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Space Force Commander With Penchant for Conspiracy Theories Fired

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Comments he made on a podcast about his book, “Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military,” led to his ouster.

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Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, author of a conservative book that pushes the conspiracy theory that Marxist thinking has infiltrated the military, has been relieved of his post with the Space Force program, Military.com

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