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13.02.2025 11:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0More work for the courts
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Outside the public eye, Hegseth’s fixers have used questionable tactics against his opponents. Last week, the private employment records of a former employee of Hegseth’s who was a potential witness against him were leaked to the Washington Free Beacon, a conservative Web site, which published them in an apparent effort to undermine her. The Free Beacon’s chief financial supporter is Paul Singer, a New York hedge-fund billionaire who was also a major supporter of Vets for Freedom, a nonprofit that nearly went bankrupt under Hegseth in 2008, as NBC recently reported. The Free Beacon didn’t disclose its past ties to Hegseth. Instead, it publicly outed the previously anonymous witness, who had sought whistle-blower protection from the Senate Armed Services Committee. The same day, another version of the piece about the witness, along with her photograph, appeared in Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post.
There is a massive financial campaign behind Hegseth, targeting wavering Republicans. His team is also engaged in intimidating witnesses. One former employee decided not to testify after conservative newspapers identified her publicly.
14.01.2025 04:44 — 👍 842 🔁 353 💬 33 📌 15Robert Reich reminds us:“Stand up to them. Call them out. Do not tolerate intolerance. We cannot compromise with cruelty. There is no middle ground between democracy and fascism.”
10.12.2024 12:07 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Donald Trump would be VERY ANGRY if he saw this video of Pete Hegseth calling him an "armchair tough guy."
You know what to do...
Write to her!
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