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@PaulleyTicks 😅😅😅

BREAKING: Donald Trump meets privately with Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth to assure them their jobs are secure, amidst swirling rumors that they may be the next cabinet members to be fired.

@shanaka86 Take a deep breath. You sound like you're going to blow a blood vessel. Also, Army Chief of Staff is not a Combatant Commander. That position does not run a war. See OIF, OEF, Desert Storm, etc.

Twenty-six generals and admirals in fourteen months. No misconduct cited for a single one. A former Fox News weekend host who never held a senior military command has removed the Joint Chiefs Chairman, the Army Chief of Staff, the commander of Army Transformation and Training, the Chief of Chaplains, and at least 22 other senior officers from the most powerful military on earth. He blocked four Army officers from promotion to brigadier general, two Black men and two women, by unilaterally striking their names from a list of 36. When Army Secretary Dan Driscoll refused to remove them, Hegseth did it himself. No hearing. No review board. No Senate consultation. The names were struck because the man who reads the list decided they should not be on it. The pattern is not random. It is architectural. Every removal serves the same function: shortening the distance between a presidential decision and its execution. The officers who remain are the ones who did not resist. The officers who resisted are gone. The replacement for the Army Chief of Staff is Vice Chief General Christopher LaNeve, who served as Hegseth’s personal military aide. The man who carried the briefcase now signs the orders. The chain of command has been rebuilt so that every link answers directly to the man who removed the previous link. General Randy George was the commander of the United States Army’s ground forces. That title matters now in a way it did not matter six weeks ago. Before February 28, ground forces in Iran were a theoretical exercise discussed in war colleges and think tanks. After five weeks of air strikes, with the IRGC publishing bridge target lists across four allied nations, with the President saying the military has “not even started” destroying what remains, with MEUs staged in the Gulf and the 82nd Airborne deploying and JSOC operators at forward bases in four countries, the ground option is no longer theoretical. It is a logistics package. And the man whose job was to assess whether that package should be opened was told to retire the same day the President posted “much more to follow.” Lieutenant General Hodne ran the command that trains every soldier who would execute a ground operation. Major General Green led the chaplain corps that would minister to every soldier who dies in one. George decided whether the operation should happen. Hodne prepared the soldiers to carry it out. Green prepared them to live with it. All three were removed on the same afternoon. Congress has not held a hearing. No subpoenas issued. The legal authority for a Defence Secretary to unilaterally override promotion lists and force immediate retirement of Senate-confirmed officers during wartime has not been tested because nobody with the authority to question it has chosen to. The IRGC has said attacks will “intensify from next week.” The Ford carrier is heading back. The CNN intelligence assessment confirms half of Iran’s launchers and thousands of drones remain. The President has named the next targets: power plants, desalination, oil wells, Kharg Island. And every general who might have said “this crosses a line” is already gone. Twenty-six officers. Zero misconduct findings. One question that every general still serving is asking behind closed doors: who is left to say no? And what happens when the answer is nobody? open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

@klara_sjo Everyone shares blame. Mom DNGAF until she's inconvenienced Teachers are despondent and just showing up for a check Admin, same. Tells teachers to pass kids or get fired. Bmore Superintendent been there for 10+ years All talk IOT propagate dependence

Baltimore schools seem elite level.

@libsoftiktok So proud that @mddems believe no one has balls. 🙄

INSANE. Maryland House passed a bill PROHIBITING schools from separating sports and facilities based on biological sex. Every single Democrat voted for it.

@jkeeter82 @SecWar @JayT_DuFresne I forget his name in the bottom right. That guy has to be the worst.

@SecWar @JayT_DuFresne I feel safer just knowing that these people aren’t responsible for protecting America anymore.

Our military installations have been turned into gun-free zones—leaving our service members vulnerable and exposed. That ends today.

@ChazzonKe @SecWar I hear you. Doesn't sound like West Light is on. Sounds like local Commanders still have the final word. It'll be OK. NCOs still know which dumbasses to tell the CDR to deny.

The sheer amount of negligent discharges that will inevitably follow is gonna be wild. There is no legitimate reasons non-mp's to carry service rifle/pistol when not within a combat zone or conducting training. Accountability, safety, and oversight will be a nightmare. This is a straight up "good idea fairy" bullshit coming from an officer. As seems to always be the case. Stupid.

@80s_channel Beg Van Halen to stay together

@GovWesMoore You said it! The current MD State Administration is the pitts!

The current administration is doing irreparable harm, and they have to be held accountable and put in check.

deforest kelley's reaction remains the most important part of this entire thing

Cheering on the astronauts and crew of Artemis II from America’s Front Yard. Out of this world! 🚀🇺🇸🏛️🌳🌕

Liftoff. The Artemis II mission launched from @NASAKennedy at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon. Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars.

@IMAO_ 😅😅😅 Until we find an Andromedan flag, it's US territory

Why are we letting a Canadian go to our moon?

@JasmineForUS Land on your feet by returning to private practice

The meltdown over Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is truly something EVERYONE needs to pay attention to. You see, as the first & only black woman to ever serve on the court, she had to be 10 times better than most… She continues to flex her brilliance in oral arguments & many dissents. Please note that by the time a black woman ascends to a powerful position, she Definitely Earned It… if you have any questions… let’s talk about Senator, now Secretary Mullin… or please pull the resumes of some of the other justices before entering this chat… actually just don’t, it’s not a debate, these are FACTS (alternative facts = LIES).

