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mollyjongfast.bsky.social • 136 days ago

So @janemayer.bsky.social does not miss

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history

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mollyjongfast.bsky.social•136 days ago

Good point from Blumenthal

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history

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natfinplan.bsky.social•136 days ago

If you think Hegseth is unfit tell your senator(s). They are the ones who will decide.

It only takes a few minutes and best of all..it doesn’t cost any money.

We don’t need money in politics. We just need people to participate.

https://www.nationalfinancialplan.com

bewellmarket.bsky.social•136 days ago

That was before when there was a Republican soul

ktforest7.bsky.social•136 days ago

Those were the old days when there were standards.

brenda2024.bsky.social•136 days ago

An excellent point. Very alarming and definitely disqualifying. Unfit!!

jafkettani.bsky.social•136 days ago

Sure but the real issue now is to understand that all these crazy lunatics have very serious chances to be in charge and then all this legal posturing will be in vain as the rule of law will simply collapse. This is Russia ~ 1995 again. mafia rule. And as queen Melania said they really don’t care.

jafkettani.bsky.social•136 days ago

The plan is simple : exhaust the left with some crazy nominations and get them approved by a lackey senate. Or if not, bring even worse guys until we are all numb and understand finally the game is over. Fascism is a constant mud fight not a purity test.

jjtex.bsky.social•135 days ago

1989? That was 2 lifetimes ago.

mollyjongfast.bsky.social•136 days ago

Do republican senators want to defend this? I don’t know if they do?

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carriesweet.bsky.social•136 days ago

They will pretend it doesn't exist.

eric623.bsky.social•136 days ago

i mean they're the party of family values, right?

michelestrider.bsky.social•135 days ago

Don't kid yourself. They want to party with him.

sueinrockville.bsky.social•136 days ago

When you are so disgusting your own mother calls you out?
Peter Hegseth is reaching Newt-onian Gingrich levels of hypocrisy & exceeding him
https://www.salon.com/2011/03/08/gingrich_divorce_hospital_cancer/
#RejectHegseth
#GOPHypocrites
#ShamelessGOP

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scottinjupiter.bsky.social•136 days ago

So he’ll just be Acting Sec Def for 4 yrs even though that’s not allowed. Who’s gonna stop them.

rosiesdad.bsky.social•136 days ago

Rules are only rules if someone is willing to enforce them.

c15g.bsky.social•136 days ago

He is such a disgrace but he's just like the rest of dtumps racist incest and bunch of pedophiles running the next dicktator 🐑🐑🐑🐑👿🔥😈🟠💩💩💩💩

mattresd.bsky.social•135 days ago

They will. They're craven cowards

illinifan1280.bsky.social•135 days ago

Not sure what you mean. This makes him a Republican hero.

havfree.bsky.social•136 days ago

What's Trump going to do when he runs out of criminals?

chodeyfosterr.bsky.social•136 days ago

Turn the non-criminals into criminals?

jimbo999.bsky.social•136 days ago

Trump knows all of the criminals,so he will never run out.

julianna75.bsky.social•135 days ago

He'll pardon Larry Nassar and nominate him for Surgeon General, of course!

kathleenmdonohoe.bsky.social•136 days ago

That would be hilarious if he's forced to hire honest people. (Hilarious as in nothing about this is actually funny.)

joanronhock.bsky.social•136 days ago

Punt i guess

manicmom4.bsky.social•136 days ago

MAGA seems to have an endless supply so I don't think that will be an issue for anytime in the near future...

vbowls123.bsky.social•136 days ago

Sad, but true. He wants criminals because he can control them by threatening to prosecute them.

mrald.bsky.social•134 days ago

Probably give out pardons...

bumper54.bsky.social•135 days ago

Unlock all the jails

cuznsue.bsky.social•136 days ago

He’ll lower the bar even further.

rantingpolitics.bsky.social•136 days ago

Create new ones look at his ex lawyer Michael cohen

jwillox.bsky.social•135 days ago

He’ll just make more 💩

ktforest7.bsky.social•136 days ago

Do you really think the Republicans in the Senate will go against Trump? We’re in this mess because of them and their lack of holding him accountable.

trixienorton.bsky.social•135 days ago

They've been defending crap like this for a decade. Do you think they didn't already know with all their FOX news appearances? They knew for years about this predator. How to criticize someone after years of knowledge is gonna be tough.

earp1880.bsky.social•136 days ago

Well.....it could of been worse. Hegseth as treasury
secretary?

reggierink.bsky.social•136 days ago

Even if the Senate rejects the nomination, will Trump just ignore them. What recourse does the Senate have then?

checksandbals.bsky.social•136 days ago

🗣️📢 #TraitorTrump will shut down the government to force his foreign asset picks in.
🚨🇷🇺🚨 Why are the Democrats rolling over to let it happen? 🤡 #Bidenhasimmunity
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLft0t_Ex0X4UPdlwAgvX-J0YYKgBhXxtE

timkrauss.bsky.social•136 days ago

To be fair, they are probably over the moon that he only attacked ADULT women, unlike everyone else in Trump/GOP's orbit

eyeswideopen24.bsky.social•136 days ago

Yeah. They do.

zestychinchilla.bsky.social•135 days ago

They don't CARE, and why should they? No one's held their feet to the fire in any meaningful way. Democrats took the campaign funds and said 'you're on your own lol'

mo732.bsky.social•136 days ago

They’ll make a big morality show …then vote with Trump.

rtroth.bsky.social•135 days ago

Y'all need to stop thinking the gop cares at all what people do all they care about is power. Unchecked power.

