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.Even for those of us who are all too wearily familiar with President Donald Trump’s disdain for journalists, his administration’s latest attack on the free press is a bit of a jaw-dropper.
In a heretofore unpublicized recent memo, the Pentagon delivered an order to shutter Stars and Stripes, a newspaper that has been a lifeline and a voice for American troops since the Civil War. The memo orders the publisher of the news organization (which now publishes online as well as in print) to present a plan that “dissolves the Stars and Stripes” by Sept. 15 including "specific timeline for vacating government owned/leased space worldwide.”
“The last newspaper publication (in all forms) will be September 30, 2020,” writes Col. Paul Haverstick Jr., the memo’s author
Trump and Stars and Stripes: attacking an American icon
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This sucks. I remember reading the Stars and Stripes while I was in the Army.
Trump and Stars and Stripes: attacking an American icon
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This sucks. I remember reading the Stars and Stripes while I was in the Army.
Why should they need to? Do you think shutting down Stars and Stripes is a left wing conspiracy to further damage Trump?Why doesn't that news organization show us the memo?
Truth is, right after the polling that showed the military is not liking Trump, he moved to kill it.
Trump is a mob boss.
Why doesn't that news organization show us the memo?
the Trump Administration is A mafia.
we tried to tell the dumb ass Trump voters that he'd try to crush anyone/anything that crossed him.
trump has been a hell of a lesson for the US in what a dictator looks like. We're just lucky to have strong enough institutions that it's not worse the first term. In a second, it'd be far worse.
Why should they need to?
You could request a copy from the DOD under the Freedom of Information Act.
Not all memos are published by the media.
Your unfounded skepticism is noted.They tout the memo as the source for what they say in their article. But how do we know they've even seen the memo? If they haven't, are they relying on what someone ELSE told them is in the memo? If so, who told them? How do we know that person isn't lying?
Also, they steer clear of providing an answer to a very important question that is likely included in the memo: Why is the Pentagon shutting down the newspaper? What is the Pentagon's state reason for doing this?
If the actual memo was presented...in its entirety...we would know exactly what it says...instead of having to rely on someone to tell us what's in it.
Your unfounded skepticism is noted.
DOD proposes stripping Stars and Stripes’ funding in 2021 budget request - U.S. - Stripes
They tout the memo as the source for what they say in their article. But how do we know they've even seen the memo? If they haven't, are they relying on what someone ELSE told them is in the memo? If so, who told them? How do we know that person isn't lying?
Also, they steer clear of providing an answer to a very important question that is likely included in the memo: Why is the Pentagon shutting down the newspaper? What is the Pentagon's state reason for doing this?
If the actual memo was presented...in its entirety...we would know exactly what it says...instead of having to rely on someone to tell us what's in it.
Trump and Stars and Stripes: attacking an American icon
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This sucks. I remember reading the Stars and Stripes while I was in the Army.
Your unfounded skepticism is noted.
DOD proposes stripping Stars and Stripes’ funding in 2021 budget request - U.S. - Stripes
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