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Pete Hegseth, who is neither qualified for the job and who has a documented history of drug and alcohol abuse, should be confirmed because of things that may happen at GM and Ford plants? Just really really unconvincing stuff....

On the personal lives front, it's particularly wild to see Markwayne explaining away Pete's marital infidelity given how much I heard about "moral relativism" from my conservative family members growing up. Ephesians 5:25 is for the birds apparently lol

I wouldn't say I'm pissed about anything really. I just think Markwayne's argument is really idiotic and, frankly, should be a little insulting to those of us in our professional and personal lives who do the right things.

Who gives a ****... Pete Hegseth should be judged on Pete Hegseth's record. And his record reflects that he would have trouble keeping a job at the local Applebees, let alone the Pentagon.

Really awesome to hold a job that involves being subjected to randomized drug testing with fines and penalties attached, periodic criminal background checks, etc., yet the soon-to-be leader of the Pentagon is gonna get confirmed not only while not being qualified on the merits, but also with a history of drug and alcohol abuse, adultery and possible sexual assault. Just not a serious government. But clearly Tigeraholic's entertainment is our number one priority lol

One clip I saw was of Kevin Cramer (from ND) basically defending Hegseth by saying, essentially, "who amongst us hasn't shown up for work drunk before".... Just not serious people.

To the bolded specifically, what I'm struck by is just how boring and uninteresting the whole spectacle is. I would go as far as to say that a not-insignificant portion of those who voted for Trump (particularly the "punish Biden for inflation" crowd) probably find a lot of this stuff boring and uninteresting as well.

"He's killing it"

Another clown who isn't qualified to run an Arby's... Shocking

He had an xFIP of 5.13 in 2024, so not all the peripherals paint a rosy picture.

The Tiger Territory episode is kinda what I'm getting at.... I get that it's the offseason and there isn't a ton to talk about, but they spent damn near half the episode talking about Justin Verlander. When it's not even clear that the front office was ever even considering bringing him in or that JV was interested in coming back.

100% spot on.... I love JV for what he did in a Tigers uniform, but while I think there's an argument that there are ways that he could improve the 2025 team, the fact that they went in a different direction isn't worthy of all of the attention and energy it has generated in the Tiger zeitgeist.

Western NC and Eastern TN learned this lesson recently...

I'm guessing they are decent too, although I don't have cable and not sure the streaming situation there.

Local news isn't without it's flaws, but it's so much easier to obtain actual information even outside of natural disaster events than it is any other venue these days.

The last couple of natural disaster events we have had (Helene, now this) have really laid bare how difficult it is to obtain news about these events that isn't completely framed in the context of politics. It's easier to get better, more contextualized information about the fires from watching WGN's weather guy (in a city over 2,000 miles away) than it is to get it from the national news, and that is an absolute failure of the media *and* the consumer (who apparently wants this)

One hell of a non-sequitur here by Co-President Musk, all while people are dying.

Also love how certain folks ignore that climate change (and property insurance impacts) are equal opportunity and do not care about partisanship (see: Florida) Is it too much to expect an incoming administration to be able to see incoming crises and maybe have a plan to resolve them? Or have a plan to motivate them at least?

Translation: he has no plan. Thanks for confirming

Does the incoming administration have a plan to address the looming property insurance crisis that being created vy severe climate events? (lol, rhetorical question)

I don't know if there's any truth to that or not, but it's sort of beside the point in that we have assured ourselves yet another four years of inane arguments about what he means and doesn't mean whenever he opens his trap. Just not playing that game.... he should be held accountable for his words just like anyone else would be.

What a strange response.

It's not like anyone can expect a straight answer regardless.

Any comments on him wanting to "quench his imperialistic thirst"? Do you agree with his thoughts?