Attribution: Churchill Quote on American Resolve by Bob Englehart
Bob Englehart was the editorial cartoonist for the Hartford Courant for 35 years when his job was eliminated by the hedge fund that bought the newspaper. Before that, he worked for Chicago Today, the Journal-Gazette in Ft. Wayne, IN and the Journal Herald in Dayton, OH. He studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago on scholarship. His progressive editorial cartoons have been distributed all over the world by CagleCartoons.com for nearly 20 years.
Nov 9, 2026 #Congress #PeteHegseth #impeachment
Rachel Maddow looks at the litany of reasons why Congress would want to impeach Pete Hegseth, the weekend cable news co-host who became defense secretary for the infamously draft dodging, but incessantly covetous of valor, Donald Trump, and speculates that there may even be the votes in Congress to do so by the end of the week.
Attribution: TRUMP EYES HEGSETH AMID MIDTERM DEBRIS by Michael de Adder, CagleCartoons.com
Nov 8, 2026 #jdvance #HIGNFYUS #petehegseth
MORE Season 5, Episode 8, We discuss: Midterm Results Fuel Rep. Thomas Massie’s Articles of Impeachment for Pete Hegseth! & JD Vance Angles for a 2028 Presidency Amid GOP Losses?
Comedian & Podcaster, Gianmarco Soresi and Comedian & Podcaster Moshe Kasher join Roy, Amber and Michael to discuss: A Digital Exclusive Segment: Rep. Thomas Massie calls for Articles of Impeachment against Pete Hegseth for a second time and what’s different this time around? and Pete Hegseth’s defiant video retort. JD Vance offends Donald Trump with a tweet about how Republicans lost Midterms due to the Iran War and positions himself for a presidential campaign in 2028? And James Comer chimes in on Pete Hegseth’s future.
guess I’m not the only one to find flag hankies offensive:
and more on X from AFriend
@ml1674
Pete Hegseth carries an American flag handkerchief in his suit pocket. As is well known, handkerchiefs are used to blow one’s nose.
What message is Secretary Pete Hegseth sending to us with this look? It is not patriotism, that’s for sure.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and President Donald J. Trump
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too bad it’s not an impeachable offense. It’s certainly a sartorial one.
from NYT Is It Against the Law to Wear the U.S. Flag on Your Clothes?
In contravention of the flag code, people like Pete Hegseth frequently sport the stars and stripes on handkerchiefs, socks and more. Our critic breaks down this fashion statement.
By Vanessa Friedman
Sept. 8, 2025
The U.S. flag code sets guidelines for proper and respectful display of the flag. Among the guidelines is that it should not be used as an article of clothing. So is it not wrong for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to wear flag-themed accessories? — Lee, Attleboro, Ma.
There is no question that the flag is the fashion muse of the current administration. Its color scheme has become the de facto everyday uniform of the president (blue suit, white shirt, red tie), along with many members of the cabinet as well as Republicans in Congress, but, as you point out, no one has taken it to Mr. Hegseth’s extreme.
During his confirmation hearing, for example, Mr. Hegseth wore flag socks, a flag belt buckle and a flag pocket handkerchief. Before that, he wore a suit with a flag lining when he visited Congress. In an interview with the conservative political commentator Benny Johnson, he said that he abided by the “three-flag rule,” a self-created edict to wear at least three flag items a day.
This makes a certain amount of sense in the context of the Trump administration, where performance and costume are crucial parts of the package. However, you are correct in noting that the U.S. flag code theoretically prohibits the wearing of the flag, with the exception of a flag pin over the heart.
According to Section 8(d) of the code, “The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding or drapery.” Subsection (i) is even more specific: “It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs.” And (j) states, “No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform.”
That might suggest that the newly christened secretary of war should at the very least eschew his pocket hankies. The idea of blowing one’s nose in the flag is not a great look and probably not the image he intends.
When asked, Kingsley Wilson, the Pentagon press secretary, dismissed the question and emailed, in part: “If loving one’s country enough to represent it head to toe is a crime, then consider Secretary Hegseth guilty. He is a patriot who reveres this country and our flag.”
More pertinently, according to Susan Scafidi, the founder of the Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University, “a series of Supreme Court cases have established that First Amendment free-speech protections outweigh laws that attempt to prohibit desecration of the flag, including by wearing it.”
