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Starting in December, all men aged 18-to-25 will be automatically registered for the military draft. They’ll be added to the Selective Service System, an independent government agency that keeps a list of all eligible Americans. For decades, the majority of men would register themselves, or face a felony. Congress... show more

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Who knew that on December 18,2025 Trump signed a bill so males from the ages of 18-26 will no longer have to self register for Selective Service (The Draft) because it will be an automatic registration instead since The Government already has all their information on file already

Who knew that on December 18,2025 Trump signed a bill so males from the ages of 18-26 will no longer have to self register for Selective Service (The Draft) because it will be an automatic registration instead since The Government already has all their information on file already

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Without evidence, MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell suggests Barron Trump committed a felony, accuses him of not filling out his Selective Service card. He asserts that President Trump's inability to read doomed his son's crime to exposer under law: LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: It is impossible for Donald Trump to know what he's signing because he hates to read. And it is doubly impossible for Donald Trump to know what he's signing when he is signing legislation, because it is written in legislative language he could never comprehend. And on December 18th of last year, Donald Trump signed a 1,260-page bill that now makes it impossible for his youngest son to avoid registering for the draft. The Selective Service system, which administers the draft, has announced that they are now in the process of implementing the new law, which will use government records, including Social Security records, to automatically register every American young man between the ages of 18 and 26 to be subject to the draft into military service if the draft is reactivated. Barron trump was legally required to register for the draft voluntarily two years ago when he turned 18 years old. This would be a nice time for the president of the United States to prove that his draft-age son has complied with federal law and did indeed register for the draft within 30 days of his 18th birthday, because failure to do so is a felony. But the act of registering for the draft, which has been entirely voluntary and will remain voluntary until December, when Donald Trump's new law, which you can be sure he has no idea that he signed, takes effect. And of course, there would be no reason for any of us to wonder if Barron Trump has complied with federal law and registered for the draft, if his father were not a war mongering politician. There would be no reason for anyone to wonder if Barron Trump committed the felony of failing to register for the draft, if his father had not started a war of choice in which he threatened to exterminate 91 million people and their culture, to erase Iranians and Iranian culture from this Earth. But Barron Trump's father did do that, and his mother has been completely silent about that war. And she remains silent about it today because she was not stepping up to that microphone to talk about her son's compliance with federal law and his draft status in a time of war. She was stepping up to that microphone to complain about lying, she said, that his quote, these were her words, 'devoid of ethical standards, humility and respect.' And she was not talking about her husband. She stepped up to that microphone to defend, quote, 'my good name.' Her name is Trump!

Without evidence, MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell suggests Barron Trump committed a felony, accuses him of not filling out his Selective Service card. He asserts that President Trump's inability to read doomed his son's crime to exposer under law: LAWRENCE O'DONNELL: It is impossible for Donald Trump to know what he's signing because he hates to read. And it is doubly impossible for Donald Trump to know what he's signing when he is signing legislation, because it is written in legislative language he could never comprehend. And on December 18th of last year, Donald Trump signed a 1,260-page bill that now makes it impossible for his youngest son to avoid registering for the draft. The Selective Service system, which administers the draft, has announced that they are now in the process of implementing the new law, which will use government records, including Social Security records, to automatically register every American young man between the ages of 18 and 26 to be subject to the draft into military service if the draft is reactivated. Barron trump was legally required to register for the draft voluntarily two years ago when he turned 18 years old. This would be a nice time for the president of the United States to prove that his draft-age son has complied with federal law and did indeed register for the draft within 30 days of his 18th birthday, because failure to do so is a felony. But the act of registering for the draft, which has been entirely voluntary and will remain voluntary until December, when Donald Trump's new law, which you can be sure he has no idea that he signed, takes effect. And of course, there would be no reason for any of us to wonder if Barron Trump has complied with federal law and registered for the draft, if his father were not a war mongering politician. There would be no reason for anyone to wonder if Barron Trump committed the felony of failing to register for the draft, if his father had not started a war of choice in which he threatened to exterminate 91 million people and their culture, to erase Iranians and Iranian culture from this Earth. But Barron Trump's father did do that, and his mother has been completely silent about that war. And she remains silent about it today because she was not stepping up to that microphone to talk about her son's compliance with federal law and his draft status in a time of war. She was stepping up to that microphone to complain about lying, she said, that his quote, these were her words, 'devoid of ethical standards, humility and respect.' And she was not talking about her husband. She stepped up to that microphone to defend, quote, 'my good name.' Her name is Trump!

