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cannabineer
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the platoon of straw men that marched out of her mouth — !
CunningCanuk
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Fox News, giving their simple audience what they want.
Speaking of Fox, I wonder how many Fox viewers also struggle with getting a date?
cannabineer
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oh for the days of fox viewers (beach or mall) level 1 fox alert inbound on your ten!
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Trump, allies fire back at media warnings of second-term dictatorship
Headlines blaring warnings about how a second Trump presidency could slip toward dictatorship on Monday prompted a stiff pushback from allies of the ex-president, who is topping GOP primary polls just weeks before the Iowa caucuses.
The Washington Post, The Atlantic and The New York Times each published stories referencing a “Trump dictatorship” in recent days, arguing a new Trump presidency posed a threat to democracy. The Times wrote a second Trump term likely would be more radical than his first.
“All of these articles calling Trump a dictator are about one thing: legitimizing illegal and violent conduct as we get closer to the election,” Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), a Trump ally, wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Everyone needs to take a chill pill.”
“It’s August 2016 all over again. Skyrocketing cost of health care has millions worried. President Trump’s Dem. opponent off the campaign trail & hiding from the press,” senior Trump adviser Jason Miller wrote on X.
“Dems & their media allies have given up on debating issues & have shifted to name-calling & rhetorical fearmongering,” he added.
The Atlantic announced Monday the magazine’s January/February issue would be dedicated to what a second Trump term would mean for immigration, civil rights, the Justice Department, climate and more. The magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, wrote an editor’s note titled, “A Warning,” to introduce the series.
The New York Times on Monday published its latest piece in a series focused on what a second Trump term might mean for the country. In it, the reporters noted Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail “has attracted growing alarm and comparisons to historical fascist dictators and contemporary populist strongmen.”
And a Washington Post opinion column penned by editor-at-large Robert Kagan headlined, “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending,” made an extensive case that Trump’s reelection could feasibly set the U.S. on a path to becoming a dictatorship.
Trump allies dismissed the pileup as the latest instance of media outlets opposing the former president, who routinely derides the press as “fake news” and previously called some journalists the “enemy of the people.”
“This is nothing more than another version of the media’s failed and false Russia collusion hoax,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said of The Atlantic project, claiming the magazine “will be out of business soon because nobody will read that trash.”
Several Trump allies in Congress also took aim at the recent spate of headlines suggesting Trump could rule like a dictator.
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), addressing The Atlantic piece, accused the left of using “the same hysterical scare tactics from 2016 & 2020 to attack Trump.”
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas), referencing The Washington Post column, claimed the left had gone into “FULL PANIC Mode” and suggested another Trump term would mean “the end of dictators in America, NOT the beginning.”
But news outlets and opinion columnists are not alone in suggesting another Trump presidency could have catastrophic consequences for American democracy.
“I think it’s a very, very real threat and concern,” former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), an outspoken Trump critic, told NBC’s “Today” on Monday when asked about the risk of the U.S. becoming a dictatorship under Trump.
“And I don’t say any of that lightly and frankly, it’s painful for me as someone who has spent her whole life in Republican politics, who grew up as a Republican to watch what’s happening to my party and to watch the extent to which Donald Trump himself has basically determined that the only thing that matters is him, his power and his success,” she added.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who, like Cheney, served on the House panel that investigated the Jan. 6 riots, told MSNBC last month a second Trump term “would look a lot like Viktor Orban in Hungary — illiberal democracy, meaning democracy without rights, or liberties, or respect for the due process, the system, the rule of law.”
The increased warnings about the consequences of another Trump presidency come as the former president has ratcheted up the intensity of his rhetoric on the campaign trail.
Trump last month described his political opponents as “vermin” who posed a threat to the country from within, comments that drew backlash and comparisons to rhetoric from the likes of Hitler and Mussolini. He has repeatedly signaled he would look to take revenge on his enemies if reelected, telling supporters he would be there “retribution” and suggesting it would be fair game to investigate President Biden and his family because of Trump’s legal troubles.