This is also true, she said in an email, for the use of the flag in retail fashion, “whether Ralph Lauren’s classic sweaters” — the ones worn by the U.S. Olympic team — “or Willy Chavarria’s critical ‘Falling Stars’ version: upside down, a recognized distress symbol, with the stars falling out.”
In other words, it may seem flippant and frivolous to wear the flag as a souvenir tee, but the issue is one of morality and semiology, not legality.
And whether the look is meant, or received, as a gesture of substantive patriotism — a display of loyalty, which is how Mr. Hegseth and much of the current administration seem to see it — or a way of reducing the country to the superficial, and easily abandoned, level of decoration, the fact that the confusion exists at all is a freedom worth celebrating.
pete the flasher
last year at Thanksgiving time, South Park touched on one of the Massie articles of impeachment – extrajudicial killings. Here’s a critique of the show
Nov 30, 2025
Really American host Steve Harness breaks down the latest South Park episode and its humiliation of Secretary Of War Pete Hegseth.
The same people who post sartorial flags in violation of the code are the same ones who want to punish those who use the legal way to dispose of one by burning it.
Republican Thomas Massie is trying to force a House impeachment vote against Pete Hegseth. Other Republicans could still block it. Does this fight wait 54 days for Democrats to take Congress? ->
Hegsetth presser now…
Hegseth already hiding behind Trump’s orders → The Digital Diner crew reads the impeachment receipts.
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He’s talking to his lawyers. I counted at least three times he said “ordered by the Commander in Chief”
Hegseth Preps the “Following Orders” Defense
Hegseth just now:
“Ordered by the commander in chief” doesn’t end the argument. The military’s own rules require obedience to lawful orders; a superior’s order doesn’t make an unlawful act lawful. And the War Powers Resolution says introducing U.S. forces into hostilities requires a declaration of war, specific congressional authorization, or an emergency created by an attack on the United States or its forces. Telling Congress about an operation isn’t the same thing as getting its authorization.
That’s the case pro-impeachment forces will make: Hegseth wasn’t a private soldier carrying out somebody else’s command. He was the civilian official responsible for executing the policy. The House doesn’t need a criminal conviction before it can decide whether his conduct amounts to impeachable abuse of office. The legal fight is over whether the orders were lawful—and whether Hegseth had a duty to question or refuse them.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/senate-advances-permitting-reform
Days After Midterm Blowout, 22 Democrats Join GOP to Advance ‘Massive Giveaway’ to Big Oil
“It’s exactly what the fossil fuel industry wants,” one critic said of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act.
The US Senate on Monday voted in bipartisan fashion to advance a fossil fuel industry-backed permitting reform bill that would weaken the Clean Water Act and other key environmental protections to make it easier for the federal government to streamline energy projects—including climate-wrecking gas pipelines.
The 73-25 vote to advance the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) sets the stage for what’s expected to be a contentious amendment process. The bill’s Democratic supporters—including Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, and Chuck Schumer of New York—argue it is a necessary compromise to accelerate construction of clean energy projects.
Environmentalists, tribal organizations, and progressive lawmakers say the legislation is a gift to fossil fuel companies, tech giants, and other corporate interests at the expense of local communities and the planet.
Hegseth, Just because the CIC orders it does NOT make it lawful.
today’s meme…
RR
We’ve been humming the same tune. 🙂
It’s Rockin’ Tuesday at the Diner…
What this sets up: if somehow Hegseth gets impeached, don’t they also have to impeach Trump? It was his illegal order.
Remembering when the Wall fell on Burger King: When the Berlin Wall fell, Craig went to Berlin for the Orlando Sentinel. His first dispatch opened with a line you could taste.
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“On January 3rd, 2027, Christian Crusaders will descend upon the US Capitol in Washington DC to PROTEST the Certification of the RIGGED Midterms!!!!” Jake Lang declared on X, urging 1 million Christian Crusaders to bring their crosses and “STAND LIKE MEN.”
Shouldn’t Jake Lang be in a Minnesota jail?
