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In the March 2024 Hegseth podcast interview unearthed today by The Guardian...
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/trump-pete-hegseth-extremism
the comments they quoted from him on democracy start roughly 9 minutes into the full interview (which you can watch here)...
youtube.com/watch?v=PP9LVlkG4ug
Here's the heart of his "democracy" remarks:
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Now that the godfather of the post-WW2 pro-Nazi European far right, Jean-Marie Le Pen, has finally died, today's maybe a good day to re-up this episode of Deja News:
msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/rachel-maddow-presents-deja-news/episode-1-riot-gates-rcna88781
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Um.
Kristi Noem shot her dog. And her goat.
Billy Long tried to sic the IRS on the Humane Society for supporting food/water for dogs in Missouri puppy mills.
RFK Junior -- do we need to talk about the bear cub? Or the barbecued dog?
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/01/06/trump-cabinet-picks-animal-rights/
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Trump’s choice to run the IRS has a heckuva story…
youtube.com/watch?v=Phb8oUnX3vk&si=4HuVD_xMn5II1eCm
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Outgoing congress landmarks:
-- The first-ever ouster of a sitting House speaker
-- A lengthy, chaotic process to elect a new speaker, leading to Republicans ultimately settling on their fifth choice
-- The most censures against sitting House members since 1870
-- An exceedingly rare expulsion of a disgraced member
-- Multiple members resigning mid-term under clouds of scandal
msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/one-craziest-congresses-ever-comes-ignominious-end-rcna185769
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"In states with abortion bans, pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections and died with what medical examiners recorded as 'products of conception' still in their bodies.
"These are the kinds of cases maternal mortality review committees are supposed to delve into...
"In some states, political leaders who backed the bans have stood in the way of measuring their consequences..."
cnn.com/2024/12/23/health/abortion-bans-deaths-research-propublica/index.html
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"There is so much repellently sleazy behavior documented in the House Ethics Committee report about Matt Gaetz that a reader has to stop every few pages to look away and focus on what still seems astounding: This is the man that Donald Trump wanted to be the attorney general of the United States, the highest-ranking law enforcement official in the land..."
nytimes.com/2024/12/23/opinion/gaetz-trump-ethics-report.html
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"Trump, his team and allies are apparently feeling a bit insecure about Trump’s underwhelming win...
"As for the popular vote, according to the latest tally from the Cook Political Report, Trump won 49.8% of the vote, a margin of 1.47% over
Harris.
"Harris, interestingly enough, won a higher percentage of the popular vote than Trump received in 2016 or 2020..."
msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pretending-electoral-mandate-trump-keeps-making-stuff-rcna184832
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well put from marcy wheeler...
emptywheel.net/2024/12/18/trump-is-not-on-a-retribution-tour-hes-on-an-authoritarian-spree/
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“Elon Musk and SpaceX have repeatedly failed to comply with federal reporting protocols aimed at protecting state secrets...
“Concerns about the reporting practices — and particularly about Musk — have triggered at least three federal reviews…
“The Air Force also recently denied Musk a high-level security access, citing potential security risks associated with the billionaire…”
nytimes.com/2024/12/17/technology/elon-musk-spacex-national-security-reporting.html
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In re hydroxychloroquine:
“The paper was pulled because of ethical concerns and methodological problems…”
science.org/content/article/infamous-paper-popularized-unproven-covid-19-treatment-finally-retracted
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"Musk isn’t allowed to enter most SpaceX facilities where classified work is done and discussed..."
wsj.com/tech/musk-spacex-security-clearance-secrets-b9774346
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Will it ever really come "to a close"?
"The agreement brings to a close an ugly chapter in which Republicans in Congress pinned allegations of Biden family corruption largely on claims Smirnov made to FBI agents in 2020 — claims that Smirnov now admits were lies..."
washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/12/12/hunter-biden-smirnov-plea-deal-weiss-burisma/
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"Since the election, Trump has bragged about his interactions with foreign leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and others..."
Asked about Putin, he says: “I can’t tell you.”
msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/asked-alleged-putin-chats-trump-says-cant-tell-rcna184117
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Some people dream of scoring the winning touchdown in a Superbowl...
Some people dream of winning an Oscar, or a Grammy (or even the whole enchilada of an EGOT)...
My dream:
BEING ON DAN SNOW'S HISTORY HIT.
You guys! It happened! Almost impossible to overstate how excited I am to have done this!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fascism-in-america/id1042631089?i=1000678543739
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"Two years ago, Trump declared that he’d end John Thune’s career. Thune will soon be Senate majority leader.
Trump backed Evan Jenkins in a Senate primary in WV; he lost.
Trump backed Trent Staggs in a Senate primary in UT; he lost.
Trump backed Christine Glassner in a Senate primary in NJ; she lost.
Trump backed Luther Strange in a Senate primary in AL; he lost..."
msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/will-republican-senators-balk-trumps-nominees-face-primaries-rcna183413
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Yum yum.
"The raw milk producer at the center of several bird-flu recalls says RFK Jr. has encouraged him to apply for a position at the FDA.
"The recalls were the result of positive tests for H5N1 bird flu among his cows. His farms have since been quarantined...
"The company is also involved in at least 11 lawsuits stemming from a salmonella outbreak that sickened 171 people...
latimes.com/environment/story/2024-12-05/raw-farm-ceo-reportedly-encouraged-to-apply-for-fda-position
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Only the best.
"Even Elon Musk’s mother, Maye, a media personality and a model, has been involved in the transition, saying in a recent television interview that 'I like to sit in on meetings'...”
nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/trump-elon-musk-silicon-valley.html
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"Another Musk friend, Sequoia Capital investor Shaun Maguire, has been interviewing potential candidates for senior Defense Department jobs..."
nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/trump-elon-musk-silicon-valley.html
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"Jared Birchall, the head of Elon Musk’s family office, has interviewed a few candidates for jobs at the State Department.
Mr. Birchall has no experience in foreign affairs."
nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/trump-elon-musk-silicon-valley.html
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See you on MSNBC tonight -- Saturday night -- in the 8pm Eastern hour.
I'll be on for a live special report with @aymanm just ahead of the MSNBC premiere of the incredible Errol Morris documentary "Separated".
Film starts at 9pm Eastern!
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