Legal Eagle 🦅
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Legal Eagle 🦅
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Hot takes on the law, the military, my dogs, and lunch • עם ישראל חי • я ненавижу коммунистов • fascism disguised as patriotism is still fascism

Mike Johnson: "The president has declared Operation Epic Fury to have concluded, and now we're working on the next project, which is getting the Strait of Hormuz open. We don't expect that to be a warfare activity, so to speak. So we've got to allow the administration time to negotiate these things. I don't think Congress needs to get in the way of the administration."

Federal surge Safe & Beautiful task force has requested additional 1,500 national guard troops in DC bringing total to 5,000. @nbcwashington




A memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth abruptly cancelled the deployment of 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team to Poland; the deployment later this year of a long range fires battalion to Germany; and directed the removal of multi-domain command personnel in Europe. Prepared DOD talking points on the change viewed by CNN said the Europeans “have not stepped up when America needed them,” and that “recent Germany rhetoric has been inappropriate and unhelpful.” cnn.com/2026/05/14/pol…


JD Vance on government funding for interpreters: "People should be speaking English in the United States of America. I think that's common sense."


Ultimately, losing a war to Iran might be healthy for our military, because it'll force us to learn how modern wars are actually fought.


Senate Republicans passed legislation to make sure no member of Congress is paid during a government shutdown. If Democrats decide to hold federal workers hostage again, they’ll have to give up their paychecks as well.




Senate Republicans passed legislation to make sure no member of Congress is paid during a government shutdown. If Democrats decide to hold federal workers hostage again, they’ll have to give up their paychecks as well.


NEWS -- President Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration, sources tell me @PCCharalambous @alex_mallin abcnews.com/US/trump-poise…

One of the worst parts of COVID was watching Americans surrender their God-given freedoms to bureaucrats who were wrong about everything.


If we had X in 1944.

Trump Taps Don Jr.’s 38-Year-Old Turkey-Hunting Pal to Lead FDA Kyle Diamantas is a lawyer, not a doctor, who will oversee products making up a quarter of the U.S. economy. rollingstone.com/politics/polit…



Quoting from the Oath of Service: "... and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice." I'll vote that Travis Akers @travisakers is a lying, treasonous oath breaker. (Assuming he ever served.)

The United States is ready to provide $100 million in direct assistance to the Cuban People, if the Cuban Regime will permit it. state.gov/releases/offic…

Today at 2:00 I'll question DoD officials about how exactly the Trump Admin's massive DoD spending, including the cost of deploying National Guard troops to DC, furthers its stated goal of reducing waste, fraud, and abuse. Watch: bit.ly/3RC3goE

New: The top X account Elon Musk has interacted with in 2026 is an anonymous user The Post traced to India who spends his days lavishing praise on Musk, spreading his ideas & interests and attacking his enemies. It's a case study in X's skewed incentive structures.


