MXMNews: The Deep State is Slow-Walking Trump's Appointees

President-elect Trump's cabinet nominees are facing repeated delays in Senate confirmation hearings, with some conservatives accusing bureaucrats of slow-walking the process to obstruct his administration.
Key Details:
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's confirmation hearing for Department of Homeland Security Secretary was postponed due to an FBI background check delay.
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum's hearing for Interior Secretary faced a two-day postponement, attributed to the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) paperwork delays.
Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) criticized OGE for stalling Burgum's nomination despite rule compliance, calling the delays "unacceptable."
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's (Hawaii) hearing for intelligence chief is delayed until next week, also due to OGE paperwork issues.
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The Office of Government Ethics has also been blamed for holding up the hearing for former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's nominee to lead U.S. intelligence agencies. Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) stated Sunday that Gabbard's paperwork issues could delay her hearing until the following week.
Critics argue that these delays represent more than simple administrative slowdowns. With the OGE noting that previous presidential transitions began submitting paperwork earlier, some conservatives see a coordinated effort to stall Trump's agenda. The term "deep state" has been invoked to describe unelected bureaucrats purportedly resisting Trump's policies.
For Trump's supporters, the repeated hurdles underscore their belief that Washington's entrenched systems are actively working against the president-elect. Whether by accident or design, these delays risk hampering Trump's ability to quickly implement his agenda once in office.

The man that Schumer and Biden rushed into an 11th hour appointment to head the "Office of Government Ethics" is doing the job he was hired to do:

Former State Dept. official David Huitema is the "ethics czar" that Schumer jammed through the Senate ("prioritized" after Trump victory so he would be in place to "vet" Trump's nominees. Why so slow with the paperwork, Dave? pic.twitter.com/bxDS4eEtCb
— Disinformation Expert Lizzy (@StarChamberMaid) January 15, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 05:45 PM

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1 Paperwork first!

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 15, 2025 05:45 PM (5LoD7)

2 nooded

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 15, 2025 05:46 PM (5LoD7)

3 They are government employees, you know.

Posted by: huerfano at January 15, 2025 05:46 PM (DKIGo)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 15, 2025 05:46 PM (Zz0t1)

5 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 15, 2025 05:46 PM (GYt5+)

6 There are some weird ads imposing themselves into the comments.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2025 05:47 PM (vFG9F)

7 > due to an FBI background check delay.

Like the Feebs haven't been all up in the business of every conservative politician for decades.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2025 05:47 PM (W5ArC)

8 Government ethics is an oxymoron.

Posted by: Scarymary at January 15, 2025 05:47 PM (whIlM)

9 Office of Government Ethics.

Sure, Jan.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 15, 2025 05:47 PM (tT6L1)

10 Schumer. Where's a bus caused coma when you need one?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 15, 2025 05:47 PM (Zz0t1)

11 3 They are government employees, you know.
Posted by: huerfano at January 15, 2025 05:46 PM (DKIGo)

Just regular ham ‘n’ eggers.

Posted by: DoublySymmetric at January 15, 2025 05:47 PM (FGFJD)

12 100

Posted by: WitchDoktor at January 15, 2025 05:48 PM (TSf4M)

13 Aw geez.

Posted by: WitchDoktor at January 15, 2025 05:48 PM (TSf4M)

14 When Trump takes office next week can fire this incompetent at the OGE?

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 15, 2025 05:48 PM (4q/mG)

15 They rammed him through last minute and now--SURPRISE--he's slowing down Trump noms!

Whowuddathunk?

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2025 05:48 PM (krQz2)

16 OGE, another name for the Gestapo?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2025 05:49 PM (4dV5R)

17 Traitorous. Democrats. But I repeat myself.

Posted by: fd at January 15, 2025 05:49 PM (vFG9F)

18 6 There are some weird ads imposing themselves into the comments.
Posted by: fd
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You'd better look quickly before they're banned. Billionaires don't want you to see them.

Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 15, 2025 05:50 PM (gf7Ez)

19 "ethics 🤣 czar"

Where's the part of the Constitution that allows the previous executive branch to bind the incoming executive branch?

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at January 15, 2025 05:50 PM (uLJBD)

20 Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11 8h
So let me get this straight…

Three of Trump’s cabinet picks, Kristi Noem, Doug Bergum, and Tulsi Gabbard, have all had their confirmation hearings postponed due to paperwork issues?! They’re blaming both FBI background check delays and a failure of the Office of Government Ethics to complete their reviews.

What could possibly be more important for these bureaucrats than completing paperwork on the incoming president’s cabinet secretaries?!

