Originally published at: Markwayne’s World: The ‘Cinematic’ And ‘Fantastical’ Life Of Trump’s DHS Pick
Markwayne Mullin has an incredible story. The Republican U.S. senator is an entrepreneur and former mixed martial arts fighter. That unique experience has been a core part of Mullin’s political brand and featured in multiple campaign ads, including one that showed off his punching bag workouts alongside footage of President Donald Trump declaring, “Markwayne Mullin,…
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The most telling thing in this piece is that TPM contacted Mullin’s office for a statement and got a reply from the WH. My conclusion is that the super-courageous, uber-manly, champion martial artist is a wimp content to let Trump’s press goon tell lies that he should be telling himself, if he actually is what he claims to be.
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And, he for sure portrayed the martial arts instructor in Napoleon Dynamite.
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Speaking as a native Texan about what I have determined of this MarkWayne clown, from the ridiculous name and trademark hat to his obvious disconnects from both reality and personal honesty, I’d say that he is the very epitome of a True Oklahoman ! And tho I’m sure he will be confirmed to the post I’m hoping that at least one Senator will nail him down on these obvious lies and fabrications and get the truth into the public record. Oklahoma is not OK !
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As an inveterate liar, blowhard and hero of his own stories, Mullin is going to fit right in to the Putin’s Cock-holster* administration on-going cos-play disaster.
Expect him to be every bit as bad or worse than Crusti Gnome.
Mullin brought his pugilism to the Senate floor when he stood and challenged a union leader to a fight during a hearing. The exchange prompted Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) to urge the two men to sit down.
Fun Fact: Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, never bothered to stand up — he knew a blustering pantywaist when he saw one.
*h/t Stephen Colbert
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Yep Markywayne wants to be in the Funky Bunch so much he’ll do anything DonOLD wants.
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And has Marky Mark ever managed a large business or bureaucracy?
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“I’m like, this guy’s lying about this, what else is this guy lying about?”
Pretty much all of them, Katie…
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Well, he inherited the family business. And of course, he’s always been an asshole.
It was fun watching O’Brien goat him in that Senate hearing. Came upon it trolling. Made my day. Bernie kind of embarrassed him, said something like, “you’re a Senator!”
We go from bimbo to knuckle dragger.
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Could be the same………
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Why am I getting big time Colonel Lockjaw energy from that Roberts photo?
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Another fabulist telling stories of his imaginary past glories…a legend in his own mind.
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Markwayne William-Robert Mullin is a highly respected brain merchant.
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Suire. As a plumber, everyone’s shit was his business.
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In Mullin’s short senate career he is already 10-0, having scored cage fight victories over all of the contenders pictured here.
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Markwayne is perfect for our Lord of the Flies age. Indeed, the digital fruit fly is already here.
And probably Gibson’s Jackpot scenario.
For us, the takeaway was that, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags into its 12th year, the Gaza war is nearly 30 months in, and the new 2026 Iran war continues to send oil prices skyward along with the smoke, we are rolling into William Gibson’s “Jackpot” scenario:
> There are no comets crashing, nothing you could really call a nuclear war. Just everything else, tangled in the changing climate: droughts, water shortages, crop failures, honeybees gone like they almost were now, collapse of other keystone species, every last alpha predator gone, antibiotics doing even less than they already did, diseases that were never quite the one big pandemic but big enough to be historic events in themselves. And all of it around people: how people were, how many of them there were, how they’d changed things just by being there.
Through the 21st century, it kills 80 percent of humanity, and most other life on Earth. As it happens, it is accompanied by a period of vast scientific and technological advance.
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Among the more senseless destruction is an already senseless war is the sloppy bombing next to the Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Its location has been well known for over seven centuries, so blaming Google Maps won’t cut it. It has no military significance, much like Versailles palace in France or Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water House in western Pennsylvania. Shown here shattered glass and mirrorwork from the March 3 strike.
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Looks like the Republicans might have another George Santos on their hands.
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Too bad you didn’t stay above politics. Self-inflicted wounds hurt the most don’t they?
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