KOMMONSENTSJANE – Democrat Senators Need to Woman/Man-Up and Do Their Jobs.

Posted on February 1, 2025 by kommonsentsjane

02/01/2025

These people might need a refresher course on how to conduct interviews. It is insulting to the viewers on TV watching the children games they are playing. You Senators are supposed to be intelligent/thinkers. Show us your wares. You lost the election because of the wares you display.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/completely-unhinged-victor-davis-hanson-says-dems-fury-against-trump-nominees-during-hearings-is-political-misstep/ar-AA1ycESl?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=314686a5219c4c6e85e1e941142e6421&ei=48

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Time for the Democrat Senators who are also involved in interviewing the new Republicans who have been selected for the replacement Democrat jobs in the government need to WOMAN/MAN-UP. Quit making it personal. This is business you are conducting.

Victor Davis Hanson Says Dems' Blowups In Trump Nominee Hearings Are Boomeranging On Them

Victor Davis Hanson Says Dems’ Blowups In Trump Nominee Hearings Are Boomeranging On Them© The Daily Caller

Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Victor Davis Hanson explained on Friday how Democratic senators’ attacks on President Donald Trump’s nominees during confirmation hearings are backfiring politically because of conservatives’ current ability to push their messages more effectively online.

Many Democratic senators have taken adversarial approaches to Trump’s cabinet nominees, including screaming at them, interrupting them and hurling accusations against them. Hanson, on “Victor Davis Hanson Show,” said that Trump’s nominees have all excelled at their hearings as they have come under fire from Democrats.

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“The funny thing about all these nominees that some of the RINOs [Republicans in name only] in the party deprecated: Pete Hegseth, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, man when they go before those people— Sean Duffy — they have all of the answers,” Hanson said. “They’re really impressive people and they go head-to-head. It’s kind of they have a wink and a nod, and I think their logic, I’m just suggesting this, I don’t have any confirmation, but their attitude — they go in very confident.”

“So, their attitude is basically, ‘I have 53 senator votes and you have none to stop me. You can’t stop me. Now you think you’re going to get [Republican senators Lisa] Murkowski and [Susan] Collins and maybe Mitch [McConnel]? I can still get confirmed,’” he continued. “‘So, I’m not going to kiss up to you in any way possible. In fact, the only thing I worry about is not getting 50 senators. And the only way I would not get 50 senators is to sell out Donald Trump, and I’m not going to do that. I’m not stupid, and I don’t want to anyway.’ And that gives them a lot of confidence.”

McConnell, Murkowski and Collins all voted against Hegseth’s confirmation to be secretary of defense, but Vice President J.D. Vance broke the tie to confirm him on Jan. 24. His confirmation followed a hearing that included Democratic Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine accusing him of infidelity and Democratic New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand lecturing him for eight minutes about women serving in the military.

“And then you get these people frustrated, like [Democratic Massachusetts Sen.] Elizabeth Warren. She’s come off as completely unhinged. And then they don’t understand the media that the left — polling right now — 37% — and I guess it was the latest Emerson poll, 37% said they approve of the Democratic Party,” Hanson added. “Do they understand how they drive that down when somebody like Elizabeth Warren just cuts off [Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.] RFK, won’t let him answer a question, screams and yells.”

Hanson referenced how Warren pressed Kennedy to “commit” to not accepting compensation for any lawsuits against drug companies during his potential tenure at HHS and for four years after, which prompted a heated exchange. He asserted that immediately after the clash, “the right-wing blogosphere” noted that Warren and Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders were the two senators who raised the most money in pharmaceutical contributions.

Senators on both sides of the aisle who critically questioned Kennedy at his Wednesday and Thursday hearings found their contributions from the healthcare industry and their personal investments in the pharmaceutical industry and companies that make highly processed food being highlighted on X, receiving millions of views.

The Democratic Party’s approval rating plunged to 31% among registered voters, according to Quinnipiac polling released Wednesday.

Sanders exploded at Kennedy during his Thursday confirmation hearing after the nominee accused him of corruption for accepting pharmaceutical industry donations. Hanson suggested Warren and Sanders are examples of “hypocrites that are defending big pharma against RFK,” saying “that doesn’t work” because of conservatives’ ability to push their agenda in part because of how billionaire Elon Musk has run social media platform X.

Hanson also said Democrats wrongly assumed attorney general nominee Pam Bondi was “just a blonde bimbo” and that they could “tear her apart.” He said that she instead “t[ore] them apart.” He similarly said they underestimated Hegseth.

“And then they see Pete Hegseth. And they go, ‘This guy is weird. He’s got the Jerusalem cross, you know, and he’s been married three times. And we’re just going to slice him up because I’m Senator Sanders and I’m Senator [Chuck] Schumer, I’m Senator Warren, I’m Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.’ And then he just destroys them,” Hanson said.

He also said Kennedy “destroyed” the Democratic senators while FBI Director nominee Kash Patel dealt with them “like carving a Christmas turkey.”

