Three bodies in three days — serial killer speculation grips community
Florida authorities are pushing back on social media rumors about a “serial killer on the loose” in Jacksonville after three women were found dead in separate incidents over three days.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) addressed the speculation directly on Tuesday, emphasizing that the cases are unrelated and urging calm as investigations continue.
“JSO is aware of rumors circulating about a serial killer on the loose in Jacksonville. We can confirm these claims are FALSE,” the agency wrote Tuesday on social media.
The department added that detectives are investigating each case individually, “following the facts and evidence,” adding “there is no danger to the public related to these incidents.”
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Despite that clarification, speculation continued to spread online, with many users drawing comparisons to crime thrillers or past serial killer cases.
“Isn’t this what the police say in every serial killer movie?” one Facebook user wrote.
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Others invoked infamous cases like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy, arguing that police in those eras also downplayed initial warnings.
Worries spread over the weekend after three women were found dead in different parts of Jacksonville within three days.
On Saturday, 24-year-old Cherrish Nunley, a mother of two, was found fatally shot in a parking lot, according to News4Jax. A GoFundMe page created for her family described her as a devoted mother and “a bright, beautiful girl” who was “killed in cold blood.”
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The following day, a fisherman discovered the body of Tiffany Felton beneath a bridge on Blanding Boulevard, FirstCoastNews reported.
“This was an unnecessary killing,” AJ Jordan, outreach coordinator with MAD DADS, told the outlet. “Him or her left this lady under a bridge, under a bridge. It’s just, it’s just sad.”
On Monday, deputies were called to a rooming house in the city’s Phoenix neighborhood, where another woman was found unresponsive, according to FirstCoastNews. A sheriff’s sergeant told the outlet that details surrounding her death were not immediately clear.
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Investigators say that, at this stage, the cases do not appear connected. Police have not confirmed whether any suspects have been identified or taken into custody.
While online speculation remains intense, authorities reiterated that there is no evidence linking the deaths or suggesting a broader threat.
“3 bodies in 3 days? Forgive me, but you can’t credibly say it’s not a serial killer if you haven’t solved it yet,” one skeptical user wrote.
Another commented, “Well… honestly there probably one or two, but we just don’t know about it yet.”
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“Our detectives are investigating recent homicide cases that involve female victims, following the facts and evidence in each case. We will share updates as soon as we are able to, but we want to reassure the community there is no danger to the public related [to] these incidents,” the department said.
Carnival ship turns back for urgent rescue mission after spotting person in water
A rescue operation was underway Thursday after a Carnival Cruise Line ship received an alert about a potential overboard situation.
The crew of the Carnival Radiance was responding to a potential overboard alert near the waters off Ensenada, Mexico.
“The ship is returning to where there was a potential sighting of an individual in the water to conduct a rescue operation,” the cruise line told Fox News Digital.
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The Radiance sails from Long Beach, California to Ensenada, about 75 miles south of the southern border near San Diego.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Earlier this month, a Carnival passenger was found dead on a Carnival ship.
Anna Kepner, a varsity cheerleader who wanted to join the Navy after graduating from high school and eventually become a K-9 police officer, was found dead on Nov. 7 while the ship was in the Gulf of America.
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The ship returned to PortMiami (the Port of Miami) as planned on Saturday morning, Nov. 8 and the FBI has advised that there is no related threat to safety aboard as it sails its current voyage,” a Carnival spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital.
CDC makes stunning reversal on vaccines and autism after years of debate
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its website with a new stance on the potential link between vaccines and autism.
The new wording on the CDC’s site states, “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism‘ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.”
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The agency noted that the statement “vaccines do not cause autism” has been “historically disseminated” by the CDC and other federal health agencies in an effort to prevent vaccine hesitancy.
Previously, the CDC page stated, “Studies have shown that there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD).”
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a “comprehensive assessment” of potential causes of autism, the CDC stated.
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Those include investigations on “plausible biologic mechanisms and potential causal links.”
The header “Vaccines do not cause autism” remains on the page but is followed by an asterisk indicating that it was not removed because of a prior agreement rather than because the evidence supports it.
The Children’s Health Defense applauded the CDC’s updated web page.
“Finally, the CDC is beginning to acknowledge the truth about this condition that affects millions, disavowing the bold, long-running lie that ‘vaccines do not cause autism,’” Mary Holland, president and CEO of Children’s Health Defense in New Jersey, told Fox News Digital.
