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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1𝜄 = 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗈𝗍𝖺

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𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐉.𝐒. 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 ¬1𝜄 = 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝗈𝗍𝖺 @ajsdecepida.bsky.social · 13m
Katy Tur’s 𝗠𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗪 panel asked the right question today: if Hegseth’s “full armor of God” speech was for the troops, why televise it? His “real battle is spiritual” rhetoric evokes a crusade — and risks importing culture war into a military whose cohesion depends on pluralism. #TheWrongWar
THE WRONG WAR
A panel on MS NOW’s Katy Tur Reports today raised a deceptively simple question about Pete Hegseth’s recent religiously infused State of the Force address:
If this message was really intended for the armed forces, why did it need to be televised
That question matters.
Hegseth’s speech sounded at times less like guidance to a pluralistic military than an exhortation to a crusade.
His own language makes the comparison difficult to dismiss:
“Our department is, you might say, putting on the full armor of God, because while we wage physical war, we all know the real battle is spiritual.”
He told military chaplains to “Stand firm. Preach truth. Minister to the flock.” He announced an Office of Religious Affairs reporting directly to him.
None of that proves that Hegseth intends a literal religious war. But it does mean that crusading is a fair description of what his rhetoric evokes.
And the decision to televise it broadens the significance.
An internal speech can instruct a force. A televised speech also performs before a civilian and political audience. That does not establish motive, but it raises the possibility that Hegseth was doing more than setting military policy: he was publicly displaying a particular conception of the American warrior.
That conception carries risks.The United States military is not a Christian military. Its effectiveness depends upon Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics and others serving as equals under the same Constitution and command structure.
A Secretary of Defense is therefore doing something consequential when he joins warrior identity, Christian imagery and a struggle between spiritual good and evil in a public address to that force.
Military cohesion requires people of radically different beliefs to trust one another.
Culture war works differently. It divides people into camps.
That is why Hegseth’s rhetoric cuts against his professed goal of strengthening the force. The more he defines military identity through sectarian or culture-war language, the more he risks telling some servicemembers that they stand closer to the institution’s ideal than others.
And there is an even more jarring contradiction.
The United States is already fighting an actual war. Yet its Secretary of Defense is publicly describing the “real battle” as spiritual and devoting substantial attention to reshaping the culture of the force.
The Katy Tur Reports panel put its finger on the communications problem:
Who was this speech really for
Whatever the answer, the Pentagon does not need an internal crusade.
It needs a unified armed force capable of fighting the war it already has.
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This is so heartbreaking! We must stop #ICELawlessness!
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The WSJ editorial board praises parts of Hegseth’s military-tech agenda, then warns that his own rhetoric is getting in the way: mocking “weirdos,” attacking the press and antagonizing allies a cabinet secretary needs to get anything done. ⤸ www.rawstory.com/wsj-hegseth/
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The police said she lied about being raped. Then she hit record.
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Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
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NOT unskilled labor
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Trump says Canada may come back for a deal within weeks. His own trade representative sounds far less certain: Greer says the remaining gaps are “quite difficult to resolve,” while Washington remains committed to tariffs Canada says threaten deeply integrated industries. ➷ www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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The American people are looking for a path through the dark and into the light. But right now, there are two fundamentally different visions of America. President Trump thinks America is the Titanic, and he's charging the passengers for a seat on the lifeboat.
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Trump’s latest economic strategy: If you repeat “prices are coming down” in all caps often enough, maybe the grocery receipt will believe you. 🙃
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When you realize that Genghis Khan and Chaka Khan are not the same person. You’re a Schmitt-head.
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Danielle Smith puts forward an extremely weak defence for allowing separatist MLAs to remain in caucus despite her party’s official position being pro‑Canada, pro‑Confederation. #cdnpoli
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Trump and his billionaire cronies are saying the quiet part out loud: they want masked ICE agents at the polls, making people afraid to vote. Why? Because they know they lost.
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John Kennedy before he adopted his Foghorn Leghorn MAGA character.
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The tide is turning.
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When white nationalist are a part of your voting base
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The best line about Eric Schmitt-head today: "He pulled a grenade and threw the pin."
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@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "I think Gavin Newsom's performance art in trying to sort of be like Trump played well for a minute on Twitter but didn't have staying power because people like holding the mirror up, but they don't wanna be that, actually. They want to be better."
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NEW: Humiliating defeat in court for the Justice Dept prosecutors youtu.be/FvzxzCJg4mI
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Blanche FREAKS OUT as Trump Legal Losses PILE UP!
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🍊 TIME catches Trump building monuments while the presidency around him grows harder to command: a prolonged Iran war, economic strain, slipping approval and midterm danger. His interview adds another layer — claims that TIME’s own fact-check often finds inflated or false. ↴ time.com/article/2026...
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What Trump Has Built
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Macrodosing podcast: I'd like to invite Sen. Eric Schmitt to a Hawks game. He can wear an Iowa jersey.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/10/2026
NEW: A Department of Defense official wrote in a letter there are no plans to deploy active-duty troops to the polls or "interfere" with election-related materials. But the response brings little comfort as top Trump administration officials have refused to rule out the option for the fall.