This is outrageous.
Jan 15, 2025 · 2:32 PM UTC

Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11 8h
Doug Burgum**

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 15, 2025 05:50 PM (5LoD7)

21 Geez, I suck at typing sometimes. Meant to type "Can he fire this incompetent at the OGE?"

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 15, 2025 05:50 PM (4q/mG)

22 Office of Government Ethics is so "in your face" stupid it beggars the imagination.

The only people being fooled by this sinecure are the willfully gullible who also think men can get pregnant.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 15, 2025 05:50 PM (tT6L1)

23 Copperhead Democrats look loyal in comparison.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 15, 2025 05:50 PM (4dV5R)

24 Well, here's hoping Trump either closes this farcical entity or fires everyone on day one and replaces them with AMERICANS who DON'T live in DC 24/7.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 15, 2025 05:50 PM (Zz0t1)

25 Who and what is the Office of Government ethics, and why do they have anything to do with Presidential Appointments?

Sounds like the Senate abrogating their responsibility to confirm nominees, to a bunch of Gov Employees.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2025 05:50 PM (QAkQ3)

26 "The man that Schumer and Biden rushed into an 11th hour appointment to head the "Office of Government Ethics" is doing the job he was hired to do:"

There may be a way around this. When Trump tried to install Ratcliffe as the DNI, the Dems stonewalled the confirmation hearings. Trump then appointed Ric Grenell as temporary DNI. He kicked so much butt when he was there that the Dems begged Trump to get Ratcliffe in there to replace Grenell. Can't Trump do this again?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 15, 2025 05:51 PM (p/hjh)

27 @ 8, exactly

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 15, 2025 05:51 PM (cY18j)

28 Office of Government Ethics...

Their Theme Song? The Commissar's in Town... of course.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2025 05:52 PM (QAkQ3)

29 Office of Government Ethics.

Right next to the Office of Hot Snow and the Department of Five Sided Triangles.

Fucking assholes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 15, 2025 05:52 PM (+iIV1)

30 Is there a Constitutional reason the Senate needs to hear from that particular agency prior to their "advise and consent"?
I thought not.

Posted by: MkY at January 15, 2025 05:52 PM (cPGH3)

31 One had to know that was going to happen
And probably the existing Deep Staters will have to hold down their fort

Posted by: Skip at January 15, 2025 05:53 PM (fwDg9)

32 I'm telling you, if I were still a Pub and the Republican party did all these things, I'd be leaving that party so fast.

I couldn't support a party playing bullshit games like this.

This is not serious governance.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2025 05:53 PM (krQz2)

33 23, lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 15, 2025 05:53 PM (cY18j)

34 Sounds like the "Office of Government Ethics" just made the list to be probed and closed.....

Posted by: TXMarko at January 15, 2025 05:53 PM (s5XPE)

35 Office of Government Ethics

Should be the first impact crater for DOGE.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2025 05:54 PM (krQz2)

36 Another useless agency self identifies.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 15, 2025 05:54 PM (3Ev2O)

37 Right next to the Office of Hot Snow and the Department of Five Sided Triangles.

Fucking assholes.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 15, 2025 05:52 PM (+iIV1)
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Looks like a grant is in order. Would you like some help filing the paperwork so you can study the phenomena of hot snow and five sided triangles?

Posted by: Government Research Grant Bureau at January 15, 2025 05:54 PM (tT6L1)

38 The only people being fooled by this sinecure are the willfully gullible who also think men can get pregnant.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 15, 2025 05:50 PM (tT6L1)

Nobody thinks men can get pregnant.

Some people are terrified that some people might think that they're not the kind of person who thinks men can get pregnant. But that's not the same thing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 15, 2025 05:54 PM (+iIV1)

39 If presidents can make "czars" out of thin air, then they can remove them into thin air.

Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at January 15, 2025 05:55 PM (g8Ew8)

40 Breaking911 @Breaking911 2h
Adam Schiff caught napping during Senate confirmation hearings 😴

https://tinyurl.com/mr3e56je
34 seconds

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 15, 2025 05:55 PM (5LoD7)

41 There's shenanigans within the deep state?

I'm shocked! Shocked I say!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2025 05:56 PM (WXNFJ)

42 None of this will matter after Monday.
They're stealing the W keys off the typewriters.
Still ought to be good for 18 months in PMITA prison.

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 15, 2025 05:56 PM (zdLoL)

43 Government ethics excluding the Legislative Branch, of course.

Posted by: L - When do we hit rock bottom? at January 15, 2025 05:56 PM (NFX2v)

44 Sure isn't the same without Rush. Miss his interpretation and analysis on the democrat fools. Durbin's sudden surfacing reminded me of a Rushism that Rush applied to references to Gephardt that should apply to Durbin now: "Little Dick Durbin".

Posted by: Mikey at January 15, 2025 05:56 PM (P+C1l)

45 You vill show me your papers … raus raus

Ver are your papers !!!

Posted by: browndog breathing deeply at January 15, 2025 05:56 PM (4RUyf)

46 Some people are terrified that some people might think that they're not the kind of person who thinks men can get pregnant. But that's not the same thing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 15, 2025 05:54 PM (+iIV1)
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That's one level. But the final level is a bunch of people so stupid that if they hear "men can get pregnant" they think men can get pregnant.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2025 05:57 PM (krQz2)

47 Breaking911 @Breaking911 2h
Adam Schiff caught napping during Senate confirmation hearings 😴

https://tinyurl.com/mr3e56je
34 seconds
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Every minute he spends napping is a minute he doesn't spend lying to the American public. I encourage Schiff-for-brains to resign, but if that doesn't fit his agenda then I encourage a steady regimen of napping.

