The Roads to Trump's Nominees and their hearings....

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  • @dmhuddle
    @dmhuddle 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +125

    Every single one of them has the same smug smile. Belle called it, they think they're entitled to be confirmed. Buckle up, folks!

    • @junerussell6972
      @junerussell6972 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      And they all have the same non-answer answers. "I don't remember" and "I haven't seen that"???? Have they been under a rock for the past 5 years? (No, they just assume they'll be confirmed and don't feel any need to be honest and aboveboard.)

    • @TheDarkKnit
      @TheDarkKnit 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      ​@@junerussell6972Right? Like we're supposed to believe they know less about these things relevant to the positions they have been selected for than the average person who watches the news? And if they really DON'T know, as they claim, then they are completely, absolutely, totally unqualified for said positions.

    • @junerussell6972
      @junerussell6972 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @@TheDarkKnit When Hegseth didn't know what the acronym Senator Duckworth asked him and when he guessed, guessed wrong, it appalled me. She's correct; he's not qualified. He has no idea what the job entails or the important parts of the community. He's been in the military (or as the Rs wrote it Miltary) so you'd think he'd be more familiar with the entities he's likely to come in contact with.

    • @tsuritsa3105
      @tsuritsa3105 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TheDarkKnit They're being put in place mostly to undermine the departments they are heading. That's not really surprising, except where DoD/NSA is concerned. Even the GOP usually understands the importants of national security, but I guess they've all gone the way of Trump (Russia-interested) now.

  • @carolbulmer8253
    @carolbulmer8253 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +123

    Belle, I’m truly frightened for the U.S. The majority of the cabinet candidates seem unfit for any federal office. It’s so sad😔

    • @abegilbert5113
      @abegilbert5113 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

      They seem unfit to run a daycare, or a cash register FFS

    • @Irishmansam
      @Irishmansam 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Joe Biden was fit? If you think so your just as delusional as he is

    • @nuplanner5345
      @nuplanner5345 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Many are unfit to walk free.

  • @meh.7539
    @meh.7539 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +227

    Bingo card prediction: Hegseth continues to drink on the job and assaults a woman while in office. Guys like that don't change.

    • @nebulousvoid
      @nebulousvoid 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      After the hearing he probably went home and tortured his dog.

    • @mrthingy9072
      @mrthingy9072 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Further prediction: Nothing will happen because of it. The GQP will flat refuse to remove him from office. He could sexually assault children in the Capitol Building Rotunda and they'd sit back and let it happen.

    • @peaceout6285
      @peaceout6285 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      Absolutely 🎯 💯

    • @jamesowensii2562
      @jamesowensii2562 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Not without a little "justice" served.

    • @AndiNewtonian
      @AndiNewtonian 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

      Every time he said, "Anonymous smears", I got flashbacks of Brett Kavanaugh crying,, "I LIKE BEER!"

  • @edwardbenham2803
    @edwardbenham2803 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +69

    Welcome to magastan

  • @stephaniewilson3955
    @stephaniewilson3955 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +130

    I pity the USA. I have never seen such a mess of senior managers in my life, and I have worked in British Industry on its last legs.

    • @lesleygresham7934
      @lesleygresham7934 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      It's like living in an unending episode of The Twilight Zone.

    • @abegilbert5113
      @abegilbert5113 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

      Our only hope is that they don't know how to actually get anything done.

    • @ninaconnolly6077
      @ninaconnolly6077 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@lesleygresham7934 And trump is that awful little boy that would send people to the "Cornfield"!!

    • @serendipityshopnyc
      @serendipityshopnyc 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@abegilbert5113 That is our best hope, by far.

    • @05Matz
      @05Matz 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Unfortunately, they'll (if they can get off their butts and stop just embezzling stuff for themselves, but we must always assume the worst case to be safe) aggressively export their brand of corruption throughout the world, much like they already have been, but with the backing of all the resources of the most powerful empire that has ever existed.

  • @Prang972
    @Prang972 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +61

    Absolutely absurd that conduct that would get a McDonald's employee disqualified on the spot, might get a rubber stamp for position that determine the fates of millions.

  • @Jethro7e
    @Jethro7e 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +87

    Her saying she won't answer hypotheticals should be disqualifying in itself. I mean, aren't hypotheticals pretty much the main point of these hearings?

