In tonight's military purge, Tump nominated Dan Caine for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, a retired Lt. General so underqualified he'd need a waiver. Even odder: Caine was installed last month at 3 VC firms doing crypto, AI, and defense tech, including Thrive, founded by Jared Kushner's brother. 1/ - ThreadSky

capitolhunters.bsky.social • 20 hours ago

In tonight's military purge, Tump nominated Dan Caine for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, a retired Lt. General so underqualified he'd need a waiver. Even odder: Caine was installed last month at 3 VC firms doing crypto, AI, and defense tech, including Thrive, founded by Jared Kushner's brother. 1/

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suzypugs.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Well, this is bad on top of bad on top of corrupt. In plain sight.

Maybe Senate Dems will send a stern letter.

why2cake.bsky.social•19 hours ago

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diamondlifeca.bsky.social•18 hours ago

@timmiller.bsky.social

seasofsalish.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Tim Miller has said multiple times he never plans on using Bluesky. He seems to have a stick somewhere that he refuses to remove. 1 post is all he has here

I still see shades of his old Republican self coming through frequently. Just my take. I’m glad you’re trying to bring this to people attention

diamondlifeca.bsky.social•10 hours ago

There is a recent Bulwark episode on the Crypto Con that Trump is setting up the country for. It’s literally astoundingly corrupt.

diamondlifeca.bsky.social•10 hours ago

https://youtu.be/FAJuEzaBP2k?si=8kt0qTcassfGPHhf

hrryan.bsky.social•6 hours ago

It's grifters and con men, all the way down.

libertyview.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Question: Is there anything about Trump's governing philosophy and actions that ISN'T sketchy?

jjtex.bsky.social•6 hours ago

No. He doesn’t want to govern. He wants to stay out of prison, play golf, pretend he’s a big, strong guy and get rich.

libertyview.bsky.social•6 hours ago

That's a pretty good summary. I'm still trying to figure out where the Christian Dominionist/Project 2025 thing fits in, but he is an idiot so maybe he just doesn't care, or even realize.

redletrcrusader.bsky.social•3 hours ago

Come on, he did a WHOLE semester at a national security course at 'cuse! Guy must be a wiz at the whole "national security" racket.

massdisillusion.bsky.social•8 hours ago

it's fucking treason!

FUCK REPUBLICANS.

coconutlizard.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Makes sense in that sickening way that makes you queasy.

cheray.bsky.social•18 hours ago

@hcrichardson.bsky.social

therightnothing.bsky.social•19 hours ago

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capitolhunters.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Have to say it looks bad if the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is taking a paycheck from relatives of the president. And since Trump fired the Judge Advocates General from all four military branches tonight, we might have to wait awhile for an ethics ruling on it. 2/
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/21/fired-joint-chiefs-chairman-top-navy-leader-air-force-vice-chief-service-judge-advocates-general.html

jeffreyschmeffrey.bsky.social•16 hours ago

All very coup-like

swampangel54.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Well his top advisors the last time was his daughter and son in law. Son n law made so much money he’s too busy planning his resort

donjorizzy.bsky.social•18 hours ago

https://bsky.app/profile/donjorizzy.bsky.social/post/3liq66bdgzs2t

capitolhunters.bsky.social•20 hours ago

The New York Times writes about Lt Gen Dan Caine's nomination and calls him a "serial entrepreneur and investor", but they don't mention his role in Joshua Kushner's company. It's not a secret - it's on his LinkedIn. And it's very relevant - the public deserves to understand. 3/
https://archive.is/8Je1R

capitolhunters.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Reuters' article is also bare-bones. But if Trump is going to purge military leadership on a Friday night and install a new CJCS, the public needs to understand why three different VC firms cozied up to him the month before, including one run by Trump's own family. 4/
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-pushes-out-top-us-general-nominates-retired-three-star-2025-02-22/

capitolhunters.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Correction - three Judge Advocates General were fired, from the Army, Navy, and Air Force. It is not yet reported whether their Marine Corps equivalent has been fired. 5/

granitejet.bsky.social•9 minutes ago

That's something often missed in the reporting. And I'm not sure if it's because of the MAGA movement's weird fetishization of the Marine Corps or if he's actually unaware that MajGen Bleigh exists.

capitolhunters.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Just in case he deletes: the strange recent VC positions of Joint Chiefs nominee Dan Caine are easily findable with a simple Google search, from sources beyond his LinkedIn. In January, Shield Capital welcomed him in an online post, and RocketReach lists all three VC firms. 6/

theworstmartha.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I was trying to keep all of that Curtis Yarvin technofeudalism stuff in the conspiracy theory category, but more and more, it looks like that's what's actually happening. Are you informed on this section of our shitshow?

notquietmodemd.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I assume he got some equity & he can keep it if he plays ball..

seasofsalish.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Thank goodness for capitalhunters. The NYT would have us believe it’s business as usual. Just another day at the office.

The media has thrown us into chaos in the interest of shareholder value.

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