Hegseth

[wtg]

Don't know if I'm suffering from confirmation bias, but the framework outlined in this article makes a good bit of sense to me.

https://www.npr.org/2026/10/15/nx-s1-6001794/fort-hood-execution-hegseth-christian-nationalist

[CHAS]

I am certain that I know people that approve of Hegseth. Sometimes it takes an effort not to think of those people.

[Mik]

I’m hoping this is the end of Hegseth. It might be what he’s hoping for too. Otherwise I cannot see why he would make such an abysmally stupid statement.

It might be Trumps best play before midterms.

[wtg]

@Mik said:

Otherwise I cannot see why he would make such an abysmally stupid statement.

He's made a lot of them; at least he's consistent.

I just read that Hasan is paralyzed from the chest down. Who could possibly think that it's a good idea to livestream the execution (via firing squad) of a man in a wheelchair?

Hegseth is as unhinged as his boss.

[jon-nyc]

@wtg said:

Who could possibly think that it's a good idea to livestream the execution (via firing squad) of a man in a wheelchair?

Just one group - self identified ‘MAGA Republican’ men.

[Daniel]

I don't know anything about this, and have no opinion either.

I will say that the information presented seems correct to me in a social context.

So, in a general context, I like the idea of firing squads more than I do these botched execution attempts, in different states using drugs that can not do the job.

And, yes, I know the pharmaceutical industry will not
cooperate, and I think this excuse is beyond the pale.

Not to sound morbid.

[Daniel]

@mik In a wheelchair? Good grief.