Last week, it was West Point which cancelled a Tom Hanks appearance.

He's triflin'.

Damn.... was it Bill Burr?

What?! 😳

shame on the air force. and for allowing a traitor to be buried with *honors.* quickly losing all respect for our military.

Using the power of the government to silence critics ends the first amendment and essentially kills the constitution. Remember to thank a #TraitorTrump voter

US armed forces are being more brainwashed than usual?

If they keep canceling speakers who disrespected Trump then Rubio, Patel, Vance and other Republicans will be relegated to Fox News!

Republican fear. We the people can smell it on our politicians. Dem or republican. No more business as usual. We the people will run our government. We the people don't need leaders. We need equals in our government. Those we appoint must be treated as all citizens. No more special treatment. Resist

This is the reason I've cancelled two planned vacations and refuse to visit America. I have been openly critical of Donald online This person gets their speech cancelled, I'd just as likely find myself in a Guam or Venezuela detention center.

This is what dictators do

A well informed Military would seem to be important. A politicized military would seem to be 100% UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Interesting it's not the donor who has a concern, but the administration. They deny it, but it seems they're interested in silencing critical speech. We certainly don't want future military leaders to think we live in a complex society politically. It might cause them to think critically.

The Naval Academy following orders from the Heritage Foundation last spring, canceled Ruth Ben-Ghiat's, historian + author, scheduled class covering the subject of how military soldiers can identify + fight facism. Media didn't cover it. Heritage Foundation must be dismantled

it shows fascism, not a fearful administration. Study history, pls. In italy professors at uni had to get the party card if they wanted to work.

The truth hurts. Trump, is thin skinned can’t handle the truth. When will America stop coddling this petulant man child? He dishes it out can’t take it when he is talked about or criticized.

So "Snowflake" has always been a projection like every other grievance.

As someone who worked at USMA for 12 years, and whose working manuscript is titled, "The Church of War and the Death of the American Military," we've had a white Christian zealot problem at ALL the service academies for the better part of the past 20 years. Nobody cared as they largely agreed.

Do not say anything negative about the supreme leader!

He's a child.

Weak. Very weak. I think the future of the US military is very bleak. You’d better start learning Chinese. 你最好开始学中文。

It must really suck when you realize your president has very sensitive feelings.

Loyalty to the president, not constitution is a treason

Wasn't this Tom Hanks? Seriously, they banned Tom Hanks the guy known for Forrest Gump and Saving Private Ryan and so much more. When you stop Tom Hanks from speaking you are openly admitting you are anti-American. What Hanks has done for WWII Veterans alone makes him more American than any of them.

I grew up an Air Force brat. I am disappointed and embarrassed of the Air Force Academy for its posture on the First Amendment! I am ashamed they are no longer strong and independent thinkers supporting the Constitution! My dad fought in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam wars is rolling in his grave now!!

It also shows a weak and corrupt military as well.

JD. Vance certainly disparaged him!

I can think of few civilians that have shown the respect & support for Vets as Hanks. This is petty & lame. And it doesn't say much for the non-politicization of the military...you know, how the Founders wanted it...

Such a disgraceful display from our military and institutions. Bending at the knee to a lifelong coward is another nail in the coffin to our democracy and honor in general.

So free speech belongs only to Trump? Not the people. There is free speech as long as you agree with him.

This is pathetic!!!

Let's call the GOP the Banana Republicans from now on.

trump is a orange agent and a moron

Seems like exactly the type of speaker the series was established for!

He posted a bond didn’t he?

Only disparaged! Tom Hanks deserves the Noble Peace prize, along with others, for openly DISPARAGING our presidential ASSHole! 👍🧌

Well, pretty soon there will be no one left to speak.

How dare anyone “disparage” the “supreme leader” of America!

Why our soldiers would ever obey Trump after calling them suckers and losers and avoiding the draft himself is beyond me.

As an aside, who stopped cancelling?

