I've been reading some of the comments on social media.  Many are saying the video saying not to obey illegal orders is and of itself not illegal.

Ok.  Agreed.  So WTF was the video made for?  Commenting on the obvious just for shits and giggles?

No.  The video was saying without saying that Trump's orders were illegal.  Snakes in the grass.

There's no such thing as a deep state you paranoid conspiracy freak, except there is and that's a good thing.



"Elissa Slotkin is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst who served three tours in Iraq alongside the U.S. military, working as a Middle East analyst and militia expert.
 Fluent in Arabic and Swahili, she began her intelligence career at the CIA after earning a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University in 2003.
 Her time at the CIA included roles as a political analyst and intelligence briefer from 2003 to 2005, followed by leadership of a CIA assessment team in Iraq from 2006 to 2007.

Slotkin’s national security career extended beyond the CIA, including positions on the National Security Council under both President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama, where she served as director for Iraq policy.
 She later held senior roles at the Department of Defense, culminating in her service as acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 2015 to 2017, overseeing policy related to Russia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Her background as a CIA analyst has been central to her political identity and has drawn scrutiny, particularly in November 2025 when she co-released a video with other national security veterans urging military and intelligence personnel to resist any "illegal orders" from President Donald Trump.
 Critics, including former CIA operations officer Bryan Dean Wright, accused her of running a sophisticated propaganda operation leveraging her intelligence expertise to influence the military and intelligence communities.
 Slotkin defended the video as a warning about unlawful orders, though she acknowledged no specific illegal order had been issued.
 She reported a significant increase in death threats following the controversy, prompting Capitol Police to assign her 24/7 security"

Meaningless puffery? Can you elaborate on what you mean by that.

I have my positions, I come to the political section to give my thoughts just as all the others who frequent the political section. Do you prefer an echo chamber?

As for "dropping by, I am sure you can tell by my post count that I have been a participant in this community for a long time. You are a much more recent visitor.

One way to understand what I am trying to say to you is to note for you that no one here thinks that Trump’s rage-tweet about executing them was correct or a good idea.

The guy is an iconoclast with respect to the usual kabuki dance of civility and respect Dems demand after they shit all over our country and Constitution, often times with astroturfed violence.

Homey don’t play that game.  At his best he brutally trolls them, and at his worst, he rages, expressing how most of the country feels about these traitors.

So your initial premise that those who generally support what this administration is trying to do to save our country likewise actually line up behind such comments - like villagers marching through the night with torches, was paper-thin from the git go.

After the first few fun punches to the head, there’s no there-there.

That’s what is meant by meaningless puffery.

No one here is a simpleton.  If you want to fight - and who doesn’t from time to time - try to find something real you perceive about people like us to criticize.  Then maybe something of value can come of it.

If that seems too much work (likely it is), then maybe you’re on the wrong track to begin with.

lol
don't tell him all our secrets...

One way to understand what I am trying to say to you is to note for you that no one here thinks that Trump’s rage-tweet about executing them was correct or a good idea.

The guy is an iconoclast with respect to the usual kabuki dance of civility and respect Dems demand after they shit all over our country and Constitution, often times with astroturfed violence.

Homey don’t play that game.  At his best he brutally trolls them, and at his worst, he rages, expressing how most of the country feels about these traitors.

So your initial premise that those who generally support what this administration is trying to do to save our country likewise actually line up behind such comments - like villagers marching through the night with torches, was paper-thin from the git go.

After the first few fun punches to the head, there’s no there-there.

That’s what is meant by meaningless puffery.

No one here is a simpleton.  If you want to fight - and who doesn’t from time to time - try to find something real you perceive about people like us to criticize.  Then maybe something of value can come of it.

If that seems too much work (likely it is), then maybe you’re on the wrong track to begin with.

One way to understand what I am trying to say to you is to note for you that no one here thinks that Trump’s rage-tweet about executing them was correct or a good idea.

The guy is an iconoclast with respect to the usual kabuki dance of civility and respect Dems demand after they shit all over our country and Constitution, often times with astroturfed violence.

Homey don’t play that game.  At his best he brutally trolls them, and at his worst, he rages, expressing how most of the country feels about these traitors.

So your initial premise that those who generally support what this administration is trying to do to save our country likewise actually line up behind such comments - like villagers marching through the night with torches, was paper-thin from the git go.

After the first few fun punches to the head, there’s no there-there.

That’s what is meant by meaningless puffery.

No one here is a simpleton.  If you want to fight - and who doesn’t from time to time - try to find something real you perceive about people like us to criticize.  Then maybe something of value can come of it.

If that seems too much work (likely it is), then maybe you’re on the wrong track to begin with.

No matter how many times I've tried to train/condition/convince EEF to pay more attention to what Trump does, and to take what he says with a grain of salt, his TDS still forces him to focus on Trump's naughty words.

You can't cure someone of TDS when they think Trump is actually Hitler.

lol

How embarrassing.  Using a movie to make their point.  @3:58

Meaningless puffery? Can you elaborate on what you mean by that.

I have my positions, I come to the political section to give my thoughts just as all the others who frequent the political section. Do you prefer an echo chamber?

As for "dropping by, I am sure you can tell by my post count that I have been a participant in this community for a long time. You are a much more recent visitor.

P.S.  I missed your condemnation of the intentional call to sedition and insurrection within the armed services on the part of these traitorous Dems.

