#James Mattis

[delicatehologramballoon]

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Matt Gertz at MMFA:

Prominent members of the right-wing media elite touted John Kelly’s ability as White House chief of staff to impose discipline on then-President Donald Trump and prevent the nation from falling into chaos.  The Wall Street Journal editorial board and commentators like National Review Editor-in-Chief Rich Lowry and Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich praised the retired four-star general as an “indispensable” and “unflinching” figure who “deserves the nation’s gratitude” for stopping Trump from exercising his worst impulses.  Now, Kelly is publicly describing the former president as a fascist bent on ruling the United States as a dictator if he returns to power — while Trump is making clear that he will not allow himself to be surrounded by similar figures who could act as guardrails in a second term — and the same figures are still backing his candidacy.

Elite right-wing commentators lauded Kelly for keeping Trump under control

For a segment of the right-wing press that likes Trump’s support for cutting taxes, banning abortion, dismantling the social safety net, and other traditional GOP positions — but dislikes the chaos he brings with them — Kelly’s July 2017 appointment as chief of staff was a godsend.

[...]

Kelly served at the highest levels of the Trump administration and says the former president is a fascist

The Journal editorial board, Lowry, and Gingrich were correct to worry about the prospect of an unhinged Trump unrestrained by a competent chief of staff. Mark Meadows, a former congressman who served in that role, oversaw the final chaotic months of Trump’s administration, during which Trump led a shambling response to the COVID-19 pandemic, threatened to use military force against protesters, and ultimately sought to subvert the results of the 2020 election and triggered the storming of the U.S. Capitol. Now Kelly, who served Trump as chief of staff for a year and a half, is speaking out about what he saw in the White House and the urgent danger he says the former president poses to the country.

In interviews with The New York Times, he said of Trump and his plans for a second term:

“Certainly the former president is in the far-right area, he’s certainly an authoritarian, admires people who are dictators — he has said that. So he certainly falls into the general definition of fascist, for sure.”

“He certainly prefers the dictator approach to government.”

He “never accepted the fact that he wasn’t the most powerful man in the world — and by power, I mean an ability to do anything he wanted, anytime he wanted.”

“I think this issue of using the military on — to go after — American citizens is one of those things I think is a very, very bad thing — even to say it for political purposes to get elected — I think it’s a very, very bad thing, let alone actually doing it.” 

“He’s certainly the only president that has all but rejected what America is all about, and what makes America America, in terms of our Constitution, in terms of our values, the way we look at everything, to include family and government — he’s certainly the only president that I know of, certainly in my lifetime, that was like that.”

Kelly is one of several high-ranking national security appointees in Trump’s administration who are warning the country that the former president is a fascist. Mark Milley, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump, has described him as “fascist to the core” and “the most dangerous person ever,” remarks reportedly echoed by Jim Mattis, Trump’s former secretary of defense.  And on Wednesday, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on CNN that “it's hard to say that” Trump “doesn't” fit the definition of fascist, adding, “He certainly has those inclinations, and I think it's something we should be wary about.”

[...] The defining feature of right-wing media during the Trump era has been that you either back the former president despite your better instincts and morality, or you get excommunicated from the movement. That incentive structure — and the right-wing commentariat’s craven responses to it — explains the resulting media ecosystem rallying behind a lying felonious racist and conman who launched an insurrection and whose own former top aides describe as a fascist.

During Donald Trump’s first term, right-wing media elites such as Newt Gingrich and Rich Lowry praised John Kelly as a restraint on Trump’s worst impulses.

[nikolasongsa]

"What keeps you awake at night?" "Nothing. I keep other people awake at night." - James Mattis

[quotes-by-dilanka]

If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.

—Former Secretary of Defense and Retired U.S. Marine Corps General, James N. Mattis

[hale-nathan]

Trump Weird News - Trump, Most Dangerous Person Ever!

Former Trump Defense Secretary Mattis Seconded General Milley's Assessment That Trump is "The Most Dangerous Person Ever"

Milley: Trump Is "Fascist TO The Core"

[politicalantibody]

Mattis is not calling Trump a Fascist, but he’s definitely calling him a loonie!

[mr-1961-blog]

Badass James “Mad Dog” Mattis Quotes! #history #quotes #marine

[diannaagroni]

when i posted this on tiktok streets were saying it was tumblr coded so let me post it here

[joe-spookyy]

thinking about the star trek beastie boys paradox. the use of the hit song sabotage by the beastie boys in star trek (2009) raises many questions that go completely unanswered in the rest of the series. since the song is part of the scene and is being not only heard but intentionally played by captain kirk, this means that sabotage exists in the star trek universe. if this song exists, it implies that the remainder of the band’s discography also exists. but the issue here is that in several beastie boys songs, they directly reference star trek and its characters. examples include in intergalactic, where they mention “a pinch on the neck from mr spock”, or in the brouhaha,��where they say “this is bones mccoy on a line to sulu.” the fact that captain kirk himself is listening to the beastie boys in this film and again, to one of their lesser known songs (a REMIX of body movin ON VINYL) in the sequel, gives the viewer an idea that he’s a pretty big fan of their music. does kirk simply not notice the fact that they’re literally talking about his friends and coworkers? they literally say HIS name in b boy bouillabaisse: stop that train. or am i meant to believe that he’s conveniently not heard some of their most popular music? intergalactic is their third top song on spotify. there’s no way he hasn’t heard it. is he just really really oblivious? or are the beastie boys just some sort of prophetic gods in this universe? director jj abrams, i applaud your music choices but by making the beastie boys canon in star trek you have opened up a whole can of worms and i don’t intend on letting you rest until you solve this mystery for me. WHAT IS THE TRUTH!

[cynicalclassicist]

And yet somehow his base think that as it's him it's ok, as they can't accept that Trump can ever be in the wrong.

tRump is unfit mentally and physically to be president

[pranklinfierce]

Since like 11* people on Instagram either commented or SU'd when I posted this in a story, this image proved compelling enough to share elsewhere.

This is a real video that you can watch here

I immediately had too many thoughts to keep to myself so these are my notes:

*it used to say 9 but then more people SU'd

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[trumanbluee]

masterlist ⋆𐙚₊˚⊹

.ᐟ means there is smut / nsfw material !!!

marvel ˎˊ˗

you're the one that i want - deadpool / wade wilson .ᐟ

biting wade wilson

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squirting! with wade wilson - (req) .ᐟ

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wade wilson using your sex toy on you .ᐟ

lights out - deadpool / wade wilson .ᐟ

wade wilson p links .ᐟ

matty healy ˎˊ˗

an encounter .ᐟ

the only time i feel i might get better .ᐟ

if its not with you (part one) .ᐟ

if its not with you (part two) .ᐟ

marauders ˎˊ˗

how you get the girl - remus lupin

about time - james potter (req)

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[nikolasongsa]

"A good soldier follows orders, but a true warrior wears his enemy’s skin like a poncho.”

-James Mattis

[fetushrrygf]

reapplying lipgloss in the bathroom at the family function knowing these people dont even really know me anymore…………………..

[aithusarosekiller]

Is it bad to start planning a new Jegulus fic when I have a levels to revise for

Like I'm already writing several and now I have a new idea 😞😞

It started with this and now I'm brainstorming knowing I'll never logically be able to get it done:

Barty: Okay, speaking as a friend, I have do ask this...what are you gonna do when this all goes to shit? When he has enough and fucks off?

Regulus, casually: probably kill myself

Meanwhile James and Lily are having the same conversation on the other side of the city