Remember that the witnesses to and victims of Hegseth’s misconduct were not anonymous, but offered to meet in person with Republican senators (anything but anonymous) who offered zero meetings, and now call these real people anonymous.
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Plus, he should have been willing to say, "Yes, if someone sexually assaulted (convicted) someone they shouldn't be confirmed or in the Sec'y of Defense role." But he wouldn't even agree to that. Someone's afraid they'll eventually have a charge stick...
Financial Management is flawed with this candidate.
》In January, 2009, Hegseth sent a letter to the donors admitting that, as of that day, the group had less than a thousand dollars in the bank and $434,833 in unpaid bills.《
Duckworth had the right approach.
Regardless of his alcoholism, sexual assaults etc. he is a fundamentally unqualified candidate and that should have been highlighted.
He would have perjured himself, lied to Congress, if he had said “no” to those charges. The only safe response for him was to attack his accusers as “anonymous.”
The witnesses should go public, speak to the world on live tv. Let it be known, the senators refused to hear their account of events from the conference. Spill it all 👊🏼
MAGA folks understand NATIONAL SECURITY……it is time to start talking about what happens when we are hit by a terror attack……when our NATIONAL SECURITY IS COMPROMISED BY INSTALLING A INCOMPETENT JACKARS
The back story is the brutal treatment of Dr. Blasey Ford (and many others) with gruesome, actually anonymous, threats from the internet flying monkeys of the far right. She had to stop teaching, leave her home, and hire a personal security team.
Hegseth failure was in National Guard, NOT Military. Huge difference between pushing pencils and the front line
He should have been charged with Stolen Valor yet feckless garland has spent 4 years in nursing home
Cultists been whining about what a failed concept of EV yet snuggles up with Musk
now given situation of Oshkosh & Ford as provider, THAT will change to tesla junk to make mail service suck even more
Dear Senator Whitehouse:
All well and good to post. But would you mind posting what you're going to do about it other than post? 53 Skanks on the other side of the aisle and no useable dirt among them? Burnt out with Dems showing up to a street brawl with a copy of Emily Post's Etiquette in hand.
My main gripe is how nobody bothers to call out the exact tactics as detailed in my pinned post about the 25 rules of disinformation.. i.e. distraction, diversion, deflection, whataboutism, gaslighting and DARVO. Start calling these tactics out for exactly what they are!!!!
The people need to know!!
Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened”.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ppl like Dr Ford & the House J6 Committee testifies should be celebrated for just this reason. All risk, no reward for their courage. They're model Americans we should be validating. Medal of Freedom or similar. Kavanaugh should be prosecuted for perjury during his hearing if possible.
Also recall this is the first time an attorney for a nominee publicly threatened anyone coming forward with information...how is this democracy? This is pure extortion and fascist thuggery. The entire Senate should refuse to move his hearing forward with this sort of fascist silencing of information
That’s why they came out swinging ahead of time, having his lawyer go on tv & threaten to sue his alleged rape victim if she spoke out publicly. It was meant to be a massive, neon-lit red flag. They mean to scare her & everyone else who might come forward. It’s the playbook for all of them.
This is a break glass moment! Dem's must block some of these unfit, incompetent cabinet nominees. National security is at stake & nothing is more important. Dem's must join together in the same way Tuberville blocked Military appointments @warren.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov
The entire point of Trump’s Cabinet is to destroy our government.
Putin’s money has paid off in spades, buying self serving corrupt cowards, easily bribed or intimidated.
Our forefathers lost everything for democracy.
This lot is forcing us to lose democracy so they can have everything.
The CIA playbook used to overthrow democracies to install a neoliberal strongmen in the 60s being used on us:
1) Bribe the media to to demean democratic leaders and edify the strongman;
2) Bribe Parliament- pass laws giving him more power & install corrupt judges
3) Bribe the Courts to protect him
Anonymous and consulting the ethics expert are synonymous with taking the 5th in court. Hegseth wasn’t under oath? Bondi was, but of course she knows all the lawyerly stuff to parse her way to avoid telling the truth.