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You would think these Senators would realize the voters voted against their party and tried to tell them – hey we don’t like the way you are handling our business. It is time for the Democrats to vote new Senators into office since these folks haven’t “grown up,” yet, and are still playing children games.

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KOMMONSENTSJANE – MSNBC Willie/Willie Bang Bang Democrat Crisis Moment. Slam Bam – Thank You Ma’am.

Posted on January 31, 2025 by kommonsentsjane

01/31/2025

It looks like MSNBC doesn’t want – just the facts – which is what counts

The idiom “wham bam, thank you, ma’am” is often used to describe something that was done quickly and efficiently but without paying much attention to detail or quality. Whether you think that’s good or bad depends on the situation!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/this-happened-under-his-watch-white-house-reporter-says-trump-couldn-t-handle-crisis/ar-AA1ybDLT?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=ef2d0151de7743d485c6f8bb528fdd33&ei=6

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Please, folks, hold on to your horses and get your pacifier out and take a deep breath.

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White House correspondent Jonathan Lemire didn’t mince any words on Friday morning as he called out Donald Trump for purportedly face-planting following what some have said is the first real crisis of his second term

From his perch as a co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Lemire expanded upon a column he wrote for The Atlantic where he, under the headline “The Day Trump Became Un-President,” wrote of the president’s press conference about the DC plane crash tragedy, “And just like in 2020, Trump used a national calamity to try to score political points and denigrate his foes. Fourteen hours after a midair collision between an American Airlines jet and a military helicopter outside Washington last night—the first crisis of the young administration, a moment to console a stunned and grieving nation—Trump repeatedly implied that the crash was the fault of his Democratic predecessors and of DEI policies.”

Prompted by co-host Willie Geist on Friday morning, Lemire cut right to the chase.

“In a moment that should have been to console a nation, to unify a nation, he did choose divisiveness yet again,” Lemire said of the press conference. “He acted like an observer as opposed to someone who actually had, not just the opportunity and the resources, but the responsibility to get the answers.”

“And he tried to score political points and it was also about shifting blame,” he continued before strongly asserting, “This did happen under his watch.”

“Yes only ten days into his administration, no one was going to say the president of the United States was at fault for what happened, but he couldn’t handle the idea that this is a crisis suddenly he has to deal with,” he accused. “So he tried to pass the buck to others and made these wild claims without evidence that it was –– whether it was President Obama, President Biden or these DEI policies to blame.”

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Sir, you are assuming the situation. In that case you are making an a$$ out of you, me, and the media? Didn’t you learn anything from losing the election and making adjustments?

Just the facts count.

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KOMMONSENTSJANE – Black Hawk crew involved in DC crash made up of ‘top pilots’ with thousands of hours of experience.

Posted on January 31, 2025 by kommonsentsjane

01/31/2025

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The helicopter flight along the Potomac was a routine qualification flight.

ByLuis Martinez 

Thursday, January 30, 2025 10:18PM

The three soldiers of the Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a jetliner on Wednesday night just off of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were all very experienced and not only had thousands of hours of flight time between them but were very familiar with the flight patterns above the Potomac River.

The Army has confirmed that all three soldiers were from Bravo Company, 12th Combat Aviation Battalion, based at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, about 20 miles south of Washington, D.C. The unit primarily transports senior U.S. military officials around the Washington area and beyond.

Recovery efforts for two of the soldiers in the Black Hawk in the frigid waters of the Potomac River continued Thursday, as did the search for the missing among the 64 aboard American Airlines Flight 5342. Also being sought are the plane’s data and cockpit voice recorder and the helicopter’s integrated data and voice recorder.

The helicopter flight along the Potomac was a routine nighttime qualification flight in which an instructor pilot tests a pilot’s skills at navigating the various routes through the Washington area that are key parts of his or her mission.

“It was a very experienced group,” said Jonathan Koziol, a retired Army chief warrant officer with more than 30 years experience in flying Army helicopters. Koziol has been attached to the Unified Command Post created at Reagan National Airport to coordinate efforts following the deadly collision.

Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va.
Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Koziol confirmed to reporters on a conference call that the male instructor pilot had more than 1,000 hours of flight time, the female pilot who was commanding the flight at the time had more than 500 hours of flight time, and the crew chief was also said to have hundreds of hours of flight time.

Koziol said that given the short duration of most helicopter flights, the number of hours they had flown showed how experienced they were.

As part of their annual qualifications, all Army aviators are tested on their skills during daylight and nighttime, as well as instrument flying.

DC plane crash victims: What we know about those on AA Flight 5342, Army Black Hawk

From left to right: Spencer Lane, Vadim Naumov, Evgenia Shishkova and Jinna Han.
From left to right: Spencer Lane, Vadim Naumov, Evgenia Shishkova and Jinna Han.The Skating Club of Boston

An Army flight safety investigative team from the Army’s Combat Readiness Center at Fort Novosel in Alabama has arrived in Washington to support the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation.

