Anti-American Operative Thomas Massie Demands Impeachment of Pete Hegseth; Pete Hegseth Blasts Him

Yesterday I worried when I saw that Pete Hegseth would be delivering an address today. I feared he would be announcing his withdrawal from the administration.

I guess he still might do that but it's more likely he was announcing his coming rebuttal of Thomas Massie's latest screed against him.

Massie's argument was that Pete Hegseth should be impeached for limiting lawyers' ability to veto operations or impose lethal restrictions on troops fighting for America.

A veteran of the Global War on Terror offered his own reaction to Thomas Massie's work on behalf of the Caliphate.

InfantryDort
@infantrydort
Nah man. I'm not gonna let this go unchecked. As a GWOT veteran I can't.
I listened to Massie drone through his articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth and I recognized the sickness immediately.
We fought under this ridiculous worldview during GWOT, and it cost us dearly.
Massie is merely an acolyte of the bloodless bureaucratic religion that puts the lawyer in the center of the kill chain, treats every American use of force like a moral emergency, and somehow always finds more sympathy for the enemy being hunted than for the American sent to hunt him.
His whole speech I began wondering who he actually was speaking for, and that's not good.
GWOT vets know EXACTLY where that road leads. Another approval. Another review. Another JAG opinion. Another commander afraid to make a decision because one bad headline will destroy his career faster than losing the fight ever could.
We were lectured for years about "courageous restraint." We were told that killing one enemy might create ten more. We were taught to fear our own lethality while the enemy studied our hesitation.
And then we spent twenty years bleeding into the fucking sand.
So spare me the sermon about how dangerous it is to remove lawyers who think their job is to become a veto point over command. Spare me the sudden reverence for process from people who watched Afghanistan collapse, watched thirteen Americans die at Abbey Gate, watched the Taliban retake Kabul, and somehow found no constitutional apocalypse worthy of impeachment then.
Now the outrage is that the machine is actually being used. That commanders are expected to command. And that enemies are being treated like.... actual enemies for once.
That civilian leadership is telling the bureaucracy to get the hell out of the way of lawful military action.
From where I sit, the betrayal isn't that Washington finally found some aggression for a change. The realest betrayal is that men like Massie still think the lesson of the GWOT was that we needed more hesitation.

No. WE NEEDED MORE VICTORY.
And I'm done pretending those are the same thing. We're all done with it. Massie is dead wrong here, he knows it, you know it, and I know it.
Sincerely,
-A seriously disgruntled GWOT vet who knows Hegseth is the cure to what ails our military here.

A former military lawyer notes that Massie continues whining that the US attacked narcoterrorists smuggling drugs to the US by boat without having a lawyer give them permission.

It's always, ALWAYS drugs with these fucking hippies.

- Article IV.
The basis for the next article is a claim that: "Secretary Hegseth willfully and systemically refused to comply with laws and directives mandated for the protection of civilians during the commission of armed conflict, chilled and rendered ineffective such components to prevent and mitigate harm to civilians, and therefore, foreseeably effected the death and injury of over 200 civilians [referring to the attack reportedly directed against an elementary school in Minab, Iran], to the manifest injury of the United States."
Tbh nearly every line of this article misrepresents various aspects of international AND domestic law in such an egregious manner that I'm tempted to do a deep-dive on just Article IV. Maybe there will be an opportunity to do so at some point in the future.
For now, I'll just focus on the core of this allegation: that SECWAR Hegseth failed to comply with legal "obligations" involving civilian harm mitigation & reduction (CHMR).
...

The MAIN point to address here is that Congress doesn't possess the constitutional authority to FORCE DoW to implement specific CHMR practices. Congress can appropriate funds for such practices (Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 12). And Congress can "make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces" (Art. I, Sec. 8, Cl. 14).
But POTUS is appointed as commander-in-chief of the military (Art. II, Sec. 2, Cl. 1). And practices related to civilian harm mitigation & reduction are strictly within the purview of CiC authority since they don't involve making rules for the armed forces (that authority is exercised by adopting the Uniform Code of Military Justice ... more about the UCMJ below).
...
- Article V.
The essential basis for the next allegation is: "Secretary Hegseth abused the authority and trust vested in him as Secretary of Defense not only by directing the unlawful use of lethal military force, resulting in the summary execution of at least 243 persons in international waters, but also by using his office to compel members of the Armed Forces to carry out such operations under false legal authorities that he caused to be constructed and imposed upon the chain of command."
This claim is centered on the campaign of attacks directed against suspected narcoterrorists in international waters.
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The MAIN problem here (out of many) is the assertion that: "By subjecting persons merely suspected of criminal conduct to lethal military force without judicial process, without congressional authorization, and without establishing a lawful basis for treating such persons or vessels as military targets, Secretary Hegseth arrogated to himself and the Executive Branch the roles of judge, jury, and executioner and asserted a unilateral power to determine who may live and who may die."
Of course, the "without congressional authorization" element returns us to the analysis from the WPR articles involving the concurrent constitutional powers to "declare war" (Congress) AND engage in "hostilities" (POTUS).
Even so, the assertion that suspected narcoterrorists operating drug boats on the High Seas are MERELY "suspected of criminal conduct" is a gross misrepresentation of international law involving the resort to force (jus ad bellum) & domestic implementation thereof.
See, this article explicitly acknowledges that an interagency task force developed a classified memo that presented "a legal basis for such strikes" by determining that the "United States is engaged in a noninternational armed conflict (NIAC) with 24 Latin American Designated Terrorist Organizations."
Whether one disagrees with this determination or not, the EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO. And when it DID determine the existence of a noninternational armed conflict against drug cartels, by definition the adversary was no longer merely "suspected of criminal conduct."
Yes, trafficking narcotics IS criminal conduct. But saying it is ONLY criminal conduct would be like claiming al-Qaeda operatives are "only" criminals since they're engaged in activity that is against the law.
A drug dealer at home is a criminal. A narcotics trafficker on the High Seas that ISN'T part of a group the government has determined to be an adversarial belligerent in a (noninternational) armed conflict is ALSO a criminal.
But a narcotrafficker on the High Seas that IS part of a group the government has determined to be an adversarial belligerent is a criminal AND a civilian taking direct part in hostilities (DPH).
And what do we do with civilians DPH? Sure, we can detain them - but we can ALSO make them the object of attack pursuant to LOAC. That's what DoW did, that's what SECWAR Hegseth directed, and none of it constitutes a "high Crime or Misdemeanor".

Massie is also crying that Trump "kidnapped" Maduro, who again is a federally indicted drug-trafficker and therefore is a being deserving of special protection by nasty drug-obsessed hippie douchebags.

Jonathan Turley
@JonathanTurley
I am reviewing the eight articles on the impeachment of Sec. Pete Hegseth. In my view, six of the eight articles should be nonstarters, including the Iranian articles. Presidents, including Clinton, Obama, and Biden, have asserted the authority to commence such operations...
...Outgoing Rep. Thomas Massie said yesterday that he filed the articles because he wants to "litigate" the underlying war powers of Congress. I agree with Massie about the need for Congress to assert its constitutional authority over the declaration of war. However, Trump was acting within the authority long asserted by his predecessor. More importantly...
...Massie is not going to "litigate" the matter through impeachments. Courts have not limited this authority and are unlikely to do so. This is a call for an impeachment by members who tolerated the exercise of the authority by Democratic members...
...It is equally baffling to seek to impeach on the basis of the "kidnapping" of former President Maduro. Trump was acting within the authority recognized by the courts in the Noreiga case. That was, to use Massie's term, "litigated." ...

Hegseth's own rebuttal was also unsparing.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday railed against the Republican congressman who introduced articles of impeachment against him and aggressively defended his leadership in the Iran war and other military operations.
"What one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not oversight, and it's not accountability. It's a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment," Hegseth said a day after Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., put forward the eight impeachment articles.
"It's a farce, and it's a stunt, and everybody knows it," Hegseth said during his first Pentagon news conference in six months.
The articles accuse Hegseth of waging war in contravention of Congress, carrying out extrajudicial killings tied to boat strikes in the Caribbean against purported drug smugglers and suppressing free speech by targeting Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a military veteran.
Massie, a libertarian who lost his Republican primary in May after clashing with President Donald Trump, kicked off the impeachment battle less than a week after a blue-wave midterm that will flip House and Senate control to Democrats.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who is poised to be speaker of the House in the next Congress, on Sunday said Democrats are a "hard yes" on impeaching Hegseth. He reiterated his support on Monday in a press conference.

Hegseth added:

"This is not patriotism. This is sabotage"

Hegseth got a good grade from the boss.

"Pete Hegseth gets an "A" PLUS, PLUS, PLUS for his defense against a disgruntled, angry, defeated, former Congressman, Thomas Massie, a TOTAL LOSER!" Trump posted on Truth Social.

I�ve just watched the press conference by @SecWar @PeteHegseth, and you simply need to watch it yourselves. It is PHENOMENAL 🔥
Truthfully, he nails it. He is absolutely, categorically, 100% correct with what he said. Almost every word of it. And my respect for him has increased exponentially. He is right. Argue with me or him or whoever you want, however you want. Pete Hegseth is right.
Here is just a portion of the press conference. The full speech is far too large to post. And there was so much more he said that was simply superb in every word.
— Mor Edge Insight (@MorEdge_Insight) November 10, 2026

HEGSETH: "We didn't start this war; Iran did, 47 years ago. President Trump is willing to do what no other President would. He did the tough, right thing � not for politics, but for the safety and the security of the American people. That's leadership." https://t.co/iWTp7Os9dn
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 10, 2026

Hegseth decries "putting people with ideological agendas in charge of institutions" https://t.co/5cyOK9PtH1
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 10, 2026

Hegseth:
Make no mistake about what is happening. This is not about me.
This resolution is the next step: put the secretary on trial today, and the men and women who carried out those orders tomorrow.
If they want to come for the warriors, they�re going to have to come through me.
— Clash Report (@clashreport) November 10, 2026

Awww, poor little girl got her feefees hurt!

Tara Copp
@TaraCopp
A security agent for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just warned the reporters here -- for Hegseth's first press conference in 6 months -- that we will be physically removed from the briefing room if we are not professional and maintain decorum. We asked if that meant no shouted questions and got no clarity. It's the first time any of us could ever remember being threatened like this. Shouted questions are normal. "This is crazy town" one journalist said, noting the White House has never threatened reporters like that

Oh wait, she's not a little girl, she's a middle-aged Karen who, like all middle-aged Karen, has no sex drive but gets OFF on always being both victim and hero at all possible times.

