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#14149578 at 2021-07-18 18:45:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #17901: They Got Me Now Edition

National Guard Two Weeks from Collapse - Stalling Promotions, Gutting Training, Canceling Drills, Leaders Warn

National Guard operations are about two weeks from grinding to a halt as a $520 million tab to reimburse the force for protecting lawmakers during its months-long Capitol Hill mission remains in limbo amid partisan bickering.

If Congress fails to act quickly, the National Guard will shut down most training through Oct. 1, the start of fiscal 2022, Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the head of the National Guard warned Congress in May.

That would include August and September drills, annual training events and critical pre-deployment training. It would also affect 2,000 Guard-run schools, including noncommissioned officer development courses, such as the Basic Leader Course, needed for promotion, a National Guard spokesperson said.

Even worse, Guard leaders say, troops will miss out on two months of pay, which could devastate families and make it hard for troops to cover Tricare insurance costs. For a specialist, the Army's most common rank, missing out on two months of drill will cost them around $700. If they also were scheduled for annual training, they'll miss out on at least $1,200 of pay.

"I feel horrible as a leader, to tell my soldiers and airmen that I may not be able to pay them for August and September drill," Maj. Gen. Roger Lyles, adjutant general of the Indiana National Guard, said at a news conference Friday. "Those checks that them and their families count on." He was accompanied by Maj. Gen. Richard Neely, Illinois' adjutant general, and Brig. Gen. John Driscoll, Massachusetts' land component commander. The three shared concerns that the Guard will be in disarray if funding shortfalls aren't solved soon.

Most states operate several schools that junior enlisted and non-commissioned officers must attend to qualify for their next rank. This includes the Basic Leader Course for promotion to sergeant and the Advanced Leader Course for promotion to staff sergeant.

"[Guardsmen] will not be able to prepare for wartime capability deployments, or attend formal schools, training or certification programs," a National Guard spokesperson told Military.com.

John Goheen, a spokesman for the National Guard Association of the United States, warned that shutting schools down even for two months could have a long-lasting impact on careers. For many service members, rescheduling these courses might not be easy.

"Getting those soldiers to school is tough; some wait a long time," Goheen told Military.com. "They have to calculate everything – college, kids, family. This is a big problem."

Promotion schools take weeks or months to complete and usually require a soldier to be away from home for the duration. The National Guard does not provide services for troops such as child or pet care, making attending a school a potentially huge logistical hurdle to overcome.

Meanwhile, troops also will miss out on pre-deployment training, and Lyles is alarmed over the possibility of untrained troops being sent on missions at home and abroad. For example, the 54th Security Assistance Brigade's planned rotation to the Joint Readiness Training Center, or JRTC, at Fort Polk, Louisiana, ahead of an overseas deployment will be scrapped if funding isn't met in two weeks.

"That training exercise is at risk because it may have to be canceled, so our federal mission will be at risk," Lyles said, referencing the JRTC training event. "We also have companies about to be trained for a border mission. Those missions are also at risk because of the inability to train. This will potentially place our soldiers and airmen in harm's way without the proper training."

Leaders have touted the pandemic response as "the year of the Guard," after a long string of domestic missions. Given the Guard's training schedule of one weekend per month, Lyles warned that axing two months would hinder governors' ability to wield troops effectively if a crisis occurs.

"Our governor's ability to deploy us domestically is also degraded for any man-made or natural disaster because we would not have the opportunity to train our reactionary forces," he said.

The reimbursement issue stems from a battle in the Senate over a U.S. Capitol security spending bill. Republicans and Democrats are arguing over the size and scope of the legislation.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/07/17/national-guard-two-weeks-collapse-stalling-promotions-gutting-training-canceling-drills-leaders-warn.html

#13001698 at 2021-02-19 17:51:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #16559: Attacks Will Intensify Edition

Montana Bill Would Designate Antifa as Domestic Terrorism
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Montana lawmakers are considering a bill that would designate antifa as a domestic terrorism group, despite no evidence of antifa activities in the state.
The intent of the measure is to "send a message that we as a state won't tolerate a group like this coming into our state," bill sponsor Rep. Braxton Mitchell, R-Columbia Falls, told members of the Montana House Judiciary Committee during a Tuesday hearing.

Short for "anti-fascists," antifa is not a single organization but rather an umbrella term for far-left leaning militant groups that confront or resist neo-Nazis and white supremacists at demonstrations.

