At 8:03 this morning, on the 251st birthday of the United States Marine Corps and the eve of Veterans Day, the Secretary of "War," Peter Brian Hegseth, stood before a carefully selected audience at the Pentagon and gave one of the most desperate speeches ever delivered by someone holding that office. Over the next 26 minutes, he shamelessly fought to keep his position as a cabinet member and to stay in Donald Trump’s good graces, just hours before the House of Representatives would be voting on whether to take the next steps to impeach him.
He started his tirade by calling Thomas Massie, the Republican congressman responsible for introducing the articles of impeachment against him, “one disgruntled and defeated congressman” pursuing “a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment.” He called it a farce and a stunt, and he said everybody knows it. What everybody actually knows is that by the end of the night, nearly half of the members of Congress would vote to keep those articles alive. That is not one disgruntled congressman.
Thank you Heather. As a grandmother of two grandchildren who serve in the military, one grandchild still on a destroyer in the Middle East and one that is now in the states receiving medical procedures to repair her body from drone attacks, left for hours with her unit to be finally evacuated. Allow me to express the sheer disgust, the absolute bile that rises from my very being of how much this walking, talking POS is loathed. There is not one military family that wants this a-hole to remain. We don’t even want him to be Secretary of a garbage dump. We would fear even for the scavenger birds.
It took six months and 5 days, from May 5th, for this a-hole to take to the mic on Nov 10th at 8am to address his plea to only one individual.. to keep his job.
From May 5th to today FOUR members of our military died in this Iran war. A total of three Army air defense soldiers killed in July when an Iranian missile struck their barracks, and a fourth soldier killed in Iraq from a drone detonation. Not a word uttered from Hegseth from the Pentagon podium.. Nothing..
Honor the fallen -
1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30.
Now these are considered “Hostile Deaths” by Hegseth and the Pentagon… Let that sink in a bit.. Hostile Deaths
Then there’s this updated category “Non-Hostile Deaths”..
A total of FOUR service members died from what’s considered “non-combat causes” these include emergency helicopter landings, medical emergencies occurring, or any illness from injuries that have occurred. Names not released per family requests. Not a word from Hegseth from the Pentagon podium.. Silence…
A total of EIGHT service personnel dead.. in this time frame…
All these ridiculously named “operations” from a feeble minded 80 year old Felon whose brain consists of cottage cheese and a egotistical-narcissistic greaseball POS..
Operation Epic Fury (Feb 28 – early July 2026): 15 deaths and 417 wounded.
A total of 23 deaths, probably in real count over a 1,000+ injured..
Because the count of service personnel being injured from airstrikes, drone strikes is a fu€king guessing game, because those updated numbers just don’t seem to be recorded accurately. A coverup of how many are injured, that their base stations are wiped out, leaving them no structures, the only thing that they have when it comes to shelter is possibly a tent. Soldiers injured, awaiting to be evacuated, because this whole thing is nothing other than a clusterfu€k of the highest proportions…and yes military bases in Europe have been moved because of threats…This a-hole left families behind in Bahrain while attacking Iran.. no warnings, no evacuations for military families..
This a-hole goes on about that anyone who questions his illegal and reckless decisions to even heaven forbid to impeach him are an attack on our members of the military.. Seriously how irrational, delusional and absolutely pathetic of a thought process can this be…
When you hire a supposedly celebrity television clown for the top seat of our military, then the Congress confirms the “schmuck, or schnook” the expectations are never just a circus but a broken down carnival that nobody will even think of getting on any rides, spend their money on the carnival games or eat the food because food poisoning is just hours away..
It’s a clusterfu€k-a disastrously mismanaged, and utterly chaotic situation where multiple things go wrong at the same time, a complete failure, debacle of magnitude proportions…
Hegseth needs to go and be tried for war crimes.. behind bars.. never to see the light of day.. My apologies for the rant…
Thank you Kathy, she is on the mend and additional surgeries will be forthcoming but she’s one tough young lady. Her unit is back as well receiving their medical care..
The vastness of what this creature has done to the military will see the light of day.. it will take until next year, he will be held accountable.. like many, military families also have long memories..
Thank you Shelly.. will look for the Lance Rosen reference on Substack no longer on FB.. can’t bring myself to return.. and the other article.
