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artemisia1

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1. This is why Trump likes him:

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Mon Mar 9, 2026, 08:57 AM

Mar 9

In 2018 Hegseth’s mother, Penelope, sent him an email that said: “You are an abuser of women – that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.”

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This article goes a long way towards explaining why SecDef Hegseth so appeals to the cartoonish, juvenile MAGA [View all] artemisia1 Mar 9 OP

This is why Trump likes him: artemisia1 Mar 9 #1

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These cartoons made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Mar 9 #6

I'm still trying to figure out how he got into Princeton and Harvard AStern Mar 9 #7