emperor vitellius plans to dismantle legionary land grants in Dalmatia and strip retiring centurions of the right to march in a triumph when returning to rome - ThreadSky

theophite.bsky.social • 62 days ago

emperor vitellius plans to dismantle legionary land grants in Dalmatia and strip retiring centurions of the right to march in a triumph when returning to rome

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Trump and Elon Musk plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and strip transitioning military veterans and their families overseas of the generous federal hiring incentives they rely on.

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geminidrgn.bsky.social•62 days ago

Did they ever elaborate on their plan to get rid of the commissary or did they actually get talked down from that one?

scottburton.me•62 days ago

When you are carried on a litter to the Praetorian camp you must bring a chest full of sesterces or the deal is off, my dude.

foresteagle45.bsky.social•62 days ago

I think Trump could stand on the American flag and wipe his feet with it and everyone would be like meh

conjurial.bsky.social•62 days ago

undercutting personal support for your would-be regime at the same time you shred the rule of law is not the masterstroke you think it is, guys

escapedexplorer.bsky.social•62 days ago

Updating my "they're gonna get coup'd" prior to "they're gonna get coup'd and a ton of Vietnam and Gulf War I vets are going to be the vanguard of the revolution" holy FUCKING shit

theophite.bsky.social•62 days ago

dawg are you trying to die

deadseriousrick.bsky.social•62 days ago

Maybe some big strong Marine, straight out of Central Casting, huge muscles on this guy like you wouldn't believe, will step up and deliver a tearful Sir Story to change his mind.

conjurial.bsky.social•62 days ago

the problem is his mind has turned into greek yogurt but his sharpie hand still works

birblib.bsky.social•62 days ago

"Sir, there are a couple big strong marines outside. They say they just want to talk"

roland00.bsky.social•62 days ago

death drive is somethings that death wish

but it’s funny for its not even his nonsense, he just enables it

and got too invested in 2011

jarekfa.bsky.social•62 days ago

Did they send out the "you all better resign you scum" email from OPM to the Secret Service too?

roland00.bsky.social•62 days ago

remember he reached for the secret service gun, in the limo, per reports

when he was sick with covid

would this occur next time ?

vuosta.bsky.social•62 days ago

I mean if the US armed forces take inspiration from the armed forces of the republic i'm not complaining.

vuosta.bsky.social•62 days ago

The republic of Turkey that is.

admiral-monke.bsky.social•61 days ago

The late night Sudafed benders and McDonald's on tap weren't clue enough?

celticdragon1.bsky.social•62 days ago

Yeah, I know we had a rather uncomfortable disagreement last week in how the admin could *try* to use force to try and stop or overturn an election and whoooo boy they are busy making your case for you that they just don't remotely want anything like the manpower necessary to try that lmao

normcharlatan.bsky.social•62 days ago

Uh, let them cook.

countessemilia.bsky.social•62 days ago

Let. Him. Cook.

rainsurname.bsky.social•62 days ago

You can usually figure out why he chooses other targets, but the way he shits on the military is inexplicable.

mutantmell.net•62 days ago

He’s a draft dodger, and he thinks the people in the military are suckers.

rainsurname.bsky.social•62 days ago

I know, but every other Republican has at least pretended to "support the troops," even as they quietly voted to screw them in small ways.

That he's screwing them SO badly SO publicly is....it's like he's trying to soften us up for invasion.

I hope he keeps it up! Because they can fucking stop him

mutantmell.net•61 days ago

The rule of thumb for Trump is: there is no depth to this man, it's all just pure surface-level shit. Hating the military is his motivation. Other people may (attempt to) drive his ire in ways that further their schemes, but the man is depressingly basic.

celticdragon1.bsky.social•62 days ago

I genuinely don't understand what the fuck they think they are doing

rainsurname.bsky.social•62 days ago

What makes it even crazier is that you can cut a huge amount out of the military budget without hurting anyone except weapons manufacturers, so he can't even use that excuse.

We always say the cruelty is the point, but being cruel to the people with all the weapons is stupid even for Trump.

cwilhelm24.bsky.social•62 days ago

And the fact that it hasn't caught up with him (yet) is astonishing.

rainsurname.bsky.social•62 days ago

I am 100% the Joint Chiefs have had at least one discussion about what it would take for them to decide enough was enough.

haakonsdotter.bsky.social•62 days ago

Like... the Reichswehr was promised an EXPANSION in 1934.

tomscud.bsky.social•62 days ago

I thought the tech bros were supposed to install cortical explosives in the guards first they had a whole retreat when they talked about it

itzena.bsky.social•61 days ago

Musk's going to provide them with an army of AI-powered robots.

...apparently.

huckelcommasean.bsky.social•61 days ago

Are we sure there are only 3 rails to touch? They seem to be trying for more

oldhoundderby.bsky.social•62 days ago

Well, it looks like if there’s mass protests against Trump in Washington, not only will the troops likely not follow orders to fire on the protestors, but they’ll probably join them!

inkro.bsky.social•62 days ago

I don't think that's how you regime Donnie

lowrhoufo.bsky.social•62 days ago

The decision-makers are dramatically overestimating how hard it is to construct an EFP and how "bulletproof" their vehicles are. I don't think the most dangerous 1% of the people they're pissing off are making the same mistake

cricketmice.bsky.social•62 days ago

Hey chat can I be a dictator without the army, the security services, the prosecutors or the courts

onedayinjune.bsky.social•62 days ago

I mean if everyone acts like deer in the headlights...

ofvick.bsky.social•62 days ago

ChatGPT says yes

brawnvivant.bsky.social•62 days ago

None of this makes any sense unless he's literally in the pocket of Russia/China, right? Like WTF

tomkilianart.bsky.social•62 days ago

Is this like a Return To Office mandate for the military where they’re trying to get the libs to quit or something?

akatzel.bsky.social•62 days ago

Touching 15 different third rails for the world’s strongest military at once?

maudlinmarionette.bsky.social•62 days ago

There’s touching the stove and then there’s touching the white hot core of a nuclear reactor

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