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Ukraine is a stepping-stone for Putin, the Eastern European countries on the Russian Border are targeted
Putin's Ego is monstrous and he is borderline insane, IMHO
Trump supporters, how do you square this?
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Ukraine is a stepping-stone for Putin, the Eastern European countries on the Russian Border are targeted
Putin's Ego is monstrous and he is borderline insane, IMHO
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Snopes is also a good one
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Yeah, any country attempting to invade America doesn't just have the Military to be concerned about
American citizens might have more AK-47s and such weapons than many foreign militaries
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Afghanistan hasn't been controlled/conquered since Genghis Khan
The terrain and fanatical religions folk like the Taliban are serious obstacles
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“The previous revision of DoDD 5240.01 was issued on March 22, 2019,” Sue Gough, spokesperson for the Department of Defense, told us in an email. “Reissuing 5240.01 was part of normal business of the Department to periodically update guidance and policy.”
The procedure for reissuing policies like this involves five stages of development and review and takes at least six months, according to department instructions.
“The release was in no way timed in relation to the election or any other event,” Gough said.
Furthermore, the portion of the revised policy that’s the focus of most social media posts isn’t anything new.
Posts on this issue typically cite a paragraph specifying one of the situations in which the secretary of defense may approve a request for help from state or local law enforcement agencies.
The paragraph says the secretary may approve requests for (emphasis is ours): “Assistance in responding with assets with potential for lethality, or any situation in which it is reasonably foreseeable that providing the requested assistance may involve the use of force that is likely to result in lethal force, including death or serious bodily injury. It also includes all support to civilian law enforcement officials in situations where a confrontation between civilian law enforcement and civilian individuals or groups is reasonably anticipated. Such use of force must be in accordance with DoDD 5210.56, potentially as further restricted based on the specifics of the requested support.”
The phrases “potential for lethality” and “lethal force” are often emphasized in social media posts.
While that language is new to DoDD 5240.01, “it does not represent any change to DoD’s policy regarding the use of lethal force, which is addressed in DoDD 5210.56, ‘Arming and the Use of Force,'” Gough said. “The revised 5240.01 simply describes how this long-standing policy applies to the DoD intelligence community.”
Am I reading that wrong or something? I don't see anything that shows exactly what the new changes to the existing one were.
He's saying that after they doctored an answer during a 60 minutes interview to make the answer sound not so horrible. Doing that is worse than creating the very fine people hoax.
I assume you think there are countries with medias that's are simply government propaganda? For instance North Korea? If you think that, would you think it would be authoritarian for a politician to call them out?
My point is, I believe it would only be wrong for Trump to say that if it weren't true. After covid, very fine people, bloodbath, 60 minutes editing, and a million other examples, it's pretty obvious it's true. Just the way they all use the exact same terminology at the exact same time (like the Biden is sharp as a tack one every media outlet used for a handful of days) makes it blatantly obvious it's a coordinated effort.
Basically, there was no change in any policy. But, the language clarified that their existing policy governing potential use of lethal force by Department of Defense personnel also applies to DoD intelligence personnel.
60 minutes was not trying to hide anything. They are the ones that posted the video in question to twitter. When they later broadcast their show, minor edits were made for time. That is not a conspiracy...if they were trying to hide something, they would not have posted the video to twitter. It certainly is not close to as egregious as what Fox does for Trump.
Fox News edited Trump’s rambling answers and false claims in barbershop interview, full video shows - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
New York (CNN) — The Fox News Channel’s recent segment about Donald Trump’s “surprise” visit to a barbershop in the Bronx resembled a campaign ad for the former president’s reelection.Trump<a class="excerpt-read-more"...
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And yet, the Harris campaign has not called out Fox for that editing practice, and certainly none of them have called Fox an enemy of the people.
We can probably wrap this up, as we have noticed before, we have very different ways of understanding what is true in the world. You seem perfectly happy with the information your algorithms are feeding you and do not seem especially receptive to more reputable sources.
Because this got so far away from the original topic, just to reiterate...
Nearly half of Trump's cabinet, his Vice President, and numerous lower level staffers have not endorsed his campaign.
His first term was characterized by dysfunction within the executive branch, a stark inability to advance any sort of meaningful legislation aside from his tax cut though Republicans controlled both houses of Congress in the first half of his term, a massive failure of leadership under pressure (COVID), and an unwillingness to concede a lost election. As a cherry on the cake, he also retained classified documents after his presidency, failed to return them upon request, and actively tried to cover up his retention of said documents.
If elected, he would be the oldest person ever elected president. I will not speculate on his physical or cognitive health, but being president is a pretty demanding job for any 80 year old.
If that sounds like USA's best path forward, have at it, I guess. But I don't think it is possible for someone to present with any more red flags than this.
