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Pete Hegseth
January 14, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
This May Be the Worst Two Minutes From Hegseth’s Confirmation Hearing
Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, struggled to answer a series of questions from Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono.
January 14, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Defense Pick Torched Over Obvious Lie on Women in Military
Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, was dragged by Democrats for his misogynist lies about women in the military.
January 14, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s Defense Pick Refuses to Answer One Very Easy Question
Pete Hegseth’s refusal to answer says everything about the allegations against him.
January 13, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Gets Insane Show of Support From
Washington Post
Editorial Board
The newspaper’s editorial board has fully caved to Donald Trump.
December 16, 2024
Michael Tomasky
The Real Reason Why Americans Approve of Trump’s Disastrous Transition
How is it possible that Americans are good with this corrupt cavalcade of unqualified extremists Trump is nominating?
December 10, 2024
Alex Shephard
Democrats Still Haven’t Figured Out How to Attack Trump
Over the course of the decade, the party has hoped that voters would simply reject him as immoral, uncouth, and unfit for office. They need a stronger argument—and his Cabinet picks give them one.
December 6, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
MAGA Dimwit Tommy Tuberville Blurts Out Awkward Truth About Trump, GOP
As Senator Tuberville reveals too much about the GOP’s handling of Pete Hegseth, a shrewd observer of MAGA explains how Trump’s effort to build a Cabinet of misogynists is backfiring.
December 5, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: MAGA Rages as GOPers Quietly Move to Sink Pete Hegseth
Matt Gertz of Media Matters explains the campaign by MAGA media to bully GOP senators into supporting Trump’s nomination for defense secretary—and why so much is at stake in the outcome.
December 5, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
MAGA Rages as GOPers Deliver Trump Bad News: Pete Hegseth May Be Toast
As Republican senators signal that Trump’s pick for defense secretary may not survive, a leading observer of right-wing media explains how MAGA is turning Hegseth into a disturbing litmus test for the GOP.
December 3, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Fiasco for Trump as New Revelations Nuke Another Nominee
As Trump’s choice for defense secretary is rocked by new disclosures, progressive media executive Tara McGowan explains how Dems can capitalize—and better fight the information wars.
December 3, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Fiasco for Trump as Brutal New Revelations Torpedo Another Top Nominee
As powerful new reporting rocks Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for defense secretary, a progressive media executive explains how Democrats should seize the moment—and better fight the information wars.
November 25, 2024
Ana Marie Cox
Pete Hegseth Is the Perfect Trumpworld Monster
The president-elect’s pick to run the Pentagon wouldn’t stand a chance of confirmation in the pre-Trump era. Then again, there weren’t any presidents corrupt enough to pick him until now.
November 18, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Another Fiasco for Trump as His Pick for Pentagon Implodes
An interview with prominent Never Trumper Rick Wilson, who argues that Donald Trump’s choice of Fox News personality Rick Hegseth as defense secretary reveals his intent to wreck our institutions.
November 18, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Another Fiasco for Trump as His Pick to Run Pentagon Suddenly Implodes
As new revelations threaten Trump’s choice of a Fox News personality as defense secretary, a leading Never Trumper explains how his first moves have put the GOP in a bind—and threaten the country.
January 31, 2020
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Jake Bittle
Trump’s War Whisperer
"Fox & Friends Weekend" host Pete Hegseth has the president's ear on military matters.
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