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Trump seems much better organised and a man on a mission this time. It can take a long time to turn a big organisation around but it is possible. I used to work at a large corporation with a horrible CEO. The culture was awful. The CEO was eventually replaced by a new man who was one of the best people I’ve ever worked for. A good person, highly ethical, cared about people but a tough, fair, commonsense leader. He hired a good team underneath him too. It was amazing to see the culture change over a period of months. Not sure if it’s an old Jewish or Chinese saying but ‘the fish rots from the head’. Bad leadership affects everybody. Good leadership makes all the difference.

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Doesn't seem much doubt that Trump is ready to go.

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Speaking of purges and pardons, at least some admit their guilt right up front: Rachel Vindman is angry at Zhou for not including her or her husband Alexander in the basket of pardons he handed out!!!

https://www.mediaite.com/online/betrayal-alex-vindmans-wife-fumes-about-her-husband-getting-shut-out-of-last-minute-biden-pardons/?cfp

I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Wow. Such a love of country, such patriotism…

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The Purge of the Top Brass in the Military Has Begun

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4291547/posts

Another officer, a general named Charlie Brown, stated that his goal was to make fewer white people in the US Air Force vow to stay. I’m not sure how long that’s going to last.

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"In August 2022, Brown signed a memo laying out Air Force applicant diversity goals. The memo called for Air Force applicants to be 67.5% White and 13% Black, though 77% of the Air Force Officer Corps were White and 6% were Black at the time of the memo’s release."

The memo is here: https://www.af.mil/Portals/1/documents/2022SAF/Officer_Source_of_Commission_Applicant_Pool_Goals_memo.pdf

Trump should fire him, just as Truman did MacArthur.

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Like the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Charles Brown. Ouch. LOL.

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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fauci-claims-he-did-nothing-wrong-after-biden-preemptive-pardon

But he "appreciates" it.

He doesn’t have to accept the pardon. If he did nothing wrong be a man and turn it down… But you know he won’t because everyone knows he’s guilty of so much. https://t.co/e2QKoHaUPb

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 20, 2025

The full article is a good read, raising the AZT issue, as well. I don't know the exact terms of the pardon.

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What a refreshing change from his first term.

Trump also issued a eo for temp security clearances to deal with slow walking of background checks.

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https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/01/21/youre-fired-coast-guard-commandant-linda-fagan-gets-her-walking-papers-after-focusing-on-dei-n2184621

Adm. Linda L. Fagan, the first female commandant of the Coast Guard, has been terminated, with sources suggesting her failure to address border security while simultaneously focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies was a significant reason for the firing.

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Hers is certainly not a face to launch a thousand ships.

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