Hello everybody! I hope you're all healthy and happy and that you've cleared out most of the wreckage we all found ourselves under from last Tuesday night.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:00 PM

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Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 10, 2026 12:00 PM (N1DT3)

2 And ace is awake an alert on a tuesday!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 10, 2026 12:00 PM (N1DT3)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at November 10, 2026 12:01 PM (NcvvS)

4 Hegseth is EXACTLY what we need.

He fights.

I won't even say he learned that from Trump. That seems to be his own personality.

But Trump was very wise to have picked him.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 10, 2026 12:01 PM (N1DT3)

5 I really, really want the Democrats to make a big deal of the fact that the Trump Administration is blowing up drug boats.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:01 PM (aD4fx)

6 SABOTAGE!!

Posted by: runner at November 10, 2026 12:03 PM (AKptf)

7 Hopefully Trump realizes that the Uniparty wants to remove him early via a coup, and they are furiously attacking Hesgeth because he is standing in the way of the coup.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:03 PM (aD4fx)

8 Good for Hegseth. The message that would be sent by him leaving or even slightly cowering would be terrible for us.

Posted by: tubal at November 10, 2026 12:04 PM (Gqar8)

9 So far as I can see, there has been no denials that Susan Wiles was the force behind the Iran debacle, that she attempted to run a plot to oust Hegseth and blame him for it, daring Trump to fire her or Hegseth.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 10, 2026 12:05 PM (PdMJp)

10 Listen all y'all its sabotage!

Posted by: ballistic at November 10, 2026 12:06 PM (oqH4h)

11 Is he doing this because he thinks it will clinch a Presidential nomination in '28

or, is he getting paid in hard cash?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at November 10, 2026 12:06 PM (kdIXQ)

12 If Trump is blowing up drug boats, who will supply the frat houses the drugs needed for their drug-fueled, gay-adjacent orgies?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 10, 2026 12:06 PM (iFTx/)

13 You'd think that Massie was all over Austin when Austin went AWOL. But he was not! He voted against em-peaching him, for AWOL and for the Afghanistan disaster. Massie is a typical Kentucky Democrat.

Posted by: runner at November 10, 2026 12:07 PM (AKptf)

14 A former military lawyer notes that Massie continues whining that the US attacked narcoterrorists smuggling drugs to the US by boat without having a lawyer give them permission.

He's a great American! An inspiration for all to follow!

Posted by: David French, former JAG officer and REMF at November 10, 2026 12:07 PM (VAZHj)

15 I can't stand it, I know you planned it.

Posted by: far cry at November 10, 2026 12:08 PM (WbWbV)

16 The left (including Massie) has ALWAYS viewed combat as a 'criminal' matter, to be adjudicated by judges, lawyers, and the court system.

The right (including Hegseth) knows that combat is not at all a criminal matter, but an existential one, particularly as you get more granular (the individual warrior vice the US itself).

Combat is combat. Crime is crime. They aren't interchangeable, no matter how much liberals want them to be.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 10, 2026 12:08 PM (yKhjs)

17 Thank you, Jesus, SecWar is still there to defend us. Keep praying, everyone!

Posted by: Cray Cray at November 10, 2026 12:09 PM (ZRkCF)

18 SABOTAGE!!
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That's the second best video from the Beastie Boys.

The best is "Gratitude". Its their tribute to Pink Floyd's historic "Echoes--live at Pompeii" video.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 12:09 PM (TN0g+)

19 Massie's getting chunky. He must be stress eating.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 12:09 PM (2ocoG)

20 Hello everybody! I hope you're all healthy and happy and that you've cleared out most of the wreckage we all found ourselves under from last Tuesday night.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:00 PM

Hey Ace! Already mentally bounced back, pretty much. And you???

Posted by: tubal at November 10, 2026 12:09 PM (Gqar8)

21 Drug boats are a key element in money laundering.
Not that we would know anything about that.

Posted by: Mattress stores at November 10, 2026 12:09 PM (2Ez/1)

22 Hello everybody! I hope you're all healthy and happy and that you've cleared out most of the wreckage we all found ourselves under from last Tuesday night.

I fear that is going to be a long term project. However, defenestrating Thune would be a welcome pick-me-up.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

23 We asked if that meant no shouted questions and got no clarity. It's the first time any of us could ever remember being threatened like this. Shouted questions are normal. "This is crazy town" one journalist said, noting the White House has never threatened reporters like that

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I'm old enough to remember The DogEater himself stuffing you assholes into a closet until he was good & ready for you to commence your simultaneous slobbering & dick-sucking.

Good times, good times ...

Posted by: ShainS at November 10, 2026 12:10 PM (t04uB)

24 Tara dear, use your "inside voice." That's a good girl. Here's a cookie.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at November 10, 2026 12:10 PM (8XeQo)

25 President Hegseth ?

Posted by: It's me donna at November 10, 2026 12:10 PM (+gK6I)

26 Thank goodness Hegseth isn't surrendering to the enemies of the people.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 10, 2026 12:10 PM (OlzlW)

27 Given how pissed the Deep State is over the--what should be not at all controversial--destruction of drug runners, actual merchants of death, I think it's confirmed there are hidden parties of the CIA that are profiting from the drug trade.

And some very powerful businesses losing massive profits from laundering the money everyone is making.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 10, 2026 12:10 PM (PdMJp)

28 Afternoon, Ace. How you doin'?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2026 12:10 PM (LEj5u)

29 Flopping Aces (@FloppingAces) had a comment to make towards Massie. I will not quote the full comment because of length

Jesus FUCKING Christ, Massie. Every time I think Congress has finally scraped the absolute bottom of the barrel of useless, self-important, backstabbing assholes, you come crawling out from underneath it like a syphilitic fucking sewer rat with a superiority complex and a desperate need for somebody, ANYBODY, to give a shit what you think.

You’ve spent your entire worthless career as a preening, self-righteous little bitch who never actually did a goddamn thing except clap for the cameras, cash the checks, and jerk yourself off about how principled you are while the rest of the party actually tried to win. You're a walking participation trophy with a congressional pension, the political equivalent of a wet fart in an elevator who somehow convinced himself he's Thomas fucking Jefferson.

And now, for your grand fucking finale, you’re counting “eight impeachable acts” like some pious little altar boy with a hard-on for losing, because Pete Hegseth is effective, the war is going the way your voters wanted, and your colleagues aren’t stupid enough to follow a lame-

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:10 PM (rbvCR)

30 (cont'd)

-duck loser into a political suicide pact.

Eight! EIGHT! Congratulations, you sanctimonious dipshit. Did you count them all by yourself, or did you need your Democrat buddies to take your shoes off so you could get past ten?

And since you've suddenly appointed yourself the nation's supreme authority on military accountability, let's revisit Lloyd fucking Austin.

The Secretary of Defense vanished into a hospital for days, the President wasn't informed, his own deputy didn't know the full circumstances, and the Pentagon's chain of command looked like a goddamn Three Stooges reunion.

WHERE THE FUCK WAS CAPTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY THEN, YOU SPINELESS, TWO-FACED LITTLE SHITSTAIN?

No impeachment crusade. No constitutional sermon. No theatrical outrage. Apparently your principles were buried somewhere between your pinecone collection and whatever Democrat's ass you were kissing that week.

But Hegseth starts kicking ass, and suddenly the mighty Thomas Massie emerges from his woodland fucking monastery, clutching his impeachment articles like Moses descending Mount Sinai, ready to lecture everybody about constitutional responsibility[. . .]

[ and then goes on and gets creative]

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:10 PM (rbvCR)

31 Hello everybody! I hope you're all healthy and happy and that you've cleared out most of the wreckage we all found ourselves under from last Tuesday night.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:00 PM

I'm still working on it, Ace. It's hard.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2026 12:10 PM (77rzZ)

32 Massie is the HS kid who asked the prom queen to service him, got laughed at and called a loser, and now wants to shoot up the school.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2026 12:11 PM (Riz8t)

33 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
Go get em Pete

Saw Jeffery wants to hunt him down too

Posted by: Skip at November 10, 2026 12:11 PM (sfIF0)

34 Hopefully Trump realizes that the Uniparty wants to remove him early via a coup, and they are furiously attacking Hesgeth because he is standing in the way of the coup.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:03 PM (aD4fx)

We are watching out country unravel bit by bit. This is the result of years of marching though the institutions.

It starts where we allowed poison to be taught in our schools. Our "leaders" had multiple opportunities to either cut off or mitigate the left's control of education- universal vouchers, charter schools, etc...

Our leaders were unwilling to fight. They play nice with their "Friends across the aisle."

Instead the "leaders" and "thought leaders" mocked people who pointing out how insane students had become. "They'll change when faced with the real world".

IF we aren't able to retake control of our country and retake control of our education system, the greatest country the world has ever seen will see its demise from internal enemies and feckless leaders.

I have to assume this is what Cicero felt, warning of the demise of the Roman Republic.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at November 10, 2026 12:12 PM (N1DT3)

35 However, defenestrating Thune would be a welcome pick-me-up.

Launching him into Mexico by trebuchet would also be acceptable.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 12:12 PM (2ocoG)

36 OT:

The graduate students at Harvard are hilariously on strike - one of them whined that she had to have roommates because her graduate stipend was so low, and another whined that you couldn't raise a family on that stipend.

But Harvard is now suffering a second horrific blow:

"Harvard’s non-tenure-track faculty and researchers will walk out of classrooms and labs Tuesday for the first time, after a final bargaining session Monday ended without a contract agreement with the University."

They're represented by the United Auto Workers, BTW, which has apparently decided that its future lies in representing whiny academics.

The person who posted this announcement is Madeleine Baker, who is currently a College Fellow in the History of Science department at Harvard University, and is of course a tranny.

To the barricades, Harvardians!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:12 PM (aD4fx)

37 We asked if that meant no shouted questions and got no clarity. It's the first time any of us could ever remember being threatened like this. Shouted questions are normal. "This is crazy town" one journalist said, noting the White House has never threatened reporters like that
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Then we can go back to pre-selected questions and answers written on note cards.
You all had no issue with performing your part in that show.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 10, 2026 12:12 PM (PdMJp)

38 Massie has a lot more free time to go and fuck himself now.

Posted by: Zeno the Stoic at November 10, 2026 12:13 PM (nqpJg)

39 Hopefully Trump realizes that the Uniparty wants to remove him early via a coup, and they are furiously attacking Hesgeth because he is standing in the way of the coup.

