There were three Senate committee confirmation hearings scheduled for today, two of them have been cancelled due to the FBI not providing the committees with background reports. Considering the way DC operates, and considering the Senate operators wanted to totally focus on Pete Hegseth as their first scalp, the clearing of the decks to focus exclusively on Hegseth is not coincidental.
The Political War Now Begins!
The Senate Armed Services Committee is scheduled to conduct a confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth today at 9:30am ET. Livestream Links are Below:
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I see the chairman made sure to have his Ukraine flag lapel.
SEND HIM TO UKRAINE. SPIT!
The pin on his lapel is not a Ukraine flag.
It is the Sword and Shield crest of 3rd battalion, 187 infantry, of the 101 Airborne. In which he proudly served.
Blow the pic up and have a look.
Thank you.
He should be sent a few dozen NC lapels to wear.
Whatever flag it us (just saw the other comment) the Ukraine debacle is heading to the back seat of the bus.
Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). Alaska is a strategic military location. He invites Pete to visit and requests support for rebuilding the military and our capability there. He appreciates the focus on lethality, and brings attention to the “woke military” – specifically, Biden accusing the military being chockfull of extremists and racists, and a desire to rid the military of those people. Which is fundamentally false.
And the Democrats, who have been attacking conservative Americans for decades… they didn’t expect a backlash?
The secretary of the Navy should not be focused on “climate change”, etc.
I can’t listen to this stuff. It’s making WWIII begin in my body. Turning it off.
Tim Kane is a hillary accolite and has nothing to say that would interest me. But damn, he’s looking old.
My wife had it on, but got sick of my ranting in the background so she turned it off at Da Nang Dickless. Good…I can’t stomach these thugs and slugs
Tim is the skuzziest female on the Dem side
Bad…………..eye job there Timmy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IMESHO, Timmy Kaine and that Gary Peters guy are attempting to prove to be the biggest 1D10Ts of the day.
Mazie always wins that award.
Agree.
Now for Tim Kaine, another dumbass.
27 members on this committee. We’re not quite halfway there.
At least Wicker is moving it along and keeping people to their time limits.
Is it just my imagination, or have all these committees gotten larger and larger
(especially in the House) in the past few decades?
Shucks, I think there are now 25 Senate Committees. There are 100 Senators. If committees were limited to say 11-15 tops total members, then there would still be room for every senator to be on 2-3 committees.
Course, I reckon the larger committees allow for more lobbyists payola per committee, per senator, eh?
Except for that one time when the Senator was railing against Hegseth. Only three females have shrieked hysterically.
He’s an evil twerp. I’d love to know about his relationships and financial dealings. On a side note he looks like Bozo the clown
Side note! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Is a side note in politics like the occasionally squeaky violin in the 7th row of the orchestra to be ignored? Or does it signify a bad apple in the barrel that spoils the whole basket?
So many questions, so few ‘noted’ answers. <grins>
Crazy eyes, looks nuts. What is wrong with Virginia voters!
Thank you Sunlight >> Hirono and Kaine
Virginia is too close to D.C. so they follow the pied piper like the sheeple do. And that filters down to where I live in NC barely across the Va line.
The whole area is just a sick bunch of ignorant people. Not many MAGA supporters here because they thrive on CNN news and all the weirdos the left loves.
This could be a mini california one day which I fully expect because they have a whole area close to the NC coast designated as a fire hazard area. Then everybody can run out, put their masks on and get whatever vaccine they are pushing. JMHO
With his antifa son
It would appear Kaine has borrowed Bernie Sanders balloon to comb his hair
Anyone else find it laughable that Walz questions Hegseth about his judgment????!!!!
Of all people.
I meant Kaine.
It’s an easy mistake, they might be brothers.
Or lovers
Kaine…what a lame brained, badgering antagonistic ahole…
Pete is handling it.
totally impressed with Pete’s composure and strength.
Pete looks and comes across as healthy .
