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BidenRocks

(3,088 posts) Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:42 PM 12 hrs ago

He didn't have congressional approval for that either!

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Department of War? (Original Post) BidenRocks 12 hrs ago OP

But now we see why he changed the name. wnylib 12 hrs ago #2

Unfortunately we have learned that Takket 12 hrs ago #3

Department of Cheap Shots lame54 9 hrs ago #5

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1. My guess is that Hegseth couldn't convince anyone to let him call it the Department of Slaughter.

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:45 PM

12 hrs ago

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2. But now we see why he changed the name.

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:48 PM

12 hrs ago

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3. Unfortunately we have learned that

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 09:50 PM

12 hrs ago

“Laws” and “congressional approval” aren’t really the presence of a yes vote but rather the absence of a no vote.

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4. Of course not. It is still the Department of Defense. Their "rebranding" is a fiction.

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:14 PM

11 hrs ago

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5. Department of Cheap Shots

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:11 AM

9 hrs ago