Pretty rich coming from a convicted FELON and adjudicated RAPIST who ILLEGALLY attempted to overturn an election.
If you don’t own a firearm, now is the time.
Buy guns. Help others buy guns. Train. Help others train.
Sooo…the SS…
Great… because we all know that famously, American police need more military assets. That’s what the problem has been all along. For fuck’s sake…
It’s going to get worse. This is the kinda shit that keeps piling up and lasts for decades - they harass local officials out of office, arm local thugs, and dismantle all the safeguards. Then when someone else comes in and tries to fix it, those same thugs will suddenly find the word “fascist” was in their vocabulary all along.
If you’re outside the major cities, police forces are generally managed locally. Small enough for citizens to have an immediate impact. Your local reps, your town halls, your state legislatures - those people actually make decisions. They are the ones who this Administration is going to bully and harass and bribe. It’s time to show up.
If you’re inside the cities, get ready to start marching. These fuckers are doubling down on using DEI as nothing more than a smokescreen for blatant oppression.
“There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.”
Godsdammit so say we all.
What exactly are “excess military and national security assets”?
I know you guys hate AI but here are two points and some valid analysis:
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“Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General shall review all ongoing Federal consent decrees, out-of-court agreements, and post-judgment orders to which a State or local law enforcement agency is a party and modify, rescind, or move to conclude such measures that unduly impede the performance of law enforcement functions.” (Section 3(b))Analysis: This gives the federal government, specifically the Attorney General, the power to override or end local agreements and court orders designed to reform police practices, even if those were democratically enacted or judicially mandated at the local level. This centralizes authority and reduces the autonomy of local governments to oversee their own police forces.
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“The Attorney General shall take all appropriate action to create a mechanism to provide legal resources and indemnification to law enforcement officers who unjustly incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken during the performance of their official duties to enforce the law. This mechanism shall include the use of private-sector pro bono assistance for such law enforcement officers.” (Section 2)Analysis: This provision prioritizes protecting law enforcement officers from legal and financial consequences, which, if not carefully limited, could shield officers from accountability for misconduct. It may discourage thorough investigation and prosecution of police wrongdoing, thereby weakening mechanisms that ensure police are subject to the law like any other citizen.
Yes, I, too, can read the statements the AI read. Importantly, it missed that cops get free legal counsel as well as everything else.
I barely hear a very soft voice echoing away into silence:
“… the military is prohibited to operate on US soil in acts of enforcing law against its citizens …”
And now we’ll find out where the military stands. This is a tipping point.
They fired all the top generals, pretty much, so we will indeed see if our soldiers read and took to heart the oath they swore. They are legally obligated, under the UCMJ, to refuse unlawful orders and fortunately the UCMJ is quite explicit in which orders are to be determined unlawful.
Our military actually operates on a bottom-up model, so firing top generals doesn’t really do much.
This is the moment when we find out how many US soldiers have the balls to uphold their oath to the Constitution above all else, and refuse to comply with an obviously illegal order.
this, combined with what pam bomb-me said the other day, would mean that the military could be quartered in your home on suspicion that you are harboring enemies of the established government. that government is also now bypassing representation by taxing the public via tarriffs.
the words evade me. do they need fucking trefoil hats and bright red coats, too?
edit - they’re literally making you pay a tax you didn’t ask for on british tea. i mean, come on
I’d be very surprised if any of them actually did.
They are all cut from the same cloth. I personally know veterans that eat up the Rights propaganda while believing everyone else is wrong.
When someone brings up Republican dog whistles they can’t stop themselves from joining in.
All the Right has to do is say “something something America!” and they’ll just follow orders. Literally the way it was conditioned into them.
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I support you. Chronically internet driven people like person replying to you generally don’t talk to veterans, don’t understand the military, and don’t really care about you.
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I’m not a troll or any of those other things. Let’s see who is right or wrong in the end.
I’d rather be wrong but I’m not naive.
that it’s fine to kill civs in other brown countries but not your own?
fuck your oath.
Clock’s ticking. Shit or get off the pot, Mr. or Mrs. Talk.
Until then, you go in the same group.
You sure you’re a veteran? You immediately cut and run at the first sign of trouble?
Those colors are super runny, I guess. Must be watercolors.
Sorry I offended you.
Go back under your bridhge little troll before some billygoats come along. Have a nice day.
Anyone who confronts you is a troll?
Cognitive dissonance sure is comforting.
That’s fair. I won’t put all veterans or active duty in the same group.
I do expect to see military stepping with law enforcement while knocking people’s doors down.
Expecting anything else would make me a fool after seeing what has already been done.
I’d rather be surprised that they don’t than surprised that they do.
I will reiterate that in the last few months the online things I watch have had a massive uptick in military recruitment ads. I have had this in comments here and there and I would get a few. Well they were behind and just catching up but common. The timing. You know what the best recruiting tool is. Not having any viable options for work.
There it is.
Unrelated side note: Is anyone else watching Andor?
If we could stop accelerating into full-blown fascism, that would be great. Stay safe out there.
Holy fuck
That can’t be good.
