In the bigger picture, the U.S. Senate has been operating to control the military against the command of the President for multiple years. The Intelligence Community is in general alignment with the core mission of weakening the Defense Department as part of the larger objective.
We have seen this approach in everything from the castration of General Petraeus to the advancement of wokeism. The civilian leadership of the Defense Department, in combination with the influence of the U.S. Senate has led to a diminishment of mission priority. We have the outcomes through General Mattis, General H.R. McMaster, Lt Col Alexander Vindman, General James Kelly, all the way to Joint Chief’s Chairman Mark Milley; famously culminating in Milley collaborating with Chinese military leadership to undermine his own Commander-In-Chief, Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump has turned his focus to the “war fighters,” the men and women who carry out the mission objective of the Defense Department. The nomination of Pete Hegseth represents the confrontation of a power struggle that has been decades in coming.
The self-serving Senators are trying to block Hegseth, while maintaining a position of pretending support for President Trump. The DeceptiCon republicans in the Senate are in full circling mode, looking for a weakness to exploit.
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According to Hegseth he is firm on the mission priority. President Trump is in full support and the schemes of the conniving Republican Senators, transparently visible in the efforts of Senator Jodi Ernst, who is circling the phalanx President Trump is creating – while simultaneously inserting herself into the DOGE mission. Ernst is doing Mitch’s work, under the instructions from Thune and Mitch. See Ernst with clear eyes.
Hegseth is a key component of the phalanx, the fortification process that puts President Trump at the center of the cabinet. Each component of the cabinet protecting the center.
The phalanx is the mechanism to carry the weapon that is President Donald Trump. The DC UniParty is looking for a weakness in the phalanx like a wolf circling a porcupine.
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Once you understand what President Trump is assembling (the phalanx) and once you accept the mission of the DC system to defend itself by isolating a weak spot in the mechanism, then everything from the assembly of the cabinet to the process being discussed makes sense.
Within a phalanx, if one shield drops the entire construct is compromised. The strongest shields need to surround the core with ferocity.
The recent Supreme Court decision affirmed the President of the United States as the unitary, plenary power that controls every mechanism of the Executive Branch of government, and as long as the President is acting within his “official duty” he holds absolute power and absolute immunity.
Think of each cabinet member as a shield in this political phalanx that surrounds the weapon, President Trump.
Yes, the phalanx is by construct an offensive fortification used to advance upon the enemy. However, the strength of the phalanx is its ability to be impervious to attack from 360°. The phalanx advances, inch by inch against a larger fortification. In the transition team assembly, this is what President Trump is putting together.
If Hegseth wasn’t a strong shield against their interests, his attack vectors would not be exploited this soon in the assembly. They are focused on Hegseth because he represents a threat, a threat to remove decades of work done by the IC and their Senate supporting mechanism to weaken the U.S. Military.
The Senate wants the United States military to report to them, not to the U.S. Commander-in-Chief.
If they block him, recess appointment?
Backup nomination, ala Grenell and Radcliffe last term: Colonel Douglass McGregor.
Milley: court martial? At least yank his security clearance.
Colonel Douglass McGregor is an excellent asset. Concerned that he is not appointed in a critical position. He would be very essential in extricating us from the undeclared war with Russia, and going after the crooked neocons who get us into these corrupt messes.
No, you do NOT put up such people for critical positions for which the Republicants won’t confirm, you nominate them for by comparison insignificant positions,…Ambassadors even.
And they go thru the Confirmation process, after which they can be appointed to these critucal positions BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALREADY GON THRU THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS.
WHAT was it, that had many here saying they wished PDJT could “Clone Grennell”?
It was that he had akready gone thru confirmation, to become ambassador to germany.
Sheesh, its NOT 64D chess…its the D.C. shuck and jive, …
NATO is just one small piece of the massive Gordian knot that is our unelected and unaccountable to its’ citizens permanent government.
Trump needs to cut the knot in its’ entirety. We used NATO to enter into an openly hot war with Russia. Many fellow Americans still don’t see or comprehend the potential consequences.
Enhanced by the incompetent idiots controlling our military, the rapid escalations we are causing can lead to a thermo nuclear missile exchange, this must end now.
CDMc is not totally on board with Israel anymore. He’s abandoned the attitude that Israel must beat it’s enemies. He now rails against Israel; it’s their fault that Gaza is being destroyed. He doesn’t mention the October Massacre much any more. I wonder if that’s why he’s being passed over?
Perhaps.
And also because CDMc strikes many as a self-serving blow hard.
Are those same “many” the ones who have Israeli handlers?
Can’t blame his lack of support, as most sane, moral, and compassionate people do not support mass killing of children and woman.
Hamas or Hezbollah?
The “attitude” that Israel must “beat” its’ enemies militarily is an acceptance of the same insane policy of our permanent state that has led to the utter destruction of Ukraine, and virtually all our vassal states in attempt for the US to remain the global “hegemon”.
The October 7th terror campaign was planned and organized for months, maybe years in advance. The idea that the Netanyahu government was taken by surprise is nonesense. The operation was not intervened with, rather it was used to justify embarking on an insane retaliatory plan to end Iranian influence in the ME.
The recent unleashing of the extreme Islamists we trained and armed in Idlib to overthrow Assad in Syria is already failing.