C’mon, Timmy … we’ve had PRESIDENTS who’ve “cheated on their wife”
Fellow named Kennedy springs to mind
Didn’t seem to “disqualify” him
Look at Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin. “George Washington slept here!” Eisenhower, Kennedy’s (et al), Clinton, Reagan (divorced, (oh my!), to name a few. What about Austin who disappeared (AWOL)?
Who has ever seen a Sec of Defense at a cocktail party in the past?
Senator Tim Kaine (D-Virginia). Throwing accusations of cheating on his wives. He throws up that this is his 3rd marriage.
WHAT ABOUT BIDEN????
WHAT ABOUT BILL CLINTON??????
WHAT ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN??????
THE SENATE IS CHOCKFULL OF CHEATERS AND ABUSERS… what about the nondisclosures and sexual assault slush fund????
I want to puke on the Democrats who are so hypocritical. They are still going on the “sexual assault” claim. This is what they do.
Senator Tim Kaine reminds me of Satan the Great Accuser. He and Mazie should get together.
I call for a full and expanded FBI background check on Senator Tim Kaine (D-Virginia).
There have been rumors for years that he swings.
He probably swings with the hilldawg. Not watching now. Just reading which is almost as bad. Right now, treepers could put me in the military and I could be “hell on wheels”
Both ways?
Absolutely. Trump is watching this, and I bet he has suggested to his Chief of Staff that it’s high time to make an example of Tim Kaine. Show me the Democrat politician, and I’ll show you the dirt and the crime.
Exactly! No humility.. only accusers. Qualities of the dark world. Pete should have said, “Get thee back Satan!” or “Those who have not sinned, cast the first stone”
Amazing how many assholes are in office..in our CONGRESS..HOUSE AND SENATE…..
You’re being too kind by calling them assholes.
Meh.
They have to keep the money flows going.
Both sides. But they are predictable with known vulnerabilities. Problem is…they’re all rowing in the same bank account padding boat.
Tim Kaine: if things that did not happen, were done by someone else would that disqualify you from this job?
He was channeling his inner Kamala.
Another Democrat run outrageous opportunity for the losers, ninny’s, thieves, mindless, deranged, and demented to spout off, pushing a special tortured twisted false narrative while trying to once again ruin people by lying to discredit. All of these Democrats aren’t worthy enough to carry Hegseth’s boots…which is exactly why they have to tear him down instead of doing the work We The People expect from an elected official (well, the decent American people that is). These cretins are a waste of good air.
You gotta love it when Dims give a lecture on sexual impropriety.
They love sexual deviancy. They promote it in our culture every day.
But what they are doing is assuming that the R wing of the Uniparty bird affirm morality and God’s commands and when someone on Team R falls short of those goals then they can throw it in their faces.
They were silent on Hunter’s deviant lifestyle because Hunter is on Team Immorality.
…or financial impropriety.
Tim Kaine is shaking. The demons must be whispering in his ear. He’s arrogant and enjoys all the gossip. He’s actually delighting in it.
Let’s see the records on ALL our suddenly puritanical Ds.
He’s the one that has the rumors that he and his wife are swingers.
His son also was rioting with antifa.
Clinton-Kaine lost to Trump-Pence in 2016.
I am not Lulu.
😁
Give us a picture… you may be considered a “looloo”!
Look closely at his nose…classic whiskey nose. The man is a drunk.
I had forgotten how much I hated Tim Kaine when he was governor of VA. He was in the top 3 worst-ever governors of my beloved Commonwealth.
Pete is clear about his focus on readiness and unity. Regardless of all the smears, his actions going forward will prove his intentions if given the chance. It will also show how much unity there is among Republicans. If any one of them doesn’t believe in redemption and therefore votes against him – then may their refusal to give Pete any mercy come back and bite them where it hurts!
Excellent response on the woke issue. Just tuning it. He’s very well-spoken.
Senator Kevin Cramer (R-North Dakota)
Thank you Senator for thanking Pete for being a Jesus Christ follower.
Brought up the topic of his “Jerusalem cross” tattoo and was forbidden to help secure Trump’s inauguration because he was “identified” as an “extremist” due to his tattoo when he was in the National Guard. Pete brought up the topic of servicemen and women who were kicked out of the military for refusing the covid mandates. He would restore all of them.
