Pete Hegseth says US military bases should restore names of Confederate generals

And so it begins.

The White Christian Nationalization of the United States.

Just one more week before it starts to take effect in full force.

The Nazis are in charge.

THEY

LOST

THE

WAR!!!!

I thought Trump and his cronies hated losers? Why do they idolize Confederates???

[quote] Why do they idolize Confederates???

Because the Confederacy stood for white supremacy and black subjugation and slavery.

That's the one and only reason.

Make no mistake about this. Pete Hegseth is a white supremacist.

His "white power" tattoos are no accident.

This right-wing white supremacist is almost guaranteed to be confirmed as Defense Secretary.

And once he is in charge of the military, watch out.

They will do Trump's bidding.

Hegseth will deploy them and use the US military to enforce Trump's dictatorship.

Just like other autocrats all over the world use their military against their own people.

Rural, southern MAGA supporters will be so enthusiastic about this particular sop that they'll never see what the real plan for them is.

Why should military bases be named after people who led a rebellion? This is literally the only country on earth where this is even a question.

I prefer Generals from the winning side of a war, personally.

[quote]This is literally the only country on earth

You can say this about so many different topics; it's not limited to naming military bases after the losing side (although I think we can all agree now that the Confederacy didn't lose the war; it just changed its name several times over the century and three-quarters since officially "losing" and is now called "MAGA"). We are the wealthiest nation on Earth, but with the highest rates of homelessness., child poverty, and lowest attending and performing students. We have among the lowest violent crime rates of all industrialized nations, and the highest incarceration rates among all nations, even higher than even the most oppressive regimes.

It's sad, really. We could be the best, most productive, happiest country on Earth, and instead we have billionaires.

Trump can’t allow this because the Confederates are “suckers and losers”. Right?

Clever. Now they can paint opposition to him as out-of-control wokeness.

very unpatriotic behavior.

Ags9n I say, if you have not bought a gun with which to defend yourself in the coming months, you have only yourself to blame. Watch what will happen on Long Island after Jan 20th, and right across the country You only need to aim straight at them and fire. Wonderful feeling to eliminate an enemy when there is no other option.

Here's a list.

What will happen on Long Island after January 20, R12?

No idea what you're talking about.

He's nuts. Dump's insistence on nominating grossly underqualified, polarizing figures for top executive branch positions should be concerning to Republicans.

[quote]should be concerning to Republicans.

Have you been in a coma, r15?

No, r16. I am referring to their long-term prospects. Not the wackos in office now but the ones who will come later, after Republicans have eroded public trust. The party is being very shortsighted in trying to appease Dump. The military already has a recruitment issue, after this guy the whole institution will be left in tatters.

[quote]The party is being very shortsighted in trying to appease Dump

They've been doing it for eight years, r17.

They want the military to be a Christian Nationalist militia that can be used domestically and for purposes of imperialism in our hemisphere, not for defending Democracy in Europe and Taiwan. They don’t care about recruitment in terms of numbers. They are hoping for ideological purity.

[quote] should be concerning to Republicans.

This is my wheelhouse!

All microprocessor chips come from Taiwan. If the military Christian Nationalist or not-- wants any of their weapons to work, they'll make protection of that country a priority.

You can't fight countries who have advanced weaponry with the equivalent of slingshots.

We are building microprocessor plants in the US.

There's something really wrong with this guy. He shouldn't be hired for any job.

Great, yes. And I'm very happy we are (thanks to president Biden). But the best chips and raw materials are still in Taiwan, now, and will be for a while yet. We are years away from being able to produce our own.

Feel free to do your own research on this. Taiwan must be protected.

[quote]We are building microprocessor plants in the US.

Until Trump repeals the Chips and Science Act, at least.

An attack on Taiwan would not come until the US can make its own chips. Xi wants Taiwan, not World War III.

Pete Hegseth was very charming and frisky on my yellow office coach with the brown print leaves. He has my confirmation vote.

Nothing says you love America like flying the flag of an enemy they defeated 158 years ago and naming their military bases after said enemy!

I'm still curious how this slut managed to get up on the Freedom Tower and then drop his pants to take a picture the flag.

I would hate suck his dick, and condemn his Satan spawn to my gastric juices, he'd probably do anything for some liquor.

How soon into his tenure do we think he will be caught with his pants down, cock out and cheating on the 3rd wife?

But Pete PROMISED to quit drinking for this job!

Bearing in mind that he has no drinking problem so a promise not to drink is not a complete fantasy.

These idiots would even name them Eagles nest and after Nazi generals if they thought they could. it's going to be a rough four years.

Just waiting for the re-installment of those wonderful Jim Crow laws again.

R35, I can't wait to overturn Brown v Board!

Hegseth said gays shouldn't serve in the military

If Lindsey confirms this guy, the entire gay community needs to kick his ass from here to Timbuktu

The only repurcussions Lindz will ever face for anything will be when his liver finally gives out from all of his years of drinking. No one is ever going to out him or punish his glass-closted ass in any way. Hoping for anything else is a waste of time

Outsized photos of Hegseth's racist tattoos should be on prominent display during his hearing.

He would just laugh and be proud of them, R39. Those things are not the deal breaker they ought to be. Putting them "on the record" would be a source of amusement for him.