Far from being isolated and deposed, Assad has the Sunni Gulf States, Shia Iraqi and Iranian militias and the Russian Air Force rallying to intervene.
The Gulf States are no longer assisting us in destroying the ME for fighting Iran. The Russian Air Force is pulverizing the NATO weapons and munitions convoys their savage terror fighters rely on.
Israel’s strength was being an advanced political, social and economic model in the region, and developing peaceful, mutually beneficial relations with the Arab neighbors. Which they were doing with awesome initial results.
Israel will end up like Ukraine, destroyed, by allowing itself to serve our permanent state. It has insufficient manpower, industrial weapon production capacity and economy to sustain a lengthy war of attrition.
Being pro Israel is not encouraging their suicide. It’s recognizing that our government institutions must be changed and eschew their current policies of chaos and violence.
So, you are admitting that the Oct 7 assault was initiated by Israel’s enemies. Why are you defending that action? Any country has the right to defend itself when attacked. Your story does not make sense. You are asserting that Israel should have attacked its enemies BEFORE the attack on Oct. 7 because they knew about it. And how do you think that would have worked out? Israel would surely have been accused of attacking another country just minding its own business.
I’m pointing out that Israel keeps careful tabs on everything Hamas does in the Gaza. That they were aware of the Oct 7th terror plan well in advance.
The Netanyahu government did not prepare a response to defeat the incursion by Hamas, rather let it unfold, to create a cause to go to war against Hamas and Hezbollah.
In the highly unlikely event they actually did not know the incursion was planned, and were taken by surprise, that shows unexcusable failure and rot in their security and military forces.
The manner in which Israel is handling their response incursions into Gaza and Lebanon are military failures. The optics of thousands of dead civilians has caused irreparable harm to their standing and isolation diplomatically.
All the good will and progress with normalizing relations with their neighbors is gone. That is a massive strategic loss and creates a real, generational long term threat to their existence as a distinct Jewish Nation.
Israel and the US combined do not have sufficient arms industrial output to engage a war of attrition. Israel cannot afford to lose so many men, and their economy is suffering from a war situation. They cannot decisively win this in 6 days or 3 months. It won’t end.
Netanyahu has surrendered Israel’s sovereignity and national security over to our psychopathic neocon warmongers, seeking to defeat Iran by proxy through the destruction of Israel.
It is incomprehensible the disdain so many have for the destruction of countries and suffering of people, as in Ukraine and Israel, while pretending they support them.
Supporting Israel means seeing them grow strong, sharing technology and trade with their neighbors. Not entering into conflicts that end up destroying them.
With Milley, a Courts Martial is the ONLY answer.
Hard no for McGregor.
How strong a shield is Pam Bondi?
What’s your take on Gaetz and him quitting so soon after accepting. What transpired?
She has no spear, but her shield strength looks ok.
It’s the attack vectors that bother me.
No huge outcry concerning Bondi’s appointment is a big tell.
“not a whiff” of controversy..
No huge outcry? Hell, !Jeb! and Miss Lindsey and Milquetoast Mittens Romney could barely suppress their collective glee upon her nomination. Next thing you know, we have that rainbow-philic sheriff from Pam’s Florida nominated for DEA (i.e., the one who channeled his inner Stasi over COVID and Keeping Us Safe(R)). Outrageously coincidental … if coincidental.
Do you think Trump even knows the details about Pam? His Chief of Staff is connected to WEF and Big Pharma.
He recused himself.
Gaetz being withdrawn so relatively quickly, is a big tell.
As for Bondi, look at her#2 and 3, who also must get confirmed…
Let’s wait and see. If she doesn’t cut muster, Trump will fire her ass pronto. He is a lame duck from day one and the sky is his.
And, who moves into her place, is he does fire her?
Why, her #2, deputy A.G. moves up, and becomes “acting” as I recall.
Because they will have already gone thru the confirmation process, like Rick Grennell they aren’t required to go thru it a second time.
So, why don’t y’all quit crying about P.B.
By the way, Sundance has editorialised about how the Russians don’t do “pretending” or tolerate bullshit, its “in their DNA”.
I bet onecreason why they like and respect Donald Trump is because he doesn’t either.
There are all of these pretences that are D.C. tradition, like when the nominee withdraws, and gives some excuse attempting to clarify THEY made the decision, when everyone KNOWS it was the POTUS.
PDJT cut through the crap, and clarified HE pulled the plug on that Fla. Sheriff to head DEA.
Just the kind of thing a RUSSIAN would do, no pretending,…
Sundance, it was seeking info about General Patraeus which led me to your site all those many years ago. The discussions about the Kelley sisters was unmatched elsewhere.
I’d really appreciate your truth-telling on this matter. The whole sordid saga was so ridiculous, that I wonder if the truly relevant info got lost in the weeds.
The Kellys! I forgot
OMG. Same here. Having (bad) flashbacks. Yikes.
Just a feeling… but somebody at “Bondi’s level” seems to be susceptible to being pushed around, boxed in, etc. by the DOJ Apparatus… Sessions was another one.
Gaetz, on the other hand, is sharp as a freaking tack, and has no problem using his razor sharp elbows, even when he doesn’t have to… and I just don’t get that from Bondi. We’ll see.
Two comments I easily found on X about Bondi’s nomination:
This is VERY concerning. Pam Bondi is seen here advocating for red flag law — a complete obliteration of due process. Removing natural rights requires a process of adjudication that red flag denies.
