“Order in the ranks” of military discipline includes that the president is the commander in chief who always gets his way—in the military. Generals and secretaries in the US Armed Forces have zero preference in any disagreement of decision with the president. As commander in chief, the president can overturn any court-martial conviction and fire or dismiss anyone for any reason. This is intended by the Constitution so that the Armed Forces serve the will of the people. The military does not give orders to the democratically elected president. Anyone in the Armed Forces attempting to circumvent a decision of the president should be discharged and possibly prosecuted for mutiny—based on Article 94 (§ 894)(a)(1) of the 2004 Uniform Code of Military Justice definition of Mutiny or Sedition. It is inappropriate for anyone to claim fowl play in the the Navy secretary’s firing.
Kevin Clinesmith from the FBI has been dubbed the title “frontline lawyer”. He reportedly doctored evidence in the FISA spy application as part of the Russianewsgategate scandal. If he was not acting under the explicit direction of his “behind the frontlines” superiors, then the Obama administration’s FBI, including James Comey, had even bigger problems. “Frontline lawyers” at the FBI are supposed to follow instructions of the director, otherwise the director is AWOL.
As impeachment moves forward, Democrats seal their fate. They’ve already gone too far. Whether the House votes to impeach, Democrats lose popularity. Either they let down their base or they anger everyone Right of staunch Democratic voters with unnecessary drama. Two unanswered questions remain: Will they choose to lose votes by impeaching or lose votes by not impeaching? And, more mysteriously, are they secretly trying to help President Trump or are have they been operating on kook-directed autopilot so long that they are no longer capable of knowing where they are headed?
The biggest danger Donald Trump always posed was that he would do too well and thus give Republicans a supermajority they couldn’t have earned on their own. No one seems to be helping that effort as much as House Democrats. Fortunately for the country, the ever-less-so silent majority doesn’t make political decisions on autopilot. And, that majority is growing larger.
Trump
Impeachment poll: No change in views after public hearings // CNN
Flashback:
CNN Poll: 50% support impeaching Trump and removing him from office // CNN
Rank & Defense
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Mutiny // Wikipedia
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Lead Prosecutor In Navy SEAL Case Is Removed For Potential Conflict Of Interest // NPR
Washington as Usual
Scoop: White House directed Lindsey Graham to block Armenian genocide resolution // Axios
Russianewsgategate
Jason Chaffetz: Democrats pre-spinning Inspector General report is ‘true to script’ // Fox News
Justice review of Russia probe to find no spying by FBI: NY Times // The Hill
Michael Flynn sentencing delayed until after DOJ inspector general report comes out // CNN
Soc Media, Econ, Tech
We’ve been warned!
Are we in for a repeat of the Long Depression // MarketWatch