dune54.bsky.social•135 days ago

They will just scurry down the hallways with reporters asking about it and say they hadn’t heard anything about that. Even after they hear of it during the hearings.

brenda2024.bsky.social•136 days ago

Again, this is where they will show us where they stand on doing the right thing. 👀

pualicous3.bsky.social•136 days ago

We already know what they stand for.
No confidence in them ever doing the right thing.

brenda2024.bsky.social•136 days ago

None!!

tokay13.bsky.social•135 days ago

I am sincerely hoping that some Republican Senators have enough EGO to grab their Constitutional powers and flex them, rather than sit up and beg for more as Trump abuses them.

prolibshow.com•136 days ago

Remember when these arguments would be like "The incoming President wants to nominate someone for SecDef that only has 15 years of experience in the military then only 10 years working with veterans? Are we sure that's enough?"

tbas7000.bsky.social•135 days ago

Good times!

ngrippel.com•136 days ago

The history of the Trumpified GOP is that they are much more afraid of angering Trump than doing his unethical biddings.

https://www.ngrippel.com/ngr-politics.html

tinaleeds.bsky.social•135 days ago

Yeah, when you have so many truly brutal drunken public scenes; sexual attacks on women; documented rapes, admissions that HE paid off women rather than risk going through the Court, (Spells: G-U-I-L-T-Y and he knows he will be found it by a Jury of his Peers!); Spouses Ending Marriage To Him For

tinaleeds.bsky.social•135 days ago

Cheating; His Mother's BRUTAL Email To Her Son, a Heartfelt End of the Line, You Have Hit Bottom Son, You've LOST 2 Wives for ADULTERY & 2 JOBS for Misappropriation of Funds (a Felony!). Now you're paying off Another for RAPE?!!
Our WWII, Korean & VN Vet dad would be Storming From Heaven if he could

penbird42.bsky.social•135 days ago

And here he says the quiet part out loud

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timothyburke.bsky.social•135 days ago

Seems pretty on brand to me. Incompetent, corrupt, sexual aggressor, misogynist, what's not to like? He'll fit in just fine.

wjweber.bsky.social•136 days ago

Make Abusers Get Ahead

vuduchyld.bsky.social•136 days ago

Of course they don't want to defend it....but Republican Senators seem to have even more fear of whatever kompromat Donald Trump has on them.

julianna75.bsky.social•135 days ago

Outlandish claims you say!

mommytlc.bsky.social•136 days ago

Republican senators love to defend the indefensible.

caper55.bsky.social•136 days ago

Really, they’re defending a convicted criminal, rapist, racist who doesn’t drink!

kimphilbywasbad.bsky.social•135 days ago

John Tower nom for DOD was rejected in 1989, and according to Wikipedia …..

The largest factors were concern about possible conflicts of interest and Tower's personal life, in particular allegations of alcohol abuse and womanizing

pjtinker.bsky.social•136 days ago

Practically every one of Trump’s nominees/appointees is appallingly incompetent.
But those people are sideshows.
The focus of the larger discussion should be Trump’s competency to make those nominations.
Trump is unstable and unfit to lead.
That message should be front and center every damn day.

justhere4dessert.bsky.social•135 days ago

I think what they want to do is pretend it isn’t happening at all. 😡

justhere4dessert.bsky.social•135 days ago

I think what they want to do is pretend it isn’t happening at all.

dustnthewind.bsky.social•136 days ago

They just may though.. I'm hoping the Republicans with a brain defend us and the Constitution. I try to have hope but I'm also a realist. We will just have to put on pressure wait and see.

shan-c.bsky.social•135 days ago

The way these toads lean into “disgruntled former associates/colleagues/employees” (i.e. Trump’s first cabinet) makes me😡.

bethbodee.bsky.social•136 days ago

They don’t care

lizziepi.bsky.social•135 days ago

They have defended worse.

jbonbluesky.bsky.social•134 days ago

Truth

rebeccab.bsky.social•136 days ago

May not want to but probably will anyway.

lanarmoss1019.bsky.social•136 days ago

Molly I believe they will,look what they have supported so far.

boct.bsky.social•136 days ago

The 'perfect' scum credentials for position in trump's world. The sex offender pool.

kfcaudell.bsky.social•135 days ago

They don't care.

kriskingphoto.bsky.social•136 days ago

And they want to make this creep the ambassador to Canada. We do not accept criminals-keep him OUT of Canada!

ryjkyj.bsky.social•135 days ago

Oh, THIS is going to be the line they finally draw?

WTF

hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social•135 days ago

Voters tuned out already…senators know this

rfdude.bsky.social•135 days ago

Hogsbreath is part of the "flood the zone with shit" tactic. He and the rest of the criminal fuckwits nominated by Trump are intended to give Trump a cabinet of criminal yes-men/women

It doesn't matter who finally makes it. Trump will just keep nominating fuckwits, and there is no end of candidates

leeprescott.bsky.social•135 days ago

You mean the spineless cowards who have done nothing to defend our country against the modern threat of tyranny, which is now upon us because of their inability to act at any one of the hundreds of junctures where they could have prevented it, over the past 12 years and counting?

mlginnc.bsky.social•136 days ago

Ha! 😅

mlginnc.bsky.social•136 days ago

Well, let’s hope that at least 4 out of 50 show the integrity & courage to stand up to this. It shouldn’t be that hard to do for anyone wanting to demonstrate that country is more important than party, should it?

