Charlie Schiappa

[Charlie Schiappa @CharlieSchiappa]

@chucktodd Since the President’s State of the Union address fulfills rules in Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, would any materially false statements in the speech be considered lying to Congress, which is a crime? #mtp

[Charlie Schiappa @CharlieSchiappa]

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@Wisdom_HQ Liver

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@Suzierizzo1 Trunk

[Charlie Schiappa @CharlieSchiappa]

@A51Guyy @PatRyanUC It has nothing to do with the reporter - even if he wasn’t on the chat what they did was illegal and jeopardized the lives of our troops. The only reason why we know about it is that the reporter was on the line. What other secrets are being compromised daily by this crew?

[Charlie Schiappa @CharlieSchiappa]

@immutablepoet @brianstelter @AP Please tell us who Biden denied press access.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch.
President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA. One of his first acts was to fire and suspend some of the key personnel who helped keep our skies safe. Time for the President to show actual leadership and explain what he will do to prevent this from happening again.

[Charlie Schiappa @CharlieSchiappa]

@SenatorCollins Now please do not vote to confirm
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[Sen. Susan Collins @SenatorCollins]

After careful consideration, I have decided to vote against Pete Hegseth’s nomination for Secretary of Defense. While I appreciate his courageous military service and his ongoing commitment to our servicemembers and their families, I am concerned that he does not have the experience and perspective necessary to succeed in the job.

Our military is under tremendous pressure right now. Active conflicts in the Middle East and Europe combined with escalating threats in the Pacific, all against a backdrop of severe financial challenges and four years of ineffective leadership by the Biden Administration, make this an especially critical time for those who lead our military. The next Secretary of Defense will be responsible for managing a massive bureaucracy that includes nearly three million employees and a budget of nearly $850 billion. In addition, our next Secretary faces long-standing procurement and supply issues that continued to worsen under the Biden Administration.

In sum, the Secretary is going to be facing a number of incredibly complex problems that are going to require highly skilled management ability. I am concerned that Mr. Hegseth does not have the management experience and background that he will need in order to tackle these difficulties. His limited managerial experience involved running two small non-profit organizations that had decidedly mixed results.

I am also concerned about multiple statements, including some in the months just before he was nominated, that Mr. Hegseth has made about women serving in the military. He and I had a candid conversation in December about his past statements and apparently evolving views. I am not convinced that his position on women serving in combat roles has changed.

Women comprise nearly 18 percent of our active-duty military. They continue to make critical and valuable contributions to our national defense. I have long advocated that women who wish to serve in and can meet the rigorous standards of combat roles should be able to do so. And numerous women have proved that they can accomplish this difficult feat.

Currently, thousands of women are serving in combat roles and many others serve in non-combat functions. Their service is essential to the success of our military.

Mr. Hegseth also appears to lack a sufficient appreciation for some of the policies that the military is required to follow because they are codified in the laws of the United States of America. While I understand his points on the importance of up-to-date and workable rules of engagement, our prohibitions against torture come from American laws and treaties ratified by the United States, including the Geneva Conventions.

Therefore, I will vote against the nomination.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: MAGA pressure builds but Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde stands strong — refusing to back down after calling Donald Trump out to his face at the National Cathedral stating: "I won't apologize."

She's killing them with kindness and it's driving Republicans insane...

"I don't hate the president, and I pray for him. I don't feel there's a need to apologize for a request for mercy," Budde told NPR's All Things Considered.

"I regret that it was something that has caused the kind of response that it has, in the sense that it actually confirmed the very thing that I was speaking of earlier, which is our tendency to jump to outrage and not speak to one another with respect," she added. "But no, I won't, I won't apologize for what I said."

She voiced similar sentiments on MSNBC—

"We’re in a particularly harsh moment now when it comes to conversations around immigrant populations in our midst," Budde told Rachel Maddow. "And so that was the reason for the … tone I took now, but it could’ve been a very different tone in a different context."

The fact that Trump and his MAGA supporters are so incensed about Budde's sermon says far more about them than it does her. These so-called "Christians" were exposed to a message of love and mercy from a real Christian love and it's breaking their brains.

"I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared. There are gay, lesbian, transgender children, Democratic, Republican, independent families — some who fear for their lives," the reverend said as Trump sat in the pews.

