Regardless of how much coverage it gets, Trump aiming to install a military command that places loyalty to him above loyalty to the constitution needs to be a much bigger story.
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I'm certain that the ones who got fired today refused an explicit request to pledge loyalty to Trump, which tells you something about the GOFOs who didn't get fired.
REMF #Hegseth better rethink this one.
This ain't Kent State in 1970.
Then the Draft and Vietnam were on, and All DoD types were being trained to, "Obey Blindly, Or Be Killed."
It's now 2025 and the All Volunteer Force.
Thank Goodness training includes, "Pay Attention. Question 'Spurious' Orders".
As a veteran from 1964 to 1966, I would point out that today's volunteer force is drawn predominantly from rural areas. And, that your impression of the Army of draftees is wrong: we were drafted at 22-1/2; many of us were college graduates; and basic training was ethical.
He’s creating his own army. It was obvious at “stand back and stand by”. To f’n late, folks. We’re in it. Now all we can do is act, resist, and do it with all our might. #resistfascism #resistance
From pure racism & sexism with the added incentive of heading off the military acting against his tyranny by putting in people loyal to him & not their oaths
I have to say I was a little less worried about the media not covering corruption as I was Biden's DOJ not prosecuting it. It was revealed that Supreme Court Justices were taking bribes and Garland did nothing. Then people like you were surprised when the court made Trump a king.
Wherever you live in the nation, if you can get to DC, this is our opportunity to show up Powerfully United, and show the world we Reject this Felonious TRAITOR.
This is your Advance Notice
Start planning now
WE NEED A HUGE CROWD
March 4th - Washington, DC
U.S. Capitol- Noon
I recommend finding a place to stay near a metro station and taking the metro to the Capitol, as parking is a challenge. There are hotels in Virginia and Maryland on the metro line which will be less expensive than DC.
Democrats must hear that this is not a problem that can wait until the midterms. There will be no reversing the atrocities that are coming. It's time to throw everything and the kitchen sink into stopping government NOW before we get used to it!
TRUMP JUST FIRED JOINT CHIEF OF STAFF ...& A BLACK MAN ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO BOOT AFTER HAVING HIS TOKEN BLACKS @ WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY W/ FAKE CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AGAIN AS HE TRIES REMOVE ALL HISTORY ...
Be clear eyed about the moment. The unfavorable view (unpopularity) of Trump actions are not a concern for the regime if popularity is no longer a factor because power and authoritarian institutions have replaced democratic ones. They will ignore the courts and will use the military to surpress
Once he purges the, loyal to the Constitution leadership, in the ground forces he will test loyalty with a 'Kent State' and if troops follow orders it's done.
Canadian here. What do you mean, bigger story? It is being reported by all of the major news outlets. They also covered Trump's abusive behaviour, felonies, lies, and egregious hubris. What more can THEY do given how Americans vote?
Right - Is this story real or not? The Guardian carried it; I believe them to be credible. I don't understand why this story isn't getting more attention.
The Daily Beast and Yahoo posted it this morning then it was taken down. Hmmm? But go to https://archive.is and you can read the Daily Beast column and other news outlets reporting the story.
We need a decisive pro-democracy, pro-rule-of-law intervention against the Putin/Trump/Musk dictatorship, by American civilian & military leaders, who have sworn an oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
At this point we're running low on viable options. One of the best options would normally be the 25th Amendment, but the Senate spent the last month confirming a dangerously sycophantic Cabinet.
Our resistance army, male and female all colors will fight for the Constitution and for all Democratic nations against Trump's MAGA all-male-white-only forever loyal to the Monster-in-Chief death squads.
Stock up on weapons, find underground bases we can use as our homes.
It's too fucking late. The god dammed democtrats held hands and said: let's walk right into this shit together, we'll fight once he's got his cabinet!
We're truly f'cked, at least in part cuz dems 🙏their way right into hell knowing THEY'D, likely be OK, even if their constituents surely would not.
He literally told everyone a year ago what he was going to do. He wanted, and is getting, “Generals like Hitler had”. He has a loyalist at SecDef. He has fired the JAG leadership to insure his orders are interpreted as lawful. The story needs to be is Caine a loyalist? He certainly appears to be.
The military should probably do something before it’s too late. The last legitimate president reminded them of the oath they took. If they allow a Putin stooge to destroy America they’ll suffer at their hands plenty too.
They are planning a big white nazi America including Canada and Greenland and more. They will devide the world together with their allies in ruzzia and china.
They will need the army on their side
And fast! This is getting out of hand with each passing hour. I see and hear a lot of different views but no real solutions. Will it be the military fighting all the people of 50 states with guns and tanks? Boy it sure does seem like it's headed that way.
the US has at times dabbled at being an empire.... but we weren't. you might be seeing the birth of one though. I hope for all our sakes it dies in the womb
to me this is the most alarming purge taking place. people have to get busy with non-stop calls to congress. call them today!!! they need to hear from their constituency directly.
For the love of all that is the US Constitution: can the Dems please start a daily routine of a press conference listing all the ways Trump betrayed his oath of office on that given day. They can rotate the duty among their best speakers. The press would be there!
IF the military -- led by an incompetent inebriate that was fired from running 2 small veteran's service organizations -- "falls in line" the way the morally bankrupt Republicans have, that will quickly lead to "the end."
The DEI crusade is an excuse to remove people of color from the ranks and especially those in authority. How is Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. not qualified?
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This ain't Kent State in 1970.
Then the Draft and Vietnam were on, and All DoD types were being trained to, "Obey Blindly, Or Be Killed."
It's now 2025 and the All Volunteer Force.
Thank Goodness training includes, "Pay Attention. Question 'Spurious' Orders".
This is the scariest thing going on right now.
And that's saying a lot.
Tighten his grip on power to strike down any protests by military means.
This is your Advance Notice
Start planning now
WE NEED A HUGE CROWD
March 4th - Washington, DC
U.S. Capitol- Noon
Hitler and Putin both knew that one of the most important moves to achieving dictatorship was to have complete loyalty from the military. 🤔
Please share
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv
Stock up on weapons, find underground bases we can use as our homes.
We're truly f'cked, at least in part cuz dems 🙏their way right into hell knowing THEY'D, likely be OK, even if their constituents surely would not.
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/23/nx-s1-5161598/i-need-the-kind-of-generals-that-hitler-had-the-reporting-behind-trumps-comment
They will need the army on their side