The time will come for the affordability needed for all of us, the accountability that will arrive, and truly an ass-kicking for those to receive justice for their actions.. we don’t become complacent.. it’s okay to celebrate because we all did something so remarkable even with voting suppression abounding, remain vigilant and we continue to run.. it’s a marathon.. patience is a requirement.. stay safe young lady
Looking back on Obama's Cabinet and Biden's Cabinet, it was amazing how each position (even the Cabinet departments that never appeared in the limelight) were filled by rock stars! Amazingly competent, reliable, HONEST people who just dove in and did their jobs effectively, without a hint of scandal or controversy.
Then there's the current cast of a bad made for TV disaster movie. There's not a competent person in the bunch, which is fortunate because then they'd be even more dangerous.
I'm so looking forward to 2029 when, hopefully, we'll have another oasis of competence and progress. When we can take a breath, unclench, and relax for a minute. I miss that!
On Sunday in this little Welsh border town, we came together in our hundreds as a community to Commemorate those who died in the first and second world war and in later conflicts-we didn’t call them war fighters we called them soldiers, sailors, and airmen. We all wore a uniform of sorts the great and the good wore their black overcoats and bowler hats and rows of medals, other grizzled veterans wore their green and or red berets (and medals too)as proud paratroopers or commandos many others wore their own or parents’ medals, those of us who had nothing just wore our poppies but we all came to to remember those who gave their day for our tomorrow. Soon after one of your warfighters was arrested in Gloucestershire, he is based at the Imjin Barracks which happens to be Nato’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps HQ, and is accused on various charges including assisting a foreign intelligence service. Apparently Kash Patel is very concerned about this but apparently not so much about your chap in the White House and his associates.
Yes, BUT….we will need some brave Republicans to vote in the Senate to impeach, for it to carry any weight. Hegseth may be gone before we talk over and then we can just charge him with war crimes….
As he should be. He has NO regard for our troops - the actual men and women fighting these wars….just like djt…for all those killed (and I suspect the numbers higher than reported) and those injured (again, grossly higher than those reported.)
I'm a Navy veteran an more than angry at the firing of top, strategic thinking admirals and the like who could have provided critical information to stop this madman instead of “loyal,” incompetent, boot licking sycophants who got us into this never ending war with no exit ramp putting our troops in extreme danger. And ALL this because we were getting TOO CLOSE to releasing the Epstein files. Do NOT forget that for one.single.minute. THAT'S what started this illegal war.
On Friday Night I watched the very dignified and beautiful Royal Albert Hall Rememberance concert, they do it every year, it is beautiful solemn and as I have said dignified.
The royal family attend along with past and present prime ministers and was then followed by the rememberance parade on Sunday on the Mall.
We venerate our military because we know they keep us safe, and are prepared to die for the country and what we believe in, also because they are well trained and have a functioning chain of command with top generals past and present at the top.
The most telling point with Pete Hegseth is right from the start his complete lack of qualifications for his job, the things he says, the language he uses, the photographs he publishes and the way he has swept the US military of anyone one in charge who did not agree with him, or who was not a yes man.
The soldiers under his command don’t stand a chance and I could lay a bet he would never put himself in line of fire
Charlotte, I once visited London on Remembrance Day. I was so impressed by the pomp and ceremony given to it, and the mass participation in observing the solemn meaning of the sacrifices made to defeat the enemy. Seeing the scars remaining on buildings from damage during WWII was very sobering to me.
Here in the US, there may be a parade here and there, but for the most part, it seems Americans generally focus on the inconvenience of the post office and banks being closed. Until actual war happens on this continent, I expect general apathy - especially when warmongers like Hegseth, in their stupid attempts to “refine” our military into some strict but diminished and lawless ideal - are trying to foist that narrow (white, male, thin, straight, lethal, etc.) template on the rest of us.
I would welcome someone responding with a different observation of Veterans Day. I see only what is observable from my midsized city.
Pete is actually who Taco wants. The Yes Sir how high Sir type. What is apparent is that they are Corrupt as Taco. It’s completely insane. If a normal person did the things they do. We would be in jail. Thank you Heather. 💙✊🏻✌🏻
Americans need to know specifically which Representatives voted against Impeachment and hold those Representatives accountable. Pete Hegseth's performance as Head of the Defense Department is so irresponsible there should be no reason not to impeach him.
