Senate leader John Thune said yesterday that there are not enough votes to pass a recess, which would have allowed Trump's appointments to take their post without a hearing.

So Gaetz, and the others will have to go in front of committees and be grilled. 😎

SENATE CONFIRMS BIDENS ETHICS APPOINTMENT

#Baseball #Florida

From #LATimes: Pinellas County may renege on its new stadium complex deal. The Tampa Bay Rays are threatening to leave town.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2024-11-16/rays-stadium-drama-potential-relocation-could-upend-mlbs-expansion-plans

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#politics Interesting.Hegseth has a jerusalem cross and deus vult tattoo and wrote a book "American Crusade" where he called for "a holy war for the righteous cause of human freedom". I'm sure that's a great big coinkydink that he looks and acts like the white supremacist crusaders pushing deus vult and some of whom were at Charlottesville. Mmmmhmmmmm.

Trump's team stood by his pick of a Fox News host Pete Hegsethfor the next Pentagon chief despite an allegation of sexual misconduct who was accused of acting inappropriately with a woman. Hegseth claimed the encounter was consensual butcritics have called him an "unserious" pick for the position. At least 26 women have also accused Trump of sexual misconduct, including assault, since the 1970s.
https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2669882940/

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: “To have someone coming into a scientific agency that is a vaccine skeptic and may well undo decades of public health work I think is terrifying for the American public who rely on HHS from cradle to grave for resources for information for public health for oversight of our food and medicines,” Sebelius said. “And that to me is a very frightening aspect for the American public.”
https://www.rawstory.com/rfk-jr-2669882847/

Privacy advocates gained access to a powerful tool bought by U.S. law enforcement agencies that can track smartphone locations around the world. Abortion clinics, places of worship, and individual people can all be monitored without a warrant. https://www.404media.co/email/a400f89b-10e8-4910-9ee3-ac83b70020aa/

The OnionWars

What’s next for InfoWars remains a live issue. The excess funds initially allocated for the purchase will be reinvested into our philanthropic efforts that include business school scholarships for promising cult leaders, a charity that donates elections to at-risk third world dictators, and a new pro bono program pairing orphans with stable factory jobs at no cost to the factories.

https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/

A small ray of hope.

https://youtu.be/a6X9A-mRDdI