Some 1,500 active duty Army paratroopers have been put on alert for a potential deployment to Minnesota, according to two defense officials.

They’re ones who are trained and equipped for arctic warfare. This is kind of thing you do when planning to massacre civilians.

Edit: The Washington Post is now saying the same thing:

Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say

Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.

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      It must be so much worse than we think. There must be photos and/or videos of Trump raping children in the files.

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      Dude, nobody in those files was ever gonna have consequences? You most know that??

      The files are the distraction, damnit. Every time people follow that lead, it’s another opportunity to “legally” step you of your rights. Another opportunity to loot the treasury.

      And, seriously, even in the very unlikely chance any additional files are “released”, they will have been tampered with. Dementia Donvict and Co names removed, and anybody who didn’t least at a chance to lick his greasy turds out of his ass crack will “coincidentally” be named in said files.

      But the simple fact the corporate media propaganda machine acknowledged the existence of the so called Epstein files all but proves it’s all fucking bullshit. And they love useful idiots who keep everyone else “on message” by bringing up the exact same shit over and over again. It’s the same fucking game they’ve been running my entire life. And, no, its not any fucking different this time around…

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        corporate media follows whatever they think gets the most veiwers for their ads, and which doesn’t expose them to legal liability. they have no more loyalty to the government than anyone else in the US, that is to say they’re loyal as long as it doesn’t threaten their bottom line.

        people do care about the epstein files, whether it’ll be enough to root out such entrenched corruption …eh…

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    They’re ones who are trained and equipped for arctic warfare.

    So that one guy slipping on ice really sent a message, but not protests? Figures.

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      Like they complied with orders to shoot civilians in boats in the Carribean? Or do those not count?

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      Seeing as the troops (different units I know but still.) obeyed the very much illegal Venezuela Raid I think it’s obvious what they are going to do if mobilized

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      Could be; both are utterly illegal and any soldier who follows an order to attack either deserves to be prosecuted

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        Prosecuted? Maybe. Summary execution, definitely. They aren’t soldiers. Soldiers took an oath to defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. Anyone attacking civilians and protestors is just a regular old fashioned mass murderer.

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        I don’t think it’s so black and white. A lot of those soldiers are barely surviving and their money feeds their kids. Enlisted don’t have the luxury of disobeying orders blindly, that law is applicable to the officers issuing them.

        Having said that, as a vet, I would do malicious incompetence and sabotage our mission in “incompetent” ways as much as possible. Also, I would never open fire on innocent civilians no matter what.

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          Sorry but levying war against the United States is the one crime laid out in the Constitution. Don’t Do It.

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            Yeah, I was quite drunk last night. You’re 100% right that in this context, soldiers would have the ability to disobey these types of unlawful orders under the UCMJ.

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              They know full well they’re going to Minnesota to kill a bunch of people for…blowing whistles.

              Right move in that situation is ro refuse.

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      Donnie at it again

      Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness - Sun Tzu

      Art of the deal strikes again folks!

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      At this point I think it is distraction. Notice that if he actually intends on doing something he just does it (giving Russia edge over Ukraine, Venezuela etc).

      If that’s not his choice, but wants to distract media (hello Epstein) he just talks about it (for example aid to Ukraine, help to Iranians).