Opponents of the bill said during the hearing that it would be inappropriate to designate antifa as a domestic terrorism group while ignoring other groups accused of domestic violence. Those include groups that participated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol last month.

Mitchell said the intention of the measure is to target antifa, but the bill also calls on the U.S. President, the U.S. Congress and the Montana governor "to combat the spread of all forms of domestic terrorism, including white supremacist terrorism."

John Driscoll, a former Democratic state lawmaker, called the measure "a wasteful distraction from the real problem."

Rep. Ed Stafman, D-Bozeman, cited a 2020 report by the Department of Homeland Security that states that white supremacist extremists "will remain the most persistent and lethal threat in the Homeland."

Former President Donald Trump last year singled out antifa as being responsible for the violence at protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Trump said last year that he intended to designate the group as a terrorist organization. However, experts said there is no existing legal framework to designate a decentralized domestic movement as a terrorist organization.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/montana/articles/2021-02-16/montana-bill-would-designate-antifa-as-domestic-terrorism

#8141737 at 2020-02-15 04:06:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10422: The 'Do You Think Nothing Is Happening?' Edition

>>8141721


Truman National Security Project / Board Member
John P. Driscoll
Chairman
John Driscoll, CEO of CareCentrix, brings more than 25 years of health care experience to the company. Prior to CareCentrix, John served as President at Castlight Health, a health-care technology company. Previously, John served as Group President for new markets at Medco and led product development for Medco's employer and health plan clients. At Medco, he was responsible for corporate development and the company's entry into Medicare, international markets and pharmaceutical services.

John founded and chaired the Surescripts ePrescribing Network, and served as an advisor to Oak Investment Partners, holding a number of senior operating positions at Oxford Health Plans, including corporate vice president for government programs.

John has a BA and MBA from Harvard University as well as an M.Phil from Cambridge University in England. He is the chairman of the Truman National Security Project and is an advisory board member of Bread for the World.

sauce (click on name below picture to see bio)
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http://trumanproject.org/home/about/board-leadership/

5/15

#4913437 at 2019-01-26 07:45:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6272: Think Mueller Edition

>>4913321
I've got two names maybe of interest.
John C. Driscoll (no idea why this name sounds familiar)
>https://www.linkedin.com/in/John-Driscoll-0477b513
Frank J. Baragona
>https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=47318458&privcapId=32878154
LLC > CMA CGM (America) LLC
40,000ft view - Michael Bay (currently making a movie called 6 underground)
Check out the plot.
>Six billionaires fake their own deaths and form an elite vigilante squad in order to take down notorious criminals.
>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8106534/

#1391483 at 2018-05-13 03:07:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1744: Truth Is Logic Edition

>>1391455

Thank you, anon.

Dan Blue
Thomas Philion
Tero Varjoranta
Bob Quinn
Michael Mauler
Nancy Cruickshank
John Zapp
Masamichi Kogai
David Horn Solomon
Ignacio Fernandez Pedrosa
John Driscoll
Jerilynn Kaibel
Richard Johnson
Hunan Poghosyan
Larry Laurenzi

Resignations just fucking yesterday.

#500252 at 2018-02-26 09:06:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #616 - What do we do? We Dig, Dig, Dig

…digging Naomi Aberly (planned parenthood) I found this nice website:
patrioticmillionaires.org/who-we-are/

Patriotic Millionaires
The Patriotic Millionaires are a group of more than 200 individuals with annual incomes over $1 million and/or assets over $5 million who are committed to raising the minimum wage, combatting the influence of big money in politics, and advancing a progressive tax structure. Some of our members include:

