@bradwilkens.bsky.social
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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That they have lived with this trauma & pain for so long is truly heartbreaking. How anyone can support protecting the perpetrators any longer is hard to believe & a complete disgrace!
#Justice4TheEPSTEIN_SurvivorsNOW ✊
#Justice4TheEPSTEIN_SurvivorsNOW ✊
Epstein survivors just demanded the release of the files in this new PSA. Watch it here.
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
That they have lived with this trauma & pain for so long is truly heartbreaking. How anyone can support protecting the perpetrators any longer is hard to believe & a complete disgrace!
#Justice4TheEPSTEIN_SurvivorsNOW ✊
#Justice4TheEPSTEIN_SurvivorsNOW ✊
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I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
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It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
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So a government drowning in trillion-dollar deficits would borrow $150 billion more at 4.5% interest rates that taxpayers will be paying forever, in order to compensate us for higher tariff prices that they deny are actually happening. Makes sense.
July 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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"The CBO is projecting that nearly 12m people would end up uninsured if something like the Senate bill becomes law—and a slew of studies suggest people losing Medicaid are more likely to miss out on medical care, get sick, and in the worst cases die prematurely."
www.thebulwark.com/p/medicaid-c...
www.thebulwark.com/p/medicaid-c...
A $1 Trillion Medicaid Cut Is THIS Close to Happening. Here’s What It’d Look Like.
Republicans are about to slash a lifeline for the needy. In North Carolina, people are preparing for chaos and calamity.
www.thebulwark.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"The CBO is projecting that nearly 12m people would end up uninsured if something like the Senate bill becomes law—and a slew of studies suggest people losing Medicaid are more likely to miss out on medical care, get sick, and in the worst cases die prematurely."
www.thebulwark.com/p/medicaid-c...
www.thebulwark.com/p/medicaid-c...
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The headline is not ideal, but kudos to NYT's @anniekarni.bsky.social for shaming Mike Lee (and down in the story, Derrick Van Orden).
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
June 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The headline is not ideal, but kudos to NYT's @anniekarni.bsky.social for shaming Mike Lee (and down in the story, Derrick Van Orden).
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
Please read.
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
June 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Please read.
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Mike Lee was "surprised" Tina Smith confronted him about his idiotic tweets—because these Republicans are used to Democrats not showing up ready to fight.
If you stand tall and call them on their bullshit, they fold like paper tigers. They're weak men who pretend to be strong.
If you stand tall and call them on their bullshit, they fold like paper tigers. They're weak men who pretend to be strong.
June 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Mike Lee was "surprised" Tina Smith confronted him about his idiotic tweets—because these Republicans are used to Democrats not showing up ready to fight.
If you stand tall and call them on their bullshit, they fold like paper tigers. They're weak men who pretend to be strong.
If you stand tall and call them on their bullshit, they fold like paper tigers. They're weak men who pretend to be strong.
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“I told him it was brutal and cruel.”
Minnesota Senator @tinasmithmn (D) pulled Utah’s @senmikelee out of a Republican meeting and confronted him for his ugly tweets blaming Democrats for the shootings of Dems in Minnesota — by a man friends say was a staunch conservative.
Minnesota Senator @tinasmithmn (D) pulled Utah’s @senmikelee out of a Republican meeting and confronted him for his ugly tweets blaming Democrats for the shootings of Dems in Minnesota — by a man friends say was a staunch conservative.
June 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“I told him it was brutal and cruel.”
Minnesota Senator @tinasmithmn (D) pulled Utah’s @senmikelee out of a Republican meeting and confronted him for his ugly tweets blaming Democrats for the shootings of Dems in Minnesota — by a man friends say was a staunch conservative.
Minnesota Senator @tinasmithmn (D) pulled Utah’s @senmikelee out of a Republican meeting and confronted him for his ugly tweets blaming Democrats for the shootings of Dems in Minnesota — by a man friends say was a staunch conservative.