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“No studies have ever proved this irresponsible claim; on the contrary, many studies point to vaccines as the plausible primary cause of autism. Thankfully, HHS has now launched a comprehensive assessment on the causes of autism, including an investigation of plausible biological mechanisms.”
Other medical organizations have spoken out against the possibility of vaccines contributing to autism.
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“Studies have repeatedly found no credible link between life-saving childhood vaccines and autism,” The American Academy of Pediatrics states on its website.
“Scientists are learning more about potential causes of autism all the time. One thing we know with certainty is that vaccines are not one of the causes. There is no single, root cause of autism.”
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The latest CDC data show that for children aged 8 years (born in 2014), about one in 31 (3.2%) were identified with autism spectrum disorder. In 2000, about one in 150 (0.67%) children were diagnosed.
Fox News Digital reached out to physicians and to the HHS requesting comment.
‘We’re doing it wrong’: Oscar winner returns from Japan with message for Americans
Brendan Fraser is reflecting on the cultural differences he noticed between Japan and the United States.
After spending four months living and working overseas, the Oscar winner shared a candid — and often lighthearted — take on American culture.
During his appearance on “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” the host asked the actor, “How was your reintroduction to American culture?”
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Fraser responded with a laugh, “I got back and I went, ‘We’re doing it wrong.’”
He followed up by adding, “We don’t know how to eat … public transport … we don’t have no jetpacks yet. I think we could work on our manners a little bit more.”
The audience laughed and applauded throughout his remarks.
Fraser continued joking that America could take a page — or several — from Japan’s playbook.
He pointed to some of the differences he observed in day-to-day interactions, noting, “It’s anathema to a Japanese person to burden someone else with their troubles … and also saying ‘no’ to someone is a real circuitous sort of ‘maybe not today,’ or ‘perhaps we should try something else.’”
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His comments come as he promotes his latest film, “Rental Family,” in which he plays an American actor embedded in Japan’s “rental family” industry — a real-world service where people can hire stand-ins for emotional or social needs.
The role immersed Fraser deeply in Japanese daily life and etiquette.
“The Whale” star has described living in Tokyo as both “eye-opening” and transformative.
In a separate interview, he explained that the project allowed him to explore new territory as both an actor and a visitor.
“I love the aspect of making discoveries,” Fraser told People.
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That sense of discovery extended to his character, Phillip Vandarploeug, and his own time overseas.
Fraser said he arrived early in Japan to absorb the culture.
“I took the time to come in early enough to feel like I had my own Tokyo story to tell,” he shared.
He added that exploring the city on foot helped him connect more deeply with the experience.
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“I spent enough time wandering the streets with my pocket translator trying to talk to anybody,” he recalled.
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The firsthand immersion, he said, “was one of the most eye-opening experiences I’ve had in my career.”
“Rental Family” is scheduled to hit theaters on Nov. 21.
Actor blasts Hollywood’s new rules, says it’s tougher than ever to find work
Comedian and actor John O’Hurley says he’s “reluctantly” still living in Los Angeles, but likely not for much longer. The “Seinfeld” actor is thinking about joining the growing number of celebrities leaving California for other parts of the United States.
“I really am realizing I don’t need to be [here],” O’Hurley said on Fox News Radio’s “Brian Kilmeade Show.”
“A lot of the work that I do is voice work. A lot of it I can fly in for. I did five movies this year. I didn’t do a single one of them in Los Angeles.”
O’Hurley added that California’s shrinking film industry is part of what’s driving people away, noting that most of his recent projects have been filmed in other locations like Georgia, Tennessee, and New York.
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Los Angeles has experienced a significant decline in local film and TV production. According to FilmLA, on-location production for movies, television, commercials and other projects is down more than 22% from the same period in 2024.
Beyond logistics, O’Hurley said Hollywood’s cultural priorities have shifted.
“It’s also the Academy Awards demand now that you check all these boxes, or you cannot be nominated for an Academy Award. It’s absolutely silly,” he said.
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“As a White man at my age, it’s difficult to work out there. There’s no question about it.”
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O’Hurley isn’t the only person to have voiced frustrations with California. Other celebrities, including Mark Wahlberg, Sylvester Stallone, Jessica Simpson and Dean Cain, have moved to places like Las Vegas and Nashville.
Many have listed high taxes, crime, and political policies in the state as reasons they left. Actor Glen Powell recently told Vanity Fair that he chose to leave Los Angeles and move back to his home state of Texas.
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“I needed a spiritual place where I could hang my hat and truly be unplugged,” he said.
“If you live in LA … where everyone is sort of a part of this thing, you can’t ever sign off of that app.”