Yeah, I kinda think he knows.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2026 12:13 PM (Riz8t)

40 Is it coming down to retaking the country, in a rather literal sense? Not sure, but that thought does not seem as farfetched as it did, once upon a time.

Posted by: tubal at November 10, 2026 12:13 PM (Gqar8)

41 Hegseth should have also stated:

"Massie should be grateful that the Trump Administration gracefully redacted his name from the Epstein files on multiple occasions..."

Because, if we are just throwing out slander

Posted by: Community Notes at November 10, 2026 12:13 PM (9s47C)

42 Dems have 56 senate votes. Can they get 11 Reps to convict?

Probably not. But Texas and South Carolina were probably not going to go blue either.

We’re in uncharted territory.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 10, 2026 12:15 PM (GW+4b)

43 There are a lot of Republicans in Congress who should call up SECWAR and ask if they can borrow his balls.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 10, 2026 12:15 PM (E24OL)

44 A former military lawyer notes that Massie continues whining that the US attacked narcoterrorists smuggling drugs to the US by boat without having a lawyer give them permission.

It's always, ALWAYS drugs with these fucking hippies.

You have to wonder about those politicians that seem to defend narco-terrorists the most...how much money was funneled to them through various means by narco-terrorists.

Just like politicians that voice support for China directly and indirectly...

Just like politicians that voice support for Muzzie terrorist organizations...

Just like...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:15 PM (l3cgK)

45 31 Hello everybody! I hope you're all healthy and happy and that you've cleared out most of the wreckage we all found ourselves under from last Tuesday night.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:00 PM

Thanks for asking ...I've gotten off the ledge...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 10, 2026 12:15 PM (+gK6I)

46 I'm still working on it, Ace. It's hard.

Remember, the Democrats are going to focus on doing this crap for the next two years, while also engaging in a civil war as the DSA-types try to take over the Democratic Party.

Things looked pretty grim in 2020 too, but that was followed by 2024.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:16 PM (aD4fx)

47 41 Hegseth should have also stated:

"Massie should be grateful that the Trump Administration gracefully redacted his name from the Epstein files on multiple occasions..."

Because, if we are just throwing out slander

Posted by: Community Notes at November 10, 2026 12:13 PM (9s47C)

I heard he didn't pay his taxes for quite a few years.

Posted by: Zombie Harry Reid at November 10, 2026 12:16 PM (l3cgK)

48 Thanks for asking ...I've gotten off the ledge...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 10, 2026 12:15 PM

About f*ckin' time, lady!

Posted by: A Pigeon at November 10, 2026 12:17 PM (LEj5u)

49 Dems have 56 senate votes. Can they get 11 Reps to convict?

If it gets to the Senate before Jan. 3rd, maybe... Murkowski, Tillis, Collins and Paul are a sure yes...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 10, 2026 12:17 PM (+gK6I)

50 If Trump is blowing up drug boats, who will supply the frat houses the drugs needed for their drug-fueled, gay-adjacent orgies?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 10, 2026 12:06 PM (iFTx/)

The drugs and embargoed crude were being shipped to Europe for sale, and the proceeds were laundered through European banks for deposit into Venezuelan military and Cartel banking accounts, where the credit was used for purchasing needed supplies for export to Venezuela, and of course Iran since they combined with Venezuela to "greywash" their own crude.

I am told that the price of Coke in Europe has gotten unpleasantly high, and I suspect this is reflected in US prices as well.

No one will talk about coke here, but has pot gone up in price, those of you who partake?

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:17 PM (rbvCR)

51 Yes the sectarian violence in the Democrat Party will be a sight to behold. At some point the Republican Party may have the same. That’s funny, right there.

Posted by: tubal at November 10, 2026 12:18 PM (Gqar8)

52 GWOT vets know EXACTLY where that road leads. Another approval. Another review. Another JAG opinion. Another commander afraid to make a decision because one bad headline will destroy his career faster than losing the fight ever could.
___

^^^THIS^^^

I served under many officers who were more concerned with their OERs than taking care of the troops.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 10, 2026 12:18 PM (lohSh)

53 48 Thanks for asking ...I've gotten off the ledge...
Posted by: It's me donna at November 10, 2026 12:15 PM

About f*ckin' time, lady!

Posted by: A Pigeon at November 10, 2026 12:17 PM (LEj5u)

Good thing it wasn't a shelf at Ace's place...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:18 PM (l3cgK)

54
If Trump is blowing up drug boats, who will supply the frat houses the drugs needed for their drug-fueled, gay-adjacent orgies?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at November 10, 2026 12:06 PM (iFTx/)

Will no one think of the women? Women always bear the cost of war.

Without ketamine and other drugs, NOW, what will women snort off some random frat dude's dong?

What I ask you?

Splenda? Pixie Stix Powder?

No! The Patriarchy strikes again!

And women everywhere suffer!

Posted by: naturalfake at November 10, 2026 12:18 PM (YSUhf)

55 Start up the rotors.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 12:19 PM (eYxtx)

56 If it gets to the Senate before Jan. 3rd, maybe... Murkowski, Tillis, Collins and Paul are a sure yes...

But the D's don't have 56 votes in the Senate before January 3rd.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:19 PM (aD4fx)

57 I still haven’t cleared the emotional wreckage from last Tuesday. If only Texas hadn’t gone blue I’d be okay with it… but blue Texas; ouch that hurts

I’m gonna tell myself they might be blue in a midterm but never for a presidential election (thrusting my head into the sand)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at November 10, 2026 12:19 PM (uAqpe)

58 But the D's don't have 56 votes in the Senate before January 3rd.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:19 PM (aD4fx)

Right..

Posted by: It's me donna at November 10, 2026 12:19 PM (+gK6I)

59 To the barricades, Harvardians!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:12 PM

Quick! The Harvard fight song!

https://tinyurl.com/bdd2tfcz

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2026 12:19 PM (LEj5u)

60 I can feel the cost of health care coming down now!

Posted by: Wally at November 10, 2026 12:20 PM (Oly6l)

61 Everyone has to know its not in this attack on Pete that they want their Trannies back in the military, with full operations, treatments and interchange dorms,

Posted by: Skip at November 10, 2026 12:20 PM (sfIF0)

62 I’m gonna tell myself they might be blue in a midterm but never for a presidential election (thrusting my head into the sand)

I've tried several similar copes, but none of them survive much thinking. I'm getting too old for this.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

63 Just like...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:15 PM (l3cgK

It is hard gathering generational wealth, you know

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:21 PM (rbvCR)

64 > Hello everybody! I hope you're all healthy and happy and that you've cleared out most of the wreckage we all found ourselves under from last Tuesday night.

Hi, Ace. All is well here. I hope the same for you.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 10, 2026 12:21 PM (mkw2N)

65 I have to assume this is what Cicero felt, warning of the demise of the Roman Republic.

It's why I'm coming around to the memes about the Star Wars prequel trilogy being prophecy. Bukele increasingly looks like the optimistic version of how things turn out.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 12:21 PM (2ocoG)

66 professional and maintain decorum

I wonder how many "journalists" even understand those words for a press conference. Every one in there got there by being assholes and out-shouting others. They genuinely don't know any better.
Fuck 'em. Fuck 'em all.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 10, 2026 12:21 PM (2WIwB)

67 56 If it gets to the Senate before Jan. 3rd, maybe... Murkowski, Tillis, Collins and Paul are a sure yes...

But the D's don't have 56 votes in the Senate before January 3rd.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:19 PM (aD4fx
And they’re already done with the 2028 steal strategy.

Posted by: Eromero at November 10, 2026 12:21 PM (LHPAg)

68 63 Just like...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:15 PM (l3cgK

It is hard gathering generational wealth, you know

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:21 PM (rbvCR)

Not for Congressmen...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:22 PM (l3cgK)

69 A lot of good men died when we had a TIC and had to wait for a review and call from the JAG.

f people like Massie and these Democrats

Posted by: Marcus T at November 10, 2026 12:22 PM (E24OL)

70 When it comes to Shitstain Republicans, the GOAT will always be John McCain.

This piece of shit makes a compelling case for #2 a position currently occupied by Liz Cheney.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 10, 2026 12:22 PM (GW+4b)

71 I have to assume this is what Cicero felt, warning of the demise of the Roman Republic.

I've had that thought numerous times since election day. I really don't want another Dark Ages. It wasn't that much fun the first time.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)

72 Thomas Massie and Greta von Thule wash ashore in Gaza.

Is that too much to ask?

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 10, 2026 12:22 PM (2GVsD)

73 Harvardians to the left of me. Yalies to the right.

Posted by: Here I am... at November 10, 2026 12:23 PM (2Ez/1)

74 The greatest part about the fall of the Roman Empire was that people no longer had the desire and later the skill set to keep things running.

South Africa before South Africa got busy decolonizing its infrastructure.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 10, 2026 12:24 PM (2GVsD)

75 Massie is a typical ~~Kentucky Democrat~~ faggot.
Posted by: runner at November 10, 2026 12:07 PM (AKptf)
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Fixed.

Posted by: ballistic at November 10, 2026 12:24 PM (oqH4h)

76 I see another "Abdul" has already thrown his Keffiyeh in the ring to run against Fetterman in PA

Posted by: It's me donna at November 10, 2026 12:24 PM (+gK6I)

77
Harvardians to the left of me. Yalies to the right.
Posted by: Here I am... at November 10, 2026 12:23 PM (2Ez/1)

Stuck in Brown University again.

Posted by: naturalfake at November 10, 2026 12:25 PM (YSUhf)

78 Saw a video of an interview with a black woman in Detroit who was delighted because she voted for El-Sayed and now gas is down to $3/gallon.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 12:25 PM (2ocoG)

79 I am probably going to start adding this to my Nic, but remember:

Hopelessness is a choice and a self-fulfilling prophecy

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:25 PM (rbvCR)

80 "Thomas Massie and Greta Van Thule wash ashore in Gaza."

Green Inferno 2 is gonna be so lit!

Posted by: Wally at November 10, 2026 12:25 PM (Oly6l)

81 74 The greatest part about the fall of the Roman Empire was that people no longer had the desire and later the skill set to keep things running.

