{"id":135980,"date":"2018-03-24T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T14:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135980"},"modified":"2018-03-30T00:00:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T06:00:13","slug":"trump-drives-military-trans-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/24\/trump-drives-military-trans-ban.html","title":{"rendered":"Trump drives through his military trans ban (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because of course he is, regardless of evidence, or readiness, or military impact.<\/p>\n

Because why not? He’s not the one who will be affected (or have to pay for any law suits). That will fall to the taxpayers.<\/p>\n

And, of course, there’s the Friday night timing for the ban. It’s usually the time chosen to avoid interfering with or distracting from the week’s activities, or else to fly under the news radar. But this week was a hot mess for the Administration’s news cycle, and this particular announcement isn’t going to vanish over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Nor do I expect it to stand, in the long run. But in the meantime, lives will be disrupted, the base gets some red meat, culture wars can be rekindled, dogs can feel appropriately whistled, and the Administration can remind the electorate what they and the GOP stand for.<\/p>\n


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Because of course he is, regardless of evidence, or readiness, or military impact. Because why not? He’s not the one who will be affected (or have to pay for any law suits). That will fall to the taxpayers. And, of course, there’s the Friday night timing for the ban. 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