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Pete Hegseth dodged accountability yesterday because the Democrats sabotaged the motion to move forward with his impeachment. We'll just leave that there. But Pete Hegseth is just an absolute national embarrassment. He is an embarrassment to the military. He is obsessed with testosterone, aka gender-affirming care. And then he just, in general, acts like an asshole all the time. CNN is reporting the following today on Veterans Day. A U.S. Army sentinel guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier reprimanded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a group of his senior advisors Wednesday after some in the group laughed and talked near the solemn memorial following a Veterans Day ceremony. The guard says all visitors will maintain an atmosphere of silence and respect at all times. The sentinel called out, stopping his patrol to face the group as they departed. Here is a video of Pete Hegseth getting reprimanded for being an asshole. Play the clip. I think that guard speaks for a lot of the soldiers that have to obey orders from this secretary. It's really disgraceful that he can't even get through this. He can't even show up on Veterans Day without being an asshole. I mean, that's where we are. All right. So, yesterday the Democrats fumbled the bag. In their big debut of about to be the party in the majority, they were unable to whip the votes to move forward this motion to advance the impeachment of Pete Hegseth. And pop this up. Catherine Clark is the Democratic whip in the House, and it is thus her responsibility to ensure members are there to vote. Clark is also a founding member of EDW, which hosted an event tonight from 4.30 to 6.30 p.m., overlapping with the 5.30 p.m. vote on the Hegseth impeachment. Of the 11 members who missed the Hegseth vote, eight have received support from EDW or its APAC-tiered Super PAC-EDW action. Of those eight, two are sitting board members. I feel like this is, why the Democratic Party approval numbers are so low. They were at an APAC-tiered meeting. When you find out you can go and impeach a war criminal, you say, we're not doing the party anymore. We have to all be at work. We all have to go do this. This is a big thing. But why would these people not want to impeach Pete Hegseth? Because they don't want the Iran war to end. That's why. Yeah, and just called me stupid, but I'm not, I'm not so sure if you're the whip that you need to be scheduling events when you have a vote that's this important. And the whip is responsible for rallying the troops to make their vote. So, I mean, this is just illogical. And then you find out that it's an event that's allied with APAC, that's really just a pass-through entity for APAC, for pro-Israel money. And all these candidates are there instead of going up and voting to impeach Hegseth. I mean, it just, what kind of wonders can you have? And I think that this lady Clark, Congresswoman Clark, she's running for some office in the House too. And, you know, they can't even get this very basic thing right. All everyone had to do is just show up and vote. That's all. That's all. And they couldn't get that right. - No, it's, it's, it's maddening. And then when we're treated in such a patronizing way, if we are not just all chips in on supporting Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker, it's like the buck stops with him. If we want to impeach a war criminal, what are we doing here? Like, what, what are we doing? Like, this was a layup. - And, and all, yeah, and all of these Congress women and men that, that failed to show up, they all posted on X that they wanted Hegseth impeached. And I think, I think Congresswoman Clark had on her X account that she had supported the impeachment of Hegseth. And then she throws this event and doesn't have the votes there necessary. I mean, it's just crazy, crazy town. It's cheap. And these, it's just, this era of politics must end. An incoming House Democrat, Don Leonard, talks about how Democrats are being pressured to vote for Hakeem Jeffries. Play the clip. - Tonight, I met with, we'll call them senior members of the Democratic House who told me in no uncertain terms that the decision as to whether or not I support Jeffries, regardless of his willingness to speak with me and meet the interests of my constituents on a couple of key issues. Number one, getting a constitutional amendment to Incidents United, and number two, ending US support for the war in Iran and the country, Israel, that led us into it, that that would basically mean both making my life a living hell for the next, two years here in Washington, as well as being sure to lose my election. - Life is all about making decisions. Then sometimes you make great ones, like protecting your home and auto with Progressive. - The secret society of semi-homemade? Listen up. 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We vote for them to go, and then they have these secret votes and the seniority system and this bullshit game that they play once they're in there that doesn't deliver for the American people. And it's gonna take incoming young people like that, being whistleblowers to the public via social media, that's all it takes, to say this is what I was told, and I was threatened, and this is bullshit because I was elected by the people, and then I arrive here and I'm told you have to play by our rules now. We're not interested in your agenda. I mean, that's just, that's just such chicken shit. - It's, you get in this position, you get insulated from day-to-day issues. You start to, it seems like their ego gets involved. Everybody's jockeying for these positions on different committees and all of that, what's lost is the will of the people, which is the people that voted for you, your responsibilities. All of that gets lost in this power grab. And the Democrats, in some ways, are just as bad as Republicans. We're gonna have to own that. We're gonna have to face that. Hearing this incoming call, Congressman. talk makes me realize what a shit show that place is and even though i'd rather have a d instead of an r we've got all kinds of problems i completely agree here's aoc responding to leonard's video play the clip