Bigot Brigade… Pedophile Posse… Complicit Cowards… Trump Zombies #Trombies

Are you guys still thinking we are in democracy.Can you guys wake up please?

Banana republic!

It also shows how little faith in or support of we should have for the military.

I believe the author meant to make chicken noises.

This is a dick move worthy of Laura Loomer…

Yes, that’s where the US is at: Banana Republic

2+2=5 🤷

So much for #FreeSpeech ?

Keep in mind that the military will be controlling all of us in our daily lives soon.

Just because he's no longer allowed to give his speech at that venue doesn't mean he has to be silenced. He should make a video presenting it & enjoy a much greater audience.

It shows weakness by the dept. of war, lol. Newly appointed Trump loyalists in leadership are ok with going into cities, killing 11 people without due process, canceling lectures and awards for non Trumpists. Thin-skinned and weak.

They’re all nothing but Third Grade School Yard Bullies! Fuck trump!

This year’s crop of West Point’s graduates are either MAGA or Woke. Either way, half will be trying to murder us while we sleep or when driving on public roads or while we work; the other half will be part of the Rebel Alliance and will be leading the way to victory against the Darth-MAGA

Yes we know Tom. We are a Fascist Nation not a Democratic one. Try to keep up

I’m a retired veteran, and I disparage that fat orange piece of shit all the fucking time. And if they’re reading this: You’re not taking my freedom without a fight. I’m willing to go the distance. Come get some, motherfucker!

Who would not be critical of a man who scares us all declaring war on one of our own cities? Who would not be critical of being tariffed? Who would not be fatigued by the chaos? Who would vote for that?

Fill with propaganda instead. Get that trump SS in line.

Is anybody really surprised by this? The party complaining about cancel culture and free speech being stripped is doing that.

Der Führer hat gesprochen. Du wirst gehorchen.

We look weak and tired. An open invitation for a foreign attack.

West Point, Annapolis, etc were institutions America could be proud of. What does it say about these FORMERLY honorable, noble academies that they bow to fascism? Sounds like their foundation is nothing but dust and sand, and there's nothing really noble about them after all. Bunch of mamby-pambies.

So scared of the truth.

Fascism.

It’s time to stand and end this Nazi regime any way possible!

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#releasetheepsteinfiles

Cowards. This is just like 30’s Germany.

That’s a shit headline, at least in my opinion. They *found out* when trump said - you can’t let him speak he was mean to me!

It’s fucking RUDE! But everyone is certainly showing their true colors. We won’t forget who they are.

It's getting bad George

WTF, military colleges...where are your balls?

What a bunch of woosies. Thought the Air Force had more spine than that. Highly disappointed that they chose to be cowards instead of patriots. WTF!?

TRUMP HOTLINE ‘Thanks for calling: Don’t worry if Trump picks on other people to abuse, he’ll soon get around to you!’

These people need to find a microphone and speak out as loud as they can!!

It would be nice if we had military leaders with courage.

If you can’t handle negative criticism, you can never get better at what you do.

And foreign countries will use that info to continue to destabilize us.

No, the real story is that West Point and the rest of the military allows Trump to run their operations with disapproving phone calls and social media posts. Their kowtowing is complicity.

The military has an obligation not to follow illegal orders. They can’t do much about stupid orders. Sure some are complicit but a lot of this is exactly how the system is set up which is normally a good thing when you don’t have a complete imbecile with no moral compass as commander in chief

This. It is kind of on the civilian world to not elect utterly depraved individuals, because "illegal" is a lot less expansive than civilians seem to believe. If the CoC orders us to go dry the flightline in a rainstorm, we are grabbing a mop.

SCOTUS ruled last year that anything done in an official capacity by Trump is in fact legal no matter what it is. Trump's lawyers set bar with "ordering Navy Seals to kill political opponents" should be legal because POTUS. We may disagree with that scope, but it seems the military buys it.

