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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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Kathleen Mohn's avatar

I’m waiting to hear why Trump can’t get rid of Hegseth.

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Janet's avatar

JD Vance cast the final vote that confirmed Hegseth.

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Tim_TEC's avatar

Trump wants Hedgehog there so Trump gets his military parade on his birthday. Trump tried to bully Gen. Mattis to waste millions of dollars and waste the time of our troops on Trump's stupid parade, but Gen. Mattis told Trump no way in hell. Hedgehog is no Mattis, and now Trump will get everything he wants from his little drunk flunky he installed at the Pentagon.

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Maxine Hunter's avatar

Thanks, Rick. Getting rid of the competent leadership is never, ever a good idea. Hegseth just looked shallow from the beginning. Too bad MAGA's didn't realize this.

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June Starr's avatar

He brings his wife to meetings because he knows he’s stupid. She produced him before.

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Tim_TEC's avatar

You have to wonder whether Hedgehog has a comms earpiece so his wife whisper clues to him about what's going on in the classified meeting and give him pointers so he can respond without looking like a complete imbecile. Just like what all the producers do over at Fox News with their "talent".

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OldnTired's avatar

"Comrade Trump, I need you to pick someone absolutely incompetent to run your Pentagon; and castrate the I.C. while you're at it. I'll tell you what you need to know about the world." Dearest Vlad.

I don't know the reasons why Hegseth served; the fact is he did. As an officer, he surely understood what was right and wrong, especially as regards intelligence info. Yes, he has issues, probably many fully grown before he served in the Middle East. He is the wrong person at the wrong time in the wrong place. But as a SecDef, he is responsible for making sure that the actions taken by the Pentagon, whether it be combat, training, or procurement, meet the needs of the United States, not just the administration's whims. However, like all Trump cabinet members, he's only playing at his job. Yes, a child playing with the nuclear 'club' (no pun intended). Might as well give the SecHHS the keys to the CBW lab. Oh, yeah, we did that, didn't we.

In a side note, the CEOs of Home Depot, Target, and Walmart met with the Great Leader to tell him his tariff policies would be ruinous to business and the economy. Supposedly shook Trump up he left a double load in his Depends. Do we believe anything Trump says about changes for the positive? Not me.

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Jenny Benjamin's avatar

Pete Hegseth wants to play at “war fighter” so much he should be given fifty packages of little green army men and an island away from civil society and go at it.

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drbilldean@gmail.com's avatar

Poooor Elon and Public Retribution

After all the wrongful firings of the civil service, the attacks of waste fraud and abuse, the secretive sharing of federal databases with the Nazi party, Elon is facing the financial consequences with the disastrous first quarter earnings report of Tesla which is his primary wealth giving asset

PROTESTS ARE WORKING BY WE THE PEOPLE If were not for interest earned by cash and payments by other EV manufacturers Tesla would be in the red for almost $1B 71% reduction in earnings comparing 2024 quarter to this quarter Everyone that the Orange Cheeto touches is somehow destroyed in some way They all hope that they will be different but it never happens

Must see 7minute Maddow segment showing what the people think of the Nazis and Elon(remember the salute?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU23jm417-k

For what it’s worth the brilliant Nikola Tesla died penniless in New York in January 1943

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Figment Of Imagination's avatar

“Daisy” left me in tears. All of your ads and podcasts are stirring. So glad you were recognized!

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gigi Holmes's avatar

Thanks Rick! I enjoy your righteous indignation! Keep it up! 💪 Kudos for the awards! 🎉

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Sara Smith's avatar

Hegseth is not the first veteran to struggle with substance abuse after returning to civilian life, and I sincerely hope he gets help to overcome that. But his recklessness and lack of good judgment are putting at risk the “war fighters” whom he professes to care about (and I believe he genuinely does), With the false bravado and bluster that he’s displaying, the insecurity oozes out of him like the smell of alcohol from his pores.

Yesterday I emailed both of my Senators, pointing out that they put their seals of approval on Hegseth when they voted to confirm him, because it was predictable from his history that he wouldn’t be able to handle the responsibility of running the DoD. I called on them to put pressure on him to resign and if (as I suspect) he won’t, to put pressure on Trump to fire him. If (as I suspect) Trump won’t, I called on them to denounce Hegseth publicly. Will they? I suspect they won’t, but at least they know that someone blames them for their role in this. I’ve already modified my email to send to the Letters to the Editor of my local newspaper. We can’t let up on this. The lives of our service members hang in the balance.

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Debbi Gonzalez's avatar

Trump constantly steps on his own dick! It’s obvious to anyone who has half a brain.

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Debbi Gonzalez's avatar

Don’t give them any ideas! They can come up with plenty of bad ones on their own.

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Debbi Gonzalez's avatar

The next secretary of defense with be equally incompetent if not worse!

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Sara Smith's avatar

Michael Flynn might be available . . .

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Sara Smith's avatar

Then we go after him - I don’t think there’s much chance it will be a her, unless he wants to give Tulsi Gabbard or Kristy Noem a new job - next. We’re in for 4 years of this ish.

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Patrick's avatar

Worse? Intriguing thought.

Will this involve possibly a bullhorn? Or maybe military orders and plans will be transmitted via podcasts?

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Debbi Gonzalez's avatar

Congrats on your Webby win and recognition!

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