A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

The cruelest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his teeth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1879-05), “The Truth of Intercourse,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 39

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"The most dangerous threat to our #NationalSecurity is (Secretary of Defense) Pete Hegseth":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/pete-hegseth-military-secretary-venezuela-21246418.php
I have to defend Pete Hegseth because the most dangerous threat to our national security is #PutinsPuppet Donald Trump. Trump called the 'Putin Peace Plan' the 'Peace Plan of the United States for Ukraine' and Trump appointed both Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard.
#disloyalty #betrayal #mismanagement #military #politics copy: @renewedresistance

“By saturating the #information space with far-fetched assertions too numerous and too pervasive to rebut, disagreement, let alone #dissent, becomes tantamount to #disloyalty, even #treason.” www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/u...

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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

The cruellest lies are often told in silence. A man may have sat in a room for hours and not opened his teeth, and yet come out of that room a disloyal friend or a vile calumniator.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1879-05), “The Truth of Intercourse,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 39

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A quotation from Thomas Fuller

Thou needest not fear all the Devils in Hell so much as a false Friend; and let me tell thee, such are very common.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Introductio ad Prudentiam, Vol. 1, # 2169 (1725)

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If Trump is loyal to anyone, he is loyal to dictators:
"Meeting With South Korea’s Leader, Trump Praises North Korean Dictator":
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/25/us/trump-news #politics #disloyalty

A quotation from Cicero

A man who does not see this is senseless; he who does see it, and still advocates such a measure, is impious.
 
[Hoc qui non videt, excors; qui, cum videt, decernit, impius est.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 5, ch. 2 / sec. 5 (5.2/5.5) (43-01-01 BC) [tr. Yonge (1903)]

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“They wanted access to everybody’s systems,” one of the people said, adding that the idea just seemed “naive.”

Some senior #intelligence officials are also privately concerned that the effort could be used to pursue perceived #disloyalty to the #Trump admin, including to identify individuals who implemented the policies of the previous admin.

#law #TulsiGabbard #InfoSec #privacy #surveillance #IllegalSurveillance

A quotation from Edward R. Murrow

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) American journalist
Commentary (1954-03-09), “A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy,” See It Now, CBS TV

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A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

   The whole notion of loyalty inquisitions is a natural characteristic of the police state, not of democracy. Knowing his rule rests upon compulsion rather than consent, the dictator must always assume the disloyalty, not for a few but of many, and guard against it by continual inquisition and liquidation of the unreliable. The history of Soviet Russia is a modern example of this ancient practice.
   The democratic state, on the other hand, is based on the consent of its members. The vast majority of our people are intensely loyal, as they have amply demonstrated. To question, even by implication, the loyalty and devotion of a large group of citizens is to create an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust which is neither justified, healthy, nor consistent with our traditions. […] I must, in good conscience, protest against any unnecessary suppression of our ancient rights of free men. Moreover, we will win the contest of ideas that afflicts the world not by suppressing those rights, but by their triumph. We must not burn down the house to kill the rats.

Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) American diplomat, statesman
Message (1951-06-26), Veto of Illinois State Senate Bill 102

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A quotation from Stevenson, Adlai:

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The whole notion of loyalty inquisitions is a natural characteristic of the police state, not of democracy. Knowing his rule rests upon compulsion rather than consent, the dictator must always assume the disloyalty, not for a few but of many, and guard against it by continual inquisition and liquidation of the unrelia…
»

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https://wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewing/7846/

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Earned my mug by hitting up all of the #coffee roasters that were part of the #disloyalty mug program in the #detroit area!

A quotation from #Shakespeare, William:

«
BALTHAZAR: Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever,
One foot in sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.
Then sigh not so, but let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny,
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey, nonny nonny.
»

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https://wist.info/shakespeare-william/68245/

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#Trump #comments on #Jews who #vote for #Democrats draw #outrage.

The vast majority of #Jewish #Americans #identify as #Democrats, but #Trump has often #accused them of #disloyalty, perpetuating what critics say is an #antisemitic #trope

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-comments-jews-democrats-outrage/

#RishiSunak’s new #cabinet: #disloyalty and #disunity exposed by shake-up

Divided parties lose elections, but this #reshuffle shows that the #PrimeMinister lacks the means to unite the #Conservative tribe
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/31/the-guardian-view-on-rishi-sunaks-new-cabinet-disloyalty-and-disunity-exposed-by-shake-up #ToryFailure #ToryInfighting #ToryDivision #GTTO

#Melania had better watch out or she could find herself in an unkempt #grave next to #Ivana. #Trump doesn't tolerate #disloyalty.

#TrumpIndictment #TrumpLies #guilty #Trump4Prison #TrumpCult

https://uinterview.com/news/melania-trump-distancing-herself-from-donald-trump-as-he-faces-fourth-indictment-91-criminal-charges-against-him/

The playbook is well-worn: Play the #victim. Blame the “#DeepState.” Claim selective prosecution. Punish Republicans who stray for #disloyalty. #Dominate the news. Ply small donors for #cash.

#Idiocracy #TrumpGrift #DomesticViolentExtremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA #GOP #NationalSecurity #Indicted #Obstruction #Espionage #Legal #JackSmith #SpecialCounsel #DOJ #ClassifiedDocuments

No appeal to Alaska Supreme Court in disloyalty-clause case that confirmed Eastman’s eligibility
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Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, speaks on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

The Alaska Supreme Court will not...
https://alaska-native-news.com/no-appeal-to-alaska-supreme-court-in-disloyalty-clause-case-that-confirmed-eastmans-eligibility/65507/
#Alaska #david eastman #disloyalty clause #legislature #representative #trial

Good news for #Canada: Since it helped the #UnitedStates on #DDay, the orange imbecile in chief will not backstab the country or try to sell it to #Russia. Too bad for the #Kurds that they were not there in the Normandy, so they find themselves being thrown under the #Erdogan bus in Northern #Syria. Great and unmatched #disloyalty, anyone?