Top teachers union in hot water after unearthed training docs reveal radical plan
FIRST ON FOX: One of the top teachers unions in the country is facing criticism over an upcoming training session that will instruct members on how to go through a gender transition at work, including best practices for using gender pronouns and combating transphobia, while also being provided with literature labeling conservative opposition as “villains.”
In a document posted on its website, the National Education Association (NEA) announced to its more than 3 million educator members a slate of training programs, including a session named “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice,” scheduled for Dec. 2-4, 2025. The union will also hold an “Advancing Racial Justice through Union Work” on Jan. 13-15, 2026.
“Understanding this community and their issues are critical to providing support and guidance that is not only inclusive but liberating,” the NEA says about the LGBTQ+ training.
Goals of the training include establishing a “common understandings about the identities under the LGBTQ+ community umbrella,” developing a “shared understanding of the anti LGBTQ+ policy landscape and how to develop counter narratives of inclusion and equity,” deepening “skills and strategies to confront implicit bias, micro-aggressions and stereotypes in the LGBTQ+ community,” and creating “a toolset of tactics for dismantling systems of privilege and oppression as it relates to LGBTQ+ educators and students.”
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Defending Education, an education transparency advocate organization, obtained two packets, a “pre-attendance package” and “participant handouts,” for “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice and Transgender Advocacy” training that help union members prepare for training sessions. The documents are littered with far-left agenda items, including a guide for members who are potentially going through a gender transition at work taken from the Cornell University “Transgender Guide To Transitioning & Gender Affirmation.”
The guide gives “tips” for “coming out” at work and “tips” for “transitioning at work.”
The literature dives into the “debate” about men in girls’ sports, lamenting the fact that “our opposition wins the debate on trans youth in sports against any and all arguments we have tried for our side.”
“Our base and persuadables want to support transgender student athletes, but are extremely susceptible to our opposition’s argument that excluding trans youth is necessary to protect the fairness of women’s sports,” the NEA explained.
The literature then goes into deep detail on several steps to more effectively communicate the benefits of biological men playing in girls’ sports, including the instruction, “reduce the potency of opposition attacks through race-forward, deep, story-based, and culturally specific public education on who transgender people are.”
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The “pre-work” document also featured the “Gender Unicorn,” which Fox News Digital has extensively reported on as a popular tool for transgender activists to promote and break down the idea there are more than two genders. The document includes a coloring book for individuals to mark where they fit on the gender spectrum.
The literature spends two pages explaining the importance of addressing others with the proper gender pronouns and says, “Over the last few years, the transgender community has asked allies to help normalize offering pronouns during introductions, in education, and the workplace to indicate an understanding of trans identities and show that they are a safe person.
“As gender identity and gender expression do not always align, offering pronouns is a way to create a space where people do not need to rely on assumptions of others’ gender.”
Kendall Tietz, investigative reporter at Defending Education, told Fox News Digital that the NEA is sending the wrong message to both educators and students with the DEI training materials.
“Every time we get a look behind the curtain at the National Education Association, its priorities are unmistakable: a race-based, gender-ideology-driven model of activist education,” Tietz explained.
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“A teacher’s job is to teach facts and skills, not train kids to be social justice activists. Yet NEA members are focused on staff transition plans, pronoun pins and a ‘Race Class Gender’ playbook that filters every part of life through a race-and-gender lens and insists no one can ever escape ‘ever-present’ systemic oppression. From the largest bloc of teachers in the country, this rhetoric tells students something devastating: no matter how hard you work, the system is rigged, and you are doomed from the start.”
The training material also contains multiple examples of the NEA lashing out at conservatives.
“The right has exploited ignorance about transgender people and our lack of an affirmative, race-forward message to advance anti-trans attacks, further splinter and impugn the left, and sabotage progressives on a broad range of issues,” the handbook states.
“Over the last ten years, Republicans in state legislatures have increasingly turned to anti-transgender rhetoric and legislation as a powerful complement to their arsenal of racist dog whistles used to whip up fear and consolidate power.”
“Using a Race Class Gender Narrative” is a prominent theme in the literature as the NEA aims to “mobilize our progressive base (particularly Black, AAPI, and Gen Z audiences)” to “marginalize our opposition, and move persuadables across race.”
As part of that narrative, the NEA labels its opponents, presumably conservatives, as “villains” on multiple occasions.
“Name the villains who violate our values, expose their motivation of getting back into or holding onto power, and position them as a barrier to what our families need,” the document explains in a section called, “Architecture of a race-class gender narrative.”