Pam Bondi is seen here justifying her support of red flag laws, banning bump stocks, and preventing 18-20 year olds from being able to buy rifles and shotguns. Bondi is NOT pro-2A.
Pammy gets smellier and smellier.
She has two strong lawyers working with her. Might work out if she is sincerely MAGA.
She knew George Zimmerman was innocent and still allowed him to be prosecuted.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/11/22/ag-nominee-pam-bondi-and-chief-of-staff-susie-wiles-ballard-partners-law-firm-lobbyists/
https://www.independentsentinel.com/susie-wiles-world-economic-forum-connection/
That’s what happened to the Minneapolis police officers who handled the detention of George Floyd. This seems to be a pattern of behavior:
Minority member is taken into investigative detention by police.
Minority member dies from unknown causes.
Media goes hysterical with inferences of police brutality or even homicide.
Politicians put on angry show about the death, virtue signaling.
Medical examiner is told not to wait for toxicity screens before making a preliminary finding that appears to view the minority member as a victim of wrongdoing.
Medical examiner’s preliminary report touches off public hysteria along with more politician virtue signaling.
Toxicity screen shows overdose of one drug or another as cause of death. The report is suppressed.
The rioting begins so politicians virtue signal even more.
Police are arrested and charged with at least first degree manslaughter.
Gaetz, on the other hand, is sharp as a freaking tack, and has no problem using his razor sharp elbows, even when he doesn’t have to…
Love your description
That’s what I’ve thought of him questioning malign Leftist actors in Senate hearings, but you’ve phrased it so artfully
My hunch is Gaetz is laying low until Jan 20th – Big Things in his future with MAGA
Smart comment: lay low then come Jan 20 Trump throws him a bone to chew on.
Gaetz has the receipts.
Exactly. There is too much talent there to go to waste. Believe it.
problem
I’m not sure if Gaetz was, brought to you by pfizer.
He may or may not have been sponsored by the people.
Fake news attacks whistleblowers that may not be sponsored.
https://truthsocial.com/@RepMattGaetz/posts/110389895906290736
you characterized her very well
I’m very concerned about PB because the left likes her.
Deputy AG Todd Blanche, who was a Democrat until last year, was spotted having lunch with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. Have a VERY queasy feeling about this entire DOJ.
Trump has shown he is willing to pull an appointment like he just did with the very flawed DEA choice. Trump has enough really strong people around him that will constantly be on guard and looking for the next Pence. We can see obvious weaknesses in some of these appointments. We have to bet and hope that his stronger appointments will counter the weak ones.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2024/12/04/chad-chronister-donald-trump-drug-enforcement-dea-hillsborough-sheriff/
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-pulled-chad-chronister-dea-florida-b2658928.html
This kind of stuff bugs me. Why did Trump nominate Chronister in the first place then? Why did Trump have to make a DEA nomination on 12/1?
I feel like I’ve seen this before.
Trump is staying on offense by dominating the news cycle with constant appointments. This creates bipartisan pressure for the process to be over.
By pushing appointments constantly and early, the contrast between Trump’s
speed fortrightness versus the Senate’s dilatory and devious processes is heightened and illuminated.
Remember, these are men, and they are living my man standards…..with god all things are possible. God is intervening in all of this, He knows all of us, he created us, he knows everything we think, say and do. All of this will be for his glory.
Yes, but everyone on this thread keeps wringing their hands showing little or no faith in our Almighty God. Shame.
Yes, exhibiting their lack of faith in God and in PDJT.
However, recall the jews being led out of egypt, witness all sorts of miracles by God, including the parting of the Red Sea, and yet as soon as Moses left them to get the Commandments, they started collecting gold to cast into a calf, …
The story of PDJT’s entry into politics is chock full of miracles we have all witnessed, every bit as miraculous as the parting of the Red Sea, and yet many here, the nattering nabobs of negativity, the woebegones etc. are constantly expressing doubt and dispair.
Its an unfortunate aspect of human nature, and frankly its too bad with our modern civilisation, the methods available to Moses for dealing with those of little faith aren’t available to us.
I think people are having flashbacks to his first administration and just want PDJT to avoid the same problems this time.
They need to be sacked, go floor by floor.
well dang dab it. Gotta watch him then for sure. When you get in the gutter with CNN you get the “tidbits” of “insiders” telling them something. Maybe he is feeding her bs but who knows.
Mirror, mirror on the wall…..
Is that you, Merrick?
I feel the Gaetz nomination was withdrawn way too quickly. We need long drawn out fights. Otherwise we get mediocre nominees and zero change.
I will always ask myself how things could have been different if Hillary had been charged for her, obvious to the entire world, crimes.
This is justice, not revenge. Do people even know what justice and righteousness are anymore?
Pam Bondi imo is a plant…she did very little in FL so it seemed.
She managed to indict George Zimmerman, a clearly innocent man, for murder. Does that count?
Despite some of her sketchy track record, she was a key lawyer for Trump’s impeachment hearings, and she is the legal arm for America First if I read it correctly. That is probably why Stephen Miller is really pro-Bondi, which I respect Miller’s MAGA creds a lot, so that made me blink. I believe that may be what President Trump is focused on, and that it’s a loyalty pick — as well as that she won his case for him when a lot of lawyers were too afraid of professional retribution to stand with him.
