Blockade Ends

Under pressure from Senate Republicans, Florida Man and Alabama senator, Tommy Tuberville abruptly agreed to drop his objections to eleven remaining four star officer promotions.

Following almost a year of blocking military promotions over Pentagon policy ensuring service members could receive time off and travel expense reimbursement to seek abortion or other reproductive health services in another location Tuberville performed an about face.

The promotions were swiftly approved yesterday by unanimous consent - allowing the Senate to wrap up this important business before the holiday break.

I don't know if this is further evidence that you shouldn't take hostages you aren't prepared to shoot or poetic justice for forcing the US military to fight his culture war.  Either way, coach Tuberville is a dick.

Blockade Hangover

Last week we learned that Florida resident and GOP senator for Alabama, Tommy "Coach" Tuberville had lifted most of his holds on military promotions.  Alas, since then we learn that the persistent holds on the top positions - Joint Chiefs of Staff and several theater commands - has resulted in a domino effect through the chain of command.

Think of it like a bad hangover coming on the heels of the Coach's ten month binge of political theatrics.

Putin continues his relentless efforts to annihilate Ukraine,  Hamas continues to put innocent Palestinian civilians between themselves in their effort to annihilate Israel.  US forces in Iraq and Syria face military threats on a daily basis.  Carrier battle groups have been deployed in reasonably short order.  The world is a dangerous place. 

Tuberville's abuse of power is nothing new to American politics.  Nevertheless, his jerking around of military leadership has every possibility of impeding military operations and can be problematic to our security interests given the context of the previous paragraph.

Tuberville is entitled to take a stance on the abortion issue but being a dick about the military chain of command to score political points is out of line.  Just my opinion.  But if it walks and talks like a dick and looks like a dick; a dick is a dick.  Coach is a dick.

I'm sure this will get sorted-out over time; the military can handle a Florida panhandle dick.

Meanwhile if you're interested in a short but good read; Politico scored an exclusive on the drama behind the closed-door meeting where coach got tackled.

Meme of the Day

If I had to hazard a guess the voters of Georgia Congressional District 14 place a higher value on performative politics than forward-looking governance.  I thank my lucky stars that I live in the normal Wisconsin Congressional District 8 with the very normal Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher.

Old Uncle Joe baited these  jerk-offs like a bunch of rubes last night.

Way to keep it classy GOP.....