh, NC, walkouts and protests have broken out, and more than 600 volunteers have signed up to help keep residents safe in the city.
22.11.2025 04:37 — 👍 2245 🔁 838 💬 50 📌 54
Trump’s recipe for war.
22.11.2025 12:22 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Jack Schlossberg talks Kennedy legacy and the fact that Trump’s trying to dismantle it… damn🔥
“He’s so obsessed with the…Kennedy name…that he caged one and put… a rabid dog in his cabinet. put a collar on my cousin RFK Junior and has him there, barking, spreading lies and spreading misinformation.”
15.11.2025 14:46 — 👍 1555 🔁 578 💬 56 📌 38
Hey TN-07!
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It’s time to make a change & vote for someone new that bucks the system! Aftyn will actually work for you!
Early voting has already begun.
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to donate & learn more!
#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #OneV1 #Pinks
15.11.2025 14:53 — 👍 243 🔁 175 💬 9 📌 1
QUESTION: Who is your political inspiration?
SCHLOSBERG: “In the modern era, I love Nancy Pelosi… the most important female political figure in American history… the backbone of the Democratic Party… the reason we have the Affordable Care Act… she deserves a lot of credit for the example she set.”
15.11.2025 15:08 — 👍 7450 🔁 1600 💬 265 📌 67
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
15.11.2025 15:22 — 👍 26055 🔁 8859 💬 1040 📌 497
Donald ran his election on releasing the Epstein Files.
Donald ran his election on too many things that never came to pass, but let us be clear;
We are not turning on backs on this one. We are not letting go of this.
We knew how dangerous Donald is and to have the top tier evil doer say it…welp!
15.11.2025 15:23 — 👍 336 🔁 167 💬 15 📌 4
WATCH - @tarapalmeri.bsky.social : “Hey Megyn Kelly… you want to hear the sound of one of the girls recruited from her nearby high school by Epstein? It is pedophilia. I would recommend you go listen to the audio from the police reports.”
15.11.2025 15:24 — 👍 9181 🔁 3815 💬 329 📌 167
Renowned civil rights attorney
@nancyerikasmith.bsky.social
delivered a #CupOfJoe w/ a latte shameful facts about the DOJ’s interview with convicted Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell in July, 2025.
#ReleaseTheFiles
15.11.2025 15:42 — 👍 437 🔁 275 💬 8 📌 6
15.11.2025 15:49 — 👍 1362 🔁 550 💬 44 📌 13
Rape and any type of sexual assault is a crime regardless of the age, but there’s a special class of sexual crimes against children which includes anyone below the age of 18. Kelly’s ignorance is epic. She needs to educate herself on sexual assault and sex crimes against children.
13.11.2025 23:45 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
65 years ago on this day, a little girl made history. Ruby Bridges.
15.11.2025 05:54 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Trump can gaslight on TV all he wants, but people know what they pay at the store. Food prices are up and families feel it.
Saying it is “way down” only proves he thinks people are stupid.
15.11.2025 16:07 — 👍 548 🔁 234 💬 42 📌 16
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