The outrage aimed at those warnings exposes how authoritarian politics depends on confusing loyalty with legality.
Expanding the use of force without evidence or oversight signals a governing approach built on impulse rather than restraint.
Domestic policies that restrict opportunity, autonomy, and education reveal a broader effort to shrink who gets a real future.
Last week, six Democratic lawmakers took a powerful stand against authoritarianism by urging U.S. service members and intelligence personnel to refuse illegal orders. It mattered that Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Rep. Chris Deluzio, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, Sen. Mark Kelly, Rep. Maggie Goodlander, and Rep. Jason Crow are all veterans of either the military or the Pentagon.
Of course, Trump and his Secretary of “War,” Pete Hegseth, wasted no time in threatening those lawmakers with court martials, sedition, and death. As a retired Navy Commander, Bobby Jones notes there was absolutely nothing out of line in their PSA. “You take an oath to the Constitution of the United States and its principles,” he said. “You do not, I repeat, do not take an oath to a person.” Bobby also had a powerful conversation with Cait Conley, a special ops combat veteran and West Point grad, who’s now running for Congress as a Democrat in New York’s 17th Congressional District.
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