Not only are the Republicans in disarray as AL noted below, but they are also being messy again:
A Department of Homeland Security counterterror official was suspended during an investigation into claims that she bilked her “sugar daddy” out of tens of thousands of dollars – after her jilted ex-lover claimed her behavior posed a national “security risk.”
Julia Varvaro, 29, was placed on leave Wednesday after her ex-boyfriend filed a complaint with the DHS alleging she swindled him out of the $40,000 he spent on her during their three-month relationship.
“Julia Varvaro is on administrative leave as a result of the investigation and she is no longer serving in her capacity as a Deputy Assistant Secretary at DHS,” the DHS said in a statement.
You owe it to yourself to read the texts. These people are so stupid and trashy.
Failing up and Phelan out:
Navy Secretary John Phelan was fired on Wednesday after months of infighting with senior Pentagon leaders and disagreements over how to revive the Navy’s struggling shipbuilding program.
Mr. Phelan is leaving the Pentagon and the Trump administration effective immediately, wrote Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief spokesman, in a terse statement.
In his role leading the Navy, Mr. Phelan had championed the “Golden Fleet,” a major investment in new ships including a “Trump-class” battleship. But Mr. Phelan’s leadership was marred by feuds with senior leaders in the Pentagon, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, Pentagon and congressional officials said.
Mr. Phelan is the first service secretary to leave the administration, though he is the second one to clash with the defense secretary. Mr. Hegseth also has butted heads with Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll over promotions and a host of other issues. Mr. Hegseth fired the Army’s chief of staff, Gen. Randy George, earlier this month.
Well, the good news is that our Navy is not doing anything important or dangerous right now, so this should be no big deal. Not that Phelan had any military experience to begin with. HIs replacement is a fellow named Hung Cao and I am sure we will hear all about him in the next few days. Trump will probably nominate someone like Eddie Gallagher and of course, Fetterman will vote to confirm.
Sometimes being a West Virginian is so fucking embarrassing:
Both of West Virginia’s senators have extended arms across the aisle to introduce a bill aimed at putting hot rotisserie chicken on the tables of Americans in need of a hot meal.
In a release on Wednesday, Senator Jim Justice (R-WV) announced that he and senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), John Fetterman (D-PA) and Michael Bennet (D-CO) have introduced the “Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act,” meant to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants to purchase hot rotisserie chicken with their benefits.
“Allowing folks on SNAP to buy hot rotisserie chickens is truly just common sense. It’s as basic as you can get to help busy parents or grandparents put something as simple as this on the table to feed their families. We have to give people the option to put a healthy, protein-dense choice on the table that actually tastes good and doesn’t take an hour and a half to cook,” Senator Jim Justice said.
Beyond the whole mental imagery of the king handing morsels to the poors through the portcullis, at no point did any of them say “hey why the fuck are we banning rotisserie chickens in the first place and why are we banning hot foods and maybe we should just let them make their own decisions?”
I mean I get the need to ban things like gas and tobacco and booze, but fucking hell we are so fucking terrified of a Fox news story showing some poor person enjoying themselves with a hot meal. Can’t have that! Everyone knows the measure of someone’s worth is how much money they have at this very point in their life. We are so fucking broken in the head in this country.
I’m going back to Port Protection and avoiding thinking about the drive home to WV.
*** Update ***
This is the second night in a row I have written a post and forgot to publish it until noticing hours later.
