A REMINDER: Seth Moulton: Defense Investments. Congressional Oversight. Serious Questions.

         

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Seth Moulton: Defense Investments. Congressional Oversight. Serious Questions.

June 18, 2026

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SETH MOULTON POSTED ENDLESSLY ABOUT TRANS FOLKS. 

A FRIEND WAS A CONSTITUENT OF SETH MOULTON AND CONSTANTLY 

CRITICIZED HIM - MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE PAID CLOSER ATTENTION, 

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AGAINST HIM ....SCRUTINIZE BOTH CANDIDATES BEFORE MAKING A 

DECISION! 

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NONE OTHER THAN LOSER, CARPETBAGGER, CRYPTO SCAMMER 

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A new WBUR report published today sheds troubling new light on Congressman Seth Moulton's financial interests and raises serious questions about why he has spent months delaying the release of information Massachusetts voters deserve to see before they cast their ballots. The report details how Moulton accumulated private stakes worth between $1 million - $5 million in companies tied to the defense sector while serving on the House Armed Services Committee – the very committee responsible for overseeing the industry and approving policies and spending that directly affect it. These were not ordinary investments available to the public. They were exclusive private deals that generated extraordinary returns while Moulton sat in a position of public trust. READ MORE Just as striking is Moulton's sudden reversal. Congressman Moulton began investing in these companies in 2021 and continued doing so for years while serving on the committee responsible for overseeing the industry in which they operate. During that time, he showed little interest in addressing the obvious questions these investments raised. It wasn't until he began gearing up for a Senate campaign that he publicly commented on them, and even then his response was to defend the practice. In a September 2025 statement, he declared that he “cannot recuse myself from my constitutional duty to vote on matters coming before the House.” Only now, after reporters began asking questions and voters began paying attention, has Moulton reversed course. His campaign says he will place the assets in a blind trust and recuse himself from votes affecting those companies. After years of deflecting and then defending these investments, it's fair to ask why now? The investments didn't change. The committee didn't change. The only thing that changed is that Seth Moulton is now running for Senate. That is what makes this episode so troubling. A member of Congress charged with overseeing the defense industry participated in exclusive private investment opportunities tied to that same industry, defended those arrangements for years, and only moved to address the issue after it became a public controversy. Yet voters still do not know the full extent of Moulton's financial interests. He has delayed filing both his financial disclosure report and tax returns, leaving Massachusetts voters without information they should have before they begin casting ballots. Public trust is built on transparency and accountability. It requires leaders to confront potential conflicts of interests before they become public controversies, not scramble to address them after they've been uncovered. Better yet, it requires the judgment to avoid those conflicts altogether and the integrity to hold oneself to the highest standards the public deserves. At every step, Congressman Moulton's response has followed the same pattern: deny there is a problem, delay transparency, and change course only when public pressure becomes impossible to ignore. That may be a political strategy, but it is not the standard Massachusetts voters should expect from someone seeking a seat in the United States Senate. The people of Massachusetts deserve better. Sincerely, Cam Charbonnier Campaign Manager Markey for Senate

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Morning Digest: Centrist congressman launches primary challenge against prominent liberal senator

Seth Moulton says Ed Markey is "too old" to run again, but will primary voters prioritize generational change over ideology?

David Nir Oct 16

Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton (D), at left (credit: Seth Moulton Facebook)

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Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton kicked off a primary challenge to Sen. Ed Markey on Wednesday, explicitly painting the long-time incumbent as “too old” in comments to the Washington Post.

Markey, 79, has served in Congress since winning a House seat in 1976, though it wasn’t until 2013 that he earned a promotion to the upper chamber in a special election to replace John Kerry, who resigned to become Barack Obama’s secretary of state.

During his long career, Markey has established himself as an outspoken liberal and has focused heavily on combating climate change. While he’s seldom faced difficult reelection campaigns, he turned back another primary challenger five years ago when he defeated Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy by a 55-45 margin.

Like Moulton, who is 46, the much younger Kennedy (at the time 39) presented himself as an agent of generational change. But despite his famous name, Kennedy struggled to match Markey’s liberal bona fides and his support from figures like New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a host of the best-known progressive organizations.

It’s a problem the centrist Moulton will face as well. Moulton, a Marine veteran, first won Massachusetts’ 6th Congressional District by knocking off a tarnished Democratic incumbent, John Tierney. His subsequent attempts to take on much bigger targets, however, have fallen well short.

