Posted on 02/21/2025 4:40:15 PM PST by george76
The effort to undermine President Trump continues in the US Senate ..
@SenTomCotton is working behind the scenes to stop Trump’s pick, Elbridge Colby, from getting confirmed at DOD
Colby is one of the most important pieces to stop the Bush/Cheney cabal at DOD
Why is Tom Cotton doing this?
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Why is Tom Cotton blocking Colby? Simple, he’s still carrying water for the Bush/Cheney war machine.
Colby wants America First defense policies, not endless wars, not neocon nation-building. Cotton siding against him just exposes where his real loyalties lie.
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Tom was prominently mentioned as presidential material 4-5 years ago
But no more. And with good reason
He’s got a well hidden never-Trumper streak, known well in MAGA circles
Kash should open an investigation on Cotton stat.
The Senate & Juidicial Landscape.
this story is 5 days old....he’s softened opposition.....should be good
It’s all based on Colby’s philosophy of ignoring Iran (& the mideast in general) and concentrating 95% of all our intelligence resources, money and political/economic force in Asia, specifically China.
So the question comes down to, follow the $. Tom, it certainly appears that you may have whored yourself out to grant receivers that then filled your coffers. That has been the DC way since forever. There is a new Sheriff in town. Sorry that you were such a cheap whore. You were supposed to represent your constituents. Not your selfish nature. Have or try to find some honor, step down and save what you can for your family name.
Those TV clips of Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff and Maxine Waters taking turns screaming out insults against Trump and Musk are sure to be audience pleasers. /S
They look like the gruesome townspeople in Salem’s Lot or The Night of the Living Dead. No offense to the makeup staff of those horror movies.
“this story is 5 days old....he’s softened opposition.....should be good”
I hope that you are correct.
They may be fearful of the EPSTEIN lists.
Cotton probably wanted the SecDef job. Now he needs to either be primaried or offered a plum job as university president somewhere.
The Senate has been a tough nut to crack on these cabinet appointments:
Approve.
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Approve.
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Approve....
Lol.
How many senators do you think actually support Trump, or actually care about their “constituents”?
Since the last vote was counted, was there any doubt?
2017-2020 redux?
That’s a bit strange because Colby is hardly an isolationist - but he does advocate prioritizing resources.
NOT FAIR TO THE HORSE.
I feel like an awful lot of people in the government try really really hard to pretend China doesn't exist when we talk about our biggest threats. It's such a glaring omission that it sure seems strange.
Does anyone have a good email for Charile Kirk, he asked for questions for his upcoming interview with Gov Newsom and I wanted to suggest he ask him why he is not inteviening to stop the closure of 2 huge Phillips 66 Refineries that produce over 9% of the states gasoline? His own energy commision admits they need more and instead of the clean fuel they produce they will be importing “heavy crude” idk Venezuela? (Trump should be on this too as no new oil refineries have been built in US since 1970s) can’t drill baby drill if no place to refine oil
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