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**A LAST WIRE SPECIAL ISSUE** — Coup by Hashtag: A Gonzo Autopsy of the “Illegal Orders” Freakshow
« on: November 21, 2025, 12:41:01 pm »
Coup by Hashtag: A Gonzo Autopsy of the “Illegal Orders” Freakshow

A SPECIAL EDITION FROM THE LAST WIRE
By Luis Gonzalez — reporting from the blast radius where politics meets paranoia and only the truth crawls out alive

I knew something was wrong the moment that video hit the bloodstream of the internet—slick, sanitized, engineered by the same political laboratories that gave us tear-jerker campaign ads and pharmaceutical commercials warning of side effects like death, dizziness, despair, divorce, and flatlining democracy.

There they were: members of Congress staring into the camera like some rogue choir of constitutional guardians, reciting the mantra “don’t follow illegal orders” with the hollow eyes of people who know damn well the illegal orders don’t exist.

You could smell the script from three zip codes away. Something was rotten, and it wasn’t the Pentagon. It was politics—pure, distilled, weaponized politics—poured into a military uniform and marched around the digital parade ground as if it were a public service announcement.

Illegal orders?
There hadn’t been a whiff of one.
Not even the ghost of a rumor.

But these folks didn’t care about facts. Facts are obstacles. Facts require evidence. Facts get between the message and the fear they’re trying to spread like a midnight injection straight into the arteries of American distrust.

The whole thing had the unmistakable stench of a manufactured crisis—a fear balloon inflated for no reason other than to see how far it could float before someone begged them to land the damn thing.

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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2025, 01:43:38 pm »
A good article!  While most of us see it this way, there are a lot of die-hard Trump haters out there with children in the military, and they are going to go after their kids to convince them to disobey lawful orders.  They won't care if it leads their child/soldier into a military prison any more than they care about destroying their kids lives by transitioning their kids from one sex to the other.

Those parents (and other relatives) are the real target audience of this commercial, not the young people who learned what illegal orders are from the first week of boot camp!
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Re: **A LAST WIRE SPECIAL ISSUE** — Coup by Hashtag: A Gonzo Autopsy of the “Illegal Orders” Freaksh
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2025, 01:57:20 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on November 21, 2025, 01:43:38 pm
A good article!  While most of us see it this way, there are a lot of die-hard Trump haters out there with children in the military, and they are going to go after their kids to convince them to disobey lawful orders.  They won't care if it leads their child/soldier into a military prison any more than they care about destroying their kids lives by transitioning their kids from one sex to the other.

Those parents (and other relatives) are the real target audience of this commercial, not the young people who learned what illegal orders are from the first week of boot camp!

Damn bro! That’s a way better OpEd than this one!

You should write it!
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2025, 02:06:36 pm »
Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on November 21, 2025, 01:57:20 pm
Damn bro! That’s a way better OpEd than this one!

You should write it!

LOL!  I couldn't ever compete with your prose!  Been that way since we first met!
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« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2025, 03:42:09 pm »
An excellent analysis, informed by both observational skill and a knowledge of military practice and protocol. 

It is a sad commentary on the current state of public discourse when a citizen cannot view an advertisement or watch or click on a purported "news" article without having to screen for Psyops with the skeptical and practiced eyes of an intelligence analyst.  Perhaps it is wise for folks to do so, but it's a lot more damned work than an old retired guy, for my part, would like to perform.

Fortunately in this "illegal orders" instance, you could smell the bullshit 500 miles downwind.
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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2025, 04:15:50 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on November 21, 2025, 03:42:09 pm
An excellent analysis, informed by both observational skill and a knowledge of military practice and protocol. 

It is a sad commentary on the current state of public discourse when a citizen cannot view an advertisement or watch or click on a purported "news" article without having to screen for Psyops with the skeptical and practiced eyes of an intelligence analyst.  Perhaps it is wise for folks to do so, but it's a lot more damned work than an old retired guy, for my part, would like to perform.

Fortunately in this "illegal orders" instance, you could smell the bullshit 500 miles downwind.

I can smell Jasmine Crockett from Florida.
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2025, 04:55:35 pm »
Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on November 21, 2025, 04:15:50 pm
I can smell Jasmine Crockett from Florida.

I hope it doesn't smell like tuna fish left out a couple days.....
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Re: **A LAST WIRE SPECIAL ISSUE** — Coup by Hashtag: A Gonzo Autopsy of the “Illegal Orders” Freaksh
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2025, 05:03:44 pm »
Well said, @Luis Gonzalez !

