• Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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    Any investigation is likely to involve the House Oversight Committee, the Judiciary Committee and the Armed Services Committee and could revolve around last year’s “Signalgate” scandal, in which Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg was accidentally added to a group chat with senior Cabinet officials in which sensitive information was shared and discussed.

    Clearly that is his greatest sin, not the extrajudicial executions of fishermen, the illegal war on Iran, or the ideological and prejudiced purges of the DoD. If he’d just had better opsec he’d be good.

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      Al Capone was taken down by Tax Evasion. You take the wins where you find them.

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        I’m sick and tired of this bullshit “factoid” Americans use to justify accepting fuck-ass outcomes. Capone served 8 years, and his criminal enterprise was even more violent and successful after he went away. If, and big fuckin if, Hegseth gets more than a slap on the wrist, he’s going to get book deals and media appearances the rest of his life. What broke the actual criminal hold on Chicago wasn’t “tax fraud,” it was repealing prohibition. Almost like locking figureheads up does jack shit, and actually legislating away systemic issues does infinitely more. Go figure.

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    It’ll be interesting to see if they can just engineer a seat to come to him. If they can, our democracy is even more broken than we thought.

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      Hell they are engineering the SC seat for Lindsey Graham’s sister. It’s like the chairman of the board’s daughter in 30 Rock, just complete idiot but still installed in that role due to family.

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    He definitely wants to run for President in 32 against whatever dem takes President in 28.

    Shut that shit down, Tennessee and/or Minnesota

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    Don’t most people everywhere, except those he has power over, think he’s kind of an idiot goof?

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      Oh trust me, as someone who served and still has friends serving, most of them think he is an idiot too. He was kicked out at major for a reason. Even then, major is kind of the natural Peter Principle rank in the military and it takes more than fogging up a mirror to advanced past. He did not.

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      It’s the “those he has power over” part that makes him far worse than just an idiot goof. His imbecilic antics are getting people maimed and killed, destroying careers, and empowering the worst scum in our society.

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    As a tennessean… Fuck Blackburn. She’s not my senator. So the only time I’ve gotten to vote against her was for governor. Which I have.

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    I would say that any timeline where Kegsbreath resigns is a good one, but if this happens, it will be because Democrats do win the Senate, and he will bail before the new Congress is seated so the current Republicans can ram through a replacement.

    So I’m worried about what even bigger goober might get the job