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Tag Archives: Pete Hegseth
To Impeach or Not to Impeach
Alan Zendell, November 10, 2026 Pete Hegseth is the guy who shows up at a staff meeting on Halloween dressed up as a GI Joe action figure in full combat gear. Everyone else is wearing a business suit, but Pete … Continue reading
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Tagged Cait Conley, civilian harm mitigation, diversity, Donald Trump, iran, Mark Kelly, Nicolas Maduro, Pete Hegseth, Thomas Massie, Venezuela, war powers, woke, Yemen
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The Path Forward for the Democratic Majority
Alan Zendell, November 7, 2026 Two days after a stunning election defeat the likes of which the nation has rarely seen (as Donald Trump might say if his side had won) Trump sounded accepting of reality, if not exactly conciliatory. … Continue reading
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Tagged china, Donald Trump, health care, impeachment, inflation, iran, New York Times, Pete Hegseth, russia, Stephen Millier, Susie Wiles, Thomas Massie, Ukraine
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The Beginning of the End of the Trump Nightmare
Alan Zedndell, November 4, 2026 The majority of Americans are euphoric today as are our partners around the world. But before I address that, I have to say how disappointed I am in the responses of lame duck Speaker of … Continue reading
Voters Must Blunt Trump’s Power
Alan Zendell, November 2, 2026 This year’s midterm elections forced me to make a decision I normally would scrupulously avoid. I’m not a single-party voter. I always try to vote for the individual rather their party affiliation. But not this … Continue reading
America’s Lost Credibility
Alan Zendell, October 15, 2026 International relations among allies depends on credibility, and credibility depends on trust and the ability to communicate accurate intelligence. The Trump administration has been failing miserably at both. Many Trump supporters in the United States … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Donald Trump, drones, george w bush, Intelligence, iran, Iraq, John McCain, lindsey graham, NATO, Pete Hegseth, saudi arabia, trust, Ukraine, vladimir Putin, volodymyr zelensky
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Like Something the Nazis Did
Alan Zendell, October 10, 2026 It’s brutal. It’s barbaric. It’s sick. It’s a hallmark of the way radical Islamic terrorists like ISIS behave. And not surprisingly, Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump think it’s a spectacular idea. Public executions were commonplace … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Donald Trump, Fascist Italy, iran, J. D. Vance, livestreaming, Navi Pillat, Nazi Germany, Nobel Peace Prize, Persia, Pete Hegseth, public execution, Rome, Somalia, Taliban, Yassamin Ansari, Yemen
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The Complete Failure of Trump 2.0
Alan Zendell, August 28, 2026 Respected journalist Stephen Erlanger said it clearly and succinctly in this morning’s New York Times. “The Trump administration has replaced its military war [in Iran] with an economic one, but the result is likely to … Continue reading
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Tagged alliances, canada, china, congress, Donald Trump, iran, MAGA, midterm elections, Nero, Pete Hegseth, Republicans, Roman Empire, supreme court, trade wars, war, xi Jinping
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Total War
Alan Zendell, July 21, 2026 New York Times columnist Thomas Edsall quoted George Washington University political historian Matthew Dallek’s summary of the Trump administration this morning. If you’re wondering why we’re involved in a war that’s spinning out of control … Continue reading
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Tagged canada, Donald Trump, Doug Ford, Egypt, Houthis, iran, Matthew Dallek, midterm elections, Pete Hegseth, Red Sea, saudi arabia, Senate, Suez Canal, tariffs, Thomas Edsall, Venezuela, war funding, war powers, wild fires
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