So it really wasn’t about states’ rights

OK, so let’s prove it then.

Gather up the irrefutable concrete evidence and watch most of the people of this country either refute it or ignore it because, to them, the alternative is too difficult to face

Direct commissions happen all the time.

Civilians who have special skills that are critical to sustaining military operations, supporting troops, health and scientific study are able to receive a direct commission upon entering service. These officers usually occupy leadership positions in law, science, medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nurse corps, intelligence, supply-logistics-transportation, engineering, public affairs, chaplain corps, oceanography, merchant marine affairs, and more.

The U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps exclusively use a DCO program to commission their officers.

Technically they qualify for any benefit any other soldier with their rank would be eligible for. Though, I doubt they would ever claim anything considering their private benefits far exceed anything they would get from the government, even at the rank of Lt Colonel

They could issue orders to lower ranking soldiers under the general authority of their rank, but they would be issuing those orders to servicemembers under someone else’s command…which wouldn’t fly with that commander

The offices these kind of people work in is very casual, much like a civilian office where no one holds any particular rank

I’ve seen this before

They’re never actually put in charge of anyone or really anything

They usually don’t even walk around in uniform because they have no idea how to behave like an officer or even a member of the military at all

Wow, wonder how many they had to launch to get one through

What a bunch of petty losers

Weird, server must be getting hit hard

This keeps happening while trying to read it

Corporate democrats #1 policy: protect the 1% at all costs

Elect a con artist, expect a scam

Such a fun game

It’s definitely prime time for revolutionary change

It’s just a waste of time to use the buzzwords that have been poisoned beyond saving

Socialism is what is needed to balance the scales, only we can’t call it that

The wealthy and powerful have gone to great lengths to ensure that word can never hold universal appeal

Go for it, dig your heels in.

It’s a needless uphill battle, we’re trying to get people on our side who will never understand what socialism is.

They only “know” that it’s bad.

They have no idea what it is, only that they’ve been told ad nauseum that it’s bad.

It’s a losing battle with ignorant people, better off just going at it with fresh nomenclature to make any kind of progress on it

We can try to educate these people until we’re blue in the face and will not change anything

Can’t use the word socialism, the well has been thoroughly poisoned as a buzzword

… and Schumer’s gonna wag his finger really hard

Basically what Trump lied but repackaged to be as specious as possible

The Trump doctrine: throw shit at the wall until something sticks and then lean into it full force

Despite? More like because of

These a-holes would deport them somewhere worse if they found it

Must have run out of ways to cheat

It’s possible, but Trump would have to fuck up really bad over and over and over again right before election day and have dementia so bad he couldn’t even say his name anymore and the race between a woman and Trump’s 3rd term would still be close

I’d like to think it’s close because the republicans purged the rolls of most democrats, but it’s probably just the misogyny

This investigation will commence immediately and culminate in a report to the Secretary of Defense

The investigation report is going to culminate on the desk of the person responsible for leaking state secrets?