@PeriklesGREAT As fast as my feets would take me out that back door. 😆

What is the highest speed you have ever gone ?

@Kjeil @faran_sharif01 @libsoftiktok I saw that too. 😅😅😅 No, probably just had his rainbow-haired Austin born fellow protester help him with syntax before his visa is revoked.

@faran_sharif01 @libsoftiktok "Y'all"? Are you a Texan?

BREAKING: 4 people associated with a company that operates homeless shelters ARRESTED in NYC after they reportedly paid out bribes to city leaders for kickbacks. Democrat NYC Council member Farah Louis and her sister Debbie Louis, a top aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, are currently under investigation for reportedly taking bribes. The thing that Democrats say never happens, happened again!

@CharmCityMadMan @MattMorgan29A @GovWesMoore 😅😅😅 Well played👍

@MattMorgan29A IMO @GovWesMoore is such an inspiration, I wish he would write a book about personal finance so I could turn my life around

I wish this were an April Fool's joke, but it's real. You may have seen the latest UMBC poll showing Governor Moore's approval rating at 48%. But did you see what he's doing about it? He’s hiring a taxpayer-funded digital media coordinator for a cool $120,000 a year. So, while Marylanders are struggling with the high costs of failed Annapolis policies, where is your money going? To pay someone to boost the Governor's image on social media. What do you think about Governor Moore using your money to hire a personal social media coordinator? Let me know in the comments.

@TRHLofficial The few that I disagree with are vastly outweighed by the ones I do agree with

Changes I would make during an Article V Convention of States: 1. Cap the Supreme Court at 9. 2. Only Citizens can vote. States can refine further. 3. Term limits 4. Repeal the 16th 5. Repeal the 17th 6. Repeal the 19th (mutes post) 7. Ban congressional stock trading 8. Ban lobbying/pacs 9. Ban foreign money 10. Write the second amendment so that a 2 year old may understand it 11. Ban dual citizens from holding office. 12. No reelection for Congressmen without a balanced budget 13. Abolish the Patriot Act 14. Fire all Bureaucrats 15. President Washington’s cabinet was 5 people: Treasury, State, War, VP, and AG. Cap it there. Abolish everything else 16. No foreign aid while we are in debt 17. Return to the gold standard and subsidize it with other precious metals. 18. National Ron Paul Day of Celebration 19. Single issue bills only. 20. all congressmen who vote in favor of war must send their first born son 21. Abolish the tax code. 21. No pay for Congress during a shutdown. 22. Cut spending by 7% a year 23. Make the Declaration of Independence the Law of the Land. 24. Abolish birthright citizenship 25. Reinstate the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act’s domestic dissemination ban on propaganda. 26. Fix the food— the soil, the GMOs, the dyes, the chemicals. Make food food again 27. Ban communism. 28. Ban transing kids 29. Death penalty for pedophiles 30. Reinstate duels This is just a start. I reserve the right to add to this list.

@sow413 Japan is all right. Anyone I've spoken to who has served there or Okinawa has nothing but praise for the people. Also, respect for Anime and culture. SDF Macross was my childhood. 👍

To my American friends, I want to speak from the heart, because this moment truly moved me as a Japanese citizen. When President Trump made that Pearl Harbor joke, it wasn’t just humor to us. It felt like a weight I’d carried my whole life was suddenly lifted. My chest tightened, and honestly, tears came close. For 80 long years, we Japanese have lived under a heavy shadow — the constant expectation to apologize, to reflect, to stay in “guilt mode.” Even though we’re the closest of allies, that old wound never fully healed. We felt bound by the past, by the Constitution America helped write for us, always a little smaller, always needing to prove we were sorry enough. But in that single joke, Trump did something powerful. He turned a painful history into a shared laugh between equals. It was like he was saying: “Hey, it was a long time ago. We’re good. Let’s move forward — as brothers.” No more endless atonement. No more living in the shadow of being the “former enemy.” The curse broke. Japan feels free to stand tall again. Right now, cherry blossoms are blooming beautifully all across Japan. 🌸 This spring, the sakura feels like a perfect symbol — a fresh beginning. Not two nations stuck in old roles, but true equals, proud brothers, shoulder to shoulder, ready to build the future together. To the American people: We don’t want to be subordinates forever. We want to be your real partners — strong, proud, and loyal. The kind of allies who ride or die together. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, America. The strongest alliance in the world is rising again — as equals, as brothers, forever. #PhoenixRising 🇯🇵🤝🇺🇸🌸

@MDFreedomCaucus @KathyforMD Point of Personal Privilege, Madame Speaker.... We don't need to listen to the peons. They're all inbred rubes anyway who could not possibly understand how we are their betters. @mddems Yes, this is what you do

BREAKING: MD Speaker of the House sneaks a conference committee report onto the floor agenda AFTER announcements, with no time to read it before calling a vote. Vice Chair @KathyforMD stood for sanity and against this monstrous budget - again.