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Pete Hegseth Secretary of Defense

What % of all politicians would you surmise are not blackmailable?
Exactly...very familiar with clearances and as long as you tell the people conducting the background check everything, then you cannot be blackmailed. Very simple.

You have Dick Blumenthal, mister stolen valor himself, talking about who should be qualified, what a joke. 100 Seals are going to DC to show their backing for Hegseth. I know who I would listen to. This is a bunch of nothing.
 


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Very little chance Ernst doesn’t vote to confirm Hegseth. She is taking all kinds of heat. She’ll be out of a job in 2026.
 
I take it you don't find that troubling? Since others are?
C'mon, man. This cry moar team has standards for their nominees. Those standards are:

1) Many people at Fox said they didn't see him drunk or hungover at work.
2) He may have a bunch of serious baggage he could be blackmailed over, but so do other people.
3) Releasing the person he's accused of sexually assaulting from the NDA that he paid her to sign is bad because then she could do the testifying in Senate confirmation hearings that they insist must be done.
4) Trump told them that this guy is the dude, so he must be awesome...
5) That is, until Trump decides that he barely knew this loser and had nothing to do with the guy and really this other person is the dude.

The bar may be extraordinarily low, but it's a bar damn it!
 
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Fine. Hegseth can reenlist.

My guess is that he's still in Standby status in the Inactive Reserve but I have no actual knowledge of it... The military doesn't usually completely cut loose of Officers willingly...
 
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Must be why he's having Desantis join him at the Army Navy game.

Could turn out to be the best of all worlds...
Desantis as the lead dog with Hegseth working for him in a designated hit man position that doesn't have to be approved by Congress...
 
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Gotta love Catturd. Has almost 14k likes to this post and Ernst doesn't have 2k. Lol

Just because Trump won an election doesn't mean folks should not do their due diligence. I swear some of you guys prefer to live under a dictatorship.

Inflation seemed to impact a lot of you guys. An unchecked Trump will not fix this. If you think the billionaires he surrounds himself with have your interests at heart I feel for you. Can't wait to watch the disappointment.

Another preview for you guys. No way DOGE will be able to cut anywhere near from the government what they say. Their math simply doesn't add up. More disappointment.
 
Just because Trump won an election doesn't mean folks should not do their due diligence. I swear some of you guys prefer to live under a dictatorship.

Inflation seemed to impact a lot of you guys. An unchecked Trump will not fix this. If you think the billionaires he surrounds himself with have your interests at heart I feel for you. Can't wait to watch the disappointment.

Another preview for you guys. No way DOGE will be able to cut anywhere near from the government what they say. Their math simply doesn't add up. More disappointment.
Your words are just words. Empty as can be. We’re looking to move on from the status quo. Change is needed. Not a dictatorship.

Inflation and the economy under Biden/Harris is the main reason Trump won the election. Thankfully people remembered the 4 years under Trump and compared it to the dumpster fire of Biden Harris. Easy choice. Things will get better under Trump, but it will take some time to overcome the damage done by the idiots currently in charge.

DOGE will accomplish more than you think. Not everything they hope, but more than you are expecting. Shouldn’t we celebrate cutting government waste vs. poo pooing their efforts and results before they’ve even started.

Typical liberal POS.
 
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Could turn out to be the best of all worlds...
Desantis as the lead dog with Hegseth working for him in a designated hit man position that doesn't have to be approved by Congress...

I don't believe such a position exists in DOD. Senate confirmations are required pretty deep down into the department.
 
My guess is that he's still in Standby status in the Inactive Reserve but I have no actual knowledge of it... The military doesn't usually completely cut loose of Officers willingly...
Retired officers are subject to recall "forever" in the case of emergencies. I know that's the case for the Navy though I suspect even in an emergency they're not looking at those over 60 to be first back in the fight. It'll be case by case would be my guess. I'm not sure about officers that resigned their commissions before retirement or the details of the Guard, but I'd not be surprised if Guard officers are also subject to recall even if they didn't retire.
 
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I'm all for cutting waste, but some of you fanboys actually believe the crap you are being spoonfed. They will not accomplish 15 percent of their goal.

And as far as calling me a liberal POS, I am far from it. Just tired of you guys blaming everything on the current administration when some are due today macro events. Look around the world.

Finally, if you have any money at all and are decent at investing, 2024 has been great, even adjusted for inflation.
 
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I don't believe such a position exists in DOD. Senate confirmations are required pretty deep down into the department.

Hard to believe a "Special Assistant to" couldn't be created if his purview were relatively limited... I'm too lazy to research it today though..., too many football games on and a man has to have his priorities in order; the fate of the DOD and ultimately the universe will just have to wait...
 
I'm all for cutting waste, but some of you fanboys actually believe the crap you are being spoonfed. They will not accomplish 15 percent of their goal.

And as far as calling me a liberal POS, I am far from it. Just tired of you guys blaming everything on the current administration when some are due today macro events. Look around the world.

Finally, if you have any money at all and are decent at investing, 2024 has been great, even adjusted for inflation.
If they accomplish 5 percent it would be a massive success. If they do little more than question the goose steppers and rubber stampers it’ll be a massive success. To get people to think differently about gov. To get rid of the joe Biden’s. The 50 year parasites. The enablers. The creators of dependency. To get outsiders who are successful to look at things. Never have I been so excited for an administration.
 
