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Reinstating the draft would give Dems supermajorities in both the house and the senate Fiendish Thingy 16 hrs ago #1
Nice teenage son you got there. PuraVidaDreamin 16 hrs ago #2
Do it! leftstreet 16 hrs ago #3
Fear of a draft doesn't make much sense, imo. bearsfootball516 16 hrs ago #4
If we put boots on the ground in Iran CanonRay 16 hrs ago #10
Listen, Maga, young butt-hurt Bros who voted for him Walleye 16 hrs ago #5
Maybe that will get young people to vote?? It worked for my generation in the 60s. ☮ walkingman 16 hrs ago #6
Twenty-Sixth Amendment wasn't ratified until 1971, and it was, indeed, a game changer Brother Buzz 16 hrs ago #13
This!! Omnipresent 15 hrs ago #15
I don't believe Trump has the authority to implement a draft. He needs Congressional action to do so. Jim__ 16 hrs ago #7
Ha! That's quite funny actually CanonRay 16 hrs ago #12
It doesn't matter if he gives a shit. No one will give a shit about an unauthorized draft letter from Trump. Jim__ 15 hrs ago #17
he could just send out "press gangs" rampartd 14 hrs ago #26
And he definitely needs congress Historic NY 16 hrs ago #8
The draft is as popular as high gas prices Johonny 16 hrs ago #9
That would have to go through Congress... sarisataka 16 hrs ago #11
Borders to Canada and Mexico likely to no_hypocrisy 15 hrs ago #14
They are such fools. Invading Iran will make Iraq & Afghani terrain look like the salt flats. hlthe2b 15 hrs ago #16
Iraq was basically "unstable" before we invaded it. LeftInTX 15 hrs ago #19
Yes. I get ya and agree with your comments in the second paragraph... hlthe2b 15 hrs ago #21
I put "unstable" in quotes. Basically that's what Collin Powell said before the invasion. LeftInTX 15 hrs ago #22
Send all of those he has pardoned vapor2 15 hrs ago #18
What a brilliant man. Baitball Blogger 15 hrs ago #20
"wisely keeps his options on the table" oasis 14 hrs ago #23
So the guy with 5 draft deferments wants to institute a draft? 3catwoman3 14 hrs ago #24
If there is a draft, the draft resistance will be ... Munu 14 hrs ago #25
Yeah, he's so "wise". louis-t 13 hrs ago #27
It would require an act of Congress dumbass. Women are not included. underpants 13 hrs ago #28
Hegseth won't want any woke draftees though, right? Quiet Em 13 hrs ago #29
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