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People don't have to like Trump to have picked him over Harris. I don't like him at all and think he's generally a bad person. But I prefer his views on government over those of Harris (who is also a bad person in my opinion). I know there are some die hard supporters that ignore/justify everything bad he has done (and he's done plenty of bad things), but I would bet the majority of people that voted for him are not in that category. He's personally done plenty of bad things and I disagree with many of his policies, but as often happens in these arguments, people can point out just as many bad things the other side does. So, it all comes down to which policies do you support, and which bad things they do are reasonable to overlook. He's a narcissist and I think the majority of what he does/says is to seek approval rather than following his beliefs. But, the left has engaged in absurd levels of law-fare, demonized half the country, overtly supported castrating kids and taking those kids away from parents that don't support the government castrating their kids. I'll take the narcissist over someone that wants to give my kids castration drugs without my approval.

I have no opinion on his motivations for mishandling classified documents, what kind of response were you expecting? I don’t know the man. And who said he’s a student of national defense? WTF are you talking about? Mishandling classified is a crime. That’s bad and I don’t support or condone it. However selective prosecution of crime is worse. A lot of what you guys simplistically label “whatabout-ism” is legitimate anger at double standards. If the law is the law and people who break it are punished (including Trump) then great! But democrats didn’t offer that, instead they offered lawfare against their political opponents, censoring free speech, men in womens sports, hate crimes for Christian’s praying outside abortion clinics and bail for looters burning police stations. Most of this nation saw it and rejected it.

Your standard tactic when confronted with the horrific actions of your party...counter with something a FORMER aide said he did. You can never admit of confront the evil. Trump sucks, I've said it a thousand times, but the DNC has no limits to what they will do to retain power.

at least 25% to make even a tiny dent. I'd shoot for 50%. So much dead weight hanging around this place. And wasted money. I'd nominate @Biff_T for SecDef. Not some indoctrinated general who has played the game for 30 years. Someone who gives a shit about killing bad dudes efficiently and genuinely cares about the people that are tasked with that objective. And somehow I think dirndls would make it into an official uniform.

An update shows the FEMA employee has been fired. "Trump supporters are evil so therefore I'm doing this for the team" is the same mindset as the IRS employee and the other 3 letter organizations. That mindset is a direct result of the higher ups in the organization. This person would not have done this if she didn't think she would not suffer repercussions. I'm not sure how deep Trump can fire people to restore fair and objective thinking but he needs to use the biggest cutting implement he can get his orange hands on.

Those articles are garbage. It asserts a truth (Trump deliberately delayed disaster aide to PR) without providing requisite evidence to convince the reader. An article that says something doesn’t make it true; haven’t you seen this same playbook enough times to recognize it? Give some critical thinking to the links you provided and try seeing them through the eyes of a skeptic; are they still the mic drop evidence you initially thought they were? You find me a Trump supporter on record ordering aid to avoid areas overtly favoring democrat politicians and I’ll say there’s equivalency, but neither link even comes close to that threshold.

Should they have forced him to step aside after he won the primary and replaced him with someone who no one voted for?

I went to a very liberal college and I’m usually not that petty with some old friends over how these things go, but the condescending attitudes they’ve had on why it happened…. So I sat down and fired this off into the room like a flash bang. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I want to echo Negatory here and say "Harris is not my favorite" But with that being said, I'd also like to say Orange Man is a fascist Hitler. Have you seen the GOP lately? They want closed borders, they object to us paying education, housing and well EVERYTHING for illegals. They think biological men shouldn't play women's sports, they object to lawfare waged against political opponents, they are against removing the genitals of minors without telling parents, they are against forced gun buy backs, they are against taxpayers paying for sex change operations for prison inmates, they hate inflation, and incredulously, they want to keep the 1st amendment in place. Fuck Republicans. That's what you want to forum to be....buddy.

I would love to see Tulsi as the head of homeland security so she can ask who put her and her husband on the terrorist watch list.

