THEY ARE NOT THE BEST. THESE PEOPLE NEED FIRING

What we’re reading… Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump continue to distance themselves from the apparent war crime and/or murder on the high seas. Exhibiting a true warrior ethos via social media, Hegseth pinned the blame for the order to kill on a rogue admiral, posting: “Admiral Mitch Bradley is an American hero, a true professional, and has my 100% support. I stand by him and the combat decisions he has made—on the September 2 mission and all others since.” What a weasel. He’s not responsible. And the president didn’t even know this was going on. But he supports whatever it is. Maybe. A document written for congressional leadership by retired and active-duty FBI agents and analysts of the first six months of Kash Patel’s FBI leadership was leaked. They said Patel is “in over his head” and that deputy FBI director Dan Bongino is “something of a clown.” Both Patel and Bongino are arrogant, the report says, and have an “unfortunate obsession with social media.” Under Patel, they say, the FBI is a “rudderless ship” and “all f*cked up.” Trump insisted that “affordability” doesn’t mean anything to anybody,” At a Cabinet meeting this week, between naps, Trump announced that “the word ‘affordability’ is a Democrat scam.” The secretary of commerce, billionaire Howard Lutnick, admitted to CNBC that Trump’s policies have caused disruption, but promised they would start to build the economy in 2026. “Remember,” he said, “as you deport people, that’s going to suppress private job numbers of small businesses. But they’ll rebalance and they’ll regrow. So I think this is just a near-term event and you’ll see as the numbers come through over the next couple of months, you’ll see that all pass, and next year the numbers are going to be fantastic.” So speaks the billionaire class. FU both. Jim Jordan subpoenaed former special counsel Jack Smith to testify in private, rejecting Smith’s offer to testify in public. Why behind closed doors? We the people would like to hear from Smith. We paid for whatever information he learned. We don’t want Jim Jordan’s version. Senators have asked Pam Bondi for a briefing no later than Friday on what she has claimed is “new” material in the Epstein files. Info that she said on November 14 had caused her to initiate investigations into connections between Epstein, Bill Clinton and other Dems. Even though on July 7, a FBI memo said there was no new evidence to open new investigations “against uncharged third parties.” Just another AG attempt to shield Trump. First by saying that there was no information in the files that would warrant an investigation of “uncharged third parties.” But then opening such investigations on Democrats to muddy the waters, and possibly claim that she could not release the files because of ongoing investigations. It’s long past time for the GOP Congress to take responsibility for putting these clowns in positions to run the country. Party loyalty is one thing. Blind obedience in supporting incompetence at the highest level is a violation of the oath you took to serve the country. Step up. Because none of this is serving the country.