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Raging at Media, Pete Hegseth Just Said the Quiet Part Out Loud

Mar 13, 2026Left

Pete Hegseth wants to live in a world in which the American military can drop bombs on scores of schoolchildren and not face serious media scrutiny over it. And he just might get that world soon enough.That’s the only way to understand the defense secretary’s extraordinary outburst on Friday morning. He lashed out at news organizations, criticizing…

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