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Sec Defense is stripping funding from STARS AND STRIPES newspaper?! (Original Post) Grasswire2 Feb 2020 OP
So What Now Lindsey, Susan C. & Other Complicits Me. Feb 2020 #1
Hmm trump loves the uneducated lunasun Feb 2020 #2
There is no fucking bottom. nt Phoenix61 Feb 2020 #3
One of my dearest conservative frenemies was Stars and Stripes. hunter Feb 2020 #4
Why? To divert more military money to the fucking wall Trump promised Mexico would pay for? SunSeeker Feb 2020 #5
It's a good newspaper for a community that needs and deserves it. mahina Feb 2020 #6
When I was in the army, Stars and Stripes was a worthless rag. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2020 #7

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
2. Hmm trump loves the uneducated
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 12:42 AM
Feb 2020

Stars & Stripes was a link to home when I was in Iraq and Okinawa,” wrote Gallego, a Marine veteran. “It’s an A+ indie take on everyday DoD news, f*** ups, and Administration & General Officer BS. No wonder this President wants to cut it. He’s got a fight on his hands.”

Cisneros, a Navy veteran, wrote Stars and Stripes “provides a crucial voice on the DOD, VA, and other military matters.”

Can’t have that no sir

hunter

(38,321 posts)
4. One of my dearest conservative frenemies was Stars and Stripes.
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 12:50 AM
Feb 2020

Cancer killed him years ago, but I like to think he would have been appalled by Trump.

mahina

(17,680 posts)
6. It's a good newspaper for a community that needs and deserves it.
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 04:16 AM
Feb 2020

Plus I was on the cover once, and that’s all I’m going to say about that.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,354 posts)
7. When I was in the army, Stars and Stripes was a worthless rag.
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 07:11 AM
Feb 2020

But it was the only rag (English language) available on our little post. So we read it.

If all military personnel have access to the internet, then maybe S&S isn't as necessary as it used to be. But I think access is limited in some places.

S&S may become just another brick in the wall.

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