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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:08 PM Nov 2020

Vice Admiral Joseph Kernan who was Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence is out as well. Lots h


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Olga Lautman
@OlgaNYC1211
Vice Admiral Joseph Kernan who was Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence is out as well. Lots happening in Pentagon today

Olga Lautman
@OlgaNYC1211
Trumps loyalists who helped him crime all these years are being installed. Yesterday Nunes' aide Ellis took a key position NSA general counsel. Now Nunes aide Patel involved in Ukraine scandal and a memo accusing FBI of surveillance Trump moves to Pentagon https://wsj.com/articles/white-house-national-security-council-aide-is-named-to-top-pentagon-post-11605037916?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/zpIlS2z9RQ
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Vice Admiral Joseph Kernan who was Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence is out as well. Lots h (Original Post) soothsayer Nov 2020 OP
Violent coup coming...that is what it looks like to me Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #1
This is criminal activity and a crisis. CentralMass Nov 2020 #2
I'm done being told there's nothing to see here. Mike 03 Nov 2020 #3
Agreed. In the end I believe his followers will move on BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #13
this scares the shit out of me . . . OneBlueSky Nov 2020 #4
I sort of made light of this yesterday liberalmuse Nov 2020 #5
Shit. 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #6
Hmmm... moondust Nov 2020 #7
I think Mcconnel is going to try to impeach Biden like we did with Trump dustyscamp Nov 2020 #8
We still have the House. Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #10
The Purge is not just a movie anymore. Dustlawyer Nov 2020 #9
Did that officer ever tell Trump no? Contradict him? Correct him? maxsolomon Nov 2020 #11
Trump can put in all of the civilian executives in the pentagon that he wants Chainfire Nov 2020 #12
Flynn was the high water mark of crazypants/treason among active duty generals, I believe. BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #14
This is alarming to me but I prefer to believe that there are quiet and very secure abqtommy Nov 2020 #15
Alexander S. Vindman: Why? Brother Buzz Nov 2020 #16
Maybe he's so scared of jail he's trying suicide by cop soothsayer Nov 2020 #17

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
3. I'm done being told there's nothing to see here.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:15 PM
Nov 2020

And that theory that the GOP is playing along to allow Trump "time to deal with his grief"...
is fuckinig horsehit.

What Bill Barr did last night wasn't part of a scheme to "give Trump space." What a crock of shit!

BusyBeingBest

(8,049 posts)
13. Agreed. In the end I believe his followers will move on
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:23 PM
Nov 2020

and he will be gone--but there's no good reason to ignore moves like this.

OneBlueSky

(18,536 posts)
4. this scares the shit out of me . . .
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:18 PM
Nov 2020

blabbing about a "stolen" election is one thing . . . loading the Department of Defense with thoroughly unqualified Trump toadies is another . . . Biden better start talking about sedition and coup attempts before it's too late to do anything about it . . .

liberalmuse

(18,670 posts)
5. I sort of made light of this yesterday
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:18 PM
Nov 2020

calling it a "stupid coup", but it is definitely a coup attempt and while people are making light of it, they are attempting to secure power and are digging in, denying the results of the election. We are in some serious shit here.

dustyscamp

(2,221 posts)
8. I think Mcconnel is going to try to impeach Biden like we did with Trump
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 05:58 PM
Nov 2020

They're placing "Yes Men" everywhere so that when President Biden does something that they deem as unPresidential they'll come out of the woodwork and testify against him.

maxsolomon

(32,992 posts)
11. Did that officer ever tell Trump no? Contradict him? Correct him?
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:20 PM
Nov 2020

They're out.

The Military said they're staying out of it; Good Luck with that.

Chainfire

(17,310 posts)
12. Trump can put in all of the civilian executives in the pentagon that he wants
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:21 PM
Nov 2020

But to accomplish a coup, Trump would need a constellation of stars on his team. (Generals and Admirals)

If senior military officers learned nothing else in their military educations, they learned about the Nuremberg Trials and the fate that awaited those who strayed from the straight and narrow. No one wants to end a stellar military career with a short drop.

BusyBeingBest

(8,049 posts)
14. Flynn was the high water mark of crazypants/treason among active duty generals, I believe.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:26 PM
Nov 2020

The rest of them currently serving I expect will fulfill their oaths.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
15. This is alarming to me but I prefer to believe that there are quiet and very secure
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 06:29 PM
Nov 2020

communications going on among the anti-tRUMPS in the military and politics. I believe
that We The People will not up with this shit put!

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