New on MSNBC: Pete Hegseth is considering firing a slate of military generals and flag officers as early as this week, according to two defense officials and three congressional officials.
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Hegseth: our navy can’t go toe to toe with that shitass Russian navy
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs: uh yeah it ca…
Hegseth: not when I am done with it, it can’t
He wants military officers who are like Hegseth in having war crimes he likes. Those kind of people are much more willing to massacre unarmed Americans on demand for Trump.
Elon Musk dismantled the staff overseeing nuclear stockpile and Pete Hegseth never made a comment except to tweet he was busted by the IRS for cheating on his taxes. Elon Musk was given the power to dismantle the U.S. military with no oversight.
People should have gotten the memo when they fired the administration overseeing nuclear weapons. It wasn't an "accident" they got busted for. They are dismantling the U.S. military.
of course he is...lemme guess, they're all either women or people of color or trans...or they're simply a lot more intelligent and able to think for themselves than he is
They can run a shadow cabinet, with their own press pool, go meet with world leaders ahead of Trump, make agreements with them. Sign pretend EOs just to fuck with Trump. Get a couple Republicans on board. Get arrested for standing up to Elon’s goons. Literally they do nothing but pen stern letters.
Oh I don’t know anything? Go after the coup members in Congress? That would have been a start. Impeach them all when they had a chance? Refuse to do anything with them still there? File lawsuits, throw chairs, get arrested. If they aren’t going to fight, they can at least GTFO of the way.
I’m telling you why they lost-more evidence of democrats talking big game and never delivering. Just like abortion rights/shit I’ve been told Democrats are codifying that into law since I was old enough to vote. It’s been over 30 years of voting and they still didn’t get it done.
Now would be a good time for the military to save the republic. Stop these fascists in their tracks.
Legal basis: doge is dismantling the government outside of any constitutional or statutory authority while ignoring court orders to stop and congress refuses to assert its authority.
If he purges the Generals we are in big, big trouble. We need our military leadership to stand with their sacred oaths to the constitution, not Donald Trump. It may come to that shortly, where the military will have to remove Trump, and his coup cult from office bf our Country tanks and goes fascist
He already purged the general of the Coast Guard and the others didn't stand by her. He tested the waters by firing her, but I have to wonder what the Joint Chiefs are going to do when push comes to shove, because it's coming.
They have also replaced officers at the service academies so they can groom and indoctrinate the next generations of officers and politicians and manipulate the content and context of training materials, especially military history and political science!
Time for it to happen is now they are trying to replace the generals that obey the constitution with someone who will attack the people hope you have a big supply of ammo it’s going to be necessary
The army will revolt trust me or they will split but it will be more than half on our side. There are TONS of minorities and other groups being attacked.
why would they start a nuclear war if the US is busy fighting itself? The nukes will still belong to the Americans, and they can always respond to nukes. The Russian military has become weak and crippled by the Ukraine war. Russia itself has become destabilised. So their best bet is to just watch.
My heathen ass prays you are right. My veteran cousin is pissed as hell about everything. When they come for the generals I hope they all have had enough.
Like, I get it, but at the same time how do you know she isn't protesting? Did I say she's privately pissed and doing nothing? How do you know which people at various protests are veterans and which ones aren't?
I’m not so sure, the military like law enforcement is good at brainwashing people. With the military it starts in boot camp. With law enforcement their time in the police academy. I’d rather be wrong than right.
I was in law enforcement I know what it’s like going against a bureaucracy by yourself. Crickets when you look for support. I’m jaded at this point so I hope 🤞🏾 I’m wrong.
Our military is a reflection of our country there are people of every race and ethnicity and all the colors of the rainbow.🌈 General Mattis told Trump to go f___ himself when pressed to remove gays from military. This might push them to arrest Trump sooner than expected.
Not so sure about that. Military industrial complex along with the podcast Shawn Ryan talking conspiracy theory stuff is making it so these younger ones dont trust our govt
Promoting sycophants takes a very long time, as every officer promotion requires unanimous consent. It would completely freeze the Senate, as Tuberville demonstrated last year
It will not be that easy for them to find military officers of that kind of rank who will betray their oath to the U.S. Constitution. Not saying it can't happen--good god, look at Mike Flynn--just that by sheer numbers, it won't necessarily be easy.