just had i i haven't seen the video so i can't speak to his individual instance but i can say that i have seen you know in the past when i first got here a lot of vitriol um and i don't think that going through it that way is productive you're saying democratic leadership has perhaps threatened you in the past of regarding some of your positions about oh people have been very people were when i first got here say more i mean brother i think i remember i i got a three million dollar primary challenge my first term people were very very very focused on making me a one-term congresswoman it's going to take a coup inside the house of representatives to expose this intimidation do nothing democratic uh brick wall that they hit all the time i mean this is this needs to be the light needs to shine onto this and it's going to take old members that have engaged in this before saying i agree we need to do something different it takes me back to that clip that we played last week with john stewart maybe it was this week i can't remember john stewart saying we have to do bold things this system of seniority is their system not ours and it needs to go and we need to put somebody in that is a fighter that can deliver those are the only two qualifications that we want how long you've been there how you know the system enough and hearing her own that because she she basically is owning what he said that it's true uh then it makes me question her endorsement of jeffries okay because she wants a certain committee assignment and so it's just it's all one big game that's what it says to me it's a big gap by all of them except these incoming congress men and women that that are fresh that actually want to go serve the will of the people but hearing her say that and then watching i think i saw her a clip recently of her uh endorsing jeffries um it just makes me think this is an orchestrated game and that it's just yeah exactly i think i think a lot of people have had to go in and play ball because that's the only thing they can do once they get there to actually try to get out of this and get back into the game so i think that's the only thing that they can do and that's the only thing that they can do and i think that's the only thing that they can do and i think that's all politicians the only thing i want to add to that is but a lot of this inside the democratic party was also prevalent in 2024 with harris and biden that in my opinion led to donald trump being re-elected is that when biden stepped down in that whole process you you just had people playing instead of looking at what we're facing which is the destruction of democracy and saying democrats unite do what's best for the party not the person we didn't do that and again you're starting to see that right now put all this aside donald trump is trying to destroy this country okay put all ego power all that aside and do what's best for the voters he is destroying the country and then you get there's this whole thing that exists online and not in the real world and it is this the corporate democrats they cling on to this centrist thing we're centrists and we're moderates and the extremes on both sides are terrible and then the progressive left flank of the party says the centrists are um you know corporatists which i i tend to agree with the left plank and i believe in this election we just had it was a broad coalition of voters that uh were pissed off more than anything matter than hell at what's happening want deliverables on affordability want the crime to stop and what i saw in that turnout was rage people are outraged at what is happening in this country and that's why i think we need to look at this uh administration and so there's this gal named nira tandem and she's always on the internet fighting with hassan piker and medi hassan and nira i believe she's worked for like obama i mean established political player i think she worked for obama clinton uh biden i believe i don't know her exact resume but i'm sure she's done some good work at times in in her career but now she's very fixated on what's happening in the world and i think she's a very good example of that and i think she's a very good example of that and i think she's a very good example of that and i think she's a very good example of that and i think she's a very good example of that and i think she's a very good example of that this is an election for normie dems okay i'm sorry it's an election you do not have this kind of wave of people of people of people winning everywhere who this is an election of normie dems this is an election of normie dems this is an election of normie dems when i hear clips of nira i always hear when i hear clips of nira i always hear when i hear clips of nira i always hear subtraction i never hear addition which subtraction i never hear addition which subtraction i never hear addition which i think okay i read her wiki page at i think okay i read her wiki page at i think okay i read her wiki page at some point it's like wow that she has an some point it's like wow that she has an some point it's like wow that she has an incredible resume she's worked for all incredible resume she's worked for all incredible resume she's worked for all of these people i'm new to political of these people i'm new to political of these people i'm new to political commentating but i've always been a commentating but i've always been a commentating but i've always been a political junkie but i do know that the political junkie but i do know that the political junkie but i do know that the number one rule is you have to have a number one rule is you have to have a number one rule is you have to have a politics of addition you know you have politics of addition you know you have politics of addition you know you have to add people to add people to add people for her to say that this for her to say that this for her to say that this you know this was just a normie you know this was just a normie you know this was just a normie election you know all just the normal election you know all just the normal election you know all just the normal people came out and voted no this was a people came out and voted no this was a people came out and voted no this was a pissed