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Katie Couric: How are we going to, really, almost deprogram these people who have signed up for the cult of Trump?
Narrator: This document is called FM3-39.40, Internment and Resettlement Operations, and it’s a comprehensive manual issued by our very own Department of the Army.
Racist MSNBC Host: There are millions of Americans, almost all white, almost all Republican, who somehow need to be deprogrammed.
Narrator: But here’s where it gets interesting: Buried within the dense military jargon and procedural detail is a framework that could, under certain circumstances, be applied domestically. Yes, you heard that right. This manual provides guidance that is adaptable to various operational environments, including, potentially, right here at home.
Sunny Hostin of The View tells co-host, Joy Behar: Because they’ve been brainwashed, Joy. I really believe that they have been brainwashed by this misinformation campaign.
Alysin Camerota of CNN: So how do you de-radicalize these people?
“Cult Expert” Steven Hassan on CNN: Once we educate them, we coach them on how to interact and empower the person to start thinking for themselves.
Racist MSNBC Guest tells Host, Joshua Johnson: I think a lot of people are going to have to be deprogrammed.
AOC: We had a program addressing white supremacists. We had programs, federal programs, that went towards funding organizations like these that de-radicalized people. And President Trump pulled the plug.
Narrator: Let’s take a closer look at some of the specifics. Chapter after chapter, this document meticulously details how to set up and manage Internment and Resettlement facilities, how to process and transport detainees, and even how to handle medical and dental care for them. It talks about capturing, screening and interrogating detainees and outlines the roles and responsibilities of military police units in these operations.
Now, imagine these procedures, not just in a foreign war zone, but on American soil. The manual doesn’t explicitly state that these operations will take place within the United States, but it leaves the door wide open.
Racist MSNBC Guest: What ultimately breaks that power structure in the South is enforcement, right? There have to be consequences.
Shea Garrison, PhD, Policy Fellow, George Mason University: Over half our country needs to be reprogrammed. Not just 75 million people that voted for Trump, but the conservatives in this country.
Narrator: Consider the chapter on Civil Support Operations, which highlights the involvement of military police in civil missions, coordinating with civilian authorities. This could easily extend to domestic scenarios where the military might be called in to manage large scale disruptions or civil unrest.
We’re also looking at chapters that cover the Rehabilitation of Detainees and the Resettlement of Displaced Civilians. Think about that.
Rehabilitation Programs for Detainees, Resettlement Operations for Dislocated Civilians. These are terms we associate with wartime operations in foreign lands. But here they are, in a document that is perfectly applicable to situations within our own borders.
OAN Host, Liz Wheeler: A Bernie Sanders staffer was caught on undercover camera saying that Trump voters should be sent to re-education camps.
Project Veritas Undercover Video of Bernie Staffer: What are we going to do with those people that resist the change? Because that’s a big deal. Well, I’ll tell you what, in Cuba, what do they do to reactionaries? They shot them on the beach.
Project Veritas Undercover Video of Michael Beller, Principal Counsel for PBS: Even if Biden wins, we go for all the Republican voters, and Homeland Security will take their children away. And we’ll put them (Trump supporters’ children) into re-education camps.
Narrator: What’s even more troubling is the absence of clear boundaries. The document doesn’t draw a firm line to exclude domestic application. Instead, it provides a flexible framework that can be adapted to various operational environments.
The ambiguity is unsettling. It’s like they’ve crafted a comprehensive plan for internment and resettlement and left it intentionally vague enough to be implemented anywhere, including right here, in the US.
Random Communist Pundit: So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that “kids belong to their parents” or “kids belong to their families” and recognize that kids belong to whole communities. Once it’s everybody’s responsibility and not just the household’s, then we start making better investments.
Narrator: This isn’t about fear mongering. This is about being aware and vigilant. As citizens, it’s our responsibility to scrutinize these documents and ask the hard questions.
Why does our military have a manual for internment and resettlement operations that could be used domestically? And more importantly, under what circumstances would they deploy these procedures on American soil?
Hillary Clinton: I have decided we really need camps for adults. And we need the kind of camps that you all run. I mean, really.