It's funny to see Jimmy Kimmel talk about something being bad for women...the same guy who co-hosted the man show. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Can’t get rid of affirmative action Loyd Austin soon enough. Both OSD and JCS could be slashed in half. Actually let CCDRs do their job.

But they couldn't secure the nomination. He did. So your point is irrelevant.

He is going to jail.

FBI director just announced retirement prior to inauguration

Today we have ANOTHER demonstration of the EVIL that the DNC has become. They seem to have no limits to their contempt and corruption. We started down an ugly path under Obama when the IRS started targeting conservative groups. They malfeasance grew when the FBI invented FISA warrants to spy on a Presidential candidate, Then the intelligence community sought to suppress what they knew was a real laptop story. When the DOJ decided to wage lawfare against a political opponent I thought we found the limit of their evil...sadly we now they will punish individual Americans in their greatest time of need, simply because they have a different political ideology. FEMA official removed from role for directing hurricane relief away from Trump supporters' homes This traitor actually instructed workers canvassing Lake Placid in Florida to "avoid homes advertising Trump." What evil must circle in his consciousness. Interestingly he was only "removed" from his role but remains an employee of FEMA. Disgusting.

That’s the type of ludicrously stupid stuff we’re seeing from the left right now. Cool, you “accepted” the results, but when you follow up with the dumb shit like this, you are not a mature, rational adult.

https://youtu.be/aSMsdfY5B8s?si=2pjMv-N_Zq_mRmxs The coolest thing I've seen in a while is Jimmy Kimmel shedding some man tears. What a loser lol.

MODS: I apologize if I missed it, but can we get this (or any other thread that's already got a good list) stickied to the top? Given that the read file hasn't had a post in years, I assume this place gets more visibility. I'm a firm believer that readers are leaders and I'd love to see what you're all reading. I'm rifling through books on audiobook at a rate of about 1 per week right, so I'm always looking for my next book. There area bunch of smart mofo's on this forum and I'm certain you all read some great stuff that may not be in my normal list of subjects. Not looking for this to be just a military book thread, but rather a collection of books that you enjoyed and you feel are a great add to anyone's reading list. Of course I'll start with a military book. Just finished 53 days on Starvation Island and found it to be a great read. It follows a few survivors of the Battle of Midway through their combat experience on Guadalcanal. I can't even begin to imagine the shit these guys faced. Outstanding book...Hero's, all of them!

What the left doesn’t seem to understand, is that Trump won on the majority of the issues, Kamala was a bad candidate, and also that Trump came across as more likely to be the one who could act on those issues. But yet the left is doubling down on more illegal immigration, men playing on girls sports teams, mutilating young children, higher taxes/more government spending in the name of fighting climate change, etc. If you’re going to go against the majority of Americans when it comes to issues that matter most, then you better have a super smooth candidate and/or be up against a candidate that even the opposing party dislikes.

Quibbling Sincerely, Mr Delusional

It’s wonderful. I’ve done both. it’s like UPT in that you get to make the light bulb come on and that’s deeply rewarding. it’s also like UPT in that after a while it’s like groundhogs day on a 6 month cycle….”here’s what you’re going to fuck up on this ride and how not to” and they still make the exact same errors. but fighters! And other fighter pilots! And highly motivated students! And jalapeño corn! And FNITFJB! And namings! And roll calls! sometimes you’ll get a bit of that atmosphere in a UPT squadron…but very timeline and commander dependent.

Did the A-10 Reserve RTU at Barksdale for 8 years. We flew B-course, TX-course, Senior Officer course (mostly Active Duty guys), IP Upgrades either RTU or line, and Sandy Upgrades. Flew my butt off as a full time reservist and as much as I could when I went part time. The B-was the most fun, TX-the easiest, IP Upgrades were rewarding teaching guys how to teach, and the Sandy upgrade was challenging because of the need for rescue assets. We could take an IP to Sandy 1 in two weeks. (Not sure Sandys still exists) Overall, a good gig molding the future fighter force.

