Question Of The Day:

 Why is the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln so royally fucked?

A: Pete Hegseth 

MacFarlane: Democrats who are in some of the briefings that do exist say those briefings are a hot mess. I talked to three Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee today in advance of speaking with you, Katie, and they used the following terms to describe the briefings… pic.twitter.com/O0G7mCAsJ1

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MacFarlane: Democrats who are in some of the briefings that do exist say those briefings are a hot mess. I talked to three Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee today in advance of speaking with you, Katie, and they used the following terms to describe the briefings they’ve gotten from the Defense Department about Iran: useless, empty calories, laughable, and an inability to answer basic questions about readiness and strategy.

What they’re saying is that when they get briefings from Pete Hegseth’s team at the Department of Defense or Hegseth himself, it’s a bunch of political talking points. They blame President Biden or President Obama for things. They talk about what they aspire to do, but they’re not getting any meat on the bones in these briefings.

And the Democrats who are on the Armed Services Committee will also tell you Republicans aren’t pleased with these briefings either.

That last paragraph I heavily discount, because all reports are that in private, the GOP Congress hates and despises Trump as much as you do. But in public, to a person, they remain loyal Trump lapdogs.

Actions speak louder than reported words.