transitioning. meanwhile, alabama senator tommy tubervillle, who needed three tries to understand what a white nationalist is, remains steadfast in his refusal to confirm any promotions to top military positions until the pentagon agrees to essentially trap u.s. servicewomen in gill yard states like his when they have an unwanted pregnancy by not helping them afford to get out and get care. which means for the first time in 164 years the u.s. marine corps is operating without a senate confirmed come dent. something the chief warned will have widespread impact but tubberville seems to think that controlling women s bodies is more important. that s right. the party that once billed itself as the number one supporter of the military, has now decided that they much rather be using our troops as leverage in what they ve dubbed the war on woke. which is really just code for war on history, black and lgbtq folks and women s bodily autonomy and chosen strategy for
it doesn t take much constitutional scholarship to know that separation of powers protects legislative branchs of government from each other. right. it doesn t have any effect on a billionaire unless this billionaire in some weird way thinks that he s now a fourth brank of government. but aren t they? aren t they, senator? in a weird way this crude billionaire has somewhat taken over that role. yes. i think that billionaire influence over the supreme court is right now greater than the legal influence over the supreme court in cases in which the billionaires take an interest. and this is the thing, we cannot know clarence thomas has been a far right winger since he got on the court after being credibly accused of sexual harassment. the more you hear him enjoying the good life and the lush life that he can t afford on whatever 272,000 that we re paying him as taxpayers, the more you wonder
used to be standard military policy, things like promoting people, making sure that generals get their four stars. that has now been co-opted by the extreme right and the religious right. what do you make of that? i am astonished by it. i have been following the tuberville story. he s like zero and one with rico, i don t know if he knows his audience. before the the commandant walked on water for marines. it s really important to young marines who have their boots on the ground that they have a leader that they know that leaders name and they really follow these orders. so yanking that from the marine corps and 60 other nominations i think he is holding up over something that, body autonomy for women who served in the military is ludicrous. it s kind of disgusting, really. we have really entered, i think, the twilight zone, when a senator can conflate those two things because of his own
a clear-cut exemption for raped children. plus, the u.s. military is the latest target of the right wing culture wars with senator tommy tubervillle blocking military promotions and now a school district is banning the military memoir jarhead, author anthony swafford joins me tonight. but we begin tonight with the on going efforts by donald trump s maga minions in congress to go to bat for their dear leader, acting not as representatives of the american people but as an extension of the defense team for the twice-impeached, twice-indicted former president. you may remember that one of trump s most loyal followers in the house, jim jordan, made it very clear last summer that defending trump was going to be their top priority. with just one goal in mind if they took the house in the midterms all those things need to be investigated just so you have the truth. plus, that will help frame up the 2024 race when i hope and i think president trump is going to run again. we need to ma