Backstabber Watch

Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-AL) months-long blockade of military promotions was roundly criticized for jeopardizing national security. Now that it's over, some senators are vowing that those senior officers will get compensated for the pay they lost due to Tuberville's obstruction.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) is reportedly “all for” the Alabama Supreme Court's highly controversial new decision, but he opposes its effect and wants to read the legislation that doesn’t exist because a ruling is not a bill. Tuberville’s contradictions and misrepresentations...

For 10 months, Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) blockade of military promotions was a major source of frustration for Defense Secretary Lloyd Johnson and the Pentagon. Eventually, Tuberville backed off, but he continues to draw criticism for the blockade. 

One of the things that makes the United States Senate what some call “the world’s greatest deliberative body” is a rule structure that ensures even members of the minority party have a voice. 

This week, the Veterans of Foreign Wars - headquartered in Kansas City - sent an open letter to Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville.

Senate Republicans are pressuring Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to vote on some of President Biden’s top military nominations amid Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Al.) hold, which is blocking Senate leadership from moving nominations and promotions in expedited package votes. 

The Pentagon’s three service secretaries who oversee the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and Space Force on Tuesday condemned the move by freshman Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama to block hundreds of military promotions — an act they say is putting American service members at risk across the globe.

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro accused Sen. Tommy Tuberville of helping the nation's enemies.

In a Monday, September 4 op-ed published by The Washington Post, three service secretaries call on United States Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) to end the "dangerous hold" on the confirmation of senior military leaders.

Three Pentagon secretaries have denounced Tuberville's hold on Senate military nominations.

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), the far-right hard-core conservative who since February has been single-handedly holding up the promotions of over 300 U.S. Military officers...

Tommy Tuberville's original goal was to scrap a specific benefit for U.S. troops. Now the GOP senator is targeting career military leaders themselves.

Tommy Tuberville’s original defense for his blockade on military promotions was indefensible. The Republican's new line is even worse.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) took to X on Friday to triumphantly announce the securement of $550 million to upgrade a bridge on I-10 from Mobile to Baldwin County — one of the largest federal grants ever given to an infrastructure project in Alabama.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough slammed Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) for taking Russia's side in its war against Ukraine. The Alabama Republican praised Russian president Vladimir Putin and blamed the United States for the invasion of Ukraine...

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski brutally bashed Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) for lying about Democratic policies on abortion rights.

He drew a hard line in the sand, stalling hundreds of promotions of military brass. 

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) is refusing to back down from his decision to hold up more than 300 nonpolitical military promotions, despite growing pressure from Senate Republican colleagues and leaders. Fellow Republican senators have criticized Tuberville’s strategy as a “mistake,”...

Currently serving U.S. military leaders hardly ever condemn specific politicians. For Sen. Tommy Tuberville, they're making a dramatic exception.

The U.S. Senate is back in session and the controversy continues involving Alabama’s senior U.S. Senator. Republican Tommy Tuberville is continuing a blockade against military promotions. The issue is over the Pentagon’s policy to allow servicemen and women to travel to states where abortion is legal. Even Tuscaloosa area veterans are speaking out over the matter.

The three US military service secretaries went on the offensive against Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville over his ongoing hold on senior military nominations in an interview with CNN on Tuesday, saying he is aiding communist and autocratic regimes, and being used by adversaries like China against the US.

These officers and the millions of service members they lead are the foundation of America’s enduring military advantage.

The Alabama senator has protested nominations within the U.S. Department of Defense, initially opposing abortion-related policies within the Pentagon.

The Constitution assigns to the Senate the power to approve the president's nominations of officers of the United States. This includes general and flag officers at the Defense Department. But this year, Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has held up all the promotions, including to some of the highest jobs in the military. Nick Schifrin discussed the hold with retired Admiral Mike Mullen.

Tommy Tuberville bought stock in an obscure biotech firm just before it reached its highest price in months.