MILLIONCRUSADER CROSS MARCH
* US CAPITOL **
JANUARY 3RD 2027 11AM
PEACEFUL PROTEST & CHRISTIAN UNITY
AGAINST THE RIGGED MIDTERMS
BRING YOUR CROSS
* SPEAKERS:
+ JAKE LANG
+ EVANGELIST JOEL TENNEY
+ PASTOR DAVID MANNING
+ PASTOR LORENZO SEWELL
+ CRUSADER WHITE RABBIT
* PASTOR DALE PARTRIDGE
• CRUSADER TORI BRANUM
+ MANY MORE
FAITH. FREEDOM. FUTURE. * FOR CHRIST. FOR COUNTRY.
https://www.irishstar.com/news/politics/donald-trumps-bone-spurs-mocked-37860169
Donald Trump mocked as huge gold state appears in DC ridiculing his bone spurs
The Veterans Day-inspired statue was erected on the National Mall by an anonymous art group, showing the 80-year-old president clutching his foot
Onward Christian blight…..
Today in the Diner…
Pete Hegseth Impeachment: Thomas Massie and Trump Fall Out
Pete Hegseth faces impeachment led by Thomas Massie. The Digital Diner team breaks down the GOP civil war, Don Bacon’s opposition, and 2028 prep.
The push to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is officially underway, and the call is coming from inside the house. With Thomas Massie leading the charge over unauthorized military actions in Iran, Donald Trump is suddenly scrambling to defend his embattled cabinet pick. We break down the absolute chaos on Capitol Hill, including why Representative Don Bacon is refusing to vote yes unless the 80 fired military generals are added to the articles of impeachment.
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party is already looking ahead to the 2028 primaries. We look at how the new schedule prioritizing South Carolina, Nevada, and New Hampshire will shape the race for contenders like J.B. Pritzker and Mark Kelly. Plus, we dive into the latest Congressional orientations, Becca Balint’s fiery return, and the bizarre demographic maps showing what happens if only voters under 30 controlled the ballot box.
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00:00 Intro
03:00 Congress Orientation & Becca Balint
09:00 Pete Hegseth Impeachment Details
13:00 Donald Trump & Illegal Iran Orders
20:00 2028 Primaries: South Carolina First
27:00 J.B. Pritzker for President?
37:00 Voter Maps: Under 30 vs White Men
46:00 Don Bacon Opposes Massie Articles
— Human directed and edited. Machine drafted (Gemini Pro).
Hegseth Leads To Trump ➡️ If Hegseth committed crimes following Trump’s orders, shouldn’t Congress impeach the boss too?
🍽️ From today’s Digital Diner menu
So Senate watch – with numbers at 54-44 now, Colom leads by 2574 in MS (today’s the deadline to count provisional votes, so he looks pretty safe) and Peltola leads by 2517 with 76% of the AK votes tallied. So tonight the count will likely be 55-45, with a Dem leaning AK trending it toward 56-44.
Oh, and the DC Appeals Court upheld Royce Lamberth’s decision saying the Kari Lake illegally fired Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz in 2025. Chickens are coming home to roost.
And Hegseth gave a ridiculous presser for those who didn’t see it. Impugned Dumbass. Won’t save him.
House Democratic leadership presser
re: flag clothes
they don’t call ‘military intelligence’ an oxymoron for nothing
just called Jeffries’ office, AGAIN, telling him to read the room & step aside.
Schumer’s office is on lockdown from women in pink t-shirts.
The variety of columns “explaining” the election are increasing in complexity. I am still looking for the articles discussing something about the break of the “southern strategy”. The Dems who went republican and just voted Dem again.
Watching Colorado districts, Eastern Plains of ranches and farms making up CO-4, dump, or rather ease out, the adventurist Ms. Bo-Bo. In spite of everything she had done to exceed sfb in extra activities and being caught all the time, she almost won. The totals will come out within one percent, not enough to get a state supplied recount, but close enough to go she should have handed out her card a few more times. A recount will not do what happened in my race because all the ballots are counted now, remedied and military. A recount is not a hand viewed thing either. Just run the ballots through the reader again. Colorado is a by-mail state so ballots are physical.
My race the military ballots had not been counted until the recount. I went up a little over a thousand votes, my opponent did not. I still needed a few more votes than I got.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/10/politics/trump-building-investigation-democrats-house-natural-resources
Whistleblowers tell Democrats documents linked to Trump’s construction projects are being destroyed
On Tuesday, the top Democrat in the House Natural Resources committee, which has oversight of the agency that has helped fast-track many of Trump’s projects, plans to issue letters to the Interior Department as well as other federal agencies and private companies, requesting that they “preserve all records and data responsive to oversight” the congressional panel oversees.
The Interior Department called the whistleblower claims “100% false.”
“The Department follows all federal records management obligations as directed by the Department’s ethics officials,” a spokesperson said.