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2025 05:57 PM (TN0g+)

48 Just pretend it doesn't exist on 1/20. Nobody cuts any checks. Move all their shit out, move some one else in, yank their records from the door card access system. Just ghost the idiots.

Office of What? That's not even a thing. Please step away from the building now. *sshhhhk-krk* Seriously. Step away from the building.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 15, 2025 05:57 PM (+iIV1)

49 Government ethics excluding the Legislative Branch, of course.
Posted by: L - When do we hit rock bottom? at January 15, 2025 05:56 PM (NFX2v)
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They still need their sexual assault slush fund.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2025 05:57 PM (krQz2)

50 There are some weird ads imposing themselves into the comments.
Posted by: fd
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You'd better look quickly before they're banned. Billionaires don't want you to see them.
Posted by: Kam Fong as Chin Ho at January 15, 2025 05:50 PM (gf7Ez)

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He sounds like Andrew Sullivan from back in the early Ace period.

Bugs! Bugs! Bugsbugsbugs! Bugs! Shitbastard!

Posted by: WitchDoktor at January 15, 2025 05:58 PM (LVjsR)

51 Just make sure to keep track of just who is doing the slow walking. They will be assigned to the Greenland office. And I don't mean in Nuun, but someplace really small, and further north.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2025 05:58 PM (1bNHn)

52 I brought this over because I heard something positive about it :

"I just want to know if the baby is still alive
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at January 15, 2025 05:47 PM (FCrpy)"

If you are talking about the Bibas children, I read that they will be released in the first wave.

Posted by: runner at January 15, 2025 05:58 PM (g47mK)

53 If only a Republican Senate - knowing this would be a shit show - would call a recess for a single day.

Posted by: Really at January 15, 2025 05:58 PM (Guh80)

54 Anyway personality of cult to happened whatever?

Posted by: Way,Way Downriver at January 15, 2025 05:59 PM (zdLoL)

55 Schumer is a clear and present danger to the United States. He needs the "Senator Geary" treatment.

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2025 05:59 PM (AOsQT)

56 Just pretend it doesn't exist on 1/20. Nobody cuts any checks. Move all their shit out, move some one else in, yank their records from the door card access system. Just ghost the idiots.

Office of What? That's not even a thing. Please step away from the building now. *sshhhhk-krk* Seriously. Step away from the building.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 15, 2025 05:57 PM (+iIV1)

I believe you have my stapler.

Posted by: Government Ethics Staffer at January 15, 2025 05:59 PM (AiZBA)

57 Adam Schiff caught napping...
Frankly, that's his most useful state...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 15, 2025 05:59 PM (XMwZJ)

58 Nuuk. Bad fingers! Bad!

Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2025 06:00 PM (1bNHn)

59 The paperwork czar is getting fired in five days, yet he is still managing to screw up his job.

Posted by: El Mariachi at January 15, 2025 06:00 PM (nLFEI)

60 If only a Republican Senate - knowing this would be a shit show - would call a recess for a single day.
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That Collins bitch won't go along with it. Probably two or three others as well.

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2025 06:00 PM (TN0g+)

61 Office of What? That's not even a thing. Please step away from the building now. *sshhhhk-krk* Seriously. Step away from the building.

what did milei say?

"afuera!"?

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 15, 2025 06:01 PM (Pv3Rg)

62 Day 1: Either whoever is in charge of these agencies fires the malefactors - or - if that person has not been confirmed yet, Trump fires them on the basis that they're preventing the citizen elected government from doing their job.

Day 2: Launch a class action lawsuit on behalf of all US voters against the malefactors - personally - for damages. I think $1K each should cover it nicely.

Day 3: Once some judge says that you can't do the day 1 or 2 stuff... start the FO phase.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 15, 2025 06:01 PM (ExV1e)

63 60 The paperwork czar is getting fired in five days, yet he is still managing to screw up his job.

no he's doing exactly what he was hired to do

Posted by: Black Orchid at January 15, 2025 06:01 PM (Pv3Rg)

64 "Adam Schiff caught napping during Senate confirmation hearings"

I didn't think it was possible for him to close his eyes.

Posted by: SFGoth at January 15, 2025 06:02 PM (KAi1n)

65 35 Office of Government Ethics

Should be the first impact crater for DOGE.
Posted by: Axeman

That would make my day.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at January 15, 2025 06:02 PM (0Xe/H)

66 Maybe we need to bring in Arthur Dent?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 15, 2025 06:02 PM (tT6L1)

67 I thought monitoring Government Ethics was the responsibility of all these jackass J-school retards stinking up the internet in their gross ass Toobin'-stained pajamas all god damned day.

