DonOLD47 fired/quit

[Vrede too]

Wow.

Sec Hegseth, is it you or is it them?

[Vrede too]

The New IRS Head Was Just Sworn In. He's Already Out Of The Job.
Gary Shapley was sworn in as acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service earlier this week. He's now been fired, the White House confirmed.

... Gary Shapley took over the role of acting commissioner earlier this week but is already on his way out after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained to President Donald Trump that Shapley was installed without his knowledge, The New York Times first reported Friday....

Shapley was chosen for the role after the former acting commissioner, Melanie Krause, resigned earlier this month. She resigned over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S.

After Shapley was sworn in, Bessent reportedly complained to Trump that Shapley had been given his new position at the call of billionaire Elon Musk, who has played a key role in the administration as the head of the new, so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Musk has wielded his new power by decimating the federal workforce and firing tens of thousands of civil servants in critical government roles.

Trump reportedly decided to reverse his decision after speaking to Bessent.

In a social media post on Thursday, Musk responded to conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer in a post where Loomer accused Bessent of being anti-Trump.

“Troubling,” Musk responded....

This Admin* is a farce.

[Vrede too]

They're not riding off quietly into the sunset.

Three Hegseth aides ousted in leak investigation decry 'baseless attacks'

... Dan Caldwell, a Hegseth aide; Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg; and Darin Selnick, Hegseth’s deputy chief of staff were among four officials in Hegseth’s inner circle who were ousted this past week.

... Former Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot also announced he was resigning this week. The Pentagon said, however, that Ullyot was asked to resign.

... The departures also follow the firings of senior military officers, including Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown; Chief of Naval Operations Lisa Franchetti; National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command director Gen. Tim Haugh; and Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the U.S. military representative to the NATO Military Committee.

Our adversaries gush in awe.

You're doing a heckuva job, Petey.

[Vrede too]

Looking better for O Really and GoCubsGo to win the pool, not for the reasons that they originally picked him other than his stupidity in general.

Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in second Signal chat that included his wife and brother, report says

Comments:

Hegseth's blood type is likely 80 proof.
And it is hard for alcoholics to keep secrets about anything.
I know this because I have a family full of them.
Trump has the moral and intellectual depth of a teaspoon.
And, since Trump wants to always feel like the smartest guy in the room, he purposely chooses people just as dense or denser than he is.

This group is a MESS !!!

After a bold face lie he didn't do it but what else is new from this administration!

Partyin' Pete has raised his game from stupidity to treason.

[GoCubsGo]

Looking better for O Really and GoCubsGo to win the pool, not for the reasons that they originally picked him other than his stupidity in general.

Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in second Signal chat that included his wife and brother, report says

Comments:

Hegseth's blood type is likely 80 proof.
And it is hard for alcoholics to keep secrets about anything.
I know this because I have a family full of them.
Trump has the moral and intellectual depth of a teaspoon.
And, since Trump wants to always feel like the smartest guy in the room, he purposely chooses people just as dense or denser than he is.

This group is a MESS !!!

After a bold face lie he didn't do it but what else is new from this administration!

Partyin' Pete has raised his game from stupidity to treason.

Wow.
It's a nytimes article so it's got credibility.

Mind blown. Not just for the overt stupid but for apparently thinking it wouldn't get out and not getting ahead of it. If DonOld doesn't already know about it he's gonna have a nutty.

If our country and national security is going to be destroyed, we might as well be entertained while it happens.

[GoCubsGo]

Second confirmation.

And Hegseth started this one as opposed to being just a participant.

Will RepuQs finally stand up?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth ... 08647.html

He's trending.

A DUI hire.

[Vrede too]

Second confirmation.

And Hegseth started this one as opposed to being just a participant.

Will RepuQs finally stand up?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pete-hegseth ... 08647.html

He's trending.

A DUI hire.
https://x.com/mmpadellan/status/1914095119738818985

The New York Times article said 4 group chat members confirmed.

RepuQs will only stand up if DonOLD gives them permission to. Then, it will be a stampeding herd.

[GoCubsGo]

He should be toast.

[GoCubsGo]

Four Scaramucci's.

[Vrede too]

Four Scaramucci's.

https://bsky.app/profile/reuters.com/post/3lndpieh4fm27

How ironic and embarrassing that NPR gets the scoop. Is it "lefty fake news"?

[GoCubsGo]

New candidate?

[Vrede too]

New candidate?

https://bsky.app/profile/muellershewrot ... hjw3vjm22o

None of us picked Musk in the pool . How is that $270M in campaign donations bribes working out for you, Elon?

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Another one bites the dust:

Trump-appointed head of National Science Foundation resigns: ‘I have done all I can’

... In a statement about his resignation Thursday, Panchanathan — who was appointed in 2020 during Trump’s first administration to a six-year term — did not speak directly to DOGE’s efforts, though he noted that NSF “must not lose our competitive edge.”

“I believe that I have done all I can to advance the mission of the agency and feel that it is time for me to pass the baton to new leadership,” Panchanathan said.

He added: “This is a pivotal moment for our nation in terms of global competitiveness. NSF is an extremely important investment to make U.S. scientific dominance a reality. We must not lose our competitive edge.”

Sethuraman Panchanathan lasted 4 years under Joltin' Joe, 10 months under DonOLD.

The National Science Foundation, which seeks to bolster national security through the advancement of scientific research and education, announced this month that it would cancel hundreds of grants totaling more than $230 million, CNN reported.

In a statement describing agency “updates” last week, the foundation said the types of grants being eliminated “are not aligned with NSF’s priorities.” Those include but are “not limited to those on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and misinformation/disinformation,” according to the statement.

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I find it interesting all the "preserve history zealots" are the same folks clamoring to remove Confederate statues.

[GoCubsGo]

Weird ass thread to be posting a weird ass comment off topic comment.

BTW, where did all the "preserve history zealots" want to move the statues to?

[O Really]

Is it really all that hard to distinguish between "honoring" and "remembering"?

[Supsalemgr]

Weird ass thread to be posting a weird ass comment off topic comment.

BTW, where did all the "preserve history zealots" want to move the statues to?

Nice attempt at distraction. BTW, are you folks aware the Smithsonian regularly rotates exhibits?

[O Really]

Weird ass thread to be posting a weird ass comment off topic comment.

BTW, where did all the "preserve history zealots" want to move the statues to?

Nice attempt at distraction. BTW, are you folks aware the Smithsonian regularly rotates exhibits?

Smithsonian is a museum. Not a town square. I don't think anybody has demanded a museum not display exhibits of the civil war.

[Supsalemgr]

Weird ass thread to be posting a weird ass comment off topic comment.

BTW, where did all the "preserve history zealots" want to move the statues to?

Nice attempt at distraction. BTW, are you folks aware the Smithsonian regularly rotates exhibits?

Smithsonian is a museum. Not a town square. I don't think anybody has demanded a museum not display exhibits of the civil war.

You know that was not the point of my post. Diversion.

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Weird ass thread to be posting a weird ass comment off topic comment.

BTW, where did all the "preserve history zealots" want to move the statues to?

It's our team that proposed moving the honorifics for slavers and traitors out of public squares and into museums where context could be discussed. PINO wants them re-erected . See the links below.

Smithsonian is a museum. Not a town square. I don't think anybody has demanded a museum not display exhibits of the civil war.

Maybe not the Civil War, itself, but there are serious efforts to limit mention of slavery being the cause, and to remove the long dirty history of racism after the War and the civil rights movement in response.
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