Among the other recipients of the preservation letters are the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management, which are part of Interior.
The problem with the Peltoa vote is the ranked choice. If the counted vote doesn’t go over 50% then the 1.67% that went to the second Dan Sullivan goes to their second choice which could be either Peltoa or the first Dan Sullivan. We don’t know what the second choice votes were. If that still isn’t enough to put one of the top two over the 50% mark then Heikes would be tossed and his 2.23% second choice votes get distributed and again could go either way.
McCabe served as a Republican until 1887, when party members forbade him from running for a third term, and that was the last time a Black Kansan served in a statewide office.
That is, until Kelechi “KC” Ohaebosim appeared to win the lieutenant governor’s seat on Nov. 3.
The Democrats’ gubernatorial win hasn’t been called yet. The Kansas Secretary of State’s Office announced the governor’s race will undergo a close-race audit, along with two other statewide races. However, as of Monday, the Democratic ticket featuring Cindy Holscher and Ohaebosim was leading Republican Ty Masterson’s ticket by roughly 7,600 votes.
According to a New York Times voter trend analysis, 86% of Black voters in Kansas voted for Hamilton, helping him defeat Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall. Black voters make up about 5.5% of registered Kansas voters. Half of white voters in Kansas voted for Marshall.
https://x.com/gregjstoker/status/2120206821843456443
Greg Stoker
@gregjstoker X.com
Elevator betraying Sen. Rick Scott like he’s one of his own constituents.
To Pass the National Defense Authorization Act with the US/Israeli military integration section is an outrage after years of unabashed genocide and domestic surveillance.
A bit of humor from the financial/corporate world. If you have been paying attention you may get it.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-impeachment-speech-war-b3082472.html
“We just learned how weird Pete Hegseth gets when his back is against the wall
In a speech that lasted just over a half hour (including a couple of questions) — and to which he actually arrived on time, an unusual feat — he claimed that the impeachment is being driven by one madman, except it’s also being done by the Democrats who hate the country, except it also only happened because of the evil commie media.
It’s all about the noble defenders of the republic, who just so happen to be him and Donald Trump and nobody else besides perhaps Marco Rubio (because screw JD Vance), except actually it’s about the service members who Democrats hate and want to put in prison. Oh, and he’s extremely anxious about the idea of having the funding cut off for his continuing war, which, anyway he already won.
It was a weave of extraordinary proportions.”
https://www.rawstory.com/john-fetterman-2678345633/
Anti-Fetterman crowd ‘thrilled’ about who just announced a run against him: ‘You’re done’
That challenger, first reported on by The Philadelphia Inquirer, is Ahmed Moor, a Gaza-born Philadelphian who holds what the outlet described as a “polar-opposite view on [Fetterman’s] top issue.”
“We need to do away with the idea that Israel is a place where Jews have superior rights relative to Palestinians,” Moor told the Inquirer. “That is not consistent with my values as an American. I think it’s also a recipe for endless conflict. As Americans, we’re deeply implicated in Israeli apartheid. We fund it. We sustain it. We protect it.”
HEGSETH’S DEFENSE: TRUMP DID THAT.
Following orders is no free pass if the orders were illegal. Could Hegseth’s defense become Trump’s impeachment problem?
Bernie just dumped on Schumer, says he won’t vote for him. but doesn’t endorse anyone else. maybe that’s because no one else is running. what is the point of all this, if no one else runs?
Looks like Bernie just lost his whole agenda for this term. No legislation for Post Office names for you Bernie.
Jack
eh Schumer’s stock is dropping fast
Still, I see no signs from Schumer world suggesting he does not have sufficient votes. Either he’s locked it down. or he’s delusional.
From my daily reads:
he’s on the defensive a bit
he is the front runner for sure but I wouldn’t be surprised if he ended up not getting it
A clue will be how soon he sets a date for the vote. If he puts that off he’s falling short.
Wild cheering here from House Democrats when Hakeem walks in. Doesn’t seem like he’s in any sort of trouble…
OK, I just submitted the paperwork to have the Joplin post office renamed the “Everyone Loves Bernie Sanders Post Office”
I am counting on everyone’s support
yeah only BiD and two other tiktokers are anti-Jeffries
You might get that done if you called it the Bernie Sanders Memorial post office and point out he has to be dead to qualify for such an honor.
