"Instead of a prayer breakfast, it was a political branding exercise with hymnals.

The question hanging over the waffles and amens is unavoidable: What does it say about American Christianity that so many of its leaders are willing to call this 'faith'?"

N.B. My sharing of excerpts published on any given platform does not represent endorsement of that platform.

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalPrayerBreakfast #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #authoritarianism
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"Instead of a prayer breakfast, it was a political branding exercise with hymnals.

The question hanging over the waffles and amens is unavoidable: What does it say about American Christianity that so many of its leaders are willing to call this 'faith'?"

N.B. My sharing of excerpts published on any given platform does not represent endorsement of that platform.

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalPrayerBreakfast #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #authoritarianism
/10

“Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that the US military will begin integrating Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool, Grok, into Pentagon networks.”

~ Anna Betts

#Trump #ElonMusk #Hegseth #Grok #SexualAbuse #women #children
/1

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/13/elon-musk-grok-hegseth-military-pentagon

WTF, haven't they seen the movie version of this?!?!?

Musk’s AI tool Grok will be integrated into Pentagon networks, Hegseth says

#Hegseth #ElonMusk #Grok
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/13/elon-musk-grok-hegseth-military-pentagon

WTF, haven't they seen the movie version of this?!?!?

Musk’s AI tool Grok will be integrated into Pentagon networks, Hegseth says

#Hegseth #ElonMusk #Grok
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/13/elon-musk-grok-hegseth-military-pentagon

Sen #MarkKelly sues #Pentagon over punishment for warning troops of illegal orders

Kelly, a former Navy pilot, is seeking to block his censure from #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth last week. #Hegseth announced last Monday that he censured Kelly over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on #troops to resist #unlawful orders.

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-1-12-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-12-Breaking+News

Sen #MarkKelly sues #Pentagon over punishment for warning troops of illegal orders

Kelly, a former Navy pilot, is seeking to block his censure from #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth last week. #Hegseth announced last Monday that he censured Kelly over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on #troops to resist #unlawful orders.

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-1-12-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-12-Breaking+News

@gilduran.com

Okay. That's terrifying.

"In late July 2025, deep within the Pentagon’s bureaucratic machinery, the U.S. Army quietly signed away a piece of its sovereignty...

A strategic handover of core military functions to a private company whose founder, Peter Thiel, has declared that “freedom and democracy are no longer compatible.”"
https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/

#Trump #GOP #Hegseth #USPol #USMilitary #Military #Politics #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #News #Press

"This is all another very Trumpian shitshow, as unhinged as his diseased mind is, and a reminder that desperate men do desperate things."

~ Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #Venezuela #Hegseth #Rubio #oil #EconomicElites
/20

https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/is-trump-in-charge-of-venezuela-the

"It is virtually certain that this Venezuela operation will turn into a big mess with a heaping side order of corruption. But it is also pretty clear it is one of those giant errors that can lead to further screw ups and even disasters."

#Trump #Venezuela #Hegseth #Rubio #oil #EconomicElites
/19

"While these guys may be the gang that couldn’t shoot straight, the bumbling, preening idiots from the back of a high school detention room, they are now in charge of the most powerful military on earth and they intend to use it as only idiots would—without a real plan, without having thought through the consequences of their actions, driven only by impulse, character flaws and greed."

~ David Rothkopf

#Trump #Venezuela #Hegseth #Rubio #oil #EconomicElites
/18

https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/the-fafo-boys-are-about-to-find-out

"So here we are… Trump invades Venezuela, claims the U.S. will run it, and then dismisses the primary opposition leader [María Corina Machadowho], by all accounts, would be the obvious person to elevate. That’s because Trump isn’t focused on democracy. He’s focused on control. He’s focused on oil."

#Trump #Maduro #Venezuela #oil #Hegseth #Rubio
/11

"So here we are… Trump invades Venezuela, claims the U.S. will run it, and then dismisses the primary opposition leader [María Corina Machadowho], by all accounts, would be the obvious person to elevate. That’s because Trump isn’t focused on democracy. He’s focused on control. He’s focused on oil."

#Trump #Maduro #Venezuela #oil #Hegseth #Rubio
/11

The news conference is over. Despite multiple questions about how #Venezuela will be run, no details were provided.

#Trump repeatedly said “we’re gonna do” this & “we’re gonna do” that, but never gave info about HOW.

There were vague allusions to #MarcoRubio & Pete #Hegseth & a “group” but no specifics.

This is nuts.

#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #oil #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

Check out this Wild Wife Swapping story & Whiskey Pete advisor at the Pentagon.
Watch Marcy Wheeler @emptywheel on @nicolesandler share this the hilarious story by Dan Friedman at @motherjonesmag
on wife swapping books & #Hegseth advisor.
Watch live at 3pm ET/noon PT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbXW5P3yYQM nicolesandler.com, emptywheel.net,pod or later, nicolesandler.substack.com
Here is the full story. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/eric-geressy-goodreads-pentagon-dod-pete-hegseth-jack-posobiec-threat/

@lolgop @GottaLaff edited to fix video.

"For much of the world, the entirety of the Trump administration’s military campaign against alleged narcotics traffickers is a serious violation of international law. But even if one accepts every unorthodox element of the Trump administration’s international legal justification, the second strike pursued on Sept. 2 is still a problem."

~ Scott R. Anderson and Natalie K. Orpett

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #DoubleTap
/17

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-troubling-defense-of-the-second-strike

"Attention has focused on the United States’ shocking, illegal, and reprehensible action in murdering unarmed civilians whose ship our military had already destroyed. No justification exists for killing shipwrecked civilians. …

Throughout last weeks, even more disturbing facts emerged."

~ Jennifer Rubin

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #DoubleTap
/6

https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-second-strike-isnt-the-only-problem

"These men were shipwrecked. Our own rules prohibit killing shipwrecked men, even if we are at war. But we aren’t."

~ Joyce Vance

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #murder #DoubleTap
/2

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-b41

"Trump has rebooted the 'War on Terror' by essentially declaring war on Venezuela as a means to distract from his scandals, obtain oil, and enact Stephen Miller's white nationalist agenda at home."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #Hegseth #WarCrimes #war #murder #Venezuela #CoverUp
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/breaking-trumps-declares-a-dumber