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Women veterans increase their ranks in Congress, including ousted admiral
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Posted on 11/15/2026 7:16:08 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET

A record number of women veterans are headed to Congress following last week’s midterm elections, including a retired three-star Navy admiral who was removed from her post last year by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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Very smart. Run veterans and it takes away the soft on defense charge. I could see this coming 2 years after John Kerry bragged about his semester in Viet Nam. They were moderates who Nancy Pelosi then kept in line. 20 years of recruiting the right candidates who check the right boxes while patiently waiting for their openings to run. The opening could be a manufactured crisis like Covid or a war with not so high inflation. You don't let them go to waste.

People-our leaders are asleep at the switch. What else could it be? We put ourselves up against the wall and we gotta clean up the mess. Money? Not mine.

1 posted on 11/15/2026 7:16:08 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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Will there be a civil war between the squad and the new moderates? Conservative sites will fan the flames but it will be grasping for straws.


2 posted on 11/15/2026 7:18:27 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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“Will there be a civil war between the squad and the new moderates? ...”

There are very, very few moderates in the DSA. The women they recruit are simply AWFLs. They will follow the DSA marching orders.


3 posted on 11/15/2026 7:24:03 AM PST by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET; bitt; little jeremiah; Melian

People-our leaders are asleep at the switch. What else could it be?

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they’re all on somebody’s payroll


4 posted on 11/15/2026 7:30:24 AM PST by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Sadly, plenty of veterans that are ultra libs. Sorta like:

“Being a US citizen doesn’t make one an American!”. rktman 2026. 😠🙏👍🇺🇸


5 posted on 11/15/2026 7:39:18 AM PST by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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The women they recruit are simply AWFLs. They will follow the DSA marching orders.

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female Veterans would be a step up from any AWFUL, AND an even bigger improvement from the female former Clowns infiltrating gummit positions

6 posted on 11/15/2026 7:41:29 AM PST by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

It’s gonna be a bit strange for the three star admiral to question Hegseth in the congressional hearings. I wonder how he’ll handle that.


7 posted on 11/15/2026 8:07:43 AM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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My friends the purpose of this post is to point out how we have to be our own worst critics. I can see where there are no solutions as Thune continues on as majority leader. We’ll be in the wilderness for awhile and any normal thinking person will understand why. We were all in denial about the polls.


8 posted on 11/15/2026 8:22:35 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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A bunch of Karens.


9 posted on 11/15/2026 8:26:55 AM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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I agree with every word you typed. I think the republicans went into entitlement, thinking “we don’t have to work for votes”. They truly believed that the voters would vote Republican forever. jokes on us.


10 posted on 11/15/2026 8:29:22 AM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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This is a liberal/socialist hit piece. Firstly the fact that women were being elected at the pace they were was not a real issue.

At least 11 women veterans will serve in the new Congress, up from nine and the most in history, the group said. Big deal, not a real flood of new bodies when you consider the amount of people relieved of their position they are trying to improperly display.

The actual amount relieved during Trump’s second term is, according to CBS, here by name not just a generalized number:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-leaders-fired-forced-out-resigned-hegseth-defense-secretary-trump-pentagon/

According to CBS, the total amount of people relieved, and either took retirement or went to another job, is not a womens’ issue even though they are trying like he— to make it one with lies. Of the high profile military offered other jobs there were 11 and only one was a woman. From the entire cut of the military there were 16 cut of which 4 were women. And from the civilian cut there were 7 and none were women. And the military had solid contracts so unless they were court marshalled, they cannot be thrown out of the business. So they took another job or retired by their decision.

So it’s back to lies as usual. It is not a woman’s issue but they need votes in 2028 so they are jumping in early. I hate liars.

wy69


11 posted on 11/15/2026 8:55:00 AM PST by whitney69 (uipment )
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In the August 2026 Republican Florida Primary all dingbat registered-to-vote females chose a black RINO gubernatorial candidate who then got elected in November by the same crowd. The white ex-military male disabled vet Florida House member (I think his name is Collins) who ran against the black RINO in the Republican Primary got half the votes the RINO did. In that situation, having served honorably in the military with distinction was a deficit at the polls. Politics now has more screwballs in it than does major league baseball.


12 posted on 11/15/2026 9:02:17 AM PST by 4Runner ("I gotta join a union to get paid for loafin'?" " Sure ya do!" --Abbott & Costello)
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More and more I believe women are telling men ... you are not capable of doing that job so back off and let a women show you how to do it. I’m waiting to to see what will happen if the US gets attacked like it did in 1941. When that happened, the next day thousands of young men went to the nearest military recruitment office and volunteered to put their lives on the line to defend the US. Will the women do the same thing or will they then say they are incapable of fighting to defend the US so you men can enlist and put your life on the line like you did before and die defending us.


13 posted on 11/15/2026 9:36:12 AM PST by antidemoncrat
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Perhaps. But Byron Donalds had two things going for him name recognition and number two, Donald Trump‘s endorsement which still carries the day. Florida will be just fine. I voted for Byron Donald. There’s no way I stayed home.


14 posted on 11/15/2026 9:37:37 AM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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Donald Trump‘s endorsement which still carries the day

That was a huge liability in 2026!

15 posted on 11/15/2026 9:42:22 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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We were all in denial about the polls.

Yep. And yet we've got people here envisioning some elaborate nationwide fraud machine (that somehow missed all of the statewide ballot initiatives).

"Trump is polling in the 30s."

"Fake polls! Everyone loves Trump!"

*polls turn out to be accurate*

"Election fraud!"

Rinse and repeat. It's been like this for the 25 years I've been posting here.

16 posted on 11/15/2026 9:42:34 AM PST by Drew68
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A lot of states yes but not Florida. I thought he was horrible campaigning this year. He kept saying the economy is the best in the world. maybe so but still he had no empathy for people worrying about gas and food prices. In fact he sort of made fun of people worrying about it.


17 posted on 11/15/2026 9:50:47 AM PST by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: thinden

What about that jerk, Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey? Naval Academy graduate. Disgrace to the uniform and to the United States. Most women in power have been a huge disappointment. I’m one so I can criticize them.


18 posted on 11/15/2026 9:59:54 AM PST by vis a vis
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A female admiral. I can’t believe it.


19 posted on 11/15/2026 10:04:25 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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I can’t speak for anyone else but I think the 19th amendment was one HUGE MISTAKE.


20 posted on 11/15/2026 10:09:25 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn )
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