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The Pentagon has clarified that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth thinks women should have the right to vote, despite his sharing of CNN reporting which featured religious leaders he supports saying they would back the repealing of the 19th Amendment. cnn.it/46TvxNf

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aug 15, 2025, 6:11 pm • 143 57

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marcosantana @marcosantana.bsky.social

Hegseth is a fuck up. Attacking 60% of Americans right to vote is not a good idea.

aug 15, 2025, 6:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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Partyglouberman @partyglouberman.bsky.social

Look at yourself. Look at what you've become.

aug 15, 2025, 6:19 pm • 2 0 • view
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mikegecht.bsky.social @mikegecht.bsky.social

And we believe what this womanizing cheap drunk says?

aug 15, 2025, 9:00 pm • 0 0 • view
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Tim Burgess 🇨🇦 @umbradog-tim.bsky.social

What world are we living in when this is necessary?? What next, clarification that no one in the Trump regime genuinely thinks that the world is flat? The sun actually rises in the east? Bears really do shit in the woods...???

aug 15, 2025, 7:00 pm • 1 0 • view
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Melter of ICE @davidhalber.bsky.social

Your network is fucking useless.

aug 15, 2025, 8:11 pm • 0 0 • view
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Peggy @peggyturni.bsky.social

Nope, too many of these Guardians Of Pedophiles men think women should be subservient to men, they consider women property and they truly do not believe women should have any say in any family, local, or national decisions and policies. They want to repeal A19.

aug 15, 2025, 6:21 pm • 4 0 • view
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kappy32.bsky.social @kappy32.bsky.social

Is Hegseth a Taliban infiltrator?

aug 15, 2025, 6:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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Labubu Trade Feminist @cyberstalin.bsky.social

what are we a bunch of asians

aug 15, 2025, 7:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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Witchygrandma @witchygrandma1.bsky.social

We don't give a flying F what he thinks! Come at us you slug and see what happens! 👩‍🦳👩‍🦰👩👧

aug 15, 2025, 6:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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Dumb Retired 1SG (Taylor’s Version) @notvolks.bsky.social

aug 15, 2025, 6:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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CANUSA @murving.bsky.social

Gosh, what a relief. Women almost lost the vote there.

aug 15, 2025, 6:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social

And how many days did it take them to clarify that? Maybe they had to sober him up first. 🤔

aug 15, 2025, 6:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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Laurence - slightly perplexed @laurenceineu.bsky.social

I had not realised that he was that progressive. Whatever next? Women driving cars and uncovering their bare ankles in public?

aug 15, 2025, 9:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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vingoe.bsky.social @vingoe.bsky.social

People say things they don't mean when they are Drunk.

aug 15, 2025, 6:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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jim-selover.bsky.social @jim-selover.bsky.social

As my mother always told me: Actions (like sharing videos) speak louder than words.

aug 15, 2025, 6:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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Gabriella Mirabelli @gamirabelli.bsky.social

And that clarification? Not *his* words.

aug 15, 2025, 6:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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S.E. Sinkhorn @sesinkhorn.bsky.social

* thinks they have the right to vote the way their husband tells them to and no other way

aug 15, 2025, 7:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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JBarnes @jermbarnes.bsky.social

What a ridiculous time in our country that this needs to be clarified

aug 15, 2025, 6:50 pm • 0 0 • view
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Not Dazed But Confused @ndbc.bsky.social

Well, that clears it up. Whew! 🙄

aug 15, 2025, 7:09 pm • 1 0 • view
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Simon Broadley @sjbof.uk

That’s a lot clearer.

aug 15, 2025, 6:12 pm • 3 0 • view
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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social

Yeah sure. Pete Hegseth is a Neanderthal.

aug 15, 2025, 6:13 pm • 6 0 • view
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Antonio Bonasera @antoniobnsr.bsky.social

Neanderthals were not always drunk.

aug 15, 2025, 6:52 pm • 5 0 • view
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Shoshanah in Alaska @shanahstone.bsky.social

My bad!

aug 15, 2025, 6:57 pm • 2 0 • view
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cocoricotr.bsky.social @cocoricotr.bsky.social

Ok, … don’t believe that … and what about LGBT+, Pentagone agreed with his homophobia ?

