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      Hegseth lays it on thick for Trump to shave off fallout from Iran war

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      Defense secretary calls impeachment effort a ‘farce’ and praises president in press conference for audience of oneThere was no talk of “weirdos or beardos” – two among several categories whom Pete Hegseth has made it known are unwelcome in the US armed forces under his watch.But a man with a beard had to be uppermost in his mind for him to meet journalists in the Pentagon at the ungodly hour of 8am on Tuesday. Continue reading… More

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      Stephen Miller is in. Is Pete Hegseth out? With Ben Rhodes – Stateside with Kai and Carter

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      Starting today, Stephen Miller is officially Donald Trump’s chief of staff. Now what? Kai Wright speaks with Ben Rhodes, co-host of Crooked Media’s Pod Save the World and a former deputy national security adviser to Barack Obama, about why Trump is handing even more power to Miller after Republicans’ thrashing in the midterms. Will Miller – the architect behind Trump’s mass deportation agenda – lead Trump to meddle even further in Cuba, the Panama canal and elsewhere? Plus, with Thomas Massie and others in Congress now threatening to impeach Pete Hegseth, Rhodes explains how Democrats will have to pull a “reverse Doge” if they want to restore the Department of Defense. (This episode was recorded at Crooked Media’s Crooked Con in DC) Continue reading… More

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      John Oliver on Pete Hegseth’s military plans: ‘Dr Seuss for concussed bigots’

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      Late-night host discussed the defense secretary’s attacks on DEI, time as a Fox News host and ties to nationalist groupsOn his HBO show on Sunday night, John Oliver focused on Pete Hegseth, characterizing his actions as secretary of war as “taking a wrecking ball” to the US military.Oliver described Hegseth as “the guy you constantly see trying to show off by publicly exercising with troops and recruits, and to go by fitness experts on the internet, not doing a great job of it”. Continue reading… More

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      Hakeem Jeffries supports impeachment of Pete Hegseth: ‘He has got to go’

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      House Democrat is a ‘hard yes’ on impeachment resolution against defense secretary who ‘has abused his power’House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, poised to become majority leader, said on Sunday that he strongly supports impeaching defense secretary Pete Hegseth as a Republican lawmaker prepares to force a House vote.The top Democrat made his position clear during an appearance on ABC’s This Week, declaring himself a “hard yes” on the impeachment resolution targeting Hegseth. Continue reading… More

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      Will Pete Hegseth be the blue tsunami’s next victim? | Arwa Mahdawi

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      The ‘secretary of war’ and his shameful history are facing bipartisan scrutinyCan you smell the schadenfreude in the air?Watching some of the worst people in the world get their comeuppance this week has been deeply satisfying. And the show isn’t over yet. While the midterms have wrapped up, the blame game is only just getting started, with Republicans desperate to find scapegoats for their shellacking.Arwa Mahadwi is a Guardian columnist Continue reading… More