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Hegseth’s move avoids a court-martial, which would have subjected the Senate Democrat to a military tribunal.
Because WhiskeyLeaks knows he has no leg to stand on and no Court-martial would hear this ridiculous case.
I love WhiskeyLeaks
Not to yuck anyone's yum, but if he slipped on a banana peel and caved his teeth in before getting his balls flattened by a sumo wrestler in cleats while someone scraped away his tattoos with a rusty knife, I would not be upset.
…
that… ☝️
right.
I'm not as optimistic; rules matter very little when one party has repeatedly said and shown that they will do whatever they want despite rules or precedent.
The problem isn't that one party is doing what it wants. The problem is that rules that are not enforced are not rules. Those rules get broken because nobody is enforcing them. Captain Kelly it seems is at least trying to get the rules enforced, which is why the administration is trying to get rid of him. I think it's more optimistic to have someone fight back instead of letting the administration break whatever rules it wants.
Kind of. But who's going to make this stick? I think there's a lot of rank and file who won't comply with this.
Mark Kelly I think is for sure doing more than others in fighting the Trump regime.
He put out this video today which I thought was powerful! https://bsky.app/profile/captmarkkelly.bsky.social/post/3mbp2oz33xs2y
Of course actions matter more than words but motivating words is more than what some people have done.
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