Nearly half of Trump's cabinet, his Vice President, and numerous lower level staffers have not endorsed his campaign.
His first term was characterized by dysfunction within the executive branch, a stark inability to advance any sort of meaningful legislation aside from his tax cut though Republicans controlled both houses of Congress in the first half of his term, a massive failure of leadership under pressure (COVID), and an unwillingness to concede a lost election. As a cherry on the cake, he also retained classified documents after his presidency, failed to return them upon request, and actively tried to cover up his retention of said documents.
If elected, he would be the oldest person ever elected president. I will not speculate on his physical or cognitive health, but being president is a pretty demanding job for any 80 year old.
If that sounds like USA's best path forward, have at it, I guess. But I don't think it is possible for someone to present with any more red flags than this.
You can tell his strongest policy positions by what Biden retained (China tairiffs), and what he eventually reverted to (executive action to close the border). But it doesn't seem like he has any sort of coherent plan moving forward...he is just promising to get rid of practically everyone's taxes, and he wants universal tairiffs. Economists are pretty unanimous in panning those ideas.
And, of course, his mass deportation. While I am all for beefing up border security, this mass deportation thing has chaos written all over it. I hope we never have to see how that plays out.
This was a pretty good recent podcast I listened to with Oren Cass and Zachary Carter, laying out a leftist and rightist case for economic policy:
Jon Stewart Dives into MAGA's Contradictory Politics with Zachary Carter & Oren Cass
The Republican Party now claims to be pro-worker, however their policy actions don’t align with the sentiment. From appointing anti-union officials to boasti...
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I think Cass does a good job in defending and rationalizing some of Trump's policies, past and future, and I felt I learned quite a bit from it.
It's a very fair point that fox news does it too. But you're really watering down that point by pretending what CBS did was less bad than what Fox did. I'd say it's exactly the same thing if anything. But also, didn't the original clip 60 minutes posted get taken down? I thought it did. If it's true it did get taken down, then that means it got bad publicity so they did damage control. It even says in the link you posted they refuse to hand over the original interview.60 minutes was not trying to hide anything. They are the ones that posted the video in question to twitter. When they later broadcast their show, minor edits were made for time. That is not a conspiracy...if they were trying to hide something, they would not have posted the video to twitter. It certainly is not close to as egregious as what Fox does for Trump.
Fox News edited Trump’s rambling answers and false claims in barbershop interview, full video shows - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
New York (CNN) — The Fox News Channel’s recent segment about Donald Trump’s “surprise” visit to a barbershop in the Bronx resembled a campaign ad for the former president’s reelection.Trump<a class="excerpt-read-more"...
And yet, the Harris campaign has not called out Fox for that editing practice, and certainly none of them have called Fox an enemy of the people.
We can probably wrap this up, as we have noticed before, we have very different ways of understanding what is true in the world. You seem perfectly happy with the information your algorithms are feeding you and do not seem especially receptive to more reputable sources.
Biden had classified documents that he wasn't supposed to even have in the first place as a senator. But in his defense, he probably had no idea he even had them. What's the point of having classified documents anyway? Just take a picture of them. That's why I don't really believe either the Biden or Trump documents story.
I dont see how no income taxes could be a bad thing if it's possible to make it work. Are they saying it will he bad because it will increase our debt? I don't know enough about it. I also don't see why we don't just start drilling like crazy and export a bunch of oil to pay our debt. All we do now is take a third of everyone's money and it's still not enough after we give most of it away.You can tell his strongest policy positions by what Biden retained (China tairiffs), and what he eventually reverted to (executive action to close the border). But it doesn't seem like he has any sort of coherent plan moving forward...he is just promising to get rid of practically everyone's taxes, and he wants universal tairiffs. Economists are pretty unanimous in panning those ideas.
And, of course, his mass deportation. While I am all for beefing up border security, this mass deportation thing has chaos written all over it. I hope we never have to see how that plays out.
This was a pretty good recent podcast I listened to with Oren Cass and Zachary Carter, laying out a leftist and rightist case for economic policy:
Jon Stewart Dives into MAGA's Contradictory Politics with Zachary Carter & Oren Cass
The Republican Party now claims to be pro-worker, however their policy actions don’t align with the sentiment. From appointing anti-union officials to boasti...
I think Cass does a good job in defending and rationalizing some of Trump's policies, past and future, and I felt I learned quite a bit from it.
Trump is trying to bring American companies back to America. That's a pretty major thing he's trying to do that would be really good for the country. His new talking point is he threatened a car manufacturer out of Detroit (not sure which one) that he was would tairiff the shit out of them if they go to Mexico. Now they announced they aren't leaving. Is that story true? I guess it's possible it's not and I'm guessing you are going to say it's not. But preventing manufacturing from leaving the country is a really good thing. We need a lot more of that.