And Trump last week suggested the government should punish MSNBC “and make them pay for their illegal activity.”
On Saturday, Trump tried out a new line of attack when he described Biden as a “destroyer of American democracy.”
“They’ve been waging an all-out war on American democracy,” Trump said. “If you put me back in the White House, that reign will be over and America will be a free nation once again.”
The comments were an inversion of a common argument from Biden and his allies that Trump poses a singular threat to U.S. democracy, something Biden sought to elevate in the closing weeks of the 2022 midterm campaign. Democrats ultimately held control of the Senate and performed better than expected in the House even as Republicans won the majority.
Democrats see those arguments as a winner against Trump in 2024, but Trump’s counterattacks suggested he thinks it can be made into a rallying cry for his supporters.
Biden and other Democrats have repeatedly emphasized the election denialism that has become commonplace among Trump and his supporters. False claims of voter fraud culminated in the violent Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, when Trump supporters stormed the complex to try and halt the certification of the 2020 election results.
Some Biden allies have suggested the White House would welcome it if Trump wanted to make the 2024 election a battle over the fate of democracy.
“If I’m in the Biden campaign, I would say, bring it on,” Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s former communications director, said Sunday on CNN. “This is bringing the fight to a place that is good for Joe Biden, that is about who’s protecting your freedoms, who’s protecting your rights.”
thehill.com
Headlines blaring warnings about how a second Trump presidency could slip toward dictatorship on Monday prompted a stiff pushback from allies of the ex-president, who is topping GOP primary polls just weeks before the Iowa caucuses.
The Washington Post, The Atlantic and The New York Times each published stories referencing a “Trump dictatorship” in recent days, arguing a new Trump presidency posed a threat to democracy. The Times wrote a second Trump term likely would be more radical than his first.
“All of these articles calling Trump a dictator are about one thing: legitimizing illegal and violent conduct as we get closer to the election,” Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), a Trump ally, wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Everyone needs to take a chill pill.”
“It’s August 2016 all over again. Skyrocketing cost of health care has millions worried. President Trump’s Dem. opponent off the campaign trail & hiding from the press,” senior Trump adviser Jason Miller wrote on X.
“Dems & their media allies have given up on debating issues & have shifted to name-calling & rhetorical fearmongering,” he added.
The Atlantic announced Monday the magazine’s January/February issue would be dedicated to what a second Trump term would mean for immigration, civil rights, the Justice Department, climate and more. The magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, wrote an editor’s note titled, “A Warning,” to introduce the series.
The New York Times on Monday published its latest piece in a series focused on what a second Trump term might mean for the country. In it, the reporters noted Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail “has attracted growing alarm and comparisons to historical fascist dictators and contemporary populist strongmen.”
And a Washington Post opinion column penned by editor-at-large Robert Kagan headlined, “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending,” made an extensive case that Trump’s reelection could feasibly set the U.S. on a path to becoming a dictatorship.
Trump allies dismissed the pileup as the latest instance of media outlets opposing the former president, who routinely derides the press as “fake news” and previously called some journalists the “enemy of the people.”
“This is nothing more than another version of the media’s failed and false Russia collusion hoax,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said of The Atlantic project, claiming the magazine “will be out of business soon because nobody will read that trash.”
Several Trump allies in Congress also took aim at the recent spate of headlines suggesting Trump could rule like a dictator.
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), addressing The Atlantic piece, accused the left of using “the same hysterical scare tactics from 2016 & 2020 to attack Trump.”
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas), referencing The Washington Post column, claimed the left had gone into “FULL PANIC Mode” and suggested another Trump term would mean “the end of dictators in America, NOT the beginning.”
But news outlets and opinion columnists are not alone in suggesting another Trump presidency could have catastrophic consequences for American democracy.
