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Fox Host Condemns Hegseth: “I Am A Rape Victim”

“With all due respect to my former colleague, we know that there were three cases of adultery for Pete Hegseth, and it is relevant. “And the reason why it’s relevant is, Article 134 of the UCMJ considers adultery against the military, which the Department of Defense is part of. You can’t lead an entire organization and all these people if …

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“Herd Immunity” Fox Contributor Named To Head FDA

CBS News reports: President-elect Donald Trump nominated Dr. Marty Makary Friday to lead the Food and Drug Administration, selecting a surgeon and author who opposed vaccine mandates and some other public health measures during the coronavirus pandemic. Makary, a Johns Hopkins University professor, is the latest in a string of Trump nominees who have declared the U.S. health system to …

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Ingraham: Project 2025 Is “Just Classic MAGA Ideas”

Media Matters has the transcript: LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): The left is already going crazy because of Vought’s connection with Project 2025, because — look, Project 2025, to be very clear here, a lot of their ideas were just classic MAGA ideas. A lot of them were just classic. CHARLES GASPARINO (GUEST): I mean, all of them. I mean, I’ve read …

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Trump Names Fox Contributor As US Surgeon General

USA Today reports: Trump announced Friday that he had picked Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, a Fox News medical contributor, to serve as the U.S. Surgeon General. A graduate of the University of South Florida, Nesheiwat completed her medical residency at University of Arkansas Medical Center in Fayetteville. She’s an author of “Beyond the Stethoscope: Miracles in Medicine,” which is touted as …

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McEnany: Gaetz Could “Take Back” His Resignation Or Take Rubio’s Seat Or Get Another “Powerful Position”

“So he resigned from the 118th Congress, and when he gave his speech on the House floor announcing that resignation, he said I do not intend to take the oath of office for the same office in the 119th Congress. “So you have to ask: Does he bow, take that back, and try to be a congressman or does he …

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Graphic Details In Alleged Hegseth Assault Incident

The New York Times reports: The woman claimed she was introduced to Mr. Hegseth at the end of the conference. She told the police that she had observed him acting inappropriately, including rubbing women’s legs. In a text message, she told someone whose name was redacted that Mr. Hegseth “was giving off a ‘creeper’ vibe,” the report said. She said …

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Trump Considers Dan Bongino To Run Secret Service

CNN reports: Donald Trump is considering a right-wing media personality, people who have served on his US Secret Service detail, as well as others to run the agency that has been plagued by its failure to preempt two alleged assassination attempts on Trump this summer, sources familiar with the president-elect’s thinking tell CNN. Podcaster Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service …

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Laura Ingraham Admits Trump Will Wreck Economy

“We know that will be tough for the economy. There is no doubt about it. People have to get, as my father would have said, real work, real jobs. People are going to have to get jobs and they’re going to be scrambling. “You know, one would think that the economy will start churning out new jobs. That’s going to …

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Fox Host: Matt Gaetz “Speaks For Law And Order”

“It’s up to Matt Gaetz to prepare and give his mission and take the murder board, which is going to be the Senate committee hearing. But just looking at the Republicans that are likely to vote against him. “I think Mitch Mcconnell is a no. I think that Murkowski is going to be a no, just judging by her comments. …

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Fox Host: Sue Pete Hegseth’s Critics For Defamation

“This is an incredible, incredible man with the right values, a flawed man who has made mistakes in his life, but a good man who wants to live up to his values and dearly loves the United States of America. “This tattoo issue is nothing short of defamatory, and I’m waiting for the army of lawyers to start attacking the …

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Gowdy Implores GOP: Don’t Approve “Absurd” Gaetz

“Do not use the justice system as a weapon. The message for Republicans is don’t do it on the other side either with this absurd AG pick that you just made. “Justice is different. It is a combination of policy, law and also morality. You do not use our justice system as a political weapon. Voters rejected it in November …

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Trump Taps Fox Host Sean Duffy As Transportation Sec

ABC News reports: President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee to be transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet. Duffy is a former reality TV star who was one of Trump’s most visible defenders on cable news — a prime concern for the media-focused president-elect. Duffy …

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WaPo: Hegseth Paid Off His Sexual Assault Accuser

The Washington Post reports: Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault as part of a nondisclosure agreement, though he maintained that their encounter was consensual. Hegseth’s attorney said that Hegseth was “visibly intoxicated” at the time of the incident, and maintained that police who were contacted a few …

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Watters: Kennedy Will “Make Everybody Hot Again”

“This is going to be so much fun to get skinny. And having everybody be hot again. Because if you look at 1990 this was just a smoking hot country, alright? “They put ultra processed food into the food pyramid. Then everybody started getting obese and overweight. They unleashed pharmaceutical drugs into the doctors’ offices. “And they moved everybody out …

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Gowdy Blasts Gaetz As “Incompetent And Corrupt”

“You don’t have to pick between character and competency. You can actually have both in a nominee. Gaetz doesn’t have both “The overwhelming majority of his [Trump’s picks will sail through because they were grand slam picks. But you don’t root out corruption at the Department of Justice by picking a corrupt person to lead it. “So, Matt Gaetz, either …

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Service Member Flagged Hegseth As “Insider Threat”

The Associated Press reports: Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that’s associated with white supremacist groups. Hegseth, who has downplayed the role of military members and …

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WaPo: Trump Team Reconsidering Hegseth Nomination

The Washington Post reports: Senior officials on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on Friday weighed the future of Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department, amid new revelations that police investigated an allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2017. The internal turmoil over Hegseth’s future was sparked by a complaint shared with the transition team with …

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Crowley Compares Trump Picks To Founding Fathers

“Bobby Kennedy is an absolutely inspired choice for HHS, just like the rest of this cabinet. Every day, Rob, I wake up and it’s like Christmas morning. “Like what kind of incredible pick are we going to get today to fundamentally transform America? But in a good way, not in the way that Obama meant when he used that phrase, …

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Hegseth Was Investigated For Sexual Assault In 2017

CBS News reports: Pete Hegseth, the Army veteran turned Fox News host selected by President-elect Donald Trump to be defense secretary during his second term was investigated for an alleged sexual assault in 2017, Monterey, Calif. officials confirmed. The incident allegedly occurred somewhere between a minute before midnight on Oct. 7, 2017 and 7 a.m. on Oct. 8, 2017 at …

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Trump Names Fox Host Pete Hegseth As Defense Sec

The New York Times reports: President-elect Donald J. Trump chose Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to be his next defense secretary, elevating a television ally to run the Pentagon and lead 1.3 million active-duty troops. The choice of Mr. Hegseth was outside the norm of the traditional defense secretary, but …

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