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Absolutely. And there are Republicans who wonโ€™t hold with what Hegseth has done!

02.12.2025 01:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes "Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.

For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they wonโ€™t be able to do, rather than what theyโ€™d like to do.

If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldnโ€™t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.

www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...

02.12.2025 00:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3561    ๐Ÿ” 789    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 353    ๐Ÿ“Œ 339

He knows Trump will pardon him

02.12.2025 01:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Insane decisions

02.12.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Likely violates all kind of copyright laws. Franklin is a beloved Canadian childrenโ€™s book character!
He certainly doesnโ€™t belong in Hegseth bloodthirsty nightmarish scenario shooting RPGs at fishing boats
I hope the authors sue !

01.12.2025 23:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Admiral Bradley U.S. taking the fall it seems to be pardoned by Trump

01.12.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On top of the corruption and total lack of ethics, team Trump has zero understanding of Russia

01.12.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 264    ๐Ÿ” 107    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
His unit mate said Lakanwal sought help in June from a CIA program designed to aid Zero Unit veterans with immigration issues. Rolling Stone reviewed a screenshot of the group chat in June where Zero Unit veterans shared information with a CIA representative about ongoing issues. Lakanwal posted messages asking for help. His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chatโ€™s administrator.
Rolling Stone called the CIA representative in the text chat, who claimed it was a wrong number. A request for comment from the CIA was not returned.

Lakanwal, according to an Associated Press report and confirmed by his unit mate, would swing from โ€œlong, dark stretches of isolation,โ€ sometimes going weeks without speaking even to his family to โ€œmanicโ€ episodes, during which he would take off on sudden, weeks-long cross-country drives, traveling to places like Chicago or Arizona.

His unit mate said Lakanwal sought help in June from a CIA program designed to aid Zero Unit veterans with immigration issues. Rolling Stone reviewed a screenshot of the group chat in June where Zero Unit veterans shared information with a CIA representative about ongoing issues. Lakanwal posted messages asking for help. His last post went unanswered and was deleted by the chatโ€™s administrator. Rolling Stone called the CIA representative in the text chat, who claimed it was a wrong number. A request for comment from the CIA was not returned. Lakanwal, according to an Associated Press report and confirmed by his unit mate, would swing from โ€œlong, dark stretches of isolation,โ€ sometimes going weeks without speaking even to his family to โ€œmanicโ€ episodes, during which he would take off on sudden, weeks-long cross-country drives, traveling to places like Chicago or Arizona.

The Afghan Zero Unit community is tight-knit. At one point, during a trip to Texas last year, I watched as a group of veterans took over a shisha restaurant with more than 20 sitting at one table, laughing and smoking. Bonded by combat and the pain of losing their country, they are part of a lost generation of Afghans who believed Americaโ€™s promise of democracy and sacrificed everything for it. 

But most of all Zero Unit veterans were heartbroken by Ratcliffeโ€™s comments that they should never have been allowed to come to the United States because after fighting shoulder to shoulder with the CIA for almost 20 years, they are the next sacrifice on the altar of expediency. The only certainty in U.S. foreign policy from the last helicopter out of Saigon in 1975 to the Kurds after the Gulf War in 1991 to the 2020 Doha Accords and the Afghan evacuation in 2021, is that American loyalty comes with an expiration date.

The Afghan Zero Unit community is tight-knit. At one point, during a trip to Texas last year, I watched as a group of veterans took over a shisha restaurant with more than 20 sitting at one table, laughing and smoking. Bonded by combat and the pain of losing their country, they are part of a lost generation of Afghans who believed Americaโ€™s promise of democracy and sacrificed everything for it. But most of all Zero Unit veterans were heartbroken by Ratcliffeโ€™s comments that they should never have been allowed to come to the United States because after fighting shoulder to shoulder with the CIA for almost 20 years, they are the next sacrifice on the altar of expediency. The only certainty in U.S. foreign policy from the last helicopter out of Saigon in 1975 to the Kurds after the Gulf War in 1991 to the 2020 Doha Accords and the Afghan evacuation in 2021, is that American loyalty comes with an expiration date.

Come for the description of Rahmanullah Lakanwa
feeling abandoned by the CIA.

Stay for the description of the entire group feeling abandoned by John Ratcliffe's attempt to disown the murder.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

01.12.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 366    ๐Ÿ” 181    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat https://theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out-strike-on-scuffy-the-tugboat/

01.12.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1466    ๐Ÿ” 249    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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FACT: If you Invested $12,500 in Melania Trump's memecoin scheme 11 months ago at its peak, you now have $118.