I was personally disappointed in her as a pick, and thought he could have done better. What I get torn by is on the one hand, wondering if this is a pick that we should be questioning loudly, as PT seemed to listen when there was an outcry about his DEA pick? Or is this a pick where you trust that PT has deeper reasons for what he is doing? I’m serious — it’s hard to know sometimes.
hopefully Stephen will be a big influence on her then.
Confirmed..
There will be a comeback. He is full of spunk that will eventually have to be released like a boiling pot of liquid.
Gaetz was a stalking horse designed to flush out the Rino’s. Having expended their powder on Gaetz, they’s have just looked like obstructionists opposing Bondi too. My hope is that she’ll appoint Gaetz as Special Prosecutor.
Post from yesterday said she will be defensive, support and surround Trump.
NO OFFENSE. She will NOT go after, prosecute anyone.
Just as soon she go away…..
Ernst needs a hair cut.
Wow! Greg Kelly sure doesn’t like Hegseth. His opening monolog tonight was full of negative words.
I was surprised by Greg’s criticism. This isn’t the time to shoot down a fellow MAGA; he zeroed in on his lack of coverage of J6 ers etc on FOX. I thought, don’t compare apples and oranges. Hegseth had to work for FOX, the Murdoch’s as repugnant that is. I like Greg; I just don’t want division amongst conservatives now.
Newsmax is not MAGA.
They are Faux-Lite.
No surprise.
Chris Ruddy, Newsmax’s founder and still CEO sold out long ago; Ruddy’s sellout wasn’t as obvious as Drudge’s has been.
Hhhhh I just figured that out as well. Very disappointing.
Greg Kelly is 100% MAGA and a great guy.
In the evenings I watch Rob Finnerty (pretty new and a winner!), Rob Schmitt and Greg Kelly. I have never heard them say one thing anti MAGA. They are for MAGA and PDJT full bore. I think Finnerty may have been on in the mornings but I only watch in the evenings.
Greg is generally pretty good, but everyone has some bad takes – see Greg’s thoughts on Assange after he was freed, for reference.
Tucker was fired over his J6 coverage. Did Greg really believe Fox would not have fired more of their hosts if they spoke up in their defense?
I saw Greg last night and it seemed like he fell for the hoopla. I was disappointed in him for not trusting President Trump. Tonight I think he was justifying his position by saying that Pete never talked about the J6 people. I had to turn him off.
Agree,switched to hannity,the carpenter,roofer,short order cook,not much better but does have good guests if he lets them speak.
Propaganda, put simply, is persuasion.
Propaganda doesn’t need a political identity.
The uniparty announces itself from up, down, left, and right.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2017/03/21/the-washington-dc-uniparty-flak-chaff-and-countermeasures-strategy/
“The better we do, the more dramatic they become.” — Orange Man Mandate
fwiw
It’s Going To Be An Uphill Battle For Pete Hegseth (3min)
Retired Colonel comments on nomination. He knows Pete is the right man to implement President Trump’s policy.
https://rumble.com/v5w3ka5-its-going-to-be-an-uphill-battle-for-pete-hegseth.html
very surprising to hear………
I listen (will no longer) to his radio show on 770 WABC and in my opinion he sounds like a woman scorned. IMHO I believe HE is jealous of Pete Hegseth. This appointment has brought out an ugly and not likable part of Greg Kelly’s personality. Oh and by the way when News Max told him and other staff to not mention the stolen election they all caved including him! His over the top criticism of Hegseth has exposed him to be the type of person I no longer can listen to nor respect. Dial forever switched!
To each its own, but as I review in my mind the long list of those public figures that have red-pilled, from Dr. Malone and Dr. Naomi Wolfe, to Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson, and reminding myself of the Christian concepts of forgiveness and redemption, I am prepared to recognise the possibility for change in everyone.
Look how much Megyn Kelly has changed since she escaped Fox.
She says it was a great, freeing experience, and TC says the same.
Easy to Judge those who “cave” and “knuckle under” to pressure to take the shot or toe the company line, but I try to keep the notion of forgiveness in my heart.
I will never say never.
one can forgive
but at the same time
keep at least one eye open
I admire you, Dutch. You stick hard to the principles with no compromise, yet allow for the power of God to perform transformation in individuals, organizations, and our Nation. And I think I’ve see you have the humility to change your position a few times.
The makeup of individual opinions and character of this nation is vastly different than it was in 2000, 2010, 2016, 2020, even 2023. The speed of change that has been effected by the stressors placed on us as a nation of citizens has been for good.
I too have hope.
bingo
I blanked out Kelly/newsmax with the covid shot oligarchy. He caved immediately.
Yes, jealousy and resentment as he was on the interview committee of Hegseth at FOX. Hegseth’s career skyrocketed. I suspect jealousy.
I was shocked by what I heard from him last night.
GK is mad he didn’t get picked for something.
Would that be Greg Kelly from Newsmax UniParty TV? I couldn’t care less what that Dishonest UniParty Pretending Truth Manager says.
If he hates Hegseth then that just makes me love Hegseth even more.
Hang in there, Pete!
Trump should ask us all to fight for him. Let 70 Million be heard with a loud roar. Let us bring those that oppose under the microscope and find out why.
100m. Stole 30 and gave it to jo.
