🧵Feels like shouting into the void, but it is essential to note that the Trump/Rubio gutting of the State Department and blowtorching of US diplomatic capacity and credibility is an accelerant to this spiraling war and will seriously undercut US/allied efforts to pick up the pieces after. 1/
“My total and utter victory over my ex-wife will be signified by her moving in with that guy Rick.”
I have something coming very soon in @theatlantic.com about this
A few hours after NYT reported that the U.S. bombed an elementary school in Iran, killing many children, the White House last night posted this video mixing airstrike footage with Top Gun, Iron Man, Gladiator, Halo, Breaking Bad, Star Wars, John Wick, Superman, Transformers and Dragon Ball Z
Unconditional surrender predated this and was the overall Allied demand of the Axis
Let’s talk about Graham Platner’s Big Lie, finally. In 2009, at the height of the Gulf War, the Marines barred him from active duty. Platner claims it was his forearm tattoos. But his one forbidden tattoo was the Nazi symbol on his chest. He knew - and he left the Marines rather than give it up. 1/
The competition for the dumbest member of the United States Senate has just heated up with the elimination of one its strongest contestants!!
Cricket’s revenge.
Correct. And this is now the third time he has been fired by Trump.
And she's out, not even an hour later.
Trump is presenting Mullin's appointment as automatic, but he still has to go through Senate confirmation hearings like everyone else. They're usually deferential to their colleagues, but I think this guy for this post in this election year might prompt issues
get a load of Kristi Noem's facial expressions as Rep. Kamlager-Dove enters articles in the congressional record with headlines like, "Lewandowski taking out trash at Noem's DC home" and "ICE Barbie's mile high private chamber with alleged lover exposed"
same guy lmao
Mullin is the guy who tried to fight a witness at a Senate hearing. www.axios.com/2023/11/14/m...
I'm sure Lewandowski, committed to the department, will remain as a close adviser to Mullin.
Reminder that a president can't just "announce" a permanent new DHS secretary by fiat; Mullin still has to get confirmed by the Senate. He needs 50 senators to support him (and there's a very good chance he'll get that).
Markwayne Mullin is a knuckleheaded plumber and the only Senator not to have a bachelors degree. Republicans in the Senate confirming the Mullin appointment to run Homeland Security will show their usual disregard for the well-being of the citizens of this country while blindly pleasing Trump.
True. Noem is being reassigned, but Markwayne Mullin isn’t exactly a prize either. Of course, we most likely wouldn’t like anyone Trump picks.
That's Noem, Lewandowski, and Bovino out.
Wannabe fascists, perhaps, but you are not living in a fascist country. Public pressure, embarassment, legislative opposition - all of them helped to turf these folks. That's what I mean by "the levers of democracy still work and you should use them."
Trump says Markwayne Mullin will replace Kristi Noem as DHS secretary abcnews.com/Politics/tru...
Apparently, the GOP has a Nazi problem.
No one is asking for classified details to be revealed….. But the people of the United States deserve more of an explanation of what’s happening in this war, and they certainly deserve more of an encomium for their fallen children than “Tragic things happen.” Writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social
I wonder why
Pete Hegseth, if he does not resign, should at least get out of the way and let better men than him talk to the nation and to the press.
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They spent billions on regime change in Venezuela and left the Maduro's head of torture in charge.
They are now spending billions on regime change in Iran, knowing the most likely outcome will be harder line leadership.
We do not have serious people running our country.
Every senator who voted for this jerk should be ashamed of themselves.
THEY are responsible for this mess.
Candidate of “peace,” huh?
for a guy who made a living on TV, Pete Hegseth is a remarkably terrible public speaker
you can almost hear his audience cringing here
This war isn’t an emergency that requires us to give the president more latitude. It’s a monstrosity that requires that judges, lawmakers and above all citizens work to preserve the integrity of elections and the republic.
The Trump administration and its supporters have suggested the president might order ICE to the polls. After former Trump adviser Steve Bannon said ICE will surround polling places, White House press secretary Karolina Leavitt said she couldn’t guarantee an ICE agent wouldn’t be near a polling place