    • @matthewsanchez7953
      @matthewsanchez7953 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Also true and false questions.
      If the question is, "True or false: A Secretary of Defense shouldn't drink on the job?" and their answer is "that's a smear" then they are tacitly admitting that they think it should be okay for a SecDef to drink on the job.

    • @TheSuzberry
      @TheSuzberry 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      The questions she called hypothetical, weren’t.

    • @Gretabpooh
      @Gretabpooh 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's the standard "legal" answer ever since Bork's SCOTUS confirmation was tanked when he answered questions honestly. Especially on the right. They have never forgiven he wasn't confirmed.

  • @davidmachemer1015
    @davidmachemer1015 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +66

    Can't believe we're in a position where Marco Rubio looks sane...

    • @billcook7285
      @billcook7285 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      I dig it. 7 years ago, I couldn't believe I found myself wishing for an articulate, intelligent, compassionate president like GW bush again. 😂

    • @AndiNewtonian
      @AndiNewtonian 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I was just thinking the same thing.

    • @RevShifty
      @RevShifty 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Do not let them change the standard or lower the bar even further. Rubio is still batshit insane and absolute hot garbage, even if these nuts are all worse. It's OK to have hard contempt for every single one of them IMO.

  • @0066keith
    @0066keith 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +170

    I used to think Betsy DeVos was the most unqualified cabinet nominee in history. Then this bunch showed up. They all make Betsy look sane.

    • @joanfregapane8683
      @joanfregapane8683 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      At least she had experience related to her prospective job.

    • @ClauTo-oh5qu
      @ClauTo-oh5qu 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      So no more husband videos- is he ok!?!?

    • @Mamatebear
      @Mamatebear 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      And you know she still has her claws in project 2025 because (lest we forget) she is a major stock holder in K12 the huge on line education program.

    • @serendipityshopnyc
      @serendipityshopnyc 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      @@ClauTo-oh5qu Beau is reportedly fine and getting plenty of much-needed rest after six years of pushing himself to exhaustion on this channel. He is just too much of a workaholic to do anything by halves, so he had to step away altogether.

    • @serendipityshopnyc
      @serendipityshopnyc 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@joanfregapane8683 All of her experience was with charter schools, which she was strongly inclined to favor over public schools. So she was a destructive force in the role. Still is, behind the schemes at Project 2025.

  • @chrisjessee9789
    @chrisjessee9789 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +59

    What happens when you put the criminals in charge? It’s not going to end well.

  • @AlanCampbell-r2x
    @AlanCampbell-r2x 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +85

    Every single Trump nominee seems to have followed a variation on pleading the 5th or evasive answers. The entire group seems to have had training on avoiding being caught in lies or honest answers. Pete was the dodger in chief.

    • @johnanthony2545
      @johnanthony2545 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      They where trained. They went through mock hearings to prepare.

    • @mrthingy9072
      @mrthingy9072 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      "If you're innocent why are you pleading the fifth?" -- Donald J. Trump

    • @BardovBacchus
      @BardovBacchus 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Three SCOTUS nominees said that Roe was the law of the land during their hearings. If the senate does not confirm one, who is going to stop them from being the *acting* Sec of ___..?

    • @Burevix
      @Burevix 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I believe it was reported that the nominees were told by GOP senators to play it cool and stick to the script. They know how bad the nominees are, but they also do not want to defy DT and/or want the nominees for their own interests. This way they can overlook the range of ignorant to psychopathic while they confirm them.

    • @Newton-Reuther
      @Newton-Reuther 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Rubio was okay for a Republican

  • @dydamis5158
    @dydamis5158 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +66

    We're screwed..... but this channel makes it less difficult

    • @JimHolder-pk2kk
      @JimHolder-pk2kk 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      It's not all or nothing. We are partially screwed but how bad it gets depends on what we and senators do.
      From worst to least bad:
      Most important nomination to stop is likely Vought because of the harm he can do. Hegseth is a cartoon train wreck that needs derailling.
      Bondi will probably get in and we will just have to live with it. Rubio as about as good as we can hope for.

  • @seraphonica
    @seraphonica 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    note to Hegseth: instead of offering to stop drinking IF you get the job, say you've stopped drinking already. it's not supposed to be a quid pro quo.

