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Deminpenn

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4. This is standard DoD fear-mongering

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2026, 08:45 PM

Yesterday

Wrote my share of "the sky is falling!" memos up the chain to be used as justification for whatever program or budget initiative funding or whatever was being threatened with cancellation or non-funding.

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