Where is the military? That's what I want to know. There have to be enough of them to remember that they take an oath to defend the Constitution, not the president, and to act against a threat to our country.
I don't want a war and I'm not under any kind of illusion that turning the reins over to the military would be a happy ending. But …
Where is the military? That's what I want to know. There have to be enough of them to remember that they take an oath to defend the Constitution, not the president, and to act against a threat to our country.
I don't want a war and I'm not under any kind of illusion that turning the reins over to the military would be a happy ending. But I feel like we're at a point where that's the only thing that will stop them.
An unelected foreign contractor walks in, locks federal workers out of their work terminals, plugs in his own hard drives to copy sensitive data, announces he's freezing payments, and nobody bats an eye or stops them.
Watergate was a guest stuffing a hotel face towel in his luggage compared to this.
USAID did stand up--several employees blocked Musk's crew for hours. And then Musk seems to have cried to Trump, and two USAID head employees were immediately placed on leave, in addition to dozens of other head officials previously, and one way or another, they finally gained access. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/politics/usaid-officials-leave-musk-doge/index.html?cid=ios_app
65% percent of active military members admitted that they voted for Trump so it could be 75-80 percent, realistically. I don’t really want trained lethal death-cult soldiers being activated. They will not do the right thing.
Where is the military? That's what I want to know. There have to be enough of them to remember that they take an oath to defend the Constitution, not the president, and to act against a threat to our country.
I don't want a war and I'm not under any kind of illusion that turning the reins over to the military would be a happy ending. But I feel like we're at a point where that's the only thing that will stop them.
An unelected foreign contractor walks in, locks federal workers out of their work terminals, plugs in his own hard drives to copy sensitive data, announces he's freezing payments, and nobody bats an eye or stops them.
Watergate was a guest stuffing a hotel face towel in his luggage compared to this.
USAID did stand up--several employees blocked Musk's crew for hours. And then Musk seems to have cried to Trump, and two USAID head employees were immediately placed on leave, in addition to dozens of other head officials previously, and one way or another, they finally gained access. https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/02/politics/usaid-officials-leave-musk-doge/index.html?cid=ios_app
(And not specific to Musk, but FBI officials are also refusing to comply https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/senior-fbi-official-forcefully-resisted-trump-administration-firings-rcna190301
A USDA Inspector General refused to recognize Trump's firing of her as it was unconstitutional, until security came and forced her out https://www.reuters.com/world/us/usda-inspector-general-escorted-out-her-office-after-defying-white-house-2025-01-29/ )
65% percent of active military members admitted that they voted for Trump so it could be 75-80 percent, realistically. I don’t really want trained lethal death-cult soldiers being activated. They will not do the right thing.
You're willing to bet that a significant chunk of the military isn't MAGA itself? Not sure I'd be willing to make that bet if I were you.