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movetheboat
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Pete Hegseth Declines to Answer
At today’s confirmation hearing, the defense-secretary nominee looked like a man who understood that the fix was in.Pete Hegseth, President-Elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of defense, was initially considered one of his most endangered nominees. But after the MAGA movement organized a campaign to threaten Republicans who expressed reservations about Hegseth’s fitness, criticism dried up quickly. “We gave the Senate an attitude adjustment,” Mike Davis, a Republican operative known for his florid threats to lock up Trump’s political targets, told Politico.
That attitude adjustment was on vivid display in Hegseth’s confirmation hearing today before the Armed Services Committee. During the proceedings, the Republican majority displayed no willingness to block or even seriously vet a nominee who resides far outside the former boundaries of acceptability for a position of immense power.
Hegseth’s liabilities can be divided into four categories, each of them individually disqualifying:
- personal behavior, including allegations of drunkenness on the job, of maintaining a hostile workplace, and of sexual assault
- lack of managerial experience, or at least positive managerial experience (According to The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer, Hegseth ran two tiny advocacy groups so poorly that he was forced to step down.)
- a disregard for the laws of war and a habit of excusing the actions of convicted war criminals
- an enthusiasm for domestic political combat that blends into an inability to distinguish Democrats from enemy combatants
movetheboat
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Hegseth has previously denied the sexual misconduct allegations and vowed to stop drinking if he’s confirmed
SO HE'S STILL A DRUNKEN SEXUAL ASSAULTER BUT BUT BUT.....I will STOP drinking if I am made sec of defense!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
You can't make this up.....
He will make it thru anyway because the KING has commanded it and his peasants will do as he says....that is what we are now....a dictatorship. WELL YOU WON...SO GET OVER IT...BAHAHA
SO HE'S STILL A DRUNKEN SEXUAL ASSAULTER BUT BUT BUT.....I will STOP drinking if I am made sec of defense!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
You can't make this up.....
He will make it thru anyway because the KING has commanded it and his peasants will do as he says....that is what we are now....a dictatorship. WELL YOU WON...SO GET OVER IT...BAHAHA
Hmmm, a bit of dissention at Camelot's Round Table...
Stephen K. Bannon has launched a stinging attack on Elon Musk, calling him a “truly evil person,” in comments that deepen hostilities between two men who have been influential advisers to President-elect Donald J. Trump.
“I will get Elon Musk kicked out by the time he’s inaugurated,” Mr. Bannon said of Mr. Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera. “He won’t have a blue pass with full access to the White House. He’ll be like everyone else.”
Mr. Bannon was an architect of Mr. Trump’s presidential election victory in 2016 and served for a time as chief strategist during his first term in the White House. Since his release in October from a four-month stint in federal prison for a contempt conviction, Mr. Bannon has renewed his war of words with Mr. Musk, who poured more than a quarter of a billion dollars into Mr. Trump’s election win in November and has since become a constant presence at his side.
In the interview, published last week, Mr. Bannon said of Mr. Musk: “He’s a truly evil person. Stopping him has become a personal issue for me.”
The insults reflect broader tension on the right in the United States about the direction of the movement that Mr. Trump has championed and fears that Mr. Musk — the world’s richest person and the owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — could use his influence to sideline powerful figures within that movement to promote his own agenda. Mr. Musk does significant business with the federal government as the chief executive of SpaceX, and also runs the automaker Tesla.
Some right-wing personalities who initially welcomed Mr. Musk’s entry into Republican politics now say they feel deceived, raising questions about the durability of their alliance.
Mr. Trump tapped Mr. Musk to colead an effort aimed at slashing the federal bureaucracy, but it is not clear what if any role Mr. Bannon will have in the administration. Before he left office in 2021, Mr. Trump pardoned Mr. Bannon before he faced a trial on charges that he misused money he had helped raise for a group backing Mr. Trump’s border wall.
Mr. Musk has not publicly responded to the statements by Mr. Bannon.
One focus of their dispute has been the use of H-1B visas to bring skilled foreign workers to U.S. companies, a practice decried by some conservatives who oppose immigration. Mr. Musk supports the visas, like many tech leaders who say they help to bring critical workers to their companies. Mr. Bannon said in the interview that the visas prevented Americans from getting jobs.
Mr. Bannon said that Mr. Musk, whom he described as having “the maturity of a child,” had lost the policy debate over the visas. He also questioned whether the tech billionaire should limit his involvement in U.S. politics because he was born and grew up in South Africa during apartheid.
“He should go back to South Africa,” Mr. Bannon was quoted as saying.
Elon Musk Is an ‘Evil Person,’ Steve Bannon Says
The comments highlighted rifts within the U.S. right wing and between two men who have been influential advisers to President-elect Donald J. Trump.Stephen K. Bannon has launched a stinging attack on Elon Musk, calling him a “truly evil person,” in comments that deepen hostilities between two men who have been influential advisers to President-elect Donald J. Trump.