cave-malum.bsky.social•135 days ago

Some (much?) of the dirt about the repub. nominee is coming from repubs. so repub. senators don't have to risk *rump's ire by voting no

colliu.bsky.social•135 days ago

It’s correct and necessary to call this out but Trump’s circle works like a frat, not like government (should).
It’s important to understand that in frat-world being guilty doesn’t keep you out but is a condition for getting in.
Shame is dead, use everything at your disposal to keep them from power.

wattsgoingon585.bsky.social•136 days ago

Isn’t that their party platform?

checksandbals.bsky.social•136 days ago

Even if they don't want to, they will. #Bidenhasimmunity #BlockTrump
https://youtube.com/shorts/mIOxohAK1QQ

martinaenglington.bsky.social•136 days ago

If his accuser had accused someone prior, does that mean we can only be sexually assaulted once in our lifetime?? I didn’t know….

jaredhardd.bsky.social•135 days ago

Does it matter? They don’t *want* to but that doesn’t mean they *won’t.*

psychicmilou.bsky.social•136 days ago

Hogshit is an upstanding individual in Trump's world, not mine.

cbourne.bsky.social•136 days ago

Oh, my. Only the best.

derrick666.bsky.social•136 days ago

We'll find out.

averybullard.bsky.social•136 days ago

Ah, but they will. John Tower was a different time, a different era.

saythewords.bsky.social•135 days ago

If they don’t defend Trumps picks they will be primaried by MAGA and lose their seat. A cult is in control now. We cannot assume any level of morality. There is a god king in control of our government and he commands loyalty above ALL. This isn’t hyperbole. It’s the end of America as we know it.

tgoet.bsky.social•135 days ago

They have been.

grouchysmurf.bsky.social•135 days ago

I'm sure they'll have no problem with him. Or they'll listen to his lies during their questioning and that will satisfy them. Honestly Molly, there's not much they're not willing to defend. But Biden pardons his son and you have Dems actually calling him out on it. What is wrong with this country??

celestialclockwork.bsky.social•136 days ago

I wish I had a grain of confidence R senators have the spine to stand up for what’s right and put country over party.

idummkopp.bsky.social•136 days ago

But we must believe Steven Cheung.

thedeadlydonald2.bsky.social•136 days ago

Defend it? They will just say it’s a deep state lie.

kemek.bsky.social•135 days ago

What are they risking if they do? Their voters will support them no matter what.

jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social•136 days ago

A few may not.

mitchryan912.bsky.social•136 days ago

Just need 4.

bearsaremean.com•136 days ago

A few is enough

ptitcombjr.bsky.social•135 days ago

Of course they will.

They’re ok with coups, and SC Justices taking bribes.

cg13.bsky.social•136 days ago

The Republicans in Congress, in addition to being corrupt, are cowards and hacks!

open19spaces.bsky.social•135 days ago

The truth hurts but for Trump it’s his personal napkin to wipe the Big Mac and fries off his fingers.

stella0311.bsky.social•136 days ago

I’m not sure they care anymore - the hearings will be interesting.

yankees24.bsky.social•136 days ago

Republican Senators aren't required by the media to defend anything. Instead we'll see pieces about his accusers and whether Democrats should be getting in the way of Trump's "mandate."

saukfish.bsky.social•135 days ago

They will not defend it, so much. They'll just look away, rationalizing, as they have from the beginning, their own culpability in everything now unfolding. See, e.g.,

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014WBAUES/ref=kinw_myk_ro_title

chuckgoat.bsky.social•135 days ago

My gawd, he's the perfect candidate for that cabinet. Sexual assault AND mismanagement? Trump might as well give him TWO cabinet positions.

sdgirl.bsky.social•135 days ago

Nobody WANTS to support this, however, the entire Trump party WILL support it because that’s what Trump wants. Whether they like it or not, the morality of the entire GOP/Trump party is tied to DJT, and they’ll go along with it. History will not be kind to this cult.

crystalballer83.bsky.social•135 days ago

Nor should it be kind.

mlb419.bsky.social•135 days ago

Hopefully the democratic senators will make this difficult. Come on Chuck!

kateweb.bsky.social•136 days ago

Certainly seems like a good idea to make them do it publicly and point out loudly this is what they're supporting.

nancyspantsbelt.bsky.social•136 days ago

Of course he is a racist sex pest! Kind of the GOP brand now.👹👹👹

ginamarie295.bsky.social•136 days ago

They won’t want to, but they will. They will fall in line as Matt Gaetz will be the only sacrificial lamb permitted.

mediabusters6.bsky.social•136 days ago

When you are so disgusting your own mother calls you out?
Peter Hegseth is reaching Newt-onian Gingrich levels of hypocrisy & exceeding him
https://www.salon.com/2011/03/08/gingrich_divorce_hospital_cancer/
#RejectHegseth
#GOPHypocrites
#ShamelessGOP

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davisubratto.bsky.social•136 days ago

No, it isn't.

1989 was decades ago when many politicians had some capacity for shame and some integrity.

