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This Is How the Next 4 Years Play Out
Republican senators had a duty to national security and the Constitution but instead conceded power to an authoritarian, felonious rapist.
Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) bent over backward to get the “bad boy,” Fox News host Pete Hegseth, not to prove to the world that he could independently make decisions unhindered by a brow-beating felon but at least blink in Morse Code that he could. Everyone present understands that any public display of a spine by Trump’s underlings would spell doom for the person. Senator Slotkin spoke to the woman-abusing pisshead in the way a kindergarten teacher would a frightened 4-year-old, offering him every opportunity just to nod, blink, and move on to the next question.
Slotkin: It’s okay, Petey…take a breath…did you ‘make’ in your undies
Fox-News Host nominated for Secretary of Defense (FHSD): Anyone from any grade could make in their undies, so I don’t understand.
Slotkin: Yes, that’s right, Petey. Bravo. Anyone could make in their undies. But we aren’t talking about anyone. There is a very foul odor in the room, and we want to know if you had a little movement. It’s okay. It can happen.
FHSD: My brother’s friend Larry once had to make so bad that he made it on an airplane…can I have another Fluffnutter sandwich?
The Call-of-Duty commando, and FNSD, was Comaneci-esque (Biles for today’s generation) in his ability to avoid any answer that would ever let Trump imagine that the Defense Department would ever be anything less than his own goon-squad to go after domestic opposition. Hegseth signaled his cult leader, “Sir, whatever you want me to do with this military, I will do.” Slotkin wanted the abuser-of-women to go on the record by saying he would uphold the 1878 federal law known as the Posse Comitatus Act.
The Posse Comitatus Act bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement except when expressly authorized by law. This 143-year-old law embodies an American tradition that sees military interference in civilian affairs as a threat to both democracy and personal liberty. However, recent events have revealed dangerous gaps in the law’s coverage that Congress…