Call your senators and tell them not to confirm Hegseth, Gabbard, and co.

202-224-3121

R37 Lindz has told the media and the public for decades he's straight. He has consistently advocated and voted against gay rights. That's good enough for South Carolina to keep re-electing him though the vast majority firmly views him as gay.

Behind closed doors, and at very private parties, she's allegedly LadyG. Who is still fooled?

We're going to need to expand the Ignore Ward.

My fiance goes to a different school, you wouldn't know her!

I'm glad he's focused on things critical to our national defense

Oops, the FBI dirt on him "accidentally" went missing!

[quote] I'm still curious how this slut managed to get up on the Freedom Tower and then drop his pants to take a picture the flag.

Link, please!

I forgot that this guy is an alcoholic.

It kind of got lost among all of his other objectionable traits.

So do we think he's still drinking, or did he give it up (as he claims to have done)?

Slut

We’re now on the side of the Russians & the Confederacy. What an upside down world.

[quote] We’re now on the side of the Russians & the Confederacy. What an upside down world.

Not all of us.

It's time for another Civil War.

So, regarding cutting the size of government, has this shithead ever considered how much it will cost to change the names of these military bases? It's not as simple as it sounds.

I'm gonna hit him with my murth...

[quote]Oops, the FBI dirt on him "accidentally" went missing

Two can play that game: Release the full, two-part Smith Report. Stat!🍿🍿

This is just the type of innovation this country needs to move forward.

R50 Corruption and quest for power and money has destroyed the Republican Party and likely the US democracy next.

A rapist AND a racist. Just like Trump.

R45 - He is going to get plastered to the wall -continuously- in meetings on topics he doesn't even know exist, and it will be interesting to see how long he lasts until he is just so embarrassed he won't even show up anymore. I seem to recall that's what happened to Trump to a degree too, he started making the meetings short or didn't even show up. Of course, it will be swung in public that he left for another reason and everyone here will believe it because he couldn't possibly leave for such a simple thing.

[quote] He is going to get plastered to the wall -continuously- in meetings on topics he doesn't even know exist, and it will be interesting to see how long he lasts until he is just so embarrassed he won't even show up anymore

He'll show up, alright.

DRUNK.

I want to see those Military Generals make minced meat out of him.

[quote] GOP plows ahead with Hegseth hearing as Democrats fume

Senate Armed Services Committee Democrats are fuming as Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Pentagon, is set to head back to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for his confirmation hearing before the panel.

Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has met with numerous Republican senators in the weeks since Trump on Nov. 12 first announced his intended pick to lead the more than 2 million troops and 800,000 civilian workers that make up the U.S. military apparatus.

But Democrats say Hegseth has refused to make himself available to them in the same way, and has failed to provide key vetting information as they look into a series of scandals and scathing media reports on the Army veteran.

[QUOTE] Ags9n I say, if you have not bought a gun with which to defend yourself in the coming months, you have only yourself to blame. Watch what will happen on Long Island after Jan 20th, and right across the country You only need to aim straight at them and fire. Wonderful feeling to eliminate an enemy when there is no other option.

What?!?

Someone please seek and destroy this pile of dog shit..

I may get roasted for this, but I would definitely put him on the hate fuck list.

His confirmation hearing is on live now MSNBC.

And we should bring back slavery too!

The Confederates didn't just lose. They weren't just the enemy. They are a traitorous enemy that rose up against the nation and tried destroy it from within - the worst possible thing you can be when it comes to talking about nationhood. And they want to honour the masterminds behind this traitorous rebellion to destroy the nation by re-naming army bases after them?

He just said he prays. I may vomit.

So what's the plan? Have any of our more politically well-read DLers found any new voices that are making sense on the left? It's overwhelming to me if everything said here is true.

Giant chicklet teeth Norm Coleman, a blast from the past!

R66 Isn't that what our forefathers did when they rebelled against England though? We were English colonies and we started a war to end that. We are rebel stock in this country. Obviously being facetious here as it is not apples to apples. But worrying about things like Confederate generals and names of bases is the least of our concerns right now. The very least.

They've already removed two protesters from the room. Hey, let them speak!

Make that three.

I think I saw that cunt Megyn Kelly sitting behind him.

This guy claims not to have washed his hands for the last ten years; he doesn't believe germs to exist. How the fuck the cashed-up-bogan-in-chief - a notorious germaphobe - can bring himself to shake his hand (let alone choose him to be Secretary of Defence) is quite beyond comprehension. What a shit show we have in store...

R70, read the room AND the name of the thread...

This guy exudes anger issues.

Yes, r74, those who say they want to hate fuck Hegseth because he looks good in underwear should keep in mind that his hand isnt going to be the only thing dirty. I know some people are into that, but ew. He's nasty in so many ways.

R8 on GDP. Not per capita. Not even close.

Real countries such as Ireland, Norway, UAE and Switzerland have much more wealth per person.

"I just want to give all glory to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ...who wants us to return to the Christian Warrior ethos and stop this woke bullshit"

Yep. He'll be confirmed. The Darkness deepens.

Go get him, Jeanne Shaheen.

He's a smarmy frat boy douchebro that hates women.