“I think it’s a very, very real threat and concern,” former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), an outspoken Trump critic, told NBC’s “Today” on Monday when asked about the risk of the U.S. becoming a dictatorship under Trump.
“And I don’t say any of that lightly and frankly, it’s painful for me as someone who has spent her whole life in Republican politics, who grew up as a Republican to watch what’s happening to my party and to watch the extent to which Donald Trump himself has basically determined that the only thing that matters is him, his power and his success,” she added.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who, like Cheney, served on the House panel that investigated the Jan. 6 riots, told MSNBC last month a second Trump term “would look a lot like Viktor Orban in Hungary — illiberal democracy, meaning democracy without rights, or liberties, or respect for the due process, the system, the rule of law.”
The increased warnings about the consequences of another Trump presidency come as the former president has ratcheted up the intensity of his rhetoric on the campaign trail.
Trump last month described his political opponents as “vermin” who posed a threat to the country from within, comments that drew backlash and comparisons to rhetoric from the likes of Hitler and Mussolini. He has repeatedly signaled he would look to take revenge on his enemies if reelected, telling supporters he would be there “retribution” and suggesting it would be fair game to investigate President Biden and his family because of Trump’s legal troubles.
And Trump last week suggested the government should punish MSNBC “and make them pay for their illegal activity.”
On Saturday, Trump tried out a new line of attack when he described Biden as a “destroyer of American democracy.”
“They’ve been waging an all-out war on American democracy,” Trump said. “If you put me back in the White House, that reign will be over and America will be a free nation once again.”
The comments were an inversion of a common argument from Biden and his allies that Trump poses a singular threat to U.S. democracy, something Biden sought to elevate in the closing weeks of the 2022 midterm campaign. Democrats ultimately held control of the Senate and performed better than expected in the House even as Republicans won the majority.
Democrats see those arguments as a winner against Trump in 2024, but Trump’s counterattacks suggested he thinks it can be made into a rallying cry for his supporters.
Biden and other Democrats have repeatedly emphasized the election denialism that has become commonplace among Trump and his supporters. False claims of voter fraud culminated in the violent Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, when Trump supporters stormed the complex to try and halt the certification of the 2020 election results.
Some Biden allies have suggested the White House would welcome it if Trump wanted to make the 2024 election a battle over the fate of democracy.
“If I’m in the Biden campaign, I would say, bring it on,” Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s former communications director, said Sunday on CNN. “This is bringing the fight to a place that is good for Joe Biden, that is about who’s protecting your freedoms, who’s protecting your rights.”
Trump, allies fire back at media warnings of second-term dictatorship
Headlines blaring warnings about how a second Trump presidency could slip toward dictatorship on Monday prompted a stiff pushback from allies of the ex-president, who is topping GOP primary polls j…
thehill.com
Budzbuddha
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printer
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For us X'ly challenged?
Maybe this?
Comer’s Latest ‘Evidence’ of Biden Corruption Turns Out to Be Car Payments
In what might just be a new record, House Republicans were able to parade around their latest proof of President Joe Biden’s purported corruption for all of a few hours on Monday before it was unceremoniously debunked. Earlier on Monday, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced that subpoenaed bank records show Biden had received “directly monthly payments” from his son Hunter Biden’s business account, most notably three “recurring payments” of $1,380 in late 2018. Barring the fact that Joe Biden was not in political office in 2018, The Washington Post and other
journalists quickly verified that the $1,380 transfers actually showed Hunter repaying his father for a 2018 Ford Raptor truck. (What’s more, the New York Post reported on their existence more than a year ago.) Abbe Lowell, an attorney for Hunter Biden, jabbed at the congressman in a statement
confirming as much. “There Chairman Comer goes again—reheating what is old as new to try to revive his sham of an investigation,” he said. “The truth is Hunter’s father helped him when he was struggling financially due to his addiction and could not secure credit to finance a truck. When Hunter was able to, he paid his father back and took over the payments himself.”