off electorate madder than hell pissed off electorate madder than hell pissed off electorate madder than hell at the status quo of both parties at the status quo of both parties at the status quo of both parties if everybody the normie democrats are if everybody the normie democrats are if everybody the normie democrats are just so happy just so happy just so happy you would see chuck schumer and hakeem you would see chuck schumer and hakeem you would see chuck schumer and hakeem jeffries approval numbers above let's jeffries approval numbers above let's jeffries approval numbers above let's just i'll be generous here 25 just i'll be generous here 25 just i'll be generous here 25 they're below 20 both of them chuck they're below 20 both of them chuck they're below 20 both of them chuck schumers is below 15 schumers is below 15 schumers is below 15 and you see these candidates like just and you see these candidates like just and you see these candidates like just this is anecdotal but so many of our this is anecdotal but so many of our this is anecdotal but so many of our friends in oklahoma that were moderate friends in oklahoma that were moderate friends in oklahoma that were moderate normie either republicans and or dim are normie either republicans and or dim are normie either republicans and or dim are now like god i really love abdul el now like god i really love abdul el now like god i really love abdul el that on this podcast ever since kamala that on this podcast ever since kamala that on this podcast ever since kamala lost in 24 and i became more lost in 24 and i became more lost in 24 and i became more deprogrammed from corporate news and i deprogrammed from corporate news and i deprogrammed from corporate news and i saw it not just in myself but saw it not just in myself but saw it not just in myself but anecdotally and everybody that i know anecdotally and everybody that i know anecdotally and everybody that i know and i kept saying the establishment has and i kept saying the establishment has and i kept saying the establishment has no idea where the base is right now and no idea where the base is right now and no idea where the base is right now and they're going to find out with the they're going to find out with the they're going to find out with the midterm results because we were going midterm results because we were going midterm results because we were going democrats democrats save us save us do democrats democrats save us save us do democrats democrats save us save us do something whip votes no strongly worded something whip votes no strongly worded something whip votes no strongly worded letters you know everybody was screaming letters you know everybody was screaming letters you know everybody was screaming it it it and now they're out trying to paint this and now they're out trying to paint this and now they're out trying to paint this as this big moderate victory did some as this big moderate victory did some as this big moderate victory did some moderates win moderates win moderates win yes but these alleged moderates the yes but these alleged moderates the yes but these alleged moderates the overton window has moved in the overton window has moved in the overton window has moved in the democratic party democratic party democratic party these moderates these moderates these moderates you know for to have an adjective to you know for to have an adjective to you know for to have an adjective to describe them ran on very progressive describe them ran on very progressive describe them ran on very progressive things it behooves the nera tandems to things it behooves the nera tandems to things it behooves the nera tandems to paint paint paint zoron or um abdul el sayed is these zoron or um abdul el sayed is these zoron or um abdul el sayed is these radical politicians radical politicians radical politicians nothing they really say or do is nothing they really say or do is nothing they really say or do is radical she deems people that oppose radical she deems people that oppose radical she deems people that oppose aid to israel and oppose the genocides aid to israel and oppose the genocides aid to israel and oppose the genocides as being radical i just as being radical i just as being radical i just i just see that as like a baseline human i just see that as like a baseline human i just see that as like a baseline human thing that you have to do like we have thing that you have to do like we have thing that you have to do like we have to oppose murdering kids at a minimum i to oppose murdering kids at a minimum i to oppose murdering kids at a minimum i don't think anything about that is don't think anything about that is don't think anything about that is remotely remotely remotely radical but i think what we're seeing radical but i think what we're seeing radical but i think what we're seeing tiger or this space or other independent tiger or this space or other independent tiger or this space or other independent media spaces media spaces media spaces because that means they don't have because that means they don't have because that means they don't have proximity to power anymore and people proximity to power anymore and people proximity to power anymore and people having power is something that is very having power is something that is very having power is something that is very terrifying terrifying terrifying to them to them to them yeah and i i don't know very much about yeah and i i don't know very much about yeah and i i don't know very much about this woman i think this woman i think this woman i think i kind of blame you for me knowing i kind of blame you for me knowing anything about her because since I've been covering politics, I've seen her on X here and there, and it's not very impressive. But people like her, if you believe this new wave of Democrats, that this left pact of the party, if you believe that there's a rise in that, then that threatens her livelihood, I'm going to assume. She's one of these corporate pro-Israel Democrats, I think it's safe to say. And so she makes money financially off of advocating for their interest. In some ways, she's no different than a politician that receives AIPAC money. She's got a vested interest