President reverses a Biden-era decision to keep it at temporary headquarters in Colorado Springs
President Donald Trump’s decision once again to move U.S. Space Command out of Colorado drew immediate condemnation across party lines from the state’s congressional delegation on Tuesday — and raised the specter of a legal challenge.
More than seven months after his return to office, Trump’s long-expected announcement that his administration would move the command to Alabama reversed a Biden-era decision to keep its headquarters in Colorado Springs. A military review previously had recommended the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, but the Republican president also invoked politics by saying one of the considerations was that voters in Colorado largely vote by mail.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said he was planning a legal challenge to try to stop the relocation. And in a joint statement, the state’s entire congressional delegation said the president’s decision “will directly harm our state and the nation.”
Space Command, the lawmakers stated, is “already fully operational” in Colorado Springs and relocating it “would not result in any additional operational capabilities.” The move “sets our space defense apparatus back years, wastes billions of taxpayer dollars, and hands the advantage to the converging threats of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea,” the delegation wrote.
Space Command, the lawmakers stated, […] The move “sets our space defense apparatus back years, wastes billions of taxpayer dollars, and hands the advantage to the converging threats of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea,” the delegation wrote.
Ahhh. There’s the truth.
Krasnov paying his dues again.
good use of taxpayer money! keep winning, replublitards!
It’s so sad to see that he didn’t die
I loved the part of the presser yesterday where they asked him about it and he pretended he had no idea anyone was saying he was dead
Like yeah, the guy whos been obsessed with twitter for years had no idea that his alleged death was the most trending topic on twitter
Tbf, I’d imagine trump spends all of his time on twitter writing incoherent babble, rather than reading what anyone else has to say.
Alabama also has mail-in voting.
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/voter/absentee-voting
not exactly his home state, but it’s about giving money to Alabama, and taking money away from Colorado.
Give 'em a minute.
Alabama will be easier for them to rig
Alabama really doesn’t need them to rig anything.
But it’s not used much since most people there don’t know how to read.
Funny to punish Colorado springs though, which is conservative as fuck thanks to the air force.
Quite a few years ago, I worked at an aerospace company. They decided to transfer operations from California to Alabama, and offered people transfers. Due to cost-of-living differences, that was effectively a massive raise. Uptake of the offer was under 5%, and literally none of the best engineers and managers moved, only the low performers. But the whole rationale was to get a couple cracker senators in their pocket, so I suppose talent retention didn’t matter.
I was working on a project outside the US at the time, so I wasn’t affected until I repatriated a few years later. I walked right out the door, getting a 60% raise when I went (overseas compensation was excellent, but US base salaries were well below market). The work had been technically fascinating, but I didn’t miss the bullshit that went with it.
Following around with the military readiness of your Space Force is how you lose to a Zerg Rush.
A military review previously had recommended the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama
Ah yes, the one with all the Nazis.
I hate Alabama Nazis
Well, to be fair, now it is Space Nazis.
Oh legal challenge whatever is the king going to do after raising the spectre of legal challenge?
This is why you’re where you are.
It’s bad enough to call the administration of a military that’s always on the attack the defense department but “space defense apparatus” is just gibbering nonsense! 🤦
It’s OK, we’ll mothball it and when California breaks away we can just be their military outpost.
Can we go back to not having a piss-baby for a president?
It’s a long road we must walk to get there
This is exactly how corrupt dictators rule. They don’t give a shit about what is best for the country. Instead, they punish their “enemies” (anyone who has an issue with their corruption) and the dip into government resources to bestow favors on those friendly to them. In this case, Trump is punishing “liberal” Colorado and providing favor to friendly Alabama. What is best for the country and/or the cost of moving the command to Alabama is irrelevant.
Wasn’t that the one with horses?
the average IQ in Alabama is less than the average cock length in cm, so this will be good
those racist cosplayers really go out of their way to throw a fit and demonstrate inability to lead or do anything useful. should lock em up and throw away the key, destroying the country and wasting so much taxpayer $ like that
Frustratingly understandable. It’s a matter of only keeping the people who are loyal to the current admin.
Luckily, no one competent.
The competent ones either act incompetent to hide, or have gotten away.
And it’s the former that should scare you.