Why would we even need such a thing? They do such a fantastic job of it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 15, 2025 06:03 PM (+iIV1)

68 The paperwork czar is getting fired in five days, yet he is still managing to screw up his job.

That's why a lot of places kick you out the instant you give your notice.

They don't want someone who's not on-board to have access to anything.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 15, 2025 06:03 PM (hB7mE)

69 AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 53m
JUST IN: House Speaker Mike Johnson removes U.S. Rep. Mike Turner as chair of House Intelligence Committee.

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 15, 2025 06:04 PM (5LoD7)

70 /sock

Posted by: Napoleon XIV at January 15, 2025 06:04 PM (AiZBA)

71 Nothing outside the Deep State. Nothing above the Deep State. Nothing without the Deep State.

Posted by: Field Marshal "Benito" Zhukov at January 15, 2025 06:04 PM (wBaIH)

72 The United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE) is an independent agency within the executive branch[*/b] of the U.S. Federal Government which is responsible for directing executive branch policies relating to the prevention of conflicts of interest on the part of The Director of OGE is appointed by the President after confirmation by the U.S. Senate. The Director of OGE serves a five-year term, thereby overlapping presidential terms, and is subject to no term limit. The rest of the OGE employees are career civil servants.

Created by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, OGE separated from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in 1989 pursuant to reform legislation.[3][self-published source]

David Huitema is the current director of the OGE, having been sworn into office on December 16, 2024.[4] Federal executive branch officers and employees.

* Fire the Director.

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2025 06:04 PM (AOsQT)

73 Additionally, Sean Davis, Trump's Transportation Secretary nominee, prayed the Hail Mary with his wife and 9 children outside of the room before his hearing.

A Christian, heterosexual white man, praying in the halls of Congress?

Inconceivable!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2025 06:04 PM (WXNFJ)

74 Trump take office. Immediately triggers a performance review for the ethics czar. He is found to be grossly underperforming and is demoted, transferred, and if possible, fired.

Posted by: El Mariachi at January 15, 2025 06:04 PM (nLFEI)

75 In my final days in office, I intend on tackling a major problem that, many Americans suffer from to include me.

It is Called Anal Leakage, and my new law will prevent discrimination against people with Anal Leakage.

Posted by: Joe Bribebum at January 15, 2025 06:04 PM (ERLU3)

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2025 06:04 PM (AOsQT)

77 Office of Government Ethics... uh... where have they been for the last 4 years? With all the Biden 10% for the Big Guy stuff? With Hunter? With Biden getting a pass on classified docs when they prosecute Trump?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2025 06:05 PM (QAkQ3)

78 I'm getting too old for this shit

Posted by: Don Black at January 15, 2025 06:05 PM (AOsQT)

79 54 If only a Republican Senate - knowing this would be a shit show - would call a recess for a single day.
Posted by: Really
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Paging Mitch McConnell, paging Senator McConnell to the exit ramp.
Senator McConnell to red phone at the exit ramp.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2025 06:05 PM (KV6ve)

80 Traitors sabotage, it's what they do. That’s why they should be punished harshly.

Posted by: Eromero at January 15, 2025 06:06 PM (LHPAg)

81 If only a Republican Senate - knowing this would be a shit show - would call a recess for a single day.
Posted by: Really
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Paging Mitch McConnell, paging Senator McConnell to the exit ramp.
Senator McConnell to red phone at the exit ramp.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 15, 2025 06:05 PM (KV6ve)
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segfault

Posted by: Senator Mitch McConnell at January 15, 2025 06:07 PM (krQz2)

82 28 Office of Government Ethics...

Their Theme Song? The Commissar's in Town... of course.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2025 05:52 PM (QAkQ3)

Don't turn around!

Posted by: The Pride of Austria at January 15, 2025 06:07 PM (lg881)

83 Norm Eisen, the scumbag behind every attempt to take down Trump starting with the Russia hoax, was Obama's "ethics czar".

Ethics means something different to leftists.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2025 06:08 PM (LkLld)

84 77 In my final days in office, I intend on tackling a major problem that, many Americans suffer from to include me.

It is Called Anal Leakage, and my new law will prevent discrimination against people with Anal Leakage.
Posted by: Joe Bribebum at January 15, 2025 06:04 PM (ERLU3)

Butt Kiegels help!

Posted by: Mayor Butt at January 15, 2025 06:08 PM (lg881)

85 71 AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 53m
JUST IN: House Speaker Mike Johnson removes U.S. Rep. Mike Turner as chair of House Intelligence Committee.
Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 15, 2025 06:04 PM (5LoD7)

Uh.... why? quick search shows he's pretty much a MAGA guy...

Oh... wait... that's why...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2025 06:09 PM (QAkQ3)

86 Sign the documents or your brain will.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at January 15, 2025 06:09 PM (IP0IQ)

87 "why so slow with the paperwork dave?"

hard to find a machine that'll still run wordstar 4.0.

