CuriousObserver retweeted
A US Army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier reprimanded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a group of his senior advisers Wednesday after some in the group laughed and talked near the solemn memorial following a Veterans Day ceremony. cnn.com/2026/11/11/politics/…
CuriousObserver retweeted
Musk buying Twitter, as @AdamSerwer points out, lured conservatives into the trap of thinking that X is real life - and they paid for it.
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CuriousObserver retweeted
This plays right into Dems’ hands. Threatening criminal process for oversight gives them ammo to go straight to subpoenas and tell a court ‘what’s the point of lengthy negotiations w a White House trying to criminalize congressional scrutiny?’
🚨BREAKING NEWS in @PunchbowlNews AM
The White House counsel warned Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the incoming House Oversight Committee chair, in a new letter that some of the new majority’s investigations could cross the line into criminal behavior.
It’s an audacious claim that signals the White House is taking an aggressive — and hugely controversial — stance toward Democratic oversight in the 120th Congress.
The letter, penned by White House counsel Will Scharf, says that Congress can only investigate matters for a legislative purpose — a position that Republicans have relied on and stretched in recent years.
Further, the Scharf letter, sent to Garcia on Monday, says that Democratic investigations are designed to “harass and aggrandize rather than to advance any legitimate legislative end.”
punchbowl.news/wh-hill_lette…
CuriousObserver retweeted
! Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) just went off on Hegseth, left open the possibility of voting to allow an impeachment trial to proceed.
Ernst slammed the “lack of info” to Congress on the Iran war & seemed to accuse Hegseth of deceiving Trump/Congress about the war.
“I question whether the information that is coming through the secretary out of the Pentagon has been accurate, and the way he is portraying the war to the president,” Ernst said.
“If there is deception coming from our Pentagon and being transmitted to the President, I would want to know that.
Now, will that be part of this impeachment? I don't know. But I have some serious questions.”
Ernst also said Hegseth’s continued presence atop DoD “absolutely” makes it more difficult for the Trump admin to secure additional Pentagon funding it’s been seeking from Congress.
CuriousObserver retweeted
Today the House will vote on the Hegseth Impeachment Resolution. The first vote will be on a procedural motion to kill the resolution such as motion to “refer to committee.” If we can overcome that effort, we will proceed to a real debate and vote on the Articles of Impeachment.
CuriousObserver retweeted
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. We’re in the room, back row:
CuriousObserver retweeted
Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved.
CuriousObserver retweeted
Nobody is taking issue with what the troops did in Epic Fury - we take issue with the linkage between those tactical and operational successes and the lack of strategic accomplishment, highlighting a lack of planning by the people directing the war and leading the troops (that's you, Mr Secretary)
CuriousObserver retweeted
One of the dumbest myths about war colleges is that they add wokey stuff to satisfy civilian accreditors.
This was never true. But it's a cherished story that Hegseth-types believe when they sit around the campfire and do The Tell.
CuriousObserver retweeted
An unserious speech from an unserious person, but with a fair amount of civil-military damage in the mix. Hegseth's nickname around the Pentagon is "Dumb McNamara," and he went the distance to earn that one today at the Naval War College.
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CuriousObserver retweeted
Exclusive: A covert Russian network sought to exploit last month's riots in France by using social media to blame the unrest on uncontrolled immigration and portray the government as having lost control, according to an internal EU assessment seen by Reuters reut.rs/3UMHXCW
CuriousObserver retweeted
I don't think this is true at all. Douthat asked real questions and followed up, including whether Trump would forgive his enemies even standing before God
Ross let him just get away with his lying “answers” to questions that weren’t asked. Nothing about him being in the Epstein files. More @60Minutes fluff.
CuriousObserver retweeted
This ad (or whatever it is) has nothing to do with the mission of the Department of Defense.
CuriousObserver retweeted
You will note that CENTCOM's map of Iran's borders does not label the countries on those borders.
Iran has about 3,600 miles of land border and 1,500 miles of sea border. 1,100 miles of the sea border is along the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman. Around 400 is on the Caspian Sea.
Of the 3,600 miles of land border, around 1,000 is shared with Iraq, another 500-600 is shared with Afghanistan, 500-600 is shared with Pakistan, 700 is shared with Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan is notoriously neutral and will certainly not assist the United States. The Taliban runs Afghanistan so good luck with that. The Iraqi government may help us, but the pro-Iranian presence in Iraq will all but guarantee little is done and the Kurds aren't going to be in a hurry to support the US again. Pakistan will not be in a hurry to help us either because whenever the US tires of this conflict, Pakistan has to live next to Iran.
Task Force Iron Gate is worthless. Like everything this administration has done to date, it is intended to sound like something is being accomplished without actually doing anything. It is a waste of time, a waste of resources, and a waste of any good will this nation has built up in the region over the last 25 years (not that much remained to begin with).
CuriousObserver retweeted
Hegseth and other senior Pentagon aides now posting pictures of incoming Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
Not exactly subtle.
To everyone who is saying that Jeffries should not be Speaker, you are being foolish. The very fact that Stephen Miller will be the new Chief of Staff proves that Jeffries is the one who should be Speaker #JeffriesMustGo
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I think the people on here and elsewhere angling for Jeffries to Not be Speaker are not being realistic #Jeffries
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