A military coup is now likely the last chance to avoid a civil war. But nobody is speaking out and taking a leadership role. Former presidents and retired generals are all silent while a traitor dismantles the US and shreds the Constitution. The Republic is dying with barely a whimper.
I don’t want to imagine a military built and led by this administration?!😱 It would be formed from ignorant maga who’ve been waiting for any hint of permission to at very badly.
Shades of Hitler’s Germany again.
And the FBI and CIA agents that are being fired.. can you imagine the amount of talent and intel we’d have. But timing is critical and it doesn’t seem like any governors except @govpritzker.illinois.gov understands the danger we’re facing
The states have a National Guard. The Red States have already usurped the Federal authority for them, so there's no reason the Blue States can't do the same.
And Hegseth's a moron. That's the defining character trait of all Trump appointees...
Education doesn't sadly guarantee not being a moron in general even though it does reduce the chances... and there are ways around actually doing the work for those with the means...
Did you see Duckworth questioning him? He seems to be a moron.
Look, there are alcoholics who are extremely intelligent. Some are actual genuises. He's not one of them. I dunno what sort of high school he attended. 🤷🏻♀️ And people cheat their way into the Ivy League.
That's true. It can also cause a generally temporary form of dementia. But not always temporary. (Sobriety is quite necessary to physical recovery.) It's poison.
Gosh, there are successful artists & business people who are also functioning alcoholics. To tell the world they all can't be trusted would cost them their careers. They already have poor relationships. (Some would argue that's a good thing, but I disagree w/the "hit bottom" approach to recovery.)
I'm speaking of decent people who have a serious problem. Not Hegseth. Other people. In fact, putting that dirtbag in that position probably hurt a lot of innocent, good people who suffer from alcohol use disorder.
Any National Guard can be federalized. This happened during the Civil Rights Movement to integrate Universities.
What happened in Ole Miss to the U.S. Marshalls and a French journalist was ghastly. Jack and Bobby were besides themselves. That governor was nuts. He really was.
You have to be able to understand social media and information provided. Literally, this is one of the responses. Like - read, man. It’s not that hard?!?
Yeah well, I am a Ph.D. sociologist who studied the Civil Rights Movement extensively. There's that. Maybe books are better than just social media. You never know. CUNY Graduate Center, 1992. My career as an educator and researcher started in 1985 and continued through the 20-teens.
Whos going to shoot? They are firing everyone & if govt shutdown SMs aren't paid. Plus soldiers are advised they can disobey unlawful orders and make their new loyalist leadership figure out the paperwork. Plus we have the most well armed populance, and it's legal to open carry so it's a stalemate
That's the part I think they've never fully reckoned with. There were hints of it in the shooting attempts during the campaign. They won't be able to control their own (heavily armed) base, and that's not going to cut in only one direction when the 💩 hits the fan.
although the gun-owning civilians are mainly conservatives who forgot to fight the tyranny they’re always screeching about, and now they’re defending the tyranny.
I think many people, especially conservatives, dramatically underestimate the number of armed liberals. They assume no one has a firearm unless it’s featured in their Christmas card.
I swore that oath and am in a wheel chair
I’m a veteran and I’m getting the first gun I’ve ever owned. I was an MP in the Army. I still am faithful to my oath. It NEVER ended with my end of service.
I don't care how well armed we are. We don't have tanks and helicopters and we don't have coordination or as large a stockpile of weapons and ammo as the military. It's ludicrous to think we the people can take on our own military.
They aren’t firing active-duty troops obviously. But yeah, troops shooting unarmed civilians in broad daylight is something that hasn’t happened in America in decades. It’s not going to end well for the regime.
Agreed. They should have brought him back to active status and court-martialed his ass years ago. I knew that he was going to continue to be a problem. This is what happens when there are no consequences for criminals.
Miller maybe, or some other insider like Bannon.
Just wait till Elon starts matching names on social media to SS numbers and addresses.
Don’t think that’ll happen? If I figured it out, I guarantee someone in DC already floated this idea.
Then they will purge the colonel's, and then the lieutenant colonel's, the majors, the captains, and so forth, until every person in charge of the military is a MAGA, and that is when they will turn their weapons on the "others" for protesting and existing.