Looks like Gregg Phillips is using his GroundFusion tool to mount a campaign in favor of Hegseth
https://truthsocial.com/@greggphillips/posts/113597750583827686
I love Gregg Phillips…he is battling for Hegseth , he states DeSantis and his people are behind this attempt to take down Pete. Gregg is an amazing man, he is fighting cancer as well.
The Senate wants to loot the Treasury, obey China, injure the troops with Clot Shots, conduct Endless Wars using NATO for Empire and Kickbacks, push Trans sickness, fund Iran and conduct Coups with Praetorian Puppets.
Sec. Hegseth will run the Military to defend the Republic and treat the troops with the respect they deserve.
That’s why they hate him. And exactly why he’s the Right Man at the Right Time for the Right Job.
“The Lord is a Man of War; Yahweh is His name.”–Exodus 15:3
The Senate wants to loot the Treasury, obey China, injure the troops with Clot Shots, conduct Endless Wars using NATO for Empire and Kickbacks, push Trans sickness, fund Iran and conduct Coups with Praetorian Puppets.
You nailed it.
As Rush used to say, the left’s idea of the military is “Meals on Wheels”.
My favorite is the Left wanting green energy EV tanks.
Matthew Boyle
@mboyle1
It’s abundantly clear that the conservative grassroots energy is working. Senators are very quickly falling in line to support Hegseth for confirmation. The establishment media plot seems to be failing.
5:33 PM · Dec 4, 2024
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Makes sense, the “establishment media” have lost, and MAGA media is now Dominant.
The “MAGA media” is in line with the will and character of the MAGA citizens, and much closer to the principles of Truth of our Creator.
Matthew Boyle
@mboyle1
Several Senate aides I’ve spoken to today are very bullish on Pete Hegseth confirmation prospects. One I talked to expects all 53 Republicans to vote for him. We’ll see as the process continues to play out, but he definitely turned a corner today with Wicker promising a hearing and Thune backing him very strongly.
Change of hart, or did they finally find (create) the compromising photos of him they need to keep him in line?
We all need to send our support to Pete either by phone calls, emails or spreading the TRUTH about how these evil
MF’ers (RINO’s especially) try to protect their turf.
This is WAR and Donald J. Trump wasn’t aware of it in 2015….but now he is, we Treepers are (were before) and so are many more main stream Americans.
Just watched “Gods and Generals” so I’m a bit pumped to save our country.
I contact Capito’s office every day to “remind” her she needs to support ALL of the Presidents Nominees. My new Senator will be Jim Justice and I guess he gets to vote and I know he’ll help our President in every way he can. The only thing with Justice is he has a LOT of compromat ,…. shady business dealings, etc. That being said, I don’t think he can be bought. WVA would recall him and demand his head on a platter.
Thankfully West Virginia did not support her son for Governor. She is horrible .
if they hadn’t done something to worry about…then they wouldn’t be worried about president trump’s picks.
but they are.
d.c. knows.
we got our president back.
ah-oh.
Someone on another site suggested that team Trump go low on the 6 or so GOP senators that are trying to deprive President Trump of his appointments. The inference was that there is plenty to expose (Graham, Ernst, et al) if they just did a little digging and started playing some dirty pool for a change and expose THEIR bad habits and past indiscretions.
That should put an end to the stonewalling and I, for one, am all in favor.
Light ’em up!
Tyrannical twits of unfathomably dark deeds merit no mercy.
Ploffe-d ’em up !
Never Back Frowns
Even though LBJ had a supermajority; As I remember,he would cut your nuts off in every which way if you crossed him and make your state pay to boot.Don’t just curse them; make them pay; there’s “six ways from Sunday”. If they don’t get the message today, they’ll get it tomorrow. Follow their money.
Build Back Donors?
Go Fund Yourself
“These fundraisers are burnt. The damage that the 2024 campaign has done to the Democratic brand is almost unfathomable.”
https://x.com/westernlensman/status/1862894716821409990
That seems to be the problem, Trump doesn’t seem to have any good diggers.
Ditch digging is make-work for credentialed members of the apparatus.
Too long to list.
https://x.com/kagbro88/status/1740835758838370433
Republicans for Harris: Former DHS adviser encourages Pence to endorse Harris
What are you crying about?
Wow, Graham is even worse than I thought.
Puddin Head sure did make sure his family would be well taken care of. How many generations of them won’t ever have to work. I hope our country survives because of it. A whole generation of that family should be hung for treason against this country. Add Huncher. He’s guilty too. And someone needs to tell him to pay his rent.
whoops….wrong thread.
If Hegseth can keep it in his pants and put the effing bottle down he would be fine. Those are his most obvious downfalls. Both of those vices can and will cause an early demise on their own let alone done in unison.
Maybe you should do a little more research before you spew this stuff. He was on with Megyn Kelly today – full show, you might want to start there!!!!
He’s had 3 marriages and I heard him say himself he loves to drink beer on (F)Pox News in 2019.
I haven’t had a drink, been a womanizer or bitten my fingernails until they bled like Pete in 7 years. All the things I criticize him about I gave up.
All three of those habits indicate someone who is chasing dopamine.
Big Whoop!
Oh Pleeze!
Judge not, lest ye be judged!
Unless you have the RECEIPTS on Hegseth SINS, back off!
No one is perfect!
Actually, he would make a great US Senator, if he is a big drinker and can’t keep his pants zipped for long.
