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NEW: Newly appointed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on reforming US military leadership:

Anyone "involved in the woke sh*t has got to go...you have to reestablish that trust by putting in no-nonsense warfighters in those positions who aren't going to cater to the socially correct garbage."



FULL REMARKS:

HEGSETH: There's a chance to course correct it, but, it would take the new a new Trump administration going after it really hard.

RYAN: How would they correct it? Well, first of all, you got a fire.

HEGSETH: "You've got to fire the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and obviously, to bring in a new Secretary of Defense, but any General that was involved, General, Admiral, whatever that was involved in any of the DEI woke sh*t has got to go."

"Either you're in for war fighting and that's it. That's the only litmus test we care about. You got to get DEI and CRT out of military academies. You're not training young officers to be baptized in this type of thinking. And then, you know, whatever the standards, whatever the combat standards were, say, and, I don't know, 1995, let's just make those the standards. And as far as recruiting to hire the guy that, you know, did Top Gun Maverick and create some real ads that motivate people to want to serve."

"And there's lots of other ways in which you could identify who gets promoted and what. But there's an ethos change, I mean, there's a reason we're not, people don't want to serve because they don't trust that their senior leaders are going to have their best interest in mind in combat."

"I know there were mistakes made on our tours all over the place. But I, at least for the most part, had a sense that my senior leaders were committed to the completion of the mission for the right reasons, and maybe there were strategic differences and all that other stuff. And it wasn't always perfect, but now that trust is broken. And you have to reestablish that trust by by putting in no nonsense warfighters in those positions who aren't going to cater to the socially correct garbage."

The remarks were made in an episode of The Shawn Ryan Show released November 7.
 

Chuck Schumer Congratulates Trump, Says He Hopes We Can All Finally ‘Put to Rest The Fantasy of Stolen Elections’​

Chuck Schumer Congratulates Trump, Says He Hopes We Can All Finally ‘Put to Rest The Fantasy of Stolen Elections’ - NewsBreak

"Finally, before I turn to the Senate, let me say this. I hope that after last week we can put to rest the fantasy of stolen elections and rigged outcomes." The post Chuck Schumer Congratulates Trump, Says He Hopes We Can All Finally ‘Put to Rest The Fantasy of Stolen Elections’ first appeared...
www.newsbreak.com
 

John Ratcliffe As CIA Director​

 
Fatrat said:
No excuse for failure now I guess...
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There is still plenty of room for GOP self sabotage. The selection of the Senate Majority Leader is immensely important. McConnel hates Trump and both Thune and Cornyn (McConnel proteges) could end up actively fighting against Trump's agenda. In the House, the GOP advantage is too narrow. It will be very easy for a small coalition of GOP Reps to block legislation over (unreasonable) demands much like the what Gaetz et al have been doing with budget bills. The party has majorities, but the majorities are not necessarily a homogenous or harmonious coalition.
 
I agree. Without Scott it's business as usual and I would say the majority of the critters want status quo. They cant get rich if Trump is cutting expenses.
What Trump can do is dismantle anything in the executive branch. DOJ, FBI, Dept of education and probably a bunch of spy agencies but with over 400 agencies I have no clue which ones fall under the executive branch. He can also refuse to sign any budget that doesn't meet his criteria for cuts. Lets face it when the fed gov does shut down no one gives a shit anyway. It affects exactly no one in the private sector that isn't grifting off the taxpayer anyway. He can also close about 150 military bases overseas and bring our troops home to protect the border. And if they really piss him off he can cancel that executive order that Nixon put in place in 1971 taking us off the gold standard. That was just temporary anyway LOL.
 
A couple of links to executive branch agencies

Library Guides: Government Sources by Subject: [U.S. Executive Branch] Departments and Agencies

Library Guides: Government Sources by Subject: [U.S. Executive Branch] Departments and Agencies
guides.lib.uw.edu

Executive Branch Agencies​

Based on the provided search results, here is a list of agencies that fall under the executive branch:
  1. Departments: These are the principal units of the executive branch, led by a secretary who is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. There are currently 15 executive departments:
    • Department of Agriculture
    • Department of Commerce
    • Department of Defense
    • Department of Education
    • Department of Energy
    • Department of Health and Human Services
    • Department of Homeland Security
    • Department of Housing and Urban Development
    • Department of Justice
    • Department of Labor
    • Department of State
    • Department of Transportation
    • Department of the Treasury
    • Department of Veterans Affairs
  2. Independent Agencies: These agencies are part of the executive branch but have a degree of autonomy and are not directly controlled by the President. Examples include:
    • Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
    • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
    • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
    • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
    • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
    • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
    • Social Security Administration (SSA)
  3. Executive Offices: These are smaller agencies that support the President and the executive branch. Examples include:
    • Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
    • Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
    • White House Office
  4. Other Agencies: These agencies are also part of the executive branch but have specific responsibilities. Examples include:
    • United States Postal Service (USPS)
    • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
    • Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
    • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Note that this list is not exhaustive, and there may be other agencies that fall under the executive branch not mentioned here. Additionally, some agencies may have dual roles or responsibilities across multiple branches of government.
 