Posted by: dave at January 15, 2025 06:09 PM (oY6Yp)

88 67 Maybe we need to bring in Arthur Dent?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at January 15, 2025 06:02 PM (tT6L1)

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I think we need to go hard-core and bring in the Volgon Poetry Society to do some readings of their latest works.

Posted by: Just Lily at January 15, 2025 06:10 PM (RLLZj)

89 Office of Government Ethics...

Their Theme Song? The Commissar's in Town... of course.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2025 05:52 PM (QAkQ3)
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Don't even ask about all the freaky friends...

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2025 06:10 PM (TN0g+)

90 There are some weird ads imposing themselves into the comments.
Posted by: fd

Using Brave, I see no ads. Huh.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 15, 2025 06:10 PM (iODuv)

91 There are some weird ads imposing themselves into the comments.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2025 05:47 PM

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The chick on the private jet has a nice rack

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 15, 2025 06:10 PM (1Au9i)

92 Fire them all.

Posted by: Eternity Matters at January 15, 2025 06:10 PM (yT7Wa)

93 Maybe we should hire some people with serious gastric issues to sit in the desks next to these guys.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2025 06:11 PM (1bNHn)

94 Especially poetry through a bullhorn.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at January 15, 2025 06:11 PM (IP0IQ)

95 Anal leakage is a concern.

I pour water into my butt and I'm NEVER able to keep all of it in!!

It's terrible.

Posted by: Presilent Charlie Foxtrot at January 15, 2025 06:11 PM (krQz2)

96 Breaking911 @Breaking911 2h
Adam Schiff caught napping during Senate confirmation hearings 😴

https://tinyurl.com/mr3e56je
34 seconds
Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 15, 2025 05:55 PM (5LoD7)

I'd say 'thanks, California,' but Texas has it's share of buffoons in DC too, so.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 15, 2025 06:11 PM (Zz0t1)

97 But the final level is a bunch of people so stupid that if they hear "men can get pregnant" they think men can get pregnant.
Posted by: Axeman

That reminds me something I once heard, that the teen pregnancy rate among lesbians was much higher than among their straight peers, because they were told "lesbians can't get pregnant" but missed the caveat of "because they only screw other women".

So there were allegedly a bunch of "lesbians" making whoopie with their gay (male) best friends and turning up - surprise! - pregnant.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 15, 2025 06:11 PM (hB7mE)

98 91 There are some weird ads imposing themselves into the comments.
Posted by: fd at January 15, 2025 05:47 PM

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The chick on the private jet has a nice rack
Posted by: Bigsmith at January 15, 2025 06:10 PM (1Au9i)
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My view is that so long as they are Mannix-worthy, I'm not complaining.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2025 06:12 PM (1bNHn)

99 Uh.... why? quick search shows he's pretty much a MAGA guy...

Oh... wait... that's why...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 15, 2025 06:09 PM (QAkQ3)

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He voted against the censure of Adam Schiff and has been very outspoken for funding of Ukraine.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 15, 2025 06:12 PM (2UnvF)

100 What are the ethics of government employees?

Employees shall make no unauthorized commitments or promises of any kind purporting to bind the Government. Employees shall not use public office for private gain. Employees shall act impartially and not give preferential treatment to any private organization or individual.

Executive Branch only.

Posted by: L - When do we hit rock bottom? at January 15, 2025 06:12 PM (NFX2v)

101 >>Uh.... why? quick search shows he's pretty much a MAGA guy...

>>Oh... wait... that's why...

Just the opposite. Not a Trump guy at all. Actually voted against the censure motion against Schiff.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2025 06:12 PM (LkLld)

102 Fine.

Tell Patel to fire every single agent that was doing these checks that weren't ready on time.

They're either incompetent or intentionally slowing it down.

It honestly doesn't even matter which, just fire them.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at January 15, 2025 06:13 PM (lCHt6)

103 42 None of this will matter after Monday.
They're stealing the W keys off the typewriters.

y'all are still using typewriters? have you considered all that wordstar 4.0 has to offer? like undo?

Posted by: dave at January 15, 2025 06:14 PM (oY6Yp)

104 What are the ethics of government employees?

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Watch porn on taxpayer time is one of them.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2025 06:14 PM (krQz2)

105 Trump can just give them all security clearances himself and tell them to report to the office next Monday.

Posted by: Roy at January 15, 2025 06:15 PM (z+ik4)

106 Why doesn't our side do this kind of thing when they win?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 15, 2025 06:15 PM (1bNHn)

107 It honestly doesn't even matter which, just fire them.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at January 15, 2025 06:13 PM (lCHt6)
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They all go on a bus to Martha's Vineyard.

Posted by: Axeman at January 15, 2025 06:15 PM (krQz2)

108 "86 Sign the documents or your brain will.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at January 15, 2025 06:09 PM (IP0IQ)"

"Signed by DNA Sample"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 15, 2025 06:15 PM (cY18j)

109 Tell Patel to fire every single agent that was doing these checks that weren't ready on time.

Now, now... sometimes the people you need information from don't respond very quickly.

