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The following is the text of the email that Penelope Hegseth sent to her son, Pete Hegseth, on April 30, 2018, as he was in the middle of divorcing his wife, Samantha. One sentence was redacted by The New York Times for privacy reasons.

Son, I have tried to keep quiet about your character and behavior, but after listening to the way you made Samantha feel today, I cannot stay silent. And as a woman and your mother I feel I must speak out.. 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. I am not a saint, far from it.. so don't throw that in my face, but your abuse over the years to women (dishonesty, sleeping around, betrayal, debasing, belittling) needs to be called out.

Sam is a good mother and a good person (under the circumstances that you created) and I know deep down you know that. For you to try to label her as "unstable" for your own advantage is despicable and abusive. Is there any sense of decency left in you? She did not ask for or deserve any of what has come to her by your hand. Neither did Meredith. I know you think this is one big competition and that we have taken her side... bunk... we are on the side of good and that is not you. (Go ahead and call me self-righteous, I dont' care) Don't you dare run to her and cry foul that we shared with us... that's what babies do. It's time for someone (I wish it was a strong man) to stand up to your abusive behavior and call it out, especially against women

We still love you, but we are broken by your behavior and lack of character. I don't want to write emails like this and never thought I would. If it damages our relationship further, then so be it, but at least I have said my piece. [Redacted] And yes, we are praying for you (and you don't deserve to know how we are praying, so skip the snarky reply) I don't want an answer to this... I don't want to debate with you. You twist and abuse everything I say anyway. But... On behalf of all the women (and I know it's many) you have abused in some way, I say... get some help and take an honest look at yourself... Mom

a man who gets an email like this from his own mother should be legally required to reveal it to every woman he ever meets ever ever

Pete Hegseth Treats Fallen American Soldiers as a PR Problem His use of the Iran war dead to attack the media was disgraceful.

Pete Hegseth, if he does not resign, should at least get out of the way and let better men than him talk to the nation and to the press.

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Stefon Diggs punched and choked his personal chef (a woman) and the Patriots delayed the court case until after the Superbowl in the hopes he'd help them win and when your organization is rotten to the core this is what you get. Ask Commanders fans how good it felt when Snyder finally got the boot

and so ends one of the dumbest faux scandals in political history

House GOP leadership allegedly worried Reps Hunt and Crenshaw just stop showing up to vote after their loses tonight

still pisses me off. crenshaw wears his military service like a shield.

oof, sorry you felt the need to explain an excellent joke

so here’s the thing about this primary: I would happily have supported either candidate in the general and I think you should too

cornyn bad, paxton worse, I do not actually want to spend a lot of time on bitter recriminations here

Maga pols are out of touch. They need to connect with the real American people in hipster coffee shops in dense urban areas.

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kind of crazy that if you have enough money and don't like what you see in the media, you can just buy up every film studio, news station, and social media app and change it

JUST IN: Democrat Alex Holladay has flipped a GOP-held seat in the Arkansas state House.

The Republican governor had initially called the special election in June, but a court moved up the contest.

The Feds Targeted Charlotte. Now a Local Democrat Who Helped ICE Faces Voters. - Bolts North Carolina lawmaker Carla Cunningham voted to mandate compliance with ICE, and derided immigrants on the House floor. The Democrat faces an intense March primary.

JUST IN: North Carolina's Dem lawmaker Carla Cunningham gave the GOP the decisive vote to pass a law forcing police to comply with ICE. She said "all cultures are not equal."

She just lost reelection BIG in the Dem primary to a progressive pastor & activist, Rodney Sadler. 70% to 22%!

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goddammit i lost my punchcard

it mirrors his posts from X

yes i reposted it earlier

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yes i reposted it a few minutes ago

U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’

i'm sorry what (gift link because i'm sorry WHAT)

every election cycle i have to once again explain who dave wasserman is and why his calls are rock-solid 🙃

if wasserman says it, you can put it in the bank.

i mean what were they THINKING

🫵 another one

or maybe it’s because bibi orchestrated this and he doesn’t give a shit about americans

nope get this shit outta my mentions before you get blocked

i just.

tldr THANKS SUCKA

i’m so sorry 😞

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