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@DebErupts@mastodon.social · 1d ago
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) grilled #Hegseth over an attack that killed six service members working out of a makeshift office space in Kuwait’s port city of Shuaiba. "Officers on the ground knew our troops were vulnerable. They requested additional force protection. Did they receive it?” "I’ll save you the time, they did not,” Ryan said. “When asked to describe the base’s defense, one survivor from the unit said, "I mean, I would put it in the none category from a drone defense capability."
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@sccdp@sfba.social · 3d ago
Sounds like Republicans in Congress are losing confidence in Pete "Kegsbreath" Hegseth. Understandable. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5848160-senate-republicans-doubt-hegseth-leadership/ #hegseth #iran #uspol #democracy
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@PhilipCJames@mas.to · 6d ago
The Gospel According To St. Quentin #Trump #GOP #MAGA #USpol #WhiteJesus #Hegseth https://youtu.be/taNi3btpaLs?si=ldHXKioTQaZoDKs8
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@rmblaber1956@mastodon.social in climate · Apr 17, 2026
@silence7@slrpnk.net Mr #Hegseth went to #Princeton. He didn't earn a #degree in #climate #science, but in #politics. Whatever he might have to say about the subject is simply ill-informed nonsense. I'm sick & tired of right-wing #politicians spouting garbage about #climatechange!
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@wood5y@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 16, 2026
Democrats call for impeachment of #GIJoe clone. #Hegseth #MakeAmericaGrateAgain https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/15/democrats-pete-hegseth-impeachment
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Mar 04, 2026
"Widespread war is a key plank of their End Times beliefs. Despite all the atrocious wars in history that didn’t result in the end of the world, [white Christian nationalists] are convinced that this time is the one." ~ Andra Watkins #Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #armageddon #rapture #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalists /1 https://andrawatkins.substack.com/p/christian-nationalists-and-the-apocalyptic
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Mar 04, 2026
"When a man literally titles his book American Crusade, we do not get to pretend that we were not warned. ... To understand what is happening, you have to understand Hegseth, with whom I worked at Fox News." ~ Julie Roginsky #Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #armageddon #rapture #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalists /2 https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/pete-hegseths-crusader-cosplay
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Mar 04, 2026
"Listening to Pete Hegseth this morning, celebrating 'death from the skies' and 'complete destruction without mercy,' I am more convinced than ever that these guys are a bunch of psychopaths. ~ Jody Gerbig Todd #Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #armageddon #rapture #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalists /3 https://www.threads.com/@jodygerbig/post/DVdrbBTjVFG
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Mar 04, 2026
#Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #armageddon #rapture #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalists /4
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Mar 04, 2026
"Warfighter, warfighter, warfighter! Referring to himself as 'yours truly.' Bragging about punching people when they’re down. If you didn’t know this little teenage boy would grow up to be a former Fox News weekend anchor who had made a hush money payoff to a woman after a credible rape accusation, you might guess it after a couple tries." ~ Evan Hurst #Trump #Hegseth #Iran #war #armageddon #rapture #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalists /5 https://www.wonkette.com/p/pete-hegseth-got-new-call-of-duty
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 04, 2026
"None. Zero. He got this job. Why? Because he's a loyalist to Donald Trump, and Donald Trump thought he looked good in front of cameras." #Hegseth #Trump #Iran #war #incompetence #WhiteChristianNationalism #PerformativeMasculinity /2
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 04, 2026
"President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Pete Hegseth are stuck in the logic of escalation, according to which the feeling of defeat today can be reversed by doing the first thing that comes to mind tomorrow." ~ Timothy Snyder #Hegseth #Trump #Iran #war #incompetence #WhiteChristianNationalism #PerformativeMasculinity /3 https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-coup-attempt
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 04, 2026
"Trump is surrounded by people who are making money from the war; each day of war strengthens a warmongering lobby with personal access to the president. As the war lengthens, the chance that it will be exploited for a coup attempt increases." #Hegseth #Trump #Iran #war #incompetence #WhiteChristianNationalism #PerformativeMasculinity #EconomicElites #oil #gas #profiteering /4
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 04, 2026
"Pentagon staffers have reportedly begun referring to their big boss, Pete Hegseth, as Dumb McNamara, a reference to the Secretary of Defense under Lyndon Johnson who oversaw the disastrous U.S. war effort in Vietnam. Yes, that’s pretty bad, but it’s even worse." ~ Lucian K. Truscott #Hegseth #Trump #Iran #war #incompetence #WhiteChristianNationalism #PerformativeMasculinity /5 https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/why-hegseths-firings-and-interference
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 04, 2026
"He’s closer to Dumb Joe McCarthy, the right-wing Republican Senator who made his career chasing commies out of government – and everywhere else – during the 1950’s 'red scare.'” #Hegseth #Trump #Iran #war #incompetence #WhiteChristianNationalism #PerformativeMasculinity /6
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 04, 2026
"As for the removal now of Gen. George, a West Point graduate who served in combat roles dating back to the first Gulf War in 1991 and is the highest-ranking Army officer, it’s yet one more sign that the confederacy of dunces that surrounds Trump cares more about showcasing its bigotry than acting competently." ~ Steven Beschloss #Hegseth #Trump #Iran #war #incompetence #WhiteChristianNationalism #PerformativeMasculinity /7 https://www.americaamerica.news/p/how-much-do-you-value-expertise
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 04, 2026
"As one U.S. official said to Axios, 'Here is a four-star general who is actively working to get equipment and people into theater—to protect U.S. forces—and you fire him? In the middle of a war?'” #Hegseth #Trump #Iran #war #incompetence #WhiteChristianNationalism #PerformativeMasculinity /8
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 04, 2026
"His favourite term is 'lethality'; he loves telling the armed forces how 'lethal' they are. 'We are not defenders any more,' he announced gleefully. 'We are warriors: trained to kill the enemy and break their will.' (It might seem excessive to break their will after killing them, but why settle for half measures?)" ~ Steven Poole #Hegseth #Trump #Iran #war #incompetence #WhiteChristianNationalism #PerformativeMasculinity #lethality #violence #death /9 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/04/trump-using-dysphemism-language-against-iran
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 04, 2026
"He seemed to experience a sadistic pleasure in announcing the sinking of an Iranian warship by a US torpedo, enjoying the idea of the doomed crew’s 'quiet death'. This sort of unabashed viciousness is part of the appeal of the Maga administration for its fans, and might seem like a refreshing return to plain speaking." #Hegseth #Trump #Iran #war #incompetence #WhiteChristianNationalism #PerformativeMasculinity #lethality #violence #death /10
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@Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 09, 2026
Senior Judge Paul Friedman of the US District Court for the DC said Thursday that the #Trump admin’s decision to remove credentialed #reporters from the #Pentagon in response to his ruling striking down a prior #press policy “flouts the Court’s explicit directives & disregards the constitutional principles at the heart” of his March order. #Hegseth #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #FreeSpeech #journalism #FourthEstate
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