Pete might get the boot, but he should never have ever been nominated.

texas-tiger.bsky.social•136 days ago

I remember being at a bar with Tower and if he needed another drink, he'd put his empty glass on his head and sit and wait. Hilarious to see a sitting Senator do that. He really had a good sense of humor.

timefornow.bsky.social•136 days ago

Sadly, that was in 1989 when the GOP was a very different creature from what it is now.

analogkid66.bsky.social•136 days ago

We’ll certainly find out soon enough.

stoneface58.bsky.social•136 days ago

🤦‍♂️ the 1989 republicans aren’t the 2025 republicans it’s one of the reasons we’re in this mess!

thecornflower.bsky.social•136 days ago

And why do we need to show that a liberal or Democrat was prosecuted for something before we say it is bad for a right-winger to do that same thing?

jennybing53.bsky.social•136 days ago

Good point, different times. It is a coup.

muhlfelder.bsky.social•136 days ago

He is compromised. What has surfaced is what we KNOW. There has to be more that we don't and that is far more dangerous for the country if he is confirmed

nateturner.bsky.social•136 days ago

There’s also Hegseth’s Nazi tattoos…

john-y.bsky.social•136 days ago

thank you Senator Blumenthal. ...Connecticut does the right thing.

kemek.bsky.social•136 days ago

That was a long time ago.

open19spaces.bsky.social•135 days ago

This man must refuse the job. But he has no character!

cosmopolitan23.bsky.social•136 days ago

Very good point. This guy has a very serious drinking problem. Getting carried out of corporate events, falling down drunk, is not a good sign for someone was well into his thirties when these events occurred. SecDef is second in the military chain of command right after POTUS.

mohawk123.bsky.social•136 days ago

A disgrace to the uniform he wore semper Fi dick

maskup.bsky.social•136 days ago

This is criminal central casting, not qualified nominees.

jagsman.bsky.social•136 days ago

An utterly contemptible individual by all accounts!

terpsichorecmlos.bsky.social•135 days ago

👍🏽👍👍🏾👍🏼👍🏻👍🏿

leejcaroll.bsky.social•135 days ago

well this further proves his bona fides for Trump. birds if a feather...

9tellthetruth.bsky.social•136 days ago

No wonder he's on FOX though. Murdick loves these wild and crazy guys.

msajrogers.com•136 days ago

No, she doesn't.

Dark Money by Jane Mayer was like taking a class in Republicanism.

eridani24.bsky.social•136 days ago

So I'd expect him to step aside and the real nominee to be presented shortly.

fisheyeview.bsky.social•136 days ago

Apparently Hegseth's behavior fit right in with Fox News.

mkolanda.bsky.social•136 days ago

What the problem GQP asks.

fablorraine.bsky.social•131 days ago

Financial mismanagement must mean that Hegseth, Muskrat and the Orange One are all confreres!

saltyjohn76.bsky.social•136 days ago

The candidates being proposed for the cabinet positions all seem to have sketchy backgrounds.

sentient-entity.bsky.social•136 days ago

I'm not going to stress about it. Let this administration be the dumpster fire it's destined to be. If the next 4 years don't change people's minds about who to vote for, it is what it is and let doom commence, I guess.

palmvegas.bsky.social•136 days ago

Hegseth is a perfect fit for trump! "Financial mismanagement, Sexual misconduct, Personal Impropriety" is his middle name.

diathomaseous.bsky.social•136 days ago

“Extremely qualified candidates” is the 2024 version of “the largest crowd”. Saying it doesn’t make it true.

equinox55.bsky.social•136 days ago

Corrupt. Like Conald.

ohionana4.bsky.social•135 days ago

Guess non of these chuckleheads paid any attention to what happened to Trump loyalists from 1st Presidency. Hope they enjoy losing their integrity, income, possessions & freedom after doing Trump’s criminal bidding. Earned it. Deserve it.

elpadrinostill.bsky.social•135 days ago

He’s the worst of what USARNG has to offer & only achieved a modicum of success by continually failing up. He’s an embarrassment to my proud Army leadership community.

bob0colo.bsky.social•136 days ago

The Perfect Resume for the Family Values Republican Administration, Fox 'News' and Key Position for His EMINENCE DJT....

figsdee.bsky.social•135 days ago

💥 What an embarrassment we’ve become. 🤦🏻‍♀️

zoofer.bsky.social•136 days ago

It’ll boil down to whether or not @senategop.bsky.social want to be remembered in history as bowing down to a 🤡 and voting for the most unqualified candidates EVER presented for approval! Or will they hold to their principles and oath to 🇺🇸🇺🇸

zedneverzee.bsky.social•136 days ago

Good Golly, Ms. Molly. Please make us a favourite subscriber list for your fans to follow. Muchas gracias.

sueinrockville.bsky.social•136 days ago

When you are so disgusting your own mother calls you out?
Peter Hegseth is reaching Newt-onian Gingrich levels of hypocrisy & exceeding him
https://www.salon.com/2011/03/08/gingrich_divorce_hospital_cancer/
#RejectHegseth
#GOPHypocrites
#ShamelessGOP

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rabbwilder.bsky.social•136 days ago

The myth that Trump surrounds himself with good people will continue to be shattered. Trump surrounds himself with chaos.

scalinghypothesis.bsky.social•136 days ago

Taking control of the US Government to.... escape the US Government

artist12.bsky.social•135 days ago

👍

goldenrulegirl.bsky.social•136 days ago

Just say it… PETE HEGSETH IS A SEXUAL PREDATOR and he is applying for one of the highest government positions.

phillyguy62.bsky.social•136 days ago

I think they push these nominations through anyway. The big idea is to dismantle everything and give all the power to one man. Then no one will have a clue of what really goes on behind closed doors and their media can paint whatever story they see fit. All accountability will be lost.

maryandwinnie.bsky.social•136 days ago

Thank you for posting this.

shariannebrill.bsky.social•136 days ago

Yep, he’s quite the stand-up guy.

eileen-lind.bsky.social•136 days ago

Jane never misses.

hbjohn52.bsky.social•135 days ago

Right in line with the rest of his nominees.