R81 That's a reaction to so many of the rightwing Christian dude bros.... lightweight, unserious. Dangerous, yes. But shallow, and way too confident about their own competence.

He's a scumbag.

Is Ernst wearing a wig?

Is it assumed he'll get the job? Looks like it.

He will not give a yes or no answer. Get the hook!

His red eyes appear to be fighting back tears. Has Pete been morning drinking?

We need a separate thread for "Hegseth's Senate Confirmation Hearing"

^^^Why?! This thread is enough. I don't want this bile spread all over the forum. It is a nauseating spectacle. He is a drunk racist rapist and he will probably be confirmed because our nation is comfortable with underqualified racist rapists in roles of leadership.

I hate this fucker.

"Trump defense nominee ordered three gin and tonics for breakfast: witness"

His anger and meaness is showing.

I'm getting fired up and need to calm down. My ears are bleeding listening to his bullshit.

I went to school with guys like Hegseth

Ugh.

R88: A separate Hegseth Senate Confirmation thread would facilitate focused attention to the actual event in real time, and give us the means via Search of locating a dedicated thread.

I am unable to create a thread due to the device I'm using this morning.

The Republicans are pond scum.

Joni Ernst's Wikipedia page states she is 54 years old. Is that right? She looks at least a decade older.

r95, How dare you compare duly elected US Senators to "pond scum" ?

Pond scum plays a crucial role in the aquatic ecosystem. In contrast, Senate Republicans are a completely invasive, lazy clump of cells that consume the resources of the ecosystem they inhabit, while damaging healthy organisms.

Elizabeth Warren rattled him.

Warren made mincemeat of him. Overall conclusion on Hegseth? He's not smart.

[quote]Overall conclusion on Hegseth? He's not smart.

He gets a reprieve from his next questioner – Tommy Tuberville, the dumbest person in the Senate. (And perhaps in all of DC.)

Hegseth has risen to the top of the heap of Trump's sycophants.

R99 He’s also a white supremacist who likes to get drunk and sexually assault women.

Because the primary job of the Secretary of Defense is to fight against.... Woke Universities.

I don't understand the world we now live in.

"Woke" is just another word for being, as MAGAs would say, "pro-Nwords."

Sen. Mullin: "Tell me something about your wife that you love?"

Hegseth: "She doesn't mind that I sexually assault other women."

I think that's the fourth mention of "our Lord and Savior..." The shadow of White Christian Nationalism lengthens. It's out in the open now.

Duckworth, in a dark alley at night, could kick Hegseth's butt.

Duckworth is spot on! He’s not qualified regardless of political affiliation

Duckworth: You want to raise the standards for the troops and lower them for yourself.

I'm concerned about this hearing.

We are in the anti-language world of 1984... "Politics has no place in our military." Meaning, I am appointed for political purposes and everything I do will be political.

Apparently woke and DEI have ruined everything. But Pete will fix it, once he has his morning cocktail.

How can Republicans question the competence, and moral character of this noxious hunk of shit hegseth when they elected the famously shit smelling, demonstrably incompetent Felon Forty Seven is straining irony. I am looking for Democrats to rip this cunt to shreds and not fall into the trap of focusing on his "Woke" crap which actually helps firm up his support.

[quote]Duckworth, in a dark alley at night, could kick Hegseth's butt.

"Hold my legs!"

(Love her, and she could take that coward down any time/any place.)

Beshear/Slotkin '28!

Andy for winning in a deeply red states and executive experience, plus immense likability; Elissa for her balls and no-nonsense taking no shit attitude, plus her intelligence agency (CIA) experience, and experience deployed in Intelligence active duty in Afghanistan.

Both are liberal but not too lefty.

The Republican senators, including Ernst, fawned over Hegseth. This putz is going to make it through.

Imagine being this smug cunt that thinks his shit doesn't stink. Any normal person would be totally shamed by publicly being called a drunk, assaulter, adulterer, liar, and completely incompetent.

But he's a Jesus warrior and Trump acolyte, so I guess that makes it all okay.

[quote] The Republican senators, including Ernst, fawned over Hegseth. This putz is going to make it through.

Satisfying the competency requirements as envisioned by Senate Republicans is hardly a high bar. All they are looking for is a measurable pulse and NO indication of a measure of soul, NO competence and most importantly NO sense of patriotism

Remember when I was considered unqualified just for being a drunk womanizer?

[quote] "Woke" is just another word for being, as MAGAs would say, "pro-Nwords."

It's a slur, like in the 1950s calling someone a "N-word lover."

"How many push-ups can you do?"

Real deep questions being asked!

We really are in "Idiocracy" now.

So many shortcomings and character flaws means so many opportunities for him to fall short. In the limelight. A man who downs 3 gin and tonics with breakfast is not going to withstand the scrutiny

There is clearly a different standard of competence for white male alcoholic racist rapists.

What r127 said a million times.

Republicans are blocking the FBI report on Hegseth from being available to all members

"A man who downs 3 gin and tonics with breakfast is not going to withstand the scrutiny."

Wanna bet?

[quote]Republicans are blocking the FBI report on Hegseth from being available to all members

How strange, Hegseth told the assembled Senators that he was an "open book." I can't imagine such a good Christian man would lie (or commit adultery, sexual assault and acts of public drunkenness).