Jack
yeah, honestly, I don’t get the anti-Bernie sentiment. He’s on the right side of everything. I don’t think you could articulate what you don’t like about him.
and if you could, I don’t think it would be fair
regardless, he was a big winner on Tuesday a lot of his endorsed progressive candidates flipped red seats
Meanwhile, Trump lost seats for his party
AXIOS: House Republicans elected Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as their new leader, handing the reins of the battered GOP conference to one of its most prominent conservative firebrands. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) trailed Jordan by 33 votes in a secret ballot
Just saw a twit tweet about Sen Van Hollen considering running for Senate Majority Leader. Nothing to back it up just like almost all twit tweets.
no one likes a know it all
non-white-christian-male know it alls even less popular
Benie’s DSA under performed Those that won, won inspite of Bernie, not because of Bernie
His endorsed candidate for Texas Senate lost, in Maine his endorsed candidate didn’t even survive long enough to go down to defeat. But worse , Bernie Sanders is the major reason we have had Trump, not once but twice.
He is an incompetent legislator and he is one of the few Senators who is a worse camera hog than Chuck Schumer.
Jack
toldja it wouldn’t be fair
Jack
😘😘😘😘😘
if people voted for centrism they did it by electing those who would be considered radical progressives 10 years ago
you know what, better shit on Dems now, than last Monday
you all just had a huge historic win and we still have a Nazi king
Support your own people damn
HEGSETH IMPEACHMENT: REPUBLICANS TO WATCH AT 5:30
Massie needs roughly two or three Republican colleagues, assuming Democrats stick together, to keep his impeachment resolution alive.
PUBLICLY QUESTIONING HEGSETH
POSSIBLE WILDCARDS — NO REPORTED COMMITMENTS
CONFIRMED YES: Thomas Massie (KY).
THE TELL: Republican leaders scheduled the procedural vote before they absolutely had to. Maybe they’ve counted noses and like what they found. Watch for Republicans who oppose tabling or referring the resolution. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll vote for impeachment.
Rep. Don Bacon, although a Hegseth critic, announced today he would not vote for this.
sincerely, I think there are few better voices for the importance of true social justice and fair societal constructs that benefit all people and not just the few
than Bernie
thank goodness for him
Anon. I guess he never loses the stink of paving the way for Trump by not truly joining the fold after losing to Hillary. But of course she could have done more to bring him into the fold.
or maybe Hillary lost to a buffoon all by herself
was 10 years ago by the way
Bernie still at it getting Dems elected
respect
C-SPAN is live now for the upcoming Hegseth impeachment vote. Clerk is reading the Articles…
Voting underway
There are 45 Republicans whose seats flipped – they don’t owe the party their fealty. There are 23 sitting members of the House whose opponent was endorsed by Dumbass. They don’t owe Dumbass and Pete anything.
And Gym Jordan is next year’s minority leader? Whaddafugginjoke.
If the Motion to Refer continues as it’s gone to now, it’s taking a trip to the Judiciary Committee for more study. Looks like it will fail by 3.
Ended up failing by 4 – with about 18 non-votes.
HEGSETH IMPEACHMENT: REPUBLICANS STOPPED IT TONIGHT. JANUARY IS ANOTHER STORY.
House Republicans killed Thomas Massie’s impeachment effort tonight with a procedural vote, sparing Pete Hegseth a direct vote on eight articles alleging abuses of power and unlawful military operations.
But this fight isn’t over.
Democrats take control of the House January 3. Incoming Speaker Hakeem Jeffries has already declared himself a “hard yes” on impeachment. Incoming Armed Services chairman Adam Smith also supports it.
No January vote is scheduled, but Democrats will have the power to bring new articles to the floor without Mike Johnson standing in the way.
And that shifts the spotlight to the Senate.
Democrats will control that chamber, too. But removing Hegseth requires a two-thirds vote, meaning Republican senators would have to join them.
Remember, seven Republican senators voted to convict Trump after January 6 in 2021. Different charges, different Congress, but proof that party lines aren’t always impenetrable.
…and Hegseth ain’t Trump.
Found a today column by E. J. Dion about my wonder about how the Southern Strategy is changed by this election. Here is free link.
January is coming for that drunken war criminal.