Alcohol destroys the gut-mind axis and causes cancer. The Creator sent me back when I died from alcohol withdrawal. I KNOW what I am talking about, thank you very little.
He said he has made a change in his life and I think he should have the opportunity to prove it. If change didn’t take, then do something about it. Seven children are looking up to him and I pray he can make it work.
Oh wow. Loves to drink beer (normal human being). Hang em high.
Alcohol kills millions Worldwide every year from the myriad of negative outcomes on the human animal. Look it up.
Go sit at an AA Meeting or three and introduce yourself and say you are there to listen.
Bring some cash for the collection plate.
In my many years in the ICU, the most challenging patient has been the one in heavy duty serious withdrawal in A Fib with gi bleeding and some esophageal varies and withdrawal seizures… Just saying…it is a wicked demon to exorcise.
I did it with zero medical assistance. Every day is a gift and/or borrowed time for me AG.
It’s my theory the reason to those withdrawals hurt so bad is that is your soul trying to re-enter the flesh. It’s unimaginable.
I was also suffering concurrent benzo withdrawal so my flight was extra rough.
Cold Turkey 1987- . Every day is a gift from God.
President Trump has three marraiges…
President Trump is the Creator’s Chosen Agent Of Change. He has come a long way in his Walk with the Savior. Pete tried to bang a mom on vacation..
The ‘mom on vacation’ seduced him
Beware of people who are reformed
Well goody for you! You must be super proud of yourself. I wish we could all be as wonderful as you!
Ah, Mr. Holier – Than – Thou. The point is that many of Mr. Hegseth’s critics should not be casting stones, starting with Ms. Ernst.
I’ll always give grace to those that have served in war. I have no idea what they’ve gone through and been subjected to that would might lead to alcohol as a coping mechanism. People find help and find more productive ways of dealing with it. I’ll give Pete the benefit of the doubt.
I’ve seen people use alcohol as a coping mechanism in the military. But beyond that, it’s a huge part of the culture and you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in uniform (who wasn’t Mormon) who wasn’t willing and able to engage in heavy drinking. War’s not an excuse for over-indulgence, and it’s also not the primary cause of it.
I have no idea what this man does or doesn’t struggle with on a personal level. But it’s also important to remember that almost anyone who’s ever served probably has at least one super-humiliating personal story that’s related to alcohol.
Plenty of Mormons drink.
It’s a chink in the armor. If you are a good guy when you drink, you are a better guy when you don’t, end of story.
CNN much?
Only when I want to laugh. In my World even occasional boozers are substandard/ sub par.
Why on earth would you automatically believe all of the media bs about Hegseth?
I’m so happy to see Trump and Pete are willing to fight! I don’t understand why he wasn’t willing to fight for Matt Gaetz. Does anyone know why?
Because he’d just as soon have Bondi?
Maybe there was more we don’t know re Gaetz.
And maybe he never intended to get Gaetz in the first place, and used him to draw fire, soften up the battlefield, draw out the enemy, have them expend political Capital,…
that adoption would surely come out. It was legal but so many whiffs in the air, so many rumors. Thats all the media needed. I think it was wise to pull him and use him in other ways. He can be an advisor, etc. He’s gifted legal mind wise
I do not understand U.S. Senators who condone a weak military.
power
The Art of using power.
Bingo!
I was reading today the Senate wants the military to report to and be under them. Maybe one reason they aren’t on board?
Solution to weak military: AI… Additional Investment…
“The sinews of war are infinite money.” Cicero
“There are trillions at stake.” Sundance
“War is the health of the State.” Randolfe Bourne
“Cui bono?” Cicero
A weak military encourages war.
War enlarges government power, and the Senators wield that powere for their own benefit.
One of the 6 senators (ms linsey) just on hannity,says he wont vote against anyone with bogus hear say.think maybe got a tweet from Trump.
No, ms ‘ladybug’ linsey has long carved out principled positions IN HIS PUBLIC STATEMENTS, another being “in the end,a POTUS deserves the people he wants, so unless they are obviously guiltyvofcthr most heinous crimes, in the end he will vote to confirm.
he is another one who needs a big magnifying glass put on HIS life. Just sayin
cross posted at https://freedomaustralia.freeforums.net/thread/6428/nominee-pete-hegseth-vows-mission
This is proof positive that the UniParty is alive and well.
A utopian, statist, collectivist, i.e. Demonrat in this country, throws out an unsubstantiated and suspicious claim of wrongdoing and immediately the RINO wing of the UniParty starts obstructing.
It’s SOP for these clowns. Throw some crap against the wall…see what sticks. Way past time PDJT informs them he knows a few things…
Nancy Pelosi has a whole video on YT of how it works. The GOP needs to start using it.
Trump World Sources: Joni Ernst Is Waging ‘Aggressive’ Personal Jihad Against Hegseth
BY: SHAWN FLEETWOOD
DECEMBER 04, 2024
Ernst has repeatedly called Trump threatening him to dump Hegseth at the same time surrogates have told Trump to tap Ernst instead.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, has been leading an “aggressive” personal jihad against Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, multiple sources within Trump world with direct knowledge of her outreach to Trump told The Federalist on Wednesday.