The Day the Clown Lied

His anger and contentious demeanor are blaring through the TV screen. This dude is a mean nasty bitch and you can see it.

^ He must have had gin for breakfast

Yes By God That Is The Most Important Issue For A Secretary Of Defense

[quote] Overall conclusion on Hegseth? He's not smart.

That's the type of leader Republicans want to be the Trump Defense Secretary.

He will do whatever Trump tells him to do.

Hot as fuck.

CONFIRM!

That 3rd wife must not give a shit what he does so long as she gets dick and money

[quote] ‘Not Hearing an Answer’: Hegseth Refuses to Commit to Resigning if He Drinks on the Job

Pete Hegseth refused to commit to resigning if he drinks on the job while running the Pentagon.

The Fox & Friends Weekend host dodged questions from Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono at his confirmation hearing Tuesday about whether he’d “resign as Secretary of Defense if you drink on the job, which is a 24-7 position.”

“I have made this commitment on behalf of the men and women I am serving,” Hegseth began to say, referring to his promise that he would not drink if he was confirmed.

“Will you resign as Secretary of Defense if you drink on the job?” the Democrat senator again asked.

“I’ve made this commitment on behalf of the men and women I’m serving because it’s the most important deployment of my life,” Hegseth repeated.

“I’m not hearing an answer to my questions,” Hirono said. “While you have made that commitment, you will not commit to resigning if you drink on the job.”

Hirono referenced reports from The New Yorker and NBC News that Hegseth had a history of drinking heavily at work while the president of a veteran’s advocacy group and that his drinking habits affected his job as a Fox News morning host.

Haha at Mazie Hirono's "not hearing an answer."

I wonder how many racist names he called her, after the hearing?

If he were in recovery, that would be an easy story to shut down these questions. Which means he isn’t. Which means our national security is going to be led by an active drunk.

Also? This will be the most stressful job he has ever had.

This guy has a massive ego for someone of his qualifications and positions he's held. I can just imagine him in a high level position. He is not only going to drink all day and night but just grab and fuck any woman he wants.

[quote] He is not only going to drink all day and night but just grab and fuck any woman he wants.

He can grab MY pussy!

the one we have now looks like he can be bribed with a dozen donuts.

So you say the blacks need to get over it and move on ("it" being 400 years of slavery in the United States).

Then in the next breath you say the Confederate deserves to be honored.

You say the Republicans are the party of Abraham Lincoln and then you turn around and recommend Confederate officers be honored..

You said that you are not defendant of slave owners and the American legacy of slavery is not your burden.

Then in the next breath you say the Confederacy deserves to be honored.

"Pete Hegseth’s fiery confirmation hearing ends with GOP signaling approval"

Ex-Fox News host Pete Hegseth called for the return of “American warriors” in his opening statement as he is grilled by the Senate ahead of his likely confirmation as Defense Secretary.

The 44-year-old veteran faced questions about his lack of management experience, his alleged heavy drinking, as well as his previous opposition to women serving in combat roles in the military.

When asked about accusations that he sexually assaulted a woman in a California hotel room in 2017 — something he has denied — he blamed a “smear campaign” propagated by “left-wing” media and based on anonymous sources.

“We are not Republicans or Democrats — we are American warriors. Our standards will be high, and they will be equal,” he told the bipartisan panel of senators in his opening statement.

I have not forgotten about the confederate flag being flown for the first time in American history in the capitol on J6.

[QUOTE]Apparently woke and DEI have ruined everything. But Pete will fix it, once he has his morning cocktail.

I mean, I just cannot.

[QUOTE]GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!

I wonder how many men he tortured during the War on Twrror. You just know he gets off on cruelty. You can swe it in the way he acts.

[QUOTE] I'm getting fired up and need to calm down. My ears are bleeding listening to his bullshit.

Then bitch get away from that TV set now before it's too late for you!

You got to admit he made Warren look like a fool. Now don't jump. I say this as someone who wished Warren had challenged Hillary in the primary. I would vote for Warren in a second but she did look foolish.

How so, R151?

I didn't watch the hearings, but some people here commented that she "destroyed" him.

But you seem to have a different take.

I watched the hearing, r151.

Warren did not look like a fool.

Warren didn't look like a fool but she made him look like one. She did a good job pointing out his MANY statements saying women shouldn't serve in combat positions

“Well, we’ve had intense conversations behind closed doors and I believe everything you’re saying.”

Ignore r151 and its invading cabal of yellow-bellied, unpatriotic MAGAFs. Their intent is to infiltrate this site with chaos and misinformation.

Fact-checking may be waning elsewhere, but be warned - ours is an educated group, relying upon our intelligence and wits - and will not be susceptible to MAGAFs' deliberate attempts at shit-stirring.

[QUOTE] If he were in recovery, that would be an easy story to shut down these questions. Which means he isn’t. Which means our national security is going to be led by an active drunk.

He has 2 alcoholic drinks per day. Some might say that is unwise, but it's no different than what most other people in congress or Hollywood do.

R151 is DJT rewriting away

R157, is that convenient 2 drinks a day figure from a reliable source? The accounts are of him passing out, crawling on strippers, and reeking of alcohol at work.

