For the last 164 years, the Marines have been led by a Senate-confirmed commandant. As Gen. Berger retires, that will change today, thanks entirely to one person.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/tubervilles-tantrum-leaves-marines-highly-unusual-position-rcna93415

Tuberville’s tantrum leaves Marines in a highly unusual position

For the last 164 years, the Marine Corps has been led by a Senate-confirmed commandant. Today, that will change — because of Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville.

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@WagnerTonight what a screwed up system we have where one nincompoop of a man has this power.