[U] Tangent: These Clowns... Are Simply... Embarrassing. Purported Defense Sec'y? Serial Sexual Abuser? According To His Own MOTHER?!

Look -- this is all great pulpy-fodder, for the political rags. . . and yes, I secretly confess -- reasonably gratifying, to me, personally. [Updated: Hegseth now says, if he's confirmed -- he'll stop. . . drinking. Well, that's. . . reassuring! Not.]

This is what happens when the dimmest bulbs in the room seize control of the GOP.

But make no mistake -- this IS THE GOP, now. The party knew full-well, on this second time around, just how sloppy and ineffectual Tangerine and his lackeys always are.

And they knew he would do no REAL vetting -- so, we were treated to Matt Gaetz (alleged sex-trafficker, now withdrawn)... and Pete Hegseth (now in the slow death spiral of being shown the door). [And (in a smaller display of gross incompetence -- in filling seats) that local Florida sheriff has pulled out, as a candidate to head the DEA. Hilarious.]

In Hegseth's case -- his own mother(!) openly proclaims he is a horrible, multiple incidents, multi-year, pattern abuser of women, in particular.

[And yes, I realize, for Trump that is a feature, not a bug -- but GEEZ?! Don't these guys realize that he's thus. . . toxic -- to over half of America?] Wow.

So instead, the frothy hard right rags are yammering on about anything BUT Hegseth-to-DeSantis.

But in truth, even the rest of even the regular GOP base is paying close attention, despite the froth-boys.

The coming Tangerine 2.0 will meet resistance. . . 2.0. . . inside his own party. This is a wasted "do nothing" two-to-four years. [Depending on mid-term 2026 results.]

D A M N.

I'm prepared. Are you?

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