Two is what drunks say to explain their drinking habits.

Hegseth lies almost as much as Trump.

I'm not a drunk! I can quit any time! And I don't drink hard liquor, only wine and beer!

I don't want to hear Republicans call anyone a "DEI hire" ever again, after promoting this unqualified chud

He cheated on the 2nd wife with that woman he calls a wife??? What kind of dog must the 2nd one have looked like? For someone that acts like he's got the biggest dick in the room he has a below homely wife.

I assume members of the Armed Services Committee have Hegseth's direct number. It would be great if some would periodically and randomly call him evenings, middle of the night to do sobriety checks.

Is the hearing over or will it continue tomorrow? I'd love for a member to ask if he would be willing to have a 24/7 sobriety coach. Loaded question, but...

[quote] I don't want to hear Republicans call anyone a "DEI hire" ever again, after promoting this unqualified chud

Indeed. He typifies the mediocrity of the white men who think DEI is bad.

[quote]Is the hearing over or will it continue tomorrow?

It's over. The Democrats asked for a second round of questions -- some past Defense Sec. nominees had two or three rounds -- but committee chair Roger Wicker (R-Trumplandia) denied the request.

Thanks, r167. He gets special treatment after complaining about DEI hires. 😆 Sounds about right in Trumplandia.

Scrutiny? The whole strategy is to sideline, obstruct, and oppress "media" that might scrutinized the graft, incompetence and illegality of the coming administration. It's unclear if this strategy can be resisted. Truly, I wonder how much longer "free commenting" will be allowed on sites like Datalounge. Facebook, Twitter, Inta, and TikTok are already being managed.

This is all about how to be completely without shame.

The 21st century America: rape women, cheat on your wife, torture, cheat on your finances, lie, support dictators, hate the "other", hate the "refugee", reward the rich and demonize the poor, have illegitimate children... but be a "real man" Warrior... and, occasionally, ask your Lord Jesus Christ for forgiveness... and it's all good.

You say the blacks are holding onto shit that no longer matter and then you say the south will rise again.

The blacks will let the slavery shit go when you put down the confederate flag.

Is Pete aware that alcohol causes cancer? CANCER!

Liars get cancer

I don't get along with my mom but she would never bash me in public! Behind closed doors? Yes. But not in public.

These people are all trash R175. ALL of them.

Where are the dick pics? You know they are out there. And plenty of them.

Pete charmed Miss Lindz. She’s smitten with him now and Pete will get confirmed.

He’ll get confirmed. I expected too much of Republican Senators. I guess the rest of the crew goes through as well. Democrats need to issu back hard though. I don’t think the Musk Trump will be as popular as the MAGA Trump.

…push back..

I can totally see this asshole being a gay cocktease and knowing just what to say to Lady G. He probably gets off on gay men wanting to suck his dick and it feeds his enormous ego.

[quote] Two is what drunks say to explain their drinking habits.

EXACTLY.

[quote]He just said he prays. I may vomit.

Cynically talking about religious beliefs as a way to get a free pass on disgusting and often illegal behavior. So American!

At least we stopped Matt Gaetz.

The Republicans stopped Gaetz. Democrats had nothing to do with that.

Hegseth defends tattoos with alleged connection to extremist groups in confirmation hearing

FBI Intentionally BOTCHED Background Check On Top Trump Nominee

I saw this comment on Bluesky: They should put a Breathalyzer lock on Hegseth’s Pentagon office door.

Pete, one may deem, has had blowjobs from men plenty of times. I wouldn’t dismiss that Lady G has partaken of that long before Pete was nominated. Lady G has appeared before near all Fox anchors and contributors over the years. She’s certainly been at Mar-a-Lago when Pete was there. Both go to parties big donors sponsor for Republicans.

The weird senator who thanked his wife for forgiving his slutting ways was really fucking awkward, Like why the fuck would you be grateful or give a shit that someone's wife forgave a whore husband? That's a creepy level of investment in someone else's life and personal relationship.

We’re truly done with the period where public leaders are expected to be decent people. Unless they’re Democrats, in which case their decency and their faults will be used against them. Nixon finally won.

^ Yep. And black Democrats get called DEI picks no matter how qualified they are...while white Republicans are allowed to be complete jokes

Once this current era is over (and it's just barely begun, so I won't live to see the aftermath), this country is going to have to undergo a de-nazification type of period, complete with truth and reconciliation commissions and the restoration of ou institutions.

R190 Totally. That creepy homosex secretive "bounding" among homophobic Straight Bros.... "yeah, my wife's pussy kept me sober, right??" as they both laugh and rub each other's boner. It's even worse with the MAGA douches. And make no mistake about it, Hegseth is Prime Douche.

Hogseth

How many god damned shitty kids do one couple need?!!! His sperms must be vigorous and fertile, let's see if they can squirm thru my teefs!

7 kids from 3 women. He's like a white trash woman in Florida barefoot in a trailer in front of a revolving fan.

That might not work

The flag handkerchief is nauseating.

Seven kids? No wonder he wouldn't pledge to Elizabeth Warren that he wouldn't go straight from the Pentagon to a gajillion-dollar consulting job, as he's demanding of military brass.