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Gary Markstein turns the hearing dais into a clown act: Kennedy and Schmitt in greasepaint, with “ATLANTA HAWKS ATTENDANCE” as a prop. And beneath it all, the inevitable punchline: “SCHMITT HAPPENS.” 🤡🏛️📉 #ConspiracyByPropinquity #EditorialCartoon
Gary Markstein editorial cartoon dated 01-Oct-2026. At a government-hearing dais, two officials labelled “KENNEDY” and “SCHMITT” sit side by side dressed as sad-faced clowns. Kennedy wears glasses, white face paint, a red clown nose and a brightly coloured red-and-yellow bow tie over a green plaid jacket. Schmitt, also in white clown makeup with a red nose and downturned mouth, wears an orange jacket, yellow shirt and red polka-dot tie. A little puff of dark smoke rises above his head. He holds up a small placard reading “ATLANTA HAWKS ATTENDANCE.” In the foreground, a long-haired witness sits with his back to the viewer at a table facing the dais, a microphone in front of him. Empty or partially visible chairs flank the two clowns. Beneath the scene, Markstein supplies the punchline in large letters: “SCHMITT HAPPENS,” a play on the familiar phrase “shit happens.” Gary Markstein’s signature and Creators Syndicate credit appear at upper right.
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Mike Luckovich puts “self-policing works” in the mouths of a family literally ringed by money bags. The joke is not subtle: when power and profit police themselves, scepticism is a feature, not a bug. 🤖💰🙃 #AI #SelfRegulation #EditorialCartoon
Mike Luckovich editorial cartoon dated 01-Oct-2026. From left to right, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Donald J. Trump, Melania Trump, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump crowd together behind four bulging white money bags marked with large black dollar signs. Barron Trump stands with another white money bag behind the group, slightly to Donald Trump’s left. Eric Trump holds a black binder labelled “TRUMP FAMILY.” Donald Trump, orange-faced and wearing a dark suit with a red tie, sits partly obscured by the bags. Melania Trump, Kushner and Ivanka Trump cluster closely beside him; Ivanka holds a stemmed drink. Above them, Barron stands stiffly in a black suit. A speech balloon pointing toward the group reads: “EVERYBODY RELAX ABOUT AI! SELF-POLICING WORKS!..” The joke contrasts the claim that artificial intelligence can safely regulate itself with an image of the Trump family surrounded by conspicuous money, inviting scepticism about self-policing by powerful, financially interested actors. Luckovich’s signature appears at upper left.
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{𝐚𝑱𝑺𝑫} The conflicts are staggering: 🍊 Trump, his family and businesses, foreign interests, donors, contractors, and political insiders. This may be unmatched in modern U.S. history. Together, they expose a presidency steeped in self-dealing and ripe for corruption.
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 01/10/2026
Renee Nicole Good's family filed two suits against administration officials and the U.S. government over her death in Minneapolis.
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Renee Good's family invokes KKK law against Trump admin officials
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 01/10/2026
Yesterday, Pete Hegseth gave an unhinged State Of The Force speech at Quantico. He called service members slurs, bragged about testosterone tests, and attacked the media for "Trump Derangement Syndrome." One thing is clear: Hegseth is more focused on winning culture wars than real ones.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remember when Judge Cannon blocked release of Vol. II of Jack Smith’s report? The part about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case? Now there’s an encouraging update & you’ll want to know all about it. joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-vo...
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Finally. Volume II.
Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago report should be public. Donald Trump wants to keep that from happening.
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😘‼️ Judge says U.S. can’t prosecute ex-Olympian again in Reflecting Pool case www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Judge says U.S. can’t prosecute ex-Olympian again in Reflecting Pool case
The case against David Hearn has been dismissed with prejudice.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
LIAR 👇 Trump says that his convention had 107 million views and the NFL game that night had 25 Million. Here are the actual Nielsen-based estimates for TV/streaming viewers across Fox News, Newsmax and NewsNation: 3.3 Million Trump Speech 25.1 Million NFL Game #cdnpoli
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Ron Johnson blocks vote to stop Trump’s funding cancellations
Democrats tried to pass a bill to revive $810 million Trump unilaterally canceled and prevent similar clawbacks.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump’s EO to change “AI” (Artificial Intelligence) into “SI” (Super Intelligence) was a CRIMINAL SCAM to enrich himself & his Epstein class friends. They pocketed HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of dollars by buying up and creating tens of thousands of .si web domains in the weeks BEFORE the announcement.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks be to God that the Department of Education is finally doing something to stop the ideological indoctrination that’s been running rampant in our public schools.
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Today, Secretary Linda McMahon called on schools across the nation to strengthen instruction on the history and human toll of communism and socialism.
It is imperative that the next generation understands the principles of liberty that underpin America's constitutional system.
Learn more here: https://ow.ly/bIGL50ZTeaU
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U.S. Department of Education Calls on Schools to Strengthen Education on the History and Dangers of Communism and Socialism
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U.S. Midterm Elections — Tue. 07:00 EST|UTC-05 03-Nov-2026 in 33 ⅓ days (or a month, 3 days, and 8h 0m 0.000s) away.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wilber Garcés Pérez appeared in federal court in Austin on Wednesday in a wheelchair, still carrying the bullet an ICE agent shot into his back. The Venezuelan DoorDash driver was denied bond on September 30 after being charged with one federal count of assaulting, resisting, interfering
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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Update: Christa Pike still alive after administered execution drugs, attorneys say. www.tennessean.com/story/news...
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