Comer’s Latest ‘Evidence’ of Biden Corruption Turns Out to Be Car Payments
Jonathan Ernst/ReutersIn what might just be a new record, House Republicans were able to parade around their latest proof of President Joe Biden’s purported corruption for all of a few hours on Monday before it was unceremoniously debunked. Earlier on Monday, House Oversight Chairman James Comer...
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"But wait, there is more!" (Tubes reference)
Judge Napolitano to Newsmax: Hunter, Joe in 'Hot Water'
In light of House Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky.,'s probe into President Joe Biden, former New Jersey Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano told Newsmax that both President Joe Biden and his son Hunter may be in "hot water."
[Hunter's] father is in a lot of hot water if the Republicans decide to pursue this, and he may be in hot water if the IRS decides to pursue this," Napolitano told "Carl Higbie FRONTLINE" on Monday.
"The issue is, what was [Joe] paid for? Was he paid for some official favor that he performed as vice president of the United States? That's called bribery. It's too late to prosecute him for that. It's not too late for impeachment proceedings to begin. Did he report to the IRS that income? We don't know that. That will be Congressman Comer's next step."
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cannabineer
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It played for me. It’s the guy named for having an orgasm declaring he had the votes; no real content.
printer
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Because you live in the best country in the world. For us second best, we have to log in (fuck that).
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Usually it asks me to log in. I’m not sure nationality is the issue. I won’t throw an eagle in your face.
Though if you threw a beaver my way, I might approve.
OldMedUser
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It played for me OK and my VPN is set for Vancouver, BC not Vancouver, WA. Even when they open at X they will still play without logging in but you can't see any comments or other crap that nobody needs to see anyway.
OldMedUser
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topcat
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printer
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Should I have winked?You got the order backasswards I think.
Budzbuddha
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And what did you achieve?
Tuberville releasing hold on hundreds of military promotions
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) announced Tuesday that he is ending his months-long blockade on hundreds of military promotions.
Tuberville said he is jumping on board with an idea presented by Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) that would release all of his holds on military officers at the 3-star level and below.
A hold will remain in place for the roughly 10 nominations for 4-star generals and officers.
“I am not going to hold the promotions of these people any longer. We just released them,” Tuberville told reporters after informing Senate Republicans of his decision.
At issue was a Pentagon policy enacted last year allowing service members to be reimbursed for travel to receive abortion care. In total, the holds lasted nearly 10 months and became a thorn in the side of the Senate GOP conference, with many members hesitant to choose between the military and taking an anti-abortion stand.
The pressure on Tuberville to alter his tactics only increased as Senate Democrats planned to hold a vote in the coming weeks that would temporarily change the rules of the upper chamber in order to advance the more than 400 nominees that were being affected.
Tuberville also faced tumult within the GOP over his holds. Sullivan, Ernst and multiple other GOP members with military backgrounds had gone to the Senate floor twice in recent weeks in an attempt to pass individual promotions, effectively taking the dispute public.
The Alabama Republican’s military roadblock prompted Senate leaders to take individual action on a number of top military posts in recent months. In addition to CQ Brown Jr.’s nomination to take over as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the upper chamber also held one-off votes on the Marine Corps commandant, Army chief of staff, chief of Naval operations, Air Force chief of staff and the Marine Corps’s second-in-command.
According to Tuberville and Sullivan, only roughly 10 nominees will remain subject to his holds, all of whom are set to become 4-star generals. Tuberville cited the need to vet the top officials for keeping the hold place for those individuals, who could also receive individual votes.
While many Senate Republicans were displeased with Tuberville’s tactics throughout the past 10 months, they were equally upset with the possibility of a vote to change the Senate’s rules in the coming weeks.
They were leery of creating a precedent for the chamber and did not want to alter the ability of a a single senator to place a hold on a nominee in the future. Senators have routinely noted that placing a hold is one of the few meaningful powers they have, and they did not want to see that ability curtailed moving forward.
