{"id":39470,"date":"2020-04-04T11:11:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39470"},"modified":"2020-04-04T11:11:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T18:11:44","slug":"the-fuhrers-vengeance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/04\/the-fuhrers-vengeance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fuhrer&#8217;s Vengeance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Government employees need to beware, and the more they care about doing their jobs, the more they need to watch out.&nbsp; That\u2019s because anyone that says or does anything that criminal Fuhrer Trump* doesn\u2019t like is a sure target for the Fuhrer\u2019s vengeance.&nbsp; Here are two examples.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"562\" title=\"0404TR\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" alt=\"0404TR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/0404TR.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier cheered for Capt. Brett Crozier as he disembarked the ship for the last time, an overwhelming show of support for their leader who was <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/04\/02\/politics\/uss-roosevelt-commander-relieved\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">relieved of his command<\/a> after issuing a stark warning about a coronavirus outbreak onboard.<\/p>\n<p>New video obtained by CNN shows a large crowd gathered to give Crozier a warm and loud send off, clapping and chanting his name as he left the ship. It was a clear expression of appreciation for their former commander who was removed for what the acting Navy Secretary called &#8220;poor judgment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today at my direction the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Captain Brett Crozier, was relieved of command by carrier strike group commander Rear Admiral Stewart Baker,&#8221; acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came days after <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/03\/31\/politics\/aircraft-carrier-coronavirus-outbreak\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crozier wrote a memo<\/a> warning Navy leadership that decisive action was needed to save the lives of the ship&#8217;s crew. &#8220;We are not at war. Sailors do not need to die. If we do not act now, we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted asset \u2014 our Sailors,&#8221; it read, three US defense officials confirmed to CNN\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/04\/03\/politics\/uss-theodore-roosevelt-aircraft-carrier-captain-send-off\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN<\/a>&gt;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0CNZYtzCUXk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sailors cheer Navy captain relieved of duty over coronavirus warning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0CNZYtzCUXk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to Brett Crozier for his extraordinary good judgement in saving his crew. He embarrassed criminal Fuhrer Trump*. Vengeances is Republican SOP.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"450\" title=\"0404trump-atkinson-fired\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; float: none; display: block; background-image: none;\" alt=\"0404trump-atkinson-fired\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/0404trump-atkinson-fired.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump has fired the inspector general for the intelligence community who handled the whistleblower complaint that led to his impeachment, prompting fierce criticism from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The US president chose a Friday night, with America consumed by the coronavirus pandemic, to tell the House of Representatives and Senate intelligence committees of his decision to dismiss Michael Atkinson.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter, Trump claimed it was \u201cvital\u201d that he had confidence in the appointees serving as inspectors general, and \u201cthat is no longer the case with regard to this inspector general\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The president would nominate an individual who has his full confidence at a later date, he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There was swift condemnation from Democrats. Chuck Schumer, the minority leader in the Senate, said: \u201cPresident Trump fires people for telling the truth<\/strong>\u2026&nbsp; [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/apr\/04\/donald-trump-fires-intelligence-watchdog-michael-atkinson-impeachment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a>&gt;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yweUU3a706Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump Fires IG Who Flagged Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/yweUU3a706Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to Michael Atkinson for doing his job. Vengeance is mine, sayeth criminal Fuhrer Trump*.<\/font><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font color=\"#0000ff\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">RESIST!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government employees need to beware, and the more they care about doing their jobs, the more they need to watch out.&nbsp; That\u2019s because anyone that says or does anything that criminal Fuhrer Trump* doesn\u2019t like is a sure target for the Fuhrer\u2019s vengeance.&nbsp; Here are two examples. Sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/04\/the-fuhrers-vengeance\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3913,3712,3744,3848,3714],"class_list":["post-39470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-covid-19","tag-donald-trump","tag-gop-fascism","tag-injustice","tag-video","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}