“The events of the Night of the Long Knives was not public until the 13th of July, when Hitler gave a public address, he downplayed the event, stating that only 61 were executed, 13 more were shot and 3 committed suicide, when in truth the death toll ranged from 400 to 1000."It began on June 30, 1934.
Judging from Trump’s threat to put Liz Cheney in front of a firing squad the GOP’s ‘watch list of federal employees for firing could fester into putting them in front of firing squads.
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Friday, November 1, 2024
An organization funded by the conservative Heritage Foundation has compiled an online “watch list” of federal employees it claims cannot be trusted to secure the U.S. border and should be fired, a sign that supporters of Donald Trump’s immigration policies are preparing to help him neutralize the administrative state they believe tried to thwart his first presidency.
The “DHS Bureaucrat Watch List” — a website unveiled in the final weeks of a presidential campaign in which immigration is a key issue — names 51 federal policy experts and high-ranking leaders, the majority of whom are career civil servants at the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies. The group identified them largely using public social media comments, prior work experience and campaign finance records…
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The Washington Post
Conservative group’s ‘watch list’ targets federal employees for firing
November 2, 2024 at 5:27 p.m. EDT
“In early June 1934 Hitler compiled the Reich list of unwanted persons. It was Hitler’s shoot and kill list coded Operation Hummingbird.
June 30, 1934 Hitler & a group of SS men arrived at the Hanslbauer Hotel. Around 6am. Hitler and his men apprehended Ernst Rohm and his deputy. The deputy was taken outside and shot. Ernst Rohm was taken to the Stadelheim Prison and shot.
The Night of the Long Knives began.
Around 200 other SA leaders were arrested and executed, with most of the execution occurring at the Stadelheim Prison or another site Southeast of Berlin. SA leaders and members were not the only ones executed. Kurt von Schleicher, the former German chancellor, Gregor Strasser a high ranking Nazi figure, Edgar Jung, a prominent conservative and Ferdinand von Bredow German general and political figure.
The executions would continue until the 2nd of July, when the SA finally collapsed. Leaving the SS-Schutzstaffel in total control of Germany.
The events of the Night of the Long Knives was not public until the 13th of July, when Hitler gave a public address, he downplayed the event, stating that only 61 were executed, 13 more were shot and 3 committed suicide, when in truth the death toll ranged from 400 to 1000.”
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