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Deep State Witch

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32. More Like A Purge

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 11:12 AM

8 hrs ago

Along the lines of Hitler, Stalin, Saddam Hussein, etc. Standard practice for authoritarians. Bend the knee or lose your job.

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'Can you imagine the disdain?' Ex-GOP insider says Pete Hegseth setting stage for a 'coup' [View all] turbinetree 23 hrs ago OP

Not quite clear to me bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #1

I think he wants to see a bunch of hands raised if they are in or out on what he and that orange hair traitor is doing. turbinetree 23 hrs ago #3

Demoted? He canned the commandants of the Navy and Coast Guard for unforgivable crimes. usonian 23 hrs ago #6

I think he's trying to say that this "recall" will piss off the flags and command NCOs. haele 23 hrs ago #7

If these guys piss off military leadership, they won't command anything in Reality. ancianita 20 hrs ago #20

I read they also could be stuck in Virginia if a shutdown happens. Wiz Imp 20 hrs ago #22

I have concern for their lives. NT usonian 23 hrs ago #2

me too. WhiteTara 23 hrs ago #4

+1 area51 20 hrs ago #25

I heard someone say that he's just doing it to show he can summon them from the four corners ... Alice B. 23 hrs ago #5

Honestly dweller 23 hrs ago #8

i dont think this will go down like he thinks it will. mopinko 22 hrs ago #13

He knows he's in over his head The Blue Flower 23 hrs ago #9

Pls see #11 meant as reply to you SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #12

Probably challenge them to a push up contest. Callie1979 11 hrs ago #31

I believe its just a chest thumping exercise by WhiskyPete Callie1979 23 hrs ago #10

But they might smear his makeup or muss his hair SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #11

This replay works ANYWHERE Callie1979 11 hrs ago #30

I keep reading articles about Pete Hegseth and a 'coup' KS Toronado 21 hrs ago #14

It could mean him jailing every damn one of them for "re-education" like the Chinese do. THAT kind of coup. usonian 21 hrs ago #16

It's going to be nothing more than a really, really... littlemissmartypants 21 hrs ago #15

I hope I'm wrong AverageOldGuy 20 hrs ago #17

I hope you're wrong too, but I'm pretty sure that's is ... Whiskeytide 7 hrs ago #34

7 Days in May montanacowboy 20 hrs ago #18

It will be used to make a pro-MAGA propaganda film with Hegseth talking about American strength under Trump's Doodley 20 hrs ago #19

Would be a great initial target for a Russian submarine-launched ballistic missile Jack Valentino 20 hrs ago #21

My thought, too. Who in their right mind calls for all the military brass to be in one place at a designated time Deuxcents 19 hrs ago #27

Hitler, or one of his henchmen called a similar meering back in the day. soldierant 20 hrs ago #23

Day of the Long Knives LudwigPastorius 20 hrs ago #24

Echoes of Saddam Hussein QED 20 hrs ago #26

The coup already happened, they've moved on to invading nations .. Bread and Circuses 19 hrs ago #28

I keep thinking of Al Capone and his baseball bat DBoon 19 hrs ago #29

More Like A Purge Deep State Witch 8 hrs ago #32

Now I Rebl2 7 hrs ago #33