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RE: Government News
November 20, 2025 at 2:39 am
(November 20, 2025 at 1:15 am)Ravenshire Wrote: (November 19, 2025 at 6:46 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Yeah, before some PFC declines to follow an order they think might be illegal, I’d strongly advise them to put in a call to JAG.
Boru
^This^
While it it's commonly held that troops can disobey illegal orders, much as it's held that killing in self defense is legal, you will be charged, arrested, and potentially prosecuted.
We were in Basic instructed that we have a positive duty to reject illegal orders and report them up the chain.
We were never instructed that doing so would mean a bunch of bullshit and perhaps a prison term all the same.
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RE: Government News
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 am
Quote:The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found.
The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate information, and an algorithm flags vehicles deemed suspicious based on where they came from, where they were going and which route they took. Federal agents in turn may then flag local law enforcement.
Suddenly, drivers find themselves pulled over — often for reasons cited such as speeding, failure to signal, the wrong window tint or even a dangling air freshener blocking the view. They are then aggressively questioned and searched, with no inkling that the roads they drove put them on law enforcement’s radar.
Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor ordinary Americans’ daily actions and connections for anomalies instead of simply targeting wanted suspects. Started about a decade ago to fight illegal border-related activities and the trafficking of both drugs and people, it has expanded over the past five years.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/immigration-b...32d32098cd
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RE: Government News
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 pm
Democrats are debating how to approach the new Marjorie Taylor Greene
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/...-democrats
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RE: Government News
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 pm
(November 20, 2025 at 6:45 pm)Paraselene Wrote: Democrats are debating how to approach the new Marjorie Taylor Greene
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/...-democrats
With a great deal of caution might be best.
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RE: Government News
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 pm
Face shield, linemans gloves, a burlap sack, and a rabies booster.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Government News
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 pm
(November 20, 2025 at 6:45 pm)Paraselene Wrote: Democrats are debating how to approach the new Marjorie Taylor Greene
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/politics/...-democrats
Leopards, changing spots, eating faces, and so on.
I'd suggest not having anything to do with this internal Republican spat. Choose neither side; let one eat the other and then fight the winner.
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RE: Government News
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 pm
(November 20, 2025 at 9:40 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Face shield, linemans gloves, a burlap sack, and a rabies booster.
... and a ball-gag for when you've got her cornered.
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RE: Government News
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 pm
Cleanse it with fire.
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RE: Government News
November 21, 2025 at 12:39 pm
Once Shunned, Has Corporate Titans Swooning for Deals
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/busin...enter.html
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RE: Government News
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 pm
The POLITICO Poll found that a majority of both Democrats and Republicans support redrawing congressional districts to benefit their party.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21...s-00663612
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