In related news, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will determine for himself whether what he is doing is sexual assault. - ThreadSky

kenwhite.bsky.social • 17 days ago

In related news, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will determine for himself whether what he is doing is sexual assault.

Reposted from Bloomberg News

The White House said Elon Musk will determine if there are conflicts of interest between his work reviewing federal spending and his overlapping empire of six companies

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psteq1993.bsky.social•17 days ago

This is like a norm McDonald weekend update this :

Sources say noted vampire Dracula will review whether recent deaths due to vampiric sucking of blood conflict with his role as a vampire who kills people by sucking their blood

wilkos.bsky.social•16 days ago

Hegseth informs bartender: “I’ll let you know when I’ve had enough”

erictjohnson.bsky.social•17 days ago

That makes sense😏

marccunat.bsky.social•16 days ago

“It’s a Michelob Ultra, there’s more alcohol in orange juice,” -Landman

jnojag.bsky.social•17 days ago

Ethics advisors getting a whole set of examples of wrongdoing to train future generations

nanbowles.bsky.social•17 days ago

I'm going to audit my own taxes from now on too

imoutofit.bsky.social•17 days ago

And after investigating himself, he has found no wrong doing!

fortboise.org•17 days ago

Just like our "supreme" court

treziok.bsky.social•17 days ago

What a crock of shit!

laufontanel.bsky.social•16 days ago

@kenwhite.bsky.social and his bartender will tell him when he's drunk.

geekdownrange.bsky.social•17 days ago

Seems like IGs would get involved here. Oh... Wait...

jeanpauldelier.bsky.social•16 days ago

Luigi ! The only way!

milanasanovic.bsky.social•17 days ago

over a few drinks during his "liquid work lunches" he holds daily

jellenhovey.bsky.social•16 days ago

In still other news, USA Ed Martin dismisses Jan 6 case against defendant represented by USA Ed Martin.

brettamorrison.bsky.social•17 days ago

Pete will be administering his own breathalyzer tests going forward

cindyrcapello.bsky.social•17 days ago

Right? 😂

mdfrancois.bsky.social•17 days ago

Not the Onuon

dougwar40k.bsky.social•17 days ago

"Ah'll TELL ya when ah'm... DRUNK!"

jackfuckingbauer.bsky.social•15 days ago

policyjosh.bsky.social•17 days ago

I thought he was drunk and incapable of making that determination?

balrogwtf.bsky.social•17 days ago

I'm very interested in whether conflicts of interest and blending business, government and personal interests can justify radical veil-piercing.

"The only way we can unwind this is to have complete access. Therefore Trump's and Elon's businesses will temporarily administered by the government."

mochicats.bsky.social•17 days ago

📌

schnorkles.bsky.social•17 days ago

"Officer I checked my own blood alcohol levels and I'm perfectly sober."

sciencehippies.bsky.social•17 days ago

Most likely Cabinet member to be 86'd from a bar while shouting, "Do you know who I am?!"

schnorkles.bsky.social•17 days ago

Making a raging alcoholic with sex pest tendencies in charge of the entire american warfighting machine and more top secret data than you can imagine, sure, sounds like a great idea.

sirtonk.bsky.social•17 days ago

*bubsy voice*

"what could possibly go wrong?"

sciencehippies.bsky.social•17 days ago

Based on his press conference with Duffy after the plane accident, he seemed extremely out of his depth. There is something so funny about these glammed-up characters at the podium, looking the part with this panicked "oh fuck" in their eyes.

Not Karoline Leavitt, tho, she seems straight delulu.

schnorkles.bsky.social•17 days ago

Leavitt is going to end up getting a profile that sounds suspiciously like Katie Miller's, one expects.

sciencehippies.bsky.social•17 days ago

I look forward to seeing how her marriage progresses for the foreseeable future.

snootacamund.bsky.social•17 days ago

Based on the video today he might be trying to cold turkey which is in the short term worse.

enahchine.bsky.social•17 days ago

I am sure the illegal immigrant will be totally honest.

abhinary.bsky.social•17 days ago

Well, according to a column hegseth wrote, raping an unconscious female is NOT really rape because since she is unconscious she cannot experience “duress.”🤯

thisuserisdumb.bsky.social•17 days ago

I actually believed you for a second.

kindwoman2.bsky.social•17 days ago

Let’s put the fox in charge of the hen house! SMH

sparkydc.bsky.social•16 days ago

Taking his cue from certain Supreme Court justices

13rrk13.bsky.social•17 days ago

Good news! No sexual assault!

kproud.bsky.social•17 days ago

fox in the hen house....got it.

hornyonsecnd.bsky.social•16 days ago

“Mr Musk will determine if there are any potential conflicts of interest and, if so… work even faster.”

symich74.bsky.social•16 days ago

And the number of drinks per day beyond which it’s considered alcoholism.

wmnew61.bsky.social•16 days ago

Arrest for Treason

littleweebit.bsky.social•17 days ago

Looks that way.. https://bsky.app/profile/kenklippenstein.bsky.social/post/3lhhcyiecvc2n

davidcorbett.bsky.social•17 days ago

Or, uh, drinking.

sstein.bsky.social•17 days ago

I’m sorry. https://bsky.app/profile/sstein.bsky.social/post/3lhhlbzsqk22e

lbuffi.bsky.social•17 days ago

🤣

sergiopeirano.bsky.social•16 days ago

Very reasonable approach.