Nicholas Fondacaro

69,641 views • 4 months ago

🚨🇺🇸 The American House has passed a bill whereby all men aged 18-26 are automatically enlisted to the US military draft. Now young Americans may have no choice but to serve the most prestigious military in the World that demands you respect whether you agree with someone’s pronouns or not.

🚨🇺🇸 The American House has passed a bill whereby all men aged 18-26 are automatically enlisted to the US military draft. Now young Americans may have no choice but to serve the most prestigious military in the World that demands you respect whether you agree with someone’s pronouns or not.

Concerned Citizen

4,969,187 views • 2 years ago

Biden Administration Could Be Getting Ready To Reinstate The Military Draft 🚨 New Legislation Introduced, National Defense Authorization Act: “HR 8070, section 531, quote, every male citizen of the United States and every other male person residing in the United States between the ages of 18-26 shall be automatically registered under this act by the director of the selective service system.” “Is the Biden administration getting ready to reinstate the military draft? Fair question, considering I found this hidden in the language of the new National Defense Authorization Act that's about to hit the House floor” “According to existing law, every man living in the United States between 18-26 years old must voluntarily register for the draft, even if it hasn't been implemented in 50 years. Military recruiting is down, selective service is having difficulty getting people to sign up, and the US is involved in several big proxy wars. So they wanna automatically register everyone once a man becomes 18. We haven't had military conscription in 50 years. Why all of a sudden are they so concerned that there aren't enough men signed up? Does it have anything to do with Biden secretly giving permission to Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US weapons? But it is pride month, so I have to ask the question. What is a man?” - Matt Kim

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Wall Street Apes

685,077 views • 2 years ago

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I remember when rumors of a US draft were happening with the Ukraine War because all the Ukrainian military men were dying so ima wait that discussion out for now. But here is a video from December of 2025 with some good information on what congress passed in regards to selective service.

I remember when rumors of a US draft were happening with the Ukraine War because all the Ukrainian military men were dying so ima wait that discussion out for now. But here is a video from December of 2025 with some good information on what congress passed in regards to selective service.

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145,530 views • 4 months ago

Professor Jiang says every American male 18 to 24 will be automatically registered for the draft starting this December. He predicted Trump would start a war with Iran before it happened. Now he says that war becomes a forever war, and it needs bodies to keep running. For decades the draft existed on paper but nobody enforced it. That changes this winter. "You'll be automatically put into the draft system." • Automatic registration starts in December this year • Applies to males between 18 and 24 in America • War in Iran could last decades, like Afghanistan A law most people never read just decided who fights the next war. P.S. I made a playbook breaking down 100+ most powerful decision making mental models used by history's greatest thinkers. 5,000+ downloads. 113 five-star reviews. Grab a free copy here: If you're new here, follow GeniusThinking for content on the greatest minds in economics, psychology, and history. — Professor Jiang on The Diary Of A CEO

Professor Jiang says every American male 18 to 24 will be automatically registered for the draft starting this December. He predicted Trump would start a war with Iran before it happened. Now he says that war becomes a forever war, and it needs bodies to keep running. For decades the draft existed on paper but nobody enforced it. That changes this winter. "You'll be automatically put into the draft system." • Automatic registration starts in December this year • Applies to males between 18 and 24 in America • War in Iran could last decades, like Afghanistan A law most people never read just decided who fights the next war. P.S. I made a playbook breaking down 100+ most powerful decision making mental models used by history's greatest thinkers. 5,000+ downloads. 113 five-star reviews. Grab a free copy here: If you're new here, follow GeniusThinking for content on the greatest minds in economics, psychology, and history. — Professor Jiang on The Diary Of A CEO

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30,918 views • 1 month ago

On December 1, 1969, the United States held its first televised draft lottery for the Vietnam War. Young men aged 19 to 26 watched anxiously as birthdates were drawn to determine the order of induction into military service. The process involved selecting 366 capsules, each representing a day of the year, to assign draft numbers. Those with lower numbers faced a higher likelihood of being called to serve.

