this entire administration is irredeemable scum.

Article is a good read about Miller.

The choice of USS Doris Miller marked the first time an aircraft carrier would honor an enlisted sailor, and the first aircraft carrier to be named for an African American. Asked about his decision to name the carrier after Miller, Modly told CNN that it was recommended to him by a group of retired Black admirals, and that he believes “one of our most powerful warships should bear the name of a sailor like Miller to bring greater attention to what makes our Navy so unique — and great.”

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    The Navy commission came amid broader efforts in the Pentagon under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to remove names selected for what the administration considers diversity, equity, and inclusion purposes.

    In other words, Racism.

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    Can these idiots just not say “no” to him? I’m pretty tired of seeing news articles that are the kind of thing that Trump jerks off to.

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    While simultaneously he shits on that one boat with an unreasonable duration at sea, he steals the glory of an actual solier, and still finds a way to stroke his own ego while he’s at it. Not to mention the cost at tax payers expense of whatever bureaucratic ripples this sends out.

    He’s going to die. They’re going to uncover truly horrific things of unprecedented scope, and then to save face they’re going to paint him as some sort of mastermind. I’m going to have to grow old and die myself as they contort Turnip’s career as some sort of Machiavellian genius, when in fact he has all the nuances of a screeching adolescentwith a negative kill ratio on counter strike. They will build the myth to preserve the institution, but I’ll never forget how brazen and clumsy he was or how complicit are the people warming themselves on the flaming wreckage he leaves in his wake.

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      I’ve long now made the point that although I knew fascism would come with a flag in one hand and a bible in the other, and in our lifetimes, I never dreamed it would be so fucking stupid.

      I imagined more calculating and rational evil leaders. After seeing this, now I am starting to wonder if like hitler and stalin were also a lot dumber than I give them credit for.

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        I completely agree. It’s like the main thing that bothers me about it, and the fact that people actually believe and fall for this obvious bullshit.

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    How the military puts up with this draft dodger astounds me. I get he’s their “boss” but my god how embarrassing.

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    The ship is not expected to be delivered until 2034

    Why do they bother? It’s not like the ship will still be named after Trump by the time it’s built even if it’s named after him now.

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      Why do they bother?

      To pacify a diaper soiling orange baby. Once out of office, the Trump name is getting dropped like a trud…unless this fascist trend continues.

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      I have wondered that, does prez know that everywhere his name will be torn down from these buildings, these institutions.

      Same with all the money grubbing. He won’t be able to spend it all. We know he doesn’t even like his kids. That he doesn’t care about anything other than himself.

      So does he actually believe everyone loves him? He has to know they are patronizing him. Maybe he forgot in his dotage.

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      It’s just a way to jerk off that POS blob of orange mayonnaise.

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    Nothing coded about this, I guess.

    How often do the Tone Police in the Murc’s Law Media scold and chastise the liberals for daring to say the obvious out loud - that the Republican Party is filled with racists and donnie is their favorite guy for this reason?

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      Maybe just take his name off the buildings and boats. It may feel good, but I can feel the Moses memes coming from here.

      Let the name be stricken from every book and tablet. Stricken from every pylon and obelisk. Let the name be unheard and unspoken, erased from the memory of man, for all time. AI slop image of Trump parting the sea while an angel bangs an eagle overhead

      No thank you