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Wonne's avatar

The gift that keeps on giving, Orange Hitler and his minions. How pathetic we seem to the rest of the world. I am going to Vancouver for Christmas and my friends there asked me if I was going to become a Canadian refugee!

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Fastball Fredo's avatar

Hegseth is a drunk, womanizer and knows nothing about being an administrator to 2M personnel in the military. It’s like appointing your mail carrier to the position of Postmaster General… It’s all designed as Russian media reports to “tear America down brick by brick” and they are overjoyed at little Donnie fuckface nominees. BTW, it is a crime to commit adultery while serving in the military, they take this very seriously.

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donnab's avatar

Trump wants another womanizing macho jerk like himself to screw up our military.

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Linda's avatar

Fuck this drunken fascist.

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Jeff C.'s avatar

This asshole and Orange Douchè are going to lie us into another war. I guarandamntee it.

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R Vierra's avatar

Pete Hegseth is a Patriot. What branch of the military did you serve in?

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Jeff C.'s avatar

Hope the DoD likes low recruiting numbers and service members leaving after their first term next year. Because I'll do my part to make sure this happens.

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Chris C's avatar

Then we’ll get the draft, watch and see

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Jeff C.'s avatar

Hopefully young people start dodging said draft or fleeing to Canada. No one should die for a country controlled by the MAGA cult.

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Mr. X's avatar

I think Hegseth has homoerotic desires.

There. I said it. Someone had to.

I bet the thought of soldiers from ancient Sparta gives him wet dreams.

The lady doth protest too much -- know what I'm sayin'?

Grrr... masculinity. Soldiers. Comradery. Men. Grrr... Billy Budd. That kind'a thing.

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Jeff C.'s avatar

Hegseth thinks he's some alpha male spartan, when in reality he's another asshole officer like the ones who got fragged in Vietnam.

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Karen Scofield's avatar

All trump needs to do with Hegseth is,pour him a bottomless glass of Scotch 🥃 and he'll order out our military into Ukraine If that's what Putin wants. Some scary messed up shit here !! Thank You, Michaelangelo, for your article this morning ☕ and will reStack ASAP 💯👍❄️🎄⛄

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Aaron Wells's avatar

People of color are next just wait.

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donnab's avatar

If Trump has to institute a draft, he'll put minorities in the front lines..

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Aaron Wells's avatar

Just like Stalin. He put prisoners in so called “Penal battalions” and sent them to the most dangerous parts of the front. Basically using human beings as meat shields.

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Aaron Wells's avatar

From Wikipedia:

“The first penal battalion deployed under the new policy was sent to the Stalingrad Front on August 22, 1942, shortly before German troops reached the Volga river. It consisted of 929 disgraced officers convicted under Order No. 227 who had been demoted to the lowest enlisted rank and assigned to the penal battalion”

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Jeff C.'s avatar

They tried doing something like that in Vietnam. Later on in the war, a lot of them told their CO's to go f*** themselves. I recommend the documentary "Sir No Sir" and the out of print interview album by Jet Magazine if you want more details.

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Ryan Featherston's avatar

It's not Pete Hegseth. It's Peter Hegseth. Seriously, he does NOT deserve to be called Pete.

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Paul's avatar

well, you reap what you sow. people including gays who voted for the orange asshole knew what they were getting because he does not lie ... and sadly it is 100 times worse than what we thought!! I mean, the thing the drives me crazy is people can't say they didn't know anymore, disinformation or not, they knew what they were getting. Will he be successful? only time will tell, but you can't say we didn't warn you!!

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That Damn Darklady's avatar

Has Pete "Lothario" Hegseth mentioned this to oh, the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg? I seem to recall Mayor Pete calling himself a "military Uber" while he was stationed in Afghanistan at Bagram Air Base. He earned a Joint Service Commendation Medal for his good work.

And TV's Pete? Oh, he served and earned some medals... but he was also deemed one of 12 national guardsmen who were potential insider threats while providing security for Biden's presidential inauguration. They all got yanked off the team.

And when he wasn't being deemed a threat to the POTUS, he was busy having "consensual" sex with at least one woman who filed charges of rape and reported their encounter to the police. We don't know who she is because the coward paid her to keep quiet about him raping her.

