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#draft #SelectiveService I'm not seeing much online about the automatic draft enrollment legislation just enacted. Very sobering for a person of my generation. We know there won't be many exemptions granted, and remember how the US lost so many grad students in what we now call STEM fields.
Trump signed autodraft registration Dec 2026: SSS registers all men 18–26 via federal data. Barron Trump is 20. His dad used bone spurs to skip Vietnam. Rubio's sons Anthony (~25) & Dominic (~21) are in window. He started 2 wars, 13 soldiers dead. GOP House caucus averages 57.5: a substantial share of members' sons fall in draft window. Hegseth's oldest's automatic enlistment in 2028
#SelectiveService #Draft #BarronTrump #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle
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By December the government will auto-register every man 18-25 for the draft. No sign-up needed. They'll just take your info. Trump won't rule out ground troops. 👀 Watch this.
#MilitaryDraft #SelectiveService #IranWar #DraftRegistration #VietnamWar #NoMoreWars #TheWashingtonPretzel #USPoliTickle

On December 18, 2025, #Felon47 signed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2026, mandating automatic Selective Service System registration. The agency’s proposal to automatically enroll men was then submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on March 30.

The government official said they did not believe that the new Selective Service registration process was geared toward “generating cannon fodder”.

#Military #Draft #SelectiveService
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/10/military-draft-automatic-registration-selective-service/

I have mixed thoughts concerning this.

In the United States, male citizens (and male immigrants) ages 18–25 are required to register with the Selective Service System, which is used in the event of a draft. The United States has not had a draft since 1973, at the end of the Vietnam War era.

Fun fact: I did not know this until well after I was 25 years old. No one ever informed me of this fact, which is ironic, since I actually tried to enlist in the reserves. You would think that would have automatically enrolled me in the Selective Service System, but ironically, it does not (I checked). I even somehow slipped through the cracks and started the initial initiation process. It was on the third day that my medical record was finally flagged (asthma), and I was given a polite but blunt talk about being brave for having even tried, but also to go home.

Having said that, today, knowing what we as a nation have now become and how everything is governed, I would not fight for this country and would have scolded my younger self for even trying. But I do remember thinking years later that the whole process should have been automatic, since I did not even know this was a requirement until I was over the age of 25.

Having said all this, I do believe this whole thing is absurd. We can automatically enroll you to fight for this country, but we refuse to automatically enroll you to vote.

#Draft #Vote #SelectiveService #War #Election

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Trump admin makes sweeping request for Automatic U.S. military draft registration by December 2026 planned
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/09/military-draft-registration-automatic-iran-war.html

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Another article about it –

"Automatic registration into the U.S. military #draft pool for eligible men is slated to begin in December, following efforts from lawmakers and the selective service agency to streamline the previous self-registration process."

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#USA #US #USmilitary #SelectiveService #TheDraft
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https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/04/08/automatic-registration-for-us-military-draft-eligible-men-to-begin-in-december/

Automatic registration for US military draft-eligible men to begin in December

Automatic registration into Selective Service was mandated in December 2025, when President Donald Trump signed into law the fiscal year 2026 NDAA.

Military Times

Proposal would automatically register men 18-26 for the military draft, filing shows

The Selective Service System has submitted a proposal to automatically register eligible American men for the draft by December.  The proposal, by the independent U.S. government agency, will apply to men ages 18-24, according to CNBC. It was submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, about a month after the hostilities in Iran were initiated.  If enacted, the proposal will implement a provision that Congress passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act in […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/04/09/proposal-would-automatically-register-men-18-26-for-the-military-draft-filing-shows/

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP RAISES ALARMS OVER AUTOMATIC DRAFT REGISTRATION IMPACT ON TRANSGENDER AND IMMIGRANT YOUTH

Civil rights groups warn automatic draft registration using government data could misidentify transgender and immigrant youth, raising privacy and fairness concerns.

#DraftRegistration, #CivilRights, #TransgenderYouth, #ImmigrantYouth, #SelectiveService

https://newsletter.tf/automatic-draft-registration-concerns-transgender-immigrant-youth/

New automatic draft registration plans could wrongly list transgender and immigrant youth. This is a concern for civil rights groups worried about data errors.

#DraftRegistration, #CivilRights, #TransgenderYouth, #ImmigrantYouth, #SelectiveService
https://newsletter.tf/automatic-draft-registration-concerns-transgender-immigrant-youth/

Automatic Draft Registration May Harm Transgender and Immigrant Youth

Civil rights groups warn automatic draft registration using government data could misidentify transgender and immigrant youth, raising privacy and fairness concerns.

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