Congrats for getting scammed by the First Family.

01.12.2025 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3185    ๐Ÿ” 1175    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 223    ๐Ÿ“Œ 94
Zelenskyy

I spoke with Mark Rutte @SecGenNATO, and we will continue our conversation in the coming days. These are important days, and much can change. We are coordinating closely, and in our efforts โ€“ and in the efforts of all our partners โ€“ it is our joint measures and shared positions that will be extremely effective. Mark, thank you for your support!

Zelenskyy I spoke with Mark Rutte @SecGenNATO, and we will continue our conversation in the coming days. These are important days, and much can change. We are coordinating closely, and in our efforts โ€“ and in the efforts of all our partners โ€“ it is our joint measures and shared positions that will be extremely effective. Mark, thank you for your support!

01.12.2025 04:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 361    ๐Ÿ” 102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Who is National Guard shooting suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal? | CNN Politics The Afghan man who allegedly shot two National Guard members in Washington, DC, last week went from being a US partner in Afghanistan to spending the last few years in Washington state with his family...

www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/p...
This was -do the math- a 14-15 yr old child soldier first recruited used by American agencies in war- as a child soldier ! 2025- age 29 Worked for C#A 10 YRS IN 2021
Almost all Afghan helpers resettle without these issues. Age here may be a factor

01.12.2025 04:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alina Habbaโ€™s parents emigrated to the US from Iraq citing persecution.

30.11.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16173    ๐Ÿ” 5978    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1031    ๐Ÿ“Œ 421

Chem 205- Physical Chemistryexam.

Derive the Second Law of Thermodynamics using differential equations
Student: I've prayed about this and only God knows these answers .
I deserve a A

01.12.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On no oneโ€™s Christmas wishlist

01.12.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1965    ๐Ÿ” 287    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 359    ๐Ÿ“Œ 115

Must have crypto ties !!!

30.11.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A lawsuit previously alleged that David Gentileโ€”just pardoned by Trumpโ€” was an associate of Russian organized crime figure and oligarch Michael Cherney.

A business news outlet found that Cherneyโ€™s daughters benefited from some of Gentileโ€™s earliest dealings.

30.11.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 756    ๐Ÿ” 376    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

Psychopathic!

30.11.2025 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eloquent and profound

30.11.2025 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And crypto narco traffickers!!!

30.11.2025 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Senator Kelly is correct.

Plus a Public Service Announcement:

KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.

The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."

30.11.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9141    ๐Ÿ” 3321    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 112    ๐Ÿ“Œ 136

As his approval sinks, Trump will turn to the emotion from which his power derives: fear.

Fear closes us off from each other, weakens what is our strength, deprives us of our future and only serves to secure his.

The antidote is hope. An autocrat cannot defeat a hopeful people. Hold fast to it.

30.11.2025 01:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 905    ๐Ÿ” 203    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Best thing posted today!

30.11.2025 05:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every step is a good step

30.11.2025 05:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Or a change ! Having a mix of market forces on health plans is a GOOD thing- from large employers and govt gaps etc.
Reagan allowed for profit health plans to enter the mix and while we dont have the debacle of Columbia HCA defrauding billions- we have algorithms denying care
Non profit only

30.11.2025 05:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or a change ! Having a mix of market forces on health plans is a GOOD thing- from large employers and govt gaps etc.
Reagan allowed for profit health plans to enter the mix and while we dont have the debacle of Columbia HCA defrauding billions- we have algorithms denying care
Non profit only

30.11.2025 05:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are there any avenues to address this? Bondi's DOJ is not likely to.
Senate hearings? Impeach SECDEF? crazy words to be in a sentence!

30.11.2025 04:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Prosecutions by Bondi's DOJ? nope.
Charges brought by any JAG still standing under UCMJ ? Not very likely - but good case If charges laid could Hegseth fire them? Undue command influence.ICC totally irrelevant as US is no longer a signatory

Senate/ impeachment are only real avenues left

30.11.2025 04:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Prosecutions by Bondi's DOJ? nope.
Charges brought by any JAG still standing under UCMJ ? Not very likely - but good case If charges laid could Hegseth fire them? Undue command influence.ICC totally irrelevant as US is no longer a signatory

Senate/ impeachment are only real avenues left

30.11.2025 04:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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