aug 15, 2025, 6:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kristopher Amari @kingkrikkit.bsky.social

Women will vote for him, even if it means voting against their best interests, right up until they can’t vote anymore. I should be shocked that repealing the 19th is even a discussion but nothing surprises me anymore, it’s sad.

aug 15, 2025, 6:57 pm • 2 0 • view
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ladyq78.bsky.social @ladyq78.bsky.social

So the video evidence just doesn't matter? Ok, cool.

aug 15, 2025, 6:11 pm • 34 0 • view
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Petachou @petachou.bsky.social

Nothing boosts your credibility like running total BS clarifications for Trump’s DUI hire Hegseth.

aug 15, 2025, 6:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Zoe Allison Parker @itszoeallison.bsky.social

So… lying?

aug 15, 2025, 7:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ralf W @raflw.bsky.social

Believe him the first time, when he is talking to the GOP base. This denial to the general public is B.S.

aug 15, 2025, 6:14 pm • 3 1 • view
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Kim @bearcountrystudio.bsky.social

Lol ... smh bullshit

aug 16, 2025, 12:49 am • 0 0 • view
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KimG @kjginark.bsky.social

Like RFK supported vaccines? Stop being so ignorant.

aug 15, 2025, 6:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kafkaesque @kafkaesque2024.bsky.social

It's the 21st century for crying out loud, & we have a globally powerful leader who needs days upon days before finally affirming that he (supposedly) believes women are equal citizens. Unbe-f*!-lievable. The entire situation & that we are here, now, in the 25th year of the bloody 21st century!!

aug 15, 2025, 6:14 pm • 15 0 • view
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Andrew Lindsey @andrewlindsey.bsky.social

Maybe they needed to get him sober first; it IS Pete Kegbreath, after all. 🤷

aug 15, 2025, 6:16 pm • 4 0 • view
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Shawna Page @slpage63.bsky.social

Pete’s wife is back in the Pentagon meetings

aug 16, 2025, 12:36 am • 0 0 • view
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Volition @volition-volition.itch.io

'said' doesn't become 'clarified' just because the government has said it

aug 15, 2025, 11:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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Partly Cloudy @ksunny.bsky.social

Oh, well if “The Pentagon” says so I guess we are good. CNN, you have to figure out how to deal with an administration that only operates in bad faith.

aug 15, 2025, 6:18 pm • 2 0 • view
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scottsmn.bsky.social @scottsmn.bsky.social

Guys like Hegseth think there are only two places for women, the kitchen and the bedroom

aug 16, 2025, 12:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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lindak59-alex.bsky.social @lindak59-alex.bsky.social

Apparently, the Pentagon lies!

aug 15, 2025, 10:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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🪩 Brutus ⚔️ @culturesurfer.bsky.social

Tactical flip flopping. Doesn't mean anything.

aug 16, 2025, 1:53 am • 0 0 • view
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Location Classified @locationclassified.bsky.social

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aug 15, 2025, 6:13 pm • 23 1 • view
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fsfraize.bsky.social @fsfraize.bsky.social

AMEN!

aug 15, 2025, 7:08 pm • 3 0 • view
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wiskietangofoxtrot.bsky.social @wiskietangofoxtrot.bsky.social

Ending DEI lets you know for him woman are second class citizens. He has demonstrated his racism removing black history from pentagon and military colleges.

aug 15, 2025, 6:22 pm • 1 0 • view
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blackandpround.bsky.social @blackandpround.bsky.social

This is how Pete likes his women

aug 15, 2025, 7:15 pm • 0 0 • view
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Judi Sutherland @judisutherland.bsky.social

Well I’m glad we’ve cleared that one up.

aug 15, 2025, 6:12 pm • 4 0 • view
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SatelliteOfLove @sattelliteoflove.bsky.social

"If you're explaining..."

aug 16, 2025, 3:01 am • 0 0 • view
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nastywoman65.bsky.social @nastywoman65.bsky.social

BULLSHIT!

aug 15, 2025, 6:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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mistydog.bsky.social @mistydog.bsky.social

Too late to lie, we know the truth Pete H.

aug 15, 2025, 6:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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hpazz.bsky.social @hpazz.bsky.social

