Benjamin Franklin’s hope and warning, “A republic, if you can keep it,” resonates with too many of us these days. This has especially been the case watching the president-elect nominate his Cabinet, a wishlist of personnel that perfectly embodies Trumpism’s ultranationalist populism, nostalgia for a

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It is reckless to let Pete Hegseth, an extremist, command an annual military budget of nearly US$ 900 billion. At 44, veteran Pete Hegseth keeps his corpanzil healed from his time as an elite soldier in the American Army. He served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the abominable military prison at Guantánamo before becoming a cult figure on Fox News. It anchored one of the channel's highest-rated and strident programs, until it was pinned by Donald Tru…

É uma temeridade deixar Pete Hegseth, um extremista, comandar um orçamento militar anual de quase US$ 900 bilhões Aos 44 anos, o veterano Pete Hegseth mantém o corpanzil sarado dos tempos em que foi soldado de elite do Exército americano. Prestou serviços no Iraque, no Afeganistão e na abominável prisão militar de Guantánamo antes de se tornar personalidade cultuada da Fox News. Ali ancorava um dos programas de maior audiência e estridência do c…

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Fox News host Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the U.S. Department of Defense, has been drawing criticism for a variety of reasons.Hegseth is a veteran, but critics argues that he lacks the experience necessary for a position as important as defense secretary. Moreover, Hegseth has been accused of sexual assault — an allegation he vehemently denies — and his comment that women should not serve in comment have drawn plent…

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'Version of the Taliban': Trump defense secretary pick has 'close ties' to extreme Christian nationalists

Host Pete Hegseth speaks onstage during the 2023 FOX Nation Patriot Awards at The Grand Ole Opry on Nov. 16, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images)Pete Hegseth, president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, has close ties to an Idaho-based Christian nationalist church that aims to turn America into a theocracy. Hegseth is a member of a Tennessee congregation affiliated with Christ Church, a controversial con…

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Republished with permission from Idaho Capital Sun, by Heath Druzin Pete Hegseth, president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, has close ties to an Idaho-based Christian nationalist church that aims to turn America into a theocracy. Hegseth is a member of a Tennessee congregation affiliated with Christ Church, a controversial congregation in Moscow, Idaho, that has become a leader in the movement to get more Christianity in t…

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