A federal judge temporarily blocked the punishment against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over a video directing U.S. military members to refuse unlawful orders from the administration.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled Thursday that Kelly’s First Amendment free speech rights were violated by Pentagon officials. He went on to say the punishment had “threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees.”

‘This will be immediately appealed. Sedition is sedition, “Captain.”‘

Kelly and five other Democratic members of Congress published a video in Nov. 2025 addressed to members of the military to remind them that they were not bound to obey orders that were unlawful.

The administration accused them of suggesting that the military should disobey any order from the administration, which would be treasonous. Hegseth said in a statement that the “reckless and seditious video” was “clearly intended to undermine good order and military discipline.”

“The traitors that told the military to disobey my orders should be in jail right now, not roaming the fake news networks trying to explain what they said was OK,” President Donald Trump responded at the time. “It was sedition at the highest level, and sedition is a major crime. There can be no other interpretation of what they said!”

Kelly posted about Thursday’s ruling from his social media account.

“Today a federal court made clear Pete Hegseth violated the Constitution when he tried to punish me for something I said,” he wrote.

“This is a critical moment to show this administration they can’t keep undermining Americans’ rights,” he added. “I also know this might not be over yet, because Trump and Hegseth can’t admit when they are wrong.”

Hegseth responded to the ruling on social media.

“This will be immediately appealed. Sedition is sedition, ‘Captain,'” he wrote.

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Kelly responded by citing the conclusion from the judge’s ruling.

“Rather than trying to shrink the First Amendment liberties of retired servicemembers, Secretary Hegseth and his fellow Defendants might reflect and be grateful for the wisdom and expertise that retired servicemembers have brought to public discussions and debate on military matters in our Nation over the past 250 years,” the passage reads.

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An online feud broke out between Cardi B and the Department of Homeland Security after she jokingly threatened federal officers during her concert in California.

The rapper had her Mexican fans cheer at the concert in Palm Desert before promising to “jump” Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents if they tried to detain her fans at the show.

‘I’ve got some bear mace in the back! They ain’t taking my fans, b***h!’

“Bitch, if ICE comes in here, we gon’ jump they asses!” she said to the crowd, who responded with loud cheers.

“I’ve got some bear mace in the back! They ain’t taking my fans, bitch!” she added.

Video of her comments was posted by TMZ before the official account for DHS fired back at the rapper.

“As long as she doesn’t drug and rob our agents, we’ll consider that an improvement over her past behavior,” the agency wrote.

The rapper previously divulged that she drugged men in order to rob them when she previously worked as a stripper.

Cardi B then responded right back at DHS and the Trump administration over the release of the Epstein files.

“If we talking about drugs let’s talk about Epstein and friends drugging underage girls to rape them. Why yall don’t wanna talk about the Epstein files?” she posted.

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The Department of Justice released millions of pages from the Epstein files, but Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky has claimed that names of co-conspirators were improperly redacted. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) also claimed that the redacted files contain a million mentions of President Donald Trump.

Cardi B was previously praised by those on the right for demanding to know what the U.S. government does with the 40% in taxes that she pays.

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