Five boys, r198. Looks like at least four are sniffing cookies.

Again, this is documented: while married to his second wife, and his soon to be third wife had a child, he attacked another woman in a drunken episode in Monterey, CA. Unfaithful to two wives by attacking another woman. But it's all ok, because his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ forgives all that shit, even when he does it over and over.

R202 All they do is hide behind God, when they follow the teachings the least.

If he is an active alcoholic he is experiencing his karma in real time. And his own mother called him out as a POS.

But the fact that he won't refuse the nomination tells me that he hasn't atoned for his bad behaviors.

Garbage

We've all known douchebags like Pete Hegseth. We went to school with them, we worked with them etc. We all know exactly the type of person he is.

…aka they belong in a grease fire.

Holy crap at R198.

That's a lot of kids!!

I can just see his blonde Stepford wife going insane, chasing those kids around. They look naughty.

My guess is that she drinks a lot of wine. A LOT of wine.

Was the bleach blonde cunt sitting behind him his sister-in-law? Its like she had Karen Cunt tattooed across her forehead

Am I just being old school or do all moms get their tits out like that in front of their kids nowadays?

R209 The New Evangelical Pentecostal Assembly of MAGA Cultural Reality: women bleach hair, botox, heavy makeup, push up bras with tatas presented for the world, silicon enhancements, nightlife dresses worn in the daytime as though all Jesus Women were Insta influencers.... and the men do human growth hormone to get inked guns.... rad ink for Jesus!

My grandparents were of the holiness tradition - at the root of these evangelical SUV churches - grandma occasionally would put on lipstick and immediately wipe it off, no jewelry (1 Timothy 2:9-10), modesty was the norm.

R210, I totally understand the aesthetic, just not in front of your kids. Especially five boys, some of which are your stepsons, no? If I was their mother, I’d be tearing out her extensions for dressing like that in front of my kids.

In the pic at R198,I find it odd that those boys are wearing pastel colored shirts. I thought a MAGA couple would be against something like that.

r210 it's funny how things have changed. Conservative Republican women used to dress like church ladies. Now they dress like old whores.

It’s the Roger Ailes and the FOX News Bimbo brigade you can thank for that.

His wife's boob job is awful

Hegseth's current wife Jennifer has a bit of mannish face. She probably got the boob job to overcompensate for having a face that isn't all that attractive. Hegseth's first and second wives are brunettes. The first wife Meredith Schwarz was quite pretty in the wedding pics that are online. She had a very cutesy feminine face. The second wife Samantha Deering has a mannish jaw.

I read that Vanity Fair article on Hegseth's first marriage. He and the first wife Meredith were high school sweetheart. They didn't have kids together. Meredith is probably glad she didn't have kids with Pete. No custody bullshit or having to deal with step-moms.

The second wife Samantha probably loathes Jennifer aka Wife 3. She has to see all the social media pics of her sons with Pete, Jennifer, Jennifer's kids, and the daughter that resulted from Pete and Jennifer's affair. Then again Samantha can't talk much since she had an affair with Pete when he was married to Meredith. In my bitchy fantasy mind, Meredith is probably reading all the articles and drama related to Pete is probably laughing her ass at Samantha and Jennifer.

He's only 44 and he's already been married three times.

And 7 kids. Before the fat one leaves office he will knock up another 2 bimbos

[quote] He's only 44 and he's already been married three times.

He's a deranged, white supremacist alcoholic Nazi.

Are you surprised?

[quote] And 7 kids. Before the fat one leaves office he will knock up another 2 bimbos

Only four of the kids are his bio kids. Three are step-kids.

He's a rough 44. Booze is one of the worst things for a person's looks, it's very aging.

He actually looks pretty good at R221.

Skin is not bad, all things considered.

Jake Gyllenhaal is the same age, and they look about the same.

Except that Jake dyes his hair, of course.

What does Pete slick his hair with? Chicken butt grease?

I don't watch fox, had no idea what it who it is until recently

^ Consider yourself lucky

There were no filters or soft lights in the Senate hearing room R221. It really exposed his aging skin. Kristi Noem looked like shit too. I will give it to Pam Bondi, she did look pretty good, even though she's another Trump toady asshole.

It's MS Pamela Jo to you bitch.

You drink, you look like shit.

But that's a moot point compared to everything else this Norwegian beast is going to unleash.

R216, R217 and E218 combined, all remind me of one of the opening scenes in Idiocracy where they go through the step-by-step process of how the population became so dumb over time using the example of Clevon's family tree.

What did he look like young? He's not as hot as he thinks he is. They are looking at him against all the other Republicans who are all gross. Slimy Corey new is hotter than most of them and he's a fucking pig.

Lew*

The Hollywood version of him would be Timothy Olyphant if Timothy wasn’t a good ten years older than him.

I saw a 10-year pic of him recently, R230, & was impressed with how handsome he was as a younger man.

Pete Hegseth is in the behavioral league with Corey Lewandowski, and baby daddy, Jason Miller.

MAGAts and their GQP politicians and support media, give that lot a pass. Matt Gaetz got canned from being AG not particularly because of his past sexual escapades, but because he was a disrupter within the GQP congressional apparatus.

