The Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth as former President and soon to be President Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense took place yesterday, and if you like rancorous hearings, it did not disappoint. But first, Breitbart reports Pete Hegseth’s FBI File Comes Back as ‘Unremarkable’ — Dashing Democrats’ Hopes of Scandal. At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.14.25, Twitchy, NYT’s Pentagon Correspondent “Fact-Checks” Pete Hegseth On Racism In The Military . Of course, sundance at CTH has posted the hearing at Confirmation Hearing for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth – 9:30am Livestream Links. Anxious anxiously posts Hegseth confirmation hearing: Full text of his opening statement. Benny Johnson@bennyjohnson, "COUNTLESS Navy Seals and Green Berets in attendance supporting Pete Hegseth" and sat quietly. On the other hand, Da Hill reports Hegseth interrupted by protesters, which set the tone.
At NewsMax, Defense Secretary-Nominee Hegseth Vows to 'Restore Warrior Ethos' and Hegseth: Military Members Booted for Vax Refusal Back 'With Pay, Rank.' The Vindmans shudder. Cathy Salgado at PJM, Pete Hegseth: ‘My Only Special Interest Is the Warfighter.’ Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson, "QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you’re a rifleman, and you lose your rifle, they’re throwing the book at you. If you’re a general and you lose a war, you get a promotion.”" Paul Sperry @paulsperry, ""BREAKING:Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth just testified he would reinstate with back pay or restore full retirement benefits for every one of the 8,000 servicemembers discharged for refusing to take "an experimental vaccine" under Biden DOD's mandate during the Covid panic."
At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.14.25, Louder With Crowder, Enjoy these Democrat senators turning Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing into a TOTAL clown show, GOP senator went SCORCHED EARTH on Democrat hypocrisy over Pete Hegseth “How many senators showed up drunk to vote at night?” and American Greatness: OK Senator Markwayne Mullin Puts Dem Colleagues on Blast For Their ‘Ridiculous’ Hypocrisy During Hegseth Confirmation Hearing. The Federalist, Sen. Joni Ernst Backs Hegseth Following Conservative Pressure Campaign, Democrats’ Hegseth Hearing Theatrics Prove They’re Unserious About U.S. National Security. PJM reports LIVE: Democrat Senators Go Off the Rails at Hegseth's Confirmation Hearing, like they were ever on the rails. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair notes Jack Reed Channels Sheldon Whitehouse with Hegseth: 'What's a JAG-Off?' and Kaine to Hegseth: You're a Slut, Aren't You? At Twitchy, Senator Gary Peters Reaches for Aloe as Pete Hegseth Delivers Scorching CEO Hiring Retort. Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh, " JUST IN: Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) tries a "gotcha" question on Pete Hegseth and it immediately backfires. The Democrat rushes to cut off Hegseth's response as soon as he starts giving substance. "Can you give me ANY example of where you've driven innovation at ANY organization?" HEGSETH: Oh, absolutely. At Concerned Veterans for America, we created the Fixing Veterans' Healthcare Task Force - bipartisan, never been done before - to drive policy change on Capitol Hill that organizations fought ferociously against. We got the VA Accountability Act passed, and the Mission Act passed in a way-" SENATOR (interrupting): "Ok, great, thank you. We appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. Alright. Ok."" 'Becca Downs at TownHall, People Sure Are Noticing How Terrible Tim Kaine's Line of Questioning for Pete Hegseth Was.
Then there were the women. Sister Toldja at RedState, wants you to WATCH: Kirsten Gillibrand Implodes During Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing As He Refuses to Be Rattled. Stacy McCain, Retarded Asian Woman Challenges Fake Indian for Title of ‘Worst Senator Ever.’ Capt. Ed, Must Watch: Mazie Hirono's Day-Drinking Questioning of Hegseth. A Larry video at Hat Hair, Democrat Mazie Hirono Proves Why She's the Dumbest Senator. Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio @jasonrantz "Sen. Mazie Hirono is a true inspiration: no matter your incompetence or lack of discernable skills, you too can become a Senator." DC_Draino@DC_Draino, "I’ll tell you what Democrats do have Shrieking female Senators", Quote Buck Sexton@BuckSexton, "The Democrats haven’t been this demoralized in decades They have no leadership, no messaging, nothing All their main media outlets have all been discredited and neutered It’s a great time in America."
