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There's a Spotfund by "DOOR LLC", I'm not familiar with the platform or the sponsor.
Idk anything about DOOR LLC, but one must admire a soldier actually committing to his oath.
One must also hope that if this one soldier is standing up to make this statement, that there's thousands more who share the sentiment too, and he haven't heard from them yet.
With any luck, this'll become a trend.
Veterans have been speaking out this whole time. The media probably tries to keep that quiet, and alternative streams of information probably don't focus much on what vets say, unless they're specifically vet-focused in which case most people in leftist spaces probably don't hear about them. But vets have been speaking up all along.
It's more rare for someone active duty, because not only are they prohibited by the UCMJ from speaking against the President, VP, or SecDef (since they're in the chain of command), but also it's prohibited to take part in any political activity in uniform. The reasoning is basically that anyone in uniform is a representative of the military itself, and therefore not supposed to take part in partisan activities or express a political opinion in the capacity of being a service member.
Active duty can go to protests and do all that, but they're supposed to do so in civilian attire and not bring attention to their military status.
So my thoughts are a lot of servicemembers are opposed to what's happening, but even if they're protesting they're keeping quiet about their military status. Also to avoid bringing attention to themselves, cause if their chain of command finds out they can make their lives hell even without hitting them with the book.
So what this guy is doing is ballsy. He could very easily be stripped of rank, lose his commission, or be sent to the brig. Honestly the latter is most likely because the other two would take an act of congress since he's an officer, but with this congress I wouldn't be surprised to see it.
That man is going to be breaking rocks. I hope, instead of something worse; as didn't the current administration purge military leadership to install loyalists?
Fuck yeah its a great photo though.
§934. Art. 134. General article
Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject to this chapter may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special, or summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be punished at the discretion of that court.
Prob if he was enlisted, officers typically get the kids gloves. My money would be on forced retirement, if they really want to make an example of him they might dismiss him after being court marshalled.
I doubt it, at least not for very long. He may get convicted, especially if it's a military court, but the next Democratic president will pardon him.
Yupp only gotta engage in back breaking grueling labor at a military prison camp for 3 more years or so!
I hope he is pardoned.
That man is going to be breaking rocks.
He's going to be doing the Joe Rogan circuit for a month. He'll have a dozen book deals by January.
I guarantee his actual politics is dogshit. Willing to bet he's going to be running for Congress on the "America didn't bomb Iran hard enough" inside the next election cycle.
Maybe after. The UCMJ is no joke.
His job is to kill innocent people, so you can’t expect much from him.
We need more of this, and higher ranks.
Yeah, where are all those generals that were fired so ignominiously? Why aren't they speaking out?
I have been harboring a fantasy that they're deliberately lying low. They know MAGA is virtuosically incompetent, and if they stay quiet, MAGA will forget about them. In the meantime, they are talking to each other, and making plans for the moment that Trump decides he's staying in office, no matter what the elections say. Then they'll make their move.
Maybe it's a fantasy, but these guys spent their entire lives devoted to protecting this country, and they know a traitor and an enemy when they see one. Their silence speaks very loudly. I think it's a much better chance that they are planning, and not just sitting on the lanai, sipping cocktails as the country they defended burns down around them.
Yeah, where are all those generals that were fired so ignominiously? Why aren’t they speaking out?
Because they don't want to lose their 7 figure 'consultant' job at a private military contractor that every general officer has waiting for them when they retire.
Most generals in the modern US military are jut like CEOs and billionaires; ie they simply wouldn't get that high on the latter without being a slimy piece of shit.
Can I be on his jury?
We have to make Jury Nullification so common, that wrongly arrested people won't take plea bargains, because they stand a better chance with juries that have shown themselves willing to fuck up political prosecutions.
We need to start talking about Jury Nullification, and preparing potential jurors for the massive wave of prosecutions that is coming. We just saw a group of suburbanites sentenced to decades in jail for exercising their 1st Amendment rights, as ANTIFA Terrorists. We're going to see a lot more of that after the Midterms, when they can't get what they want from Congress, so they will have to pivot to controlling and punishing through the weaponization of law enforcement.
