Nominee For Top Pentagon Spot Goes On Tweet-Deleting Binge

Retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata has hurriedly deleted old tweets, some of which capture him expressing Islamophobic and racist sentiments, as his nomination for a top Pentagon position is considered by the Senate Armed Services Committee.


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Sounds perfect for this administration.

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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but what happens on the internet stays forever.

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Sounds just like what the military needs, so the next time the Commander-in-Chief orders them to strap on bayonets and start stabbing and shooting civilians, they get off their lazy asses and do it.

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So should we forward this report to Inhofe?

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In other words, the extortion and bribery and self-interested transactional foreign affairs with our most dangerous enemies continues apace. Saudi Arabia is going to come out big for Trump in late September, early October with accusations against Biden.

There. I said it. Screech and throw poop if you likeā€¦maybe itā€™ll be a different questionable nationā€¦but the reality is that Trumpā€™s and the GOPā€™s singular focus on maintaining power for white Christians to maintain power for themselves UBER ALLES has made them eminently susceptible to foreign influence, corruption, extortion, bribery and co-option. They are not longer Americans, which is why they hide behind hypocritical grandiose displays and claims of nationalism.

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He may get in trouble for trying to be a bigger asshole than Drumpf. Baby hates to lose the spotlight.

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Everything Trump does seems to be on a merry-go-round of seeming like the worst thing he does, but this thing where you get a job as a long-neglected failure by going on TV and saying nice things about him is just pathological.

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Stupid enough to post the shit in the first place. Stupid enough to think that deleting it matters.

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If the quality of a leader can be gauged by the quality of people they nominate for positions of authority, well . . . this just confirms what we already know about Trump.

If there is even the vaguest doubt about whether Trump is the worst President in our history, this past few months must surely have defeated any reservations among all but the fanatics.

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I would have been disappointed if he had not. Absolutely all of Trump appointees are crooks, crackpots, lackeys, racists or wingnuts, and in many cases all five things.

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Certainly these days. Some of the earliest nominees were at least competent in their previous lives.

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Iā€™m sorry, I canā€™t get past the #Kanye2024 hashtag on the sedition tweet. Thanks, I needed the laugh!

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He possesses every qualification to be part of the Trump administration.

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Well, thatā€™s pretty much the bottom of the barrelā€¦if Trump wins a second term they will be scraping nominees off the leaks on the floor. Or out of the sewer under the floor, which may be where they found this guyā€¦

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Is it a simple majority in the Senate to confirm?

More to the point, will McConnell even bring up a confirmation vote for him?

How many ā€œactingā€ officials ARE there now in this maladministration, anyway?

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Among the many reasons he should be buried, the fact that he still thinks deleting this stuff from Twitter somehow makes it go away is disqualifying.

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And he wants this for a mere few months of additional grifting. I hope that he gets asked about the details of his service record and reminded that he is under oath. (Also, shows the deep corruption of the military under president cheney)

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Retired Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Tata has hurriedly deleted old tweets, some of which capture him expressing Islamophobic and racist sentimentsā€¦

Ta-ta, Tata.

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Grab ā€˜em by the Tatasā€¦

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