Why yes, yes they are.
The Captain of the Mother Ship admits she is a devoted FAUX NOOZ fan. That's why she wrote this inaccurate and grossly uninformed comment:
” All I write here nearly every day is how the Left’s speech writers shoot down everything the Trump Admin does, but thanks for the reminder. Of COURSE they shoot down everything Trump does..(as do most judges and grand juries, the latest Grand Jury rejected the lawmaker indictments for telling our servicemen to ignore their superiors, did you hear that yet?)..if we had Republicans as sharp and articulate as the Dems, we could fight that.
Key details:
The Content: The video featured Mark Kelly, alongside Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Chrissy Houlahan, Maggie Goodlander, and Sen. Elissa Slotkin, advising troops to uphold their oath to the Constitution and ignore directives they believe are unlawful.
The Context: The message was released amid concerns regarding the legality of potential military actions within the U.S. and in South America.
The Backlash: President Trump and then-Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused the group of "seditious behavior," with the Pentagon opening a review into the lawmakers' conduct.
Legal Action: A federal judge in February 2026 temporarily blocked the Pentagon from punishing Senator Kelly, citing potential violations of his First Amendment rights.
The lawmakers emphasized that they were reminding military personnel of their legal obligations under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to disobey unlawful, not all, orders.
Court Injunction: On February 12, 2026, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Pentagon from punishing Kelly.
The judge ruled that the speech was 'unquestionably protected' by the First Amendment and that the government had unconstitutionally retaliated against him."
Current Status: As of February 17, 2026, the Department of Justice has been urged by Kelly's attorneys not to seek a second indictment. Kelly remains a retired Navy captain while the legal battle over his rank and pension continues.
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There is no shame in being ignorant on some issues, only in willfully staying that way. The Captain apparently chooses to stay that way.
The Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 92 addresses obeying orders and notes illegal ones can be ignored (at some peril, and recommends contacting a JAG officer -pretty impractical in combat situations) In the even, the concept derives from the Nuremburg Trials, where 'I was just following orders' did not keep them from the Allied hangman. ".if we had Republicans as sharp and articulate as the Dems, we could fight that". They don't and they can't.
ReplyDeleteYes, they are that uninformed. And as our local representative shows us every time they post, they refuse to be educated.
ReplyDeleteLOL The magnificent six as they are being called in some circles didn't tell service critters to ignore their superior officers. They literally read the statement reminding them that they had a duty to refuse to follow illegal orders.
LOL Hegseth (I won't use his title as he isn't fit to walk in the steps of his predecessors) wanted to court martial Sen Kelly at first but then found out there would be discovery and changed his battle plans. Those laws of combat really do work.
Added note on the Grand Jury. The current admin's DOJ squandered any assumption of good will with the courts. It used to be if the DOJ said a thing it was taken as solid fact. Since Trump 2.0 has been presenting shoddy work to include lies... yeah, there is no more grace extended to cases of the DOJ. Therefore the Grand Jury said what they said. The facts were not on the side of the Trump admin.
In a time where I'm seeing many motivating posts about military recruitment and dwindling enrollees it's a strange tact to take, attacking a military retiree, astronaut, and politician to court for the crime of reciting rules and regs, endangering the rank they earned and the pension they deserve.
If they treat heroes like this what will they do to grunts?