vivian27.bsky.social•136 days ago

He cannot get this appointment

jimhollo.bsky.social•136 days ago

I've attempted to get a statement from The California Federation of Republican Women, the organization hosting the event where the alleged assault occurred in 2015. They have dodged my question in emails.

pasandy.bsky.social•135 days ago

Sounds like he’s one of the gang, all right.

forbin17.bsky.social•135 days ago

Much like with Trump, we can all see that he is the worst and highly unqualified. Will he be able to overcome that in any sense? If they follow the rules maybe. If not, then what? Litigation ?

socal92109.bsky.social•136 days ago

Like all of Trump’s toadies he simply screams “creep.”

susiemv.bsky.social•136 days ago

This is truly a remarkable piece and irrefutable proof Hegseth is unsuited, unqualified, and undignified to hold any office, let alone head DoD. Well done, and a superb read.

djvagirl.bsky.social•136 days ago

😡😡😡😡

narceducator.bsky.social•136 days ago

A Trump nominee engaging in well-documented sociopathic behavior should be all over our news because these Trump enablers, just like their ringleader, have been involved in corruption and criminality their entire lives.
They are narcissistic psychopaths who think they can do anything to anyone.

narceducator.bsky.social•136 days ago

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turksayshi.bsky.social•136 days ago

Mike Johnson has entered the chat😑

smartchae.bsky.social•136 days ago

Does this happen romantically as well? Do then sometimes find each other and mutually benefit from the cover they can provide each other?

narceducator.bsky.social•136 days ago

Yes for a time because of the benefits of being synergistically exploitative. Narcissistic psychopaths want absolute power/control, need narcissistic supply from their romantic partner and are paranoid so any duo of similar pathology would be expected to be short-lived due to chaos and sabotage.

mchemar.bsky.social•136 days ago

Thanks for your revealing journalism Molly!

cirrus18.bsky.social•136 days ago

What’s the agenda? Why is he picking the absolute worst people?

sojournermemoirs.bsky.social•136 days ago

With the right legislators on the relevant committees, the confirmation process should make for excellent television. And sometime, those interim appointees or their proxies will need to stand in the rain.

thejeffjones10.bsky.social•135 days ago

Yet somehow he keeps failing upwards into more lucrative positions.

umpdarin29.bsky.social•136 days ago

did Trumpworld do any vetting?

seanboy4217.bsky.social•135 days ago

And just like that...the Delusionists illusion of holding the moral high ground evaporated in an instant...

By pardoning CRACKHEAD HUNTA for ALL CRIMES over FIVE YEARS, PEDOJOE is just ensuring he escapes prosecution for INFLUENCE PEDDLING and MONEY LAUNDERING in UKRAINE.

leektrill.bsky.social•135 days ago

The more I hear about this, the angrier I get but then have to cool down to remember self implosion will occur.

leonnorasgigi.bsky.social•136 days ago

💙🇺🇲💙

doctorvulpes.bsky.social•136 days ago

What is most distressing is just how abysmally the women in those organizations were treated…one having to accompany a drunk Hegseth to a strip joint, restrain him from getting on stage, drag him to his room once he had passed out, only to then be sexually assaulted by one of their colleagues.

jajalala.bsky.social•135 days ago

He fits right in with the incoming cabinet....🤬

macrowe.bsky.social•135 days ago

I don’t get your point. Doesn’t this make him the perfect candidate for this shower of deplorable garbage?

did003.bsky.social•136 days ago

Once again, he is just looking for people to carry his message... nothing changes when you mention these things, EXCEPT he gets what he wants, the attention along with justification for letting Jan. 6 illegals go after he comes into office.

wileypaul.bsky.social•135 days ago

When he sends us his nominees, he is not sending the best

aftonnelson.bsky.social•135 days ago

They literally voted for president a man convicted of financial crimes, sexual crimes, and personal misconduct. What makes anyone think they would find these qualities disqualifying for a cabinet member?

Furthermore, why is anyone surprised Trump is drawn to people exactly like him?

dramaden.bsky.social•136 days ago

When Trump's supply of criminals runs out, what will he do?

rslmontana.bsky.social•135 days ago

Did we expect anything less?
He’s a Trump selection!

becausesometimes.bsky.social•136 days ago

Clearly none of this matters when we elect a criminal to be president.

heelersrule.bsky.social•136 days ago

Only the best people.

chippetrie.bsky.social•136 days ago

J9988

mdfinnigan.bsky.social•135 days ago

Only the Best and Brightest-right?
Qualified people need not apply

gardengranny7.bsky.social•135 days ago

Trump admires Hegseth because he has lived his life just like Trump: financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety and personal misconduct.
I bet if he could, Trump would
disown Eric and adopt Hegseth.

yelly-fish.bsky.social•135 days ago

A drunken violent rapist as defense Secretary with no leadership experience or educational background whatsoever. Fantastic.

thisis-al.bsky.social•135 days ago

Perfect

sharsand321.bsky.social•135 days ago

How have we become such an immoral country with so many people having no standards of right and wrong?This man has no business at all running our armed services.Every day, new stories come out about his total lack of character. Trump feels men can do anything they want to women without consequences.

bisbee4148.bsky.social•136 days ago

Hopeful this will matter. Doubtful it will. Senate GOP have sent consistent message they don’t care about America or the safety and security of her people. Only fear of Trump & power animate their actions.

donnahook.bsky.social•136 days ago

I'd like to buck the news media trend of gathering lots of detrimental evidence against someone running for office and then holding onto it until they're elected to reveal it.