After Democrats regained the House in 2018, Moulton led an ill-fated plot to stop Nancy Pelosi from once again becoming speaker. After that gambit failed (Moulton even wound up voting for Pelosi to reclaim her old job), he then sought to run for president. After a desultory few months in which he didn’t qualify for any debates, he abandoned ship.

In announcing his latest bid, Moulton leaned heavily into the age gap between the two candidates in his launch video.

“We’re in a crisis, and with everything we learned last election, I just don’t believe Sen. Markey should be running for another six-year term at 80 years old,” he said. “Even more, I don’t think someone who’s been in Congress for half a century is the right person to meet this moment and win the future.” (Markey will turn 80 next year.)

But Moulton’s more moderate record may not appeal to primary voters. In particular, he generated a firestorm of criticism from fellow Democrats shortly after last year’s presidential election when he expressed his opposition to allowing transgender kids to play in girls’ sports—and hostility toward his party for allegedly suppressing such views.

“Democrats spend way too much time trying not to offend anyone rather than being brutally honest about the challenges many Americans face,” he told the New York Times. “I have two little girls, I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat I’m supposed to be afraid to say that.”

Despite the hostile response, which included the resignation of a top aide, Moulton remained defiant, declaring, “The backlash proves my point.” He also dared his critics to challenge him at the ballot box, saying, “Good luck, I mean, run against me if you want.”

Now, before a much larger electorate, those critics will get the chance to unite against him.

 

        

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Katie Phang has a must-read new piece on the latest name being floated for president in 2028, and what it says about where MAGA is heading. As always, Katie does not hold back.

Stupid Is as Stupid Does

"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce."

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“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

The above quote is oft-attributed to Albert Einstein, but apparently, he never said it. Nonetheless, if Einstein had suffered a press conference with Idiot of War, Pete Hegseth — the topic of today’s article — he would have said it and probably would have served up some other choice words about said Idiot of War.

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We start with a history lesson. On November 23, 1942, the German 6th Army was surrounded at Stalingrad. Just days before, the Soviet Red Army pulled off one of the most spectacular encirclements in military history. The Germans, now trapped, freezing, and starving, had to make a decision: break out or stand their ground and fight. They chose the latter and the result was the death of hundreds of thousands of German soldiers with only about six thousand ever making it back to their homeland years later.

Although some would say the loss at Stalingrad was the decisive turning point of World War II that ensured German defeat, economists would disagree and tell you that Germany’s loss was all but guaranteed a year before when America entered the war. What many would agree on is that it was a psychological game changer. So how did it all happen? Stupidity, of course! And a partial physical embodiment of that stupidity in the winter of ‘42 was Hermann Goering.

Many of you know that Goering was one of Nazi Germany’s most evil henchmen and promoters of the Holocaust. But when he wasn’t aiding and abetting the murder of tens of millions of innocents or stealing Europe’s great treasures from occupied lands, he was purportedly commanding Germany’s air force: the Luftwaffe.

So back to Stalingrad. When a decision needed to be made as to what to do, Goering looked Hitler in the eyes and said words to the effect, “Don’t worry Adi, I got this.” And by “I got this”, he meant that he could, through his air force alone, sustain the encircled frozen, starving, and exhausted German forces. Mind you, everyone knew this was total bullshit at the time. Hitler, the generals, and simple mathematics. Probably, Goering too. But ignorance is a choice and the result had severe — and beneficial to the free world — consequences.

I retell this story for a simple reason. First, a few days ago I read an article in the Wall Street Journal about the march of folly that was Convicted Felon Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran. The Journal retold how his intelligence chiefs and others all but assured Trump that notwithstanding the promises of Bibi, his Idiot of War Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Dan Caine, the Iranians would put up a fight that the U.S. and its allies in the region weren’t prepared to handle.

And what were these folks focused on? For years, American war-game planners and intelligence analysts played out the scenarios. And in painstaking detail, these smartest people in the room types predicted what Iran would do if the U.S. chose a military confrontation: close the Straits of Hormuz through the use of cheap weapons, lean on proxy forces, and turn the fight into an asymmetric one that $80 million attack jets would be rendered useless. Importantly, these people emphasized that this murderous regime had been at the war with the West for over forty years, was well-prepared, and would not go down because some of their stuff or people got blown up.

