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Michael Green's avatar

the times has a story this morning about the push to confirm the rapist at DOD, and at no time do the "reporters" mention threats--as in the number of Democrats who have said republicans told them, and the number of republicans who have publicly or privately said, they fear for their lives if they don't vote the way the MAGA fascists want. Some people call this sort of thing journalism. It is not.

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TCinLA's avatar

More on that later.

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Yehawes (VA)'s avatar

I believe that the reason there is a more flagrant push right now for Hegseth than for Gabbard or Kennedy or Patel or any of the unworthies is that the military is key to a take over. As much as the others scare me, Hegseth has moved into first place because he has to be in place first.

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Michael Green's avatar

Agreed, and it will be interesting to see whether the military obeys unconstitutional orders.

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TCinLA's avatar

Lower your expectations, Prof. The Special Ops forces are nearly all Christian fundamentalist "Crusaders,"particularly the SEALs The Air Force is thoroughly shot through with Christian Fundamentalism. Majority of the Army comes from small town "Red America." Majority of the enlisted troops voted for Mangolini.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

I keep seeing reporting from sources I mostly trust, that military officers will work for the country, and not fprez. I keep thinking of the drafted and enlisted soldiers who were more than happy to disobey their officers in Vietnam. Some officers were supposedly shot by their own men.

I wouldn't trust that the enlisted will follow orders necessarily. Of course I don't know the mindset of today's soldier. I know they are fed Faux News nonstop, but resisting orders, who knows.

I don't have a frame of reference to how they really think.

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JDinTX's avatar

Plenty of suckers and losers love the monikers, apparently.

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JDinTX's avatar

Cowards all

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

NYT?

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Michael Green's avatar

Yes. I think lower case is in order now.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Sure. Just checking.

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