The other name that has popped up for Senate Majority Leader is Slotkin. Nope. And no to Cory Booker, too. Whack-a-mole with Fiends of BiBi trying to lead.
what is slotkin’s great sin
no one passes the purity test
and honestly, what is Booker’s does he have a Jewish friend or something?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/jeffries-living-hell-leonard
Congressman-Elect Don Leonard Says House Members Warned of ‘Living Hell’ If He Doesn’t Back Jeffries
“The ‘big-D’ Democratic Party needs some ‘little-D’ democracy,” said Rep.-elect Don Leonard, who conditioned his support for Jeffries on efforts to end the Iran War, cut off support for Israel, and end Citizens United.
Leonard explained how the Democrats told him “in no uncertain terms” that unless he supported Jeffries “regardless” of his demands, “it would basically mean both making my life a living hell for the next two years here in Washington as well as being sure to lose my election in two years.”
*It sounds like Dems have picked up some bad habits from tRUMP. Do they not understand voters will primary holdovers/bad actors in two years?
The Liquor Sweats ➡️ The gang predicts Hegseth’s impeachment woes aren’t over.
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Actually, it won’t matter if we don’t get new leadership (and it’s not just AIPAC, it’s that uni-party sludge we’re mired in) because Republican voters, and many Independents will never give Dems another chance.
Liquor Sweats
During Drinking – Sweating occurs as blood vessels dilate, increasing blood flow to the skin.
Hangover Sweats – Sweating that happens the next day, often linked to dehydration and inflammation.
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Can we shut down concentration camps, too? Can we clawback funding for ICE’s torture gloves? Can we force them to unmask and see how many turn tail and run?
The ICE piece is gonna be tough. They’re fully funded for at least a couple of years. About the only leverage Democrats will have is threatening to shut down the government or defunding something else to force a compromise.
Sunrise is building a movement of young people to end billionaire rule and stop the climate crisis.
Voters just handed Democrats a clear mandate to stop predatory data centers.
BAAJA does the opposite: it helps tech billionaires ram their projects through by taking away our right to say “no.”
Can they be forced to NOT violate due process? Can they be unmasked and prohibited from using excessive force?
If we can’t do this, the world will write us off…if they haven’t already.
Blue
I don’t mind giving out my email to these various causes such as sunrise, but the ones who make cell phone mandatory can forget about it.
Coming tomorrow in the Diner…
SOUL TRAIN WEDNESDAY
cultural appropriation alert
Pete Aguilar respects your calls, BlueD…
Oh, sorry. I wasn’t suggesting signing anything with Sunrise Movement, just noting that Dems learned nothing. Twenty-two Dem Senators sold us out already.
I can’t see it since I don’t have the clock app, Craig, but good to know some critters want voters to call.
Coming in tomorrow’s thread:
Nine members of the Kennedy family have asked a federal judge to let them join the legal battle against Trump’s arch.
https://www.lawcommentary.com/articles/house-blocks-hegseth-impeachment-11-democrats-miss-vote
HOUSE BLOCKS PETE HEGSETH IMPEACHMENT AS 11 DEMOCRATS MISS VOTE
The 11 Democrats recorded as not voting were Julia Brownley, Lou Correa and Nancy Pelosi of California; Laura Gillen of New York; Steven Horsford of Nevada; Jonathan Jackson of Illinois; Brittany Pettersen of Colorado; Melanie Stansbury of New Mexico; Haley Stevens of Michigan; Marilyn Strickland of Washington; and Frederica Wilson of Florida.
*I AM FURIOUS WITH THEM!!
Not blaming you Blue just venting a pet peeve
BlueD, did the author of that article leave out the 9 missing Republicans? This looks like a typical case where Dems knew GOP would have mustered their missing troops to win even if all those 11 showed up. That is a very common dynamic in Congress. When a minority party knows they lack the mathematical votes to overcome the majority on a procedural motion, attendance and party discipline often loosen. The writer of that piece should have known that, and if he did, I wouldn’t trust his work again.
Shoot Strickland is mine. Not an excuse, but Veteran’s Day is tomorrow and she is probably here for the events at JBLM
Strickland has called Hegseth incompetent during the hearings to confirm him. She sits on Armed Services and has just been elected to the chair of Communications next year. So I am in wait and see mode until we know more.
Jamie, I’m sure she would have showed up if needed. That Law Commentary article is fanning flames on the left for clicks. This was the wacko internal logic of Congress at work again.
What If Only Men Voted?
The midterm maps tell a wild story. Now look at the all-blue America we’d get if only voters under 30 cast ballots.
was maga raptured
where’d they go
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