ChileG
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Is this one of the things Trump voters here do or do not support?
“Purging the military of leadership.” If you think Trump is doing this for any good reason, you truly are lost.
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Is this one of the things Trump voters here do or do not support?
“Purging the military of leadership.” If you think Trump is doing this for any good reason, you truly are lost.
donbosco
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"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or sidelined at least two dozen generals and admirals over the past nine months in a series of ousters that could reshape the U.S. military for years to come.
His actions, which are without precedent in recent decades, have come with little explanation. In many cases, they have run counter to the advice of top military leaders who fought alongside the officers in combat, senior military officials said.
The utter unpredictability of Mr. Hegseth’s moves, as described in interviews with 20 current and former military officials, has created an atmosphere of anxiety and mistrust that has forced senior officers to take sides and, at times, pitted them against one another."
Mr. Hegseth has delayed or canceled the promotions of at least four senior military officers because they previously worked for Gen. Mark A. Milley, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff whom President Trump loathes and has repeatedly accused of disloyalty. One is Maj. Gen. James Patrick Work, who was expected to be the deputy commander at U.S. Central Command, which oversees troops in the Middle East, officials said. <-- This is not unpredictable.
Other officers fell out of favor after being targeted on social media by right-wing influencers or because they had voiced support years earlier for diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Rear Adm. Milton Sands, the commander of the Navy SEALs, who pushed to have female instructors in SEAL training, was fired by Mr. Hegseth in August. <-- Also not unpredictable.
“The new compass heading is clear,” Mr. Hegseth told the officers gathered at Quantico, Va. “Out with the Chiarellis, the McKenzies and the Milleys.” He was referring to Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the former Army vice chief of staff, and Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., a former head of Central Command.
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The article is literally a litany demonstrating the utter PREDICTABILITY of the purge.
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Slaves and free blacks also did a lot of the body gathering and burying during the Civil War. The Chattanooga National cemetery, where my Union great-great-grandfather is buried, was dug by slaves.
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No way Trump wrote that. The use of proper punctuation and big words is a dead giveaway.Trump is so agitated today. Is it raining out his golf?
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BBC leaders resign amid scandal over misleading edit of Trump speech
“… The resignations come after the Telegraph newspaper published details of a leaked internal BBC dossier compiled by Michael Prescott, who had been hired to advise the BBC on editorial standards and guidelines.
In an internal whistleblowing memo, Prescott revealed that last year the BBC had broadcast a “doctored” Trump speech, making it seem that the president had encouraged Capitol Hill rioters, telling them he was going to walk with them to “fight like hell.”
In fact, Trump said in his speech in Washington DC on January 6, 2021 that “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women.”…”
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I’m Obsessed With a Sofa From ‘Call Me by Your Name.’ Where Do I Get It?
In the first installment of our new series, we hunt down an antique from Luca Guadagnino’s film.
"Same." - JD Vance
donbosco
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When he gets booed at a Bama game is when we will know the worm has turned. Being booed at a Washington game - especially when he is complicating the new stadium deal - is a dog bites man story.
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True. But I am not above enjoying a home court beat down by my side. I am not proud of it.
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Clips like this one that make it obvious that Trump doesn’t really know how to read will never not crack me up. Guy’s brain must be the size of a walnut.
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And immediately Karma* comes at me with the news that Seth Trimble’s arm was broken in practice today.
*The pop culture version of Karma.
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Agree that he didn't write that, but no doubt he's agitated, as he's had a very bad week. His side lost bigly in the Tuesday elections, he's at his lowest level ever in many polls, the Democrats haven't yet folded in the budget shutdown and there's growing evidence in polls that most people blame his party for it, and the economic news isn't good. He's likely going to be in a real snit for a good while.