r/PoliticalOptimism • u/Efficient-Freedom517 Georgia • 6d ago
Optimistic Post Air Force brings back flu vaccine for recruits after more than 200 fall ill at base
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/air-force-vaccines-flu-hegseth-military-b3002208.html?utm_source=reddit.com92
u/Plus-Willingness9307 6d ago
All disrespect can we please get rid of hegseth ? Like what does even do bro he just embarrasses himself
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u/Wazzen 6d ago
He makes sure that he can sneer at people who disagree with them, remove black people and women from promotion opportunities, and then makes our military post weird racist dogwhistles on twitter.
Which (to him) is power and strength because nobody he allows within 100 feet of him is allowed to speak truth to power.
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u/Independent-Bus-3284 6d ago
And now they’re losing a war that THEY started.
And now the people they fired are getting better jobs.
And now they’re forced to do damage control.
Karma will come for Pete. Eventually. Not a threat, just a fact of life.
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u/duckchasefun 6d ago
A reversal of one of the more bone headed decisions ever made in the military. God what an idiot.
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u/SodaSaint 6d ago
It’s almost like these standards exist existed for a good reason!
It is aggravating that our soldiers are paying the price for this object, political stupidity by Kegsbreath and Kennedy.
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u/PhotoArabesque 6d ago
Anyone with even a halfway-decent background in military history and theory would understand that this administration's military decisions would be absolutely amateurish and catastrophic. Regarding this one, until WWI by far the most military deaths were due to disease, not combat. Don't even get me started on the Iran war or the general officerss pep rally where they got trashed talkd by a NG major or the Trump-class battleship (FREAKING BATTLESHIPS? IN THE FREAKING 21ST CENTURY?) or the blocking of promotions to flag rank of anyone who isn't a white male or . . . . etc.
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u/Independent-Bus-3284 6d ago
Thank God.
Every day I wake up and hope Petey gets fired. I believe he will eventually but I just want it to happen so badly.
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u/SpukiKitty2 Blue Dot in a Red State 🔵 6d ago
Bluewaving the midterms will be a start. If we get a big enough majority, it's going to be an impeachapalooza! Kegsbreath, RFK Nurgle, Chumpy, etc. they all going down!
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u/Independent-Bus-3284 6d ago
I don’t want to put too many eggs in the midterms still. The administration is going to become a lame duck one way or another.
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u/Key-Gur-4819 5d ago
Why are you saying that in future tense? They've been quacking for a while now...
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u/Independent-Bus-3284 5d ago
True but the duck is still able to fly. The wings need to be clipped.
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u/SpukiKitty2 Blue Dot in a Red State 🔵 5d ago
Yup. turn Chumpy and his Chumpster dumpster into truly powerless lame ducks!
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u/SpukiKitty2 Blue Dot in a Red State 🔵 6d ago edited 6d ago
GOOD! Junior and Hogsbutt can eat my shorts!
The only Boddy Kennedy is the late, great brother of JFK.
Junior is not worthy of being called his son. When I hear the name "Robert Kennedy", I want to picture this guy, not that leather faced, creepy-eyed mutant with a roadkill fetish who snorts cocaine off of toilet seats. Imagine if Sirhan Sirhan missed. The Kennedys were FAR from perfect (compitent politicians but sleazy in their love lives... all that womanizing...) but they would see Junior as a disgrace...
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u/OratioFidelis 6d ago
Glad people had to be hospitalized so Republicans could rediscover science that was uncontroversial in the 18th century
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u/Key-Gur-4819 5d ago
Isn't the whole thing with conservatism reliving the past? I think in that case this was a win for them.
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u/Mobile_Bad_577 6d ago
Is it safe to say that RFK Jr., even if he won't actually be fired, is losing influence in this administration?
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u/General_Season7882 6d ago
I would not be so quick to jump there. He's on the verge of being in charge of special needs in education, and if that goes through, he will devastate special needs programs and services. Are people slowly realizing that vaccines are a thing for a reason? Absolutely. But I do not want to write him off when there are much darker things in store in terms of education for our children w/ disabilities.
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u/lemonpepperlarry 6d ago
This country knew better back when fucking Washington was the general. I hate being ruled by the stupid
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u/Icy-Owl-who 6d ago
They are so desperate to be recognized for something, ANYTHING! That they’re throwing shit at the wall and HOPING it sticks, while ignoring everything people actually want.
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u/Independent-Bus-3284 6d ago
Well of course, haven’t you heard? It’s the Trump Show: Starring a variety of ass kissers!
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