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Angie's avatar

Hegseth is a god damn drunk and a religious nutter. He isn’t qualified to mop the damn floor in a government building. What is it going to take? We just gonna let these freaks and rejects destroy our country because we don’t want to be impolite? Where are the generals on this? Kissing Trump’s fat ass or willing to save their country from fascists and honor their oath? Which IS IT? They may as well all just come out and say whatever it is they have to say at this point so we’re all clear where we stand. Do we or do we not have a military with integrity?

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Carol Krajewski's avatar

Hope Hegseth saw the SNL cold opening.

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Nancy Endersby's avatar

Made me chuckle which I really needed! Wondering how long it will take Trump to start complaining about it!

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Alison's avatar

A FAKE religious nutter!

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Leslie  McCollom's avatar

Well said! The answers are uncertain but I believe there are more honorable people in our military services, than there are those who have been sucked into the Trump fascist delusions.

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Denean Wright's avatar

That part. Well said

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Martha Kenne's avatar

Rock on, Angie!

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PatchyGroundFog 🐎's avatar

"Q - “So you will be releasing the video? Hegseth: We’re reviewing it. Q - Is that a yes or a no? Hegseth: We’ll see.”

Bullshit. We have a right to see it. We pay your salary, Kegsbreath, and we pay for the missiles. Stop with the lame "reviewing" excuses. You all just reviewed it when you showed it to the committees. We are getting really tired of this reviewing nonsense, like the #Trumpstein files. You lackeys have been reviewing those for years. Stop it.

THERE IS NO WAR DEPARTMENT. There is a defense department, THAT KEEPS US FROM GOING TO WAR. DO YOUR DEFENSE JOB. Stop with the stupid macho bravado bullshit.

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Fraser's avatar

That's all he's got Patchy!!

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Oaktown's avatar

That and a makeup mirror.

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Fraser's avatar

That too Oak!

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Martha Kenne's avatar

Barf.

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Bob's avatar

As bad as Ted Heath, who was the subject of derision in Scotland with a song that asked, “Ted Heath, what’s he got? A mouth full wonderful, shiny teeth.”

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Karen Close's avatar

When my Mom said ”We’ll see.” That meant “No”. We are not idiots and yes, we pay you and you work for us.

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Robin's avatar

I have no idea how other Americans feel about blowing up these boats…but the first thing I think about is that we are now telling the world that it’s open market out there. Blow up whatever you wanna blow up. So the next time someone is fishing on their boat (or in their super yacht) in the Caribbean waters (or really anywhere!) they better be thinking about that! Tit-for-Tat as they say... Mid terms can't come fast enough and those 90 million eligible voters that didn't get their ass off the couch had better go vote!

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Old Uncle Dave's avatar

This other American thinks the boat strikes are murder, same as if a cop shot people he suspected of dealing drugs.

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Kathy Hughes's avatar

I agree also. The attacks are murders and war crimes.

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Robin's avatar

SO agree!

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Pamela Van Sickle's avatar

I agree Old Uncle Dave

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Oaktown's avatar
12hEdited

Any dems running for any office better get their asses out, knock on their doors, and find out what the voters want. Just ask Mamdani how it's done.

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Robin's avatar

Yep, that too!

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Declan's avatar

Egads!!! I wouldn't want anything to happen to any billionaire boys.....

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Kevin Robbins's avatar

Seems like we’ve moved into the fog of coverup.

Cotton sounds more ludicrous than Hegseth. Does he have a drinking problem too?

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Francesca Reitano's avatar

He’s got Cotton-Mouth. Bad.

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L N B's avatar

I wanted to double like this. Good one.

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Alastriona's avatar

Don’t forget in 2020, Cotton wrote an op/ed in the NYT calling for government to give no quarter to peaceful protesters exercising their Constitutional rights. Anyone who calls for the mass murder of Americans has no business in the senate.

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Paul Kaufman's avatar

So Hegseth is appealing to Jesus to support his sinful murderous actions?

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WJB Motown's avatar

Fake Satanic Christian Natinalists always contact their AR-15 brandishing Jesus.....just before they call Grindr for their gaylord guy hookups. They have their guiding "blow job" queen Canks.....who gives a microphone the best blow job ever.....as their spiritual inspiration......Just ask Bubba.

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Tony Fainberg's avatar

Not the first person to do that.

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Sue Sanders's avatar

I just love it that Trump supporter Schiff said that Truth Social should change it’s name to “Lie Social”!