lifelongtennisfan.bsky.social•136 days ago

And both were probably shady non profits to begin with so probably a “celebrity” golf tournament once a year and the rest just a grift

dancindoti.bsky.social•135 days ago

Trump’s and apparently Murdoch‘s favorite kind of people.

fudjtupos.bsky.social•136 days ago

Well, that would fit perfectly with Trump‘s own personality. What was the old saying, birds of a feather?

szan1.bsky.social•135 days ago

Boom!

barleyblue.bsky.social•136 days ago

The Las Vegas odds are EVEN that he withdraws by December 23. And, bonus cash if he uses the word “distraction” in his statement.

flufffighter.bsky.social•135 days ago

This IS exactly why #Trump wants #Hegseth, he's a piece of shit, just like Trump!

eldenring88.bsky.social•136 days ago

At this point IDC. Let it all be a major 💩 show. Appoint him. Why not. Let it all crash and burn

scottcoscia.bsky.social•136 days ago

Follow the flow chart...not charged, charged but not convicted, convicted but by a corrupt court, a political prisoner victimized by lawfare. That's how they view anyone on their side facing any scrutiny. They're toddlers who just always have to get their way.

carollynn88.bsky.social•135 days ago

Keep revealing this stuff. Hopefully, he will bend under pressure like Gaetz did!

davidiskra.bsky.social•135 days ago

Fox on the other hand, hired him despite all of this. If he wasn’t on FOX, then 45 wouldn’t even know who he is.

roccaworld.bsky.social•136 days ago

Sounds exactly like the type of guy convicted felon, adjudicated rapist Donald Trump would want in his Cabinet!

oceanblue42.bsky.social•135 days ago

What a toilet bowl full of mess this administration already is and it hasn’t even started yet.

liberalgrannysd.bsky.social•135 days ago

Yeah, but Trump hires only the best, right?

gorubenruben.bsky.social•135 days ago

Oralè Resisters
🎵. Here’s the story of ugly man named Donnie
Who was busy with nine insurrectionist of his own
They were ten men and women betraying our country together!
Yet they were not alone
The Donnie Pardon Family
The Donnie Pardon Family🎵
#TheDonniePardonFamily
#HunterBiden #Pardons

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felixdakat99.bsky.social•136 days ago

So he's made for the job of destroying the Defence Department ...

shamanwallace.bsky.social•135 days ago

Will it be enough to kill the nomination though?

obregonia.bsky.social•136 days ago

Did Trump even realize that by announcing these nominations months in advance it was going to give a lot more time for their backgrounds to be vetted by the media?

Wait--I know the answer is no.

kimmer.bsky.social•136 days ago

I think also, delusion has sunk in. Trump thinks he's untouchable now & that he has a mandate to do whatever he wants. Soon the tantrums will start as he discovers we're all in the way.

obregonia.bsky.social•136 days ago

I wonder if the initial talk about Trump putting both houses into recess via Art. 2 Sec. 3 fell by the wayside because their margin became so small in the House that a few members let it be known there would (more) intraparty be chaos. It's not impossible, just hard to know.

anneprose.bsky.social•136 days ago

Too eager to upset the libs.

blorzoga.bsky.social•136 days ago

These are the exact qualifications the trump values.

paulbcarey.bsky.social•136 days ago

Literally everyone trump vouches for is unqualified & has no business being in any governmental position

lindavt.bsky.social•136 days ago

The quintessential trump acolyte.

agelessfashionista.bsky.social•135 days ago

She’s the best!! @janemayer.bsky.social

thisaintright.bsky.social•136 days ago

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chakakhan.bsky.social•136 days ago

Wow. Just when I thought this guy couldn’t be any more if a piece of shit, I read this.

Good heavens.

michexposures.bsky.social•136 days ago

So basically he's like the rest of the grifters?

hammys-howl.bsky.social•135 days ago

I don’t think America could find worse administrative picks by trump if they dredged a toxic waste dump

southernarrond.bsky.social•135 days ago

Woof.

gingerkap23.bsky.social•136 days ago

From that article, apparently he also doesn’t believe in consent which is terrifying:

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sonnyvermont.bsky.social•136 days ago

🤔🤔🤔
Seems to me like most of the people in
Trump's new Cabinet are just begging
for another Felony Conviction 😎🤷🏼‍♂️🤨

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flamphe.bsky.social•136 days ago

👍

uniblonder.bsky.social•136 days ago

Only the best!

whatsnews.bsky.social•136 days ago

He's perfect, isn't he? I can only hope the confirmation process takes 18 months. Then maybe the 'he won't win' voters who stayed home will show up.

simonemidt.bsky.social•135 days ago

The portrait of the far-right. How much dirt!
Not even his mother believes him, and this is the funniest point 🤣 of this so serious New Yorker's report! Congrats on this work.

irishemc2.bsky.social•136 days ago

Why am I not surprised 🤨

mrhomberg.bsky.social•136 days ago

The best people

wokesavanna.bsky.social•136 days ago

Hegseth trashed two vet organizations like a hotel room.

cobax93.bsky.social•136 days ago

"Can't run from your sin"

lenbanco.bsky.social•136 days ago

He would fit in seamlessly

bizzlemcdizzle.bsky.social•136 days ago

“Only the best people”

jacwithaq.bsky.social•135 days ago

It just gets better and better.

zenaphobe.bsky.social•136 days ago

Sounds like he checks all the boxes of crimes that Trump committed himself

No wonder he picked him

lp-official.bsky.social•136 days ago

Right from trumps play book. Republicans will allow it due to the fear of trump.

pensther.bsky.social•135 days ago

Let's discuss Peter instead of Hunter

butterflyhg.bsky.social•136 days ago

All of the qualifications that the Republicans are looking for.

therealmarchhare.bsky.social•136 days ago

A bad joke.

