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Marine, combat vet. Apparently also woke and an enemy of the state now? Huh. Here to call out disinformation. And to, you know, obey my oath. ETA: And maybe to NOT share classified info via Signal chats.

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · Apr 1

SecBro was feeling quite worried,
Since the Signal Chat wasn’t yet buried.
So he decided to speak,
Hinting military women are weak,
As the Cheeto’s favor he curried.

www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Hegseth Has Ordered a Combat Standards Review. It's Unclear How It Might Apply to All the Services. | Military.com

www.military.com

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 1d

About 30% of Federal workers are veterans. Rather than help people pay for their health insurance, Republicans and Donald Trump shut down the government and went on a firing spree that especially hurts those who served.

The Congressional GOP and Donald Trump are anti-veteran.

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 1d

Fun fact.

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 1d

OBE because things change so fast and it almost seems quaint that we were talking about Marines in LA when we now have service members getting activated and sent all over …it feels like a lifetime ago. That’s the OBE piece.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 2d

It sounds like Trump is trying to order the National Guard to "protect" a Federal courthouse, and the Chief Judge there is telling everyone that they do not need or want the Guard there. This is no way to run a military, or a country.

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 2d

It’s somewhat OBE by now… and anecdotal… but lots of bored Marines. Not thrilled to be away from home sitting around doing jack and shit.

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 2d

Not paywalled. But thanks.

altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 3d

Tell me you don’t know shit about the military and conflict without telling me you don’t know shit…
But I highly recommend skipping most of the article and just reading comments. Pure gold. NYT readers ❤️.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 5d

What she said. Seriously.

Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 5d

Hegseth is a whiny manbaby who is ashamed not to have a Ranger Tab and he should fuck off into the sun

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 8d

Trying to reach an IG…? Banana republic.

Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 8d

www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

Trump administration knocks out at least 15 oversight websites, saying IGs 'lied to the public'

It's not a shutdown issue: the White House is withholding funds from the umbrella organization for the government's inspectors general.

www.nextgov.com

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 8d

JFC

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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 11d

Clausewitz looking at you being surprised that domestic politics affects the military.

a man in a suit and tie stands in front of tie racks

ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of tie racks

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 8d

Same experience.

Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 9d

I wanted to report this to VA OIG for investigation but the website is offline supposedly due to the shutdown (this is a lie: others are still up, some with a note that shutdown may affect updates)

Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 9d

Millions of veterans got this email from the official VA account with a blatant political smear and lie about the government shutdown yesterday. This is a massive violation of the law and federal regulations using our government resources for political actions.

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 8d

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 8d

Meme time: 1/2

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 9d

If Republicans truly believed in merit, would Hegseth really be Secretary of Defense? (we know the answer)

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 9d

Can confirm

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

👀 @ericswalwell.bsky.social bringing it 👇🏽

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Amy McGrath @amymcgrath.bsky.social · 11d

Hegseth claimed we need to “return to the male standard” in combat jobs, but there has never been a separate male and female standard. When women entered combat roles, one standard was set, and we’ve been meeting it ever since. You can either do the job or you can’t. Period.

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Hegseth's Comments on the Military Show "He still has a lot to learn," says Amy McGrath

YouTube video by Democratic Majority Action PAC

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 10d

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 10d

Sure looks that way.

altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 10d

Lots of small dick energy on that stage today

VoteVets @votevets.org · 10d

Just sayin'.

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altUSMC 🖍️ 👊 🇺🇸 🔥 @altusmc.altgov.info · 11d

Amen. He’s a flash-frozen platoon leader with a makeup room.

Kayla Williams @kwilliams101.bsky.social · 11d

Random thoughts on Hegseth speech:
- Having done both old-school Army PT and yoga, I would pay a thousand dollars to watch an infantry platoon get absolutely fucking smoked in a hot yoga class
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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13d

I just think we should not be sending American boys 2 or 3 thousand miles away from home to do what Portland boys ought to be doing for themselves.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 15d

Most military personnel serve honorably, but those involved in the Wounded Knee massacre did not. Honoring them and restoring Confederate names on bases suggests crimes against humanity are acceptable. These issues matter.

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 15d

A political opponent is using Mikie Sherrill's illegally released military record to smear her service. As a 20-year Army veteran & former West Point ethics instructor, Lt Col (Ret.) Casey Moes wants to set the record straight about her honor and integrity. Watch this!

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