  • @JoOddArtworks
    @JoOddArtworks 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    I worked with alcohol addicts which made me give up drinking. I don’t know the logic of give me this job that I proved time and time again that I’m unqualified for it and then I’ll stop drinking? That is very dangerous thinking

    • @Jedi_Vigilante
      @Jedi_Vigilante 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Isn't it the ruler class that keeps saying to behave/dress/prepare for the job you want, not the job you have?
      If he was serious about it, shouldn't he have quit his bad habits to show he is capable enough and reasonable enough BEFORE being considered for the job? Isn't that the entire premise behind that philosophy?
      Gosh, if only those with the keys to the economy and the political machine could comprehend irony...

  • @ScytheNoire
    @ScytheNoire 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +34

    Imagine going for a job interview and saying you won't answer hypotheticals. You'd never get the job. Every job interview I'd done has had hypotheticals.
    Bondi perjured herself repeatedly, or she's the least informed person in America and has been living in a bubble for the past decade.
    Bondi also didn't know the 14th Amendment and said she'd have to look into it. Birthright citizenship is screwed.

    • @kathleendenz94
      @kathleendenz94 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      If Bondi is an attorney and has been FL attorney general, but doesn't know the 14th amendment, she's both dangerous and ignorant. Or, indeed, she could just be lying
      All of this is disqualifying.

  • @Javdoc
    @Javdoc 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +77

    Everything is "hypothetical" until it happens. How else can you get an idea of what someone would do when confronted with a situation in the future? If someone told me they "won't answer a hypothetical", I'd say; "Well, then assume I literally won't be approving you for this role".

    • @kathleendenz94
      @kathleendenz94 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Bondi is being appointed to destroy the DOJ. She claimed, BTW, that Patel's published hit list doesn't exist. Three monkeys in one person.

    • @AndiNewtonian
      @AndiNewtonian 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Can you imagine answering like that for a job interview?!

  • @thylacine569
    @thylacine569 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +33

    Can you manage if a Democrat president's nominees acted like DJT's nominees have? The world would end.

  • @DavidJones-ly9bh
    @DavidJones-ly9bh 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    What a game !..We ..have been forced to play!..A legalized COUP.

  • @rog3129
    @rog3129 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    Bondi will never be independent from trump.

    • @robbylock1741
      @robbylock1741 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Has everyone forgotten that Bondi dropped a law suit against "Trump University" after she received a $25,000 "donation"? Do we want a US AG that can be baught?

    • @RevShifty
      @RevShifty 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      None of them ever will. He's only bringing yes men and absolute loyalists on board this time, so that's exactly what we're all going to be stuck with.

  • @corriemcclain7960
    @corriemcclain7960 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    The I don't care about the Geneva convention dude gives me panic attacks

    • @05Matz
      @05Matz 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I mean, the USA traditionally ignores it along with all other international law, as a superpower, but they don't _openly admit_ that.

  • @billcook7285
    @billcook7285 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    When my son was home on leave recently, I jokingly told him I wanted a "flamethrower" for Christmas. He bought me one. I thought it was pretty stupid when it showed up (on January 6th). But the more information I get, the more I'm starting to believe it wasn't that bad an idea. 😐

    • @donwyates
      @donwyates 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Careful using that thing indoors. 😆

    • @kathyq6167
      @kathyq6167 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sounds like you raised a good man that LISTENS!

  • @Moondog66602
    @Moondog66602 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Pretty bad state of affairs when Marco Rubio is the 'most reasonable'

  • @dankolar6066
    @dankolar6066 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    “I think that you will all agree that we are living in most interesting times.” - Joseph Chamberlain, a speech to Parliament, 1898

  • @Auntie52
    @Auntie52 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    Thank you Belle. Eyebrow raising and jaw dropping. My face the next 4 years.🤬

  • @Hjorth87
    @Hjorth87 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Dane here. It was also noticeable that the potential secretary of defense would not rule out attacking a Nato ally....

    • @NancyfromIllinois
      @NancyfromIllinois 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Honestly, what drugs are the GOP taking? This is insane. I feel like I'm watching Rome burn. 😵‍💫

  • @katboss4886
    @katboss4886 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +51

    I should be in the shower but I want to take a road trip with friends. I brought snacks

    • @donaldmrambojr5695
      @donaldmrambojr5695 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Good morning Kat ! Always a pleasure to be learning on these Roads trips with you ! 🧀🏈

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      Please PLEASE tell me you brought doughnuts 🍩‼️ Any maple 🍁 flavored ones in that box? 😁

    • @katboss4886
      @katboss4886 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@Erin-Thor Yes & chocolate long johns 😀

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I'm happy to sit with you on the bus even without donuts Kat! You can give my share to Erin-Thor ;-)

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @ - I’ve been outclassed! 😱🤣 Thank you! Have a wonderful day everyone!

