Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social

I am increasingly worried about military coup honestly. Not hard to imagine some set of generals somewhere thinking that they need to step in and stop this madness.

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John Brown stan account @johnbrownstan.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 15:42 UTC

I'm not worried about one, which is unfortunate because I would welcome one at this point. Every officer I've ever met was a committed small-d democrat, even the conservative ones

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∞ Monkeys @somanymonkeys.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 15:58 UTC

Senior Officers of the US Military take their oath to defend the Constitution seriously & the idea that civilian leaders make the Big Decisions is ground in from day 1. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are not doing a coup without cabinet level leaders declaring a 25th Amendment situation.

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Mr. Chimpanzy @cyanescens.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 15:44 UTC

If Trump returns and immediately starts trying to deploy troops with shoot to kill orders in NYC or w/e to quell the inevitable protests, if Trump does move on his goal of leaving NATO…yeah, it’s one more thing that seemed fairly absurd to imagine a decade ago, but now?

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