What a sterling character he has. He'll fit in fine with Trump's other world-wrecking amoral toadies.

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Daniel Rosenblatt's avatar

So he does not want gays and women in the military. I doubt we will see any of those good Christian Nationalists in service anytime soon. They are good to tell you how to live who to pray to and whose ass to kiss, but when it comes to dying for your country, well let's put it this way I would not hold my breath waiting for them to come and risk their lives to serve our country. I could be wrong but I would not want to be in the wrong place at the wrong time to find out. As for what's his name to lead the military I want to see how brave he would be if he had to dodge bullets.

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Chris C's avatar

And a draft that lets people like Fake Bone Spurs get out of it.

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James A Clark Jr's avatar

he's a windbag and has forgotten his US history.. Gen von Steuben of Germany was brought to the colonies to help fight the British in the Revolutionary War. He was also a gay man. Without his leadership this country would not exist!

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donnab's avatar

I like I'm living in 1824. The more I read, the more disgusted I get with GOP crazies.

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Derrick's avatar

Yes, DB, has been decades of “they” wanting everything back, back, BACK !! How long can “they” hang on to co-minority tyranny rule ? I’ll probably not last long enough to see pendulum swing back towards progress, justice, equality for all. It felt good in 2008 and I very naïvely thought we were finally getting there. How wrong I was. At least the pendulum I don’t think has stopped, got stuck.

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Chris C's avatar

You and me both D! I want to hang on as long as possible to see that thing swing way back. I’m counting on a beginning in 2026.

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Derrick's avatar

CC, lifetime appointed RW judges bum me out. Not unlike the brutal cold your brother & I are living in right now. Was like 6 below last night, just a wee bit of snow and a wicked wind all day yesterday. At an open spot in town by a lake the light ground snow was whipping across several blocks of streets. Looked wicked nasty. Up to +5 now. Woo hoo. Winds are much better. Not winter white enthused anymore, old and crotchety. Mrs and I dreamed a little of pulling plug and moving to some other more SANE country. That’s an interesting dream. If not for forest fire smoke, I pondered far SW corner of Canada close to Japanese ocean currents for warmer winters. I recall you spent time in Washington ? Far too cloudy rainy. Agree. I suppose that is also SW Canook. Eh ? Never mind me, second day too cold for biking in lovely nature, I’m feeling a little owly and learning new cuss words in German I can’t repeat here. Whenever I drive by a residual shitler yard sign I enjoy unleashing some good German cuss words and flying the bird. Once and a great while, lay on the horn when extra owly, they merit some disturbed peace. But not the neighbors. Guess I need attitude adjustment. Upcoming Christmas treat colonoscopy outta be just the ticket!!! I feel a little connected to Erma Bombeck warped unique dry sense of humor at times and remember her words fondly. I think she had a 1960’s booklet on a comic collection titled “The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank”. Now I can see Paul Lynde Hollywood Squares center, a little shake of head, “That’s rich”. He managed to sneak a lot of questionable humor past the censors. Have a good one.

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Chris C's avatar

Yes Bro texted yesterday at 5 pm your time and said it was 1F. No thanks. I did live in Seattle, no way now, too gray, too cloudy. SW Canada similar. But there is a place in Washington state, rain shadow of the Olympic mountains, Sequim (pronounced sqwim) area. Much drier. Pockets everywhere. California itself is about as diverse as it gets and Dem Dem Dem. Except pockets of Red. Hang in there, It is easy to get owly without those exercise endorphins doing their thing. One reason why I live here, rarely does the weather ever impact outdoor plans. And love me some endorphins. XXX CC

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Christina's avatar

Hegseth thinks he’s a tough guy but he’s been hiding behind his wife and mommy throughout this process. He’s a drunk, a rapist and a bigot who should get nowhere near the Pentagon.

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Randy Scobey's avatar

I don't think any of Trump's picks realize they are being set up to fail. I honestly think he is picking people who will screw things up so badly that they will do two things; 1) take the fall instead of him and 2) in the rubble they leave behind he gets closer to his goal of destroying our government.

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