  • @rickiechristine
    @rickiechristine 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +24

    No answer, no yes vote

  • @chuckmiller3401
    @chuckmiller3401 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I'm stockpiling food.

    • @margaretwordnerd5210
      @margaretwordnerd5210 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I'm stockpiling vital prescriptions. I expect Medicare and Medicaid services to diminish in quality and quantity over the coming years. If you refill meds every 26 days, each month you put back a 4 day supply for emergency use. Given how often pharmacies run out of some prescriptions now, I worry how bad it will get.

  • @dorothymartino3221
    @dorothymartino3221 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Thank you for concisely capturing the essence of this nightmarish cabinet approval process. I appreciate your diligence

  • @johnsteiner3417
    @johnsteiner3417 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

    The election's over, but Utah republicans keep sending me text, and this morning it was about how Pete Hegseth is going to get "woke" out of the military and that I needed to help them get him approved [by sending money]. Naturally, my response was R-rated language and advising them to knock it off.

    • @WAL_DC-6B
      @WAL_DC-6B 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Just tell those Utah Republicans to ask Elon "for a few more bucks" as he has plenty to pass around.

    • @johnsteiner3417
      @johnsteiner3417 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      @@WAL_DC-6B I told them that the US military is standards based and loyal to the constitution not their orange [German word for leader] in addition to some choice phrasing.

    • @SeasonedCitizen
      @SeasonedCitizen 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Sounds like a fun way to start the day!
      Please tell me you can cuss like a drunk sailor.

  • @markrenfrow9873
    @markrenfrow9873 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

    Hey Ms. Belle and internet folks. I watched a bit of the hearings and was amazed by how some can talk for 5 minutes to avoid saying yes or no.

  • @kellyharper367
    @kellyharper367 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thank you, Belle, for the food for thought!

  • @cherylwoodul9127
    @cherylwoodul9127 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    Scary times. I'm hoping the Senate upholds our country's constitution when they vote. 😞💙

    • @Mamatebear
      @Mamatebear 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Not betting on it.

    • @elmersglue6259
      @elmersglue6259 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I doubt they will. They will vote on loyalty to Trump.

  • @suzannederusha1370
    @suzannederusha1370 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    More hearings coming that are more controversial?
    Gee I can’t wait..

  • @shielanunn3484
    @shielanunn3484 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    The Ringmaster ' Brings in The Clowns'...

  • @BardovBacchus
    @BardovBacchus 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    Hey, I've seen this show before. Concerns will be expressed, then they will vote to give the president the cabinet he wants, like the dutiful rump they are

  • @bridge1872
    @bridge1872 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Pam Bondi has ties to Scientology…this should be a huge concern for all of us

  • @saneshko
    @saneshko 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It'll be a really great surprise if they DON'T fold and just confirm every candidate

  • @ninemoonplanet
    @ninemoonplanet 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I look at this akin to having the schoolyard bully getting full permission to run throughout the neighborhood and those who could avoid this, aren't. 😤

  • @lesleygresham7934
    @lesleygresham7934 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    It's only a gotcha question if you can be gotten.

  • @HattieLankford-24
    @HattieLankford-24 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    Bidden should declare Jan 19 a national day of mourning for the country.

    • @jamesowensii2562
      @jamesowensii2562 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Biden should use the Supreme Court decision to make him a king and their approval of using their power against political opponents to save our fuckinf nation from these terrorists, not to hand it over to them!

    • @kenspear4297
      @kenspear4297 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Biden hardly knows what day it is

    • @jamesowensii2562
      @jamesowensii2562 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @kenspear4297 And you voted for fascism.

    • @kenspear4297
      @kenspear4297 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jamesowensii2562 wrong, you’ve been watching to many lies, get out of your left leaning bubble. And don’t believe everything you hear

  • @RhondaGiuffrida
    @RhondaGiuffrida 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +33

    Thanks Belle. The hearings certainly show who is in the pocket of you know who!

