Only one of those is a cabinet member.really.....
rumor has it that Dwight Manfredi is next on The Don's list
Kristi Noem to head Homeland Security
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Abbott issues executive order to arrest CCP operatives in Texas
(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order “to protect Texans from the coordinated harassment and coercion by the People's Republic of China (PRC) or the Chinese
Indiana should provide some resources like this for university students. Purdue especially has an issue.Abbott issues executive order to arrest CCP operatives in Texas
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Every Republican and 6 Democrats voted to confirm
An unnamed Republican Senator who has voted for all of Trump’s nominees to date has warned that he may start having some lose.
Mediaite has a story on this that quotes an also unnamed administration official saying this:
It’s a two-step process.
But even from a purely strategic standpoint, is it wise for the WH to demand that Senators be their rubber stamp…or else face the wrath of Trump?
To me, this sounds like a good way for him to *lose* political capital among Senate Republicans, not gain it. This could backfire on him bigly.
Mediaite has a story on this that quotes an also unnamed administration official saying this:
“It’s pass-fail. You either support everyone or you don’t,” an unnamed senior White House official told NBC. “The Senate needs to advise and consent, not advise and adjust.”
Obviously, no Senator is obligated to consent to any nominee. And they don’t “adjust” anything. Every vote is up or down. If a nominee fails to get the consent of the Senate, the President is the one who has to do the adjusting…as he considers another nominee.It’s a two-step process.
But even from a purely strategic standpoint, is it wise for the WH to demand that Senators be their rubber stamp…or else face the wrath of Trump?
To me, this sounds like a good way for him to *lose* political capital among Senate Republicans, not gain it. This could backfire on him bigly.
He probably spent some on Hegseth. There were reportedly at least seven Republican no votes before President Trump put his foot down and made it clear he was going to stick with him. Hegseth’s resume and character issues didn’t improve, they got worse, but Senators with reservations voted to confirm anyway. I don’t know they’ll do the same with Gabbard, Kennedy and Patel. Maybe not all three. It’s likely none of the three will get Democrat votes so it’s going to be 100 percent on Republicans if they are confirmed.
The rest of his nominees, so far, shouldn’t have any confirmation problems. They’ll likely all get Democrats voting for them.
Hopefully, one day, you'll figure out that 'unnamed', 'anonymous' and 'not authorized to speak' sources are as a rule planted misinformation, part of the ongoing psyop....
I don’t buy this. In his first term “Trump centric” politics worked in the positive and negative. Trump has seen most of a decade of the strongest weapons the media, social media, the democrats, and the government could direct at him. The result is he has come back stronger than ever.
I don’t think we know why. There are a lot of moving parts including the democrats riding the crazy train off a cliff. One thing we do know, reasons to take action “cuz Trump” I doesn’t work. Sure Trump wants his picks confirmed. But GOP Senators who oppose picks won’t answer just to him. His net positives are a real thing.
Personally, I’m glad Hegseth passed. I liked everything he had to say and he be may just what the DoD needs. At the very least, he should rid the military of the woke nonsense - which is just senseless and does nothing to advance its mission…which means it distracts from it.
But there’s only so much capital to go around. And a wise man once said that you’ll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
How much do you think Mitch McConnell and Susan Collins are going to be moved by the threat of a primary challenge?
Collins voted for Kavanaugh. Concerned abou a primary?
I have no clue why The Turtle does what he does.
I remain unconvinced about Hegseth. You are correct about the woke nonsense, but the job is much bigger than that. The problem is the Hegseth opposition focused on past events. There were no questions that I heard about where he wanted to take the DoD or how he viewed the relationship with the President if he thought the President was about to make an Afghanistan -level mistake.
Do you think there were all that many people who were troubled by Hegseth’s public comments on the DoD? I don’t. I didn’t find anything that he said that was off-putting.
So of course his opponents focused on his character and experience. I would’ve done the same thing if I was them.
Maybe.
But there seems to be some measure of buy-in within the defense leadership establishment. If that’s true, then it’s going to require somebody willing to fight the establishment - which, in my experience, is best found outside of it.
And there’s a reason for this. Virtually everybody who becomes and remains a member in good standing of any establishment does so by deliberately not posing any challenge to it.
From all reports, the defense establishment despises Hegseth. And that’s one reason I’m hopeful that he’s the right guy to affect change.
Or honey...
If Thomas Massie can be persuaded to oppose Turtlehead,(and I'm working on just that), It could get interesting.
Honey? Really?
Do you honestly think McConnell will be running again? He’s barely alive as it is.
Also, if the race to fill McConnell’s seat is Beshear vs. Massie, don’t be surprised if Beshear wins that.
I have a certain amount of admiration for Thomas Massie. But, electorally, he’s not the guy you want to hitch your wagon to.
14 years ago severely afflicted cognitive dissonants (like you) said the same shit about Dick Lugar.