Americans must say No to this treasonous unConstitutional takeover of our Government! Protect our democracy, rule of law, national security, values and very lives! 🇺🇸🗽
gosh will tommie coach tubesteak come off the bench to hold the bazooka for him? these kakistocrats are so great at destroying. i mean, look at the rate they are going.
but they won't be able to build a damn thing. they never have and have never had any real solutions for tough problems.
He’s dancing around his bunker I’m sure. I was thinking he’s former kgb he’s got to be older than the hills, he’s 72. What happens when he dies? I feel like he’s going to live to be 95 out of spite.
If any of you are vets you literally just need to look at his award rack and his career to realize he’s a fucking joke that I wouldn’t trust to sweep the rain in a storm lest he drown
There is only one person that should be fired. That person is the most unqualified person ever to hold the post of secretary of defense. STOP THE LIES. Save America by impeaching Trump and getting rid of all of his cronies. republican senators, must stand up and protect our nation now.
Really? An ex-Fox News host is firing highly experienced generals and officers. This will leave America vulnerable to our adversaries. This cannot stand!
Every patriotic American needs to call or write their Republican representative to emphatically complain. Do something if you care.
Of course, and it will be based on loyalty to bonespurs. The upcoming budget cuts to military will come down to sign an oath to him or be fired "under budget cuts". Wake up Dems
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Ah, double win for Trump. Strengthening Russia, while carrying out petty revenge. The Joint Chiefs of Staff embarrassed him with his own ignorance during his first term.
Hey idiot elected Dems, have you learned nothing from history? The party that shuts down the gov over the budget LOSES THE MIDTERMS! Work with the Repubs to get whatever you can. Also, flapping your lips gets you nothing, the reason Trump is so popular right now is he is physically doing things.
Republicans: Stop Trump’s firing of generals. The military belongs to the people of the USA. They take an oath to the U.S. Constitution, not to King Trump, or even President Trump. Stop him, or we will…and then we’ll stop you thru out the country. Republicans will never be trusted again.
Nope, what does Trump have to do to make the republicans rise up to stop him? What bridge too far will make them take a stand. There is strength in numbers.
Every Republican elected official is on board with Project 2025 and compromised. They don’t serve us and they don’t protect our constitution. Get real. They’re causing this on purpose. The point is to destroy the country and they think they’re going to get the spoils for bowing down.
Fuck rallies in stadiums. Well done putting the rexiste e in a tub so a drone can take them all out at once. EVERYONE needs to march on the capital, state capital, or local political office's, the military needs to stand with. Fucking revolt already
Only the “brightest and best” running our government and military. He will fire all that experience just to replace them with some junior officers who will be beholden to his and Trump and can be easily controlled. He is so under qualified for this position.
I hate that idea but hate the idea of Putin, Trump, Elon, and Hegseth destroying the USA for sport even more.
The $850 BILLION we pay for a defense budget should be used to defend the Constitution and the American people, not to amuse greedy billionaires drunk on their own power.
He wants to eliminate the folks who will honor the Constitution and prevent trump from turning the US into Russia in the military CIA and FBI. Knowing who he is, is there no contingency plan for presidents who want to dismantle our representative Republic?
Seriously! Aren’t they charged with protecting the US from all threats foreign AND DOMESTIC?! How do they not have some sort of “break glass in case of emergency” plan or something?
Right. Maddow and Lawrence quasi lectured viewers that politicians were actually doing stuff and the complaints needed to be directed inwards more or less. Was like wait what?! Lawrence has been good. I think a lot of the issues are their ego pet projects. Just give the damn facts and discuss.
Yes, because nothing says ‘stable leadership’ like a guy who peaked at major deciding which generals should stay. But don’t worry—I’ll be replacing them with only the best warfighters (meaning: people who agree with me). What could possibly go wrong?
It's a familiar strategy seen in authoritarian countries: first, purging the military and placing trusted allies in leadership positions. Next, these leaders are often corrupted with money and other incentives. The CIA or KGB monitors their behavior to ensure it aligns with political expectations.
Again, you don't get it!!! It is anyone who has made public they do not support a President who thinks he's King" and are faithful to the Constitution. Or has spoken this to subordinates. Or for that matter superiors.
Senior military officers who are axed by the highly functioning drunk should turn to (friendly) State governments to make sure they and their families are kept safe. Their knowledge and experience are irreplaceable.