On December 1, 1969, the United States held its first televised draft lottery for the Vietnam War. Young men aged 19 to 26 watched anxiously as birthdates were drawn to determine the order of induction into military service. The process involved selecting 366 capsules, each representing a day of the year, to assign draft numbers. Those with lower numbers faced a higher likelihood of being called to serve.

History Photographed

206,096 views • 1 year ago

Vice President Harris: Our broken immigration system needs to be fixed. Months ago, Congress proposed the toughest bipartisan border security bill in decades. Donald Trump realized the border was a problem he wanted to run on so he told Congress to kill the bill. As president, I will bring it back and sign it into law

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416,439 views • 1 year ago

The hatred for President Trump has gone too far. The Senators and Congressmen who made a video suggesting our men and women in the military do not have to follow unlawful orders have yet to show us an example. They owe it to our men and women in the military to be specific about orders issued by President Trump or those under his command that they believe to be unlawful.

The hatred for President Trump has gone too far. The Senators and Congressmen who made a video suggesting our men and women in the military do not have to follow unlawful orders have yet to show us an example. They owe it to our men and women in the military to be specific about orders issued by President Trump or those under his command that they believe to be unlawful.

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298,186 views • 9 months ago

President Trump, like many, saw what happened yesterday in Spain as an invasion, and it's a farce to claim otherwise when looking at the facts: • 49K invaders in 24hrs • Majority military-aged men • Conflicts arising between the invaders and law enforcement/military forces "[Spain] will look good compared to what will happen to the United States." If only for immigration, voting Trump was well worth it. Yes. It’s THAT important.

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Andrew Kolvet

45,642 views • 15 days ago

THE DRAFT IS GOING AUTOMATIC. AND THE GOVERNMENT IS WARGAMING IT RIGHT NOW! Starting December 19, men ages 18 to 26 will be automatically registered for the draft, not by choice and not by mailing in a card like previous generations. The Selective Service System will pull names directly from federal databases. Since the 1940s, draft registration has been something young men had to actively do themselves. Now it happens quietly in the background, built on data people never agreed to hand over for this purpose. The agency is also telling vendors its own tools are outdated, and instead of fixing that first, it is building a “readiness simulation” to test whether the new system even works after automatic registration begins. That simulation is meant to model the full draft pipeline, including registration, selection, notification, delivery, classification, and even what happens when someone refuses. Automatic registration means the government will pull your information from other federal databases without you submitting it yourself. Officials call it “anonymized aggregate data,” but the system is still designed to find specific people and call them up for service. So why now? And why build a national draft model while troops are already coming home wounded from a war that just reopened? Shannon Joy joins me to discuss this ultimate betrayal.

THE DRAFT IS GOING AUTOMATIC. AND THE GOVERNMENT IS WARGAMING IT RIGHT NOW! Starting December 19, men ages 18 to 26 will be automatically registered for the draft, not by choice and not by mailing in a card like previous generations. The Selective Service System will pull names directly from federal databases. Since the 1940s, draft registration has been something young men had to actively do themselves. Now it happens quietly in the background, built on data people never agreed to hand over for this purpose. The agency is also telling vendors its own tools are outdated, and instead of fixing that first, it is building a “readiness simulation” to test whether the new system even works after automatic registration begins. That simulation is meant to model the full draft pipeline, including registration, selection, notification, delivery, classification, and even what happens when someone refuses. Automatic registration means the government will pull your information from other federal databases without you submitting it yourself. Officials call it “anonymized aggregate data,” but the system is still designed to find specific people and call them up for service. So why now? And why build a national draft model while troops are already coming home wounded from a war that just reopened? Shannon Joy joins me to discuss this ultimate betrayal.