Ernst’s efforts included personal calls to Trump to urge him to dump Hegseth ahead of her meeting with the Army veteran on Wednesday afternoon. Ernst did not tell Hegseth during her meeting with him about her efforts to derail his nomination, sources told The Federalist.
https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/04/trump-world-sources-joni-ernst-is-waging-aggressive-personal-jihad-against-hegseth/
So she doesn’t even do the interview first. Nice. Folks like Ernst are the worst of the worst… hiding in the shadows while buttressing the McTurtles of the world… so sick of it all, to be honest…
A bonified Trojan horse. I wonder how her constiuets would feel if they knew their ethanol program was in jeopardy because of this pretender.
A female Cassius.
She wants the job.
Many of us have probably have witnessed applicants that COULD have had a job, but during the interview process talked their way out of further consideration!
What happened to the wholesome & conservative from back on the farm?
Money and power.
A bunch of crapvfrom unnamed sources, I don’t pay attention to unnamed sources.
her own affair is blossoming on Twitter. I plan to call her office today and remind her of it.
Yep, and she is trying to have her divorce records sealed. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6619997/Husband-Iowa-Senator-Joni-Ernst-claims-affair-soldier.html
Trump could put an end to this the way he did with the Pompeo
Haley nonsense he let it play out for a while them made his truth
post basically saying No I am not giving Pompeo or Haley job
thanks for your service.. He can do the same saying I am not
offering Ernst or Ron the postion they are both needed right where
they are . Thank you. End of story…
Remember her during the Tea Party and her ad about castrating hogs as a hog farmer, and she’d take that skill to the swamp, once in the swamp they co-opted her quicker than little Marco.
Trust her as far as you can spit.
I urge everyone to contact her office. I did
Breanna Morello
@BreannaMorello
Running a hit piece on a man that’s solely based on anonymous sources is cowardly and isn’t journalism.
I’m willing to go on the record regarding Pete Hegseth.
As a former Fox booking producer, I’ve never heard a negative remark about Hegseth–until now.
This is the letter I am sending EVERY Senator.
Cont…
Good for her. It’s a stand-up thing to do.
I have this picture in my mind: slippery Senators slithering through the reeds in the dark, hoping that nobody will see them. But here comes Sundance tripping along with a giant-size spotlight and just as they think they have made it to dry land, BOOM, the spotlight turns on.
Like deer caught in the headlights…Who, sir, me, sir?
We’re privileged to be so informed. The problem is: those particular Senators and Representatives that really gum up the works keep getting voted in by their uninformed constituents… allegedly…
Allegedly.
Indeed.
What a wonder it would be to see the GOP RICOed into utter transparency.
At the same time the Damneds are being RICOed out of existence.
Funny how that happens isn’t it?
I would say they are “voted” in.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/04/politics/pete-hegseth-donald-trump-confirmation-fight/index.html
Yes! This republic is too precious to give up on, especially based on lies and innuendo. Fight on Pete!
Ernst is a major disappointment.
IIRC was first elected as a “tea party” type.
Look at her now.
What a mediocrity.
same as ”tea party” TIM SCOTT……
I didn’t realize Tim Scott had been around that long. That’s a shame.
“Zero” Senate Republicans are privately opposing Pete Hegseth’s confirmation, sources told The Post on Wednesday, as the defense secretary-designee was making the rounds on Capitol Hill and defiantly proclaiming he will “never back down” in the face of widespread allegations of past misconduct.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/zero-senate-gopers-oppose-pete-hegseth-for-defense-pick-as-he-vows-to-never-back-down-amid-misconduct-claims-sources/
RINOS like McConnell, Thune, Collins and Murkowski voted to confirm Merrick Garland and LLOYD Austin.
Two of the very worst nominees in American History!
+1000
I wonder if Trump can keep markowski in line wiht Anwar(not sure the spelling)
that drilling site in Alaska that Biden shut down.. Trump can tell her he won;t
open again if she doesn;t fall in line..
”The President has the right to his nominees.” Only applicable to Dems. This is maddening; face it, they’ve been at this since Justice Thomas’ hearing.
Joni Ernst, Thune, Cornyn, McConnell, Rounds etc are all examples of how even supposedly conservative American voters end up electing DeceptiCONS… Unless this stops, there is no breaking of the status quo
Republicons and Demicons, the RINO wing of the UniParty.
i’ve emailed Thune numerous times regarding his “Aye’ votes for biden’s appointees, got the standard BS response from him. Maybe Musk could run some early ads reminding their constituents of their positive votes for Biden and opposition to Trump. Thune is up in’26, A MUSKet shot across the bow might be timely
Correction: I meant Cornyn, not Thune. Too early, not enough coffee. Ms. Lindsay and Ernst are also up in 2026
And in order for it to stop, MAGADOSIANS, as a group need to develop an unnderstanding of how politics REALLY works, dig in for the long haul, and target the true seats of power in the Republican Party (State Party Executve Committee members) for primary-ing.
Godspeed, Pete Hegseth.
‘Zero’ Senate GOPers privately oppose Pete Hegseth for defense pick as he vows to ‘never back down’ amid misconduct claims: sources
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/zero-senate-gopers-oppose-pete-hegseth-for-defense-pick-as-he-vows-to-never-back-down-amid-misconduct-claims-sources
There is a cadence about Jodi’s.