Hell, nobody in their right mind is expecting SHIT from the republiturd party that will benefit ALL Americans. These mfers will lie their asses off to get what they want and fuck everybody else!
Can anyone really be surprised by something like this!
Thanks Senator.
Well past time to be outraged, now is the time to get off the “couch” and get involved in one of the many groups fighting to limit damage and create opportunities to recover from this dark time in our nation.
If one more democratic senator falls all over themselves about god & Jesus, I’m gonna puke.
There’s no god. If there was we’d not have all the damn suffering. It’s irrational to think a sky daddy exists who’s super cool & all powerful but also vengeful & jealous. 💩 belongs nowhere near DC.
Here’s the pickle y’all put yourselves in, sir:
By not fighting the war we’ve been in since 2015, witnesses are rightfully afraid of MAGAts, & GOP pols sold their souls in 2016 so they’re useless.
Y’all say they aren’t anonymous but you won’t name them out of fear for their safety. Lies continue.
What I don’t understand Senator, is why the fact that he continued to lie about their anonymity isn’t disqualifying. He was corrected on this point multiple times, and yet chose to lie repeatedly. I thought lying to congress was illegal, even if not under oath?
Who gives a sh1t? We live in a post-rule-of-law hellscape, and have been since Judge Richard Arnold wrote this: “The judicial power to determine law is a power only to determine what the law is, NOT to invent it.” (Blackstone concurs.)
Hegseth seems sure to get to the Senate floor by a party-line committee vote, but isn't he on shaky ground once the entire Senate votes on his nomination?
Democrats better learn how to bring a knife to a knife fight.
I didn't donate so much of my rather meager salary to many democrats to watch you all play pretty may I please.
Raise hell, fight hard.
And, in another month, they all will have disappeared and the gov't records of them will have been deleted as well. Power has its privileges if you don't have any ethics.
Nobody on that side cares.
Stop making a thing about it and find corruption.
Something more than his personal life.
And yes it’s important to me but I’m not one of the 48% of Americans that voted for a criminal.
We have got to figure out how to get their attention.
Yes, morals are irrelevant to the right. Pound away at their qualifications or utter lack thereof. Highlight that their willingness to violate the Constitution for Don the Con is what makes them unfit.
Don’t even talk about the constitution or democracy.
People don’t care.
Use different framing to get the message across.
They cheat
They steal
They rip Americans off
They are pathetic
They are pedophiles
Use these terms.
Throw this right back at them to THEIR districts and their constituents
I would say that Christian nationalism is funding candidates and the marketing to get THEIR loyal candidates elected.
I don’t think that half of the country or all of Trump voters are Christian nationalists.
They care about the price of goods
They care about being ripped off.
They care about being cheated.
They care about having healthcare
They care about SS
They care about knowing jobs will be available when they finish high school.
Start there.
See what sticks then beat the message into them.
Called Sen. Young's office repeatedly asking for his no vote on this horrific appointment. Being a former Marine & Naval Academy grad, and given his committee seatings, I pray he follows his oaths. A soldier's test here.
How, Senator Whitehouse, do you have the fortitude and composure to deal with all the lying, deceit, unethical if not illegal (Scotus) behavior of maga. Thank you for all you have done, and are doing, to try and defend truth, our democracy, and the rule of law.
None of your Republican colleagues has the guts to go up against Trump. Now we just have to pray that no disaster happens due to the incompetency of the Secy. of DOD. Not something most of us would gamble on.
As shitty as all of this is, you needed to focus on his stupefying lack of qualifications for the job. His overall lack of competence. HIs ignorance. That might get more no-votes than his behavior, which will be lumped in with culture war issues.
Most rejected a meeting with them. They're supposed to, it's traditional, but they just ignored it entirely. They follow no rules. It's a criminal cabal.
Plz, plz fund a few Rs who'll vote with "all" Dem Senators to block Hegseth, Bondi & Patel. This trio will be deadly. To democracy, rule of law & potentially individuals literally. Thank you for always speaking out to call things what they are. Reality is being seriously skewed by The Felon & ilk.