The evaluated pilot was in command of the flight, but if an emergency was to occur, the instructor would have taken control of the helicopter.

“Both pilots had flown this specific route before at night — this wasn’t something new to either one of them,” he said. “These are our top pilots doing this National Capital Region.”

The airspace around the nation’s capital is one of the busiest in the nation, but Koziol described the helicopter flight corridor above the Potomac as “a relatively easy corridor to fly because you’re flying down the center of the river, and it’s very easily identifiable, especially at night” because there aren’t a lot of lights.

Night vision goggles are available for Army aviators during nighttime missions, but they are not always necessary, said Koziol, who noted that he did not know if the pilots were wearing the goggles during Wednesday night’s flight.

“They are helpful at night, obviously, and in an urban environment, they’re still useful,” but he discounted the notion that the Washington’s bright lights may have affected the pilots, saying they were flying over the Potomac River, where “there are no lights, so that wouldn’t impact them.”

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“They would have the peripheral vision of the lights on both sides of the shore, which actually helps them align and know which direction they’re going,” he added. “And it would help them see other aircraft.”

Furthermore, Army aviators are required to test their ability to fly “night unaided” without night vision goggles.

Koziol said the pilots’ situational awareness would have been aided by a moving tracking screen in the cockpit pinpointing their exact location, along with visual aids within their lines of sight.

“You have the lights on either side of you and, obviously, the rotating beacon on Reagan National to point out the airfield and all the traffic on it for them to know exactly where they’re at,” he said.

Army statistics show that last year saw the biggest spike in aviation mishaps in more than a decade following years of a downward trend.

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There were 15 Class A mishaps in the Army in fiscal year 2024, the highest number since fiscal year 2014, when there were 16 mishaps. Last year’s increase came after a period of time when the number of mishaps had trended downward. For example, there were seven mishaps in fiscal year 2021, four in fiscal year 2022, nine in fiscal year 2023 and then the 15 in fiscal year 2024.

Last April, the Army held what’s called a “stand-up” where it reinforced safety training but continued flight operations — this followed a series of Apache helicopter incidents the previous month.

There had previously been a stand-down of Army aviation that followed the March 2023 collision of two Black Hawk helicopters at Fort Campbell that killed nine soldiers.

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KOMMONSENTSJANE – Democrats Boycott Trump Nominee Vote, But It Passed Anyway.

Posted on January 31, 2025 by kommonsentsjane

01/31/2025

Yes, these are old men.

Since they act like children, the Senate needs to have some children’s pacifiers and a play pen on hand to isolate them in order to conduct the people’s business.

“This isn’t ‘High School Musical’ here. You know the serious business, United States Senate, for them to take their toys home and leave the playground is just really ridiculous. You know, these are old men. Honestly, it’s just very, very pathetic to see them doing that,” he said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrats-boycott-trump-nominee-vote-but-it-passed-anyway/ar-AA1y9v3B

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The cry babies:

Democrats need to elect some grown ups to represent them.

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Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images© The Western Journal

The Democrats had a showy tantrum on Thursday, but Republicans got their business done regardless.

The Senate Budget Committee voted 11-0 to send the nomination of Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget to the full Senate, according to The Hill.

Democrats, who found time to hold a media event denouncing Vought, boycotted the committee meeting.

The Democratic boycott was linked in part to their objections to the nominee and also to anger over an OMB memo earlier this week that proposed to freeze grant funding, pending a review of hundreds of federal grant programs.

Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio chastised Democrats who boycotted the vote, calling their action “extraordinarily juvenile.”

“This isn’t ‘High School Musical’ here. You know the serious business, United States Senate, for them to take their toys home and leave the playground is just really ridiculous. You know, these are old men. Honestly, it’s just very, very pathetic to see them doing that,” he said.

Budget Committee Chair Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said he wanted a full Senate vote soon.

“We need to get on with getting the government up and running,” he said, indicating he believed Vought would be confirmed by the full Senate.]

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MN Supreme Court rules against state House GOP amid Dem boycott

Graham was nonplussed about the Democratic boycott, according to Roll Call.

“They’re not here. They chose not to be here. It’s their right not to be here,” he said.

Last week, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which shares jurisdiction over the office with the Budget Committee, approved Vought’s nomination

Democrats denounced Vought as “clearly unfit for office,” according to The Hill.

As noted by Reuters, Vought stirred opposition among panel members by saying that a 1974 law passed by Congress that claims a president cannot de-obligate funding after Congress has approved it is unconstitutional.

On Monday, an OMB memo said that funding for a long list of federal grant programs would be frozen while the Trump administration reviewed them to determine whether they were in line with the president’s priorities, according to the Associated Press.

On Wednesday, the memo was rescinded, although the White House indicated that it will still scrutinize spending programs.

“The Executive Orders issued by the President on funding reviews remain in full force and effect and will be rigorously implemented by all agencies and departments,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. “This action should effectively end the court case and allow the government to Kfocus on enforcing the President’s orders on controlling federal spending.”

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