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Karen D's avatar

I call it that all the time!

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Kathy Hughes's avatar

I’ve heard it referred to Untruth Antisocial, which would be correct.

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Sue Sanders's avatar

That’s so good!

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Kathy Hughes's avatar

This is a name coined by Substack writer and Trump critic TCinLA.

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Christine Peterson's avatar

I saw today that Don Jr. Befouled Franklin the Turtle again with an insult to Tim Walz. The poison apple doesn't fall far from the rotten tree.

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Oaktown's avatar

Please, publishers, illustrator and Franklin author SUE THESE A**HOLES NOW.

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Catt woman's avatar

Without a doubt. Sue them for everything they have and will ever have. They have millions of ill-gotten gains that would be better spent by the author, publisher and illustrator.

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ramona j's avatar

Just so classless to use a character like Franklin and make it cringe worthy maga style

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Oaktown's avatar

Worse than classless. Despicable!!!!

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Roberta Houle's avatar

Christine. Thanks for the heads up. Can you give us a way to see this? From a very pissed off Canadian who wants these people off the face of the earth. 🇨🇦

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Sharon C Storm's avatar

A large majority of U S citizens want them gone, too. When will the GOP Congress members wake up and take back their power from the felon? I thought it was starting to happen with the vote to release the Epstein files, but most of them are backing up.

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Kevin Robbins's avatar

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): “It’s important to remember there are two scandals here: 1. The Admin has likely committed war crimes. 2. But the entire operation - which now includes two dozen attacks - is illegal. In our democracy, the President CANNOT wage war without the consent of the people.”

I would say the buckpassing downward constitutes a scandal as well.

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Mike Hammer's avatar

Colin on SNL was almost too good!

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Susan's avatar

Kegsbreath should be thoroughly ashamed of invoking Jesus as support for his murderous actions and warlike affirmations.

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Fraser's avatar

Horrid! People were burned at the stake for less!!

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Catt woman's avatar

Creeps like Hogsbreath have no shame about anything they do or say. You have to have a moral code to know shame.

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Susan's avatar

True. Even more reason why he should never hold any position of responsibility, but particularly that one. He isn't even suitable for crossing attendant.

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Deb's avatar

His time in hell awaits

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Jean Conley's avatar

But is definitely not coming soon enough............and actually, should have happened in January of this year.....

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Coop's avatar

Reporters: "Will we see the video?"

Hegseth: We are editing it as quickly as possible, but our editing team has been so busy with all things Epstein Tapes that we will have to wait".

Bastards, all! 🤬

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Deb's avatar

That's about the size of it! 😡

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Deb's avatar

Hepshit you're a poor excuse for a human being. Stop using religion in your political tactics, you lying, foul POS. Haven't you heard of....

SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!

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WJB Motown's avatar

"Separation of Church and Hate".........now into 2nd and 3rd printing.......John Fugelsang has been on NYTimes bestseller list for weeks........

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Fraser's avatar

Nice WJB!!

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Catt woman's avatar

I recently read this book. It is fantastic! John has an answer for every claim the Christian Nationalists use to push their agenda. I can think of dozens of sanctimonious people who I’d like to give it to.

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Nancy Endersby's avatar

Have the book! Good recommendation!

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Alison's avatar

I can't read any further. Hegseth and trump need to be against a wall facing a firing squad, crying and wetting their pants. Tom Cotton should be locked up and the key thrown away for nodding his stupid head and supporting this murder.

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Deb's avatar

Thank you! I have said this from day one. Face the Firing Squad for TREASONOUS Behavior. What's a FELON, with 34 counts against him, in office for, anyway?!

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Jean Conley's avatar

BINGO, Alison!

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Teach84's avatar

“... It did not appear that these two survivors were in any position to continue the fight.”

What fight?? There was no fight! There was no war!! These are not war crimes. They have all been MURDER, clear as day!!

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Deb's avatar

There was NEVER any viable proof that these guys were drug runners to begin with. These MURDEROURS BASTARDS are out there to show their power hunger intentions! They're nothing more than ASSASSINS!

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Kevin Robbins's avatar

These guys may not want to talk to the press about the pardon of a major cocaine importer. I think they’re going to have to discuss that and so much more when campaign season comes around.

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Karen Scofield's avatar

A lot of insanity, no doubt😵‍💫 Here's to another Week,Ron. Thank you for your reporting, and will reStack ASAP 💯👍

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