The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee, "
Pete Hegseth Awarded Silver Star For Enduring Roomful Of Hysterical Women https://buff.ly/3WjzZyu" Insty has a
HEGSETH HEARINGS ROUNDUP including
CaliRN619@CaliRN619 "To sum up the Pete Hegseth hearings:
Drunk accuses him of alcoholism Cheater accuses him of cheating Stolen valor accuses him of lying The Democrats are a joke." Ace,
Pete Hegseth Hearings: Democrats, Terrorists, and Trannies (But I Repeat Myself) Turn It Into a Clownshow. Hat Hair's Beege Welborn,
For Pete's Sake - Can Anything Shame These Democratic Senators?. WaEx,
Hegseth fights back against ‘smear campaign’ as Democrats charge he is unqualified to lead Pentagon. Twitchy says
Sen. Markwayne Mullin NUKED Every Single Democrat Questioning Pete Hegseth and It Was PRICELESS (Watch). Ace,
Senator Mullin: How Many Senators Have Cast Votes at Night Drunk? How Many Have Been Divorced Due to Cheating? "I mean, you could also point out that
Mazie Horono sounds drunk right now as she grills Hegseth about "drinking on the job" ..." Sundance at CTH,
Senator Markwayne Mullin Eviscerates Democrats on Armed Services Committee. At OTP,
National Sheriff’s Association Urges Senate To Quickly Confirm Tulsi Gabbard Capt. Ed sees
CNN fear Trump Will Run the Table on Nominations, You Know. At Pirate's Cove,
Looks Like Trump’s Picks Are Going To Clear The Senate.
The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee "Biden Desperately Searches For Anything Else He Can Screw Up In The Next 6 Days
https://buff.ly/3DUjJOg". Now 5 days. At ADN America,
Republican congressional members outraged over Biden plan to remove Cuba from State Sponsor of Terrorism list. Dave Strom at Hat Hair wonders
Will Biden Pardon IRS Employee Who Leaked Trump's Tax Returns? and calls
Biden The Comedian At OTP,
‘Don’t Know’ And ‘Nobody’ Top Democratic Party Leadership Poll, not mention "none of the above." Bob Spencer at PJM,
Old Joe Biden Reminds Us Yet Again That Leftists Live in a World of Pure Fantasy.. Althouse notices
Cement. "I'm slogging through the NYT material about these last days of the Biden presidency. The word "cement" keeps appearing: 1.
"Biden Races to Cement His Legacy Through a Series of Actions" . . . "Set in cement. Cement, the noun, not cement, the verb. It's where a bad legacy is stuck. It's far too late for Biden to take the active role and cement anything positive. He can make his peevish "11th-hour decisions" and "last-ditch efforts" but like Carter, he will be remembered as "the opposite of effective, the model to be avoided."" At Lifezette,
Weiss Report Unveils Hunter Biden’s Untaxed Millions and Joe’s Accusations. OTP,
DOJ Says Two Death Row Inmates Cannot Legally Object To Biden’s Commutation. The DOj may change it's mind in a few days.
From the Wombat's
In The Mailbox: 01.13.25 American Greatness:
Biden Claims Border ‘Numbers Came Way Down’ After He took Office An Absolute Disgrace: Joe Biden Adds to His Shameful Legacy,
Lying About History: Efforts to Whitewash Biden’s Foreign Policy Failures, Don Surber:
Thank FJB for the acceptance of Trump
At PJM Vicky Taft sees
Gavin Newsom Has Found the L.A. Fires' Biggest Victim: Himself. and VodkaPundit, hopes
Bye-Bye, Baby? Recall Efforts Begin Against Newsom & Bass. From Western Journal,
LA Mayor Used Fire Department Money to Fund Queer Occult Interests, 'Ebony Theatre,' Trans Cafe, and More, basically anything but preparing for fires.
Michael Shellenberger@shellenberger, "
As fires raged, and LA Mayor Karen Bass attended a cocktail party in in Ghana, her Deputy Mayor for Public Safety was also unavailable because of "an FBI raid at his house in connection to an investigation regarding a bomb threat he allegedly made against city hall."" Bill Melugin@BillMelugin_ "Replying to @BillMelugin_Also notable that Bass' Deputy Mayor for Public Safety was also on leave at this time, following a FBI raid at his house in connection to an investigation regarding a bomb threat he allegedly made agaisnt city hall."
Amy Reichert @amyforsandiego, "The LA County Fire Chief just said at this morning’s news conference: “
We are asking our unhoused neighbors to not have warming fires right now.”"
