this post was submitted on 25 Nov 2024
453 points (98.3% liked)

News

23397 readers
4020 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
(page 2) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] rxbudian@lemmy.ca 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They can form their own Blackwater and charge gazilion dollars to operate in the same places as they were before

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

You joke but that's why they want to fuck up the military. PMCs lobby too and they're willing to do everything in a war from flying the planes to being grunts on the line.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would be a good move for Biden to offer them honorable discharges now... it'll be better than what they'll get if they wait.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] QuincyPeck@lemmy.world 261 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Just going to completely wreck US cybersecurity defense.

[–] doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Next they'll go after the furries and take all the navy's data centers offline

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 103 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It has long been said that if all the furries and catgirls disappeared it would cause the internet to collapse overnight.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's a catgirl? Is there a signup for that?

[–] lychee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No only a test and you just passed. Congrats

[–] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Cat ears and tail will be emailed to you. Congratulations recruit. Don't ask how we know where you live :-P.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 86 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Coding socks are the new contraband.

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

I love/hate that I get all these references lol

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 51 points 1 day ago

It's part of the plan. fucking traitor.

load more comments (4 replies)
[–] lychee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 85 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The ideological score here must be worth more to Trump than the strength of America's military, already hurting for new recruits, which says a lot and frankly scares the fuck out of me

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 93 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Weakening the USA's defenses seems to be a consistent theme with Trump.

[–] lychee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 day ago

I think this signals the beginning of a very tough era for trans people more than it does anything about national security. But we shall see

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Elon will supply robot troops for the clone war.

[–] sneaky@r.nf 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Might supply them for the other side.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 216 points 1 day ago (5 children)
[–] whithom@discuss.online 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And still, we let him live.

[–] kozy138 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

A couple of people have tried to go back in time to kill him, but were unsuccessful.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

They will always be unsuccessful in this timeline. Maybe they managed it in others.

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (4 replies)
[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 8 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

That's a lot of hard to replace talent. I don't think anyone I'm the military will let him go through with this. How anyone can support this mong is beyond me.

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 90 points 1 day ago
[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 80 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Then place them in internment camps. We know where this is going you damn Nazi.

[–] auzy@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago

He's already completed the first step, by making them seem inhuman and criminal

Which is ironic, because he's the one who boasted about perving on kids

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] nicomachus@programming.dev 44 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You think with the recruiting problems we have you'd do your best to retain the people we have.

If you can get through basic and fulfill your tasks you should be able to be in the military. If the government doesn't want to pay for "gender affirming care" that's fine. But these people should still be allowed in the military.

Also, what kind of discharge are these people getting? Honorable, General, Dishonorable?

load more comments (3 replies)
[–] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Here we go folks, welcome to the hellscape that is the new America

Honestly, it was a hellscape before, we just shifted down a level deeper.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Yikes. Not a good decision.

Would love to see him personally try to kick even one of them out of anything. Pathetic piece of shit.

[–] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hope he chokes on a Happy Meal.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

An easy to get general discharge from the military? I think lots of people with years left to serve are going to enjoy leaving early with all of their benefits.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Elon and Ramaswamy have already identified the VA as a target for cost cutting.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The VA, often criticized for consistently being over funded and helping disabled veterans live like kings. :/

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Oh dude do not get me started. But it is better than what I would have without the VA.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 59 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I have a feeling most of the benefits will be going out the door behind them shortly thereafter.

load more comments (5 replies)
[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I mean I support reducing the army. Can we kick out all cis men next?

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Only if the base assumption is that they're all gay, and they only get kicked out if they tell us they're straight, otherwise we aren't asking.

[–] narr1@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

How to create government jobs, while also remaining a christofascist overlord. Just like old times, eh?

load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›