Pete Hegseth calls Thomas Massie's impeachment effort 'sabotage' as GOP criticism over the Iran war mounts after midterm rout

Pete Hegseth calls Thomas Massie's impeachment effort 'sabotage' as GOP criticism over the Iran war mounts after midterm rout

President Trump has praised his defense secretary since the election, but Republicans who blame the war for their losses are calling for him to go.

Does Secretary Hegseth understand that if the orders from the Commander-In-Chief are illegal then carrying out the orders are also illegal. - John Brennan

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Oil Prices Just Fell to Their Lowest Since August as Trump Says the Iran War Is ‘Effectively Over’
• ‘Illegal and Senseless’: 71% of Americans Want Swift End to Trump’s Iran War
• Trump administration again boycotts UN human rights review
• Israeli fire kills seven, including a father and son, in Gaza
• Federal court strikes down injunctions limiting tear gas use near Portland ICE Facility
• Maine State Library limits ICE access under new policy
• Aliya Rahman Wants To Unmask the ICE Agents Who Dragged Her From Her Car
• Arizona Town’s Probe on Sex Abuse Claims Could Block Prison Firm Building New ICE Camp
• ICE’s Scarborough facility increased personnel for security, Pingree says
• UC Berkeley student arrested by ICE at SFO freed after 'unlawful' detention

Killing shipwrecked survivors in an armed conflict is a war crime. If no armed conflict exists, it's murder.

Hegseth should be impeached for this alone. - Molly Ploofkins

Apparently, Trump Wanted Blood Thirsty ICE Agents

...The Trump administration has onboarded thousands of new officers in an accelerated recruitment effort that has bypassed traditional background checks in favor of quickly putting people onto the streets to arrest undocumented immigrants. In recent months, at least two of those hires were involved in shootings, including one that resulted in the death of a 25-year-old Colombian father. Some have been fired after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement discovered red flags in their backgrounds that initially went undetected.

BREAKING | NBC News: UK Counterterrorism Police have arrested and charged a U.S. Army member stationed in that country for conducting espionage and disclosing national security information to Russian intelligence services, CTP says. - Tom Winter NBC News

Republican Shenanigans

• Trump’s pet project documents being destroyed, whistleblowers say
• Jordan beats Scalise in race to lead House Republicans next year
• Ron Johnson threatens walkout of Senate GOP leadership election
• Senate Republicans suspend leadership election amid demands for ‘a plan’ from John Thune
• House Freedom Caucus urges rapid action on new reconciliation package
• Trump’s proposed revamp would stretch DC golf course more than 8,000 yards
• Trump says he ‘will not approve wind turbines’ despite support for permitting reform bill

Electing Jim Jordan as minority leader suggests the House GOP has learned exactly the wrong lesson from its defeats. - Andrew Weinstein

Call me "woke" if it makes you feel better.

I just believe that children should be fed before ballrooms get built. - Andrea Thompson

Epstein Files Update: GOP Clears Trump Of Any Wrongdoing 
The GOP’s report claims President Trump was not implicated in Epstein’s trafficking of women and young girls and accuses law enforcement and federal prosecutors of repeated failures, allowing Epstein’s abuse to continue long after his criminal investigation in 2005.

It’s good that Stephen Miller is getting a bigger office because he’s going to need it for all the subpoenas we’re going to send him. = Rep. Sam Liccardo

Democrat Scott Colom's lead in the Mississippi Senate race has now increased to 2,575 votes. - Ken Griffin, MS NOW

 

I saw the meme above on facebook and chuckled. On December 14, 2000, I was watching C-SPAN and Ann Richards was a guest. The 2000 Bush v Gore was still undecided. She called George W. Bush, all hat no cattle. I jumped up and ran to my computer to secure that domain name as I was searching for a name for a website. I secured allhatnocattle.net as .com was taken (I've since purchased .com). I 💛 Ann.

And the rest is history.

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Rock The Voter News

• Warnock ducks questions about backing Schumer as Senate majority leader
• Khanna calls on Congress to ban sports prediction markets
• Peltola expands lead over Sullivan in Alaska Senate contest
• Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t back Schumer in Senate leadership vote

Dem staffer: “Oh, Senator Brown you don't actually have to come to orientation”

Sherrod Brown: “I'm coming! I wanna meet Abdul!”

A Pessimistic California Democrat? Shame.

Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) indicated on Tuesday that passing “Medicare for All” may not be an attainable goal for the next Congress, despite a progressive push to institute a universal single-payer health insurance system after Democrats take control of both chambers in January.

“I don’t think it’s going to be realistic, and I don’t think there’s consensus right now,” 

How can people be expected to have faith in Trump if he won’t release the Epstein files? -Elon Mush, July 8, 2025

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Business/Tech News

• Exxon moves toward return to Venezuela
• Elizabeth Warren vows scrutiny of prediction markets, Trump family crypto ventures as Senate Banking chair
• Anthropic seeks valuation of up to $1.4 trillion for IPO
• Jeffries pushes tighter China chip restrictions amid Nvidia CEO scandal

You don’t hate socialism. You hate the version that was explained to you by someone who owns 4 houses and 3 yachts - Kadott

What Happened To You, California?

California's proposed billionaire tax went down to defeat, one of the final verdicts from voters in an election that saw a wave of anti-billionaire sentiment elsewhere.

The official call from the Associated Press came nearly a week after election day at 9:28 p.m. ET on Monday and showed California's Proposition 40 down by over 5 percentage points with 83% of the votes counted.

I just cut myself peeling an apple. That would've never happened with a donut.

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Odd News

• Twin Satellites Built by Rocket Lab for NASA's ESCAPADE Mission Complete Successful Trans-Mars Injection Burns, Setting Course for the Red Planet
• Longest Feather Ever Found in Amber Offers Clues to Flight’s Origins
• More daylight linked to lower chance of dementia: Study
• N.C. farmer finds apparent fence post was escaped boa constrictor
• 'Nice little ring!' kid tells pope

Time To Deflate Photo

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with Jesus saying Hi! Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski from 1922 - 1931.

Peace.

Trump Casts Doubt on Midterm Election Results

Trump Casts Doubt on Midterm Election Results

President Donald Trump questioned the integrity of the midterm elections on Monday, less than a week after the Republican Party suffered historic defeats in both swing states and former GOP strongholds.

"Does anybody really believe that this 'Election' was honest," Trump asked in a Truth Social post early Monday. "How could the Polls be so wrong???" 

Todd Blanche Threatens to Investigate Every American Who Just Voted for Democrats = Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Biden: Jan. 6 riots should follow Trump ‘to his grave’
• Trump meets Qatari prime minister on Iran mediation efforts
• Trump says return to full-scale war with Iran ‘highly unlikely’
• A new Congress looks to remake the U.S.-Israel relationship
• Protests Erupt as ICE Agents Block Ambulances From Hospital
• ICE detains 8-year-old Haitian boy with uncle after dad’s deportation, but advocate says there was ‘no reason’
• ICE accused Connecticut marshals of threats and blocking. Review found 'no evidence'
• Wis. State Trooper Detained by ICE While Boarding Domestic Flight
• Empowered congressional Democrats gear up for battles over immigration and ICE oversight
• Cook County’s Top Prosecutor Bars Vendor From Sharing Data With ICE

“My job is to keep the left pro-Israel” - Chuck Schumer

Rep. Thomas Massie tells MS NOW that he's planning to move to force a vote on his articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth TODAY.

Jeffries Is Really Trying To Be Speaker of the House

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) came out in support of impeaching Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Sunday, telling ABC News he's a "hard yes."

"I'm a hard yes on the Hegseth resolution. The so-called secretary of defense has abused his power, undermined our national security, and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran, which has skyrocketed prices on the American people and made the country less safe," Jeffries said on ABC's "This Week." "Pete Hegseth has got to go."

A Muslim senator is not going to have this entire country in hijabs. We couldn't even get you to wear masks when people's lives depended on it. Stop spreading hate. - mitra

Republican Shenanigans

• Senate Republicans return to Capitol furious with Trump after big losses
• Trump says 'a lot of people didn't like' Vance blaming midterm losses on Iran war
• Pennsylvania Republicans blame Washington D.C. for Pennsylvania’s blue wave
• Gov. Cox says Utah Republicans must rebuild voter trust after major midterm election
• Growing group of Senate Republicans call for delay in leadership elections
• Trump Says He’ll Never Forgive His Enemies — Even Before God
• Forbes Senior Editor Shreds Trump’s Explanation for How His Net Worth Went Up $3 Billion: ‘Nonsense’
• Byron Donalds Hits Ron DeSantis for Accusing GOP of Trying to ‘Gaslight'

In his 60 Minutes interview, Ross Douthat asked Trump about UFOs, religion and death. He did not ask a single question about Trump's efforts to undermine free and fair elections or his incessant lies about them. - Marc E. Elias

Apparently, Trump Will Hire Anyone But Scott Jennings for Press Secretary. I Wonder Why?