  • @abegilbert5113
    @abegilbert5113 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    LOL we are approaching an un-presidented moment.

  • @butterflymuse2707
    @butterflymuse2707 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    What a farce. I fucking hate this timeline.

    • @RevShifty
      @RevShifty 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It is hands down the dumbest timeline possible. A grand, traditional Republican standard they top every single time they get any power anywhere again. Every single god damned time.

    • @ChristyMorris-rh7rq
      @ChristyMorris-rh7rq 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's an understatement!

  • @jane55ism
    @jane55ism 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Hegseth will quit drinking if they let him run the department of Defense? Sounds like the PARTY OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ME. what do you think? I have a new Catholic prayer: Dear God. I will never touch myself impurely, covet my neighbors wife, or drink alcohol if you keep my country from dying

  • @bfcalhoun57
    @bfcalhoun57 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    Please stop giving Republicans unmerited credit. Bondi's answer to the question of pardoning 1/06 criminals was a dodge. Full stop.

    • @roadswithbeau
      @roadswithbeau  12 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      It's just literally the constitution. There's not even oversight or an advisory role.

    • @bfcalhoun57
      @bfcalhoun57 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@roadswithbeau I’m not talking about the law. I’m talking about the behavior of the politician being asked a question that they dodged.

  • @browette
    @browette 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    I'm terrified.

  • @nebulousvoid
    @nebulousvoid 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    "Candidate, how would you handle this hypothetical situation?"
    "That's a hypothetical situation"

    • @Jethro7e
      @Jethro7e 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Her saying she won't answer hypothetical questions should be a much bigger deal considering that's pretty much the whole point of the hearings.

    • @nebulousvoid
      @nebulousvoid 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @Jethro7e Yep, the Nacho Supreme Court has been dealing with mostly hypotheticals for a while now.
      What would the world be like without hypothetical questions?

  • @johnanthony2545
    @johnanthony2545 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Most nominees of past don’t have constituents threatening their lives and families for a public menace president elect.

  • @gv869
    @gv869 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    No alcoholic can promise to give up drinking, and mean it.

  • @jamesschrader6855
    @jamesschrader6855 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +31

    Thanks Belle and anxiety is at....

  • @nilo70
    @nilo70 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thank you Ms Belle for helping me understand what’s going on.
    Cheers From California

  • @jentihom
    @jentihom 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Good morning Belle, Someone has to pull the fire alarm soon. But where is it?

  • @paulyoung4422
    @paulyoung4422 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Belle for Defense Secretary.

  • @jamesharrison2374
    @jamesharrison2374 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Feel sorry for the troops, if the boss will not comply with the Geneva Convention, others will not either.

  • @AdamBladeTaylor
    @AdamBladeTaylor 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +48

    So now that America has fallen and the union will crumble, which states do you think will join Canada and which will create their own nations?
    Wondering which former states will join the New California Republic.

    • @tsts9459
      @tsts9459 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      MTradergreene may get her divorce.

    • @jamesowensii2562
      @jamesowensii2562 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      New? You real8ze The California Republic has been a thing since California became a state, right? I'm not nationalist of the Republic of California.

    • @Sableagle
      @Sableagle 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      How about the watershed? You can negotiate the details about the Red Desert later. For now, everyone on the "flows into the Pacific" side and everyone with a Great Lakes coast, join Canada.

    • @05Matz
      @05Matz 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@jamesowensii2562 It's a Fallout reference. When society in that setting collapses due to a large nuclear war, much of California gets back on its feet with a vaguely modern-like representative government (as the "New California Republic") much quicker than most other areas of the United States, and begins expanding into the lawless or vaguely feudal areas around it with the founding narrative of being a successor state to the old USA (and the original California Republic specifically).

  • @Grim_Beard
    @Grim_Beard 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Has Trump** nominated anyone who is qualified and competent to any role?

    • @gregweatherup9596
      @gregweatherup9596 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Jerome Powell has surprised me. That’s it.

  • @SaberToothBicycle
    @SaberToothBicycle 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thank you for keeping us posted, Belle.
    Remain resilient, Internet People.

  • @milot2311
    @milot2311 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thank you Belle and Team for the Update, Analysis and Views of The Upcoming trump🤡 Reign of Terror and Power.

