It is a dark timeline out there, people. I don't I don't have to tell you that. It's also a a comically absurd one.This is this is a video obtained yesterday of some of those DC soldiers, some of those soldiers uh on DC trash patrol with no crimes to fight, no protests to break. They are picking up garbage around monuments in the capital, wearing reflective safety vests over their camouflage working uniforms. Now, if you've spent any time with service members, especially veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, yo ...

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