Hegseth

I didn't watch the Hegseth hearings but I saw so many clips, I feel as though I did. As Chris Hayes said last night, if you had his resume in a pile, you wouldn't even consider him for an interview. It's ridiculous on its face, just based on the type of qualifications that go on a resume, let alone his overt disqualifications.

The fact that Republicans are bowing down to Trump on something they supposedly value so highly is one more example of how depraved they are, and Trump's need to demonstrate complete control of them.

Will any of them (most likely Lisa Murkowski, and maybe Susan Collins — who isn't up for reelection until 2030) vote against Hegseth in the end? Even if those two do, will it be possible to find a third vote to knock the vote in favor down to 49? Who is that third Republican vote?

Here are the BlueSky posts on the topic... Why wait until the end of the month:

i am watching clips from the hegseth hearings and it is a goddamn insult to this country that this chucklefuck was even nominated
jamelle @jamellebouie.net

Trump is performing affirmative action for sex pests, and the media as a whole is failing to explain it in those terms.
Queerhawk @alwaysadorecats.bsky.social

Pete Hegseth, generously, is barely employable and there are sitting senators going "I mean hey, who doesn't show up to work drunk and get divorced for cheating on their wife, am I right fellas"
Ian Boudreau

When Trump orders Hegseth to deploy active duty troops to U.S. cities, he will comply.
When Trump orders him to authorize shooting protestors, Hegseth will comply.
When Trump orders Hegseth to jump, he will dutifully say “how high?”
Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social

Several Republicans I respect — some of whom have lectured me, at length, about the national security failings of the Democratic Party — are falling in line behind Pete Hegseth, who is so clearly unqualified to be the Secretary that it makes it very hard to ever take these people seriously again.
Andrew Exum @exum.bsky.social

Pete Hegseth is the dumber version of Brett Kavanaugh.
Mrs. Betty Bowers

The FBI failed to interview key witnesses - Hegseth's ex wives, his accuser, former employees and colleagues who publicly complained about him. And GOP chair of Armed Services not planning to share FBI report with Dems other than the ranking minority member in any case.
Don Moynihan

On the one hand, pushing Hegseth's nomination first may beat down Senators and lead them to capitulate on RFK and Tulsi, too. On the other hand, it will make it crystal clear that Senate Republicans are willing to put the US at grave risk to avoid Trump yelling at them.
emptywheel

Nothing shows the fundamental dishonesty of the “anti-DEI” folks like Hegseth getting hearings to run the nation’s largest bureaucracy. He’s an unqualified drunken defender of war criminals, credibly accused of sexual assault and reported for extremism by his military peers. He is merit’s inverse.
Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social

It's journalistic malpractice to focus solely on Hegseth's drinking and sexual abuse and completely ignore how he demonizes his ideological opponents as existential threats to the nation's identity and security. Such views should disqualify him from becoming SecDef.
msix8.bsky.social