  • @davidsalls7173
    @davidsalls7173 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    America is screwed

  • @denisekeeran9883
    @denisekeeran9883 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Why does he think he's capable of just quitting drinking cold turkey? And if he fails?

    • @CricketsBay
      @CricketsBay 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      If he tries to quit cold turkey, the DT's will get him for sure. Then somebody's going to hear screaming coming from his office and find him sweaty, hallucinating, and trying to climb the walls. He'll have to go to a detox center.

    • @denisekeeran9883
      @denisekeeran9883 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@CricketsBay And what could go wrong with him being incapacitated in a treatment center?

  • @HappyinMaine
    @HappyinMaine 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    We are in big trouble and our country will be russia/s.korea/etc. if the senate approves any of these unqualified people.

    • @lesleygresham7934
      @lesleygresham7934 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I think we're there. Welcome to the Russian States of America

  • @nonnyena4267
    @nonnyena4267 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    How a few nominee hearings went, with highlights from these that Belle found... _"interesting":_
    0:28 Pam Bondi
    1:56 Russell Vought
    3:50 Pete Hegseth
    6:01 Marco Rubio *🚨Spoiler Alert:* _Probably the most sane_ [but you could shuffle over _that_ bar without stubbing your toe...🙄]
    7:52 Overall summary of Senate atmosphere & attitudes

  • @gregoriancatmonk6904
    @gregoriancatmonk6904 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    @The Roads with Belle • These people swear an oath to uphold the Constitution correct? Does that Include it's intent as described in it's preamble? If so haven't these people including Trump and most of the GOP defied it already? Wouldn't failure to uphold it or to follow it's tenant disqualify them from their positions?

    • @mrthingy9072
      @mrthingy9072 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not unless the GQP acts on it, democrats can't force them out of office alone. Remember, Trump was caught red handed twice breaking the law and even the Republicans said he was guilty - BUT they refused to vote against him in Congress. "Republican" means "the law does not apply to you."

    • @antiquegirl6505
      @antiquegirl6505 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      There is video, of Vought (sp?) being asked if he will uphold the Constitution rather than tRump, and he wouldn't give a simple 'yes' answer, for the longest time. Pathetic.

  • @jeanine1410
    @jeanine1410 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Thank you Belle and Team.

  • @donaldmrambojr5695
    @donaldmrambojr5695 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +17

    😊
    Happy travels, fellow "Roads scholars"!😉

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Muh brain bees full. 😊

    • @katboss4886
      @katboss4886 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@donaldmrambojr5695 On the road together again. Happy to be here with you 🏈🦅

    • @donaldmrambojr5695
      @donaldmrambojr5695 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ -- Howdy thar 👋🤠🏇🔨, fellow Scholar Erin-Thor ! Always happy to be in class with you my friend 🙂🙃😉😊‼

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It's always a pleasure to be traveling this Roads with you good Donald!

    • @donaldwert7137
      @donaldwert7137 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Good morning Donald, Erin, Kat and Victoria! Hope everyone is well this morning.

  • @erma7258
    @erma7258 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Thank you for this and all of your videos

  • @05Matz
    @05Matz 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    It seems to me that everybody who swore an oath to protect the Constitution needs to do what's necessary to fix this situation, NOW.

  • @Allastrology
    @Allastrology 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I very much appreciate you reporting on this. Its very trying...need all the help I can get digesting these megalomaniacs

  • @billmorse221
    @billmorse221 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    It is going to get crazy. The sheep just don’t care yet.

  • @StefanManjakov
    @StefanManjakov 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    3:51 Will the US Congress give up their power ot the 👜?😮

  • @donaldwert7137
    @donaldwert7137 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Good morning, Ranch Fam, glad to see everyone on the Road this morning.

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Good morning also good Donald! It's nice to be traveling this Roads with you this morning!

  • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
    @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Happy trails fellow travelers! Let's learn something new today together!

