Hegseth's Creepy Testosterone Obsession

Believe it or not, I have a testosterone drawing from the archives to share with you.

The hormone is indeed the news. But first, this:

Todd Blanche, Trump’s (former) lawyer who wants to be Attorney General. If one GOP Senator votes no on his confirmation, he might not get it. The hearing for his confirmation yesteray was contentious, which I was unable to watch. As usual, Democrats grueled him hard, while Republicans sweet talked him.

At one point, when asked by Senator John Kennedy whether or not he is friends with Trump, Blanche said: “I’m his lawyer.” Then caught himself and said, “I’m his former lawyer.”

That sums it up.

Here is a good wrap-up of the hearing from NPR.

In an astounding announcement, Pete Hegseth said that the Department of Defense (which he calls the “High-T Department of War”) will be running a testosterone screening program for testosterone deficiency on military personel. He said, “…to make sure YOU (as he points at the camera) have the right testosterone levels so you can operate at your absolute best. If treatment is recommended, it’s entirely your choice to recieve testosterone replacement therapy.” Annual testosterone screening at the Pentagon. You can’t make this up. If you are a military person, and your levels are low, will you be fired if you don’t take the replacement therapy? This is so discriminatory and creepy, creepy way. He is crazy.

“Our most decisive tactical advantage will always be the individual warfighter,” Mr. Hegseth said in a video from his Pentagon office. “We have a sacred duty to maintain that advantage.”

Doesn’t he have more important things to take care of, other than this stupid PR stunt? This is why he wants to exclude women from the miliary.

Apparently, the word is that when Trump goes on prime time to address the nation tonight, he will claim China interfered with the 2020 election. This is leading up to the midterms, which Trump hopes to steal, citing election security concerns that he will claim exist. The Parnas Perspective (via the Daily Beast) reports that major networks have not cleared their schedules for the address, indicating concern that it will be primarliy political in nature (with Trump is it possible NOT to be primarily political?) and confuse the public.

A cartoon I did of Hegseth when he first was in his job as Pentagon head, using his actual words.

That’s it for me today. I am in San Francisco for a few days. Hope you are having a good Thursday!! Thanks for being here.