I actually don't give a shit what he thinks. But I do care that he felt comfortable enough to post the views of pastors who want to repeal the 19th Amendment. He's a disgrace to his position and to all Americans.

aug 15, 2025, 6:19 pm • 7 1 • view
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americandescendant.bsky.social @americandescendant.bsky.social

Only in Extremist Religion can a Woman be treated as sub-human. As a result they are victimized by rape, emotional, & physical abuse. I see no difference between Taliban, Indian castes, or Christian Nationalists in the way they perceive a women’s place. Subservient, & a vessel to bear children.

aug 16, 2025, 1:20 am • 1 0 • view
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abdajck.bsky.social @abdajck.bsky.social

I bet you believe them.

aug 15, 2025, 6:13 pm • 2 0 • view
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Mel @mel-travels.bsky.social

Kegsbreath let his opinions be known by his post. Don’t walk it back now.

aug 15, 2025, 6:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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bookishcatlady14.bsky.social @bookishcatlady14.bsky.social

🤦‍♀️Drunk-o-clock for Pete Kegsbreath

aug 15, 2025, 7:37 pm • 0 0 • view
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Fevie @leeprescott.bsky.social

Pete Hegseth has not earned the benefit of the doubt on this or anything else. This issue is too grave to forgive such blatant disregard for the rights of half the country. This clarification in no way minimizes Hegseth’s dumb obedience to those who use power to persecute every proud American woman.

aug 15, 2025, 9:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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Alec U. @alecvictor.bsky.social

No he does not!

aug 16, 2025, 12:41 am • 0 0 • view
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changstromlc.bsky.social @changstromlc.bsky.social

It's pretty sad that we've come to this.

aug 15, 2025, 6:14 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jonnie Canuck @jcanuc.bsky.social

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aug 16, 2025, 3:45 am • 1 0 • view
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jenkswk.bsky.social @jenkswk.bsky.social

He believes that households ( read: married straight couples ) should have one vote. Not both the man and the wife, just the household, with the man being the head of the household. This is evangelical christian nationalism, folks. Stop it in its tracks. End it.

aug 15, 2025, 6:39 pm • 2 0 • view
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UWOPS @uwops.bsky.social

AKA: evangelical lies.

aug 15, 2025, 6:40 pm • 2 0 • view
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Karen DenBleyker @kdneedles.bsky.social

Imagine a Cabinet Secretary needing the Pentagon to clarify this

aug 16, 2025, 12:48 am • 0 0 • view
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UWOPS @uwops.bsky.social

And Roe V Wade was "settled law".

aug 15, 2025, 6:39 pm • 2 0 • view
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Different Day @different-day.bsky.social

That's a relief.

aug 15, 2025, 9:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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swmark78.bsky.social @swmark78.bsky.social

CNN carrying water, or in this case vodka, for Kegsbreath. You know what he does support? A woman's right to drive. He takes his wife everywhere with him because she's his designated driver.

aug 15, 2025, 6:29 pm • 1 0 • view
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Appsurd @appsurd.bsky.social

Sounds like an @theonion.com‬ news

aug 15, 2025, 6:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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jurdn @jurdn.com

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." -George Orwell, 1984

aug 15, 2025, 6:24 pm • 10 0 • view
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Nihl L'Amas @nih-llamas.bsky.social

Fuck him and

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aug 15, 2025, 6:22 pm • 1 0 • view
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Civilisation #RIPfreeWorld @civilisation.bsky.social

I guess he’s campaigning already. Maybe proving his misogyny in policy is easier than whatever he tries after a few too many drinks.

aug 15, 2025, 10:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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Let’s Be Frank @frankedson24.bsky.social

Another walkback from this lying reign of terror. This regime has lied so much they, themselves, can’t tell the difference between fact and fiction. The only direction they know how to walk is backwards.

aug 15, 2025, 7:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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dkg303.bsky.social @dkg303.bsky.social

The Trump government is overflowing and spewing with incompetence.

aug 15, 2025, 6:22 pm • 2 0 • view
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Lee Jolley @gleejolley.bsky.social

Heg…. Hogwash!

aug 15, 2025, 6:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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mrsdianek.bsky.social @mrsdianek.bsky.social

