An unqualified former Fox host, accused in an affidavit of being "abusive" toward his second wife, of being perpetually drunk, and allegedly screaming "Kill all Muslims! Kill all Muslims!" just got confirmed as the US Defense Secretary (!) by a tie-break vote in the Senate.
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On Sept. 11, 2001, I think the third in the line was resident in a nursing home.
#PutinHasWon
2 House Speaker Mike Johnson
3 President Pro Tempore of the Senate Chuck Grassley
4 Sectr’y of State Marco Rubio
5 Sectr’y of Treasury yet to be decided
6 Sectr’y of Defense Peter Hegseth
PROTECT MARCO RUBIO AT ALL COSTS.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
(As opposed to a pure hatred assassination, which he seems to be doing his best to encourage).
He can't stay in the WH forever, he has to get out to give the Real Housewives fans the regular diet of BS, lies and table throwing!
Stop fooling yourself. The End is happening, and we are watching it live.
#PutinHasWon
If/when Hegseth screws up Trump can place an acting secretary of defense for 210 days without senate oversight. I’m betting that’s the plan.
If only the US government had the balls to impeach the entire line of succession until they found someone sane.
TL;DR He's drunk now.
And there were a lot more non-Muslims than Muslims who sat this one out and/or ignorantly tried to "send a message "
That said, point well taken and 100% spot-on. The only ones to self-own that hard are gay republicans.
#FAFO
I'm not downplaying these fresh horrors, but let's be real: when has America been a safe, peaceful land of prosperity for LGBTQ, POC, Indigenous, disabled, undocumented, refugee folks? If we build on a rotten foundation, it's only a matter of time before it all caves in.
1) himself
2) money
3) power
4) himself
Fetterman
Kim
Kaine
Peters
Shaheen
Slotkin
Fetterman
Kim
Kaine
Peters
Shaheen
Slotkin
And they are just angry enough that they want to see people just like them get the credit they think they are owed.
I was listening and wtf
And Trollump is an authoritarian, so will trigger them like daddy
None of them are fit to be in a position that makes a choice that effects ME
are not fit to make any decisions for mothers or grandmothers, let alone the children
They handed Trump Michigan, Trump has rewarded them with ICE raids and Hegseth.
Aren't the questions about the structure of the govt on the citizenship exam they would have had to pass to gain the right to vote?
Like our non-immigrant citizen population, the consequences were explained, and they made a choice.
(Here comes the block)
People have very short memories of his first term.
It’s not just the Arab Americans who took that stance. It’s the third party voters and people who did not vote in protest.
It's not "conservative." It's reckless, rash, and negligent.
Well how is that for a spine.
I jest, of course, this is all quite disgusting.
They're addicted to genocide
Literally
They then proceed to build a kakistocracy - a government of unqualified, incompetent, boot licking fascists.
Republicans want to destroy the federal government.
Be best!
the path forward to socialist policies is somewhere between them.
Its a single party dictatorship.
Nothing's changed on that front.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-revokes-us-sanctions-against-illegal-israeli-settlers-in-occupied-west-bank/3456712#
And I believe Hegseth will be the undoing of Trump. Bookmark this.
To an alcoholic, drink is life. It's oxygen. You panic when it's not around. You lie to everyone around you to hide the truth of your addiction. Nothing in the world feels as good as the first drink of the day.
There is no way on earth he's "just" not going to drink.
The next morning he could barely walk but make his first drink and his drove to work. He ended up in ICU. The stroke didn't stop his drinking. I'm pretty sure he is no longer alive.
reporters (or amateurs) need to discretely tail him and get video of him being blind, stinkin', boisterous, stumble drunk. That's what it's gonna take to knock him out of his office.
That being said, we'll have to pray that his replacement isn't worse (if that's even possible)
Addicts can’t just stop.
They don't prevent you from drinking. You drink and then the meds make you horribly ill.
This generally doesn't do much to change the cycle of abuse.
Between losing both my parents and trumps shit I was trying to numb myself with alcohol for a while.
#PutinHasWon
https://bsky.app/profile/jyf4.bsky.social/post/3lgk5yjvrp22m
But enough people to put a lot of human beings here and abroad in danger.
I don't want to hear about 'genocide' when Trump cut HIV funding, foreign aid and research. Millions will die, and Netanyahu will still get his weapons.
How far will Trump go to feed the addicts?
There's litterally a historical precedent from not too long ago about exactly how they could have resisted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Crusade
This is an emergency situation.
The truth by numbers is that roughly 25% of Americans are Nazis, 30% of Americans are Anti-fascists, and 45% of Americans just don't care...
I used these numbers, skewed the blue numbers higher based on personal feelings, and threw in those who were registered to vote but stayed home instead...
Personally, I think Musk manipulated the numbers to secure the felon's win.
Mehdi Hasan & Ayn Rand agree: doesn't matter. Just destroy his reputation: "You don’t want to get involved with a notorious character like that ... Fight that, my dear. Tell me a way to fight it."
I can only hope that he will self sabotage in short order.
Let the whistleblowing begin.
Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”