Andy O
@andyo.bsky.social
Advocate, home improvement amateur, and fan of rural places.
Paul Revere was an alarmist.
Paul Revere was an alarmist.
Well, some of those officers did not HONOR their oath and murdered people.
So go easy on the sweeping declarations that they are honorable.
When did they EVER follow that oath and refuse an illegal order?
So go easy on the sweeping declarations that they are honorable.
When did they EVER follow that oath and refuse an illegal order?
1. The men and women of the US military are honorable people and didn't ask for this shitshow.
2. Pretty sure they're not eager to be sent to Venezuela.
3. We are not signatories to the Rome Treaty and the ICC.
2. Pretty sure they're not eager to be sent to Venezuela.
3. We are not signatories to the Rome Treaty and the ICC.
The United States military has been reduced to a group of war criminals. Stop the nonsense of thanking them for their service. They're simply a bunch of cheap thugs armed by American taxpayers and out to steal the resources of Venezuela. The International Criminal Court is watching.
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Well, some of those officers did not HONOR their oath and murdered people.
So go easy on the sweeping declarations that they are honorable.
When did they EVER follow that oath and refuse an illegal order?
So go easy on the sweeping declarations that they are honorable.
When did they EVER follow that oath and refuse an illegal order?
Days ago, this guy blocked me for disagreeing on the military following illegal orders. Too bad, I was curious on his take.
Today a Bezos Post story proves my point that the oaths as defense of law, in reality, are a myth. Military brass almost never honor that oath.
bsky.app/profile/andy...
Today a Bezos Post story proves my point that the oaths as defense of law, in reality, are a myth. Military brass almost never honor that oath.
bsky.app/profile/andy...
Thanks. I read your piece. To me it is another case of the theoretical ("look at these oaths on paper") versus the sad reality (politicized and heavily Republican officer corps being purged by Trump).
Many debates come down to this divide. So, it gives me less confidence in the military.
Many debates come down to this divide. So, it gives me less confidence in the military.
November 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Days ago, this guy blocked me for disagreeing on the military following illegal orders. Too bad, I was curious on his take.
Today a Bezos Post story proves my point that the oaths as defense of law, in reality, are a myth. Military brass almost never honor that oath.
bsky.app/profile/andy...
Today a Bezos Post story proves my point that the oaths as defense of law, in reality, are a myth. Military brass almost never honor that oath.
bsky.app/profile/andy...
Remember these murders the next time someone tells us that military officers take an oath to follow the law and obey the Constitution.
It's a classic case of theory vs reality. Back in reality, they will follow illegal orders rather than the law, with rare exception (if any).
Theory vs realty.
It's a classic case of theory vs reality. Back in reality, they will follow illegal orders rather than the law, with rare exception (if any).
Theory vs realty.
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Remember these murders the next time someone tells us that military officers take an oath to follow the law and obey the Constitution.
It's a classic case of theory vs reality. Back in reality, they will follow illegal orders rather than the law, with rare exception (if any).
Theory vs realty.
It's a classic case of theory vs reality. Back in reality, they will follow illegal orders rather than the law, with rare exception (if any).
Theory vs realty.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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It's pretty instructive to compare the reaction to these murders to the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
It's pretty instructive to compare the reaction to these murders to the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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I hope your Thanksgiving meal is as elegantly prepared and presented as Ghislaine Maxwell's. Glory!
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I hope your Thanksgiving meal is as elegantly prepared and presented as Ghislaine Maxwell's. Glory!
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Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
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We now know that the man who shot the National Guard troops worked with the CIA for years in Afghanistan in a covert unit that was accused of the widespread killing of civilians. This raises so many questions about why this guy travelled from Washington State all the way to DC to shoot soldiers
November 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We now know that the man who shot the National Guard troops worked with the CIA for years in Afghanistan in a covert unit that was accused of the widespread killing of civilians. This raises so many questions about why this guy travelled from Washington State all the way to DC to shoot soldiers
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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Must read, especially for journalists: A recent federal court opinion about how DHS is "simply not credible". Extended excerpts here:
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Must read, especially for journalists: A recent federal court opinion about how DHS is "simply not credible". Extended excerpts here:
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
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He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This is the thing.
We're being asked to pollute our society so billionaires can make gigantic propaganda bots.
We're being asked to pollute our society so billionaires can make gigantic propaganda bots.
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is the thing.
We're being asked to pollute our society so billionaires can make gigantic propaganda bots.
We're being asked to pollute our society so billionaires can make gigantic propaganda bots.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
My epiphany of the morning. (Hey, I am still in morning mode!)
ADL and Jonathan Greenblatt had one Xitter post each over the Coast Guard downgrading swastikas from hate symbol status.
Not even swastikas get the Mamdani treatment.
Not even swastikas get the Mamdani treatment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My epiphany of the morning. (Hey, I am still in morning mode!)
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RIGHT?!?!
Too bad the JOURNALISM industry is so secretive and we don't have any journalism on why they have become such bootlickers for Republicans. It would make a helluva story.
Too bad the JOURNALISM industry is so secretive and we don't have any journalism on why they have become such bootlickers for Republicans. It would make a helluva story.
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
RIGHT?!?!
Too bad the JOURNALISM industry is so secretive and we don't have any journalism on why they have become such bootlickers for Republicans. It would make a helluva story.
Too bad the JOURNALISM industry is so secretive and we don't have any journalism on why they have become such bootlickers for Republicans. It would make a helluva story.
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Point 8 of the Nazi Party's 25-Point Platform: "Any further immigration of non-Germans must be prevented. We demand that all non-Germans who have entered Germany since August 2, 1914, shall be compelled to leave the Reich immediately."
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Point 8 of the Nazi Party's 25-Point Platform: "Any further immigration of non-Germans must be prevented. We demand that all non-Germans who have entered Germany since August 2, 1914, shall be compelled to leave the Reich immediately."
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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📌NOTE: A sick and demented president calling for the death of political opponents is exactly why these politicians felt it necessary to remind our military not to follow illegal orders from a sick and demented president.
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
📌NOTE: A sick and demented president calling for the death of political opponents is exactly why these politicians felt it necessary to remind our military not to follow illegal orders from a sick and demented president.
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The really fun part, every time the president says something utterly psychotic, is that right after all his little toadies and goblins go on camera to say that he didn't mean what he said and that you're stupid for thinking so, his next move is always to announce that he meant every word of it
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The really fun part, every time the president says something utterly psychotic, is that right after all his little toadies and goblins go on camera to say that he didn't mean what he said and that you're stupid for thinking so, his next move is always to announce that he meant every word of it
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Crow: "It just tells us everything that we need to know that reminding people to obey the law, reminding people to obey the Constitution, is somehow criminal in Trumpworld and should be responded to with death threats. It's very, very telling."
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Crow: "It just tells us everything that we need to know that reminding people to obey the law, reminding people to obey the Constitution, is somehow criminal in Trumpworld and should be responded to with death threats. It's very, very telling."