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Firestorm49

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10. Interesting article. From the first "administration" I've been asking people if they felt that our own

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun May 11, 2025, 10:51 AM

23 hrs ago

military would turn against us, hoping that that would never be the case. But by Hegseth’s actions to purge the “non-loyal” from the enlisted military to command positions in every branch, I’m afraid that the worst scenario could come into play. His loyalty comes down to complete and total control of every phase of our lives, carried out by brute military force.

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Hegseth sparks fears as he moves to ax generals [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Heg's Seth (R-plagiarist) is not fit for duty BoRaGard Yesterday #1

imagine being a general or admiral and being fired by an alky talk show host rapist Skittles Yesterday #2

we are where we are... Layzeebeaver Yesterday #3

"are these officers 'woke' or or not?" GiqueCee Yesterday #4

We had a whole lot of folks on DU several years ago who had no idea what "woke" was BumRushDaShow Yesterday #5

It is probably based on one question Bettie Yesterday #6

This will backfire Chi67 Yesterday #7

A while ago I read an article on military numbers. Old Crank Yesterday #8

Numbers: EX500rider Yesterday #9

Interesting article. From the first "administration" I've been asking people if they felt that our own Firestorm49 23 hrs ago #10

Loyalty to the US or to the Constitution markodochartaigh 17 hrs ago #13

It's a purge and a step in the coup to make Putin the unelected ruler of the U.S. usonian 23 hrs ago #11

"...remove "redundant force structure" markodochartaigh 17 hrs ago #12