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The fight isn't nearly over, Democrats. Don't flinch now.
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Our current military deserves better than Pete “Hair Gel” Hegseth and Donald “Bone Spurs” Trump. Trump famously missed Vietnam because his feet hurt, and thinks his personal Vietnam was avoiding STDs in the 80’s. And let’s review the resume of the man Trump put in charge of the greatest military on earth, Pete Hegseth: He took us into a war with Iran that Congress never signed off on. He put attack plans in a Signal group chat that somehow had a magazine editor in it. He basically took a sobriety oath in order to get confirmed, and we doubt he’s been honest. He ordered mandatory testosterone testing for male troops over 30, which medical experts called puzzling. Because nothing says national security like checking everybody’s hormone levels. These two have never told the truth about the war, hiding the real numbers of wounded and killed; not being up front about the damages to US bases and equipment; and refusing to answer questions to members of Congress. Hegseth and Trump have no idea what the hell they are doing and even less a clue how to get out of doing it. Negotiations and bombings are called on and off at a moment's notice while the world’s oil markets go haywire. It’s not the work of two people who are “crazy like a fox”, it’s just incomparable incompetence. Hegseth is becoming history’s fall guy for a war that’s ripping the wool off the eyes of even Trump’s most fervent supporters. MAGA wanted no new wars, no corruption, and no rising prices. They got all three in the war with Iran. Let’s call it what it is. Pete Hegseth is a low-IQ sycophant who got handed a war machine because he licked Trump’s boots on Trump’s favorite news channel every week. Anybody would be a better fit. God knows our service members deserve better.
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Mississippi picked a different protein
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The Lincoln Project retweeted
Scott Colom will defeat Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a major upset to become the first Democrat that voters in deep-red Mississippi have elected to the chamber in more than four decades, CNN projects. cnn.it/4iEnxUo
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TODAY 6 PM ET: Reporting live from the United States of Embarrassment: Iyonce, creator of the viral “Are you MAGA?” series, brings you a new podcast with unfiltered takes, brutally honest laughs, and the fuel to fight another day. Watch here: bit.ly/4z1OloF
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The goals of the Roberts Supreme Court have been in the works for decades. @TheRickWilson and MSNOW's @alexwagner outline this on the latest episode of the LP POD. WATCH: youtu.be/j8wJKp3ZQbE?si=VrRG…
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TODAY 5 PM ET: Last week we looked at Abdul El-Sayed and the power of a great candidate running a modern campaign. This week, Margin of Error looks further under the hood of last week’s huge electoral shifts. Watch today's episode of Margin of Error with the link in bio. Watch here: bit.ly/485WaOd
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CNN: Arlington Guard tells group with Pete Hegseth to “maintain silence and pay respect” after they were heard laughing.
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Pete Hegseth wants you to believe that criticizing him means hating the troops. Supporting our troops means holding their leaders accountable.
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We hold our veterans in reverence today. And every day.
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The Lincoln Project retweeted
My dad served 3 years in S. Pacific, 28 island landings. When transferred stateside, he had all his pay in envelope that was thrown overboard with trash. He spotted envelope floating & swam for it. My sister recently found photo of him climbing aboard with envelope. #VeteransDay
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Our current military deserves better than Pete "Hair Gel" Hegseth and Donald "Bone Spurs" Trump. Trump famously missed Vietnam because his feet hurt, and thinks his personal Vietnam was avoiding STDs in the 80's. And let's review the resume of the man Trump put in charge of the greatest military on earth, Pete Hegseth: He took us into a war with Iran that Congress never signed off on. He put attack plans in a Signal group chat that somehow had a magazine editor in it. He basically took a sobriety oath in order to get confirmed, and we doubt he's been honest. He ordered mandatory testosterone testing for male troops over 30, which medical experts called puzzling. Because nothing says national security like checking everybody's hormone levels. These two have never told the truth about the war, hiding the real numbers of wounded and killed; not being up front about the damages to US bases and equipment; and refusing to answer questions to members of Congress. Hegseth and Trump have no idea what the hell they are doing and even less a clue how to get out of doing it. Negotiations and bombings are called on and off at a moment's notice while the world's oil markets go haywire. It's not the work of two people who are "crazy like a fox", it's just incomparable incompetence. Hegseth is becoming history's fall guy for a war that's ripping the wool off the eyes of even Trump's most fervent supporters. MAGA wanted no new wars, no corruption, and no rising prices. They got all three in the war with Iran. Let's call it what it is. Pete Hegseth is a low-IQ sycophant who got handed a war machine because he licked Trump's boots on Trump's favorite news channel every week. Anybody would be a better fit. God knows our service members deserve better.
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Q: Has Trump's DOJ handled the Epstein Files well? Jim Jordan: They're doing the best they can. They've done 99% of things right.
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Unhirable anywhere else. Unaccountable in Trump’s Washington. Hegseth and Miller are the GOP, and there's no anti-Trump party waiting in the wings.
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It's official. Jim Jordan, the leader of the Chaos Caucus, will be running the GOP. Republicans have doubled down on MAGA after getting hammered in the Election, showing they've not only learned nothing but also the magnitude of their contempt for the voters who delivered the message last week.
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