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Michael ☕️<p>This is the depth of thought that our "favorite president" gives to war.</p><p>"I may do it, I may not do it. Nobody knows what I want to do."<br> -- Donald Trump<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cx23e4jz2g0t?post=asset%3A071879f6-f892-4060-a99e-780160be937f#post" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/live/cx23e4jz2g0t</span><span class="invisible">?post=asset%3A071879f6-f892-4060-a99e-780160be937f#post</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ImpeachNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachNow</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NobodyKnowsWhatHeThinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NobodyKnowsWhatHeThinks</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NotEvenHimself" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotEvenHimself</span></a></p>
Henry Stone<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nonilex</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurityJoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurityJoke</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fugate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fugate</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mistakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mistakes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/domesticterrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>domesticterrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HLS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/heritagefoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heritagefoundation</span></a> </p><p>Heather Cox Richardson 5/6/25<br>22 Year Old Unqualified Heritage Foundation Loyalist Rewarded with Overseeing Destruction of Center for Prevention Domestic Terrorism</p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GossiTheDog</span></a></span> <br>Oh Dear God. 🤦‍♂️ <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisasterPresidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterPresidency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TooStupidForOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TooStupidForOffice</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a></p>
Henry Stone<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16L9ZpAF8T/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/share/r/16L9ZpAF8</span><span class="invisible">T/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadKingDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingDonald</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DementiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DementiaDon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unhinged</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailuretoLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailuretoLead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a></p>
Henry Stone<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/r/197uGK9JXY/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/share/r/197uGK9JX</span><span class="invisible">Y/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadKingDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingDonald</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DementiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DementiaDon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unhinged</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailuretoLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailuretoLead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a></p>
dcbaok<p>A germ theory denialist is running the US Department of Health and Human Services. Oh, and he's also an antivaxxer.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/quack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quack</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/clown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clown</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rfkjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rfkjr</span></a></p>
Henry Stone<p>There are countless veterans living on the streets, veteran suicide is at epidemic levels and Trump wants a birthday parade to stroke his ego. </p><p>Trump defends the high price tag for his military parade: 'Peanuts compared to the value' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Militaryvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Militaryvehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadKingDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingDonald</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DementiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DementiaDon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unhinged</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailuretoLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailuretoLead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <br><a href="https://share.newsbreak.com/cxjp3lyw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">share.newsbreak.com/cxjp3lyw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Henry Stone<p>Local ‘50501′ holds rally in Myrtle Beach <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadKingDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingDonald</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grifter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grifter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DementiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DementiaDon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unhinged</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailuretoLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailuretoLead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <br><a href="https://share.newsbreak.com/cxjdvvmn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">share.newsbreak.com/cxjdvvmn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Henry Stone<p>Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn't know if he backs due process rights <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpOrganization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadKingDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingDonald</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DementiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DementiaDon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unhinged</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailuretoLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailuretoLead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <br><a href="https://share.newsbreak.com/cx7i19hl" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">share.newsbreak.com/cx7i19hl</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Henry Stone<p>President Trump promised no taxes on tips, but workers are still waiting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Minimumwage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minimumwage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadKingDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingDonald</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DementiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DementiaDon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unhinged</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailuretoLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailuretoLead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <br><a href="https://share.newsbreak.com/cvwbkx1z" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">share.newsbreak.com/cvwbkx1z</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Henry Stone<p>Veterans facing foreclosures as Trump administration pulls plug on Biden program: report <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Foreclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Foreclosure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadKingDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingDonald</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DementiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DementiaDon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unhinged</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailuretoLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailuretoLead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <br><a href="https://share.newsbreak.com/cvvzfc0t" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">share.newsbreak.com/cvvzfc0t</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Henry Stone<p>Senator joins group of far-left lawmakers who think Trump has — again — committed impeachable offenses <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Impeachment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Impeachment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldJ</span></a>.Trump <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadKingDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingDonald</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DementiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DementiaDon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unhinged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unhinged</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailuretoLead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailuretoLead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <br><a href="https://share.newsbreak.com/cssw11xf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">share.newsbreak.com/cssw11xf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Bandersnatch<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@flexghost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>flexghost</span></a></span> </p><p>Remember when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> very likely sold <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> secrets to a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Saudi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Saudi</span></a> murderer?</p><p>Remember when <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> kept <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/topsecret" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>topsecret</span></a> documents in his shitter?</p><p>Breaking our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurity</span></a> with no <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/consequences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consequences</span></a> makes perfect sense when you understand that these people are all grossly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unqualified</span></a> &amp; likely <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/assets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assets</span></a>.</p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Mark Salter: "RFK Jr. is a nut who is going to get a lot of people killed, and every Senator who voted for him knows it." <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Much of the world still relies on such <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/patronage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patronage</span></a> systems, &amp; they are both <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corrupt</span></a> &amp; corrupting. Politicians hand out job appointments in exchange for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribes</span></a>. They appoint <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unqualified</span></a> people—somebody’s cousin, somebody’s neighbor, or just a party hack—to jobs that require knowledge &amp; experience. Patronage creates bad government &amp; bad services, because it means government employees serve a patron, not a country or its constitution.…</p>
Nonilex<p>While some <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> harbor doubts about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TulsiGabbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TulsiGabbard</span></a>, *she won over* the party members on the committee who were wavering [they were intimidated by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>], including Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SusanCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SusanCollins</span></a>, who had voted against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> to serve as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> sec. Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ToddYoung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToddYoung</span></a> of IN had also asked tough questions in the confirmation hearing but announced his support for her in a social media post before the vote.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAsset</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unqualified</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAsset</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TulsiGabbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TulsiGabbard</span></a> was approved by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> Cmte on Tues to become the next director of national intelligence, setting the stage for a floor vote for one of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s most [idiotic] contentious cabinet choices.</p><p>The vote, 9 to 8, was along party lines, w/EVERY <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> supporting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Gabbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gabbard</span></a> &amp; all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> opposing.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard-confirmation-senate.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/04/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/tulsi-gabbard-confirmation-senate.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Senator <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SheldonWhitehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SheldonWhitehouse</span></a> (D-RI) recited quotations from snr first-term Trump admin officials saying <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a> is completely <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unqualified</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inappropriate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inappropriate</span></a> to run the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> He cited Patel’s behavior &amp; statements, including vowing to go after the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> &amp; reposting a social media image showing him cutting off the heads of political adversaries of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> with a chainsaw.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>With most <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> senators—maybe all—currently bowing before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> regarding his appointment of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unqualified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unqualified</span></a> loyalists &amp; inexperienced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremists</span></a> to the most important positions in government, a message has been conveyed: Trump is unfettered, federal agencies will do his bidding without a harrumph from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a>-led <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, &amp; do not irk him. Moreover, as one might do with a mob boss, make sure to pay him protection money.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
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