“There’s no reason. We’re not the House,” Tuberville said. “We keep the rules the way they are.”
However, Tuberville expressed no regrets about how he handled matters throughout the blockade, though conceded that he didn’t get the “win that we wanted.”
“We’ve still got the bad [abortion] policy. We tried to stand up for the taxpayers,” he said.
The news brings to an end a roller-coaster stretch for Senate Republicans, who found themselves stymied at almost every turn in an attempt to find an offramp for the former Auburn University football coach. Tuberville also caused confusion at times as his demands shifted, though all centered on trying to reverse the Pentagon’s policy.
The military-minded senators in recent months panned the Alabama senator, especially over his claim that the blockade was not affecting military readiness. Sullivan, a member of the Marine Corps Reserve, pressed that the holds were “hugely disruptive” to readiness and were affecting military families that were kept in limbo for months.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said early on that he opposed Tuberville’s tactics but routinely came up empty in trying to navigate the tricky waters in search of a resolution.
thehill.com
Tuberville releasing hold on hundreds of military promotions
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) announced Tuesday that he is ending his months-long blockade on hundreds of military promotions.
Tuberville said he is jumping on board with an idea presented by Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) that would release all of his holds on military officers at the 3-star level and below.
A hold will remain in place for the roughly 10 nominations for 4-star generals and officers.
“I am not going to hold the promotions of these people any longer. We just released them,” Tuberville told reporters after informing Senate Republicans of his decision.
At issue was a Pentagon policy enacted last year allowing service members to be reimbursed for travel to receive abortion care. In total, the holds lasted nearly 10 months and became a thorn in the side of the Senate GOP conference, with many members hesitant to choose between the military and taking an anti-abortion stand.
The pressure on Tuberville to alter his tactics only increased as Senate Democrats planned to hold a vote in the coming weeks that would temporarily change the rules of the upper chamber in order to advance the more than 400 nominees that were being affected.
Tuberville also faced tumult within the GOP over his holds. Sullivan, Ernst and multiple other GOP members with military backgrounds had gone to the Senate floor twice in recent weeks in an attempt to pass individual promotions, effectively taking the dispute public.
The Alabama Republican’s military roadblock prompted Senate leaders to take individual action on a number of top military posts in recent months. In addition to CQ Brown Jr.’s nomination to take over as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the upper chamber also held one-off votes on the Marine Corps commandant, Army chief of staff, chief of Naval operations, Air Force chief of staff and the Marine Corps’s second-in-command.
According to Tuberville and Sullivan, only roughly 10 nominees will remain subject to his holds, all of whom are set to become 4-star generals. Tuberville cited the need to vet the top officials for keeping the hold place for those individuals, who could also receive individual votes.
While many Senate Republicans were displeased with Tuberville’s tactics throughout the past 10 months, they were equally upset with the possibility of a vote to change the Senate’s rules in the coming weeks.
They were leery of creating a precedent for the chamber and did not want to alter the ability of a a single senator to place a hold on a nominee in the future. Senators have routinely noted that placing a hold is one of the few meaningful powers they have, and they did not want to see that ability curtailed moving forward.
“There’s no reason. We’re not the House,” Tuberville said. “We keep the rules the way they are.”
However, Tuberville expressed no regrets about how he handled matters throughout the blockade, though conceded that he didn’t get the “win that we wanted.”
“We’ve still got the bad [abortion] policy. We tried to stand up for the taxpayers,” he said.
The news brings to an end a roller-coaster stretch for Senate Republicans, who found themselves stymied at almost every turn in an attempt to find an offramp for the former Auburn University football coach. Tuberville also caused confusion at times as his demands shifted, though all centered on trying to reverse the Pentagon’s policy.