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》As publisher, he published another student's commentary that sex with an unconscious woman was not rape since there was no duress.《
From : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth
》In January, 2009, Hegseth sent a letter to the donors admitting that, as of that day, the group had less than a thousand dollars in the bank and $434,833 in unpaid bills.《
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/pete-hegseths-secret-history
Regardless of his alcoholism, sexual assaults etc. he is a fundamentally unqualified candidate and that should have been highlighted.
"Are you the most qualified for this position?"
Then read off 10 people and their Q's
What are his Q's are they better?
Who will stand for the People ?
On top of that, he literally said "nuh-uhh" over and over and over again with the whole "anonymous smears" gambit.
How can such a childish boy be trusted with such an important position???
Je$u$, & Yahweh is on their
side against Lib bathroom heathenism & gay lifestyle.
The Village People excepted,
& accepted…..
He should have been charged with Stolen Valor yet feckless garland has spent 4 years in nursing home
now given situation of Oshkosh & Ford as provider, THAT will change to tesla junk to make mail service suck even more
All well and good to post. But would you mind posting what you're going to do about it other than post? 53 Skanks on the other side of the aisle and no useable dirt among them? Burnt out with Dems showing up to a street brawl with a copy of Emily Post's Etiquette in hand.
The people need to know!!
Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened”.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower
If Gaetz had stuck around, they'd have confirmed him too.
Pleasing Donald is all that matters.
Let the public know who they are, so we can ask them.
I'm sure there's some reporters out there who'd love to help out.
Putin’s money has paid off in spades, buying self serving corrupt cowards, easily bribed or intimidated.
Our forefathers lost everything for democracy.
This lot is forcing us to lose democracy so they can have everything.
Then Putin wants to recreate mother Russia, and Trump wants to be king of all of North America. We have to stop these psychos!
1) Bribe the media to to demean democratic leaders and edify the strongman;
2) Bribe Parliament- pass laws giving him more power & install corrupt judges
3) Bribe the Courts to protect him
Thanks Senator.
Well past time to be outraged, now is the time to get off the “couch” and get involved in one of the many groups fighting to limit damage and create opportunities to recover from this dark time in our nation.
GET INVOLVED!
There’s no god. If there was we’d not have all the damn suffering. It’s irrational to think a sky daddy exists who’s super cool & all powerful but also vengeful & jealous. 💩 belongs nowhere near DC.
By not fighting the war we’ve been in since 2015, witnesses are rightfully afraid of MAGAts, & GOP pols sold their souls in 2016 so they’re useless.
Y’all say they aren’t anonymous but you won’t name them out of fear for their safety. Lies continue.
Do yo job, Sen.
Prevent the installation of #ShitHole drumph on Jan 20.
Yes, there is a way.
Republicans for the next 4+ years.
Do it. Stretch the boundaries or we are screwed
Robert Bork got it. You still don't.
Stop Bondi
Stop All Trump Nominees
courage.
I didn't donate so much of my rather meager salary to many democrats to watch you all play pretty may I please.
Raise hell, fight hard.
Stop making a thing about it and find corruption.
Something more than his personal life.
And yes it’s important to me but I’m not one of the 48% of Americans that voted for a criminal.
We have got to figure out how to get their attention.
People don’t care.
Use different framing to get the message across.
They cheat
They steal
They rip Americans off
They are pathetic
They are pedophiles
Use these terms.
Throw this right back at them to THEIR districts and their constituents
I don’t think that half of the country or all of Trump voters are Christian nationalists.
They care about being ripped off.
They care about being cheated.
They care about having healthcare
They care about SS
They care about knowing jobs will be available when they finish high school.
Start there.
See what sticks then beat the message into them.
*these
They’re tailoring tone to the pushback from cult,bots, trolls and AI accounts.
Encourage them to join us here on earth one. Many here wish to hear from them
Very much like Hitler.
There have to be more ways to attack these cowardly officers.
Can't Dems insist on this? Like McConnell did after scalia died? Push, Dems, push!
I hope he'll take a few Republicans with him to stand up against these awful nominees. Everyone knows they're awful, even the Republicans.
I think we only need a few.
He's an entitled pompous assh°le.