A day after President Donald Trump offered UFC CEO Dana White the position of press secretary, Trump says he was  "only kidding."

"I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Nov. 7.

JD Vance thinks you should have to speak English to receive care at a hospital. Wait until he hears about neonatal intensive care units. 

The audacity of those babies expecting care when they don’t even speak the language. - Dr. Annie Andrews, Senator-elect

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Rock The Voter News

• Democrats plan widespread investigations of the Trump administration
• Democrats to attend Cop31 climate talks boosted by midterms and eager to make up for Trump-era setbacks
• Popular progressive podcast sees sponsors flee after ‘insensitive’ Charlie Kirk joke
• Democrats flip Georgia state House, giving them new control of at least 12 legislative chambers
• Florida Republicans hold their ground despite national Democratic gains

Since the election on Tuesday, Laura Loomer has shut down her podcast.

And now Katie Miller, who didn’t vote, is shutting down her podcast. - Evan

According to Heather Cox Richardson, Democrats are hiring the attorneys purged from the DOJ. You can shred the files, but not institutional memory. They know where all the bodies are buried. - jezz

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Business/Tech News

• Stock rise with Nvidia, AI trade in focus
• Stock falls as tech leaders, Trump weigh in on alleged affair with spy
• SpaceX, Rocket Lab blast higher as NASA hands out $10B in Moon Base awards
• Musk says Tesla on the hook for Cybertruck deposits after cancellation

People are more worried about the Chinese spy sleeping with Jensen Huang than the Russian agent sleeping in the White House. - Covie

Sex, AI and China
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been one of the poster boys for the AI revolution because his company's chips are essential for the technology. Now his personal life is in the spotlight after revelations of an affair with a purported Chinese spy that triggered an investigation by the board.

Ridiculous that I now have to consider how Horny a CEO is when investing in a company - Bill Hwang

If you make $200,000 you will pay 40% tax.

If you make $200,000,000 you will pay 0-2% tax.

This is what you should be angry about. - BladeoftheSun

They say 40 is the new 30 and 30 is the new 20. All I know is 8 PM is the new midnight.

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Odd News

• NASA is hiring astronaut candidates. Some could "live and work" on the moon.
• Fireball traveling 47,000 mph lights up sky over North Carolina and Tennessee
• Scientists Discover Two Enormous Tears in a Tectonic Plate Beneath Iran
• Pakistan-built robots serve taste of future to Karachi diners
• Chimp sanctuary delivers an ape’s food by drone amid Florida floods

Time To Deflate Photo

Constantine. Algeria again, and every view feels new like a favorite song on replay. Cliffs, bridges, and golden light make this city feel dramatic, proud, and unforgettable. - Ha Chau

Peace.

Trump Making Stephen Miller Chief of Staff Rocks Media World: ‘Good Lord!’

Trump Making Stephen Miller Chief of Staff Rocks Media World: ‘Good Lord!’

“The chances of President Trump working with the incoming Democratic Congress on anything of substance just went down dramatically.”

Nothing says "we heard the message and ignored it" quite like naming a white nationalist as chief of staff. - Andrew Weinstein

The World Is A Safer Place Without Trump

• Trump: “I stopped Iran and saved Israel”
• Trump holds call with mediator Qatar about Iran de-escalation
• President Donald Trump Warns Iran Strikes May Resume: ‘You’ll Know Soon Enough’
• Rep. Adam Smith Says Dems Plan To Cut Funding For Trump's Iran War
• Israel Risks Missing How Quickly US Support Is Evaporating
• Attorney: Wisconsin state trooper detained by ICE
• Houston’s Mayor Signs an Order to Limit Cooperation With ICE

MAGA wasn’t a movement. It was a tantrum. - Julius Kim

Will Hegseth Resign, Be Fired or Impeached?
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) called out Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for posting a “campaign style” video in response to this week’s crushing midterm losses... Numerous Democrats have indicated they intend to put an end to the war in Iran.

Seemingly in response to those threats from the Democratic Party, Hegseth posted a five-minute video Thursday defiantly declaring that his department — as well as the Trump administration as a whole — would not back down despite having less power.

