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It's just a fact that if a Dem president nominated a guy with this background to be Sec Def it would be a major scandal and controversy. But because GOP immorality is completely normalized at this point I would be shocked if it makes any difference. (The article is from 2018.)

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It's an insult to service members and DOD employees everywhere. This guy is nothing but another yes man without the proper experience or temperament.

America has chosen a path that may deeply impact ALL of us. With the interests of the powerful prioritized, it feels like the needs of the average American have been forgotten. Families will be torn apart as workers essential to our communities and farms are forced to leave, affecting everyone.

This just highlights (yet again) that Ds are playing a different game than Rs, using entirely different rules, pieces and board, and we're expected to whine "hey, no fair!" but keep playing the game anyway. The answer is to stop the game entirely and establish new rules.

Yes, a major scandal and controversy... but primarily because (D)'s would fold like a lawn chair rather than double-down on the courage of their convictions. If they believed that the nominee was right for the position then they wouldn't care what the opposition thought.

Barack Obama 52% of the Popular Vote 365 in the Electoral College House (+21) Senate (+8) And there’s no way he could get away with some of these nominations 🤷🏿‍♂️

50.1% of the popular vote SCOTUS House Senate They're moving with reckless abandon because they know they can. They're going to have to start breaking shit before people who can step in, do. At this rate, they'll start breaking shit quickly.

They said publicly last year that they will have teams ready to start filling in for the crap they plan to do immediately on day one. It was Bannon’s plan that everything move so fast that it would all be accomplished quickly. I think they know exactly what they are doing.

The plan is to break as much as possible as quickly as possible. They want to move quickly so people who might stop them will be too overwhelmed. They want chaos. They announced before the election that they would cause economic hardship in order to 'fix' things. I think they mean it.

Here is why I’m not freaking out about the economic hardship thing…maybe I should be…but I’m not yet. Republicans in Congress will only let that go so far. They’ll get booted from office if all of their voters go broke. I think when it comes to the economy he’ll be monitored.

putin has taken several steps to humiliate trump recently. trump must believe him since it appears he isn't going to throw a tantrum like he normally does.

it's only a scandal bc we care about republicans think of us. fuck them. we need to stop caring about them talking about tan suits and bullshit. we need to ignore them or point and laugh at them. the time for kindness toward intolerance has passed. it doesn't work.

I might have to read some more about this guy...I was in a meeting today where a right Catholic 94 year old woman was talking about how cute this guy and Gaetz are, and I almost had to leave the room with a sick stomach. Oh and she liked Huckleberry and his daughter along with Cotton.

News to me, having watched police shoot unarmed people on a daily basis for decades now. All they have to say is "they were rioting and attacked law enforcement" and a good chunk of the blue will roll right over and say "They don't represent us! The rest of us are law-abiding and peaceful!"

A serial rapist was just elected president. So this is small potatoes. But you're right. Fellow Dens would be calling for his head, but not a peep from MAGA or what few sane Republicans remain.

Think about it🤔Putin knows the first thing he does is appoint court jesters to head the Military, DNI, CIA, etc. Putin is counting on it. He knows that our allies will NEVER trust us with these morons in charge. So we are alone, no allies, committing human atrocities, and completely vulnerable. 😳