South Africa before South Africa got busy decolonizing its infrastructure.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 10, 2026 12:24 PM (2GVsD)

Them Romans sure could build a road, though!

Posted by: tubal at November 10, 2026 12:25 PM (Gqar8)

82 I still haven’t cleared the emotional wreckage from last Tuesday. If only Texas hadn’t gone blue I’d be okay with it… but blue Texas; ouch that hurts
-----

I don't believe it did.

I believe there was *massive* fraud.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 12:25 PM (TN0g+)

83 Harvardians to the left of me. Yalies to the right.
Posted by: Here I am... at November 10, 2026 12:23 PM

Stuck with a kid at BU.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 10, 2026 12:26 PM (LEj5u)

84 78 Saw a video of an interview with a black woman in Detroit who was delighted because she voted for El-Sayed and now gas is down to $3/gallon.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 12:25 PM (2ocoG)

Yes, people don't have critical thinking abilities anymore...to realize that if the price of gasoline drops immediately after an election, the price of gas was being manipulated.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:26 PM (l3cgK)

85 Hegseth should have also stated:

"Massie should be grateful that the Trump Administration gracefully redacted his name from the Epstein files on multiple occasions..."
---
I know he won't but I dream that Trump will announce he's no longer protecting Democrats in DC, and instantly release the full, unredacted:

- Epstein files
- Covid files
- Mar a Lago files (that they seized)
- WH visitor logs of Obama and Biden--and for Biden's "vacation" house
- The Congressional Sexual Harassment Slush Fund (Treasury still had to issue those checks)
- Biden financial SAR and all investigations
- Hillary emails

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at November 10, 2026 12:26 PM (PdMJp)

86 Let's be honest, Massie just wants to date Hegseth.

Posted by: runner at November 10, 2026 12:27 PM (AKptf)

87 Afternoon Ace, hope you are well.
Massie is a smart guy, with masters from MIT.
He's also a self absorbed ideological putz who thinks he's the center of the universe. He never accomplished anything in Congress.
He's a Republican version of Bernie, only not as comical

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 10, 2026 12:27 PM (FroOw)

88
Blah blah blah.

Massie is a dead letter. I'm sure his Cow Money portfolio has made serious gainzzzz, but that's the extent of his influence as of last year.

Hegseth has the juice to beat him, so long as Trump backs him up. It's on the boss, now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2026 12:27 PM (BI5O2)

89 The basis for the next article is a claim that: "Secretary Hegseth willfully and systemically refused to comply with laws and directives mandated for the protection of civilians during the commission of armed conflict, chilled and rendered ineffective such components to prevent and mitigate harm to civilians, and therefore, foreseeably effected the death and injury of over 200 civilians [referring to the attack reportedly directed against an elementary school in Minab, Iran], to the manifest injury of the United States."

This is treason. Pure unmitigated treason. The attempt to restrict American armed forces so they can't win. Just like in Iraq, and 'Stan, and Vietnam.

The *point* of war is to inflict enough pain on your enemies to force them to agree to your terms. Paying them when you kill their fighters and rebuilding their infrastructure after your destroy it does the opposite of that

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)

90 Stupid people think food prices are going back down. Fuel prices may temporarily but energy costs are going up you can bet your sweet bippy.

Posted by: fd at November 10, 2026 12:27 PM (MWfyi)

91 No one will talk about coke here, but has pot gone up in price, those of you who partake?
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:17 PM (rbvCR)
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Doutbtful. The days of importing Mexican ditch weed by the bale are mostly over because there are so many "legit" domestic grow ops and dispensaries.

Most of the weed people get in non-legal states is shit that people in legal states buy, bring to other states and sell at a markup.

Posted by: ballistic at November 10, 2026 12:27 PM (oqH4h)

92 87 Afternoon Ace, hope you are well.
Massie is a smart guy, with masters from MIT.
He's also a self absorbed ideological putz who thinks he's the center of the universe. He never accomplished anything in Congress.
He's a Republican version of Bernie, only not as comical

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 10, 2026 12:27 PM (FroOw)

Well, maybe less commie-cal.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:28 PM (l3cgK)

93 Saw a video of an interview with a black woman in Detroit who was delighted because she voted for El-Sayed and now gas is down to $3/gallon.

Posted by: Ian S

Stocks typically do well the quarter after a mid term. These same retards will think Dems winning caused that.

Democracy is a flawed system of governance for this reason. Retards should not be allowed to vote.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 10, 2026 12:28 PM (GW+4b)

94 Thomas Massie and Greta von Thule wash ashore in Gaza.

===

Martha's Vineyard....

Posted by: Zombie Tafari Campbell at November 10, 2026 12:28 PM (AKptf)

95 JAG-offs use Western morals and norms against the West to allow savages to kill at will.

First kill the JAG-offs. Then the savages.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM (2GVsD)

96 About the only way I can keep my sanity these days is by contemplating nature in this beautiful fall, and working on my various projects.

And drinking, of course.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM (77rzZ)

97 Saw a video of an interview with a black woman in Detroit who was delighted because she voted for El-Sayed and now gas is down to $3/gallon.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 12:25 PM (2ocoG)

Cargo cult mentality.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM (eYxtx)

98 This is treason. Pure unmitigated treason. The attempt to restrict American armed forces so they can't win. Just like in Iraq, and 'Stan, and Vietnam.
___

Yep.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM (lohSh)

99 Most of the weed people get in non-legal states is shit that people in legal states buy, bring to other states and sell at a markup.
Posted by: ballistic at November 10, 2026 12:27 PM (oqH4h)

Markets are global now. I am still interested hearing from anyone who might know as a consumer

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM (rbvCR)

100 Democracy will be the death of us. They knew this when they put the place together.

Posted by: tubal at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM (Gqar8)

101 Oh, btw...

Happy B-Day, jarheads.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM (lohSh)

102 This is treason. Pure unmitigated treason. The attempt to restrict American armed forces so they can't win. Just like in Iraq, and 'Stan, and Vietnam.

The *point* of war is to inflict enough pain on your enemies to force them to agree to your terms. Paying them when you kill their fighters and rebuilding their infrastructure after your destroy it does the opposite of that

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)

I'm waiting for Massie's articles of impeachment on Truman for dropping the bombs that killed many thousands of civilians during WWII...same for FDR for allowing the firebombing of Tokyo and other Japanese cities...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:30 PM (l3cgK)

103 Saw a video of an interview with a black woman in Detroit who was delighted because she voted for El-Sayed and now gas is down to $3/gallon.

===

and of course the ME Arabs had nothing to do with the high gas prices, it's just crude market! that's how it is! crude market that magically undermined Trump and now magically soaring down! all totally normal

Posted by: Zombie Tafari Campbell at November 10, 2026 12:30 PM (AKptf)

104 "...and that you've cleared out most of the wreckage we all found ourselves under from last Tuesday night."

+++

Yeah. That's gonna take one of our big flatbed models.

Posted by: Jerr-Dan Wrecker Company at November 10, 2026 12:30 PM (2Ez/1)

105 /drat

Posted by: runner at November 10, 2026 12:30 PM (AKptf)

106 I believe there was *massive* fraud.

yep

don't forget it

I'm fine if due to ops plans we have to swallow some of this (but hopefully not all), but it needs to NOT BE ABLE TO HAPPEN AGAIN

people are already turning away from politics (which I love, btw) ... what comes after who knows

probably bad maybe only for a few generations tho

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 10, 2026 12:31 PM (qBivk)

107 >> Happy B-Day, jarheads.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM (lohSh)

AKA Crayon Eaters. Lolol

Posted by: Marcus T at November 10, 2026 12:31 PM (AhCY4)

108 I can feel the cost of health care coming down now!

Its like Tick-Tock. Every time the medical community finds ways to be more efficient, new treatments that dial down recovery, techniques that once were days in a bed are now office visits and out treatment, anything...

Then the "AFFORDABILITY"™ Demonic Party finds new ways to jack up premiums. More efficient? Bring 40 million foreigners in with expensive medical problems. New treatments? Put more people in psychotherapy, add drug rehab as covered by Obamacare. Streamline processes? Add whole new categories of covered treatment like lifelong tranny drugs and body mutilation. Import more doctors? Force the population to take the ClotShot and watch as turbo cancers, infertility, and heart disease sky rocket and become normal in young populations. Bring drug prices down? Dig out foreigners with incurable TB, leprosy and stuff that was eradicated back in the days of Jesus.

Its as if there is a homeostasis of misery and expense that must be maintained. For every efficiency and betterment, new shit is stuffed into the system to erase whatever gains may have occurred.

Posted by: Community Notes at November 10, 2026 12:31 PM (/TiS1)

109 I'm waiting for Massie's articles of impeachment on Truman for dropping the bombs that killed many thousands of civilians during WWII...same for FDR for allowing the firebombing of Tokyo and other Japanese cities...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:30 PM (l3cgK)

That was (D)ifferent.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 10, 2026 12:31 PM (GW+4b)

110 You can't call them Jarheads anymore.

They found a use for jarheads.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 10, 2026 12:31 PM (2GVsD)

111 full text

https://archive.is/G7hIm

Posted by: m at November 10, 2026 12:32 PM (odBC9)

112 Fox "News" Radio just now:

EVEN ROBERT MCNAMARA NEVER FACED IMPEACHMENT!

Posted by: fd at November 10, 2026 12:32 PM (MWfyi)

113 Markets are global now. I am still interested hearing from anyone who might know as a consumer
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM (rbvCR)
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Bro I tried to say it without saying it, lol.

No, weed prices aren't up any more than normal inflation, er, you know, allegedly.

Posted by: ballistic at November 10, 2026 12:32 PM (oqH4h)

114 [The Trump Curse Continues:]

Only 1 GOPeer who voted to Impeach Trump still remains in Congress: the execreble Lisa Murkowski (hopefully ousted in '2

. All others are GONE & GOIOD RIDDANCE!

Only one R Senator in Congress voted to convict Trump in the First Impeachment (2019–2020): scumbag ~~Pierre Delecto~~ Mitt Romney (GONE!) -- and no R House members voted for it.