His reference to Vietnam and Korea underscores that his gross ignorance of history is as bad as Trump’s. Korea also was sanctioned and supported by the UN you dumb ass. If you don’t read, try watching M.A.S.H. reruns moron.
Even in traffic, with today’s technology they could not do zoom? Remembering votes cast while Bob Dole sat in a wheelchair. They don’t care about crosses or who’s under them.
Don’t know about you but getting out on the road in a traffic jam does not sound like a great idea, especially if you walk a little slower. I used to cover 1.5 miles faster than I do now.
And how about looking to some of the GOP members, including those going home for the new year because of the Trump effect washing them out of office?
Your story about Normandy really resonates with me. It’s easy to talk about war numbers, strategy, and political victories until you stop and remember the human beings behind those numbers. Every one of those lives matters! And every person serving today deserves leaders who understand that sending someone into harm’s way is an enormous responsibility, not an opportunity for political gains. Their lives, and the families who wait for them to come home, deserve far more than what we’re seeing from this administration.
Pete Hegseth deserves more than impeachment. He needs to be prosecuted or tried for treason. I don’t think he meets criteria for treason, but impeachment opens doors for other charges.
Thank you Heather. As a grandmother of two grandchildren who serve in the military, one grandchild still on a destroyer in the Middle East and one that is now in the states receiving medical procedures to repair her body from drone attacks, left for hours with her unit to be finally evacuated. Allow me to express the sheer disgust, the absolute bile that rises from my very being of how much this walking, talking POS is loathed. There is not one military family that wants this a-hole to remain. We don’t even want him to be Secretary of a garbage dump. We would fear even for the scavenger birds.
It took six months and 5 days, from May 5th, for this a-hole to take to the mic on Nov 10th at 8am to address his plea to only one individual.. to keep his job.
From May 5th to today FOUR members of our military died in this Iran war. A total of three Army air defense soldiers killed in July when an Iranian missile struck their barracks, and a fourth soldier killed in Iraq from a drone detonation. Not a word uttered from Hegseth from the Pentagon podium.. Nothing..
Honor the fallen -
1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30.
Now these are considered “Hostile Deaths” by Hegseth and the Pentagon… Let that sink in a bit.. Hostile Deaths
Then there’s this updated category “Non-Hostile Deaths”..
A total of FOUR service members died from what’s considered “non-combat causes” these include emergency helicopter landings, medical emergencies occurring, or any illness from injuries that have occurred. Names not released per family requests. Not a word from Hegseth from the Pentagon podium.. Silence…
A total of EIGHT service personnel dead.. in this time frame…
All these ridiculously named “operations” from a feeble minded 80 year old Felon whose brain consists of cottage cheese and a egotistical-narcissistic greaseball POS..
Operation Epic Fury (Feb 28 – early July 2026): 15 deaths and 417 wounded.
Overseas Operations (July 7, 2026 – present): 8 deaths and 448+ wounded
A total of 23 deaths, probably in real count over a 1,000+ injured..
Because the count of service personnel being injured from airstrikes, drone strikes is a fu€king guessing game, because those updated numbers just don’t seem to be recorded accurately. A coverup of how many are injured, that their base stations are wiped out, leaving them no structures, the only thing that they have when it comes to shelter is possibly a tent. Soldiers injured, awaiting to be evacuated, because this whole thing is nothing other than a clusterfu€k of the highest proportions…and yes military bases in Europe have been moved because of threats…This a-hole left families behind in Bahrain while attacking Iran.. no warnings, no evacuations for military families..
This a-hole goes on about that anyone who questions his illegal and reckless decisions to even heaven forbid to impeach him are an attack on our members of the military.. Seriously how irrational, delusional and absolutely pathetic of a thought process can this be…
When you hire a supposedly celebrity television clown for the top seat of our military, then the Congress confirms the “schmuck, or schnook” the expectations are never just a circus but a broken down carnival that nobody will even think of getting on any rides, spend their money on the carnival games or eat the food because food poisoning is just hours away..
It’s a clusterfu€k-a disastrously mismanaged, and utterly chaotic situation where multiple things go wrong at the same time, a complete failure, debacle of magnitude proportions…
Hegseth needs to go and be tried for war crimes.. behind bars.. never to see the light of day.. My apologies for the rant…
This must be so frustrating for you and your family! Many hopes that your granddaughter recovers from her injuries.