The political party of so-called family values are supporting candidates with the worst behavior, the worst morality and the least unqualified for their government positions. How did the US get to such a place? Corruption and money. I knew when SCOTUS made the pretzel logic decision on Citizens United that corruption was inevitable, but I did not expect such a fast devolution .

Aren't secretaries of defense usually Generals?

Hegseth looks like he could be Harry Hamlin's younger brother.

[quote] He actually looks pretty good at [R221].

His skin looks a decade older! His hair is the only thing that looks 44.

[quote] Aren't secretaries of defense usually Generals?

No, generals in that slot are the exception to the general rule of civilian control.

R236 Don't you mean Confederate Generals?

Kash Patel passes the Lady Lindz test.

He’s correct

Kash Patel is a wingnut, I guess Lindz has a thing for crazy guys

If there were no crazy guys, Lindz would never have sex, R243.

Was of this slut at the inauguration?

The other shoe drops

^ I find this concerning.

Hegseth's second wife sought refuge in a closet after Hegseth threatened her.

She was so concerned about her safety that she shared a code word with her sister-in-law to alert her when Hegseth threatened her. She texted the code word to the sister-in-law in 2015 or 2016.

The complainant witnessed Hegseth drunk on several occasions, including one Christmas when he vomited and passed out. In another instance, at a bar in 2013 in Minneapolis, Hegseth danced with drinks in both hands, broke glasses and was dragged out. On the walk home he made comments that implied he condoned non-consensual sex.

On another occasion in 2009, Hegseth was found drunk at a strip club in downtown Minneapolis in his military uniform, drunk and getting lap dances. He had to be dragged out of the club.

He disparaged Hispanic people and said Christian people needed to have more babies than Muslims to avoid being overtaken.

What a CHARMING man he is.

All of my gentlemen callers are day drinkers. I don't see the problem here.

Screw all you want, but you threaten women and you are no fucking man. You’re a piece of shit.

R250 I didn’t vote for him and I’ll drink you under the table any day! Scrambled eggs and old fashioneds. Bring it on!

This drunken abusive POS isn't fit to be in charge of the local Wal Mart, never mind Sec. of Defense.

[quote] I find this concerning.

[quote] —Shaky Sue Collins, casting her yes vote

Haha, you absolutely fucking nailed it.

Cowardly piece of shit that she is.

“What am I supposed to do?” 🤡

He's an alcoholic prick with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. He wouldn't last a week as a school crossing guard. Dump him!!!

I heard one pundit opine that some of these nominees are intentionally offensive & unqualified as a means of Trump lording over the Republicans. Knowing their fear, politically & otherwise, of rejecting them/him, he telegraphs his complete control over them.

Republicans in the House and Senate fear Trump. The Democrats need to be less timid in speaking out, as a whole, against Trump and his outrageous rhetoric and controversial decisions.

Congress is a mess.

R258 Well, Congress has been a mess in the last decade or so when the Republicans are in charge. The first two years of Biden's Admin when Dems controlled both houses a lot was done.. more productive problem-solving than any session since LBJ in the 60s. I don't think Republicans really want to govern, they want to attack, control, disrupt... even before MAGA. Remember when Grover Norquist said that the goal for Republicans when they were in power was to "take government, throw it in the bathtub and strangle it", building on Ronald Reagan's "government doesn't solve problems, it IS the problem"

Americans resent and are skeptical about government and so too often elect people to run the country who hate all the mechanisms and norms of governing.

Thinks women shouldn't be allowed to vote

Susan Sontag was right.

Didn’t he almost brain a female passerby with an ax on live television once?

[bold]Susan Collins: ‘Troubling’ that Hegseth FBI report omitted key information[/bold]

HA!

There she goes again, this stupid bitch!!! "I'm concerned."

[italic]Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told reporters Wednesday that [bold]she was concerned[/bold] that the FBI’s background investigation report about secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth is said to have omitted relevant information, such as an interview with the nominee’s former sister-in-law alleging physical intimidation and drunken behavior.

“I’ve heard from others that pertinent information has not been included, and that is troubling,” Collins said. “When you’re making a decision about a nominee, you want to have as complete a picture as possible.”

Collins was referring to complaints from Senate colleagues that relevant interviews were not included in the FBI report on Hegseth’s background, including an interview with Hegseth’s former sister-in-law, who alleged a variety of misconduct in an affidavit later submitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee.[/italic]

^ Ole Suze is nothing if not reliable R263!

At least one Republican isn't buying this douchebag's bullshit.

I've also heard that non-Committee members Collins & McConnell are no votes on Hegseth. The anti-Hegseth forces will need one more vote (assuming, that is, Fetterman is a no vote, too).

he's not fit nor is he qualified for the post!

This is going to blow up. The man is obviously an active alcoholic. He will be taking on responsibilities that are both beyond him and exponentially more demanding than anything he has done. Talk about DEI hires.

Fox is now reporting that McConnell is a yes vote.

McConnell is coward asswipe.

Susan Collins looks like something that gestates in a pouch.

Are Pete’s eyes two different colors?

LOL r271! I've always thought Susan Collins looks that that cunt teacher we all had in high school who everybody hated, but your description is better.

