BREAKING: HOLY SH*T! Trump's Pentagon hires a convicted Jan. 6th insurrectionist to work in a top position with access to highly classified military information.
And it gets so much worse...
According to bombshell reporting from The Washington Post, Elias Irizarry has been given a powerful job inside the Defense Department’s Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict office.
Irizarry took part in the deadly Capitol riot when he was 19 years old and rather than reassess his life after he was convicted for his crimes, he chose to double down on MAGA fascism. He ran unsuccessfully for a South Carolina state House seat as a Republican and now he's bringing his noxious politics to the halls of the Pentagon.
And Irizarry was not a minor insurrectionist. He was part of the hardcore band of Trumpers who entered into the actual Capitol building through a broken window. He was wielding a metal pole as a weapon, but didn't strike anyone that we know of.
When the FBI searched his phone, they discovered “a gap of data between January 1, 2021 and January 8, 2021, which suggests that Irizarry deleted information from his cell phone pertaining to his involvement on January 6, 2021." He was sentenced to two weeks in jail and was eventually pardoned by Trump.
The Post reports that DoD staff have "raised alarm" about Irizarry's appointment and "question how anyone convicted in the assault on American democracy could be trusted for such a sensitive role in the U.S. government." They were forced to voice these concerns anonymously, because the administration has a reputation for vindictive retribution against anyone who speaks out against regime decisions.
Irizarry will be working inside the office's irregular warfare and counterterrorism section despite having zero experience for the role. His only "qualification" is that he's a MAGA loyalist who sought to destroy our sacred tradition of a peaceful transfer of power. For the Trump administration, that's good enough.
The section that he'll be working in deals with embassy security and hostage rescue among other duties. According to two people familiar with the work speaking to the Post, it's some of the "most delicate that the Pentagon perform." When a crisis strikes, he will be totally unprepared.
“In the case of rescue/extraction missions, it can place our special operators in some of the most complex and dangerous environments we ask of them,” said one source. “To put someone so junior and new to DOD, and with such a checkered background, into such a sensitive portfolio raises serious questions for leadership.”
This hiring represents a convergence between two destructive Trumpian trends: hiring utter incompetents and politicizing nonpartisan institutions. This administration routinely hires people who are completely incapable of doing their jobs because they only care about MAGA loyalty. The result is a weakened, ideologically poisoned government.
When Democrat retake power, we must sweep every last one of these cretins out of our bureaucracies.
Please ❤️ and share to demand that this traitor be fired!
Scott Pelley issues new statement after being fired by CBS for opposing their pro-MAGA bias:
“New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them.
Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done.
Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.”
Every morning after a massive Russian attack, I dread sitting down to put a post like the one below together. Russia brings so much pain and suffering to Ukrainians.
Russian combined attack on Ukraine killed 13 people and injured over 100 more. The most severe damage to civilian infrastructure occurred in Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv.
▪️ In Kyiv, 4 people were killed and over 60 more were injured. A three-year-old child was wounded by shrapnel.
Five medical facilities were damaged in Kyiv.
The ZEEKR car dealership burned down completely.
Other damaged sites include residential buildings, a utility company, an academy, outbuildings, a gas station, and a Ministry of Internal Affairs service center - all civilian infrastructure.
▪️ In Dnipro, 9 people were killed, a child among them. Multiple apartment buildings were destroyed.
Deputy chief of the fire and rescue unit, Major Anton Yarmolenko, was killed by the Russian attack. He was heading to an emergency call when the Russian strike occurred. Deepest condolences.
35 more residents of Dnipro were injured, and 6 more people are missing.
▪️ In Kharkiv, residential buildings and a food production facility were damaged, with more than 10 people injured.
Destruction of civilian infrastructure was recorded in Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions. In Kyiv region, residential houses, a postal terminal, and vehicles caught fire.
📷: Dnipro
🚨 WOW.
Trump’s financial disclosure forms reportedly show he bought between $1 MILLION and $5 MILLION in Dell stock earlier this year.
Then THIS WEEK…
the Pentagon awarded Dell a contract worth MORE THAN $9 BILLION.
Read that again slowly.
