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Trump administration 2024-2028

I missed this a few days ago…flood the zone with shit works. In the before times, this alone would be a massive scandal.

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ICE teaches cadets to 'violate the Constitution,' ex-DHS attorney testifies

Supervisors in ICE are teaching "new cadets to violate the Constitution," a former agency lawyer testified to members of Congress Monday.
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"The ICE academy is deficient, defective, and broken," former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorney Ryan Schwank told members of Congress on Monday. Schwank, who joined ICE in 2021, resigned Feb. 13 after being assigned to teach cadets at the agency’s academy in Georgia. "On my first day, I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant."
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ModlrMike said:
Say the guy who went to Princeton and Harvard.
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And has some controversial religious views:

Pete Hegseth is a member of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), a network of churches founded by Doug Wilson, a prominent Christian nationalist pastor based in Moscow, Idaho. His church, Pilgrim Hill Reformed Fellowship in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, is affiliated with CREC, which promotes a rigidly patriarchal and theocratic interpretation of Christianity.

Hegseth has publicly praised Wilson’s writings and referred to him as a spiritual mentor. The CREC is known for advocating the integration of biblical law into government, rejecting the separation of church and state, and promoting a vision of America as a Christian nation. Institutions linked to Wilson—including New Saint Andrews College, Logos Schools, and Canon Press—are central to a broader movement that emphasizes classical Christian education as a form of ideological "warfare" against secularism.

Hegseth's religious views, shaped by this movement, include opposition to gender equality in the military, support for restricting voting rights for women, and a belief in Christian supremacy over secular institutions. These affiliations have raised concerns among experts and military leaders about the potential impact on the diversity, cohesion, and secular foundations of the U.S. military.
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Retired AF Guy said:
And has some controversial religious views:
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Yeah, not creepy at all.

Whenever he’s confronted about this, he does the whole “Christians are being persecuted! Woe is me!” schtick, even if it doesn’t resemble any Christian teachings most Christians are aware of.
 
RangerRay said:
Yeah, not creepy at all.

Whenever he’s confronted about this, he does the whole “Christians are being persecuted! Woe is me!” schtick, even if it doesn’t resemble any Christian teachings most Christians are aware of.
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Ironically many of that ilk think most Christians, ie Catholics are heretics at best, non-Christians at worst.
 
daftandbarmy said:
Yeah, that should fix everything...

https://twitter.com/x/status/2027486151599128957
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To really keep those woke ideas from infecting minds you have to get them when they are young.

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Hegseth replaces director of schools for military children

The new director, Paul Craft, will "reorient" DOD schools toward "patriotic values and classical learning," Hegseth said.
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. . .in announcing the appointment of Craft to the position, Hegseth stated, “He is the right leader to swiftly reorient [DOD] towards patriotic values and classical learning, consistent with the Department’s focus on merit, standards, and excellence.”
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McG said:
So, the attack on Iran was a negotiation pressure tactic or a hope CoA?
https://twitter.com/x/status/2027836856243536186
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I don’t think Trump cares about the Iranian people. He cares about Iran having a pliant government that he can work with more pragmatically. Regime oppression is simply a convenient rhetorical lever. If the population does overthrow the government, ok, but what’s more important to Trump is that whoever controls Iran recounted nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions, as well as directly or indirectly threatening Israel.

If they do that, they’ll likely be permitted to continue violently repressing their own population.

For Iranians it’s now or never. This is the best chance they’ll get against the regime and if they can get momentum, US will probably back them as a means to an end. But they need to drive it themselves.
 
brihard said:
I don’t think Trump cares about the Iranian people. He cares about Iran having a pliant government that he can work with more pragmatically. Regime oppression is simply a convenient rhetorical lever. If the population does overthrow the government, ok, but what’s more important to Trump is that whoever controls Iran recounted nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions, as well as directly or indirectly threatening Israel.

If they do that, they’ll likely be permitted to continue violently repressing their own population.

For Iranians it’s now or never. This is the best chance they’ll get against the regime and if they can get momentum, US will probably back them as a means to an end. But they need to drive it themselves.
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That didn't work well last time, and they at least had a plan and a candidate.

They may end up with someone even more hardline now vice more compliant, as they've really done absolutely nothing here other than drop some bombs. Hard power without soft power is just stupid.
 
Navy_Pete said:
That didn't work well last time, and they at least had a plan and a candidate.

They may end up with someone even more hardline now vice more compliant, as they've really done absolutely nothing here other than drop some bombs. Hard power without soft power is just stupid.
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We’re a day and a half in. Too early to make such calls yet. Way too many bombs are still falling on Tehran for it to be smart to take to the streets.

I think we’ll see Kurds and Balochs move first, and succesfully eject regime forces from larger parts of what they claim as their territory. It would logically spread from there.
 
brihard said:
We’re a day and a half in. Too early to make such calls yet. Way too many bombs are still falling on Tehran for it to be smart to take to the streets.

I think we’ll see Kurds and Balochs move first, and succesfully eject regime forces from larger parts of what they claim as their territory. It would logically spread from there.
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Have to wonder if the Sunni's in Iraq might feel embolden to take a chance and smack some Shia Iraqi's since big Shia brother Iran is getting the shit kicked out of it.

On another note, any idea how Russia will be able to fly in troops/supplies to its remaining bases in Syria if a new regime in Iran denies them entry into Iranian airspace?
 
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