Petty little man, he's jealous of their success and that he turned out to be an ass kissing drunk, placed in a position he didn't earn or has education and training for.
If they purge the top generals and officers they’ll replace them with what…Hegseth’s people? And they want to invade all these countries? If they were halfway competent I’d be more concerned but from what I’ve seen they’re about to shoot themselves in the foot again.
Hegseth is well-educated and hardly stupid, so let's stop with the "too stupid" posts and just focus on the "too dangerous" posts, the latter of which are more than sufficient to tell us he's a child in a global cesspool and all he has is a rubber duckie.
Can he even do that? They're commissioned officers, right? You can't just kick them out of the military, can he? Or does he mean he's reassigning them to KP and scrubbing latrines?
This is a move to get rid of generals who swore an oath to the Constitution and replace them with generals who will swear an oath to a convicted felon and dictator. He will then turn the military as a force against protesters and any opposition.
If they are given an illegal order, they must disobey. This is true, from invading allies to firing a nuke without justification. Soldiers cannot do these things.
But I don't think (not a military lawyer) that extends to rebellion for the unjustified firing of generals.
you're not wrong, there's just a surprising number of people willing to get excited about a military coup as long as it's their side couping, which might make you feel wrong unfortunately
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs: uh yeah it ca…
Hegseth: not when I am done with it, it can’t
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What could go wrong?
Legal basis: doge is dismantling the government outside of any constitutional or statutory authority while ignoring court orders to stop and congress refuses to assert its authority.
He will go one step at a time.👁️ 👁️
UAPs intercepted it
We will take over and REFORM our government and constitution
Just wait
It will be epic
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Shades of Hitler’s Germany again.
And Hegseth's a moron. That's the defining character trait of all Trump appointees...
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Look, there are alcoholics who are extremely intelligent. Some are actual genuises. He's not one of them. I dunno what sort of high school he attended. 🤷🏻♀️ And people cheat their way into the Ivy League.
What happened in Ole Miss to the U.S. Marshalls and a French journalist was ghastly. Jack and Bobby were besides themselves. That governor was nuts. He really was.
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They're going to shoot Americans at protests.
They're going to get involved in military escapades abroad.
They're shaping the leadership to follow the inevitable illegal orders.
May this regime's demise be swift, severe, and certain.
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I’m a veteran and I’m getting the first gun I’ve ever owned. I was an MP in the Army. I still am faithful to my oath. It NEVER ended with my end of service.
And went to work at Wendy’s he had the same idea as Poor little Hegseth 😹😹😹
part of Russia’s military when trump is done.
It's so cool how everyone in DC is letting him do this.
Just wait till Elon starts matching names on social media to SS numbers and addresses.
Don’t think that’ll happen? If I figured it out, I guarantee someone in DC already floated this idea.
The military has remained apolitical and should remain that way.
I mean, America is ripe for the picking.
Maybe Denmark and Greenland can invade…?
but they won't be able to build a damn thing. they never have and have never had any real solutions for tough problems.
It’s all about authoritarian/dictatorship. Bye freedom…
Enjoy your white power-'trip' America.
Every patriotic American needs to call or write their Republican representative to emphatically complain. Do something if you care.
Military do your duty!
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Hegseth, Bondi, Gabbard, Kennedy, et al.
Democracy done.
There will be no consequences for sure.
And it’s just going to get better when they cut military spending on the backs of hundreds of thousands of veterans.
Good times. Fantastic.
Like they actually believe Ukraine started the war by being invaded..
Make Republicans more afraid of their voters than a primary and make Democrats more afraid of their voters than not getting a four day weekend.
We need MASSIVE ANTI-FASCIST RALLIES in stadiums, with appearances by politicians, top influencers, celebs, etc.
Hosts: Mark Cuban, AOC, Pete Buttigieg, and Jasmine Crockett.
Live streamed globally
Pass it on!
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The $850 BILLION we pay for a defense budget should be used to defend the Constitution and the American people, not to amuse greedy billionaires drunk on their own power.
Russia is going to invade us.
Fuck putin.
A military coup just ain't gonna happen.
But I don't think (not a military lawyer) that extends to rebellion for the unjustified firing of generals.
Maybe I'm wrong, though.
This is dangerous business.
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That is key for all fascist war mongering apes!