*looks at work email box with requests for information I sent weeks ago and have received no response*

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 15, 2025 06:15 PM (hB7mE)

110 Breaking911 @Breaking911 2h
Adam Schiff caught napping during Senate confirmation hearings 😴

Another late night at Man's Country DC.

Posted by: Cheri at January 15, 2025 06:16 PM (oiNtH)

111 MBh55 - On, I see the baby's up.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 15, 2025 06:16 PM (WXNFJ)

112 85 71 AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 53m
JUST IN: House Speaker Mike Johnson removes U.S. Rep. Mike Turner as chair of House Intelligence Committee.
Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 15, 2025 06:04 PM (5LoD7)

Uh.... why? quick search shows he's pretty much a MAGA guy...

Oh... wait... that's why...
Posted by: Romeo13
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No, Mike Turner is not MAGA. He is the one that pulled that stunt to get FISA 702 reauthorization against Trump's wishes and it was passed by panicked House members. The House GOP were seriously considering limiting the scope of 702 due to past illegal actions by the Dems in office.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2025 06:16 PM (ctrM5)

113 Send Antifa for paperwork problems.

But they aren't really antiffa. Like the boston tea party we gave the kingfuck.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at January 15, 2025 06:16 PM (IP0IQ)

114
I thought the scrambling of your words was pretty funny, Scoggie.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2025 06:18 PM (R08Gd)

115 That's an " attaboy" for Johnson

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2025 06:18 PM (oT+t6)

116 I'm thinking OGE may be having some openings soon.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2025 06:18 PM (W/lyH)

117 I'm late to the party, and this may have already been said. Gummint ethics a$$hoe needs to be summarily sacked for lacking ethics. Then each and every one of his lackeys down to the gs3 janitor.

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 15, 2025 06:19 PM (MsrgL)

118 made moar sense scrambled, imho

& def moar fun to "read", lol

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 15, 2025 06:19 PM (cY18j)

119 From RollCall,
"The Intelligence panel bill would reauthorize Section 702 for eight years and would implement a prohibition on the FBI conducting searches of Section 702 information solely designed to find evidence of criminal activity that is unrelated to national security. Privacy advocates argue that provision only encompasses a small fraction of the searches.

Those provisions sharply differ from the House Judiciary Committee, which on Wednesday voted on legislation that would renew Section 702 for three more years and would insert a robust warrant requirement when it comes to information on Americans, with certain exceptions."

Turner drafted the Intel Cmte Bill. Note the difference between it and the reforming bill from Judiciary. Good riddance.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2025 06:20 PM (ctrM5)

120 What's with the ads on the comment thread?

Posted by: Tuna at January 15, 2025 06:21 PM (oaGWv)

121 Posted by: Yay at January 15, 2025 06:20 PM

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2025 06:21 PM (R08Gd)

122 112 85 71 AZ Intel @AZ_Intel_ 53m
JUST IN: House Speaker Mike Johnson removes U.S. Rep. Mike Turner as chair of House Intelligence Committee.
Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 15, 2025 06:04 PM (5LoD7

Is there a chance he will switch party's ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2025 06:21 PM (VE6XX)

123 What's with the ads on the comment thread?
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There's a couple that feature (different) busty brunettes. I don't mind those.

The skinny corn-rowed blonde doesn't work for me though.

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2025 06:22 PM (TN0g+)

124 The only ad I see is King Harv and the polar bear with chainsaws.

Posted by: Scarymary at January 15, 2025 06:22 PM (whIlM)

125 Ads are income for ace so I don't care where they are.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 15, 2025 06:22 PM (oT+t6)

126 Is there a chance he will switch party's ?
Posted by: It's me donna
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Only if he wants to be defeated next election. In a pretty red district.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2025 06:23 PM (ctrM5)

127 >>The only ad I see is King Harv and the polar bear with chainsaws.

There has been a new one with a blonde MILF.

I like that one.

Posted by: garrett at January 15, 2025 06:23 PM (snN/i)

128 I don't like Adam Schiff at all, but if I had to sit in hearings all day day after day I'd probably get sleepy as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 15, 2025 06:24 PM (R08Gd)

129 Ads?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 15, 2025 06:24 PM (sUgd0)

130 There are many with blonde MILFs. Or maybe they are just for me.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2025 06:24 PM (LkLld)

131 30 There are many with blonde MILFs. Or maybe they are just for me.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2025 06:24 PM (LkLld)

I'm getting them too

Posted by: It's me donna at January 15, 2025 06:25 PM (VE6XX)

132 Donna, I think that Mike getting kicked of Intel committee might have been part of DJT dealmaking to get rid of him in return for Johnson getting Trump's support for remaining speaker.