Thank you Kathy, she is on the mend and additional surgeries will be forthcoming but she’s one tough young lady. Her unit is back as well receiving their medical care..
The vastness of what this creature has done to the military will see the light of day.. it will take until next year, he will be held accountable.. like many, military families also have long memories..
Our hearts are with you, your family, and ALL the military families.
WE the PEOPLE NEED to keep pushing and Demand answers and actions by OUR Democratic Party and any Republicans left with an ounce of a spine.
RepubliKKKans will have their day along with trump, his family, and this entire Nazi, fascist, Eugenics, Regime…NUREMBERG 2.0
OUR fights are just beginning.
Stay strong my friend.❤️🩹
***This is a VERY IMPORTANT PIECE TO READ AND SHARE by WALawrence Glass Empires..
Also,Lance Rosen added about connections with Jake Lang, Michael Flynn, QAnon, Proud Boys, etc. on Facebook-not on Substack yet.
https://www.facebook.com/100001688856411/posts/pfbid0stj5P7gPV3wysKgjjT9vo7ak4WtnHnrrQ1TbC3mmEvqQLVYGTEUAWk5ujotYmWq4l/?
https://wendy664.substack.com/p/the-next-insurrection-is-already?r=71veyx&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Thank you Shelly.. will look for the Lance Rosen reference on Substack no longer on FB.. can’t bring myself to return.. and the other article.
The time will come for the affordability needed for all of us, the accountability that will arrive, and truly an ass-kicking for those to receive justice for their actions.. we don’t become complacent.. it’s okay to celebrate because we all did something so remarkable even with voting suppression abounding, remain vigilant and we continue to run.. it’s a marathon.. patience is a requirement.. stay safe young lady
A marathon for sure!
The WA Lawrence-Glass Empires article is Substack. She only writes on Substack.
Be safe❤️🩹
Looking back on Obama's Cabinet and Biden's Cabinet, it was amazing how each position (even the Cabinet departments that never appeared in the limelight) were filled by rock stars! Amazingly competent, reliable, HONEST people who just dove in and did their jobs effectively, without a hint of scandal or controversy.
Then there's the current cast of a bad made for TV disaster movie. There's not a competent person in the bunch, which is fortunate because then they'd be even more dangerous.
I'm so looking forward to 2029 when, hopefully, we'll have another oasis of competence and progress. When we can take a breath, unclench, and relax for a minute. I miss that!
On Sunday in this little Welsh border town, we came together in our hundreds as a community to Commemorate those who died in the first and second world war and in later conflicts-we didn’t call them war fighters we called them soldiers, sailors, and airmen. We all wore a uniform of sorts the great and the good wore their black overcoats and bowler hats and rows of medals, other grizzled veterans wore their green and or red berets (and medals too)as proud paratroopers or commandos many others wore their own or parents’ medals, those of us who had nothing just wore our poppies but we all came to to remember those who gave their day for our tomorrow. Soon after one of your warfighters was arrested in Gloucestershire, he is based at the Imjin Barracks which happens to be Nato’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps HQ, and is accused on various charges including assisting a foreign intelligence service. Apparently Kash Patel is very concerned about this but apparently not so much about your chap in the White House and his associates.
Plastered Petey will be impeached the first day of the new Congress!!!
Yes, BUT….we will need some brave Republicans to vote in the Senate to impeach, for it to carry any weight. Hegseth may be gone before we talk over and then we can just charge him with war crimes….
As he should be. He has NO regard for our troops - the actual men and women fighting these wars….just like djt…for all those killed (and I suspect the numbers higher than reported) and those injured (again, grossly higher than those reported.)
I'm a Navy veteran an more than angry at the firing of top, strategic thinking admirals and the like who could have provided critical information to stop this madman instead of “loyal,” incompetent, boot licking sycophants who got us into this never ending war with no exit ramp putting our troops in extreme danger. And ALL this because we were getting TOO CLOSE to releasing the Epstein files. Do NOT forget that for one.single.minute. THAT'S what started this illegal war.
On Friday Night I watched the very dignified and beautiful Royal Albert Hall Rememberance concert, they do it every year, it is beautiful solemn and as I have said dignified.
The royal family attend along with past and present prime ministers and was then followed by the rememberance parade on Sunday on the Mall.