It's going to be interesting to hear the excuses the republican party comes up with THIS TIME as to why they couldn't get anything done.

We've seen this movie before.

They had the White House and both houses of congress in 2016 and there was excuse after excuse as to why they just couldn't get things done.

Repeal Obamacare anyone?
 
Complete repeal of all gun control laws coming up...bring back gold and silver money...balance the budget and start paying down the National Debt....no excuses.
 

Trump meets with Biden at White House as part of transition process | full video​

Streamed live 17 minutes ago #news #biden #trump

President-elect Donald Trump met with President Biden at the White House, a presidential tradition he didn't extend to his successor four years ago. They are expected to talk about transition plans as Trump begins to pick out key Cabinet members for his second administration.

16:40
 
I'd settle for The Patriot Act
 
Every election year, people on the "winning" side get themselves full of optimism.

I liken it to the start of the NFL season. At the beginning of every NFL season, Cleveland Browns fans tell themselves, "This year is our year!" And every time, every single time, they end up in disappointment.

I long ago stopped having expectations and aspirations of any political party actually doing something that benefits me greatly.

At least Browns fans can claim, "That's my team."

It took me a while, but I eventually figured out THEY ain't MY team. In fact, neither party is my team.

THEY, the two of them, are their own team, and no matter how hard I wish, I will never be a part of that team.

Remember George Carlin said it best—"It's a big club, and you ain't in it!"
 

John Thune elected as Senate Republican leader to succeed McConnell

Senate Republicans returned to Washington for the first time since they secured the Senate majority to determine who will be the new party leader in the chamber.
abcnews.go.com

Edit: posted this here by accident. Should have been posted here:

GOP Senate Majority Leader Election Process

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell’s potential successors have been crisscrossing the country, cozying up to former President Donald Trump and barnstorming key battleground states in the final days of the election to help their party win back the Senate — and help themselves, too. Sen. John...
www.pmbug.com
 
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Let me break this down for you.

Trump has complete control over the administrative state, which is the American deep state. It is the three letter agencies that keep the legislators in line, feed the media their narratives and back door the social media platforms and search engines.

Ignore The House and Senate for a minute. Trump's first job is to eviscerate the bureaucratic shadow government and bring big media in line or destroy it utterly.

Once the threats, intimidation and media smearing is put to bed, the legislature is going to have a lot easier time supporting Trump's agenda. First the wood, then the fire.

The gravy train is going to end as the corrupt transactions that go on within government are brought to a halt. Trump will have absolute access to every intelligence document on the books. The cartels will be dismantled, Ukraine will be dismantled; all of the sources of revenue for the creeps is going to be interrupted.

The power of the deep state is lies, subterfuge and clandestine funding. All of that is going to end.

In the meantime, Trump is riding a massive popular mandate, and he is viscious with his rhetoric. Stuffed suit turds like Thune and Mike Johnson are going to get politically disemboweled by Trump if they don't fall in line. Trump is serious, the rest are just playing around like kids in a very dirty candy store.

The power of the President over the shadow government is key to putting us back on a Constitutional footing and taking the chains off of decent politicians, while identifying the traitors and pushing them off a cliff.

Trump knows all about John Thune. It isn't going to matter. The Old Guard is on its way out.
 
We are only Going to know for sure when the Banks and dollar crash. When that goes down then shit gets real. The longer it takes the less likely good guys are anywhere to be found.
 
Voodoo said:
We are only Going to know for sure when the Banks and dollar crash. When that goes down then shit gets real. The longer it takes the less likely good guys are anywhere to be found.
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I'm thinking that will happen.

Holter has said "What happens when credit dies?"

Everything stops.
 
When T was on Rogan he admitted he made a lot of mistakes in his 1st term. He's making up for it already with these cabinet picks
 

Lefties losing it: Trump’s YMCA dance goes viral​

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Whoopie is only worth a paltry $60M while getting $8M/yr salary from the View
 
Pay attention!


Announcement:

Just in case you don’t see what’s going on here.

Trump is the greatest “civics teacher” in our country’s history.

This is all about “Senate Confirmation” and whether or not it is “constitutional.”

Trump is literally nominating every single person that the enemy hates and almost all of them are being accused of “not qualified.”

This is purposeful.
Trump wants this fight!!
He wants it to be very public.

Why?

The power belongs to the people and he just won a massive mandate.

