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erronis

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15. Which is why he (George) and other competent people have to be removed.

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #12)

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 05:58 PM

Thursday

The hierarchy is that no one can be smarter than their commander.

Trump as the top of the Peter Principle, on down.

Stevie Miller is not officially in the chain-of-command.

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