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It's more honest, and a retvrn to its original name. Time to drop the pretense. antelope-popcorn

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[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 27 points 6 days ago

The one thing I can see the next Dem thoroughly reversing

[-] VHS@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Is it just me or is news getting written more poorly on a wording level all the time?

Trump to sign executive order renaming Pentagon the Department of War

It's usually fine to call the DoD "the Pentagon" after its building, but he's not renaming the building so you have to be more specific in this case.

He reversed a Biden-era decision that had removed Confederate-era names of bases like Fort Bragg and Fort Hood,

Fort Bragg and Fort Hood are not "Confederate-era" names, neither one of these places existed until the 20th century. They have names in honor of the CSA.

[-] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 19 points 6 days ago

Most journalists these days are something between a stenographer and a professional twitter poster, especially when it comes to politics. No wonder they’re borderline illiterate.

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Do a 9/11 and hit the department of war now

[-] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 6 days ago

I've been calling the DoD by its original name for decades. The only thing they defend is corporate greed.

unironically a good thing. even a stopped clock is right twice a day

[-] aanes_appreciator@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

they're either loving this or they're gonna kill him within the next week

[-] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 70 points 1 week ago

It's like I tell libs - I like Trump because he's the most honest president we've had in our lifetime. He says he's going to fuck you, then fucks you. Lib/Dem presidents tell you they're going to turn the world into sunshine and kittens, then they fuck you.

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The department of defensive has never fought a defensive battle but they have started plenty of wars. Everybody's mad because he's saying the quiet part out loud. Still think the guys a real jerk.

[-] DancingBear@midwest.social 48 points 1 week ago
[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 41 points 1 week ago

wait, so he's renaming the literal building to "Department of War". i thought the pentagon was just the building that houses the Department of Defense. am i overthinking this?

to me, it's like the President lives in the White House. and deciding to change the name of the White House to "Emperor's House" or some shit.

[-] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago

to me, it's like the President lives in the White House. and deciding to change the name of the White House to "Emperor's House" or some shit.

Department of Golf

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

Trump renames the gold vault in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building to "TRUMP'S NYC GOLD VAULT" and the libs go insane. Meanwhile in Hollywood - the best minds in the biz are trying to come up with an even more insane plot for Die Hard with a Vengeance 2.

[-] mudpuppy@hexbear.net 37 points 1 week ago

IVE LITERALLY BEEN SAYING THEY SHOULD DO THIS. im so so happy

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 36 points 1 week ago

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. sit-back-and-enjoy

[-] BadTakesHaver@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago

Rare Trump W

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago

Libs are so worked up about this name change.

A Chris Hayes post where he's troubled by a NYT headline - https://bsky.app/profile/chrislhayes.bsky.social/post/3ly2d2fyxik2w

A reply

Because this is what press under authoritarianism is like. Wait until they cut off broadcasting licenses and start censoring access to the internet. Srsly look at Russia, China, etc. we know what they will do if we allow it. So plan for the worst (pirate radio!) and fight to hold the line.

[-] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago

Please god, create a big beautiful firewall to keep the americans in. Sorry to all, I'll miss some of you.

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 39 points 1 week ago

Lol. What are we a bunch of Asians.jpg

[-] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago

I was wondering if libs know that they can speak directly to people from Russia and China and ask them about their country, what things are actually like, why are they different than the US, etc. They're not hard to find these countries have huge populatios. But then I also realized it wouldn't matter.

[-] MarxusMaximus@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

The average white person doesn't think of Russians or Chinese people as real, actually existing people, they are merely a concept to them.

[-] Grapho@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

They can't, they're all bots except for the ones on Reddit threads with thousands of upvotes saying "I hate my country and I think the US should nuke and invade us and the State Department is telling the entire truth"

[-] MizuTama@hexbear.net 28 points 1 week ago

Average opinion is the Asians are too brainwashed and the Blacks and Browns are too savage to consider having dialogue with.

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

Blacks and Browns are too savage to consider having dialogue with

It always irks me when people pontificate endlessly about how bad China is for Africa, entirely forgetting that's a relationship different African nations CHOSE for themselves, unlike the monstrous bombings and government interventions by US or French governments without the consent of the peoples of those nations. I always try and steer the conversation back to that if they respect people from African nations as people, then those people have made this choice themselves; we don't want others doing the thinking for us, and equally they don't want others doing the thinking for them either.

get a load of this loony leftie, thinking black people have agency 😂

[-] coolusername@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Burkina Faso is modernizing incredibly rapidly with the help of China. Also you need to inform them that the west overthrows or assassinates African leaders that don't sell out their people to western corporations. China does not.

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago

Looking back at my post my choice of words may indicate I think China is bad for Africa; it wasn't the intent; I absolutely recognize how good China's relationship with different nations has been. I'm reminded of something a lady in Zambia once said that the VP once went over there, landing in an airport built by China, driven on roads built by China, to give a speech in a venue built by China, about why Africa shouldn't work with China.

Cooperating with America or really any Western country is just waiting for the knife to stab you in the back; China is not a risky partner in the slightest, and on the contrary has been a phenomenal partner. I recall something I once read about railroads built in Africa; the railroads built by European powers go straight to ports (for wealth extraction), while railroads built in Africa are designed to benefit the nations in Africa.

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

Hey their paycheck depends on that ignorance.

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

What does he have against the headline exactly?

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago
[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

I don't see what's wrong with that headline. It seems like a pretty straightforward telling of the facts. Isn't that what a headline is supposed to be? Is it a lie or something I don't get? It doesn't seem to be implying anything good or bad about the name change, so I don't get the problem.

[-] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 week ago

what is the characterization in the headline

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[-] Weedian@hexbear.net 5 points 6 days ago

Imagine the leaks

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago

Feel like they should've kept this one in the back pocket until they were ready to start WWIII.

[-] Adkml@hexbear.net 30 points 1 week ago

I've got some bad news....

[-] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

doomer Please step away from the lathe.

[-] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 1 week ago

All in for nomonative determinism

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Maybe I shouldn't say this. People will get mad at me. But - excuse me, excuse me - the Faith No More cover is best. The original by Black Sabbath is a classic. Great band. True classic. But the Faith No More cover is best. Many, many people are saying it.

The cover

Edit - fixed link.

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I don't mean to start a struggle session but I do actually like the cover more.

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