What is strange about that? The NYT, WaPo and Democrats in general are all part of the big Wall Street corporatist cabal that supports the defense industry.
She's the Green Party candidate that all the peacenik radicals like Frank support. Dismantle the military-industrial complex and defund the police, brother!
I haven't been able to find an official word on policies in Section 60 regarding photography (Not in the Statute, 2012 US Code Title 38 Section 24, nor in the CFRs connected with that statute ((CFR Title 32 Subtitle A Chapter V Subchapter D Part 553) nor in anything on the Arlington Cemetery website.) But Section 553.32 (c) of the CFRs clearly states "Memorial services and ceremonies at Army National Military Cemeteries will not include partisan political activities." ANYWHERE in the cemetery.
One thing I have read but have no actual official cite for is that Trump wanted permission to have a memorial service for the 13 soldiers --memorial services DO require permission from the Executive Director. And Arlington said no, fearing exactly what did happen. Then Mikie Johnson intervened, so Arlington conceded with a WHOLE BUNCH of restrictions, including no campaign staff on site. There were clearly campaign staff on site. I'm pretty sure "no photographs" was included.
I don't CARE that the families think they could give "permission." They couldn't, they ignored that, and they broke the rules just as much as trump did. It wasn't all the families, btw. Not to mention the families of the other soldiers whose graves got turned into a politically hollow commercial.
To somehow just QUOTE their permission without pointing out that they didn't have the power give it is beyond deplorable by MSM.
A quiet service with the families, obeying the rules, wouldn't have created such controversy. But trump could care less about those soldiers and it was obvious, even to the Executive Director, that he didn't plan a private event. Trump made this political from the get go and trying to blame Harris is just more trump and should be called out. Thank you for doing so, but I mean by the MSM that folks not on Substack can actually SEE.
Perhaps those families would feel even more honored if their children were buried at one of Mr Trump's golf courses like his wife is, then they could have as many campaign ads without any of those pesky governments rules and decorum. (sarcasm font)
Trump was invited by those 12 Gold Star families. No Democrat leaders where invited for the reason that the Democrat in charge is responsible for the death of those soldiers, and Democrat voters are responsible for putting that responsible individual in the White House and then lying to claim he was healthy.
Uh, it was trump who made the deal with the Taliban to withdraw, and released a bunch of Taliban prisoners. Who is to say that it wasn't one or more of the released prisoners who did the bomb?
The twelve (actually it appears to have been at most eleven; count the people in the photo opp, needing then to assume that each person represented a separate soldier) had no ability to give permission. See my comment. I have actually READ the statute and rules. Have you? There is an analysis of what they actually say on my own Substack.
Hey, buddy, why don't you take your fake concern for the lives of our troops and shove it up your ass?
I'll bet you don't even know how many tens of thousands of American soldiers died in more than ten years of the Iraq war (started by Republican George W Bush) and twenty years of war in Afghanistan (also started by Republican George W. Bush). But you might Google it right now and then think about what those numbers mean, how each is an irreplaceable loss to their loved ones, if you have even a shred of human decency left.
NYT and WaPo treating these graves with any kind of solemnity would be strange given their cheerleading for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
What is strange about that? The NYT, WaPo and Democrats in general are all part of the big Wall Street corporatist cabal that supports the defense industry.
I was gonna say it would be hypocritical, but calling out media hypocrisy is largely shrugged off these days.
Couldn't agree more, glad you'll be casting your vote for Jill Stein.
Who?
She's the Green Party candidate that all the peacenik radicals like Frank support. Dismantle the military-industrial complex and defund the police, brother!
I haven't been able to find an official word on policies in Section 60 regarding photography (Not in the Statute, 2012 US Code Title 38 Section 24, nor in the CFRs connected with that statute ((CFR Title 32 Subtitle A Chapter V Subchapter D Part 553) nor in anything on the Arlington Cemetery website.) But Section 553.32 (c) of the CFRs clearly states "Memorial services and ceremonies at Army National Military Cemeteries will not include partisan political activities." ANYWHERE in the cemetery.
One thing I have read but have no actual official cite for is that Trump wanted permission to have a memorial service for the 13 soldiers --memorial services DO require permission from the Executive Director. And Arlington said no, fearing exactly what did happen. Then Mikie Johnson intervened, so Arlington conceded with a WHOLE BUNCH of restrictions, including no campaign staff on site. There were clearly campaign staff on site. I'm pretty sure "no photographs" was included.
I don't CARE that the families think they could give "permission." They couldn't, they ignored that, and they broke the rules just as much as trump did. It wasn't all the families, btw. Not to mention the families of the other soldiers whose graves got turned into a politically hollow commercial.
To somehow just QUOTE their permission without pointing out that they didn't have the power give it is beyond deplorable by MSM.
A quiet service with the families, obeying the rules, wouldn't have created such controversy. But trump could care less about those soldiers and it was obvious, even to the Executive Director, that he didn't plan a private event. Trump made this political from the get go and trying to blame Harris is just more trump and should be called out. Thank you for doing so, but I mean by the MSM that folks not on Substack can actually SEE.
WTAF DOJ? It's on DOJ to pursue this not ANC staff.
Perhaps those families would feel even more honored if their children were buried at one of Mr Trump's golf courses like his wife is, then they could have as many campaign ads without any of those pesky governments rules and decorum. (sarcasm font)
Trump was invited by those 12 Gold Star families. No Democrat leaders where invited for the reason that the Democrat in charge is responsible for the death of those soldiers, and Democrat voters are responsible for putting that responsible individual in the White House and then lying to claim he was healthy.
Uh, it was trump who made the deal with the Taliban to withdraw, and released a bunch of Taliban prisoners. Who is to say that it wasn't one or more of the released prisoners who did the bomb?
The twelve (actually it appears to have been at most eleven; count the people in the photo opp, needing then to assume that each person represented a separate soldier) had no ability to give permission. See my comment. I have actually READ the statute and rules. Have you? There is an analysis of what they actually say on my own Substack.
Hey, buddy, why don't you take your fake concern for the lives of our troops and shove it up your ass?
I'll bet you don't even know how many tens of thousands of American soldiers died in more than ten years of the Iraq war (started by Republican George W Bush) and twenty years of war in Afghanistan (also started by Republican George W. Bush). But you might Google it right now and then think about what those numbers mean, how each is an irreplaceable loss to their loved ones, if you have even a shred of human decency left.