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Providing Aid And Comfort To The Enemy

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In case no one has noticed, we are at war. We are (hopefully) preventing a terrorist regime from gaining access to atomic weapons. Because they are also developing delivery systems that would allow those atomic weapons to reach us, we are concerned and want to stop them. Unfortunately, there are some very petty people in Congress who put their own pettiness above the interests of their country.

On Tuesday, The New York Post posted an article about Representative Thomas Massie’s filing of article of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

The article reports:

Rep. Thomas Massie filed articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Tuesday for allegedly committing “high crimes and misdemeanors” by waging the Iran war without congressional approval.

…Attorney General Todd Blanche defended Hegseth while leading a press briefing in the Rose Garden.

“Secretary Hegseth is doing a phenomenal job, and the secretary of war doesn’t just go off and do things. He follows the law. And so the DOJ plays a role in that, and we play an active role in making sure the law is complied with,” Blanche told a Post reporter.

“You called it a war. I disagree with that characterization, as does most of Congress. And so there’s been votes on whether it’s a war and what to do.

“Why votes through Congress, which have determined that he’s not doing anything wrong and the president’s not doing anything wrong, should result in articles of impeachment — I guess you’ll have to talk to Massie about that.”

Massie (R-Ky.) made the surprise announcement on the House floor, accusing Hegseth of violating the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which requires congressional authorization to conduct military operations lasting longer than 90 days.

“Peter Brian Hegseth, in his capacity as Secretary of Defense, has executed unlawful orders in contravention of Section 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution of 1973,” Massie declared.

This is simply sour grapes because President Trump got tired of Massie’s shenanigans and supported his opponent in the primary election. As much as I don’t like war, I like the idea of Iran getting a nuclear bomb even less. I also think that if Americans had access to the intelligence that the President had before the war they would wholeheartedly support the war.

It Depends On The Definition Of Principles

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A number of states right now are having primary elections. If your state is having a primary election, please vote. The primary elections are the elections where people have the strongest input in who runs for and wins elected office. Be aware that there is a lot of information put out by the candidates right now that is questionable at best. One of the Republicans running for re-election this year is Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky. He has two primary challengers. Representative Massie has always claimed to vote according to his principles. However, some recent information sheds some doubt upon that claim.

On Wednesday, Townhall reported:

Thomas Massie gave an interview to Politico yesterday, in which the publication said he goes “toe-to-toe” with high-ranking members of the Trump administration including Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

…There was one passage that stood out among many conservatives, one that dealt a major blow to the claims that Massie is operating on principles. Namely, Massie’s vote was contingent on whether or not Speaker Mike Johnson would publicly praise him for releasing the Epstein files.

…”One day, they needed my vote, and I offered to give them my vote if he would issue a press release thanking me for my good work on the Epstein Files Transparency Act. That’s all I required to get my vote. And I think he probably went and gave somebody else a bill to pass instead of doing the public statement,” Massie told Politico.

What about voting the way the people who elected you want you to vote?

Equal Treatment Of Accused Offenders

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On Friday, The New York Post reported:

Reps. Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene called on Congress Thursday to release the names of current and former members on a secret list of lawmakers that have used taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment claims. 

“Congress has secretly paid out more than $17 million of your money to quietly settle charges of harassment (sexual and other forms) in Congressional offices,” Massie (R-Ky.) wrote on X.

“Don’t you think we should release the names of the Representatives? I do,” he added. 

Massie’s suggestion was quickly endorsed by Greene (R-Ga.).

…“Taxpayers should have never had to pay for that. Along with all the other garbage they should not have to pay for,” she argued. 

Since 1997, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights has paid out more than $17 million in public money to settle nearly 300 cases of workplace disputes at the US Capitol – including claims related to sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation and pay disputes. 

The obscure office does not release the identities of those have reached settlements and does not break down how much of the money disbursed over the last 27 years is specifically related to sexual harassment claims. 

This is in response to making public the ethics committee report on Matt Gaetz. The report was filled with unproven allegations with evidence so flimsy that even the Merrick Garland politicized Department of Justice chose not to pursue the case.

The article concludes:

“Yes. Taxpayers deserve to know,” former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) tweeted in support of Massie.

The demands from Massie and Greene follow the release of a House Ethics Committee report into allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use against Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). 

In the aftermath of the controversial release of the report, which came after Gaetz resigned from Congress, the Florida Republican floated the idea of briefly returning to Capitol Hill for the sole purpose of exposing those on the secret list.

“Someone suggested the following plan to me,” Gaetz wrote on X last week. “1. Show up 1/3/2025 to congress 2. Participate in Speaker election (I was elected to the 119th Congress, after all…) 3. Take the oath 4. File a privileged motion to expose every ‘me too’ settlement paid using public funds (even of former members) 5. Resign and start my @OANN program at 9pm EST on January 6, 2025.”

Politico reported last week that some GOP lawmakers are already passing around a draft resolution that would do just that. 

If you are willing to publish unfounded accusations against one Congress member, you should be willing to publish unfounded accusations against all Congress members.