When MAGA folk are accused of unethical, sleazy, or corrupt behavior, MAGA argues "they have not been charged with any crime."

When MAGA folk are charged with crimes, MAGA argues "they have not been convicted in court."

When MAGA folk are convicted, MAGA argues "big deal, so what?"

phyllyhop.bsky.social•136 days ago

📌

creatrixandme.bsky.social•136 days ago

Hegseth might be over qualified to sit in Trumps cabinet of sexual predators.

4horses2dogs.bsky.social•135 days ago

Senators should vote no, 100 to 0, on most of Trump's nominations for the cabinet but we know some of them are just as corrupt As Trump hopefully not all of them.

bigalincali.bsky.social•135 days ago

So trumpian…

gailjs.bsky.social•136 days ago

Hey fellow Americans: in the Midwest, Hegseth is what we refer to as a ‘low-life.’

johnny-c.bsky.social•135 days ago

Well Mrs. Molly, i guess if you're a MaGaT, he fits the mold to a T! 3 for 3.

His cabinet picks are an embarrassment. He's dismantling our government and going to destroy our way of life in the God Damned daylight!

I'm freaking embarrassed

lalaraye0815.bsky.social•136 days ago

Reminds me of the trumps children’s cancer charity and yet here we are … the cult doesn’t care, as long as it’s one of theirs committing the crimes.

catjoe.bsky.social•135 days ago

Reposted!

hawkgma.bsky.social•136 days ago

Are we sure Pete isn't Donnie's son?

therealharrybear.bsky.social•136 days ago

I like that we are being thorough but I wish we could have just stopped at the rape and that was enough

pbgfler.bsky.social•135 days ago

Nothing but the best people 🤦🏻‍♀️

ladyblue-rdg123.bsky.social•135 days ago

GOP always use and abuse our vets!

starkmojo.bsky.social•136 days ago

I wasn’t able to read the whole article before the paywall kicked in but I hope you mentioned that sexual affairs, (not to mention SA), along with drug and alcohol abuse are all valid reasons to deny a security clearance. Like a regular old Secret level one.

liveinlight.bsky.social•136 days ago

He is not an option. It says a lot about someone’s values, intelligence, and emotional stability to vote for or support him (or anyone) with a known history of treachery, deceit, and abuse. The alarm bells are ringing loudly. Who is brave enough to listen and stop the insanity?

mgrasdal.bsky.social•135 days ago

It is well worth reading the entire article. How this low life can have supervision over anyone in any workplace or control of any budgetary spending in any organization, let alone the DoD, is mind boggling.

pauldu.bsky.social•136 days ago

statements that the appointee has not been charged or convicted of any crimes are nothing but wallpaper to cover over a grievously flawed human. This is intended to give pretense to Senators who lack the courage or integrity to do their moral duty

pcriel.bsky.social•136 days ago

Fits right into the incoming criminal enterprise some might call an administration.

artomic.bsky.social•135 days ago

This is why he’s the preferred choice

qlm326.bsky.social•136 days ago

You can see why he fits right in in Trump world!

trumptardialives.bsky.social•136 days ago

It's quite a fiction article there.

mediavia.bsky.social•135 days ago

In The UK we have the 'Fit and Proper Person Test' for various positions, predominantly governmental, quasi-governmental and some regulated industries.

Of course who is Fit and Proper is decided by people that are neither

hamiltonburger.bsky.social•136 days ago

Those are the scammiest sounding charity names I have ever heard in my life. Designed to fool MAGAs. And in a way, I'm all for it.

chandranatha.bsky.social•136 days ago

Ok Biden. Declassify and release.

jafiny.bsky.social•135 days ago

Can someone put this on Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski’s desks?

cherylyvette.bsky.social•135 days ago

Wow! I guess the phrase trump trash is true.

live1619.bsky.social•136 days ago

Oops. I guess trump’s team are amateurs. Not a surprise

citizenaj.bsky.social•136 days ago

I had thought about applying for a position in the Trump 2.0 administration. But I'm not vile enough to qualify.

tinaleeds.bsky.social•135 days ago

Steven Cheung is another Winner! Could @janemayer.bsky.social reprint this info in a site where more people have access to it? Maybe @votevets.bsky.social could publicize it? He was in the Natl Guard, not Regular Army- so his Drunken, Abusive & Rapey Acts were Not as Obvious=Not in Uniform 24/7...

tinaleeds.bsky.social•135 days ago

Perhaps @janemayer.bsky.social could go on MSNBC to be on @maddow.bsky.social Show, and then CNN maybe @jaketapper.bsky.social? if he has the courage 2 B Fair. Who else is left on CNN? @danabash.bsky.social was already in the basket so she's out. @erinburnett.bsky.social might give a fair interview.

jaylionel.bsky.social•136 days ago

In Trumps GOP sex crimes, alcoholism and fraud are PREREQUISITE for a role in the administration.

deblavoy.bsky.social•136 days ago

Meets every one of the criteria for maga cabinet picks. Corrupt, criminal, sexual deviant with little to no experience in managing a major organization.

