The internet is a wonderful thing. It has a memory that makes the most wise and profound elephant seem like an amnesiac. The internet never forgets. Add that fact to the fact that Donald Trump only hires “TV lawyers” or people “straight out of Central Casting” to be in his cabinet, and you have an unbeatable path back down memory lane to get to pieces of film that people now wish that they hadn’t made. Pete Hegseth is going to have one hell of a time living this one down. And Mad King Donald will not be pleased, either.
By his own standard, Hegseth should’ve been fired and prosecuted yesterday.
Or does the MAGA handbook have a “no consequences for bros” clause?
— Nikos Unity (@nikosunity) April 21, 2025
We agree, Pete. So howze about you resign on the spot? And criminal prosecution sounds like a swell idea, why don’t you turn yourself in as well? And here’s another clip of film that has not aged well.
Last night @seanhannity asked me about the latest news regarding Hillary's emails. This is what I had to say: pic.twitter.com/a8undb7Qkv
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) January 12, 2016
I love the righteous indignation. They’re all so fired up with the morality of the entire thing — until a Republican does something which is ten times or more worse and then….crickets. You don’t hear a sound, anywhere.
Newsweek reports that a plurality of Republicans want Hegseth to resign. That’s all well and good. Maybe it would have been much easier if they simply never folded and confirmed a man that they knew to be utterly incompetent in the first place? Just saying.
Criticism erupted in the aftermath of reporting of the communications in a Signal group chat—which included Vice President JD Vance, Hegseth, national security adviser Mike Waltz and other top administration officials—regarding imminent military strikes in Yemen, including attack plans. Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was inadvertently added to the chat and saw the whole discussion play out, later reporting on the incident via the magazine.
The journalist reported that the text exchange included U.S. military plans involving airstrikes against the Houthis, Iran-backed rebels in Yemen who’ve been launching attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea amid a clash over control of shipping routes.
The handling of private military discussions among top officials in President Donald Trump‘s Cabinet has triggered significant U.S. security concerns, including from some Republican lawmakers.
New polling released by J.L. Partners in conjunction with The Daily Mail on Friday showed that a plurality of Republicans believe Hegseth should resign in the wake of the scandal. Thirty-eight percent of GOP respondents said he should resign while just 33 percent said he should stay.
Among independents, a majority said the Trump administration official should step aside, with 54 percent backing his resignation and just 20 percent saying he should remain. The independent results largely aligned with the overall results—with Republicans and Democrats included—which showed 54 percent backing Hegseth’s resignation and 22 percent saying he should stay as the Pentagon chief.
The poll was carried out from March 25 to 27 among 1,001 registered voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
That was almost a month ago. If the poll had been taken in the past couple of days, the figure would probably be much higher. Let’s see if Trump tells Hegseth to resign. Granted, it’s very unlikely. But I call your attention to the Matt Gaetz debacle. Trump was all for Gaetz until he found out about the widespread opposition to him and then decided to tell Gaetz to withdraw his nomination. It could happen. Not saying it will, but that there is some precedent. Trump also asked Anthony Scaramucci to resign.
The numbers supporting him are still too high
This is what happens when you have people getting their information from the likes of Faux News
The American Nazi Party,(formerly the GOP), has elevated HYPOCRISY to a level that would have shamed a Pharasee during Jesus’s time.
Trump.hates negative publicity for himself. He’ll either dump Hegseth over this or he’ll keep.him.because he looks So Damned Military: full head of hair, fit, chiseled. The S.OB. cancelled a few extra days off for military people to.spend time with their families. Apparently Hegseth thinks having strong family bonds is a,bad idea. Of course he’d know, a blackout drunk who bought his way out of being charged with sexual assault., on his third marriage.
More importantly, only of Americans would recommend joining the military to.friends and family. They’re having real problems meeting recruiting goals. They’ve had to drop 51 disqualifying conditions. And increasingly recruits are needing help to.get through basic.
Sir Liesalot loves the internet because he can reach millions of people with his lies in less than a second. Sir Liesalot hates the internet because every gaff, every lie, every cruel and illegal thing he’s ever done can be at our fingertips in less than a second.
Republicans talk a good game regarding accountability, but their words have no iron in them. Little Marcos “We’ll get ’em” speech was absurd given the fact that republicans did their damndest to find something to hang Hillary with but couldn’t put the ball across the goal line. That probably had much to do with the fact that there was nothing to hang her with in the sad Benghazi affair, not their unwillingness to do so.