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Old 06-11-2025, 11:55 AM   #11061
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Trump Says Army Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names

The move would reverse a years long effort to remove names and symbols honoring the Confederacy from the military.

Trump declares intention to openly break Congressionally-enacted valid law in order to honor white supremacy." Sums it all up.
I saw the video clip of this and perhaps the more troubling thing is how pretty much all of the men and women in the military behind him on that stage were applauding and cheering the announcement of the name changes.
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They're likely vetted ahead of time to be confirmed Trump/Republican supporters. Military members with opposite political positions likely aren't invited to that specific area.
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Old 06-11-2025, 12:03 PM   #11063
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I saw the video clip of this and perhaps the more troubling thing is how pretty much all of the men and women in the military behind him on that stage were applauding and cheering the announcement of the name changes.
I don’t know if it’s true, but one of the YTers showed a list of questions they were supposedly asked before being added to the group behind him. All loyalty questions, of course, including not making faces. Wouldn’t surprise me.
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Old 06-11-2025, 12:39 PM   #11064
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I saw the video clip of this and perhaps the more troubling thing is how pretty much all of the men and women in the military behind him on that stage were applauding and cheering the announcement of the name changes.
Pretty sure their commander in chief sent this directive down the line
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Old 06-11-2025, 12:52 PM   #11065
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This scene appeared in my YouTube suggestions today. Wonder why:


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They know the south lost the war, right?

To be fair, about 100,000 white southerners fought for the Union. If they really want to name some bases after a civil war southern whitey, surely there must be some out of that 100,000 that were noteworthy enough to deserve it.
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Yeah, but that wouldn’t be owning the Libs.
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Old 06-11-2025, 01:17 PM   #11068
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They know the south lost the war, right?

To be fair, about 100,000 white southerners fought for the Union. If they really want to name some bases after a civil war southern whitey, surely there must be some out of that 100,000 that were noteworthy enough to deserve it.
I think you've touched on a really salient point: a lot of Americans, both immediately following the Civil War and up to the present, never accepted that the South lost and all the things that came with it (end of slavery, more federal vs. state power, etc.). That's ultimately what the Confederate flags have represented for the last 150 years. I think a lot of these people will not be satisfied until the south rises again, whatever that means. Even worse, there's an even bigger contingent of Americans that don't know and/or don't care.
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Old 06-11-2025, 02:03 PM   #11069
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Dickface Orangeman bulldozed the Rose Garden. The cruelty and trauma is the point.
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Old 06-11-2025, 02:07 PM   #11070
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Dickface Orangeman bulldozed the Rose Garden. The cruelty and trauma is the point.
I saw that, the plan appears to show that he wants it to look like the patio at Mar A Lardo.
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Old 06-11-2025, 02:12 PM   #11071
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I saw that, the plan appears to show that he wants it to look like the patio at Mar A Lardo.
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https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3924

Quinnipiac poll:

PRESIDENT TRUMP
Thirty-eight percent of voters approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, while 54 percent disapprove. In Quinnipiac University's April 9 poll, 41 percent approved, while 53 percent disapproved.

Voters were asked about Trump's handling of seven issues...

immigration issues: 43 percent approve, 54 percent disapprove, with 3 percent not offering an opinion;
deportations: 40 percent approve, 56 percent disapprove, with 4 percent not offering an opinion;
the economy: 40 percent approve, 56 percent disapprove, with 4 percent not offering an opinion;
trade: 38 percent approve, 57 percent disapprove, with 6 percent not offering an opinion;
universities: 37 percent approve, 54 percent disapprove, with 9 percent not offering an opinion;
the Israel - Hamas conflict: 35 percent approve, 52 percent disapprove, with 13 percent not offering an opinion;
the Russia - Ukraine war: 34 percent approve, 57 percent disapprove, with 10 percent not offering an opinion.
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'Member when Cliff and other "classical liberals" were saying Trump wasn't a fascist? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
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Just got off of work. My last customer just happens to live at 1900 Vine St in LA, about 5 blocks from Hollywood Bl. She said absolutely nothing has been happening where she is.

She is looking for a maid. It will be interesting.
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Old 06-11-2025, 05:14 PM   #11075
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'Member when Cliff and other "classical liberals" were saying Trump wasn't a fascist? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
Maybe not surprising as classical liberalism and fascism have always been bedfellows.
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Just got off of work. My last customer just happens to live at 1900 Vine St in LA, about 5 blocks from Hollywood Bl. She said absolutely nothing has been happening where she is.

She is looking for a maid. It will be interesting.
Are we talking about an Anne Frank type of scenario here? Clean the house and she'll let the maid hide from ICE in the walls?
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Are we talking about an Anne Frank type of scenario here? Clean the house and she'll let the maid hide from ICE in the walls?
I wouldn’t be surprised if this customer would do that lol. She was hilarious.
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Old 06-11-2025, 06:43 PM   #11078
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Howard Lutnick is on The Ingraham Angle right now talking about Trump's big win in his negotiations with Xi lol. Hilarious to hear how much bs-ing is happening.
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Old 06-11-2025, 06:47 PM   #11079
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I keep thinking of those Make A Wish toddlers hyperactively giddy when a parade of garbage trucks rolls past their front lawn for their birthday.
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