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CNN Made FOIA Request About DOGE—Only to Learn FOIA Staff Was Fired. (www.commondreams.org)

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"Definitely never seen this type of response to a FOIA request," quipped one journalist.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

There's one more step that brings it back to the same place. The thinking behind standing armies is that they would be used for tyranny. The reason for loosely connected militias is that there isn't a singular guy who is Commander-in-Chief of all of them. There was even attempts at a militia Navy, which is a hilarious idea to me ("Got my musket and my rowboat. Off to defend the motherland!" Rows up to 28-gun British heavy frigate)

It's not a practical system of defense in the modern age. It barely was back then.