"None of the funds provided in this Act may be used by the [CIA or DoD] to furnish military equipment, military training or
advice, or other support for military activities . . . for the purpose of overthrowing the Government
of Nicaragua..."
Somehow Iran-Contra funding restrictions seem relevant
05.03.2026 04:20 β
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Did prison ministry back in the day
05.03.2026 04:07 β
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Could be some downsides to refusing to discharge your constitutional duties as a member of Congress.
04.03.2026 21:11 β
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Encourage folks to watch Congressman Warren Davidson's remarks over at the other place.
Upholding the Constitution and ending the administration's illegal war requires a broad coalition.
x.com/WarrenDavids...
05.03.2026 02:18 β
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BTW, where is that drone blasting laser that was down at the southern border?
Was it too busy blasting party balloons and DHS UAVs to protect US troops in the Middle East?
05.03.2026 01:46 β
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"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"
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Americans have agency on that front
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In 1973, Congress almost shut down the government in a funding fight to stop Operation Freedom Deal, an unauthorized bombing campaign in Cambodia.
05.03.2026 01:14 β
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Time to drive up the road to DC/NoVA.
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Northern Kentucky.
Mostly various brachiopods.
My favorite is the mold from the inside of a cephalopod. Took me a bit to figure out what it was.
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"So, you see son, this here brachiopod is over 400 million years old..."
05.03.2026 00:44 β
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Getting Ordovician with my boys.
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That is why aggression is a separate international crime
04.03.2026 23:27 β
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Trump administration may be violating the first two, but individual attacks may nonetheless be fully compliant with LOAC.
04.03.2026 23:23 β
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Three bodies of law govern the use of U.S. military force against Iran:
1) U.S. domestic law, first and foremost including the Constitution
2) jus ad bellum, eg Article 2(4) of the UN Charter
3) jus in bello, aka the law of war, LOAC, IHL
04.03.2026 23:23 β
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Must be that America First spirit that Iβve been hearing so much about
04.03.2026 23:16 β
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As should be obvious, what constitute "all possible measures" is going to be fact dependent and I don't have all the facts yet in this situation.
04.03.2026 22:41 β
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As should be obvious, what constitute "all possible measures" is going to be fact dependent and I don't have all the facts yet in this situation.
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(1) After each engagement, Parties to the conflict shall, without delay, take all possible measures to search for and collect the shipwrecked, wounded and sick, to protect them against pillage and ill-treatment, to ensure their adequate care, and to search for the dead and prevent their being despoiled.
(2) Whenever circumstances permit, the Parties to the conflict shall conclude local arrangements for the removal of the wounded and sick by sea from a besieged or encircled area and for the passage of medical and religious personnel and equipment on their way to that area.
As I've addressed this issue in a few interviews today, here's Article 18 of the Second Geneva Convention which bears on the duties to search for and collect the shipwrecked following engagements at seaβsuch as the sinking of the Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean.
04.03.2026 22:32 β
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disgraceful
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When the Article I Crisis has deadly consequences, including for Americans.
04.03.2026 22:13 β
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The administration's domestic legal justification for attacking Iran without congressional authorization likely rests on the dubious claim that the action does not amount to "war."
Meanwhile, POTUS:
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And just now, 52 US Senators shirked their constitutional responsibilities.
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A certain former JAG from South Carolina was sharing some distorted war powers history in the Senate today. I know, shocking.
04.03.2026 21:51 β
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Another day, another justification:
"If we didn't do it first, they would have done it to Israel."
(Two days ago, the rationale was that Iran would retaliate against the US after Israel attacked Iran and therefore the US had to attack Iran first.)
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