They've got all these profitable concentration camps filled with people who are bringing in a daily stipend from the government. Now that SCOTUS has given permission to deport them all, they MUST be replaced, and "ANTIFA Terrorists" are the perfect boogymen.
They tried to prosecute a guy for starting the big California fires, and 10 jurors said No, a pretty clear indication that the government didn't have a case, and counted on the jury to just go along with it. Unfortunately, two of them did go along, probably MAGA CHUDS, but ultimately it was a mistrial.
Many federal cases have been shot down at the Grand Jury level, something that was incredibly rare until MAGA came along, and arrogantly thought they'd force everybody else to play along with their atrocities.
MAGA is now using the system to attack normal Americans, not just other politicians that we generally hate anyway. It's hard to get upset when a Comey or Bolton get slapped around, they deserve it, but when they start throwing soccer moms in prison for decades, just because she had Leftist poetry in her car, it's time to start destroying the system.
Finally, someone in the US military with integrity and a backbone.
He who saves his country breaks no laws
U.S. military regulations impose strict limitations on service members' political activities, especially in uniform, and Article 88 forbids officers from using contemptuous words against the President or Vice President.
As a civilian I don't think calling for legal impeachment is contemptuous, nor is peaceful First Amendment Activity. The GOP-majority congress has let us all down, choosing party and Trump over country.
As someone unfamiliar with Air Force ranks, I tried to look up how big a deal the rank of major is. Is this something that is after a year or two in the service? A decade? Are there hundreds of majors in the Air Force? Thousands? Tens of thousands?
Fairly big as they are very close to the top. You'd have to go to a military academy and be in for over a decade.
very is relative.
TIL the US Air force uses army ranks for its officers instead of Carpet Cleaner, Squadron Leader, Wing Commander, Tailfin Director or whatever the Commonwealth uses.
Generally, an officer starts with that first gold bar then moves on to the second, silver bar after finishing school (4 years). Sometime within 2 years after that they’re likely to move up again, and after that it becomes politics where it could be anywhere from 2 years to the rest of your career before another promotion depending on how much people like you
Its a middling mamagement role, typically you can't get your own command until one rank higher. It's about 6-8 years of service starting at O-1. There should be a few hundred of them in the Airforce.
However he did a big no no, specifically making political statements while in uniform if the pictures here are accurate. He could be facing time in prison over that if it goes to court martial. So effectively he's tanked his career, and risked his freedom when he could have done just one of those things. Middle management small dick syndrome if iv'e ever seen it. Willing to bet he found out he wasn't getting promoted or something to do something so assanine in order to pick up sympathy points for a political run later.
Announcing your coup isn't a good plan for success.
There is no article. It's just bullet points..
Look as much as we want it to happen we need to wait till after midterms. Multiple times we have tried but it has not budged. Dont reveal you are not on their side.
Also military officials should be the ones calling for impeachment because we need them to stay in positions of power in case of anything
You want President Mike Johnson? Because that's how you get President Mike Johnson.
Though it's probably the only way they'd get impeached. I don't see Republicans allowing a democratic SotH to become president.
MJ would be better than Trump, simply because he doesn't have Trump's cult following. The GOP would be weaker with Johnson as president.
Johnson would also exacerbate the divide between the christofascists and tech fascists. The only thing keeping them from clawing each other's eyes out is the Trump cult.
And compared to Trump, Johnson has no clue how to manipulate the press with Trump-style gish gallop. Even on right leaning outlets, practically every story you see about him is him fucking something up or saying something awkward and weird. He has no ability to spin things like Trump does.
It probably wouldn't happen that way. Both Trump and Vance would have to be removed simultaneously for Johnson to get it.
If Trump is found guilty first, Vance advances to the presidency, and appoints a VP. If Vance is then convicted, his VP becomes president without ever being elected.
OR, Vance is convicted first, Trump appoints a new VP, who advances to the Presidency when Trump is convicted, without ever being elected. That's exactly what happened when Ford became VP when Agnew resigned, the became president after Nixon resigned.
Both Trump and Vance would probably have to die simultaneously for Johnson to get it.