I'm all for cutting waste, but some of you fanboys actually believe the crap you are being spoonfed. They will not accomplish 15 percent of their goal.

And as far as calling me a liberal POS, I am far from it. Just tired of you guys blaming everything on the current administration when some are due today macro events. Look around the world.

Finally, if you have any money at all and are decent at investing, 2024 has been great, even adjusted for inflation.
A moment of honesty. I don’t think a majority of liberals and yourself are POS. Almost all conservatives and liberals are nice and normal people. The problem is almost all liberals are extremely ignorant on all things the economy and it negatively impacts all of us. And they have a propensity to double down on their stupidity. Also, the Biden administration deserves the blame they receive and it’s been the worse administration since Carter.
 
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A moment of honesty. I don’t think a majority of liberals and yourself are POS. Almost all conservatives and liberals are nice and normal people. The problem is almost all liberals are extremely ignorant on all things the economy and it negatively impacts all of us. And they have a propensity to double down on their stupidity. However, the Biden administration deserves the blame they receive and it’s been the worse administration since Carter.
Shockingly bad. You would have thought he’d have garnered some useful experience. From the people he picked to the rhetoric to being co-opted by the squad he was one dumb dude. Worst president of my lifetime without question. Just nothing redeeming about Biden.
 
Hard to believe a "Special Assistant to" couldn't be created if his purview were relatively limited... I'm too lazy to research it today though..., too many football games on and a man has to have his priorities in order; the fate of the DOD and ultimately the universe will just have to wait...
Billet has to exist and be funded to hire someone.
 
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A moment of honesty. I don’t think a majority of liberals and yourself are POS. Almost all conservatives and liberals are nice and normal people. The problem is almost all liberals are extremely ignorant on all things the economy and it negatively impacts all of us. And they have a propensity to double down on their stupidity. Also, the Biden administration deserves the blame they receive and it’s been the worse administration since Carter.
LOL. We're not POS, just idiots. Thanks.
 
Just because Trump won an election doesn't mean folks should not do their due diligence. I swear some of you guys prefer to live under a dictatorship.

Inflation seemed to impact a lot of you guys. An unchecked Trump will not fix this. If you think the billionaires he surrounds himself with have your interests at heart I feel for you. Can't wait to watch the disappointment.

Another preview for you guys. No way DOGE will be able to cut anywhere near from the government what they say. Their math simply doesn't add up. More disappointment.
Advise and consent…not obstruct.

These are the same clowns that voted to confirm Garland, Austin, Pete, etc. They have zero excuses.
 
No he can't. He was blackballed for speaking his mind and exposing the wokeness in the military.

Try again.
Must say I’m unaware that the military had a blackball process. How does it work?
 
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Must say I’m unaware that the military had a blackball process. How does it work?
Like it works in any organization. If you don't agree with the prevailing wokeness and speak up about it, you don't get promoted and get meaningless jobs.

If you'd listen to him speak about it, you'd understand how it works.
 
Like it works in any organization. If you don't agree with the prevailing wokeness and speak up about it, you don't get promoted and get meaningless jobs.

If you'd listen to him speak about it, you'd understand how it works.
That’s not what happened to him. And he left service, voluntarily, soon after making Major. A promotion or lack thereof was not part of the equation. He wasn’t eligible yet.
 
That’s not what happened to him. And he left service, voluntarily, soon after making Major. A promotion or lack thereof was not part of the equation. He wasn’t eligible yet.
Are we back to talking about Walz again?

He retired because he was at batallion HQ and got a heads up that orders were coming down to deploy.

He’s a piece of shit, bitch.
 
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Are we back to talking about Walz again?

He retired because he was at batallion HQ and got a heads up that orders were coming down to deploy.

He’s a piece of shit, bitch.
Walz was enlisted, not an officer, bitch. Election is over. No need for you to lie and slander another man’s service. You didn’t serve. STFU.

What Walz has to do with Hegseth is a mystery to me, but since you brought him up, Walz and Hegseth both served honorably.
 
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That’s not what happened to him. And he left service, voluntarily, soon after making Major. A promotion or lack thereof was not part of the equation. He wasn’t eligible yet.
I never said he was denied a promotion. I said that's one of the ways you can be blackballed.

You really need to listen to him explain it.
 
I never said he was denied a promotion. I said that's one of the ways you can be blackballed.

You really need to listen to him explain it.
I've read about what happened according to him already. The gist is that he volunteered to be on a Guard detail for inauguration day (20 January 2021) and his unit's security officer recommended he be removed from the detail because of a Jerusalem Cross tattoo that Hegseth had which is associated with white supremacy. The Security Officer is correct that it is, but there's no reason to disbelieve Hegseth that he got if for reasons that had nothing to do with white supremacy. This pissed Hegseth off, so he resigned. I have no reason to believe his characterization of service is anything other than Honorable. A de facto blackball from service would be an Other Than Honorable or Dishonorable discharge and he doesn't have either of those. Technically, he could return to service if he desired. I have no reason or desire to denigrate Hegseth's service. Seems honorable to me.
 
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The problem is almost all liberals are extremely ignorant on all things the economy and it negatively impacts all of us. And they have a propensity to double down on their stupidity.

I'm not sure it's the liberals who think that Mexico will pay for the wall and China will pay the tariffs.
 
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