In Trump's Second Farcical Impeachment, 10 R House CongressCritters (ALL GONE NOW!) voted To Impeach -- Liz Cheney (WY), Adam Kinzinger (IL), John Katko (NY), Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA), Dan Newhouse (WA), Peter Meijer (MI), Tom Rice (SC), Anthony Gonzalez (OH), Fred Upton (MI), & David Valadao (CA) -- and 7 R Senate CongressCritters (ALL GONE NOW except Murkowski!) voted To Convict: Richard Burr (NC), Bill Cassidy (LA), Susan Collins (ME), Lisa Murkowski (AK), Mitt Romney (UT), Ben Sasse (NE), & Pat Toomey (PA).

Posted by: ShainS at November 10, 2026 12:32 PM (t04uB)

115 100 Democracy will be the death of us. They knew this when they put the place together.

Posted by: tubal at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM (Gqar

That's why we were designed to be a Republic, assuming we could keep it...it's looking more and more like we can't.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:32 PM (l3cgK)

116 assholes

Posted by: fd at November 10, 2026 12:32 PM (MWfyi)

117 and of course the ME Arabs had nothing to do with the high gas prices, it's just crude market! that's how it is! crude market that magically undermined Trump and now magically soaring down! all totally normal
Posted by: Zombie Tafari Campbell at November 10, 2026 12:30 PM (AKptf)

It is the commodities markets, it was worth taking a bath on futures to influence the elections.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:33 PM (rbvCR)

118 If we were a real country, people like Massie would not be in office and our enemies would be well aware of how vicious we are.

Posted by: NR Pax at November 10, 2026 12:34 PM (OPGS/)

119 AKA Crayon Eaters. Lolol
Posted by: Marcus T

One of my Russian teachers at DLI once said that every Marine she had ever taught was either really, really smart or really, really dumb. There was no in-between.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2026 12:34 PM (77rzZ)

120 31 I'm still working on it, Ace. It's hard.
Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2026 12:10 PM (77rzZ)

DITTO (all caps for emphasis because I don’t know how to bold on an iPad)

Posted by: TxAnn at November 10, 2026 12:34 PM (itAg7)

121 "Stupid people think food prices are going back down. Fuel prices may temporarily but energy costs are going up you can bet your sweet bippy.
Posted by: fd"

This!

Posted by: Cosda at November 10, 2026 12:34 PM (FVUW0)

122 115 100 Democracy will be the death of us. They knew this when they put the place together.

Posted by: tubal at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM (Gqar

That's why we were designed to be a Republic, assuming we could keep it...it's looking more and more like we can't.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:32 PM (l3cgK)

Yeah, that’s why it will have to be taken back, forcefully, assuming that down the line anyone can be bothered to do it.

Posted by: tubal at November 10, 2026 12:34 PM (Gqar8)

123 Pete Hegseth Blasts Him
.......

Like with a ~~cloth~~ M4?

Posted by: wth at November 10, 2026 12:35 PM (UjdFS)

124 This piece of shit still got 45% in his primary.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 10, 2026 12:35 PM (GW+4b)

125 Markets are global now. I am still interested hearing from anyone who might know as a consumer
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM

Is this about me?

Posted by: Stoner living in his parent's basement at November 10, 2026 12:35 PM (2Ez/1)

126 God bless and keep Pete, and a happy birthday to all the Marines, former and active, today. May the Lord keep and protect you, and bless you and yours.

Posted by: Moki at November 10, 2026 12:36 PM (wLjpr)

127 That's why we were designed to be a Republic, assuming we could keep it...it's looking more and more like we can't.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury"— misattributed to Alexis de Tocqueville.

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)

128 Rep. Massie's impeachment articles should be recognized for what they are: a road map to the terms of our national surrender.

Blowing up narco terrorists on the high seas it's exactly what I want our military doing. Same goes for blowing up the Iranian terrorist nuclear capability.

Tossing out left wing ideologues masquerading as US military officers is exactly what the SoW should be doing. If it comes down to modeling our military on the character of General Patton versus General Miley I would approve that a thousand times over.

Massie's beef is he hates President Trump and he's such a cocksucking coward he didn't have the balls to impeach him instead of Hegseth.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at November 10, 2026 12:36 PM (wcyKn)

129 119 AKA Crayon Eaters. Lolol
Posted by: Marcus T

One of my Russian teachers at DLI once said that every Marine she had ever taught was either really, really smart or really, really dumb. There was no in-between.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2026 12:34 PM (77rzZ)

Sounds like the profs at the Uni I went to...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:36 PM (l3cgK)

130 Just to be clear I have profound respect for Marines. They did things in places like Iraq that were super human. The absolute worst jobs they took on and murdered them, often at great cost.

We have a few in the family, one on the wall. But we don’t talk about them. Lol

Posted by: Marcus T at November 10, 2026 12:36 PM (AhCY4)

131 If the economy goes south, it will Be Trump’s fault. If things go well it will be Democrats who made it happen.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 10, 2026 12:37 PM (GW+4b)

132 Hey, Moki!

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2026 12:37 PM (77rzZ)

133 Bro I tried to say it without saying it, lol.

No, weed prices aren't up any more than normal inflation, er, you know, allegedly.
Posted by: ballistic at November 10, 2026 12:32 PM (oqH4h)

The Colombians and the USN are catching large shipments of pot right now, a lot of the shipments blowed up were in the Pacific going north, which is why I was interested. It would be a small trick to "launder" Colombian pot through the various state licensed vendors, or even on the street since it is supposedly cheaper to buy on the black market still in places like California

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:37 PM (rbvCR)

134 As has been mentioned; the real issue with "elections" is that they are not transparent. By design. If they were, I think things would be much, much different.

Allowing the states to run, and regulate national elections is, IMO, a disaster.

Election fraud is completely baked into the process.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 10, 2026 12:37 PM (RORbl)

135 It's weird that Obama was never impeached for occasionally blowing up a wedding party in Iran.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:38 PM (aD4fx)

136 SECWAR should challenge that wuss to a push up contest. Maybe send him a grooming manual for whatever that is on his head and face.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 10, 2026 12:38 PM (AhCY4)

137 "The era of the Monroe Doctrine is over." - John F'n Kerry Nov 18, 2013.

Posted by: Rex B at November 10, 2026 12:38 PM (sdSI9)

138 Let's be honest, Massie just wants to date Hegseth.
Posted by: runner
......

Poor guy, rejected again.

Posted by: wth at November 10, 2026 12:38 PM (UjdFS)

139 138 Let's be honest, Massie just wants to date Hegseth.
Posted by: runner
......

Poor guy, rejected again.

Posted by: wth at November 10, 2026 12:38 PM (UjdFS)

It takes balls for a man to want to date Hegseth...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:40 PM (l3cgK)

140 In regards to blowing up the drug boats, I have heard it speculated that it wasn't drug interdiction at all. The people on the boats, or something else on them, was the real target. IDK, but those boats seem to be a piss poor way to move bulk narcotics. Maybe one day we'll find out. Or not...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 10, 2026 12:40 PM (QaH55)

141 Massie's beef is he hates President Trump and he's such a cocksucking coward he didn't have the balls to impeach him instead of Hegseth.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at November 10, 2026 12:36 PM (wcyKn)

Massie's beef is in his untaxed crate of Cow Money.

Like every other Republican politician. It's all purely transactional.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2026 12:40 PM (BI5O2)

142 Greetings from Eurabia:

You know Christmas is coming when the anti-Muslim concrete blocks arrive

https://tinyurl.com/yzmyh7rs

Posted by: Archimedes at November 10, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)

143 Hopefully Trump realizes that the Uniparty wants to remove him early via a coup, and they are furiously attacking Hesgeth because he is standing in the way of the coup.

I think so but who could blame him if he just said "F*ck all y'all. I'm outta here. Find another whipping boy."

Posted by: Oddbob at November 10, 2026 12:40 PM (vTZFs)

144 Markets are global now. I am still interested hearing from anyone who might know as a consumer
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:29 PM (rbvCR

Shouldn't you be asking JackStraw?

😁

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 10, 2026 12:41 PM (9bpxs)

145 Yeah what’s that on Massie’s face? It looks like what left after someone cut their dick off.

Posted by: Vengeance at November 10, 2026 12:41 PM (1hcLc)

146 141 Massie's beef is he hates President Trump and he's such a cocksucking coward he didn't have the balls to impeach him instead of Hegseth.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at November 10, 2026 12:36 PM (wcyKn)

Massie's beef is in his untaxed crate of Cow Money.

Like every other Republican politician. It's all purely transactional.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2026 12:40 PM (BI5O2)

Joke Punchline: "Oh, we already determined that, we're just negotiating the price now."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:41 PM (l3cgK)

147 The Secretary of The War Department is why President Trump got my vote.

Posted by: Eromero at November 10, 2026 12:41 PM (LHPAg)

148 I still think Hegseth should publicly refer emMassie to the House Ethics Committee and demand his immediate expulsion from Congress

Posted by: tankdemon at November 10, 2026 12:42 PM (Hd1lH)

149 And if you are wondering why some Harvard grad students are so techy, I read a study that among Harvard humanities Ph.D.s, your chances of getting a tenure-track job are only one in three if you are a minority or a woman.

If you are a white male, your chances of getting a tenure-track job are one in six.

The Harvard tranny who is going on strike may have well transed himself to improve his job prospects.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:42 PM (aD4fx)

150 Massie is mostly pissed that MAGA voters (Massie mostly blames Trump but it was Massie's voters that he kept stabbing in the back with weak sauce 'I cant vote for this bill that reduces spending, it is still too much spending, so Im forced to allow a CR to maintain even higher spending' after running as a fiscal hawk that decided they had had enough of that BS).

Posted by: PaleRider at November 10, 2026 12:42 PM (CFj4+)

151 Masshole is taking a Turd in the Tesla on his way out the door.

Posted by: Axeman at November 10, 2026 12:42 PM (Fi81e)

152 Aaron Rupar?!!

Posted by: m at November 10, 2026 12:43 PM (odBC9)

153 I invented a new term this morning: Faceplant Flex.

That describes Scott Galloway's Turd in the Tesla fable.

Posted by: Axeman at November 10, 2026 12:43 PM (Fi81e)

154 Massie looks at Hegseth and sees someone who could kick his ass and fuck his wife. Come to think of it, that's what all Hegseth's enemies see.