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This week, I prepared a special letter addressed to the President of the United States and to Congress. And yesterday, the letter was officially delivered to the institutions in Washington. It is quite rare for the leader of another state to address both the President and Congress of the United States simultaneously with a letter. But the situation now requires action, swift and effective action.
It is important that America hear Ukraine. We understand that much of the world’s attention is currently focused on the war in Iran. But the war here in Europe must also be brought to an end – a very bloody war that is already in its fifth year at full scale.
The sooner we are able to provide greater protection against ballistic threats, the sooner we will be able to make diplomacy work. As long as Russia continues to rely on missiles, its interest in diplomacy is not real. We must correct this. And we can do so only together with America.
Ukraine is grateful to America for all its support. And Ukraine will be even more grateful for a dignified peace and guaranteed security. All of this is possible – if there is sufficient determination.
‼️ Please do NOT look away!
Watch the video! Feel what people just like you felt at the moment Russian forces attacked a playground in Kherson.
Children were wounded. One little girl lost an eye.
Please share! The world needs to see what Russia is doing to innocent Ukrainians.
Video: Andrii Bokser
GREAT nomination & well deserved too!
The 'draft dodger' currently in the Oval
Office probably won't be pleased with
Zelensky's @NobelPrize nomination? 🤷♀️
So, please do NOT share, got it? 😉
Wave a 🇺🇦 flag if you stand with Ukraine
and Zelensky! 🙏 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
Friends,
We are now in the fifth year of the war.
I'm very grateful to you for standing with Ukraine.
Would you please share how long you've been following news about Ukraine in general, and my account in particular?
Thank you! Slava Ukraini!
BREAKING: Trump Lawyer Resigns In Protest, 100,000 Children Separated From Their Parents, Insider Trading Bets Hit Iran War, and more... https://t.co/6FEvMG4YCJ
Reporter: The DOJ has this new fund — $1.7 billion. Why should taxpayers pay for the January 6ers?
Trump: Because in my world, loyalty outranks law. They broke the rules for me, so you pay the bill for them. That’s the transaction.
On May 14, russia murdered 24-year-old English teacher Maryna, her boyfriend Yuriy, and their dog Dalma, who previously survived shelling on the front and finally found a loving home💔
russian war criminals destroyed that home and this kind family — like they always do🧵
Maddow: So in January, Trump buys hundreds of thousands of dollars of stock in Nvidia. Then a week later, his commerce department approves the sale of Nvidia chips to China.
Also in January, Trump buys between 50,000 and $100,000 worth of stock in AMD. One week after he buys it, his commerce department approves AMD doing business in China as well.
The following month, in February, Trump buys millions of dollars worth of stock in Dell. Nine days after he buys millions of dollars worth of stock in Dell, Trump veers off script in a speech in Georgia to tell the crowd literally, quote, go out and buy a Dell computer.
Then in March, Judd Legum at Popular Information reports that Trump repeatedly buys up Thermo Fisher stock, and then he goes and visits Thermo Fisher on a presidential visit and praises the company.
That same day, Trump bought hundreds of thousands of dollars of stock in Apple. And then that same day he bought the stock, he did another event where he singled out Apple and Apple CEO Tim cook for praise. Apple a great company.
Then after that, Trump buys Micron stock. The very next day, he calls into the Fox News channel and tells them Micron is one of the hottest companies.
CNBC reporting Trump makes seven separate purchases of Palantir stock. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Palantir stock. Then he gets on truth social and praises Palantir.
Trump sued his own government for $10 billion. Today he settled with the DOJ he runs and cut the judge out of the process.
The deal: a $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund his Attorney General controls, with no court oversight and no transparency. It’s the most corrupt scheme of his presidency.
The body of another child was found under the debris.
Russia killed two kids and 14 adults in Kyiv today. It injured 57 more.
I can't find words. I am aching and sorry for everyone whose lives were ruined by Russia.
RIP.
While russian politicians party in Venice, waves of missiles & drones have pounded Ukraine. People are under the rubble of an apartment building in Kyiv this morning. Important for the world to see this footage and stop inviting this terrorist state back into civilised society
I’m Nikopol, a city in Ukraine where the Russians are intensifying their attacks on civilians. The situation is getting worse every day. While the Kremlin tries to sanitise its image this week at Venice Biennale, It’s vital people see the war crimes they are committing