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Secretary of Navy: Tuberville ‘aiding and abetting communists’ with military blockade
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OK, so there's this wingnut Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Football) who's angry that the military reimburses officers for travel expenses when they need to go out-of-state for an abortion. Until that rule's changed, Tuberville has vowed to block all military promotions (who knew Senators had that power?) and now the Army, Navy and Marine Corps have no Senate-approved commanders in place.
Other than how it screws over low-ranking officers, I really give no shits at all about Tuberville's blockade. It makes him look like an idiot, and he is an idiot, and I'm pretty sure the Army, Navy and Marine Corps can do all their armying, navying, and marine corpsing without Senate-approved leadership.
But man, I got a laugh out of that "aiding and abetting the Communists" crack.
The military has vacancies in senior leadership positions that cannot be filled, which is obviously a big fucking deal.
https://apnews.com/article/tuberville-military-holds-senate-officers-45c4230a8aee5222bf32b43823e29acc
And by not promoting a general that backs up hundreds of promotions down the officer ranks. Can't promote any LT's because a few caps can't get promoted because a couple of majs can't get promoted because some ltcol's can't get promoted because a col can't get promoted because tubby blocked a general.
Hey, how can you be so rude? The man has excelled in a key leadership position in the country, one that a privileged few hold. Why are you ignoring all that and referring to him with his minor title of "Senator"?
Please refer to him as "Coach" from now on, as that's the title he really values.