However, all of this was ignored because Idiot of War Hegseth told Trump that U.S. forces could do more pushups and pullups than their Iranian counterparts. Ok, maybe he didn’t say exactly that, but I’m sure it was something just as dumb knowing the speaker and audience of one. Where we are now is well-reported, but I’ll sum it up here: The analysts? Right. A multi-trillion dollar fighting force gathering rust (or barnacles?) because it cannot solve the riddle of $10,000 drones and cheap missiles. Our stockpile of high-tech weapons depleted. A complete stalemate with no smart people on our side negotiating an end to the conflict. And most importantly, the men and women who volunteer to serve in our military unnecessarily and lethally being put in harm’s way.

I guess some would be willing to accept this sad state of affairs if the Trump Regime was at least working on providing Americans affordable healthcare, education, housing, and beef. But, we all know that ain’t happening, which explains why this war is so deeply unpopular no matter who you ask. Again, ignorance is a choice, but in this instance, it’s us taking the hit.

I’m stating the obvious when I say that we are long on firepower (to the tune of about $20 trillion and counting on military spending over the past 26 years), but short on people who know what to do with it. If the Trump Administration were a car buyer, he’d be walking out of a car dealership in South Florida bragging to friends that he negotiated his way into a great deal on a winter package.

Which leads me to the second reason I talk about Goering and Stalingrad. Last night, as I was doomscrolling through cute dog and “My Mom asks if this is AI?” videos on Instagram, I saw an article reporting that Idiot of War Hegseth was contemplating a presidential run. I threw up in my mouth and laughed at the same time when I read this.

Hegseth denies that he has such aspirations, which is unsurprising because that’s the rote answer one usually gives when asked if they are running. But whether it’s true or not, that this could even be reported is mind-blowing. That someone so in over his skis, whose only qualifications for the job are his loyalty to his dear Führer Trump and shared stupidity and cruelty, could be mentioned in the same words as “president of the United States” is mind-blowing now that Trump has proven — again — just how bad of an idea this is.

Karl Marx said "history repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce." It’s bad enough when we talk about JD Vance as a possible candidate in ‘28 for Republicans. But, putting Hegseth in the possibility pool truly lowers the bar to the point that you’d need a shovel to dig yourself out of the mix. That’s when you truly hit Farce Level 10. You’d think we’d hit rock bottom with Convicted Felon Donald Trump and his two terms, but I guess Republicans are suckers for punishment and Idiot of War Hegseth running for president is the inevitable mutation of MAGA.

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Sen. Mark Kelly on Trump’s Purge of Top Military Leaders and More

Sen. Mark Kelly tells Ben Meiselas why Trump’s military purges, handling of the Iran war, and demand for loyalty could leave lasting damage.

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Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy combat pilot and astronaut, joined MeidasTouch co-founder Ben Meiselas for a wide-ranging discussion about Donald Trump’s handling of the Iran war and what Kelly sees happening inside the U.S. military.

Kelly did not mince words.

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Six months into the war, Kelly discusses how the Trump regime entered the conflict without a strategic objective, a real plan, a timeline or a way out.

“They’re stuck and they don’t know what to do about it,” Kelly said. “And this president doesn’t have answers. He has no idea what he’s doing.”

Kelly, who flew 39 combat missions during Operation Desert Storm, also raised serious concerns about the removal of experienced military leaders. He said the military is supposed to remain apolitical, with service members swearing an oath to the Constitution rather than any individual president.

His concern is that Trump’s Pentagon is increasingly prioritizing personal loyalty.

“My sense is that they’re looking for people who are loyal to the president as an individual and his party, and that is not healthy for this nation, especially in the long term,” Kelly said.

Kelly also criticized Trump for publicly weighing in on technical military matters, including the design of aircraft carriers.

“I have a bachelor’s degree in marine engineering, a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering. I’m a test pilot. I’m an astronaut. I have 375 carrier landings,” Kelly said. “I would not even suggest to the Navy how to design systems on Navy ships.”

Trump, Kelly added, is “way out of his lane.”

The senator also expressed outrage over reported conditions facing sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and the regime’s treatment of service members during the prolonged deployment.

Kelly ultimately warned that repairing the damage to the military and America’s relationships around the world will require significant work long after Trump leaves office.

Watch Ben Meiselas’ full conversation with Sen. Mark Kelly above as they discuss the Iran war, Trump’s military leadership, conditions facing American service members and the national security consequences of Trump’s presidency.

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