Sean Mooney

100%....for a bunch of people on the right, and the "most centrist poster here" who skyscream about pedophiles on the left and fantasy fiction about the President molesting kids in public- they sure seem comfortable jumping to defend a piece of garbage like Gaetz. I mean I get why the poster who wished rape on a kid would root for Gaetz because- well this is his thing....but the rest of them should be ashamed of themselves. Dude isn't even qualified for the job.

##### Putin...tell him to walk the hell back into where he came from and knock it off. Threaten to bomb the place if he doesn't

anonymous sources on any side are like 50% believable (depending who is saying them). There is some truth they are most likely born out of. It's what comes after that as to where the stuff goes off the rails

Yet Shaprio is heavily respected in PA because of how he cross the aisle to work with both sides. He is also heavily respected in the DNC. He supports school choice but also funded schools like crazy in his budgets. He walks the line between the two. Maybe do a little reading?

Of course it's an anonymous source. i can't imagine someone would on the record say it. I would say the ceiling percentage of it being true is probably like 50%. But I certainly wouldn't view it as a definite in any way

I find it humorous that some here think people who might be making 100K+ in a desk job are going to get fired and say "Man this strawberry picking for 15 an hour is the way to go..." On the tariff stuff- best case scenario- tariffs work and jobs start coming back. How long are you thinking it will take this companies to build a plant and be functional in the space? A year? Two years? 5 years? What happens to supply and everything in the interim?

Probably just between Univision and MeTV.

I've no idea what MSNBC runs at night time. I'll assume it is the leftist version of whatever rightie stuff FOX News runs. I do watch bits and pieces of Morning Joe at times. Joe doesn't like Trump because of how Trump conducts himself more than his political positions. (Well that and Trump was putting out the many times debunked claim of Scarborough killing his intern). Hell the ACU had him as a 95% lifetime rating on their scale. But he will also call out Democrats on their nonsense.

Well damn....I guess in support or defiance I will continue to not read it.

Okay- so now what are your thoughts on Hegseth's credentials? I know they are important to you.

I think Newsom has a tougher climb because of how California is perceived as a liberal mecca and everything. Maybe in another 4 years it might be a different story in the overall anger towards him but I think he is best served as a cabinet member somewhere and not the top of the ticket. I'd still say an early clubhouse leader should be Josh Shapiro. He is charismatic and he pisses off democrats and Republicans. He drew heat for his support of Israel, and his support of school choice. He helped write bills in support of divesting money from terrorist hiding countries. He was extremely popular in his role as governor even with a mostly Republicans state legislature. And in a poll it was found that he had broad support from all races, education levels, and 34% of Donald Trump supporters in the state.

Fire him....no call for it. Also, lots of schools have social media policies and especially this year were reminding teachers "Don't say anything politically."

I wasn't in love with Buttigeg as a selection mainly because he did not have a real record of being in committees or leadership in his time.

Is there a lot of wokeism in the military? I know people keep saying that but how does it hurt our ability to defend ourselves as a country. Look I- like quite a few- am not signing up to fight in the military. So if a dude wants to give himself boobs and then go shoot a few ISIS members....more power to them.

“Basically, there really is no such thing as — I need to be careful about saying this, because people will really get upset — there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian. There’s not.”

This could go in the concern thread maybe but, I guess a concern would be "I'm worried the news will have so much comedy gold to report on they won't know what to prioritize." Already the leaks have started with some in Trump circles saying that Elon Musk is already starting to wear out his welcome for many as he is becoming almost a comical distraction sliding into transition meetings and giving feedback on all of Trump's personnel decisions. One commenter said "Elon is getting a little big for his britches." That should be easy to find out who said it despite them remaining anonymous. I'm not sure anyone under the age of 60 refers to pants as "britches."

I will always advocate government could be smaller and I think there are places you could most likely find waste and eliminate things. As far as accomplish- I'm not sure. Again- the Department of Education covers a lot of ground from like age 4 on in the educational realm. They deal with early pre k programs for some people. They deal with special education funding in schools. They deal with FAFSA. Title 1 grants (which is money that is very closely monitored and audited). It perhaps could be run more efficiently but I think that requires going into the place and looking at everything and seeing where stuff can be cut. The idea of "Let's just hack it apart and go from there" is idiotic because the roots run deep on it and it is involved on a lot of things related to education and fills a lot of gaps for states.

Yes- I agree that something like Veteran's Affairs would've been better because it is more in line with what he has championed and I think he would've been a valuable asset there. Making him the Secretary of Defense just feels like a huge overreach.

I guess this goes here- The "Uncommitted Movement" wrote a letter on Twitter saying that people aren't supporting Trump, they are recognizing that the Democrats were not helping fight against Israel. So in the final paragraph they say "This requires decisive action. Put an end to the flow of weapons that fuel this cycle of violence. If they do not, the Democratic Party risks straddling our coalition of voters with the ever-increasing weight of a legacy intertwined with endless war and suffering. Now is the time to listen, to reflect, and to forge a path that truly embodies the values we profess to represent-values that resonate deeply with every community feeling unheard and betrayed.” essentially making demands about what the outgoing Presidency should do. The replies to this are hilarious ranging from: "Wait...the argument is "we tanked your election so now you need to do exactly what we say to make it up to us?" Sure." "Congrats, you owned yourselves." and my personal favorite "Why don't you ask Jill Stein for help"

Just for comparison- in 2020 Trump did that press conference a day or two after the election saying it was rigged because he was losing- despite many down ballot Republicans winning. In 2024- he says nothing because he won despite many down ballot Republicans losing in battleground states

He just has to find the handle for "TheHispanicInsurrectionist" on Twitter....give him a minute

I would argue it is incorrectly titled. It does more than people think it does and gutting it, replacing it, or merging it will create a lot of issues that I think people are ignoring because they see Trump doing it. I'm sure there are unnecessary employees there though- root them out.

Ashe Carter worked in the Secretary of Defense Department for 3 years under Bill Clinton as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs and then worked as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. William Cohen served on the Senate Armed Forces Committee. He served on the Governmental Affairs Committee. He was on the Senate Intelligence Committee. He also cowrote bills like the Goldwater-Nichols act..

I've tried to make this point to him numerous times but the Department of Education doesn't necessarily drive curricular decisions. That happens at a state and local level. The DOE handles a lot of big picture ideas and providing equal opportunity funding to states for special education. They handle the FAFSA program which has upwards of a trillion dollars running through it. Moving those into other places is going to create organizational logjams. Also- you have states like North Dakota that spend like 18,500 per pupil on education with 3390 of that coming from federal funding. So now you have a difference to make up. Guess where that comes out of.

Some of the appointments over the past two days don't exactly fill with confidence. Hegseth has a decorated combated history and it's laudable what he does to support veterans but what is his strategic experience when it comes to commanding a military. Noem- what are her qualifications on handling cyber security or border issues or any of that? And Huckabee as ambassador to Israel. If people wanted a two-state solution in the Middle East you can almost kiss that goodbye.