Topic of firing “woke generals”, etc. The Senator advised Pete to give the woke military persons a second chance before firing them. Pete said he would obey Trump’s orders: accountability and lethality will be the focus.
Ms Warren
you are a witch,a liar MUTE
Ms Warren needs to climb back in her faux teepee.
I turned into WarRoom in time to hear Bannon say that they’re not interested in his answers, right away they proved that to be true. They don’t even pretend to listen before they interrupt him.
“Chinese communist front group” Code Pink
and other leftist agitators
interrupted Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing.
Official proceeding?
Senator Angus King (I-Maine). Brings up a stupid point. … sigh… what a waste of time.. in Pete’s book he referred to our military personnel as “boys” rather than using the term “men and women”. Asked what “converted” him to the truth? Sigh…
Title 18 and 42, laws of armed combat, etc…
We are fighting enemies who follow NO RULES including using woman and children as human shields…
We have some really dumb Senators.
Most go in as “boys.” 82% according to Senator Gillibrand.
The Dems are just using their time to attack MAGA and Trump as usual. They’re just cloaking their attacks in going after Hegseth and his strong belief in the strength of the American military and how far it has been eroded by their side. The Dem women especially are shrieking with emotion and msm talking points. Very tiring to listen to and there’s really nothing of value in what they are saying. I sure hope he gets confirmed today. We need him running the DOD asap.
97 Senators voted to confirm Lloyd Austin. That’s right, the same Secretary who botched the Afghanistan withdrawal and left his post to secretly have prostate surgery without telling Biden. Unfortunately, not a single Democrat will vote to confirm Hegseth.
…and looks like he was the winner of the Memphis pit boss BBQ contest….detestable slug; and was confirmed.
Gillbrand screamed her way through accusations
and insisted that diversity is the key in combat.
…idiot..democrat..
Nah,
Everyone knows that that is Cousin It.
… I just can’t watch that stuff… they’re so phoney and on both sides!
It’s their singular talent. If you can fake sincerity, you can be a great politician.
oh, no – here we go again
another diatribe about womerns
regarding my spelling, I’ve posted a clip over at the end of todays open thread, have a look if you’re interested
Senator Rick Scott (R-Florida) gives Pete a chance to speak. “Unity” is not our strength. “Shared Purpose” is our strength.
DOD never being audited and accountability.
Pocahontas is lying. He said he was opposed to women in combat EXCEPT for pilots. I HEARD HIM say this on Shawn Ryan’s show.
She lied and said he was opposed to all women in combat with no exceptions on the Ryan show.
I agree with his reasoning which he discussed on the show.
Does being in favor of strapping Pokohauntus to the front of a tank, headed into combat, count as “supporting women in combat”,…how about same for Collins and Murkowski?
Remember, its ALL THEATER, and those Republican Senators actually don’t want him confirmed, any more than the shrieking Democrats;
they all have their role to play, thats all.
Do you think he’ll get confirmed?
Questions from the War-Mongers: What country will you help us invade next
Questions from the Money-Launderers: Will you support billions more for Ukraine
Questions from any Democrat: If Trump instructs you to do it will you oppose him and do what we ask you to do
As soon as Pocahontas started talking I was done.
They lost me at Da Nang dick…..
Pocahontas should go get a beer. Leave us be, please. My ears are bleeding.
Oh Lord, now Pocahontas is up. I hope he reacts to her histrionics by offering her a beer to calm her down.
Oh Lord… Here goes Liawatha.
“I’m just gonna spend my 7 mins using stupid lies to beat the dead horse some more….” straight up.
Hang in the Tiger Hegseth. Take their slings and arrows, don’t engage. Keep your eyes on your MAGA fries. You are doing great! MAGA
Oh here we go… Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts)… women, women, women….
I can’t stand this woman. I had to mute her.
I do not believe women should be in combat roles, so #whatever. I’m with Pete on this. It is not that women are “inferior”, it is that they are different. I do not want my daughters, grand girls, or great grand girls in combat. Ever. Women are always brutally abused by the enemy first. Men should not be distracted by women in combat. Just saying. A fact of life. And, btw, men cannot have babies as the Democrats are fighting to ensure.
