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(10,623 posts) Sat Jan 9, 2021, 09:11 AM Jan 2021

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Fiona Hill: Trump DID try to stage a coup using our military. US military refused. [View all]

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A chilling revelation from the wise and informed Fiona Hill, Trump’s former Russia advisor. Now we know exactly why all the living former Secretaries of Defense suddenly called on the military to refrain from political involvement. They knew Trump’s attempted coup was underway.

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Fiona Hill: Trump DID try to stage a coup using our military. US military refused. [View all] CousinIT Jan 2021 OP

If there is a "next time" for these insurrectionists... luv2fly Jan 2021 #1

It's the not-so-fine troops that we need to worry about Cirque du So-What Jan 2021 #8

Exactly. onetexan Jan 2021 #10

Not to mention... Cirque du So-What Jan 2021 #11

What? COL Mustard Jan 2021 #18

Retired Cirque du So-What Jan 2021 #24

He should be ordered back to duty, busted, and lose his military pension Submariner Jan 2021 #33

And especially access to tax-payer funded health care Fritz Walter Jan 2021 #49

Recall him NHvet Jan 2021 #52

Thank You For The Update COL Mustard Jan 2021 #58

I Will Go Out On A Limb COL Mustard Jan 2021 #63

Screw the training, how about he freakin' oath he took when he was commissioned? Rural_Progressive Jan 2021 #74

Yeah, Well, He'll Probably Say He Was Keeping It COL Mustard Jan 2021 #75

Lots of folks in the confederacy said the same thing Rural_Progressive Jan 2021 #82

+10 -Thnx for the update! nt reACTIONary Jan 2021 #60

USAFA grad and F-22 driver, brother Aviation Pro Jan 2021 #55

Just Goes To Show You That COL Mustard Jan 2021 #62

Plus Erik Prince's mercenaries. tblue37 Jan 2021 #41

Of course Cirque du So-What Jan 2021 #42

But those guys don't work for free. Trueblue Texan Jan 2021 #93

Um... after Wednesday, that eager trust is no longer an option. calimary Jan 2021 #59

If you.look at the tweets farther wnylib Jan 2021 #71

"If" ? soldierant Jan 2021 #85

I'm concerned that a number of them will sabotage the effort... DSandra Jan 2021 #89

Very chilling. North Shore Chicago Jan 2021 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author CousinIT Jan 2021 #30

I wonder if Biden could re-hire Fiona Hill? She is a brilliant and patriotic American. NT CottonBear Jan 2021 #3

rehire them and give them Medals of Freedom. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2021 #57

Thank you, IT Leghorn21 Jan 2021 #4

So, the only reason this looked like a blithering idiot coup Baitball Blogger Jan 2021 #5

Thank God housecat Jan 2021 #17

very true. mdbl Jan 2021 #31

It is obvious this was a coup attempt, whether we see any justice is another thing beachbumbob Jan 2021 #6

Twitter reply: Rhiannon12866 Jan 2021 #7

Thank you for sharing MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #15

I don't do much with it except pass on Tweets I see on DU Rhiannon12866 Jan 2021 #20

Wow! kentuck Jan 2021 #9

Glossing over this means zentrum Jan 2021 #12

I'd rather they were "Truth and Retribution" trials. erronis Jan 2021 #77

i'm struggling to suppress what I want to say right now because I don't want to get in trouble TomDaisy Jan 2021 #13

No surprise there. Every day next 12 days we are under constant threat onetexan Jan 2021 #14

Attempt a coup on Wednesday mountain grammy Jan 2021 #16

Can't recall who it was interviewed on TV but they Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2021 #32

Yep, get him out ASAP mountain grammy Jan 2021 #48

To deaf ears on November 15, 2017, when trump approval Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2021 #64

Yep, they laid it all out for all to see. mountain grammy Jan 2021 #67

If we are pretty sure Republicans won't vote to convict then Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2021 #69

Agree! Stand up for what's right mountain grammy Jan 2021 #73

I agree TryLogic Jan 2021 #86

Pence has not ruled out True Blue American Jan 2021 #92

Well duh, twodogsbarking Jan 2021 #19

We truly have to arrest that orange mofo tinrobot Jan 2021 #21

Remember, he pardoned the Dave in VA Jan 2021 #22

The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance PirateRo Jan 2021 #23

The rethugs tried it with Smedley Butler burrowowl Jan 2021 #61

Is Trump clever enough to concoct this scheme on his own? dmkinsey Jan 2021 #25

I agree. I've been wondering since Wednesday who planned and coordinated this. Lonestarblue Jan 2021 #28

I'm thinking more like Putin dmkinsey Jan 2021 #39

My gut tells me it's Michael Flynn Trailrider1951 Jan 2021 #70

But we know that Flynn was in constant correspondence with the Kremlin. erronis Jan 2021 #78

of course not. Ligyron Jan 2021 #29

Miller and Bannon Wawannabe Jan 2021 #51

Miller was the one who was unresponsive when... AntiFascist Jan 2021 #79

I've been wondering the same thing utopian Jan 2021 #54

Indeed. dalton99a Jan 2021 #26

They didn't prevent the acting secretary of defense form being involved BainsBane Jan 2021 #27

This should be getting way more coverage malaise Jan 2021 #34

Putin miscalculated .... his advice didn't work AmericanCanuck Jan 2021 #35

He seems to do a lot of that (miscalculation). Only way to stay in power is through violence erronis Jan 2021 #80

From what I have seen the Pentagon was involved in this attempted coup. Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #36

Gov. of Maryland stated the Sec. of Defense Trump installed delayed NG deployment randr Jan 2021 #40

+1 Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #43

Yup. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #45

Current Secretary of Defense doesn't call it an insurrection. halfulglas Jan 2021 #87

Yes. "... without explicit approval from Trump's defense secretary". Why Esper was fired Nov 9 Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #46

When I saw all those Secretaries of Defense come out with a united front I knew something was up. patphil Jan 2021 #37

+1 c-rational Jan 2021 #47

For the visually impaired ? left-of-center2012 Jan 2021 #38

tRump fired Esper Nov 9 because he would not go along. Had tRump loyalist as Chief of Capitol Police Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #44

And Sund has named his resignation date as... Wawannabe Jan 2021 #53

He is waiting for the second wave Wawannabe Jan 2021 #50

Where was Flynn? roscoeroscoe Jan 2021 #56

Unfortunately the DOD "refrain from political involvement"... jcgoldie Jan 2021 #65

Alex Jones, himself, boasting about Trump involvement in planning. Alex4Martinez Jan 2021 #66

An hour an half being denied the NG by the DOD and finally an army person approved sending NG. LizBeth Jan 2021 #68

That is a prosecution I don't see as ever being brought, let alone won and punished. BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #72

And that's a pity because they'll keep on trying and killing in the name of white supremacy. erronis Jan 2021 #81

Doesn't this fall under the category of Treason? n/t AntiFascist Jan 2021 #76

after he called them idiots and babies? bet he didnt have many friends in the pentagon KG Jan 2021 #83

There should be vigilence against fascists for the period ahead. David__77 Jan 2021 #84

Trump really thought it would work Skittles Jan 2021 #88

K&R TigressDem Jan 2021 #90

I've heard, read, that a large number of people with guns, probably ARs and such, fwvinson Jan 2021 #91