in this. And thus, she wants to try to minimize any kind of uprise by the progressive side of the party. But anyway, I blame you for me knowing anything about her at all. I wouldn't know anything about her either, but a lot of the people that I really like, she's always fighting with on the internet. And the more I see what she has to say, the more I like the people that I'm following because they just cook her over and over and over again. And I think she acts like she's still in the 90s. And no disrespect, I've evolved politically as well. But I think it's patronizing to call people, quote, normie Dems. I think it's patronizing language to say this was a normie Dem victory. This was a robust big tent coalition. This was a coalition of pissed off people. Pissed off that government hasn't delivered for them. Pissed off that the Democratic Party didn't do a goddamn thing with Donald Trump, that Merrick Garland didn't prosecute him, pissed off about the strongly worded letters. And that's before we even get to the MAGA fascists. And so I just find that to be patronizing. And I find her language to be exclusionary and not inclusive, because there's so much work that people did to get the vote out. And especially in a lot of these spaces. And I do believe independent media made a huge, huge impact. And I think to be so reductive to Normie Dem, like what are the rest of us? Crazy Dems. Oh, you're wild and crazy. You want people to have health care. That's fucking bonkers. You know, I mean, like, stop with all that talk of a Normie Dem. Everybody's past that except for her. But these are the actual Normie Dems. Pop this up. All right. Eighty four percent of Democrats want Medicare for all. Eighty five percent. Of Democrats want to expand Social Security. Eighty nine percent of Democrats want a 20 dollar minimum wage. Seventy four percent of Democrats want to end military aid to Israel. Sixty seven percent of Democrats want a data center moratorium. But we're just wild and crazy. We're not the normal Dems. I mean, I just it's just such exclusionary language because I, as a progressive Dem, will say, obviously, Republicans maybe came out and voted. That's how bad it is. Like, that's how bad the situation is. Centrists, progressives, leftists. It was a beautiful coalition of Americans. And but I'm not I don't I'm not a 30 year veteran politico like she is. But I just hear subtraction in her language oftentimes. And she makes it about her, too, you know, about her positions or her candidates instead of just what's best for the party. I mean, the party had one of the best, I think, election runs since 1974. Like, it was unheard of. The way they came out and voted and just not to have a positive tick on it and try to slant your narrative about whether or not these are moderates or their left or progressive or whatever they are. I mean, just to fit your narrative. And I think it's really more or less just to keep her relevant to just for her to stay relevant in the discourse. Maybe shut up. Get off X a little bit or I don't know. So here's you're right about the this was that post Watergate level turnout. Pop this up. Dave Wasserman over at the Cook Political said with more than 116 million votes counted, Dems lead in the National House vote is up to 13.5 points. It's now the largest margin for either party since 1974. 1974 was the conclusion of the Watergate scandal when Richard Nixon resigned August 8th of 1974. So the election just a couple months after we saw massive blue waves. It's an anti-corruption electorate. But I just want to say this. Sometimes I think there people do us favors. And when Haley Stevens acted like a traitor and a nut and took the mask off and said, actually, I'm a corporatist and I have more in common with MAGA than I ever did with Democrats. She did us a favor because she exposed a weakness within the Democratic Party, which now we know that it becomes an adjective. This person is a Haley Stevens Democrat, which means you're not really a Democrat. On TV and in certain spaces, you go through the motions of publicly acting like a Democrat. But in private, you're ushering in the era of prostitution politics and people that get fixated on, you know, this is a centrist or a progressive or whatever. I understand this because we are from Oklahoma. And I can just tell you that if you try to run a Democrat that acts like a Republican, they always lose. They always lose. Because people don't buy that shtick. You have to run people that have a bold opposition to the status quo, that are willing to call out both parties' failures to deliver to people materially. And the Democrats have some ownership in that, too. It's not near as bad as the Republicans. This is my number one thing on the planet is we have to defeat Republicans. But I think we've got to also now defeat the Haley Stevens wing of the Democratic Party. Yeah, and we've got to defeat. Well, like you said, the AIPAC, the people that take the Haley. Yeah, I mean, it's we're fighting that right now in the House specifically. I think it looks better in the Senate. But that faction of of the party and then, you know, hearing what this incoming congressman described is is basically being threatened. They're going to come after him. And then AOC confirms that she was primaried and someone put three million dollars against her with it. This is within your own party. People are doing this to you. So, I mean, it's cut through. And I think the incoming congressmen and women that are so enthusiastic, they're not used to that. They don't know that culture, that environment. And so it's going to be interesting to see how they adjust this new guy that's coming. It's video and all this stuff. I love him. Love it. All right. That's all we have. Make sure you subscribe to YouTube. Become a member if you want to hit us up on Substack. Subscribe wherever you get your podcast and order my book or go pick it up at a bookstore. It's called Not Today Fascist. New York Times bestseller. Go get it before they're gone. And we'll be back later with more news. Are you ever shopping online and suddenly a discount that helps you save pops up? It makes your day, sometimes even your week. 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