Impotent
Trump showed up for the ceremony at the Unknown Soldier’s tomb at Arlington Ceremony this morning for Veterans Day. He positioned the wreath and saluted it which degraded the moment. His presence is a disgrace after service members were killed in his ongoing, illegal war.
Senator Richard Blumenthal declined to endorse Chuck Schumer as the Senate’s next Majority Leader. Blumenthal told reporters, “We need a conversation about leadership going forward because we need new energy and ideas.” He saw everybody who swam in with the Blue Tsunami. He can see how potent they are and doesn’t want to overlook them from the start.
Republicans blocked the impeachment vote for Pete Hegseth. The final vote was 211–204. 11 Democrats blew off voting, letting the whole effort die. They are:
· Melanie Stansbury (New Mexico)
· Marilyn Strickland (Washington)
· Julia Brownley (California)
· Lou Correa (California)
· Laura Gillen (New York)
· Steven Horsford (Nevada)
· Jonathan Jackson (Illinois)
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· Nancy Pelosi (California)
· Brittany Pettersen (Colorado)
· Haley Stevens (Michigan)
· Frederica Wilson (Florida)
Hakeem Jeffries didn’t do his job to whip the vote. He wasn’t concerned about it. He’ll worry about Pete Hegseth later, when it makes better sense for him politically. Meanwhile, the war rages on and so does Pete Hegseth.
Ted Cruz, in a rare moment of truth, said Hegseth will leave one of three ways — impeachment, Trump fires him, or he resigns.
Jeffries is really cocky about becoming Speaker. He’s confident that he has the votes he needs from his fellow House members. He may be too moderate for this moment. We need bold leadership who will go with the flow of the tsunami, not ignore it. He’s not concerned about the million people that have called on him to let somebody else be Speaker. Their votes don’t count so neither do they. He didn’t even throw them a bone by saying he heard them and will do his best to try and earn their trust. Establishment Dems are all taking credit for the Blue Tsunami.
The majority of candidates that won in the midterms are under 45. They grew up in an America that is very different from the old guard’s America and they want representation. The old guard has it all figured out and everybody else is expected to play along. This push/pull is good for democracy, but it may not be so good for Establishment Dems.
MAGA Jim Jordan was elected House Minority Leader. He beat out MAGA Steve Scalise for the job. Jim Jordan is still in contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena from the Select Committee investigating the insurrection. He was part of the planning. He’s also on record for ignoring sexual abuse as a college wrestling coach. He’s famous for wasting billions on Benghazi and Hunter Biden. He will have a lot of power over the next two years. He should be in jail.
Mike Johnson is out. The impotent former Speaker will slink away.
John Thune was re-elected Senate Minority Leader.
Trump’s top lawyer warned the incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee that some of its expected investigations may violate the law. Todd Blanche is daring anybody to cross him.
When asked how Democrats are going to be able to get anything done in the next two years since Trump has the power to veto everything, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez suggested that he could do it the easy way or do it the hard way. “I don’t think the president will want to be seen as impotent for the next two years.” That comment will surely trigger him. He doesn’t know of any other definition of impotent other than not being able to perform sexually so he may sign stuff just so he’ll look virile in front of AOC.
