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Dissenting comes at a cost.

Doing the right thing is often punished.

Lots of people live in situations in which their reality and the group reality do not align. #conformity #orders #responsibility #obey

http://invisiblymisdiagnosed.com/2026/01/20/20-conformity-3/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Donald Trump is borrowing a strategy from authoritarian regimes to #intimidate potential critics and #discourage them from speaking out, according to a senator under investigation by his administration.

#Elissa #Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, faces questioning after she organised and appeared in a #video with other Democrats imploring military service members to #refuse “#illegal #orders”.

Fellow senator #Mark #Kelly and three Democrats from the House of Representatives are also being investigated.

To Slotkin, a former analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency ( #CIA ), it is a deliberate effort to chill free speech that rhymes with her experience of #dictatorships around the world.

“They’re now using a well-worn playbook that employs #physical intimidation and #legal intimidation to get,
A, you to shut up, and
B, for other people thinking of criticising the president on such issues to be dissuaded from doing so,”
she told the Guardian in a phone interview.

“It’s absolutely a strategy well used in other countries and other authoritarian governments.

As a CIA officer I’ve served in places like this,
I’ve studied places like this my entire life,
and Trump is sadly using that #playbook in the United States right now.”

Now 49, Slotkin completed three tours in Iraq with the US military before moving into national security roles at the Pentagon and White House under presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama.

In 2018 she turned to electoral politics, winning a long-held Republican seat in #Michigan and helping Democrats reclaim control of the House.

She secured re-election in 2020 and 2022, campaigning on issues such as access to affordable healthcare and efforts to bring manufacturing back to her home state.

Her ascent continued in 2024 when she won an open Senate seat despite Trump carrying Michigan in the presidential election.

Last year she delivered the Democrats’ rebuttal to Trump’s joint congressional address.

Then in November she was among six congressional Democrats,
all with military or intelligence backgrounds,
who in a 90-second video cited the "Uniform Code of Military Justice"
and said no one has to carry out orders that violate the law or constitution.

#Trump branded the video message “treasonous” and amplified a social media post suggesting that the six Democrats be #hanged.

Defence secretary Pete #Hegseth is attempting to #retroactively #demote Kelly,
a former navy pilot and astronaut,
from his retired rank of captain.

👏The Arizona senator is suing Hegseth to block those proceedings,
calling them an unconstitutional act of retribution.

Meanwhile US attorney #Jeanine #Pirro, the justice department’s chief prosecutor in Washington, has requested an interview with Slotkin.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/18/trump-authoritarian-playbook-critics-democrat?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

4 Out of 5 US Troops Surveyed Understand the Duty to Disobey Illegal Orders
#US #military #orders

https://www.military.com/daily-news/opinions/2025/08/13/4-out-of-5-us-troops-surveyed-understand-duty-disobey-illegal-orders.html

Mamdani Targets Junk Fees and Hidden Charges in Two Executive Orders

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/nyregion/mamdani-affordability-consumer-protections.html

#HackerNews #Mamdani #Junk #Fees #Hidden #Charges #Executive #Orders #Consumer #Protection

PM Shehbaz orders global facilitation for investors via Pakistani embassies

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1428167/pm-shehbaz-orders-global-facilitation-for-investors-via-pakistani-embassies/

#Manufacturing work can get messy when #customer details and orders are scattered. A #CRM helps keep everything in one place, making it easier for #teams to track customers, manage #orders, and stay on top of daily work.
https://krayincrm.com/industries/manufacturing/

The German construction industry is signaling a potential shift in momentum, with a significant 11.8% drop in new orders received in October 2025 compared to th... https://news.osna.fm/?p=28365 | #news #construction #decline #germany #orders

Employment Relations Authority orders school to temporarily reinstate deputy principal accused of misusing funds

The deputy principal then lodged a claim of unjustified dismissal with the Employment Relations Authority (ERA), which t…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #accused #authority #carried #deputy #employment #full #Funds #investigation #misusing #NewZealand #NZ #of #order #orders #out #principal #reinstate #reinstating #Relations #school #temporarily #to #while
https://www.newsbeep.com/321625/

Govt orders 5-year crayfishing ban on North Island’s upper east coast

“Rock lobsters play an important role in the marine ecosystem by helping keep kina numbers in check. The…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #5year #along #announced #ban #coast #crayfishing #depleted #east #ecosystems #fishing #Government #govt #island #islands #lobster #marine #NewZealand #north #NZ #on #orders #protect #rebuild #rock #spiny #Stocks #sweeping #upper
https://www.newsbeep.com/319542/

5150 Mrs. Shotwell yesterday!!!! #IKR xo @elonmuskquotes.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @aclu.org@bsky.brid.gy @northropgrumman.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @nasaspaceflight.com@bsky.brid.gy @marwilliamson.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy @gavinnewsom.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy #HandsOffOurKids #Moms #SOS #StopRapingAstronauts #USA #PhysicistsMoms #Orders #RocketsGroundedNow #California

Germany's manufacturing sector showed a marginal uptick in October 2025, with real incoming orders rising by 0.6% compared to September, according to preliminar... https://news.osna.fm/?p=27527 | #news #driven #german #industry #orders

The administration of former President Donald Trump escalated tensions with Venezuela with a declaration of a naval blockade targeting oil tankers associated wi... https://news.osna.fm/?p=27497 | #news #blockade #oil #orders #tankers

Still waiting to hear about all the Navy officers who resigned after they were ordered to murder all those ship wreck survivors.

#fascism #illegal #orders #uspol

High Court orders Jarrod Arnold Dent be detained as a special patient for killing Miriama Raukawa and wounding five others

Being made a special patient was something Crown prosecutor Rebekah Hicklin, Dent’s counsel Elizabeth Hall, and even Dent…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #and #arnold #as #be #court #dent #detained #five #for #high #jarrod #killing #miriama #NewZealand #NZ #orders #others #patient #raukawa #special #wounding
https://www.newsbeep.com/313257/

“The Holocaust Photo That Shatters The Myth of ‘Just Following Orders”

by Carilyn Beccia in The Grim Historian on Substack

“Because the truth — that these men [Nazi SS soldiers] acted out of willingness, conviction, camaraderie, ideology, opportunity — forces a harder question: What would *we* do if the order came?”

https://open.substack.com/pub/thegrimhistorian/p/the-holocaust-photo-that-shatters

#Press #Holocaust #Nazi #Milgram #Experiment #Obedience #Responsibility #Trump #Depravity #Tyranny #Orders #US #Military