Since he fired all the JAGS & IGs it will be difficult to know and illegal order, unless it is super obvious. Where is JCS these days?

And you’d think it doesn’t get more obvious than blowing a boatload of civilians out of the water, so seem obvious isn’t the line …

Tom Hanks is an American treasure. Trump is an American nightmare.

All these places are probably not going find any speakers. Everybody hates the so called president.

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Guess we can't trust them since they only honor the orange slug and do not honor their oath To the constitution.

They'll have no one then.

That’s cancel culture - on dictator steroids. Dems, time to co-op their terminology. Turn it back on them. What, it’s not politically correct to criticize the the president?? CANCEL CULTURE! If we say it enough the MAGAs might get confused and jump over on our side lol.

Throwing back slogans like "Cancel culture", "Release the Epstein files": Great choices. ... Gavin Newsom has the right idea, and it's totally getting under Shitler's skin.

How do we know it’s getting to him?

There are some indications, apparently: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Shame in them. What. They are also a felon’s pet dogs now? 🤦🏼‍♀️ How disgraceful! Do these service men and women understand the word “oath”? Throw them a damed dictionary!

Who's military is it ?

Is anyone else stunned at how easily the Military has just rolled over? Where's their self respect? Pride?

Know any career military? Met any and actually talked to them? Get a few drinks in them and be prepared to be amazed, depressed and a bit scared. They are all "authoritarians", the polite word for Fascists.

Cadet Bone Spurs is afraid of everything.

West Point: "We don't need no stinkin' Tom Hanks coz our Commander in Chief says so." West Point: "We don't need no stinkin' Constitution coz our Commander in Chief says so." West Point: Shoots protestors.

We're actually living through Orwell's nightmare vision in 2025!!

Poor widdle donny. He got his feewings hurt 😢

Shame on them.

...and a military leadership that is terrifyingly compliant.

The first thing they did was get rid of anyone that might oppose them.

Mr. Hanks will have the last laugh.

How many lectures were cancelled for speakers who disparaged Biden?

Tell me how our military is not bending the knee to a King, with this 💩!!

A bunch of soft, weak, touchy-feely people are now in charge of our military. Dump and his Reich are in control until we DEMAND his removal!

The cult shares their leader's weaknesses

Wonder if WP has branded tongue scrapers…

Our military has fallen. We know who trump is. We are now finding out that, contrary to Mark Hertling saying our military defends democracy, who are military really is. Cowards, just like him.

These motherfucking patriots right here. I just got off a government ship in Guam and they had Fox News playing nonstop.

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I surmise we are never going to find out who pulled the trigger and killed those 11 people joy riding in a boat because someone much further up gave the illegal instructions that they should have ignored..

"Murdered in cold blood", rather than just "killed."

Now the 2 rapists and drunk are complicit in making someone in the armed forces follow illegal orders!

Our current president doesn’t try to emulate the most respected leaders in our history—Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt. Instead, he admires authoritarians like Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un, seeking to rule the country rather than serve it.

It's the God complex, if you don't worship me, you're getting canceled or going to hell.

Did the AFA do it themselves or did dumpy get his panties in a wad, stomp his feet and demand the cancellation?

Its just another example of how weak and childish the Raping Insurrecting Pedophile Traitor tot is.

Found Deadbeat Donnie in FEDLOG: baby, titty, UI 1/EA

Did they do this for other Presidents?

With the child rapist banana destroying the country.

Trump disparages himself. His actions and disrespect to the American people are the reason why.

The Air Force the army what will the marines in the Navy do next?

And you wonder no longer how the Nazis came to power.

The cancellation demonstrates that tRump fears truth especially when delivered by persons who are respected for what good they have actually done for our country. Shame on tRump!

That’s on them, more than the occupant.

Good for Mr. Jannetta

Weaklings.