Turner had it coming to him.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2025 06:25 PM (ctrM5)

133 The blond MILF ad is playing now. Certainly looks to be a 1.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 15, 2025 06:26 PM (dR6yv)

134 Anyone know what would make a truck, in this case a large dodge ram I was driving by, sound like a jet engine?

It would idle with a sound like a jet on the flight line, then when it accelerated from a stop it sounded like a jet spooling up for takeoff. A turbo? Manifold leak? I've never heard anything like it from a ground vehicle before. And it was loud, I could hear it from a half block away. Only at higher driving speeds was the sound level lower than its loud exhaust. I couldn't see if it was a diesel or not.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2025 06:26 PM (Y6IkP)

135 >>I'm getting them too

Way to ruin my ego boost.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2025 06:26 PM (LkLld)

136 Typewriters have better security

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 15, 2025 06:26 PM (NQtI0)

137 If he works for the executive branch fire him day 1. The other side gets the vapors. So what.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at January 15, 2025 06:26 PM (jPdyB)

138 Turbo leak

Posted by: MkY at January 15, 2025 06:26 PM (cPGH3)

139
There are many with blonde MILFs. Or maybe they are just for me.
Posted by: JackStraw

The dream police
They live inside in your head

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 15, 2025 06:26 PM (xG4kz)

140 Well hot blonde milfs are IN MY AREA, so suck on that.

Posted by: ... at January 15, 2025 06:27 PM (ZOly4)

141 It would idle with a sound like a jet on the flight line, then when it accelerated from a stop it sounded like a jet spooling up for takeoff. A turbo? Manifold leak? I've never heard anything like it from a ground vehicle before. And it was loud, I could hear it from a half block away. Only at higher driving speeds was the sound level lower than its loud exhaust. I couldn't see if it was a diesel or not.
Posted by: banana Dream
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Check your catalytic converter seals and exhaust lines.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2025 06:27 PM (ctrM5)

142 > 136 Typewriters have better security
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 15, 2025 06:26 PM (NQtI0)

I think there was a period when our Moscow embassy staff was using Disney "Magic Slates" to communicate, because the building was so heavily bugged.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2025 06:27 PM (W5ArC)

143 I hate all Democrats with the heat of a thousand burning suns. And I include in that hatred everyone who votes for Democrats.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at January 15, 2025 06:28 PM (CzQuO)

144
Ugh.

These people are so childish.

Welp, the "resisters" are making themselves known by slowing down the incoming administration for no good reason.

Be sure to transfer them first day to the Arctic Circle or some horseshit border town in far west Texas.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2025 06:28 PM (iJfKG)

145 138 Turbo leak
Posted by: MkY
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I missed that in a description. Not used to all the engines makers put turbos on nowadays. Don't care for them as I had a couple of cars back in the day with bad turbo problems developing.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2025 06:28 PM (ctrM5)

146 Ok then. Thune should just put the nominees up for vote with hearings.

I know, I know.

Posted by: Adam Joseph's Buttplug at January 15, 2025 06:29 PM (ZlKnD)

147 109 Tell Patel to fire every single agent that was doing these checks that weren't ready on time.

Now, now... sometimes the people you need information from don't respond very quickly.

*looks at work email box with requests for information I sent weeks ago and have received no response*

Posted by: FeatherBlade

I have nonresponsive shite heads like this that are dragging their heels on authoring technical content in a BIG foreign military sales proposal. Made it public last night in front of the program director and chief engineer that i wasn't going to write their content myself as that rewards poor performance from engineers and that I was going to beging putting supervisors and supervisors' supervisors on the recalcitrant engineer's status request e-mails.

Chief enfineer and program director both said i was over reacting. My response...i'm eligible to retire and get a pay raise with my pension, the company made me a technical fellow. I'm only doing this because it's fun. Do you really want me to let the coo know that his senior operations analyst is retiring because the two of you made it 'not fun'?

Got a call about an hour later from the coo,
To be continued

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 15, 2025 06:30 PM (MsrgL)

148 Former State Dept. official David Huitema is the "ethics czar" that Schumer jammed through the Senate ("prioritized") after Trump victory so he would be in place to "vet" Trump's nominees. Why so slow with the paperwork, Dave?

———

More about making sure any dirt found goes to the Dems.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 15, 2025 06:30 PM (Vh9CX)

149 I was just thinking...

Who owns Iceland?

Posted by: humphreyrobot at January 15, 2025 06:30 PM (IP0IQ)

150 Department of Government Ethics.

Hey! That's right next door to us!

Posted by: Department of stacking things on top of other things at January 15, 2025 06:30 PM (m0WlR)

151
I think there was a period when our Moscow embassy staff was using Disney "Magic Slates" to communicate, because the building was so heavily bugged.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 15, 2025 06:27 PM (W5ArC)

80's. Yes, they did use magic slates, and burned them after a few uses - the writing could still remain even after pulling up the film. When I first joined State they were considering sending me to Moscow because in addition to consular work, I could cook. They needed cleared people to man the kitchens because the local Soviet hires were "doing things" to the food. Stomach upset was a constant then.