Another stack of 'formers' running a PSYOP, including someone who was at CIA likely just long enough to punch their ticket after absorbing one of the most expensive training programs, not to serve the Agency, but as a stepping stone into politics (and denying someone who would have made a career of that a slot).

With cries of "a threat to our democracy" faithfully babbled by newsreaders across the country still ringing in my ears, this garbage stunk on ice.

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« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2025, 05:06:39 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on November 21, 2025, 04:55:35 pm
I hope it doesn't smell like tuna fish left out a couple days.....

Or the outhouse door from a tuna boat...
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« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2025, 05:09:39 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on November 21, 2025, 05:06:39 pm
Or the outhouse door from a tuna boat...
Probably more like being downwind of a pig farm after a midsummer rain...
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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2025, 05:16:48 pm »
Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on November 21, 2025, 04:15:50 pm
I can smell Jasmine Crockett from Florida.

I appreciate the "heads up", Luis.

I'll be in Florida for a week starting on Tuesday, so I"ll be sure to pack my nose plugs.  :laugh:
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« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2025, 07:40:46 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on November 21, 2025, 05:16:48 pm
I appreciate the "heads up", Luis.

I'll be in Florida for a week starting on Tuesday, so I"ll be sure to pack my nose plugs.  :laugh:
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« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2025, 11:35:08 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on November 21, 2025, 05:16:48 pm
I appreciate the "heads up", Luis.

I'll be in Florida for a week starting on Tuesday, so I"ll be sure to pack my nose plugs.  :laugh:

Whereabouts in Florida?
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« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2025, 01:06:59 pm »
Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on November 21, 2025, 11:35:08 pm
Whereabouts in Florida?

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I will be staying in Key Biscayne while visiting family members and various points of interest around Miami and Coral Gables.

@Wingnut

Yeah, so I'll be a long way from the panhandle, but I'd really like to check out the areas around Pensacola and Panama City Beach some time.
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« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2025, 01:18:09 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on November 22, 2025, 01:06:59 pm
@Luis Gonzalez

I will be staying in Key Biscayne while visiting family members and various points of interest around Miami and Coral Gables.

@Wingnut

Yeah, so I'll be a long way from the panhandle, but I'd really like to check out the areas around Pensacola and Panama City Beach some time.

FYI. I know all the good places to eat in Miami.
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« Reply #15 on: November 22, 2025, 01:38:08 pm »
Quote from: Luis Gonzalez on November 22, 2025, 01:18:09 pm
FYI. I know all the good places to eat in Miami.

Thank you! I'm quite open to suggestion.  :beer:

I've probably been in Miami 20 times or so in my life, and I've had some excellent meals there.

If you're thinking about Cuban food (and I do, a lot), a couple of my all-time favorites are Havana Vieja and El Mago de Las Fritas.

For simple, inexpensive grub (and lots of beer) I usually go to Flanigan's (whichever one is closest).
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« Reply #16 on: November 22, 2025, 02:02:09 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on November 22, 2025, 01:38:08 pm
Thank you! I'm quite open to suggestion.  :beer:

I've probably been in Miami 20 times or so in my life, and I've had some excellent meals there.

If you're thinking about Cuban food (and I do, a lot), a couple of my all-time favorites are Havana Vieja and El Mago de Las Fritas.

For simple, inexpensive grub (and lots of beer) I usually go to Flanigan's (whichever one is closest).

You do know your way around! Love Flanigan’s.
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« Reply #17 on: November 22, 2025, 04:41:09 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on November 22, 2025, 01:06:59 pm
@Luis Gonzalez

I will be staying in Key Biscayne while visiting family members and various points of interest around Miami and Coral Gables.

@Wingnut

Yeah, so I'll be a long way from the panhandle, but I'd really like to check out the areas around Pensacola and Panama City Beach some time.

I'm closer to PCB than Pensacola.  Letme know if and when!
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« Reply #18 on: November 22, 2025, 06:05:04 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on November 22, 2025, 04:41:09 pm
I'm closer to PCB than Pensacola.  Letme know if and when!

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« Reply #19 on: November 22, 2025, 06:32:59 pm »
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@Wingnut

I truly appreciate the offer. As long as you don't mind hosting an old, bearded New Englander with a slight whiskey-and-cigar addiction, I'd be most grateful!

Andy, I figure I am 12 to 18 months older than you. I was born in 56.  It is amazing that without cell phones and the internet most of us boomers (outside of Cali) grew up under the same playbook!   So I think we'll be okay! :beer:
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