Posted by: Ken at November 10, 2026 12:43 PM (aVf49)

155 In regards to blowing up the drug boats, I have heard it speculated that it wasn't drug interdiction at all. The people on the boats, or something else on them, was the real target. IDK, but those boats seem to be a piss poor way to move bulk narcotics. Maybe one day we'll find out. Or not...
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at November 10, 2026 12:40 PM (QaH55)

Could be, though it was most likely a barter economy for the Venezuelan generals who managed the regime and supported it. Drugs were fast-boated to places like Jamaica, and then shipped to ports like Amsterdam, and credit was given out. I suspect when the money dried up, so did the bribes and the willingness to support Maduro.
It was also a pretext to put the USN in the Gulf in preparation for the Maduro operation you know.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:44 PM (rbvCR)

156 You know Christmas is coming when the anti-Muslim concrete blocks arrive

Someone on X called them "Allahu Ackbarriers", which is pretty funny.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 12:44 PM (2ocoG)

157 Someone remind me what the 'rules of engagement' were during World War Eleven?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 10, 2026 12:44 PM (PgV1+)

158 > That describes Scott Galloway's Turd in the Tesla fable.

Megan Basham:
I wonder if Scott Galloway realizes that whatever he does from here on out, whatever books he writes or whatever academic heights he reaches, he is forever now still going to be known as the guy who pooped in his own car. On purpose.

Posted by: bonhomme at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (mkw2N)

159 As a lawyer, I can tell you: if you want to lose more wars, involve lawyers.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (DrMj4)

160 While the senate and governor races got all the attention it was a wipeout at state houses as well.

549 state seats flipped R to D
12 chambers flipped R to D
13 R supermajorities became simple majorities

Full D control is now 22 states vs 19 full R control

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (GW+4b)

161 Harvardians to the left of me. Yalies to the right.
Posted by: Here I am...

Stuck in the middle with Penn State.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (Io8px)

162 I see Hegseth as sort of a Donald Rumsfeld where we all circle the wagons and then only later admit it was a really dumb person in charge.

I don't doubt that Hegseth is a MAGA conservative, but that doesn't mean he's actually good at his job. I just think Trump saw him on Fox and liked him.

There was just no plan in place in Iran, so either Trump is totally overruling Hegseth's wise counsel or he's being poorly advised by Hegseth.

Trump needs a head to roll and I would be shocked if he doesn't decide to dump it on Hegseth.

And Massie is an idiot, but that doesn't mean I rush to defend Hegseth. Conservatives probably lost the nation for a decade over this dumb operation.

Posted by: engine at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (IUZTd)

163 157 Someone remind me what the 'rules of engagement' were during World War Eleven?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 10, 2026 12:44 PM (PgV1+)

Make the other poor bastards die for their country.

Posted by: Zombie Gen. George Patton at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (l3cgK)

164 A security agent for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just warned the reporters here -- for Hegseth's first press conference in 6 months -- that we will be physically removed from the briefing room if we are not professional
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First thing honey, learn his proper title, "Secretary of War".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (Sw/OI)

165 DITTO (all caps for emphasis because I don’t know how to bold on an iPad)
Posted by: TxAnn at November 10, 2026 12:34 PM

[ b ]Text to be bolded here [ /b ] (remove the spaces inside the square brackets)

Text to be bolded here

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (WYAzf)

166 The Colombians and the USN are catching large shipments of pot right now, a lot of the shipments blowed up were in the Pacific going north, which is why I was interested. It would be a small trick to "launder" Colombian pot through the various state licensed vendors, or even on the street since it is supposedly cheaper to buy on the black market still in places like California
Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:37 PM (rbvCR)
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I'd be interested to know what the quality of Colombian reefer looks like. State-licensed pot shops aren't selling off-brand dirt weed. It's all labeled by strain and general type (Indica/Sativa/Hybrid) and actual potheads take care to get the stuff they like with the effects they're looking for.

Posted by: ballistic at November 10, 2026 12:46 PM (oqH4h)

167 Someone remind me what the 'rules of engagement' were during World War Eleven?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 10, 2026 12:44 PM (PgV1+)

"Weapons."

"Free."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 10, 2026 12:46 PM (yKhjs)

168 Spare me the sudden reverence for process from people who watched Afghanistan collapse, watched thirteen Americans die at Abbey Gate, watched the Taliban retake Kabul, and somehow found no constitutional apocalypse worthy of impeachment then.
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IT WAS TRUMP'S PLAN!!!

Posted by: Guy Elected President for "Experience" and "Expertise" at November 10, 2026 12:46 PM (Fi81e)

169 While the senate and governor races got all the attention it was a wipeout at state houses as well.

549 state seats flipped R to D
12 chambers flipped R to D
13 R supermajorities became simple majorities

Full D control is now 22 states vs 19 full R control
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

But no. No cheating occurred.
Except for a 1 in a trillion chance.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2026 12:46 PM (Io8px)

170 159 As a lawyer, I can tell you: if you want to lose more wars, involve lawyers.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (DrMj4)

Unless said lawyers are placed right on the front lines where they can be hit by hostile and "friendly" fire...

Posted by: Zombie Gen. George Patton at November 10, 2026 12:47 PM (l3cgK)

171 The guy who bought Galloway's Tesla has a cause of action to get his money back, I'd imagine, unless it was disclosed to him that the car was previously an outhouse.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 10, 2026 12:47 PM (Sw/OI)

172 So...kick Massie out of the party.
What's stopping that from happening?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 10, 2026 12:47 PM (s1VwS)

173 >>> 30
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WHERE THE FUCK WAS CAPTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY THEN, YOU SPINELESS, TWO-FACED LITTLE SHITSTAIN?
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Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:10 PM (rbvCR)

I would ask if Flopping Aces has a newsletter, but I guess it's the twatter account.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 10, 2026 12:47 PM (PgV1+)

174 Someone remind me what the 'rules of engagement' were during World War Eleven?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 10, 2026 12:44 PM (PgV1+)
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"Make that asshole die for *their* country" ~~ George S. Patton.

Posted by: Guy Elected President for at November 10, 2026 12:48 PM (Fi81e)

175 Ahem. May I remind you that I am a Harvard alumnus?

Posted by: David Hogg at November 10, 2026 12:48 PM (WYAzf)

176 Trump needs a head to roll and I would be shocked if he doesn't decide to dump it on Hegseth.

Posted by: engine at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (IUZTd)

The head already rolled.

Trump fired his Chief of Staff.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing at November 10, 2026 12:48 PM (yKhjs)

177 Thank you Ballistic, I hadn't thought of that side of the question. I have to think of who I can ask about that.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:48 PM (rbvCR)

178 Hegseth quickly referred to one new-ish aspect of the counter-cartel op in the hemisphere: "and on land". He's talking about how US special forces and Other Government Agency people have been working with Ecuador to attack cartel operations in that country. This includes trying to disrupt the drug boat operations based there. Haven't seen any attention to this, publicly.

Anyway, the more aggression and will you demonstrate, the easier and more productive your operations become. We're giving lots of hemispheric actors the courage to step up.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 12:48 PM (U/Byj)

179 Someone remind me what the 'rules of engagement' were during World War Eleven?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket

"Weapons."

"Free."
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

Don't know about WW11, but you won't like my ROE for WW12.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2026 12:48 PM (Io8px)

180 Ace is very very mad! All Trump and Hegseth did was start and lose a war! is that all it takes nowadays for people to get on you?!!! So unfair.

Posted by: deepelemblues at November 10, 2026 12:48 PM (PYX4O)

181 I see Hegseth as sort of a Donald Rumsfeld where we all circle the wagons and then only later admit it was a really dumb person in charge.

I don't doubt that Hegseth is a MAGA conservative, but that doesn't mean he's actually good at his job.

Current active duty and recently retired think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread, and I tend to take their word for it. I know back at the Harvard faculty lounge they all laugh and laugh about how he doesn't have credentials, but "we're not putting fucking lawyers in the chain of command" automatically makes Hegseth smarter than them.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 12:49 PM (2ocoG)

182 I would ask if Flopping Aces has a newsletter, but I guess it's the twatter account.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 10, 2026 12:47 PM (PgV1+)

I believe he writes articles too

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:49 PM (rbvCR)

183 162: I see, so the troops who worship the ground he walks on are just drooling rednecks who joined the military to get money for meth, an I reading you correctly?

Posted by: Ken at November 10, 2026 12:49 PM (aVf49)

184 Posted by: engine at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (IUZTd)

I think I hear a knock.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 12:50 PM (eYxtx)

185 But no. No cheating occurred.
Except for a 1 in a trillion chance.
Posted by: rickb223

If the answer is always going to be fraud then what’s the point of any of it?

Every state and county has their own voting rules, ballots, processes, etc. You really think some grand fraud operation existed to steal every one of those counties? Because if the answer is yes then there’s really no point in worrying about elections ever again.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 10, 2026 12:50 PM (GW+4b)

186 I'd give a lot to read a news story tomorrow that Hegseth and Massie met up outside a bar and settled their differences.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 10, 2026 12:50 PM (Sw/OI)

187 165 DITTO (all caps for emphasis because I don’t know how to bold on an iPad)
Posted by: TxAnn at November 10, 2026 12:34 PM

[ b ]Text to be bolded here [ /b ] (remove the spaces inside the square brackets)

Text to be bolded here

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (WYAzf)

Same for:
underline: u
Italics: i
strikethrough: s

I use the mnemonic: BS International University (bsiu)...and no, I'm not an alumnus...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:50 PM (l3cgK)

188 Paton demanded that his officers wear a tie when they went into battle killing Germans. What Hegseth is demanding is his officers not cut their balls off. How did everything get so fubar?

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at November 10, 2026 12:50 PM (wcyKn)

189 549 state seats flipped R to D
12 chambers flipped R to D
13 R supermajorities became simple majorities

Full D control is now 22 states vs 19 full R control
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

But no. No cheating occurred.
Except for a 1 in a trillion chance.
Posted by: rickb223

Never any cheating. Never!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 10, 2026 12:50 PM (q921n)

190 162 I see Hegseth as sort of a Donald Rumsfeld where we all circle the wagons and then only later admit it was a really dumb person in charge.

I don't doubt that Hegseth is a MAGA conservative, but that doesn't mean he's actually good at his job. I just think Trump saw him on Fox and liked him.

There was just no plan in place in Iran, so either Trump is totally overruling Hegseth's wise counsel or he's being poorly advised by Hegseth.

Trump needs a head to roll and I would be shocked if he doesn't decide to dump it on Hegseth.

And Massie is an idiot, but that doesn't mean I rush to defend Hegseth. Conservatives probably lost the nation for a decade over this dumb operation.
Posted by: engine at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (IUZTd)

And where are you getting all this from? Is there a group chat or talking point memo? Just curious.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 10, 2026 12:50 PM (s1VwS)

191 Hegseth did not exceed the War Powers Act deadline.

That was a Trump decision.