pcreaky.bsky.social•136 days ago

Silence from MSNBC Lawrence O'Donnell, Alex Wagner, Jen Psaki, Rachael Maddow, Chris Hayes, Nicole Wallace, Ari Melber, Joy Reid, Stephanie Ruhle, Reverend Al, Molly Jong-Fast, etc--All Ethical Talk No Walk--Pimping out your morality for job security and a buck is pathetic and Trump & Co familiar

pcreaky.bsky.social•136 days ago

Joe, Mika, & Co->STRAIGHT OUT OF TRUMP'S/MAGA'S PLAYBOOK': George Orwell — 'The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command"

pcreaky.bsky.social•136 days ago

Joe, Mika, & Co Stunning 180 degree reversal in 24hrs, & Chris Matthews was literally repeating Stephen Miller's deadly lie "illegal immigrants pouring over the border"-TRAITORS & COWARDS WILL BE THEIR EPITAPHS everything else in their lives' will be forgotten-Went MAGA for 30 PIECES OF SILVER

jasoncampbell617.bsky.social•136 days ago

Think about the latter half of the preceding sentence to which you highlighted. Suitability to run the WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST LETHAL FIGHTING FORCE. This is a job that picking the wrong person can be catastrophic on an earthly scale.

richsignorelli.bsky.social•135 days ago

Mothers are never wrong.

titlesrchr.bsky.social•135 days ago

Tell my kids that would ya!

lvert519.bsky.social•135 days ago

Mothers :the true forgotten “man and woman” ❤️

lvert519.bsky.social•135 days ago

Screenshotting this to read to my toddler son when I turn off Moana and all hell breaks loose

scenario-studios.bsky.social•135 days ago

My former mother’s a Trumper.

autisticamelia.bsky.social•135 days ago

We gotta keep our eyes open, and just keep pelting him with his truth. Thank you for pushing back. Love seeing you on MSNBC.

turtletoe.bsky.social•135 days ago

Trump and his team are one big dumpster fire 🔥

marcian1.bsky.social•136 days ago

Thank you for this!

oktowngirl57.bsky.social•136 days ago

His attorney can spout that cocking bull all day long, its not going 2 chance the crime he committed, confessed 2 civilly, despite the NDA or settlement amount. In fact... she has the right 2 sue him for 'DEFAMING' her, family's reputation, public standing more over. Same things happen 2U know who!

terry-scott.bsky.social•135 days ago

Sadly, these allegations boost his credibility with the GOP MAGA.

wearecbgb.bsky.social•136 days ago

Apparently we should all change our resumes to include these qualifications 🤔

laurelbgood.bsky.social•136 days ago

Another totally unfit trump associate looking to fail upward and possibly receive a pardon for his crimes?

thescottc.bsky.social•136 days ago

For the love of... Can we please not f$%k around and find out with the dude, who clearly has a history of f&$king around and finding out. Good grief.

pnwwestcoast.bsky.social•135 days ago

He probably should be in a treatment facility for alcohol abuse. Coupled with his awful treatment of women.

cherokeewarrior.bsky.social•135 days ago

Biden must use SCOTUS Presidential Immunity & void 2024 Election until full recount of at least Swing States.

MAGA/GOP plan to deconstruct our Democracy and create Fascist state with Trump as Dictator.

Prefer Civil War with Biden as Commander-in-Chief than Civil War with Trump's fascist military.

cassini221.bsky.social•136 days ago

He will be right at home at the Pentagon since they haven’t been able to pass an audit in years.

406inthelou.bsky.social•136 days ago

📌

suanish.bsky.social•136 days ago

Just the kind of guy he likes

klassmi.bsky.social•136 days ago

Sounds like a true GQP MAGA grifter 😸

calvinandhobbes69.bsky.social•135 days ago

Well we knew the #Trump cabinet was going to be bad. I am sure of if Ted Bundy was still alive, he'd get a role.

wmbullion.bsky.social•135 days ago

Looks like the perfect Trump resumé!

oregonian2.bsky.social•135 days ago

SHOCKING! 😉😆

redbeez.bsky.social•136 days ago

Wow, another sociopath displaying sociopathic tendencies. How surprising…

victoriacer.bsky.social•135 days ago

So basically he checks off all of Trump’s boxes.

twd1954.bsky.social•136 days ago

My Trump standards he is over gualified

royalon2.bsky.social•136 days ago

This newsletter shows a deeper concern: the justice system’s and the business infrastructure failure to address the lack of accountability of a high level corporate executive. Until executives are treated the same as average citizens, nothing will change.

diotimaellen.bsky.social•135 days ago

Grateful for you, Molly Jong-Fast and Jane Mayer!!

lurchgs.bsky.social•136 days ago

Aaaand Que the allegations of sexual abuse by somebody the Left hates

I’m waiting for his ties to Russia stories

julmm.bsky.social•135 days ago

He has gotta go.

yesodshalom.bsky.social•136 days ago

Sorry, guys. It's 2024. The Republican party has become the most violent, corrupt, lawless, amoral, KKK gang in the country. They are not going to reject a rich melanin deficient dude because of sexual assault.

kallenemvalts.bsky.social•135 days ago

Hegseth is not only an alcoholic, sex offender, subject to blackmail, but also a wildly incompetent administrator. Senate must not even think about putting him in charge of DOD.

wasjustwondering.bsky.social•136 days ago

What this means is that the public deserves to see the rest of his mother’s emails. 🤔

Release the emails, Hilla …Mrs. Hegseth!

bingo46.bsky.social•136 days ago

I'm shocked. Seems like a very moral person.

lc1summit.bsky.social•136 days ago

This is chilling. Christ.