If You're Explaining, You're Losing: Pete Hegseth Edition
The Elephant In The Room, June 27, 2025
It’s an old political rule: if you’re explaining, you’re losing. After the strikes on Iran, the Trump Administration, including SECDRUNK Pete Hegseth keeps explaining, hoping that louder noises will overcome reality. They’re wrong.
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We remain abused by this lawless administration and their goonish Brownshirts. Led by a psychopathic neo-fascist, they are in chaos. This weekend we face the Big Beautiful Bill in Congress. Right now, we must let each of our representatives and senators know we stand strongly opposed to a vote for this bill (in any of its forms with the 2017 tax cut). Call them now. Let them know that you will not ever get over it if they vote for the bill. Why? Because Mitch McConnell said “They will get over it.” The audacity.
https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/big-beautiful-bull?r=3m1bs
Feels like he KNOWS he is the next to go. Lettuce countdown begins !