Naomi Aberly
Boston, MA

Roshanak Ameli-Tehrani
Washington, DC

Nancy Bagley
Washington, DC

William Battle
Los Altos, CA

Alvin Baum
San Francisco, CA

Severin Beliveau
Augusta , ME

Lawrence Benenson
New York, NY

Daniel Berger
Philadelphia, PA

Roger Bernstein
New York, NY

Paul Bettner
McKinney, TX

Katy Drake Bettner
McKinney, TX

Nancy Blachman
Burlingame, CA

Loren Blackford
New York, NY

Rich Boberg
Saratoga, CA

Chuck Collins
Jamaica Plain, MA

Cynda Collins-Arsenault
Superior, CO

Geoff Coventry
Overland Park, KS

Alan Davis
San Francisco, CA

Pierce Delahunt
New York, NY

David desJardins
Burlingame, CA

Susan Dietz
Sherman Oaks, CA

Abigail Disney
New York, NY

Mitchell Draizin
New York, NY

John Driscoll
Stamford, CT

Michael Dubno
New York, NY

Philip Edmundson
Hingham, MA

Andrew Faulk
San Francisco, CA

Jerry Fiddler
Berkeley, CA

Charlie Fink
Vienna, VA

Richard Foos
Los Angeles, CA

Mary Ford
Berkeley, CA

Louis Fortis
Milwaukee, WI

Robert E. Friedman
Berkeley, CA

John Fullerton
Greenwich, CT

Art Gajarsa
Holderness, NH

Ron Garret
Emerald Hills, CA

Dick Gary
Park City, UT

Elsa Gary
Park City, UT

Bill Gawthrop
Yorkville, CA

Ellyn Gelson
Encino, CA

Robert Goldschmidt
University Park, FL

Monica Graham
New York, NY

Karen Grove
Menlo Park, CA

Jeffrey Gural
New York, NY

Robert Haines
Collegeville, PA

Leo Hindery, Jr.
New York, NY

Dennis Hoffman
Frederick, MD

Frank Jernigan
San Francisco, CA

Melissa Johnsen
Columbia, MO

John Johnson
New York, NY

Malcolm Kamin
Chicago, IL

Joel Kanter
Vienna, VA

Joshua Kanter
Midvale, UT

Rochelle Kaplan
Salt Lake City, UT

Woody Kaplan
Boston, MA

Roberta Kaplan
New York, NY

John Katzman
New York, NY

Ted LaRoche
Murfreesboro, TN

Norman Lear
Beverly Hills, CA

Lawrence Lessig
Cambridge, MA

Art Lipson
Salt Lake City, UT

Becky Liebman
Olympia, WA

Stephanie Low
New York, NY

Patricia Martone
New York, NY

Richard Master
Lehigh Valley, PA

Terrence Meck
New York, NY

Terry Meehan
New York, NY

Dennis Mehiel
White Plains, NY

Friedrike Merck
Garrison, NY

Keith Mestrich
Washington, DC

Diane Meyer Simon
Santa Barbara, CA

Herb Miller
Washington, DC

Myfe Moore
San Antonio, TX

Rita Moya
San Diego, CA

Steve Moya
San Diego, CA

Molly Munger
Los Angeles, CA

Michael Nash
Bridgehampton, NY

Scott Nash
Chevy Chase, MD

Brooke Neidich
New York, NY

John Netto
Salt Lake City, UT

Bill Parks
Moscow, ID

Frank Patitucci
Pleasanton, CA

Alan Patricof
New York, NY

Barbara Pearl
New York, NY

Morris Pearl
New York, NY

Craig Phillips
New Canaan, CT

Judy Pigott
Seattle, WA

Michael Pine
Evanston, IL

Sam Polk
Los Angeles, CA

Stephen Prince
Brentwood, TN

Amelie Ratliff
Jamaica Plain, MA

Tarrus Richardson
Potomac, MD

Great Neck Richman
New York, NY

Vincent Roberti
Kent, CT

Marsha Rosenbaum
San Francisco, CA

Michael Rothman
Chicago, IL

Jonathan Ruga
Salt Lake City, UT

Guy Saperstein
Piedmont, CA

Eric Schoenberg
Franklin Lakes, NJ

Richard Schottenfeld
New York, NY

Soroush Shehabi
Washington, DC

Linda Shoemaker
Boulder, CO

Stephen Silberstein
Belvedere Tiburon, CA

Charles Simmons
Los Altos Hills, CA

Daniel Simon
New York, NY

Ryan Smith
Salt Lake City, UT

Jeff Smulyan
Indianapolis, IN

Marguerite Snowdon
Wilson, WY

Leonard Sobczak
Milwaukee, WI

Barbara Stampfl
Lakeland, FL

Karen Stewart
Vista, CA

Sarah Stranahan
New York, NY

Whitney Tilson
New York, NY

Bob Titley
Nashville, TN

Andrew Tobias
New York, NY

Sidney Topol
Boston, MA

Roy Ulrich
Van Nuys, CA

Ross Waller
Lexington, VA

David Watson
Oakland, CA

Vinitha Watson
Oakland, CA

Peter Weinberger
Syosset, NY

Wendy Wolf
Haverford, PA

Bennet Yee
Mountain View, CA

Scott Young
Salt Lake City, UT

George Zimmer
Fremont, CA

Tal Zlotnitsky
Burtonsville, MD