Same reasonable logic as having allowed Charles Mason decide whether he was in a sect or whether he was a psychopath killer.

Are we really having this conversation?

What’s wrong with these people?

connie3140.bsky.social•17 days ago

Or like Clarence Thomas or Samuel Alito deciding if they should recuse themselves.

colintoal.bsky.social•17 days ago

Not even the theatre of a blind trust ?

prezbeeblebrox.bsky.social•17 days ago

We're sooooo past that.
Remember when that was still a scandal? Good times...

bogyankee.bsky.social•17 days ago

There are going to be so many 2nd lieutenants and ensigns who will have to steer well clear of that sex pest!

resjudicata22.bsky.social•16 days ago

The best SECDEF $ can buy:
Hegseth's Venmo revealed that he his account on public, providing a detailed friends list of potential payers & payees.
His transactions were not visible, so it is unclear how much $ has been sent & received between the SECDEF & his executive friends. (Source: https://msn.com)

aaronleavy.bsky.social•17 days ago

Checks and balances...... unbalanced people invited to check whether their worst impulses are a problem.

jctenton.bsky.social•17 days ago

excuse me mom i will determine whether or not i ate the entire package of oreos

robschamberger.bsky.social•17 days ago

According to his boss, if you’re famous they just let you do it.

danburyfciawaits.bsky.social•16 days ago

"Happy hour to start late morning..."

kraniumkracka.bsky.social•17 days ago

“Nah, I can drive. I’m good.”

obiwan617.bsky.social•16 days ago

So when Musk eliminated USAID, and agency that was investigating his contracts with Ukraine, was that Musk policing his own conflicts of interest?

candice11.bsky.social•17 days ago

Grifters gotta grift

factsoverfallacy.bsky.social•16 days ago

🤗

radicalopathy.bsky.social•17 days ago

Haha...and yet not funny at all.

emptybeetoo.bsky.social•17 days ago

RFK pledges to determine whether the babysitter is underage

brewhaha72.bsky.social•17 days ago

"We have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing."

sdowney.bsky.social•16 days ago

Works for SCOTUS.

alandovos.bsky.social•16 days ago

I heard Elon got BS from the Thomas School of Ethics, a department at Trump University

miss-smirker.bsky.social•17 days ago

Yes the guy who hired people to secretly boost his stats on a video game is definitely going to recuse himself from things that could enrich him.

whatthehell2025.bsky.social•15 days ago

How convenient

adaminthailand.bsky.social•17 days ago

Talk about efficiency!

lbuffi.bsky.social•17 days ago

Nice!

drgecko.bsky.social•17 days ago

hey, it works for the Supreme Court.

evilwoman46111.bsky.social•16 days ago

Like when the SC decided to monitor themselves concerning bribes or as they call it gratuities.

carefulegardener.bsky.social•16 days ago

This defines the T admin.

carefulegardener.bsky.social•16 days ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😳

introvertedcatlady.bsky.social•16 days ago

That's like when big tobacco backed their own studies about the negative impacts of smoking and what do you know, they found that there were no negative impacts from smoking! 🤦🏻‍♀️

miketalonnyc.bsky.social•17 days ago

You mean like this conflict of interest?
https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating-starlink-over-its-contracts-in-ukraine-2000559365

fplynch.bsky.social•17 days ago

🎵The piano has been drinking

janmug.bsky.social•17 days ago

Everybody is following the Trump model of self reporting his golf scores.

dirtside.bsky.social•17 days ago

also, trump will preside over his own impeachment trial

jaysinwa.bsky.social•17 days ago

Hey, hey, hey, Cosby endorses this plan.

lawmonger.bsky.social•17 days ago

The amount of financial abuse and corruption during the next 4 years will be astronomical.

skilleahy.bsky.social•17 days ago

Is Musk a Supreme Court Justice now?

silkscreenfiend.bsky.social•17 days ago

Keep the beers comin', he'll tell you when he's had enough.

immanentize.bsky.social•17 days ago

Why not? The Supreme Court does it that way?

fhuddlestun.bsky.social•17 days ago

Hegseth will also self determine when he has had too much to drink.

lobleytea.bsky.social•16 days ago

stlcatfishmike.bsky.social•17 days ago

So we maintain the status quo

niftymitch.bsky.social•17 days ago

Turtle shit all the way down.
But I suspect no turtles.🍊🎃🙊💩💩💩

ricosuavejd.bsky.social•17 days ago

I WILL DETERMINE IF I AM SOBER ENOUGH TO DRIVE

d-flo1.bsky.social•17 days ago

Great. He'll spend at least five seconds on that by typing a two word sentence: "No Conflicts." Save to file. Done! On to the next act of intermeddling to achieve another unfair and unethical personal advantage.

birdmania.bsky.social•17 days ago

Thanks Bob we don't live in an oligarchy.

jebtapus.bsky.social•17 days ago

They're rubbing our faces in their corruption because they beleive there is nothing we can or will do. It is up to We the People to prove them right or wrong. No one other than ourselves can make the call to engage in actions/inaction. Our decisions are 100% on us.