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[–] dugmeup@lemmy.world 125 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's not for any 4 star generals. The Republicans still want to hold the senior leadership under their boot for a potential military involvement in the elections.

Before you decide to downvote me, this is openly called for by the orange dictator in training who has put pressure on the military. Gen Milley called him out for this

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/09/top-us-military-officer-steps-down-calls-trump-wannabe-dictator/amp/

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Only ten of those. They can get through those

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

They're going to sell this to the promoted troops as "that promotion that senator noob tube got you" to divide the military so they can kick off a real civil war, and guess who the military industrial complex is going to support in that war?

[–] ForestOrca@kbin.social 48 points 11 months ago (4 children)

How are the actions of Sen. Tuberville not treasonous?

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He was using the leverage available to him to make a political point. The problem is that we have a system that leaves military readiness open to the whims of a single politician, giving him the ability to do it.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Who's gonna press charges?

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago

What he did wasn't illegal

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

His team has more moles in DOJ than the other team does

[–] wiLD0@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago

Wait til you see Republicans take credit for the promotions.

[–] Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I hope the FBI, the CIA, the DHS, and the DOJ are so far up Tuberville’s ass they can see his molars.

[–] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

From above, nothing less will suffice

[–] Aidinthel@reddthat.com 32 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't care about military promotions but I do like to see regressives lose, so I guess this is good.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 39 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You should for the same reason you should care he's still holding up the more senior ranks, he's hoping to leave them vacant for Trump to fill with people loyal to him

[–] Machindo@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Amen ✊😔

[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Congrats on accomplishing absolutely nothing but pissing off pretty much everyone but our rivals with your childish grand standing.

[–] Mamertine@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago

He did accomplish a thing. He single-handedly managed to compromise national security. With all the open positions, work wasn't able to get done and some people legit burnt out trying to do the work of many people.

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Their backpay should come out of the fucker's pockets.

[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago

You cannot back pay a rank that was never promoted unfortunately. We can simply garnish that senator's wages but he'd still make more money than his entire district from insider trading anyways

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

Republicans are worthless traitor filth.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They told him that campaign season was coming up and his actions would hurt other GOPs.

[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

his actions would hurt other GOPs.

Did I just read someone use Grand Old Party (GOP) as a pronoun?

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I take it you're new to politics. GOP as a 'pronoun' has been a thing for decades. Possibly since the phrase 'Grand Old Party' was originated.

[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social -4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Please link me one reputable news agency that uses the acronym GOP as a pronoun.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 4 points 11 months ago

It's been used that way in common parlance for as long as I can remember.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nowhere in that article does it use GOP as a pronoun nor had it claimed it is used as one. I'm just thinking that the GOP are hypocritical enough to adopt it as one.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Definition of a Pronoun : The word that is used in place of a noun or a noun phrase is known as pronoun. A pronoun is used in place of a noun to avoid the repetition of the noun.

GOP isn't a 'pronoun,' it's a nickname and has been for decades.

[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You literally used it as a pronoun 13 hours ago. However I'm also dumb and likely misunderstood what you wrote.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

[sigh] A pronoun is a word you use instead of a proper name. "The Model T was built for decades. It was America's most popular car." In that sentence 'it' is a pronoun.

"The Model T was a common sight in every city and town. Everyone knew someone who drove a Tin Lizzie." Tin Lizzie was another name for the Model T. 'Tin Lizzie' isn't a pronoun, it's a proper name.

GOP isn't a 'pronoun' and never was. It's always been a proper name and that's how I used it. Like the word 'fish' it can mean a single member of the Republican Party, or the Party as a whole.

[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Thank you for your patience replying and teaching me something.

[–] joeyv120@ttrpg.network 6 points 11 months ago

He's a hero /s

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago
[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate in a single stroke Tuesday approved about 425 military promotions after Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama ended a monthslong blockade of nominations over his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy.

Tuberville was blocking the nominations in opposition to Pentagon rules that allow travel reimbursement when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or other reproductive care.

President Joe Biden’s administration instituted the new rules after the Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to an abortion, and some states have limited or banned the procedure.

The issue came to a head when U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith suffered a heart attack in October, just two days after he’d talked about the stress of the holds at a military conference.

Tuberville emerged from a closed-door luncheon with his GOP colleagues, saying “all of us are against a rule change in the Senate.” He was adamant that “we did the right thing for the unborn and for our military” by fighting back against executive overreach.

Sen. Jack Reed, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said after the vote that the first thing he wanted to do was to apologize to the hundreds of officers whose promotions were stalled.


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