Congress sucks
Pelosi hasn’t suffered sexual harassment
The LA Times reports that Nancy Pelosi claims that she has never been the target of sexual harassment while she has been in Washington; More than 140 women in California’s Capitol — including legislators, Capitol staff, political consultants, lobbyists and the congresswoman’s own daughter Christine Pelosi — signed a letter on Tuesday calling out a […]
McCain sponsors bill to block transgender ban
John McCain, the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, joined co-sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) in support of a bill that would prevent President Trump from banning transgender people from serving in the military, according to the Washington Post; Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a military hawk and one of […]
Gutiérrez: Kelly is “mean”
Congressman Luis V. Gutiérrez, refusing to shut his trap, called White House Chief of Staff and Gold Star father John F. Kelly “mean” for allowing the President to withdraw the Executive Order which Gutiérrez wrote with the Obama Administration for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), according to the Washington Post; Asked whether it […]
Gutiérrez: Kelly is a disgrace to the uniform
A few years ago, President Obama ruled by fiat to protect illegal immigrant children from being deported with what has been known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy. The courts have ruled that it is unconstitutional and that the president over-stepped his authority by legislating from the White House, so yesterday, […]
Army won’t rename streets to soothe SJW’s feelings
According to the Washington Examiner, New York Congresspersons are upset because somewhere, out of sight of most New Yorkers, on Fort Hamilton, New York are two streets named for Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. The Army contends that renaming the streets would clash with the intended purpose – reconciliation. Of course, the […]
Letter from the edge
53 Congressmen banded together last week to send Secretary of Defense James Mattis a letter urging the Secretary to ignore the orders of his Commander-in-Chief, claiming that the President intended to disregard the Constitutional rights of transgendered soldiers by denying them enlistment and service in the military. However, they were unable to point to the […]
Senate approves Global War on Terrorism memorial
Stars & Stripes reports that the Senate unanimously approved the construction of a memorial to the Global War on Terrorism for some stupid reason. “We’re looking forward to building a sacred place of healing and remembrance for our GWOT veterans, a place for families to gather to honor their loved ones and for future generations […]
Afghan uniform dust-up
The USAToday reports that Congress is criticizing the Pentagon for buying a woodland pattern uniform for our Afghan allies; The Pentagon wasted as much as $28 million over the past decade buying uniforms for the Afghan army with a woodland camouflage pattern appropriate for a tiny fraction of that war-torn country, according to the Special […]
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