Dad, Husband, Lawyer (not yours), Catholic. Opposed to Trump’s cruelty and lawlessness. There and Back Again (Oregon -> Spokane -> DC -> Oregon).
Patrick De Klotz
In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies:
a) Ever;
b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East
FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e...
In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.
"Throw the bums out" has won far more elections than "let me show you my white paper".
The notion that the opposition has to have some unified field theory of what they will do in office is nonsense. The primary political task of the opposition is to hold those in power accountable. Period.
I’m beginning to think we shouldn’t turned over negotiations to Jared and Witkoff.
It is never ok for the Defense Secretary to be making stock investments in military contractors, ever. Even under normal circumstances, much less planned combat operations.
We are very seriously negotiating, but we don’t know who we are very seriously negotiating with.
Hegseth is entirely unfit for the job, and every senator who voted to confirm him was well aware of that at the time.
Highly recommend reading the comments on this one.
Gerald Ford vetoed naming a post office after himself.