Shame shame on West Point Support Tom Hanks Think I'll watch one of his movies this week.. Maybe on repeat

Tom Hanks should have declined the award. No honor in accepting something from an organization that gives full burial honors to a fascist who tried to overthrow our government.

The entire Trump administration, MAGA followers, all of them are all running away to hide, scared of We the People, too afraid to face the wrath of the People for what they are doing.

To his credit, the funding supporter of this program isn't happy. "I won’t support a lecture series, where again, the author has to pass some muster of a litmus test for political reasons," said Jannetta...

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So where we are now is that our military is being run by snowflakes What’s old is new again

I think we need a little counter programming. How about some entity invites anyone who has been turned down by this nonsense to speak at their forum? Let's allow the silenced voices to be heard. Loudly.

A draft dodging convicted felon and adjudicated rapist has turned our U.S. military leadership into cowardly congressional republicans.

Seems to be the military is preparing to violate all kinds of laws and treaties.

It’s not the administration that canceled the talks. It’s the mid-level bureaucrats at the academies who did, showing their eagerness to support Trump‘s authoritarianism.

"Anticipatory obedience is a political tragedy" timothysnyder.org/on-tyranny

They all suck ass.

A little of both,neither showed guts.

This is what 'successful intimidation' looks like.

And Trump is responsible

Like Hegseth?

It shows how thin skinned our President is & weak.

The capitulation is not only dishonorable, it's weak for institutions supposed to be steadfast.

Infuriating. Rump is a petty childish idiot who suffers delusions of grandeur among so many other mental health issues. Can’t wait for him to implode!

Are we now a country of chickenshits “freedom of speech” is supposed to MEAN something! It’s not just some cute saying! We need “The Brave” Deport pedos No taxpayer $$ to million & billionaires Kamala got more votes Believe girls&women Tax the rich Better gun safety laws Education for ALL

I’d love to hear what Tom Hanks thinks of this.

Maybe we could cut the military budget by closing these academies and using OCS, ROTC accession programs.

So incredibly sad

This "let's get on our knees and kiss Trump's ass" mentality is getting fucking old. If the snowflake can't handle criticism, he needs to find a new job..

Especially when you look at all the nasty things his own vice president and cabinet have said about him.

George, I repost so many of your posts, it’s scary!

I'm afraid that it goes much deeper than that. This is just a part of Trump's plan to demonize all the truly decent and honorable people in our country. He has been successful in annihilating truth in the Repub party. He has also been successful in discrediting institutions we have long trusted.

The new motto of our armed forces academies: Surrender, don’t fight! Real lack of leadership here.

Anybody who DIDN’T disparage his highness would be nothing more than a sycophant.

I hope they didn't invite the VP....

President and CEO of the West Point Association of Graduates

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“Free Speech” ??

And don't lose sight of the fact that West Point cancelled a ceremony honoring Tom Hanks... midhudsonnews.com/2025/09/08/w...

The heroes have lost their nerve in one of our most important fights.

The air farce academy is a lilly livered bunch of cowards!!

Emperor wanna be Trump. HELLO, THIS IS SERIOUS AMERICA!!!

The damage to our military is arguably the worst and most long-lasting of all the destruction he has done. Leadership positions being filled with his sycophants is dangerous on multiple levels.

They are the Cupcake Consortium.Very soft .

That's funny bc his own VP called him Hitler.....

I feel like I have been duped my entire life regarding the branches of military. I was taught to respect and honor them as good and as protectors. I now wonder, though, if they have transitioned into becoming nothing but traitorous, weak, ass kissing men/women who really just like to wear a uniform?

This is bullshit.

Are you trying to say that unstable thin-skinned liars fear truth and culpability?

I don’t trust the military any longer to uphold their oaths to the Constitution, when the rubber finally meets the road.

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If politicizing the military is not a dictatorship, what is? Meanwhile, every republican sits idly by, abdicates their responsibility and lets this happen. So obviously they want this, and all of the other crap Trump doing! They need to be fired and replaced if we are to keep our democracy!!