Ben Swann

62,847 views • 16 days ago

There was a long queue at the Thai embassy in Yangon today as Myanmar's people rushed to leave the country following the junta's announcement of compulsory military service for all young men and women. The move was announced last Saturday, ordering all men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27 to serve at least two years under military command. This decision coincides with the Myanmar military's struggle to cope with escalating offensives by resistance forces. Meanwhile, the civilian National Unity Government has declared the junta a "terrorist group" that imposed an illegal law due to a lack of legal mandate to enforce a legitimate one, as reported by The Irrawaddy. #Thailand #Myanmar

There was a long queue at the Thai embassy in Yangon today as Myanmar's people rushed to leave the country following the junta's announcement of compulsory military service for all young men and women. The move was announced last Saturday, ordering all men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27 to serve at least two years under military command. This decision coincides with the Myanmar military's struggle to cope with escalating offensives by resistance forces. Meanwhile, the civilian National Unity Government has declared the junta a "terrorist group" that imposed an illegal law due to a lack of legal mandate to enforce a legitimate one, as reported by The Irrawaddy. #Thailand #Myanmar

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581,996 views • 2 years ago

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Ed Krassenstein

2,772,547 views • 2 years ago

"PUTIN HAS UNDERESTIMATED TRUMP" President Donald Trump confirmed that U.S. forces successfully seized the Marinera, an oil tanker flying the Russian flag, in the North Atlantic. The operation has been described by international media as a significant "humiliation" for Vladimir Putin, as the vessel was intercepted despite Russian naval presence and diplomatic warnings. Putin assessed that Trump's attempts to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine were a sign of weakness that could be exploited. Putin has interpreted this as Trump being afraid of Russia's military capabilities, especially Russia's nuclear weapons. Russia has made a grave miscalculation....... I am also of the opinion that Russia has placed all its bets on China emerging as the leading power in the years ahead, and that China will achieve both military and economic superiority over the U.S. I also think that is a misjudgment. With the US's overthrow of Maduro and the collapse of Venezuela's military, largely composed of Russian and Chinese weapon systems, everything will transition into a vastly different context. I think Putin has misjudged Trump's capacity to take action, and he is currently facing the consequences of that mistake.

"PUTIN HAS UNDERESTIMATED TRUMP" President Donald Trump confirmed that U.S. forces successfully seized the Marinera, an oil tanker flying the Russian flag, in the North Atlantic. The operation has been described by international media as a significant "humiliation" for Vladimir Putin, as the vessel was intercepted despite Russian naval presence and diplomatic warnings. Putin assessed that Trump's attempts to broker a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine were a sign of weakness that could be exploited. Putin has interpreted this as Trump being afraid of Russia's military capabilities, especially Russia's nuclear weapons. Russia has made a grave miscalculation....... I am also of the opinion that Russia has placed all its bets on China emerging as the leading power in the years ahead, and that China will achieve both military and economic superiority over the U.S. I also think that is a misjudgment. With the US's overthrow of Maduro and the collapse of Venezuela's military, largely composed of Russian and Chinese weapon systems, everything will transition into a vastly different context. I think Putin has misjudged Trump's capacity to take action, and he is currently facing the consequences of that mistake.

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100,773 views • 7 months ago

Jeffries: On the campaign trail, Donald Trump and Republicans promised not to get the American people into endless wars failed foreign forever wars. And yet Donald Trump has just gotten America into an endless war that he acknowledges and plans to be endless. And we have already tragically lost the lives of six American service members because Donald Trump, without justification, and without coming to congress, has gotten America into a Middle Eastern war that we know will not end well based on what we have already seen in Afghanistan, Iraq, for that matter, in Vietnam as well.

Jeffries: On the campaign trail, Donald Trump and Republicans promised not to get the American people into endless wars failed foreign forever wars. And yet Donald Trump has just gotten America into an endless war that he acknowledges and plans to be endless. And we have already tragically lost the lives of six American service members because Donald Trump, without justification, and without coming to congress, has gotten America into a Middle Eastern war that we know will not end well based on what we have already seen in Afghanistan, Iraq, for that matter, in Vietnam as well.

Acyn

25,834 views • 5 months ago