Reuters @Reuters whines "Q
uestions about California's preparedness and response to the massive fires have rendered its Democratic leaders vulnerable to escalating attacks from the right, in a possible prelude to the politicization of disaster response under President-elect Trump." At WUWT,
Assigning Responsibility for the Tragic Los Angeles Fires and
Joe Romm’s the Climate Ate My Homework! (re Southern California fires). Joel Kotkin at Spiked says
The LA fires are the horrifying consequence of Democratic misrule. "Blue states’ embrace of progressive fads over good governance was bound to end in disaster." At PJM Matt Margolis notices
As Wildfires Rage, California Dems Want $50 Million to Protect Illegals From Deportation, Victor Joecks says
To Stop Wildfires, Burn Wokeism and John Sexton sees
California's Insurance Problem Comes Into Sharper Focus. At the NYSun,
Will Onerous Building Regulations Red Pill Californians Who Lost Their Homes in the Fires? "Governor Newsom issues an executive order to cut red tape and suspend environmental permitting, but the state’s onerous regulations could turn some Californians against their government." At Althouse,
"Some film people, including a few studio executives who have lost everything, have been pushing for a quick return to business as usual..." "From
"Hollywood’s Filmmaking Continues Despite L.A. Wildfires/Because of costs, few movies are shot locally, leaving the industry in a surreal spot: reeling from personal loss with much of the business untouched" (NYT)." Da Caller,
Police Nab Looter Disguised As Fireman During LA Wildfires.
Mark Hemingway@Heminator, "Roberts did ads for Kamala — a candidate who wouldn’t take a stance on whether theft under $1000 should be a felony." Quote Daily Mail Online @MailOnline "J
ulia Roberts says 'f*** you' to looters as $10M homes continue to be robbed during LA fires. At NRO, a
A Song of Ice and Fire, "Carnival of Fools: Trump Talks Greenland, California Burns." Beege Welborn notes
Kvetching About a Vetch Now Fetching a Retch. Authorities wanted to replace flimsy wooden power poles with steel, but
An 'amateur botanist' kvetched to authorities about the 'damage' being
done by crews working on the project. It started a tragic comedy of errors
that isn't over because the fires aren't out.
...But,
after an amateur botanist hiking through the park during the work saw the
harm done to some of the park’s Braunton’s milkvetch — a flowering shrub
with only a few thousand specimens remaining in the wild — and complained,
the project was completely halted,
Courthouse News Service reported.
Instead of fire-hardening the park, the city — which the
state said had undertaken the work without proper permitting — ended up
paying $2 million in fines and was ordered by the California Coastal
Commission to reverse the whole project and replant the rare herb.
That
work saved about 200 Braunton’s milkvetch plants — almost all of which
have now likely been torched in the wildfires that consumed Topanga
Canyon, along with nearly 24,000 acres (37 square miles) of some of LA’s
most sought-after real estate.
OTP reports Trump Heading To California Wildfires As Early As Next Week. Ace, Some Republicans Balk at Writing California a Blank Check for Fire Relief, Seeking to Condition That Relief on Policy Changes. "One big change they're looking at: Many Californians don't have home insurance. They don't have it because the communist government of California banned insurance companies from raising rates commensurate with the major risk of fire (caused by the California government itself), so insurers simply stopped doing business in the state. California's government said that the state would insure these uninsured homes -- but they don't have anywhere near the money to cover the massive losses they've caused. So they want the rest of us to pay for their folly. As usual. California will now be demanding that the citizens of the non-communist states pay for the costs of their communism." Insty, “BUT THEY STILL STOP THE SPREAD OF VIRUSES, RIGHT?” Amy Reichert@amyforsandiego, "Los Angeles County Public Health just announced: “Please do not wear cloth or paper masks—they don’t filter out fine particles or ash."
From the Wombat's
In The Mailbox: 01.13.25, 357 Magnum,
Politics and the Los Angeles Fire EBL,
Democrat Mayor of LA Karen Bass, Louder With Crowder,
Gavin Newsom launches Orwellian website to “fact check” anyone who points out his incompetence, Vox Popoli,
Let California Burn, American Greatness,
Petition Calling for Karen Bass’ Resignation Garners over 92,000 Signatures, and
Gov. Newsom’s Solution to the Los Angeles Wildfire Disaster? More Government, Stoic Observations:
Everything Burns, and American Thinker,
Newsom, Bass, and Negligent Homicide.
Jim Ferguson@JimFergusonUK, "Breaking:
Labour Staffers Could Face U.S. Charges for Election Meddling! The 100 Labour Party staffers who traveled to the U.S. to campaign against Donald Trump and in support of Kamala Harris may face serious legal consequences under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Acting as unregistered foreign agents is a federal offense. By interfering in America’s election, these Labour operatives crossed a dangerous line. With Trump set to take office on January 20th, his administration could pursue charges that lead to fines, imprisonment, and lasting damage to Labour’s reputation. Did Keir Starmer authorize this? Was Labour acting as undeclared foreign agents? The U.S. doesn’t take lightly to foreign meddling—and the fallout for Labour could be catastrophic."