If it’s buried somewhere in all the above, I am duly apologizing here for the next sentence:

That you pounce on the response to this outrage while tacitly approving the outrage itself, is the screaming indictment of your full and active membership in this 5th column domestic terror threat within our country.

Why do you suppose we don’t clearly see that instantly?

Your insurrection is blind to its screaming obviousness to us.

This is why it’s being ripped to pieces in real time, which in turn prompts these desperate acts on your part … and the downward spiral is only just beginning.

This is the part where they try to provoke us into killing each other so that they can swoop in with digital totalitarianism and save the day.

I listen to Victor Davis Hanson podcasts a lot nowadays.

Dunno if that's a good thing or not.

Yesterday he was talking about how great republics of the past got destroyed not from outside forces, but by within.  He made references to the current situation with Omar Ilhan and her Somali constituents in Minnesota and the issue of those asshats sending taxpayer dollars to terrorist organizations back to their homeland hellhole.

Immigrants seeking to live as citizens in America cannot serve two masters.  We are a nation of people that have come from countless other nations.  But we all decided to become Americans, no matter what race, no matter what religion, nor creed.  But apparently this is not so lately.

His current depiction of the state of affairs in our country and it's relation to past history makes me sad.

So much similarities happening now in our nation are the same ills that brought down the great republics like Rome.

And the subject of this thread is an example of forces destroying our nation from within.

I listen to Victor Davis Hanson podcasts a lot nowadays.

Dunno if that's a good thing or not.

Yesterday he was talking about how great republics of the past got destroyed not from outside forces, but by within.  He made references to the current situation with Omar Ilhan and her Somali constituents in Minnesota and the issue of those asshats sending taxpayer dollars to terrorist organizations back to their homeland hellhole.

Immigrants seeking to live as citizens in America cannot serve two masters.  We are a nation of people that have come from countless other nations.  But we all decided to become Americans, no matter what race, no matter what religion, nor creed.  But apparently this is not so lately.

His current depiction of the state of affairs in our country and it's relation to past history makes me sad.

So much similarities happening now in our nation are the same ills that brought down the great republics like Rome.

And the subject of this thread is an example of forces destroying our nation from within.

Yes, our enemy here is our most ancient one.

It’s good that you point this out, as it cannot be overstated.

This is why I call them meatpuppets.  They are acting out their instructions completely oblivious to the reality that they ARE puppets - of primal evil.

It is often said that the greatest victory of the Devil is in convincing almost all people that he doesn’t exist.

For each of us, our major concern should be that we too are not unwitting puppets of the same deceiver.

Due to the timing of the statement, a reasonable/logical person can assume they're talking about Trumps deployment of troops to help with crimes. 

The DNC is using whataboutism/moving goalpost by saying "we just ment any illegal order shouldn't be followed".  Funny becuase they don't make the same statements as often thought the year.

Due to the timing of the statement, a reasonable/logical person can assume they're talking about Trumps deployment of troops to help with crimes. 

The DNC is using whataboutism/moving goalpost by saying "we just ment any illegal order shouldn't be followed".  Funny becuase they don't make the same statements as often thought the year.

There’s also Venezuela which could pop off at any moment, and seeing as how they are supplying over a million barrels a day to China it would make sense for the CCP to activate their compromised swamp critters and Manchurian Candidates.

that's been going on for months
it's about the drug boats and venezuela

Due to the timing of the statement, a reasonable/logical person can assume they're talking about Trumps deployment of troops to help with crimes. 

The DNC is using whataboutism/moving goalpost by saying "we just ment any illegal order shouldn't be followed".  Funny becuase they don't make the same statements as often thought the year.

There’s also Venezuela which could pop off at any moment, and seeing as how they are supplying over a million barrels a day to China it would make sense for the CCP to activate their compromised swamp critters and Manchurian Candidates.

All evil explanations are plausible with them.

What you have to rule out is anything else.

Nice image choice, BTW.

Say, hasn’t it been awhile since you posted a super-hot amazon chick from the past?

All evil explanations are plausible with them.

What you have to rule out is anything else.

Nice image choice, BTW.

Say, hasn’t it been awhile since you posted a super-hot amazon chick from the past?

I also find intelligence quite attractive. One can do amazing things with makeup and surgery these days, but the fix for stupid remains elusive.

I also find intelligence quite attractive. One can do amazing things with makeup and surgery these days, but the fix for stupid remains elusive.

I was hoping for something a little less classy and significantly more burlesque - but I figure you know that and chose this instead, so I’ll go with what’s good for me - Mahalo!

… she was white hot in Gaslight though ….. damn.

… she was white hot in Gaslight though ….. damn.

Ha!

From now on I'm going to read EEF's posts as if they were spoken in Gregory Anton's voice. Kudos for that!

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Gregory_Anton

Angela Lansbury
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Ha!

From now on I'm going to read EEF's posts as if they were spoken in Gregory Anton's voice. Kudos for that!

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Gregory_Anton

Dude - that’s brilliantly hilarious!

For anyone else who’s wondering WTF? - get a load of this guy’s voice & imagine him reading an EEF post … you’ll start looking forward to when he shows up!

“I have my positions, I come to the political section to give my thoughts just as all the others who frequent the political section. Do you prefer an echo chamber?”



Well, maybe not actually look forward to it, but at least make it pretty funny in your head when he does.

Too bad there isn’t a voice file we could throw it into and repost ha ha

Angela Lansbury
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Nice job Mr. Flap!