    • @Erin-Thor
      @Erin-Thor 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Hello Victoria! Good Morning ☀️ to you! 👋🏽

    • @katboss4886
      @katboss4886 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@victoriajohnson-parratt6975 good morning Sunshine ☀️

    • @donaldmrambojr5695
      @donaldmrambojr5695 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Always an honor & a pleasure to be hitting the trails to learning new things with you, dear Victoria ! ❤❤

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@Erin-Thor
      Good morning Erin-Thor! I brought napkins so we won't leave the bus all sticky from donut glaze residue. ;-)

    • @victoriajohnson-parratt6975
      @victoriajohnson-parratt6975 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@katboss4886
      Good morning Kat!
      We should limit Erin-Thor's donut consumption this morning. You know how kids get when they're over sugared. ;-)

  • @RexJordan-s8x
    @RexJordan-s8x 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you Belle again from Sterling Heights Michigan USA

  • @Californiadreaming92651
    @Californiadreaming92651 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I feel liked we’ve all died and we’re in h£ll now. 😢

  • @nebulousvoid
    @nebulousvoid 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    I love you Belle and Beau, but I'm tapping out. I've been a loyal viewer since the start, but my capacity for intolerable information has been exceeded. If I hear Foul Donnie's name one more time I'm going to discorporate. Thank you for all your work.

  • @StarShipGray
    @StarShipGray 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Somehow the word “doomed” doesn’t quite cover it.

  • @lesleygresham7934
    @lesleygresham7934 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Thanks!

  • @Ron_Lockwood
    @Ron_Lockwood 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you,Belle.😎🇺🇸💙

  • @josecrespo4102
    @josecrespo4102 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks Belle

  • @tommyhawks856
    @tommyhawks856 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    These hearings are more of a group chat sessions than they are a Congressional Consent and Advice hearings.

  • @nanbergau
    @nanbergau 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Thanks for tbe clear summary. Would be inyeresting to see a bullet list type of 'score card' -assessing each candidate's knowledge of the issues re that position, key past statements or action... ot just a regerence but, kind ofcan aid to build / facilitate cr iyocal thinking- maybe post ???

  • @Maureen1
    @Maureen1 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    “Unprecedented“ should be replaced by „unpresidented“!

  • @heidinolen873
    @heidinolen873 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Were done cooked. 😢😢😢

  • @JohnMcDermott-t6l
    @JohnMcDermott-t6l 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Thanks for the update

  • @OnlyWaterInTheForest
    @OnlyWaterInTheForest 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Thank you for reporting the information in a calm and fact based manner ❤

  • @RijackiTorment
    @RijackiTorment 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Sadly, the GOP Senators will be told to "kiss the ring" and these hearings are just a formality but they also get 'on the record' just how unqualified the nominees are. From their responses to Democrat questions, it's also obvious each was coached with a specific phrase to use to defray answering. The catch phrases are meant, too, as a nod to MAGA conspiracy theorists. Even only watching 'wrap ups' and not the complete hearings made me want to scream.

  • @Sunflowrrunner
    @Sunflowrrunner 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I look at this way: I'd rather have incompetent fascists in charge than competent ones.

    • @ninaconnolly6077
      @ninaconnolly6077 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      At this point, even though it WILL affect 67 year old me on SS. I say bring it on. The MAGA has to hurt like the rest of us, bring it on. Keep picking the worst of the worst.

  • @BubblesByYoli
    @BubblesByYoli 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thx Belle

  • @amandabottoms1
    @amandabottoms1 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    In the clerb, we all fam

  • @pattitully-chain9708
    @pattitully-chain9708 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks so much 🇺🇸

  • @hypnokitten6450
    @hypnokitten6450 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Maddow actually has done the most thorough look at each of the nominees and... damn.

  • @chesterossa
    @chesterossa 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks Belle!

  • @dantherpghero2885
    @dantherpghero2885 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    The GOP is looking for one nominee they can vote against to signal that they have some independence left. But they will approve most if not all of Donnie's picks.

    • @patricklynam7433
      @patricklynam7433 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Pete Hegseth is their lamb.

  • @genuineimpulse9134
    @genuineimpulse9134 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It amazes me that anyone thinks ANY news reporter is qualified to run the pentagon. This isn't a job scooping ice cream at DQ that can be picked up after a few shifts.

    • @poorsusanliber
      @poorsusanliber 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Doesnt the position usually go to career military?

  • @michel3691
    @michel3691 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Thanks, Belle.

  • @denisekeeran9883
    @denisekeeran9883 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh.

  • @marydoucette9204
    @marydoucette9204 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

  • @sharilassiter180
    @sharilassiter180 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We are in such sad and stupid times.1

  • @Zognarak
    @Zognarak 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sickening.