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Nothing sadder than a tough guy who needs to remind you he's tough, right after admitting to shielding Russia.
May 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Nothing sadder than a tough guy who needs to remind you he's tough, right after admitting to shielding Russia.
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Your regular reminder that the entire global economy is subject to the whipsaw whims of a person who doesn’t understand how the global economy works
May 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Your regular reminder that the entire global economy is subject to the whipsaw whims of a person who doesn’t understand how the global economy works
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I know it's been said but it bears repeating a lot: By threatening Walmart, telling them to "eat" the tariffs and not raise prices, Trump is admitting American businesses pay the tariff on imported goods, not the exporting country.
May 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I know it's been said but it bears repeating a lot: By threatening Walmart, telling them to "eat" the tariffs and not raise prices, Trump is admitting American businesses pay the tariff on imported goods, not the exporting country.
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Why is Trump insisting that Walmart “EAT THE TARIFFS” if — as he has repeatedly told us — “a tariff is a tax on a foreign country”?
Weren’t they supposed to be the ones who EAT THE TARIFFS?
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Weren’t they supposed to be the ones who EAT THE TARIFFS?
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Trump's Addled Tariff Rant
Plus: Another Deplorable Week in Review
open.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Why is Trump insisting that Walmart “EAT THE TARIFFS” if — as he has repeatedly told us — “a tariff is a tax on a foreign country”?
Weren’t they supposed to be the ones who EAT THE TARIFFS?
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Weren’t they supposed to be the ones who EAT THE TARIFFS?
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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This is the definition of how you get bad intelligence: Fire officials who tell you things that you don't like
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Gabbard fires leaders of intelligence group that wrote Venezuela assessment
The director of national intelligence fired officials weeks after their group wrote an assessment contradicting Trump’s rationale for deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This is the definition of how you get bad intelligence: Fire officials who tell you things that you don't like
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Yesterday, editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. In January, she resigned from the Washington Post after 17 years following the paper's leadership killing her cartoon below.
Read: charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/democracy-...
Read: charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/democracy-...
May 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yesterday, editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. In January, she resigned from the Washington Post after 17 years following the paper's leadership killing her cartoon below.
Read: charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/democracy-...
Read: charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/democracy-...
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By the way: The Signal chat “included his wife and about a dozen other people from his inner circle in January, before his confirmation...”
In addition to his wife, brother, and lawyer—about eight other of Pete’s buddies seem to have been on this chat. Do they have clearances?
In addition to his wife, brother, and lawyer—about eight other of Pete’s buddies seem to have been on this chat. Do they have clearances?
BREAKING: Pete Hegseth is incompetent, immature, irresponsible, and utterly unqualified to serve as the U.S. secretary of defense.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
By the way: The Signal chat “included his wife and about a dozen other people from his inner circle in January, before his confirmation...”
In addition to his wife, brother, and lawyer—about eight other of Pete’s buddies seem to have been on this chat. Do they have clearances?
In addition to his wife, brother, and lawyer—about eight other of Pete’s buddies seem to have been on this chat. Do they have clearances?
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Thinking of our military members & intel officers who have to serve under the reckless & incompetent Pete Hegseth. They deserve better. Sharing war plans in a Signal chat w/ his brother & wife? This is a nat’l security crisis not just a headline. As I’ve said before—how many more chats are there?
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat (Gift Article)
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Thinking of our military members & intel officers who have to serve under the reckless & incompetent Pete Hegseth. They deserve better. Sharing war plans in a Signal chat w/ his brother & wife? This is a nat’l security crisis not just a headline. As I’ve said before—how many more chats are there?
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JUST IN: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared Yemen strike details in a second Signal chat that included his wife and brother, three sources told CNN. cnn.it/3EpM8fP
April 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
JUST IN: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared Yemen strike details in a second Signal chat that included his wife and brother, three sources told CNN. cnn.it/3EpM8fP
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