"The people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals — they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals," she added.

Trump himself responded by attacking Budde as "nasty" and "not compelling or smart" after her moving sermon. This is the man that Evangelicals voted en masse to support. The hypocrisy is enough to churn your stomach.

Please retweet and ❤️ if you proudly stand with Bishop Budde — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: https://t.co/HnJzSKj4Hp

[Gene Trevino @GenoVeno73]

Let's end this ignorance once and for all.

Dictator Trump went on television and blamed Nancy Pelosi for the January 6th insurrection, and like dumb, blind sheep, MAGA fell in line pushing the narrative.

So, not only can ANYONE answer why Nancy Pelosi would orchestrate an insurrection to STOP the certification of an election HER candidate won — but let's look at this from different angles.

1) If Nancy Pelosi was behind the January 6th insurrection, then why did @realDonaldTrump pardon all of "Pelosi's insurrectionists?"

2) If Nancy Pelosi was behind January 6th, then why did @realDonaldTrump wait for over 3 hours without stopping "Pelosi's insurrection?"
He would have called in the DC National Guard.

3) If Nancy Pelosi was behind the January 6th insurrection, then why did @realDonaldTrump go on live TV and tell "Pelosi's insurrectionists" - "We love you, you’re very special?"

4) If Nancy Pelosi was behind the January 6th insurrection, then why did @realDonaldTrump call "Pelosi's insurrectionists" patriots?

5) If Nancy Pelosi was behind the January 6th insurrection, then why did @realDonaldTrump call "Pelosi's insurrection" a "Day of Love?"

6) If Nancy Pelosi was behind the January 6th insurrection, then why were her own "insurrectionists" looking to murder her?

You MAGA idiots are such easy fucking marks for Donald Trump's LIES and BULLSHIT bcos you lack even the most basic of critical thinking skills.

Donald Trump makes fools of you all.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you are with Bishop Budde!

[Michael Steele @MichaelSteele]

As he swore the oat of office, Trump did not place his hand on the Bible.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Four years ago, in the middle of a pandemic, we needed a leader with the character to put politics aside and do what was right. That’s what @JoeBiden did.

At a time when our economy was reeling, he drove what would become the world’s strongest recovery – with 17 million new jobs, historic wage gains, and lower health care costs. He passed landmark legislation to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure and address the threat of climate change. 

I’m grateful to Joe for his leadership, his friendship, and his lifetime of service to this country we love.

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: Governor Tim Walz's daughter Hope shares dating relationship on how to avoid the wrong kind of men — and her very specific "red flag" has MAGA world howling with rage.

The truth hurts and she didn't hold back...

According to the 23-year-old Hope, any man who is a fan of right-wing podcaster Joe Rogan should be avoided. She explained on TikTok that relationships with those kinds of men never work out.

"A litmus test for me and my friends for like years now has been if the guy we’re talking to follows Joe Rogan on Instagram, they’re a red flag and we should probably stop talking to them," she said.

“And the times when they do follow him on Instagram and we haven’t stopped talking to them... it’s never ended well," she added.

Rogan is a popular podcaster with an 80% male listenership. He endorsed Donald Trump before the election.

Hope Walz added that her rule has "never failed" her and her friends.

"If they follow him we’re like, yeah, this person probably isn’t a great person and probably our values don’t align so we’re gonna move on from that. And honestly it’s worked out well for all of us," she added.

Please retweet and ❤️ if you think that more women should heel Hope's red flag rule — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: https://t.co/HnJzSKjCwX

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🚨NEW: Incoming U.S. Senator Adam Schiff calls for the Gaetz report to be released: The taxpayers paid for that analysis and that report. I think they have a right to see it.”

RETWEET to thank Schiff for standing up for our democracy!

[I Smoked Lindsey Graham @BlackKnight10k]

So Republicans, now that it's clear to you that he lied to you about not knowing anything about Project 2025, have you considered that he might be lying to you about everything else?

Inflation? Covid? Sexual assault? Epstein? The 2020 election? January 6?

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

In a new letter, Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from the General Services Administration on the "serious consequences" of Trump's "unprecedented" refusal to complete required transition agreements.

No prior president-elect has refused to sign these agreements. https://t.co/bZ7U2pIJfj