flguy79.bsky.social

flguy79.bsky.social

@flguy79.bsky.social

Dad, grandfather; mostly-retired lawyer; farmer; Red Sox fan; U.S. Army Vietnam veteran. Supporter of Ukraine. Concerned about climate change, human population growth, power of billionaires as a danger to democracy.

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Michael J. Stern
@michaeljstern.bsky.social

First Musk said he did not disable Starlink for Ukraine. Now he's confessing to disabling it but says he was justified in doing so. Congress, if you can hear me, we need hearings when Dems take over. www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/e...

cnn.comMusk accuses Ukraine of violating Starlink’s terms of service following dispute over coverage | CNNSpaceX CEO Elon Musk has accused Ukraine’s military of violating Starlink’s terms of service, after Kyiv said that access to the service had been restored.

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The New York Times
@nytimes.com

Breaking News: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Flávio Bolsonaro to stay president of Brazil, halting the right’s march in Latin America. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/47GKOQJ

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Hillary Rodham Clinton
@hillaryclinton.bsky.social

The president is negotiating against his own administration to shake down taxpayers for $10 billion. The corruption meter is flashing red and sounding the alarm. ca.news.yahoo.com/doj-consider...

ca.news.yahoo.comDOJ considers settling Trump’s IRS lawsuit which could send taxpayer money directly to the president’s pockets: reportTrump sued the IRS for $10 billion in January, accusing the agency of failing to prevent a leak of the president’s tax information

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Ryan Goodman
@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

Senator Kelly is correct. Plus a Public Service Announcement: KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1. The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal: "orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mark Kelly on the Trump/Hegseth boat strikes: "If orders are illegal, not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow them."

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