Critical race theory, which the Trump administration has made efforts to root out of academia, is defended in the documents with critics being portrayed as “racist.”
“Recently, they have paired these attacks with fear-mongering about Critical Race Theory, mobilizing their base with a potent mix of racist and transphobic tropes,” the document explains. “Progressives cannot ignore these attacks hoping that simply sticking to economic issues alone will save us. Our appeals on any topic will always be filtered through the noise of this unrelenting fear-mongering and scapegoating on the right.”
Erika Sanzi, senior director of communications for Defending Education, told Fox News Digital, “The NEA is the largest teachers’ union in the country, and they have decided to vilify half the country in an upcoming training. As far as they are concerned, the only reasons anyone could oppose their preferred ideologies are racism and transphobia and they name Republicans as villains, in writing!”
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The NEA has long faced accusations of putting far-left agenda items in front of the educational needs of students, including earlier this month when American Parents Coalition released a “lookout” warning to parents warning of radical indoctrination at both the NEA and American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
Sanzi suggested to Fox News Digital that the training documents show the NEA’s federal charter should be questioned.
“Their federal charter was granted because they promised to ‘elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching; and to promote the cause of education in the United States.’ Seeing as their leadership—and by extension, the organization itself—has morphed into a far-left insane asylum that is actively destroying the cause of education, that charter is no longer defensible.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the NEA for comment.
Second fire breaks out at site of key supplier for American car industry
Another fire broke out Thursday at Novelis’ aluminum plant in Oswego, New York — marking another setback for one of Ford Motor Company’s major aluminum suppliers.
The latest blaze erupted around 8:45 a.m., prompting multiple fire departments to respond and all employees to be evacuated, a Novelis spokesperson confirmed to FOX Business.
“The fire is now out,” the spokesperson said. “Crews remain on site to monitor.”
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Thursday’s fire comes months after another fire suspended operations for several months at the facility, which is a major supplier of automotive-grade aluminum for Ford and used in vehicles like the F-150 pickup truck.
Another small fire was also reported at the plant in October, USA Today reported.
In response to whether Thursday’s fire could delay the plant’s planned reopening, a Novelis spokesperson told FOX Business the company could not yet share details.
“We have not been able to assess the extent of the damage yet. We will share that as soon as we are able,” the spokesperson said.
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A Ford spokesperson told FOX Business in an email: “We’re aware of the situation and working with Novelis to learn more.”
The September fire not only halted operations at the Oswego facility but also prompted Ford to temporarily cut production at its Kentucky Truck Plant and slash its profit outlook by between $1.5 billion and $2 billion before taxes and interest, according to Reuters.
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Novelis had initially projected that the plant would fully reopen in early 2026 but more recently said it planned to restart operations at the affected portion of the facility by the end of December, Reuters reported.
TSA may begin charging fee to travelers using alternative ID verification at airports
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will now charge passengers $18 if they show up at airport checkpoints without an acceptable form of identification, such as a passport or REAL ID.
The enforcement comes as TSA launches a “modernized alternative identity verification program” for travelers who do not have a passport or REAL ID.
“This modernized program provides an alternative that may allow these individuals to gain access to the sterile area of an airport if TSA is able to establish their identity,” says TSA’s published notice.
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The fee will cover any “government-incurred costs,” valid for 10-day use.
Participation is not required. However, it is not clear if passengers can still travel without identification.
“[The] program does not guarantee that an individual’s identity will be verified or that the individual will be provided access to the sterile area of the airport,” reads the notice.
A TSA spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement that additional guidance will be announced in the coming days.
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“This notice serves as a next step in the process [of] REAL ID compliance, which was signed into law more than 20 years ago and finally implemented by Secretary [Kristi] Noem as of May 2025,” said the spokesperson.
The spokesperson added, “TSA is working with stakeholders and partners to ensure both security and efficiency at our checkpoints.”
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The implementation comes as nearly 82 million Americans are projected to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday period, from Nov. 25 to Dec. 1, according to AAA.
Of the millions of Americans traveling, six million are expected to fly domestically, for an increase of 2% from last year.
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AAA found that roundtrip domestic flight tickets average $700, which is not a big change from last year.
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Flying on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, is the cheapest — with the Sunday and Monday after the holiday predicted as the busiest, according to AAA.
LT. COL. ROBERT MAGINNIS: Telling service members to resist Trump invites pure chaos
A recent viral video circulating on social media features six Democratic lawmakers warning U.S. service members to “refuse illegal orders” from President Donald Trump. As FoxNews.com reported, “The one-minute video, posted by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and viewed more than 1.6 million times, features six lawmakers invoking their prior service while telling members of the military and intelligence community that ‘the threats to our Constitution are coming from right here at home.’