“I will get Elon Musk kicked out by the time he’s inaugurated,” Mr. Bannon said of Mr. Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, in an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera. “He won’t have a blue pass with full access to the White House. He’ll be like everyone else.”
Mr. Bannon was an architect of Mr. Trump’s presidential election victory in 2016 and served for a time as chief strategist during his first term in the White House. Since his release in October from a four-month stint in federal prison for a contempt conviction, Mr. Bannon has renewed his war of words with Mr. Musk, who poured more than a quarter of a billion dollars into Mr. Trump’s election win in November and has since become a constant presence at his side.
In the interview, published last week, Mr. Bannon said of Mr. Musk: “He’s a truly evil person. Stopping him has become a personal issue for me.”
The insults reflect broader tension on the right in the United States about the direction of the movement that Mr. Trump has championed and fears that Mr. Musk — the world’s richest person and the owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — could use his influence to sideline powerful figures within that movement to promote his own agenda. Mr. Musk does significant business with the federal government as the chief executive of SpaceX, and also runs the automaker Tesla.
Some right-wing personalities who initially welcomed Mr. Musk’s entry into Republican politics now say they feel deceived, raising questions about the durability of their alliance.
Mr. Trump tapped Mr. Musk to colead an effort aimed at slashing the federal bureaucracy, but it is not clear what if any role Mr. Bannon will have in the administration. Before he left office in 2021, Mr. Trump pardoned Mr. Bannon before he faced a trial on charges that he misused money he had helped raise for a group backing Mr. Trump’s border wall.
Mr. Musk has not publicly responded to the statements by Mr. Bannon.
One focus of their dispute has been the use of H-1B visas to bring skilled foreign workers to U.S. companies, a practice decried by some conservatives who oppose immigration. Mr. Musk supports the visas, like many tech leaders who say they help to bring critical workers to their companies. Mr. Bannon said in the interview that the visas prevented Americans from getting jobs.
Mr. Bannon said that Mr. Musk, whom he described as having “the maturity of a child,” had lost the policy debate over the visas. He also questioned whether the tech billionaire should limit his involvement in U.S. politics because he was born and grew up in South Africa during apartheid.
“He should go back to South Africa,” Mr. Bannon was quoted as saying.
longcast
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Going to make an interesting 4 years!
Im at a loss
wader
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I watched most of it (as background noise) & was astonished at some of the replies...............
Well any Boy Scout would see it in about 3 microseconds...
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wader
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House barrels toward fight over placing conditions on California fire aid
The House is barreling toward a contentious debate over disaster relief for California as many — but not all — Republicans call for conditions to be placed on the assistance, an idea Democrats are soundly rejecting. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday threw his support behind placing...
Fine.
Fucking fight about it after the relief is approved. Don't hold the citizens who have suffered enough hostage. These people need help!!!
WTF is wrong with those officals? Have they no humanity?
Hes not wearing his Knot badge?
Hey we aint fighting about I just didnt know what was wrong with the pictureHouse barrels toward fight over placing conditions on California fire aid
The House is barreling toward a contentious debate over disaster relief for California as many — but not all — Republicans call for conditions to be placed on the assistance, an idea Democrats are soundly rejecting. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday threw his support behind placing...www.yahoo.com
Fine.
Fucking fight about it after the relief is approved. Don't hold the citizens who have suffered enough hostage. These people need help!!!
WTF is wrong with those officals? Have they no humanity?
No, he's sporting an American Flag pocket square. You'd think the nominee for Secretary of Defense would know proper flag etiquette which prohibits using the flag for an article of clothing or as an accessory...
JackPrintMD
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House GOP speaker orders Capitol flags to fly at full-staff at Trump's inauguration
Speaker Johnson is suspending a 30-day mourning period for Jimmy Carter to allow flags at the Capitol to fly at full-staff at Trump's inauguration.
www.usatoday.com
WASHINGTON − At the request of President-elect Donald Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson is suspending a 30-day mourning period for former President Jimmy Carter to allow flags at the U.S. Capitol to fly at full staff at Trump's inauguration next week.
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I was gonna say that
longcast
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California put themselves in this position. How about they reallocate the $50 million earmarked for "Trump proofing" California. Liberals don't give 2 shits about their constituents.House barrels toward fight over placing conditions on California fire aid
The House is barreling toward a contentious debate over disaster relief for California as many — but not all — Republicans call for conditions to be placed on the assistance, an idea Democrats are soundly rejecting. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday threw his support behind placing...
Fine.
Fucking fight about it after the relief is approved. Don't hold the citizens who have suffered enough hostage. These people need help!!!
WTF is wrong with those officals? Have they no humanity?
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