The military-minded senators in recent months panned the Alabama senator, especially over his claim that the blockade was not affecting military readiness. Sullivan, a member of the Marine Corps Reserve, pressed that the holds were “hugely disruptive” to readiness and were affecting military families that were kept in limbo for months.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said early on that he opposed Tuberville’s tactics but routinely came up empty in trying to navigate the tricky waters in search of a resolution.
Tuberville releasing hold on hundreds of military promotions
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) announced Tuesday that he is ending his months-long blockade on hundreds of military promotions. Tuberville said he is jumping on board with an idea presented by Sens…
thehill.com
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
What he likely achieved is ruining his shot at another term.And what did you achieve?
Tuberville releasing hold on hundreds of military promotions
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) announced Tuesday that he is ending his months-long blockade on hundreds of military promotions.
Tuberville said he is jumping on board with an idea presented by Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) that would release all of his holds on military officers at the 3-star level and below.
A hold will remain in place for the roughly 10 nominations for 4-star generals and officers.
“I am not going to hold the promotions of these people any longer. We just released them,” Tuberville told reporters after informing Senate Republicans of his decision.
At issue was a Pentagon policy enacted last year allowing service members to be reimbursed for travel to receive abortion care. In total, the holds lasted nearly 10 months and became a thorn in the side of the Senate GOP conference, with many members hesitant to choose between the military and taking an anti-abortion stand.
The pressure on Tuberville to alter his tactics only increased as Senate Democrats planned to hold a vote in the coming weeks that would temporarily change the rules of the upper chamber in order to advance the more than 400 nominees that were being affected.
Tuberville also faced tumult within the GOP over his holds. Sullivan, Ernst and multiple other GOP members with military backgrounds had gone to the Senate floor twice in recent weeks in an attempt to pass individual promotions, effectively taking the dispute public.
The Alabama Republican’s military roadblock prompted Senate leaders to take individual action on a number of top military posts in recent months. In addition to CQ Brown Jr.’s nomination to take over as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the upper chamber also held one-off votes on the Marine Corps commandant, Army chief of staff, chief of Naval operations, Air Force chief of staff and the Marine Corps’s second-in-command.
According to Tuberville and Sullivan, only roughly 10 nominees will remain subject to his holds, all of whom are set to become 4-star generals. Tuberville cited the need to vet the top officials for keeping the hold place for those individuals, who could also receive individual votes.
While many Senate Republicans were displeased with Tuberville’s tactics throughout the past 10 months, they were equally upset with the possibility of a vote to change the Senate’s rules in the coming weeks.
They were leery of creating a precedent for the chamber and did not want to alter the ability of a a single senator to place a hold on a nominee in the future. Senators have routinely noted that placing a hold is one of the few meaningful powers they have, and they did not want to see that ability curtailed moving forward.
“There’s no reason. We’re not the House,” Tuberville said. “We keep the rules the way they are.”
However, Tuberville expressed no regrets about how he handled matters throughout the blockade, though conceded that he didn’t get the “win that we wanted.”
“We’ve still got the bad [abortion] policy. We tried to stand up for the taxpayers,” he said.
The news brings to an end a roller-coaster stretch for Senate Republicans, who found themselves stymied at almost every turn in an attempt to find an offramp for the former Auburn University football coach. Tuberville also caused confusion at times as his demands shifted, though all centered on trying to reverse the Pentagon’s policy.
The military-minded senators in recent months panned the Alabama senator, especially over his claim that the blockade was not affecting military readiness. Sullivan, a member of the Marine Corps Reserve, pressed that the holds were “hugely disruptive” to readiness and were affecting military families that were kept in limbo for months.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said early on that he opposed Tuberville’s tactics but routinely came up empty in trying to navigate the tricky waters in search of a resolution.
Tuberville releasing hold on hundreds of military promotions
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) announced Tuesday that he is ending his months-long blockade on hundreds of military promotions. Tuberville said he is jumping on board with an idea presented by Sens…
Budzbuddha
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Oh Ron … you Moron
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