This is FASCISM

We all know Tom Hanks is an American treasure!

What happened to “Do not obey in advance”?

Hitler didn’t allow anybody to criticize him either.

Well it is the Airforce Evangelical Academy after all

Trump went to a parade to satisfy his ego, but he didn't show respect to soldiers who came home in a pine box. The military needs to be reminded of this repeatedly. people.com/donald-trump...

Screw the forces, they're all corrupt & dripping in MAGAt Red.

This makes me sick so much.

Sounds like cancel culture to me! What happened?

I grew up in the Air Force. I have less than zero respect for them, and absolute zero trust. They are gestapo ghouls now.

poor djt. such a snowflake. such a giant ass wimp. such a pussy.

This is all anti-American behavior.

And that’s bullshit saying after speaker disparaged Trump. He was cancelled after Trump threatened them.

Same as Hitler and all despots.

Of course its fearful. He and they are pathetic weak cowards. All bullies are.

Middle school rule #1 - why do we have to keep learning this 🤷‍♂️

as I recall, it took me a long time to get to the point where I punched my first bully in the nose. maybe its human nature?

7th grade science class. 1963? Michael B pulled my chair out from behind when I sat, so I fell on the floor. I stood, turned and laid one upside his head - prolly hurt me more than him. We became good friends after 🤷‍♂️

that's the way it was back then. we fought, then we became friends. most of the time. not always. now I feel like the best way to win a fight is not to be there when it happens. a fist fight that is. a fight for this nation? we must fight back and save our nation for our children's sake.

Yes. And - if the military commanders follow orders that undermine democracy, we know that the bullies will not stop until they have full control.

Good luck finding someone who hasn’t

Our mighty military turns out to be a bunch of butt hurt snowflakes.

Ok, but let's remember that WE installed and supported many "banana republics" So it's not some inferior phenomenon "over there" in the "3rd world"... it's something the US created, so of course it comes home. We perfected those logics and brought them home.

Walk out

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Disgusting that he has influence like he does. Pedo in chief is repulsive.

Criminal backing ... supported by greedy oligarchs ... Really knows how to tap into a cult ... It's the guys behind him we'll have to look out for as he crumbles.

He's going to order his personal DOJ to prosecute anyone who insults him for defamation.

Well when Draft Dodgers, thieves, scoundrels, drunks, rapists and pedophiles get into power, this is what they go after first, FULL CONTROL OF THE MILITARY🤬🤬🤬🤬🥸🔥🔥🔥🔥☄️☄️

Yeah and ya know why? Two reasons, first they don't own their own criminality and secondly they themselves are scared shitless KARMA will come for them. Stupid fucks anyhow

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Anybody with a mind would naturally disparage DonOLD. That leaves the air-head sycophants as speakers.

Dictatorship.

This x 💯! It shows HE IS AFRAID!

Cowards. They are all cowards.

“After discovering”??? I wonder how they discovered that? A phone call from a man of orange?

No one should attend, because why waste your time on drivel you can get from Fox "News".

Stupid is as stupid does...

Brilliant! 🏆 😂👏👏

Tells you how big of a snowflake and weak this administration is.

oh geez @cwebbonline.com I see 🤦🏽‍♀️ Our military is SO strong words are weapons Oh my

This is straight up KJU style behavior. Since when did America become North Korea? Or China?

I guess cancel culture is okay for Trump.

And letting it be known that all institutions will flourish only if they please the God Emperor?

I hope Tom Hanks tells Hair Furrier to go F*ck himself.

Trump and Farage. Both so called paragons of free speech until that speech freely criticises them, and they shut it down, abuse it and have them hounded. They are what we have been teaching children for the last 80 years not to be

Snowflakes with a lack of moral fibre. the type who’d draft dodge.

Does this mean they will follow illegal orders and not follow our Constitution? I thought they would know what an oath meant.