Masshole want's to virtually impeach the leader of his own party.

Go out as a thoroughly useless simp!

That's some goal.

Posted by: Guy Elected President for at November 10, 2026 12:50 PM (Fi81e)

192 Rhomboid, Colombian papers and a couple of Venezuelan Twitter accounts talk about these actions, but you gotta read Spanish

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:51 PM (rbvCR)

193 189 549 state seats flipped R to D
12 chambers flipped R to D
13 R supermajorities became simple majorities

Full D control is now 22 states vs 19 full R control
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

But no. No cheating occurred.
Except for a 1 in a trillion chance.
Posted by: rickb223

Never any cheating. Never!
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 10, 2026 12:50 PM (q921n)

and NOBODY is calling for an audit or fighting this. I'm baffled.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at November 10, 2026 12:51 PM (s1VwS)

194 The "muh principles" people are usually the worst grifters of all.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at November 10, 2026 12:51 PM (vqA1l)

195 >> In regards to blowing up the drug boats, I have heard it speculated that it wasn't drug interdiction at all. The people on the boats, or something else on them, was the real target. IDK, but those boats seem to be a piss poor way to move bulk narcotics

What other form of conveyance do you think would work better over a ocean crossing?

A Roller Coaster?

Posted by: garrett at November 10, 2026 12:51 PM (k1S9h)

196 171 The guy who bought Galloway's Tesla has a cause of action to get his money back, I'd imagine, unless it was disclosed to him that the car was previously an outhouse.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 10, 2026 12:47 PM (Sw/OI)

What about beds?

Posted by: Johnny Depp at November 10, 2026 12:51 PM (l3cgK)

197 Surprised to see some of the most clueless election day commenters reappear, confirming how clueless they are. There are always some just like them right around election days who are never seen again.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 12:51 PM (U/Byj)

198
Trump fired his Chief of Staff.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

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chief of staffs doen't implement war strategy.

There's really two paths here, Trump's Iran strategy was sound or it was a disaster. if you think it was done poorly, who else is to blame?

Maybe Hegseth is totally innocent and tried to do things differently, but he seemed front and center for all of it.

If I was Secretary of Defense and I felt I was nothing but a bystander holding the bag, I would have resigned.

Posted by: engine at November 10, 2026 12:52 PM (IUZTd)

199 text to be bolded here

Posted by: m at November 10, 2026 12:52 PM (odBC9)

200 The far left needs Hegseth out of the way so they can get a fellow traveler back in control of our armed forces.

Posted by: Zeno the Stoic at November 10, 2026 12:52 PM (nqpJg)

201 200

Posted by: m at November 10, 2026 12:52 PM (odBC9)

202 >>Hegseth did not exceed the War Powers Act deadline.

Well, the War Powers Act is Unconstitutional. So, not a real concern.

Posted by: garrett at November 10, 2026 12:52 PM (k1S9h)

203 BTW, the greatest living French novelist, Michel Houellebecq, was just indicted by the French government, and will be prosecuted.

Writer Michel Houellebecq indicted after remarks about Muslims and the "great replacement"

INFO LE FIGARO - Michel Houellebecq was prosecuted after an interview with Front Populaire, Michel Onfray's magazine, in November 2022. The 70-year-old writer was indicted for complicity in provocation to discrimination, hatred or violence.

The writer Michel Houellebecq was indicted for "complicity in provocation to discrimination, hatred or violence against a group of people because of their origin or their belonging or non-membership to a specific ethnicity, nation, race or religion", Le Figaro learned from a source close to the file. The decision was rendered on Tuesday by an investigating judge of the Nanterre judicial court.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:53 PM (aD4fx)

204 And where are you getting all this from? Is there a group chat or talking point memo? Just curious.

Liberal women's cope about Hegseth not ravishing them like a billionaire vampire werewolf is frequently centered around 1) he's stupid because he was on Fox 2) he's not actually very fit.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 12:53 PM (2ocoG)

205 McConnell has import/export money. Massie has cow money. Grassley has corn money. And, so forth.

But every GOP politician has a "Fill-in-the-blank Money" Box the Democrats stuff with cash for their services.

And they use it to fund their lifestyles, and pay off the women they pee on, and that _____ Money Box is where your donations go, and it's made from your votes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2026 12:53 PM (BI5O2)

206 Kindltot thanks, there are other non-public sources too, but it's surprising to me that none of this has got the attention of what passes for a press up here.

Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 12:53 PM (U/Byj)

207 Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 10, 2026 12:45 PM (WYAzf)

thanks, Duncanthrax

Posted by: m at November 10, 2026 12:53 PM (odBC9)

208 My ROE: Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up, then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.

Posted by: Josey Wales at November 10, 2026 12:53 PM (wVcYX)

209 That describes Scott Galloway's Turd in the Tesla fable.
Posted by: Axeman at November 10, 2026 12:43 PM (Fi81e)

"Car Marx"

Posted by: Boswell at November 10, 2026 12:54 PM (V7158)

210 engine sounds really reasonable

You guys should all trust him, even if he sounds like he is setting up false dichotomies in his arguments.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:54 PM (rbvCR)

211 and NOBODY is calling for an audit or fighting this. I'm baffled.

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ELECTION DENIER!!!!!!

Posted by: Rarl Kove at November 10, 2026 12:54 PM (vqA1l)

212 Current active duty and recently retired think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread, and I tend to take their word for it. I know back at the Harvard faculty lounge they all laugh and laugh about how he doesn't have credentials, but "we're not putting fucking lawyers in the chain of command" automatically makes Hegseth smarter than them.
Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 12:49 PM (2ocoG)
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If you (somebody) don't know the "underqualified" scam they always run on people not of the DC-Body by now. If you haven't seen that play a couple dozen times, I doubt your use to the cause of conserving this country.

I'm not going to find you effective. You're a fool waiting for your next pantsing.

Posted by: Guy Elected President for at November 10, 2026 12:54 PM (Fi81e)

213 Iran was a disaster and was a large part of the election disaster. That doesn’t make Hegseth a criminal. Maybe bad at his job but not a criminals

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 10, 2026 12:54 PM (GW+4b)

214 The GOP needs Trump destroyed with a bs made up "legacy of failure" so they can go right back to their own legacy of failure.

Posted by: ... at November 10, 2026 12:54 PM (w6LVP)

215 No one will talk about coke here, but has pot gone up in price, those of you who partake?
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I no longer partake, but illegal weed is a death-trap--too much of it is exposed to fentanyl and people's pleasant little high results in their untimely passing.

Legal weed requires a id card, and an id card puts one at risk of clashing with one's oath upon a federal firearms card at the time of purchase.

Because I'm not a fan of untimely death or charges of federal perjury, I no longer partake.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 12:54 PM (TN0g+)

216 [ b ]Text to be bolded here [ /b ] (remove the spaces inside the square brackets)

Text to be bolded here

Posted by: Duncanthrax

Same for:
underline: u
Italics: i
strikethrough: s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
......

and don't worry, I hear the Barrel is nice this time of year.

Posted by: wth at November 10, 2026 12:54 PM (UjdFS)

217 I too think Iran has deserved this ass kicking for half a century. I don't really like the war of attrition strategy, but I am also lacking information on munitions, etc.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 10, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)

218 Surprised to see some of the most clueless election day commenters reappear, confirming how clueless they are. There are always some just like them right around election days who are never seen again.
Posted by: rhomboid at November 10, 2026 12:51 PM (U/Byj)

Because they are trolls, not commenters, and all trolls are Average Joe, remember. And we know what he does by choice.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 10, 2026 12:55 PM (eYxtx)

219 198-- I don't think the Iran strategy was "done poorly", so I don't blame anyone.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at November 10, 2026 12:55 PM (9bpxs)

220 Hegseth has been a failure
He promised Trump a 4 to 6 weeks war and couldn't deliver.

Posted by: Paul at November 10, 2026 12:55 PM (Ksf4A)

221 Apparently Emmanuel Macron is in hot water in France over some undeclared payments from Nestle to allow that company to sell bottled water that was not processed per French law. Brave AI informs me that this is definitely not a bribe situation, but merely an undeclared political contribution that was supposed to influence his decision on a legal matters touching that corporation.

So at least there is that, right? Especially since their ecomomy is melting down over debt, riots, welfare and EU obligations.

Posted by: Kindltot at November 10, 2026 12:55 PM (rbvCR)

222 Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:53 PM (aD4fx)

The left wants to import Euro-peon style speech rules here.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 12:55 PM (l3cgK)

223 Every state and county has their own voting rules, ballots, processes, etc. You really think some grand fraud operation existed to steal every one of those counties? Because if the answer is yes then there’s really no point in worrying about elections ever again.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 10, 2026 12:50 PM (GW+4b)

Right. It's basically the electoral equivalent of Pascal's Wager. You should believe real elections occur because if they don't, then we're all basically standing around with our dicks in our hands waiting for a civil war that may never come to kick off.

(I'm convinced enough it was a blue wave. We got shellacked and that's that. But if not, then the fraud is so pervasive that politics is a waste of time.)

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 10, 2026 12:55 PM (DrMj4)

224 >>Iran was a disaster

This guy must be in the IRGC

Posted by: garrett at November 10, 2026 12:56 PM (k1S9h)

225 Iran was a disaster and was a large part of the election disaster.
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I don't believe that for a second. Not a single soul with any intellectual integrity decided that what Texas needed was Talerico because of Iran, or that we needed to throw the house and senate because of Iran.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 12:56 PM (TN0g+)

226 >>> 134 As has been mentioned; the real issue with "elections" is that they are not transparent. By design. If they were, I think things would be much, much different.

Allowing the states to run, and regulate national elections is, IMO, a disaster.

Election fraud is completely baked into the process.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 10, 2026 12:37 PM (RORbl)

*ding ding ding*

Contrast, say, double-entry accounting, which also includes regular external audits and the option of forensic analysis.

Yet what is one of our very most critical systems is bare-ass nekkid.