All three teams in the state of Florida lost today. FSU kicks off in four hours. 😂

He should. During his tenure the FBI was weaponized into an arm of the DNC.

I don't even bother with "news" sources anymore. They are always about 6-12 hours behind anything. The more reliable OSINT twitter pages are pretty fucking good. They will frequently self-correct quickly if they get out ahead of something.

I literally said people are in hysterics online.. it would be ridiculous to expect there not to be. But I couldn’t give two shits what some blue haired gender studies major posts on IG about the election being their own personal 9-11, because there will always be people like that on all sides, and ultimately they have no power in the national conversation. The people who actually do have the power on the left sent an important message: accept the results, and we aren’t going to tear the country apart over an outcome we don’t like. Did they only concede because the results were so definitive? Maybe. Did they only concede because they’re starting to realize they burned all their credibility? Also maybe. But I don’t think we would’ve gotten the same reaction from Trump/Vance had they lost, and I think they primed their die hard supporters to dismiss any election result other than a win as fraudulent. Understandable as that sentiment may be, after decades of democrat fuckery, that attitude is a truly dangerous one for the long term viability of the country.

As long as they don’t offload those budget cuts on flying hours like in 2013, or pay cuts…otherwise I’m good with that.

Pooter wrote, “The left has shown a shocking amount of maturity and done something I think most of the maga crowd is incapable of right now: accepting election results that didn’t go their way.” I know you’re referring to last weeks election, but this is the same Left that fostered upon America a national temper tantrum after the 2016 election! Remember the riots, Marches etc that lasted for months. And don’t forget they constructed the Russia,Russia, Russia, narrative that caused chaos and havoc for Trumps Presidency. I give them zero credit. Karma is a bitch

The DOD could use a 10% budget cut across the board. Generals included.

Maturity? They spent the last several months to years saying Trump is literally Hitler…that doesn’t sound very mature to me. You even mention how you think the left might/probably will call the right “Nazis”…but where have you been? They’ve already been doing it.

She has got to be the most incapable press secretary in history. Her recent meltdowns have been great.

It wasn't just the candidate, it was the policies, Joe would have lost this election as well. The open border, paying for transition surgery for illegals and prison inmates, wokeism, green new deal, govt spending, lawfare, openly supporting suppression of Constitutional rights like free speech. Don't get me wrong, unrestrained conservative policies can be just as bad, but after four years of the DNC running amok, the people were so soured that they overlooked the abortion issue and reelected the Orange Man.

I agree and some credit is to be given. However, that credit is somewhat decreased by two factors: 1 - It wasn't close. He got 42 more electoral votes than necessary and won every single swing state. A Republican President hasn't gotten that many electoral votes since Bush/Dukakis. Had it been close and taken 3-4 days to count the rest of the votes (still counting AZ? WTF?), they might be singing a different tune. 2 - After all the criticism of Trump not accepting 2020, even the mainstream media would point out the utter hypocrisy.

If someone isn’t willing to do a job because they’re worried they could get fired then I would not want that person in said job in the first place.

I blame State way more than I blame the DoD. Fire them all first.

“While the F-35 was designed from the start to accommodate a short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) version, this requirement is absent from the Chinese design” Dammit, they didn’t take the bait!

Idk exactly how long the civilian school is, 2-3 months ish, I’d expect 4-5 months on the T-6 SGTO syllabus as written, so you ain’t far off.

Solid post, thanks Huggy!

my party? I'm as much a democrat as trump is a republican (hint: I'm not). you can say "trump sucks" as many times as you want, but when you support him at every turn it falls on deaf ears. there was a whole OIG report about it, but ok. speaking of critical thinking: what's your opinion of why he stole a bunch of TS documents (without whataboutism of sleepy joe having a box in his garage)? all of a sudden he's a student of national defense? the ability of some of you guys to completely overlook this natsec issue will forever boggle my mind. insert something about "mean tweets" to justify...🙄