Hegseth met privately with Lindsey. The Senator is now smitten.

[quote] Hegseth met privately with Lindsey. The Senator is now smitten.

The Senator is now full of milky loads.

According to this "source who has had a decades-long career in the U.S. military and the intelligence community, serving both in and out of government," Hegseth won't "last in this job more than a year."

[quote] Here’s the thing: the secretary of defense is a killer job. The pressure, the stress, and the workload are crushing. Take a person with a history of heavy drinking. Put him in one of the most physically and mentally demanding jobs in the world. What chance is there that he’s not going to go back to the bottle?

It’ll be exciting to watch. The country is like the best reality show ever now. So many dimensions and layers. It’s like it’s airing over seven different channels and you can just click back in forth. Hegseth hasn’t hit the bottle yet? Let’s click over to see if Elon has been spotted goose stepping

R277 This is what is wrong with our country, Part II. We don't care about fascism, oligarchy, pain and suffering of the middle and working classes, environmental destruction... we just want to be entertained.

I’ve got a bad feeling about this guy. I see him stumbling into war, perhaps a nuclear Armageddon

R279 We may well have "oops, now it's a war"... but it won't be because of Hegseth... it will be Trump and his coven of Nosferatu America Firsters... Hegseth is there just to get rid of any military that might possibly push back against The Leader.

MAGA is all anti-war at the moment. They blame Democrats and RINOS for forever wars, Gaza, and Ukraine. This will all change if Trump needs it to.

R281 MAGA is all over the map. Yes, "stop forever wars, we are NOT the world's policeman!"... and the first international noises that Trump makes: invade Greenland, take back the Panama Canal, make invasion of Mexico legal (look it up).... We will not inflict military power around the world to support democratic ideals (at least that's been our rationale in public), but we will send military all over the world to dominate, control countries for 1) our own economic interests to leverage more wealth to the oligarchy and 2) satisfy Trump's ego.

At least Pete won't have to worry about Ukraine much longer. Trump and OPEC have got that covered.

[QUOTE]Donald Trump says that OPEC dropping the price of oil will end the war in Ukraine. This man is an utter dunce.

Video bonus: The Melania stand-in/Frau Farbissina character in Biden Aviators standing behind Donald is a hoot.

Well you just don't call it a war R281, and your problem is solved.

R283, "bullets whacking and killing men, mostly men..." Trump must be a descendant of Lord Byron himself.

The Senate is deadlocked 50-50 on his nomination so Miss JD Vance will cast the tie-breaking vote for this bozo

So McConnell DID vote against Hegseth. I suspect this won’t be the last vote he casts against Trump.

^ I guess now that he's too old and sick to run again he's out of fucks to give

And he loathes Trump.

Maybe he’ll pull it together. But if he embarrasses himself, it will be especially bad for Vance, Ernst, and Tillis.

So kids, it's happening, we're fucked. You know US Troops will be used against American citizens anytime Trump wants. It's so critical that Dems take back the House in 2026 (the Senate map still doesn't look good for Dems).

This is so surreal. Overblown histrionic reactions.... are kind of just a normal, rational response.

But they're not. They're just kinda pathetic

One more Senator with guts is all we need,

This doesn’t bode well for Patel, Gabbard & Kennedy. Unless, that is, the size of the opposition is only in each instance is just big enough to keep from winning.

Joni Ernst was the one who could've stopped it, and she will have to live with that. Hope she's punching herself in the twat right now, and for the next four years.

Fish gotta swim

Birds gotta fly

I gotta love one drunk til I die

Can't help lovin' that drunk of mine!

Now they're pausing Pride month and Black History Month celebrations

R297 "Now they're pausing Pride month and Black History Month celebrations"

If anybody here wants to declare they never saw this coming let me give you a swift kick in the ass.

Oh, so he wasn't the one taking the Blackhawk helicopter out for a spin while drunk?

[quote] Now they're pausing Pride month and Black History Month celebrations

To, I'm sure, the delight of all the Black males who voted for Trump, this administration will be celebrating Robert E. Lee, instead.

Damn it! Recognize the hot, gay Confederate General who died from battle wounds.

Of course he would be from South Carolina, and a century before anything called Lindsey Graham.

R301 your guy reminds me of Jack McCall from HBO’s show Deadwood. I loved that show. I never liked/ understood westerns growing up. But that show made me love them.

Musk's "engineers" who are taking over the federal data systems have been outed, and some of their online history demonstrates extremist views. Not surprising.

One of them posted on his substack about how great and necessary Hegseth is in order to disrupt and unplug the military. I wonder how long before we have terrorist attacks. Astonishing.

[quote] One of them posted on his substack about how great and necessary Hegseth is in order to disrupt and unplug the military. I wonder how long before we have terrorist attacks. Astonishing.

Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if terrorist attacks happen. Hegseth is unqualified and DOD and the country are now vulnerable.

I was a junior in high school when 9/11 happened. I remember a teacher saying to us, "Hopefully none of you will have to see another terrorist attack in your lifetime in this country". There was a girl in the class who was very anti-GWB and she said something along the lines of "Well hopefully, the US will have never another moron as president and put us in danger". I still wonder what her views are now because Trump is much worse than GWB.