Whoops! Whoopsie!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 10, 2026 12:56 PM (PgV1+)

227 Posted by: engine at November 10, 2026 12:52 PM (IUZTd)
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1. Hey fool, Chiefs of Staff are the most senior of the Cabinet (despite not being a confirmable position). They are central to all decision making in the WH.
2. Hegseth is "Secretary of War". At least learn his title before slobbering over your keyboard.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 10, 2026 12:56 PM (Sw/OI)

228 people are already turning away from politics (which I love, btw) ... what comes after who knows

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at November 10, 2026 12:31 PM

A lot of singing and unity around Dear Leader Sayed

Posted by: ... at November 10, 2026 12:56 PM (w6LVP)

229 Iran was a disaster..... For the Mullahs...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 10, 2026 12:56 PM (+gK6I)

230 Iran was a disaster and was a large part of the election disaster. That doesn’t make Hegseth a criminal. Maybe bad at his job but not a criminals
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

A disaster is many casualties and us getting our asses kicked in battle. Never happened. Taking too long and dithering - yes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 10, 2026 12:57 PM (q921n)

231 BTW, the greatest living French novelist, Michel Houellebecq, was just indicted by the French government, and will be prosecuted.

We really need to figure out a way to get the art works and the nukes out of the country formerly known as France.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 10, 2026 12:57 PM (aD4fx)

232 >>Iran was a disaster

This guy must be in the IRGC
Posted by: garrett at November 10, 2026 12:56 PM (k1S9h)
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thanks for the laugh

Posted by: Huck Follywood at November 10, 2026 12:57 PM (fkfJg)

233 >>Hegseth did not exceed the War Powers Act deadline.

Well, the War Powers Act is Unconstitutional. So, not a real concern.

Posted by: garrett at November 10, 2026 12:52 PM (k1S9h)
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It's questionable.

Congress does have the power, as the "First branch of Government" to refine the definition of Constitutional provisions.

I used to be 100% that way, and then somebody showed me that Congress has in the past elaborated the Constitutional mention.

Posted by: Axeman at November 10, 2026 12:57 PM (Fi81e)

234 don't believe that for a second. Not a single soul with any intellectual integrity decided that what Texas needed was Talerico because of Iran, or that we needed to throw the house and senate because of Iran.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 12:56 PM (TN0g+)

Longtime troll, banned many times. Clock is already ticking. He can't help it.

Posted by: ... at November 10, 2026 12:58 PM (w6LVP)

235 Iran was a disaster and was a large part of the election disaster.

It was a disaster only in that it provided an excuse for someone to jack up the commodities markets. On almost every objective axis it turned out pretty well. Iran is literally the "it's a flesh wound" guy from Monty Python at this point and the enemedia is trying to claim they won.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 12:58 PM (2ocoG)

236 Shitting in your own car directly before you sell it is dumb.

Lying about doing it is even dumber.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at November 10, 2026 12:58 PM (BI5O2)

237 but illegal weed is a death-trap...

I've never partook, but legal weed isn't much better.

https://tinyurl.com/4k892444

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 10, 2026 12:59 PM (n5tGW)

238 >> I too think Iran has deserved this ass kicking for half a century. I don't really like the war of attrition strategy, but I am also lacking information on munitions, etc.

It has nothing to do with munitions and everything to do with a captured population (Persians)that we don't really have a beef with.

It's not like Imperial Japan, where the population is all-in on the War effort and being used as a defused manufacturing/fighting force.

There is no need to cow the population of Iran, entirely. So, we have to work to spare the population while eliminating their ruling class and respective security force.

Posted by: garrett at November 10, 2026 12:59 PM (k1S9h)

239 Anybody seen Whig lately? I would really like to get his insights into the midterm debacle.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2026 12:59 PM (77rzZ)

240 Not a single soul with any intellectual integrity decided that what Texas needed was Talerico because of Iran, or that we needed to throw the house and senate because of Iran.
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 12:56 PM (TN0g+)

Sadly for us there are many voters with zero intellectual integrity who did just that.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 10, 2026 12:59 PM (GW+4b)

241 Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 12:58 PM (2ocoG)

You are talking to a longtime troll who is only probably days away from getting "banned" for the 8th time.

Posted by: ... at November 10, 2026 12:59 PM (w6LVP)

242 >>> Posted by: deepelemblues at November 10, 2026 12:48 PM (PYX4O)

How many masks are you wearing?

Fag.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 10, 2026 12:59 PM (PgV1+)

243 As noted previously, all the GOP has to do in the Senate is do what the donks did with the Myorkas impeachment, simply rule that the articles are invalid and unconstitutional and vote them down on a simple majority vote.

Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 10, 2026 01:00 PM (XV/Pl)

244 216 and don't worry, I hear the Barrel is nice this time of year.
Posted by: wth at November 10, 2026 12:54 PM (UjdFS)

No Tesla poopers?

Posted by: m at November 10, 2026 01:00 PM (odBC9)

245 Shitting in your own car directly before you sell it is dumb.

And doing it to show Musk ? LOL.... You already bought Musks product..... Now you shit in it before you sell it no doubt taking a loss...? Oh... That'll get Musk

Posted by: It's me donna at November 10, 2026 01:00 PM (+gK6I)

246 But no. No cheating occurred.
Except for a 1 in a trillion chance.
Posted by: rickb223

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Roughly 2,980 out of about 3,089 counties in America shifted Blue during Midterms

If you were to trust the results, that would mean 95% of the entire United States just decided to abandon their voting patterns and Vote Blue. IMPOSSIBLE

To drive home this point, here is a graph I made of the 3,089 counties, all grouped by state, and how many shifted Blue

No one can look at this graph of American county voting results and believe this, NO ONE

x.com/WallStreetApes/status/
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?a=bncu9vfrJL8LH3gXKc8&s=19

Posted by: ShainS at November 10, 2026 01:00 PM (t04uB)

247 Is it an upper-decker if you shit through the sun roof?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 10, 2026 01:01 PM (q921n)

248 Every state and county has their own voting rules, ballots, processes, etc. You really think some grand fraud operation existed to steal every one of those counties? Because if the answer is yes then there’s really no point in worrying about elections ever again.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

You really think ALL 254 counties in Texas went blue just two years after Trump wins?

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2026 01:01 PM (Io8px)

249 Any opposition to war always becomes anti-American eventually. Always.

This is unfortunate, because war should not be the default solution to any foreign policy issue. Nevertheless it is true.

Lindbergh started by saying "We don't need another war in Europe" but eventually went to Berlin to complain about the dirty Jews picking on poor little Hitler.

The anti-Vietnam rallies proudly sported the Viet Cong flag.

Code Pink harassed wounded soldiers outside military hospitals.

And now Benedict Massey is saying that Iran, which masterminded the murder of the Marines in Beirut, is a poor little victim of Trump.

Posted by: Ken at November 10, 2026 01:01 PM (aVf49)

250 Saw a girl on X, who just "learned the phrase 'Plenary Authority'", she looked up "plenary" (without the context long associated to the Presidency, "plenary" = "enough") and she thought Miller was claiming this definition: "complete in every respect : absolute, unqualified".

When you admit that you "just learned a word", humility would counsel that you learn it's history and whether somebody is using it in a known context.

But, hey, it's social media.

Posted by: Axeman at November 10, 2026 01:01 PM (Fi81e)

251 my best warrior against your best warrior for control of the known universe

Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 10, 2026 01:02 PM (jrgJz)

252 You are talking to a longtime troll who is only probably days away from getting "banned" for the 8th time.

Noted. They comment so frequently that I wasn't clear if they were a troll or just a blackpiller.

Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 01:02 PM (2ocoG)

253 237 but illegal weed is a death-trap...

I've never partook, but legal weed isn't much better.

https://tinyurl.com/4k892444

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 10, 2026 12:59 PM (n5tGW)

In Kalifornia, you can grow small amounts for your own personal use...there are restrictions.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 10, 2026 01:02 PM (l3cgK)

254 I'm not impressed.

Posted by: Amber Heard at November 10, 2026 01:03 PM (Hd1lH)

255 Again, the election turned on democrats conjuring millions of more ballots, ballot harvesting, ballot curing, ballot stuffing.

GOP turnout was normal, donk turnout was astronomical for a mid-term.

Essentially every election going forward has to been seen as a maximal turnout election operation.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 10, 2026 01:03 PM (XV/Pl)

256 If you were to trust the results, that would mean 95% of the entire United States just decided to abandon their voting patterns and Vote Blue. IMPOSSIBLE

No, that's not what it means. Texas's red counties generally remained red, just less red than usual. Which is consistent with a wave election.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 10, 2026 01:04 PM (DrMj4)

257 The anti-Vietnam rallies proudly sported the Viet Cong flag.
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Commie observers went over to Viet Nam, saw American soldiers in cages, and thought "It's for the good of the Revolution".

That's how commie they were.

Ideologues hate their country.

Hitler wanted to change Germany's religious tradition, in Table Talk he's recorded as saying (referencing Islam) that Germany "got the wrong religion".

He hated his country because it was not this genocidal "Master Race" he wanted.

Posted by: Axeman at November 10, 2026 01:05 PM (Fi81e)

258 Trump said a few weeks. It turned into many months. Along the way a lot of “we totally won” statements followed by having to back. And the on again off again negotiations.

That was the disaster part of it.

The average voter isn’t poring over military details they see what’s on their Apple News feeds. And it was a lot of chaos.

Look at every exit poll, it was gas prices/cost of living and Iran as the top 2 issues.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at November 10, 2026 01:05 PM (GW+4b)

259 Essentially every election going forward has to been seen as a maximal turnout election operation.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at November 10, 2026 01:03 PM (XV/Pl)

I'm not sure it matters.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 10, 2026 01:05 PM (q921n)

260 234 Longtime troll, banned many times. Clock is already ticking. He can't help it.
Posted by: ... at November 10, 2026 12:58 PM (w6LVP)

troll is NOT
Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 12:56 PM (TN0g+)

Posted by: m at November 10, 2026 01:05 PM (odBC9)

261 Again, the election turned on democrats conjuring millions of more ballots, ballot harvesting, ballot curing, ballot stuffing.

GOP turnout was normal, donk turnout was astronomical for a mid-term.

Yup. Talarico got more votes in a midterm than Kamala got in a Presidential election. That is not a thing that happens without "fortification".

Posted by: Ian S. at November 10, 2026 01:05 PM (2ocoG)

262 No, that's not what it means. Texas's red counties generally remained red, just less red than usual. Which is consistent with a wave election.
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Every.single.one.of.them? Not one single county held the line?

Come on man.

Posted by: Crusader at November 10, 2026 01:05 PM (TN0g+)

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