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The consolidation of power at the federal level in the guise of public safety is a national trend and should be guarded against at all costs. This erosion of rights, however incremental, is the slow death of freedom. We have reached a point where the power of the federal government is such that they can essentially target anyone of their choosing. Recent allegations that government agencies may have targeted political opponents should alarm all Americans, regardless of party affiliation. Revisionist views of the Constitution by opportunistic politicians and unelected judges with agendas that
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the admiral’s liberal political leanings under a far-left Democratic president had a lot to do with his ability to remain in his position.
The admiral was clearly more concerned with force diversity and the push to open the SEAL Teams to females than he was with crushing America’s enemies. Whatever got him his next star. Even so, Reece couldn’t believe this guy could remain in the Navy for much longer, regardless of whom he knew in Washington’s corridors of power.
pictures of the admiral in uniform at various functions with the who’s-who of Washington’s political and military elite: higher-ranking flag officers, what looked to be a few well-dressed civilians
The admiral sure seemed to be having a good time while soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines fought and died on foreign soil.
Was the Admiral’s desk on a platform? What on earth? Yes, it was.
It’s obviously a sham, but nobody’s looking too hard. People think that politicians are on the take and they’re right, but it’s not in the way that everyone thinks. Nobody takes bags of cash these days. If you did, you’d end up in federal prison. It’s all done with undisclosed conflicts of interest. You show me a member of Congress who’s part of the appropriations process and I’ll show you a wife, child, or brother-in-law with a company that benefits from federal dollars.
“So now you’re telling me that the president is involved? Is the freaking queen of England also part of this conspiracy?” “No, not this president, the next president—Secretary Hartley.”
They refused to acknowledge that the article, which they dismissed as “fake news,” raised any real issues of substance and they attacked Buranek as a “conservative bomb-thrower,” despite her history of equal criticism of both political parties.