Fortunately, Senator Warren, most of the country voted for a return to traditional values. And as Pete has stated numerous times, the STANDARDS should be HIGH, and if there is a woman who can meet those high physical standards, then she can serve in the capacity that requires it.
Trump should have put Getz out there to tear them a new ahole. What a joke. They sound so weak.
“General Hegseth” – nice one Coach 😂
Peters nattering about his wish that he’d have had a private interview with Hegseth. Just ask your questions, Sir!…
Now Peters doesn’t believe Hegseth has experience enough to be “CEO” of huge DoD.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Pete Hegseth: “I’m not a general, Senator”.
Sen. Liawatha: “Whu huh pfft uuuh gaach…”
Omg her face at that moment! 🤣🤣🤣
How embarrassing for Pocahontas! The room erupted in laughter!
Oh it was hysterical.
SENATOR WARREN: Will you agree when you leave the Defense Dept., you won’t work for the defense industry for 10 years?
HEGSETH: Not even something I’ve thought about.
WARREN: So every general should wait 10 years, but not you?
HEGSETH: I’m not a general.
*Laughter*
That was good!🤣
Confirmation process for Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees, 2025
https://ballotpedia.org/Confirmation_process_for_Donald_Trump%27s_Cabinet_nominees,_2025
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Comparison to Biden administration
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Comparison to Trump’s first term
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Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama). He acknowledge the large numbers of supporters attending for Hegseth. His concerns are about military readiness and mentions the spending on transgender restrooms… discusses the fact that some Seals came back from a deployment and were immediately forced into DEI training and decided to quit rather than be subjected to the B.S. His concerns are about recruitment.
We voted for a turnaround. If there’s someone better than Hegseth, please let me know. But, for right now, he has convinced me that he is up to the job. Pete’s tact is to return to military preparedness and get out of the DEI business.
I’m sure those that quit on return from deployment due to DEI were immediately put on the domestic terrorist watch list.
Wicker for the dunk!
“you’ve supervised more people than the average US Senator”
I Lol’d as the kids say. 😂
Senator Gary Peters (D-Michigan). Concerned about partisanship. Complains, along with other Democrats, about not getting a meeting with Hegseth. Brings up that the DOD needs strong management, and proceeds to denigrate Pete’s lack of large organization management.
Here’s the thing… we don’t want anyone who has been entrenched and drenched in the DOD Swamp. Pete will have lots of help.
Here’s the Senator’s background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Peters
I have questions… LOL.
IMESHO, just heard Gary Peters make a complete FOOL of himself, but that does help to explain why Meeechigan is such a screwed up state now.
Sen Mullin of OK is bringng fire right now!
Sen Mullin of OK. What a courageous, patriot MAGA man! Sorry to say I did not know about him.
He was elected in a special election in 2022 to serve the remainder of Jim Inhofe’s term.
Serious question: Is the left truly against the idea of having a genuine fighting force for America’s defense as opposed to a social experiment? Hard to believe.
Kind of like their opposition to Kennedy, Jr. In a society which is the sickest and fattest ever, with even the life expectancy going down, they are happy to have a man with serious mental health issues, wearing a dress, but they object to going a different direction?
They object to President Trump but are happy to be on the verge of WW III and national bankruptcy and economic collapse and burning down entire communities? Who couldn’t do better than this current disaster?
Half of the country has truly gone insane.
Mark Wayne Mullin: “How many Senators have shown up to vote drunk?”
“How many of them were asked to resign?”
Whaaa? I nearly swallowed my tongue.
I have changed my mind about this hearing. It’s over. This is not a hearing; it is political theater. The Democrats know that Hegseth has the votes to be confirmed. This is their first public display of anti-Trump resistance, and they started engaging today to sabotage the incoming Trump administration.
astute
“It’s over. This is not a hearing; it is political theater.”
Brings to mind Justice Thomas’ C/H – a *political lynching* – and FJB was one of the obnoxious ones to question him.
Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma)… LOLOLOLOL. Brings up the qualifications of most Senators. LOL. Thank you Sir. They all get too big for their britches. Discusses the qualifications of the Secretary of Defense and how they had to sign a waiver for Milley. Also brought up the question of drunkenness. LOL. And divorce for cheating on their wives. LOL.
I LIKE THIS GUY!!!
The Senator proclaims Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Asked Pete to tell about his wife and his blended family of 7 kids giving him a chance to redeem the narrative. Thank you Sir. The Senator brings up the fact that Pete can surround himself with wise individuals, and brings up his over 20 years of service.
Mullin of OK is on fire… Qualifications ti be /SoD? Qualifications to be a senator? Has no senator ever showed up drunk for a night vote? Cheated on his wife? To Hegseth: Would you be tunning DoD by yourself?
geez, Dem womerns tend to get histrionic
also, when they don’t get answers they want, they answer for the nominee
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Who is that harpy?
Are you surprised? They are all about feelings…….and nothing more.
Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois). LOL. Where do these attack dog women come from????? Sorry Lady, you are now in the MINORITY and this is what we voted for. She lambasts him on his inexperience running a large organization and asks if he has ever ran an audit.
HOW MANY SENATORS HAVE????
Oh Lord, she’s like the Senator from Hawaii. Rude with zero respect.
Next…
I thought she was her, so rude.
CEOs don’trun audits.
Okay this woman has a strong military background. She razes Pete to the ground in a tirade. I get it. She appears to be emotionally unhinged, but has a military background. She is also a strong supporter of abortion, so I can see how she would hate a christian man who is pro-life.
This was painful to listen to. The democrats didn’t “ask” any questions, they just grandstanded their talking points. And if they did ask a question, they wouldn’t let the man answer. Democrats turn my stomach. I despise them.
Tammy Duckworth: “If I scream lies at you they become true!!”
Tammy Duckworth: “I have a big framed print, dammmmmit.”
“And Donald Trump filed bankruptcy so you aren’t qualified.”
Apparently a dimwitted Senator made allusions to the shameful David French while closely questioning Mr. Hegseth regarding the technical term JagOff.
Do you recall that infamous, iconic moment when agent Butterball first revealed, during the Watergate hearings, that the Nixon Whitehouse had a secret taping system?
Do you remember how Senator Irvins eyebrows danced up and down , as he expresssed incredulity and shock at this information?
And do you now grasp that the entire committee and staff, including Irwin, knew FOR MONTHS before that, of the taping systems existence?
More recently,remember when, at the end of Kavanaugh Lindsey Graham gave that little 2-3 minute (seemingly) extemporaneous speech, saying in part “God help us if you ever get in power” and the Dems looked appropriately sheepish,?
Do you truly understand that was every niit as scripted and choreographed as was Irwins performance?
After Lindseys speech, his colleagues from “accross the aisle” no doubt comgradulated him, on securing his renomination, which they of coarse want.
Point is EVERYTHING you see, in any televised Public hearing in CONgress, is as scripted and choreographed as a WWF “wrestling match”.
There are NO surprises for anyone, no true “gotcha” moments, and the appearance of animosity between Repubs and Dems is ALL FOR SHOW.
Should you choose to watch the hesrings or exertps from them, you MUDT keep this in mind, lest you get caught up in the drama, and actually take them seriously.
How elaborate does iyt get?
J6 was a play, scripted to set up a false narrative to manipulste public opinion.
Russia, Russia was as well, because House Reoublicans could not be seen Impeaching PDJT, and Senate Rdpublicans could not be seen voting to convict.
Hence, just as with Nixon, thry had to drive down approval ratings with made up or manufsatured bullshit for 2 years.
Its ALL Kabuki theater, and NOTHING IS REAL.
I think you are mistaken. For the Democrats, everything about this and future confirmation hearings is real. They are trying to regain control of the House and Senate in 2026. They don’t govern; they campaign and fundraise perpetually. Don’t forget that the Harris Campaign was $20 million in debt after the election. They are doing their part to replenish the DNC coffers.
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