Tillis was not amused, saying in a tweet: Pete Hegseth, cabinet secretaries shouldn’t be wasting taxpayer dollars on campaign style videos. Kristi Noem learned that the hard way.

“Muslims are gonna force Sharia law down our throats.” 

Dude, I live in Arizona and I can’t get the Mormon missionaries off my doorstep. - FireFighterDev

Republican Shenanigans

• WH Notifies Conservative Groups It’s ‘Monitoring’ Their Public Statements: WSJ
• Vance takes GOP hits as DeSantis, Cruz emerge as early GOP winners for 2028
• Boebert’s Camp Says It’s Probing ‘Unusual Voting Patterns’ As MAGA Rep Trails
• Tim Pool Warns On Fox News Plenty of Young White Men ‘Want to Burn’ the GOP Down
• Laura Loomer Announces ‘Hiatus’ After 119-Post Tirade Over Midterms
• Judge blocks construction on Trump’s D.C.-area arch after commission’s approval
• Trump Endorses RNC Chair’s Re-Election: He ‘Named Me Statesman of the Year’!

I'd like to congratulate Russell Brand for qualifying for a cabinet position. - John Fugelsang

Let’s get this out of the way. Trump doesn’t get another Supreme Court seat if anyone retires or dies. The Mitch McConnell rule applies. We’re always in an election year. Cope. - Sawyer Hackett

I'm Still Riding High on the Democrat's Blue Tsunami! I'm Savoring It.

CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten declared Friday that Democrats were on course for their biggest Senate gains in 68 years, as the full scale of the party’s historic midterm election victory continued to emerge.

Speaking to anchor John Berman on CNN News Central, Enten said Democrats had won or were leading in enough races to secure a net gain of nine Senate seats in a feat not achieved by the party since 1958.

I don’t know how we let this happen. Democrats want to give free lunches to hungry kids. 

The end is near. - John Collins

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Rock The Voter News

• Schumer says Democrats will stop Trump from placing 'right-winger' on the Supreme Court
• Gen Z voters broke for Democrats 66% to 31% in the midterms — and the Iran war cracked their top three issues
• Democrats Eye Stronger AI Oversight in 120th Congress

This country voted like Obama was on the ballot. - Molly Ploofkins

I Want To See Them Cry In Court, Live.

Rep. Robert Garcia, the California Democrat poised to lead the powerful House Oversight Committee, doubled down on his warning to President Donald Trump and his allies Friday, releasing a video promising sweeping investigations into the administration.

“Oversight Democrats are ready to take on the crooks, the con men and the Trump crime family. Lawyer up,” the California Democrat wrote on X.

You don't reach across the aisle to greet people who sold Alligator Alcatraz merchandise, you reach across the aisle to hand them a subpoena. - Arizona MP

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Business/Tech News

• Trump Blames Voters For Stock Market Rout, Day After Taking Credit For Bounce
• Trump Media Shifts $342M in Bitcoin as $1B Debt Deadline Looms: Report
• American Airlines Dropped Trump’s Name From West Palm Beach Gate Screens Ahead Of Midterm Elections
• Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production after years of poor sales in few markets

Elon Musk just announced they're discontinuing the Cybertruck. Democrats are already delivering. Nature is healing. - Mike Nellis

Every Democrat That Reads This Ends Up Laughing or Shaking Their Head

President Trump said the stock market “suffered one of the Worst Days in History” on Thursday, a day after it surged following Democrats’ sweeping victories in the midterm elections...“The Stock Market crashed today because the Dumocrats had a big Tuesday — So sad to see, you only have yourselves to blame!” Trump wrote on Truth Social late Thursday.

Only Donald Trump could look at Tuesdays results and say I need to be more fascist. - Tim Hannan

SNL might need a two-part episode this weekend. - Deb

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Odd News

• Artemis II launch tore a hole in Earth's atmosphere, say scientists
• 'We got it done!' Spacewalking astronauts finish installing next-gen ISS solar arrays
• Almost Every Hole Is A Goal For Octopuses. Now Scientists Have Figured Out How They Manage To Squeeze Through The Impossible
• Dog puts clothes pins on laundry line to break world record
• Peru airport thwarts plot to smuggle 3,000 tarantulas in dirty socks

Time To Deflate Photo

Naples, Italy with Mt. Vesuvius looming in the background.
 
Peace.