You are spot on about Ernst a wolf in sheep’s clothing. She came in on the Tea Party wave . If you remember she ran the castrating pigs ad to cut pork in Washington it was very clever and effective . She was elected and her first session in Congress was 2015. In that same year she was given the Republican response speech to Obama’s State of the Union address how does that happen ? Anyway , her voting record is terrible and she has been a complete disappointment . Without a shadow of a doubt a member of the establishment , uniparty whatever you want to call it . Definitely a Senator who should be primaried in 2026 . She would be tough to beat but I hope her seat is targeted and somebody tries .
This is so amazing to me, the fight that we have in these warriors God has chosen. This is all divine mt friends. All of it.
And bless you for saying it, Bonny!
The Rino Senators will try to block Trump at every turn.
Those up for reelection in 2026 know they need Trump’s backing to win. They will betray him later. Per their usual m.o.
And we have known this woukd be the case, and PDJT has known this would be the case, as a result of what went on, during his FIRST term.
Its a dillemma, a conundrum;
PDJT MUST have loyal warriors, committed to the MAGA agenda, serving in key positions in order for his Presidency to be successful.
RINO Senators DO NOT want PDJT to have a successful Presidency, and want MAGA to fail, and THEY are the key votes needed for confirming his appointments.
Its a lot like a conundrum/dillemma from PDJT’s past;
He wanted a large American
Flag 50′ up, on a flag pole in front of MAL.
County regulators insisted ha comply with a rule which limited flagpoles to 25′ in height.
So, he had a 25′ high mound formed, covered it with SOD, and had a 25′ flagpole installed on top of that.
You FIND A WAY, you encounter a roadblock, you figure out how to go over, under, around it, or perhaps go off in a completely different direction, but you NEVER give up, NEVER Surrender and you just keep going.
Such as this one: https://maps.app.goo.gl/W4vP7FzWppNPEduv7
If that one doesn’t work, try: <iframe src=”https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!4v1733612765043!6m8!1m7!1sSSM6x4FC61MzCR6uSD2KfA!2m2!1d40.64341032271244!2d-74.69933401236071!3f2.8296694794342923!4f9.361284178765217!5f1.9587109090973311″ width=”400″ height=”300″ style=”border:0;” allowfullscreen=”” loading=”lazy” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade”></iframe>
The Democrats attacked Trump without mercy and the attack sent messages to everyone else: it could be you if you speak up.
Those that fight Trump need to feel the full force of Trump’s Phalanx: DOGE. The Defense Department needs huge cuts of personnel and spending. The more the Senate IC resists, the deeper the cut. There is a reason the Defense Department does not track its spending. The corrupt Generals and Admirals need to be removed Day 1. If Senators received kickbacks from contracts, they need to go Day 2.
A large part of the IC budget is hidden in the defense appropriations. We do not know how large.
The budget is a lying document hidden from voters.
I have to tell you guys, if this many people hate him, he MUST be the right man for the job!
The RINOs are really showing their cards. They need to feel some heat. Pressure needs to be applied.
I remember when Ernst ran for office. Fresh from the military she had me and everyone else believing she would be a dedicated conservative.
After about 6 months it became Crystal Clear that she was nothing more than an average RINO. Nothing has changed
She must have connections to powerful people and brass in the MIC who do not want the missing Pentagon money found.
Hold the line Pete, the vast majority of America supports you, if you remove the cheating 3 to 1.
IF he’s BLOCKED, we BURN IT ALL DOWN.
That simple. Every r on the ‘hill’ better come to their senses.
I don’t GIVE A RAT’s A** about the dems; we KNOW where they stand (100% of the time).
EVERY r BETTER SUPPORT.
IF NOT, BURN IT DOWN.
Done with this crap after 4Y. The USA is in misery, distress, despair and in my state, my fellow western NC friends are STRUGGLING and OUR GOVT has DONE NOTHING. Our tax $$ have to go to Ukraine and to illegals. The Ukraine money of course gets circulated back to the dems/r’s on the dole. My western NC friends will make it. They are TOUGH. They will NEVER forget our govt’s response…
Since Megyn Kelly is a part of this article, I hope it’s okay to mention her.
When she had her little ‘out’ with Trump, in the first term, that was undoubtedly a set-up. One of her bosses or competitors wanted her out because of her conservatism, so they set her up to get her kicked out (silenced). She is just too talented a Right speaker for the Left to allow.
Austin should never have been SOD. To ensure civilian control of the military, U.S. law provides that the secretary of defense cannot have served as an active-duty commissioned officer in the military in the preceding seven years except for generals and admirals, who cannot have served on active duty within the previous ten years.
I’m not going to waste my time, but I would bet in Las Vegas that a majority of these RINO, UniParty losers voted to confirm him! (Austin)
Pete keep fighting we stand with you,
Hegseth’s message at the end of clip with Kelly is powerful.
I haven’t read any comments yet in case this has been pointed out already. Sen Joni Ernst with furrowed brow is deeply concerned about Hegseth but has spent time discussing issues with him.
Has anyone pointed out the hypocrisy of philanderer Erst? Her divorce degree disclosed accusations by her husband of Ernst having affairs while she was deployed. This accusation isn’t by some unknown/anonymous accuser but HER husband.
Ms Lindsey is promoting Ernst for DOD secretary. Oh PULEESE. This is how afraid the defense industry is of Hegseth and President Trump. They will do anything to prevent sunshine and exposure on Pentagon spending.
Joni is after him. The federalist has her on the top of the page.