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Author: wzambon 🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: I Was Just Following Orders
Date: 01/28/26 10:46 PM
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Who would have guessed that Kristi Noem would be invoking the “Nuremberg Defense” so soon?

"Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"

Of course, we may ask [on a related matter]:

Why in the hell is an unelected underling giving orders to a cabinet secretary?

The answer to that question may well be:

So the president can say he really didn’t know about those orders and blame Stephen Miller
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Author: Steve203 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: I Was Just Following Orders
Date: 01/28/26 10:48 PM
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So the president can say he really didn’t know about those orders and blame Stephen Miller

The "rogue underling" defense, so favored by "JCs" running criminal enterprises, like JPM.

Steve
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Author: marco100   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: I Was Just Following Orders
Date: 01/29/26 2:46 AM
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No you dipshit, Presidents have long used non-elected senior officials to convey instructions to subordinate government officers.

JFC just how ignorant of pretty much everything are you, actually?
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Author: wzambon 🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Re: I Was Just Following Orders
Date: 01/29/26 6:27 AM
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No you dipshit, Presidents have long used non-elected senior officials to convey instructions to subordinate government officers.

Fine.

Trump gave the orders, though I’ll bet we’re about to see one of his world famous….

“Stephen handled all that stuff. i didn’t know anything about it.”
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Author: AlphaWolf 🐝🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: I Was Just Following Orders
Date: 01/29/26 8:51 AM
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"Everything I've done, I've done at the direction of the president and Stephen"

Maybe someone should remind Noem that the “I was just following orders” shtick was already tried by a bunch of German officers a while back. They were hanged anyway.

I can’t verify this, but I’ve heard numerous rumors that there are thousands of dogs that have volunteered to pull the lever.
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Author: wzambon 🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Re: I Was Just Following Orders
Date: 01/29/26 9:19 AM
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I can’t verify this, but I’ve heard numerous rumors that there are thousands of dogs that have volunteered to pull the lever.

Nope. Sorry.

Dogs are generally sweet souls who really aren’t into revenge.

Cats?

Sure, in a heartbeat.
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Author: UpNorthJoe   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: I Was Just Following Orders
Date: 01/29/26 9:36 AM
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"Trump gave the orders, though I’ll bet we’re about to see one of his world famous….

“Stephen handled all that stuff. i didn’t know anything about it.”
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That is the surest bet in the history of bets. Trump has never taken responsibility for anything. He always throws an underling under the bus, sure as the sun rises in the east.

I believe Truman said "the buck stops here", when referring to who is ultimately responsible.
With Trump, "the buck stops here" refers to all of the bribes and other grift that lands in his pocket. No responsibility for Trump, ever.
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Author: jerryab   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: I Was Just Following Orders
Date: 01/29/26 11:32 AM
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there are thousands of dogs that have volunteered to pull the lever.

Just thousands?

I would find it much better if the millions/billions of dogs would line up to fill the hold in in which she was placed with their appropriate "contributions".
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