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House Republicans resorted to a blatant abuse of established procedure—bypassing a fair vote—to sneak the biggest cut to veterans’ benefits in American history. 1/
Today, we honor the veterans who have served our country.
It was one of the greatest honors of my life to serve as commander in chief, and our service members, including my son Beau, are always on my mind. Our country is a safer place because of them.
I’ve always said America is a place of possibilities. But those possibilities could not be realized without the sacrifice and dedication of our veterans and service members. Their choice of country over self is one we can never take for granted.
To our country’s veterans and their families, thank you for your service and sacrifice. May God protect our troops.
🚨 BREAKING: The new Epstein discharge petition just hit 218 signatures. Every Democrat signed, plus Massie, Mace, Norman and Fitzpatrick. That forces a House vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which would let survivors and state AGs sue DOJ to release the files. Johnson can’t stop it.
What happened last night regarding the impeachment vote on Pete Hegseth was deeply embarrassing.
Eleven House Democrats missed the vote. If they had been there, Hegseth would be impeached right now.
I’m not worried about impeachment itself. That will come in January.
I’m worried about the message this sends to the American people only a week after a seismic mandate was handed to the Democratic Party to get shit done.
I don’t care why these Members were absent or if this was some lowkey procedural strategy.
What I care about is the messaging, and at the moment, the narrative is: “Democrats said they want Hegseth gone, but can’t be bothered to show up to vote for it.”
That is not good.
All it would have taken is a simple message from House leaders: “We want Hegseth gone, but don’t trust current GOP leadership on this matter. We look forward to holding him accountable in January with the new Congress.”
Dem leaders really need to get it together on messaging. Immediately.
ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC ****WHIP**** WAS THROWING THE FUNDRAISING BASH THAT KEPT DEMOCRATS FROM VOTING TO SEND THE HEGSETH IMPEACHMENT VOTE TO THE FLOOR.
This thread is HORIFYING.
- An 18-year-old former Turning Point chapter VP says she was held down and assaulted at a TPUSA event. It was filmed without her consent, and a man can be heard saying "she is for the whole team" while she resists, and there is clearly blood visible on pants.
- The video was taken without her permission and the men jump onto her. She filed a police report with Rutgers PD. Instead of accountability, she says she got a threatened lawsuit, and that a Turning Point staffer deleted their messages.
- The man she accuses, Vincent Tabone (who goes by "Jim Callahan"), sent her an AI-written cease-and-desist and threatened a defamation suit.
- The man who allegedly filmed her, Daniel Baez of William Paterson University, kept contacting her after she told him to stop.
- Her Turning Point field rep, Anthony Romano, allegedly first told her to block Baez, later changed his position, and deleted their chat messages.
Then there's video of Turning Point's own general counsel walking into a room of underage drinkers, high schoolers included, and saying "I know you are all 21!"
Where is the outrage from the "protect the kids" crowd? Every reporter should be on this.
The handwritten final draft of MLK Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech—long thought lost—is found in an aide's desk drawer after 60 years.
It preserves his contemplative edits & revisions from the night before the march, showing how a historic moment was drafted.
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📷 Smithsonian
The American people have spoken, and they’ve had enough. They’re sick of Pete Hegseth’s incompetence, and they’re ready for steady leadership. On January 3rd, Democrats are taking the watch with a mandate to end the Iran war, bring down costs, and pink slip Pete Hegseth.