We venerate our military because we know they keep us safe, and are prepared to die for the country and what we believe in, also because they are well trained and have a functioning chain of command with top generals past and present at the top.
The most telling point with Pete Hegseth is right from the start his complete lack of qualifications for his job, the things he says, the language he uses, the photographs he publishes and the way he has swept the US military of anyone one in charge who did not agree with him, or who was not a yes man.
The soldiers under his command don’t stand a chance and I could lay a bet he would never put himself in line of fire
Charlotte, I once visited London on Remembrance Day. I was so impressed by the pomp and ceremony given to it, and the mass participation in observing the solemn meaning of the sacrifices made to defeat the enemy. Seeing the scars remaining on buildings from damage during WWII was very sobering to me.
Here in the US, there may be a parade here and there, but for the most part, it seems Americans generally focus on the inconvenience of the post office and banks being closed. Until actual war happens on this continent, I expect general apathy - especially when warmongers like Hegseth, in their stupid attempts to “refine” our military into some strict but diminished and lawless ideal - are trying to foist that narrow (white, male, thin, straight, lethal, etc.) template on the rest of us.
I would welcome someone responding with a different observation of Veterans Day. I see only what is observable from my midsized city.
We have had more parades today. People wear uniform and medals and really take the day seriously. It is lovely
I want to know which democrats did not show up for that vote
I read that it was a strategic choice to postpone the actual impeachment to when the Democrats have the power to replace him.
Where did you read this?
Nancy Pelosi was one. VERY dissapointing.
So do I
Impeachment?!? Historic punishment for Treason is the Reason for the Season.
Pete is actually who Taco wants. The Yes Sir how high Sir type. What is apparent is that they are Corrupt as Taco. It’s completely insane. If a normal person did the things they do. We would be in jail. Thank you Heather. 💙✊🏻✌🏻
Americans need to know specifically which Representatives voted against Impeachment and hold those Representatives accountable. Pete Hegseth's performance as Head of the Defense Department is so irresponsible there should be no reason not to impeach him.
I agree - they owe us an explanation as to exactly why they are not doing their jobs.
He needs to go!
The name “Hegseth” is said to be becoming a curse word to our troops!
A Holiday Sampling:
“Hegseth You!”
“What a Hegseth you are!”
“You Hegseth!”
“Holy Effen Hegseth!”
“Go Hegseth Yourself!”
“Hegseth Me!”
“Don’t Hegseth up!”
“Don’t Hegseth!”
“Don’t be a Hegseth!”
“A Real Hegseth Job!”
“For Hegseth’s Sake!”
“You are a Hegseth Head!”
“Hegseth Head!”
“Look at the effen Hegseth Hole”
“You were Hegsethed!”
That is the legacy of Piss-Pete Hegseth!
The worst name you can be called or referred to as a member of the military - that of the worst Secretary of Defense in United States History!
The name not to be uttered forevermore in polite company!
His reference to Vietnam and Korea underscores that his gross ignorance of history is as bad as Trump’s. Korea also was sanctioned and supported by the UN you dumb ass. If you don’t read, try watching M.A.S.H. reruns moron.
Even in traffic, with today’s technology they could not do zoom? Remembering votes cast while Bob Dole sat in a wheelchair. They don’t care about crosses or who’s under them.
It’s just war games for them.
It’s not permitted - I remember discussions to do just that during the pandemic.
Distracted driving.
But one can pull over and out of said traffic in most cases.
Thry were only 1.5 miles away. Ever heard of WALKING!!!
Don’t know about you but getting out on the road in a traffic jam does not sound like a great idea, especially if you walk a little slower. I used to cover 1.5 miles faster than I do now.
And how about looking to some of the GOP members, including those going home for the new year because of the Trump effect washing them out of office?
I think they knew it wouldn’t go through with or without them.
Your story about Normandy really resonates with me. It’s easy to talk about war numbers, strategy, and political victories until you stop and remember the human beings behind those numbers. Every one of those lives matters! And every person serving today deserves leaders who understand that sending someone into harm’s way is an enormous responsibility, not an opportunity for political gains. Their lives, and the families who wait for them to come home, deserve far more than what we’re seeing from this administration.
Pete Hegseth deserves more than impeachment. He needs to be prosecuted or tried for treason. I don’t think he meets criteria for treason, but impeachment opens doors for other charges.
Hegseth’s days are numbered.