Posted by: Moki at January 15, 2025 06:31 PM (wLjpr)

152 Typewriters have better security
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Jawohl....

Posted by: zombie german enigma machine operator at January 15, 2025 06:31 PM (5LoD7)

153 Got a call about an hour later from the coo, t3lling me to keep up the good work and put political hacks on notice for shitty leadership.

Then he aaked me to join him for beer the next time he's in town.

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 15, 2025 06:31 PM (MsrgL)

154 I missed that in a description. Not used to all the engines makers put turbos on nowadays. Don't care for them as I had a couple of cars back in the day with bad turbo problems developing.
Posted by: whig

I have one truck with a turbo. It has a "power range" where the turbo boosts just at a fairly narrow rpm zone. Lord, it's fun to drive.

Posted by: MkY at January 15, 2025 06:31 PM (cPGH3)

155 >>> I was just thinking...
Who owns Iceland?
Posted by: humphreyrobot at January 15, 2025 06:30 PM (IP0IQ)

Queen Björk.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 15, 2025 06:31 PM (Y6IkP)

156
Anyone know what the ad with the blonde with big boobs and a bubble butt that billionaires don't want you to know about, is all about?

Blonde's nice but I doubt billionaires care about her , they got their own big boobed bubble butts on retainer.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2025 06:31 PM (iJfKG)

157 @ 125, yes.

Ewoks gotta eat !

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 15, 2025 06:32 PM (cY18j)

158 And I sincerely hope Mr. Huitema is looking for work after Jan 20. Preferably at a vegan cafe, because I certainly wouldn't go there for a meal.

Posted by: Moki at January 15, 2025 06:32 PM (wLjpr)

159 I hate all Democrats with the heat of a thousand burning suns. And I include in that hatred everyone who votes for Democrats.
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There's really no reason to take anyone who votes for the left seriously. Once upon a time Democrats reluctantly tethered themselves to some mild form of reality--they wanted "a safety net" but still understood there were limits on what a nation could spend without recking the game. They also knew that there were 2 genders and that anyone playing the "other" card was either mildly sick or seriously unstable. Finally, they knew at some level that abortion was not ideal, and certainly not something to be celebrated.

But today's leftists are economic marxists and cultural destroyers--they are deserving of no respect.

Posted by: Crusader at January 15, 2025 06:32 PM (TN0g+)

160 Babylon Bee, Paper of Record:

To Improve Senate Confirmation Hearings, Democratic Women Replaced By Rabid Hyenas

https://tinyurl.com/5b9s73n7

The final paragraph has another fruitful suggestion.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 15, 2025 06:32 PM (VNX3d)

161 Oh, wow. That Pentagon advisor O'Keefe got on video saying he was working with retired Generals to obstruct Trump is a former FBI agent. FBI fired Mannina because Predator DC caught him trying to meet with an underaged girl to have sex.

http://tiny.cc/gaw5001

Posted by: bonhomme at January 15, 2025 06:33 PM (Odg76)

162 NOOD

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at January 15, 2025 06:33 PM (dR6yv)

163 >>Anyone know what the ad with the blonde with big boobs and a bubble butt that billionaires don't want you to know about, is all about?

I thought I did but then donna ruined it for me.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 15, 2025 06:33 PM (LkLld)

164 I have one truck with a turbo. It has a "power range" where the turbo boosts just at a fairly narrow rpm zone. Lord, it's fun to drive.
Posted by: MkY
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Have they solved turbo lag problems yet. The two that I had developed bearing problems and seal problems.

Posted by: whig at January 15, 2025 06:33 PM (ctrM5)

165 You are Bjorking me.

Posted by: humphreyrobot at January 15, 2025 06:34 PM (IP0IQ)

166 good for you, Bif!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 15, 2025 06:34 PM (cY18j)

167
Be sure to transfer them first day to the Arctic Circle or some horseshit border town in far west Texas.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 15, 2025 06:28 PM (iJfKG)

Not the border!! Don't let them anywhere near it! Arctic circle is much, much safer for us.

Posted by: Moki at January 15, 2025 06:34 PM (wLjpr)

168 Wasn’t Mike Turner also all in on the Russia collusion acting like he didn’t know it was all bull shit?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 15, 2025 06:35 PM (Vh9CX)

169 ...because in addition to consular work, I could cook.
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Lucky you don't know Obama, Moki!

Posted by: andycanuck (5LoD7) at January 15, 2025 06:35 PM (5LoD7)

170 Noem and a "FBI check delay" ooooooo!!!!!
Sounds suspicious huh?
Fu*king dems.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 15, 2025 06:36 PM (W/lyH)

171 I, for one, welcome our new blonde skank ad overlords!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 15, 2025 06:41 PM (bNf8H)

172 She is not a “skank”, certainly. Check your peepers

What they need to do, is make it like “may issue”; if they aren’t done and/or fucking around, too bad so sad. We’ll move forward and deem that they have passed background checks by default. They need to have a fire lit under their ass.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 15, 2025 08:16 PM (2OKI5)

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