Jim Ferguson @JimFergusonUK, "
Labour’s Head of Operations, Sophia Patel, has deleted her LinkedIn profile and locked her Twitter after explosive allegations surfaced that she organized 100 Labour staffers to meddle in the 2024 US election—allegedly to prevent Donald Trump’s reelection. . . "
Darren of Plymouth@wolsned "
Labour Pedos, 50 of them. Wanna bet there are a lot more? Of course there is, it will be endemic. . ."
Sundance says
Here It Is – DOJ Releases 134-Page Jack Smith Lawfare Report Detailing Trump Targeting Operation. Time,
Special Counsel Jack Smith Releases Report on Trump’s 2020 Election Interference, but I prefer OTP's title,
Smith Took His Own Shot At Trump, Calls President’s Claims Of Innocence ‘Laughable. From Reason,
Trump Would Have Been Convicted for Election Interference, Says Jack Smith. Probably; it would have been a DC judge and jury. Cutie Pavlich at TownHall sees
Arizona's Attorney General Vows to Continue Jack Smith's Lawfare. Jonathan Turley explains
How Jack Smith Destroyed His Own Case Against Trump. "History probably won’t be kind to Smith, whose record bespeaks a “parade general” — a prosecutor who offered more pretense than progress in the prosecution of an American president. Indeed, this report will be one of Smith’s last chances to display a case that notably never got close to an actual trial. One-sided and unfiltered, it will have all of the thrill of a Sousa march of a regiment in full dress. We know because we have seen much of this before. At every juncture, Smith has taken his case out on parade in the court of public opinion." Mia Cathell at TownHall sees
Fani Willis Just Can't Let the Trump Case Go, even though she's been disqualified.
Phil Holloway@PhilHollowayEsq, "BREAKING LEGAL NEWS:
Fulton DA #FaniWillis asks the Georgia Supreme Court to put her back on her RICO case against @realDonaldTrump and the other defendants." Paul Bedard, hears the
Liberal Media Scream: PBS delights that Trump will forever be a ‘convicted felon’, until the case is overturned.
From NYPo the Divine
Miranda Devine: We can’t let Mark Zuckerberg pass the buck on Meta’s censorship. At Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog
Lefties Mourn End To Facebook Censorship. Hat Hair cites the Brussels Signal,
Brussels Fears Musk, He Fights the Ancient Fight for Free Speech. At Twitchy,
Oh, No You Don't! New York Times Reporter Tries Backpedaling on Kavanaugh Coverage and X Is NOT Having It Neither is Mark Judge, at the Chronicles
Should I Sue the Washington Post? Ace, "
In CNN's $1 Billion Defamation Trial, Jurors Are Read a Text by the Main "Reporter:" "We Gonna Nail This Zachary Young MF**ker". Even scumbag criminal James Comey would admit they had intent. Like most of you, I fear that the media is essentially above the law, and that even if this Florida jury finds CNN liable, judges will conspire to give CNN a pass. But I have hope." At Hat Hair senses a
Sense of Irony, Not Observed: Hillary Runs Her Mouth.
Our Country Our Choice@OCOCReport, "HILLARY CLINTON: “
Americans who engage in misinformation should be civilly or criminally charged.” From the woman who ordered up the Steele Dossier. At Hollywood in Toto,
Michael Rapaport: I’ve Been Canceled by Facebook, Instagram. "Fiery actor details free speech fights while Colbert, Kimmel crave censors."
From Campus Reform,
Harvard offering course on 'Sexual Life of Colonialism,' will cover 'queer desires' and 'transgender rights'. Ace,
House Passes Bill Barring Transgender "Women" From Beating Up Real Women In Sports; All But Three Democrats Vote Against It. Dave Strom,
How Many Democrats Voted to Protect Female Athletes? Two. Just Two. Matt Margolis,
Chaos Erupts As Nancy Mace Challenges Democrat to a Fight During Committee Hearing. "The spat began when Crockett, taking aim at Mace’s frequent social media commentary and rhetoric about the transgender community, said, “Somebody’s campaign coffers really are struggling right now. So she gonna keep saying trans, trans, trans, so that people will feel threatened. And child, listen—” “I am no child!” Mace shot back with anger. “Do not call me a child. I am no child. Don’t even start. I am a grown woman. I’m 47 years old.” As Crockett attempted to continue speaking, Mace interrupted again, claiming, “I have broken more glass ceilings... I am not a child, I am a grown woman. If you want to take it outside,” before Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) attempted to restore order to the hearing." OTP,
House Democrats Push To STOP Transgender Sports Ban. John Sexton discovers
Nearly Half of Trans Women Held in Federal Women's Prisons Are Sex Offenders.
Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok, "New Yorkers: We just want to ride the subway safely without getting shoved on the tracks, lit on fire, stabbed, or mugged. Kathy Hochul: Here’s a transgender-themed subway."
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