All of these candidates, now get to be contrasted with the “preferred” candidates of the establishment.

But it’s way more than that.

This fight is over whether or not a president gets to choose his own cabinet to run the “Executive Branch.”

SEPARATION OF POWERS

Congress will no longer be able to prevent a president elected by the people from fulfilling his promises by appointing the people he needs in place.

Go back in history my friends.

The Senate has encroached on the Executive Branch powers in regards to appointments.

“The framers of the Constitution granted the Senate and the president shared power to appoint judges and civil officers. That shared power remains in place, but the way in which the Senate has exercised that power has changed over the course of its history.​
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In its first decade, the Senate established the practice of senatorial courtesy, in which senators expected to be consulted on all nominees to federal posts within their states. This influence over filling federal jobs empowered senators, and many became leaders of the political parties that emerged in the early 19th century. By the late 19th century, however, presidents and senators began to clash over control of these lower level positions, prompting some to call for reform of the nomination process. Reformers who distrusted the power of political parties sought to reduce the number of positions subject to political patronage and the advice and consent of the Senate, pushing instead for legislation expanding the professional civil service. ​
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Despite these efforts, as the federal government grew in size in the 20th century, the number of appointments subject to Senate confirmation continued to grow until the 1980s, when Congress passed legislation that has gradually reduced the number of positions requiring confirmation.”​
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U.S. Senate

senate.gov
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It started out as Senatorial “courtesy.”

Not Senate “APPROVAL.”

Trump is taking us back to the original constitution my friends.

This is the opening salvo of reining in Congressional encroachment on the Executive Branch.
 
So, J. Ratcliffe is going to take care of the CIA, M. Gaetz of the FBI, while T. Gabbard covers their back.
 
Goldhedge said:
Trump is taking us back to the original constitution my friends.

This is the opening salvo of reining in Congressional encroachment on the Executive Branch.
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So no more standing armies? All bases foreign and domestic will be closed? I'm ok with that. Eliminate the Army and Marines. Cut Air Force and navy by 90-95%. Anyone who wants to invade the US has to get past our nukes. If they do that Americans can sign out military weapons to defend the country. Plenty will volunteer. No one will invade. Annual savings of 800 billion.


Gh did you even read this before you posted it? Did Joe Lange? I mean, it's right in the very beginning of what you posted


Some confirmations may be easy to get through the Senate but there is going to be a fight on many of them. Just a hunch. Since the started out by kicking Trump in the balls with their pick of Thune, I would say the Senate is not going to be very friendly to the new President. I hope I'm wrong and we will find out the 1st quarter of next year.
 
Cigarlover said:
Looks like we just lost the Senate to Thune. Excuse #1
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Thune already backtracking on his comment from the other day where he looked forward to pushing through Trumps new agenda. Today it's going to be difficult to do according to him.
Trump needs to demand a budget gets put in front of him that is balanced and if anything is a few hundred billion shy of being balanced to allow for any emergency spending. Veto anything less than what he asks for and shut the government down for as long as it takes. If it lasts long enough federal workers making tons of money will have to quit and find other jobs.

I also like what Elon is trying to do with DOGE but it's sort of attacking the problem after the fact. People can go through previous budgets and find the waste but the current budget gets released 24 hrs before they have to vote on it and 0 time to root out the waste.
Going to be an interesting couple of years for sure.
 
"Anti-vaccine Activist" moniker is losing it's leverage.

FYI the Marines are older than the US

How old is the United States?
The Declaration of Independence was 1776, which makes the United States 248 years old.

The Marine Corps’ annual tradition celebrates the establishment of the organization on November 10, 1775, by the Second Continental Congress.
 
Cigarlover said:
Gh did you even read this before you posted it? Did Joe Lange? I mean, it's right in the very beginning of what you posted
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Yes I read it.

it goes on to say

In its first decade, the Senate established the practice of senatorial courtesy, in which senators expected to be consulted on all nominees to federal posts within their states...​
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...It started out as Senatorial “courtesy.”Not Senate “APPROVAL.”​

Trump can tell them to 'stick it'. They're assuming authorities where non existed... "Color of law"
 
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I read that as Senatorial courtesy was just the senate going along with the President and not exercizing it's constitutional power. Probably in the early years as the government was just getting off the ground they didn't want to make things difficult right out of the gate. Just a guess though.
I guess we will find out soon enough though.
 

The 2nd Article of the U.S. Constitution

SECTION. 1. The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the...
constitutioncenter.org


The Constitution and the cabinet nomination process | Constitution Center

Our Constitution covers many matters related to our government, but the nomination and approval process for the President’s cabinet wasn’t defined in great detail by the Founders.
constitutioncenter.org

Senate detailed history link:

U.S. Senate: About Nominations

www.senate.gov
 
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