Hard to tell whether GOP senators are more afraid of Trump or Pete Hegseth’s boss, FOX NEWS.
“Though Sen. Ernst said at the start of her questioning that she was someone who would ‘pull no punches’ she did not challenge Mr. Hegseth — and at one point, even tried to rebut allegations…” — New York Times
But what happens to the evidence??? Because we know the Trump thugs at DOJ will destroy it.
Full Jack Smith report here:
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/doj-releases-trump-report-volume
Crossed in the mail …
So Barry McCaffrey sees Hegseth as a done deal and isn’t as concerned about it as the upcoming nominations of the likes of Tulsi Gabbard, RFK, Jr. and Kristi Noem. We…are….screwed.
BTW, how’s the mouth today? Better I hope.
Today in Fascist Media Capture: Mark Zuckerberg will cohost reception with Republican billionaires for Trump inauguration..
https://apnews.com/article/trump-zuckerberg-inaugural-reception-gop-billionaire-donors-bb9663cc352b78d89ec927fe65d334bd
Attribution: Pete Hegseth SecDef nominee by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian
The Village People are set to perform at one of Donald Trump’s inaugural balls, special prosecutor Jack Smith says Trump could have been convicted for insurrection, Democratic Senators grilled Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth about his problematic behavior, and the bathrooms at Starbucks are now for paying customers only.
craig and warning for Pogo,
don’t know why connecting to internet took 31/2 hrs but could be due to low digit temps and ice still everywhere. weatherman says there’ll be a short warmup friday and saturday but then will plummet again.
and here’s Kimmel with updates from LA Wildfires continue to burn at both ends of our city with thousands of Angelenos under evacuation orders and warnings, lots of family members and friends and have been reaching out to us to check in and while we’re all very grateful, some of the outreach has been weird, we set up a donation center in our parking lot here at the show that will be open through Friday, January 17th from 10am – 6pm, we check in with Chefs Kim Prince and Greg Dooling who are feeding people in Pasadena out of their Dulanville Food Truck with World Central Kitchen, there’s a lot of misinformation running around about how and why the fires started, we are less than a week away from Donald Trump’s return to office, he is set to attend three balls and a parade, there are many musicians set to… Read more »
The only good thing for the twentieth is the weather should be very cold (for DC), windy and frosty. I plan to be spending time on the internet and YouTube, not watching the end of America first two hundred forty-eight years.
It does bring to question what, if anything, is the orange moron going to do for twenty twenty-six?
BB,
will there even be a 2026?
I’m expecting the first words out of his mouth will be a declaration of national emergency and martial law is in effect.
patd, thanks for the warning but we’ve already got it here. Snow, Ice, temp when I left home was 4 degrees F. We got a light but effective blast of flurries that slickened up the roads last night and I had to go back to the office and get Mrs. P (she does not drive on even semi-slick roads). She was doing her customary “Slow down, Slow down, …” comedy routine all the way home.
Funny- the capitalists left the door open for the conquerors, it didn’t take an army, all that was needed was payoffs
get ready for them to replace immigrants of color with russian mobsters, ya know, cuz they’re “white”
The incoming cabinet
There are bunches of people in place who know what’s coming and they surely will be and have been preparing for it. The Bean Spillers and those who set free the cats will be plentiful.
So far, friends in LA doing okay. One couple and their five cats had a mandatory evacuation for 24 hours, but flames went another direction, so they are back home safe. Too many horrendous stories about others.
I heard that The Village People are playing DC on the 20th. I guess a gig is a gig is a gig……I wonder if the members are being portrayed by new people. .
i always have good hair days when everything’s too shitty to enjoy it *raises fist to sky*
lol the village people guy said in the news he never meant it to be a gay anthem, guess the leather chaps were for practicality
today’s meme…
“If the pandering weren’t troubling enough, Meta is also sacrificing critical elements of its own autonomy by moving content moderation to Texas. There is, perhaps, no place in the country where the state government is spearheading more aggressive attempts to control free expression than Texas, a reality Zuckerberg failed to mention during his recent announcement.In 2021, the Texas legislature passed House Bill 20, a law that prohibited social media companies from moderating political content and forced them to publicly disclose how they curated their content. NetChoice, a trade association that lobbies on behalf of Big Tech, filed a lawsuit against Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, arguing that portions of the law were unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the law last summer, but the implication was clear: By removing social media companies’ ability to exercise editorial discretion, Texas politicians hoped to turn a fire hose of misinformation on or off depending… Read more »
Hegseth is CLUELESS. They should’ve grilled him on the job, because nobody in MAGAtLand cared about sexual assault, financial mismanagement, etc. He knows nothing and will do whatever tRUMPsky tells him to do. As tRUMPer Vought said, we are in post-constitutional times.
they’re like 2-3 states away from being able to “amend” the Constitution any way they want
Gen alpha is the biggest bunch of conformist followers, youth recruitment will be high
Anon – They have already said they want to repeal the 19th Amendment. The incels always out themselves on podcasts, but will do so freely everywhere now.
patD – Yep, I fully expect Orange Adolf to go full-Ferdinand Marcos. If MAGAts didn’t like cofevee lockdowns, just wait.
Not sure what y’all are doing on Monday, but the TV gets muted as soon as SFB stands up to put his tiny hand on a Bible he’s never read, and lies (again) about taking an oath to uphold the US Constitution. I’ve signed up for an online class that starts at noon. I don’t want to watch the demise of everything in real time. I do mean everything, because Orange Adolf’s misdeeds will ripple around the globe.
*It’s not too late for a piece of Elon’s space junk to take the bastards out.
Bondi is smirking. It’s a done deal. Karma will make sure they get what they deserve, even if we aren’t around to see it.
Anon, here’s hoping they stay 2-3 states away from the 38 states that need to approve an amendment through the ratifying convention process. At 23 states with Dem governors I don’t see that happening. And at 51% in the House and 52% in the Senate, they’ll need a lot of help from Dems. I don’t see 67% of both houses agreeing that sunshine is preferable to rain, much less an amendment to the USC. But then again, I didn’t see FF becoming the 47ty president..
Had to meet with an appliance repair guy this morning and had the Bondi Q/A on in the background. I heard her dancing and evading and wondered why not one Dem senator said something like, “You are a career prosecutor and I expect you to hold yourself to the same standard and responsiveness to questions that you would hold a witness to if you were asking the questions.” When asked about quotes of her own and of FF, her answers suggest she’s never met or heard a word either of them has uttered. She’ll be confirmed on a party line vote.