Accused of sexual assault, drunkenness, and financial mismanagement, new defense head is confirmed
And Kristi Noem is now the DHS secretary.
Y'all misunderstood, the accusations of sexual assault, drunkenness, and financial mismanagement were considered qualifications by this administration.
Even this guy's mother doesn't like him. What the hell are we doing here?
Accused of sexual assault
Isn't that a prerequisite for a position in the Trump autocracy?
of course he was; those are qualifications now.
*prerequisites
Yep, these people have "morals," if you can call them that, that are quite malleable. We're putting together a team of useful idiots who will be led by the most useful idiot of them all.
He’ll fit right in
That's not what she said.
This guy looks like the stereotypical mob flick crooked mayor
Fascists gonna fascist
When do the fucking crusades begin?
Right now! What are YOU waiting for?
Oh yeah, your life isn't actually that bad. At least not bad enough to throw it away to become some kind of martyr that will be forgotten after 3 months (how long has it been since that one guy shot a CEO? 2 months and almost completely out of the news cycle?)
The sad (SAD) truth is that people on the internet LOVE to convince themselves that they are oppressed. The "resistance" they claim they are putting up (which is really just posting the lamest takes on social media) gets their cortisol 'a-flowin!
In reality, they would NEVER give up their lifestyle to make any of the changes they claim they want to see. That is, unless they can whip up enough people to fill in the front line first, then they can continue their comfortable online "resistance" without any risk.
Like I said: you aren't oppressed.
I'm betting on China winning the next conflict
Did any dems vote “yay” for this dude?
All 47 Dems voted no, 3 Republicans defected and voted no (McConnell, Murkowski, and Collins), and Vance did a tie break vote.
All 47 member of the Democratic Caucus voted against Hegseth. They were joined in their opposition by three Republicans: Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/01/24/us/hegseth-senate-vote-roll-call-dg
Donnie's ideal guy.
Defund the military
Libs gonna be shocked when the empire continues to function almost exactly the same.
Oh look, another person who can't tell the difference between a liberal and a neoliberal.
Maybe for some privileged and self centered people
I wonder if the dems realize that these accusations hurt the dems more than they hurt the accused? They look like buffoons at this point.
Dems look like baffoons because:
A woman accused Hegseth of raping her at a 2017 conference in Monterey, California, according to a police report unearthed by the Washington Post. No charges were filed, but Hegseth later paid the woman $50,000, according to written answers to questions Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) posed to the nominee.
In an affidavit submitted to the Senate on Tuesday, Hegseth’s former sister-in-law said that Hegseth was “abusive” towards his ex-wife, who had an escape plan involving texting a safe word to friends and family and, on at least one occasion, hid in her closet out of fear.
How does that work in your head?
Big shock that you're standing up for a drunken blowhard just because he's a fascist.
Never would have expected that from you.
Republicans confirmed this guy? I am confused why you think this reflects on the Democrats?
The problem is you're framing the accusations as if they're just accusations without proof when they're not. Regardless of that, in a plainly misogynistic move, you're also assuming the women aren't being truthful.
It only makes the Dems "hurt more" if you're viewing it through that prism. In reality, where this shit is fucked up and is happening, the GOP is confirming a terrible person. Confirmations used to be largely bipartisan and mostly a walk through, now one party just ignores the other because the moral compass is so far apart compromise is impossible. You can't compromise with amoral fascist lovers. So yeah of course none of the Dems voted for him.
Sounds like DARVO.
Why choose to be a worthless lying POS
Perspective depends largely on one's preferred flavor of capitalist/imperialist narrative.