It is dramatic, ominous, and delivered with an air of solemn responsibility. But it fails the most basic test of leadership and legality: It doesn’t cite a single illegal order — past, present, or anticipated. Not one.
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The lawmakers who appear in the video — Sens. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and Reps. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H.; Jason Crow, D-Colo.; Chris Deluzio, D-Pa.; and Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa. — lean heavily on their military or national security backgrounds.
Their core message is stark: “If something is illegal, you can refuse it. You must refuse it.” The implication is unmistakable: The commander in chief is poised to issue unlawful orders, and U.S. troops should prepare to resist him. Yet, when pressed publicly, none of the lawmakers has produced a single example of an unlawful order or cited any statute that the president has allegedly violated.
This is political theater masquerading as military ethics — and it’s dangerously irresponsible.
I say this as someone who has spent his life inside the military profession. I served as an Airborne Ranger infantry officer in four U.S. Army divisions on three continents. I later spent more than 20 years as a contractor on the Army Staff, working on operations and global security cooperation. While in uniform, I also served as an inspector general at the Pentagon, investigating allegations of serious ethical misconduct across our Army.
As an Army major at Fort Benning’s Infantry Center, I was the lead instructor for leadership and ethics — specifically teaching young officers how to distinguish between lawful and unlawful orders and how to uphold their constitutional responsibilities in our republican form of government.
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From that perspective, the message in this video is not a public service — it’s a political provocation. It seeks to frame routine chain-of-command obedience as inherently suspect and to condition soldiers to assume that orders from this president are presumptively unlawful. That’s not ethics. It’s partisanship.
Let’s be clear about the real standard. Every U.S. service member has an absolute duty to refuse a clearly illegal order. This principle is deeply rooted in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the Law of Armed Conflict, and the Nuremberg precedent. Orders to commit war crimes — such as deliberately targeting civilians — must be refused. This is not controversial; it’s taught in basic training, ROTC, West Point, OCS, and every professional military education course across the force.
But the presumption within the profession of arms — the bedrock of healthy civil-military relations — is obedience to lawful orders issued through the chain of command. Civilian control of the military depends on it. Without that discipline, the American republic cannot function. The moment troops begin treating political disagreements as legal violations, discipline collapses and the military becomes an arbitrator of domestic politics.
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That’s the real danger of this video: It introduces doubt into the minds of junior service members where clarity is required. It encourages troops to interpret political rhetoric as legal reality. It bypasses the established processes — Judge Advocate General counsel, inspector general channels, command legal advisers — that already exist to address any questionable orders. The video doesn’t mention those institutions because its purpose isn’t to strengthen legal integrity but to undermine confidence in a particular commander in chief — President Donald Trump.
There’s also a statutory concern. Federal law — specifically 18 U.S.C. § 2387 — prohibits attempts to undermine the loyalty, morale or discipline of America’s armed forces. Members of Congress have broad latitude in their speech, but when they explicitly warn service members — not the public, not other lawmakers, but troops — to brace for potentially unlawful presidential orders without citing a single unlawful act, they step into a gray zone our Founders never intended elected officials to enter.
This messaging also weaponizes military credentials for partisan purposes. These lawmakers speak as veterans, subtly suggesting that “real professionals” already believe this president is a danger. But veterans don’t hold collective political views, and prior service doesn’t give anyone — members of Congress or otherwise — the authority to prejudge the legitimacy of future military orders.
If these lawmakers truly believe a specific policy or directive is unconstitutional — be it border operations, counter-cartel actions or foreign deployments — they have the tools of Congress at their disposal. They can write legislation, hold hearings, restrict funding, subpoena witnesses or challenge executive actions in court. What they cannot ethically do is lobby the troops directly to resist the commander in chief based on hypothetical misconduct.
America’s military remains the most trusted institution in the nation precisely because it stays out of partisan politics. That self-discipline isn’t automatic; it requires elected leaders to refrain from dragging the military into presidential disputes. Undermining that principle for political advantage is reckless.
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The duty to disobey clearly illegal orders is real. But the greater duty — the one that preserves our constitutional order — is obedience to lawful authority, regardless of which party holds the Oval Office. Politicians who blur that distinction aren’t safeguarding democracy; they’re eroding it.
Our troops deserve clarity, not chaos. Our constitutional system depends on civilian control, not partisan interference. And American leaders — especially those who once wore the uniform — should know better.
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