And this is news.

aug 15, 2025, 6:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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Debbie Hemenway @debbiehemenway.bsky.social

Once again you uncritically post utter nonsense. Did they scare you that bad?

aug 15, 2025, 6:19 pm • 2 0 • view
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Ole Hippy Nudist @naturisthippy.bsky.social

Hegseth is an ignorant racist drunkard I call him Pickled Petey As a veteran I would never trust the drunkard to have my 6

aug 15, 2025, 6:38 pm • 2 0 • view
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Sean Evans @seanevans-66.bsky.social

How DID Republicans get so screwed up?

aug 15, 2025, 11:12 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ed @zzazazz.bsky.social

Gosh, that's a relief.

aug 15, 2025, 6:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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Char @charjg.bsky.social

Why didn't Pete make a statement?

aug 15, 2025, 6:52 pm • 0 0 • view
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seafodder.bsky.social @seafodder.bsky.social

Follow up question: Then why did he share the post? 🤷🏼‍♂️

aug 15, 2025, 6:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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Christine @georgie27.bsky.social

Great - that makes me feel so much better /s/

aug 15, 2025, 6:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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Brett Lee @blee0502.bsky.social

But … I don’t believe a thing the Pentagon says.

aug 15, 2025, 8:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Hirx @dmahirx.bsky.social

Amazing how the GOP constantly finds the dumbest people from some of the world’s smartest institutions to rally behind.

aug 15, 2025, 6:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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Memewrangler @memewrangler.bsky.social

"They can vote as long as they make me a sammich", Hegseth continued, probably.

aug 15, 2025, 6:25 pm • 2 0 • view
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Jason Kirchofer @jkirchofer.bsky.social

The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.

aug 15, 2025, 6:52 pm • 2 0 • view
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ashelley13.bsky.social @ashelley13.bsky.social

The fact this is a headline in 2025

aug 15, 2025, 6:14 pm • 10 1 • view
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Appsurd @appsurd.bsky.social

EXACTLY

aug 15, 2025, 6:26 pm • 2 0 • view
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DeepStateOps💙🇺🇦🏳‍🌈🌿 @trizzia.bsky.social

yep...

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aug 15, 2025, 7:14 pm • 2 0 • view
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Gaz @gazinsalford.bsky.social

Tell you what it is they actually believe that a woman’s right to vote 🗳️ was a black ops operation conspiracy. What they want is the male head of a family to have the final say, that’s how there head works ,they will try pass it in last months of this admin that’s if USA 🇺🇸 is allowed to vote again.

aug 15, 2025, 6:42 pm • 2 0 • view
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Keane Li @keaneli.bsky.social

Ridiculous that something like this even needs to be clarified. This is NOT normal.

aug 15, 2025, 8:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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AVM @skyeangelwillow.bsky.social

More Lies Coming from the regime HEGSETH DOES NOT SUPPORT WOMEN IN THE MILITARY OR WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE.

aug 15, 2025, 6:28 pm • 2 0 • view
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bselena.bsky.social @bselena.bsky.social

Hegseth doesn’t think that women should vote, he just doesn’t think.

aug 15, 2025, 9:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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alan @bruteforce.pw

Sure, they can vote. Just not all of them. It won't be a right, but a privilege reserved for those with something to give in exchange.

aug 15, 2025, 6:31 pm • 2 0 • view
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Scott @scootrdud.bsky.social

The fact the pentagon has to issue this statement at all is an embarrassment and disgrace.

aug 15, 2025, 6:42 pm • 3 1 • view
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akatzel.bsky.social @akatzel.bsky.social

A member of the press corps should insist he confirm this explicitly at every future press conference he holds.

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Kathy @copykat231.bsky.social

Thinks? It’s not a matter of opinion.

aug 15, 2025, 6:19 pm • 3 0 • view
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TheyCallMeMitch @hobbitlover.bsky.social

What a great guy, tolerating women voting in elections. Now we can put that behind us he can get back to the hard work of using the US military to invade cities.

aug 15, 2025, 6:17 pm • 2 0 • view
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JHtnTries @hutj1.bsky.social

Gee thanks Secretary. I look forward to the day that nobody needs to care what this asshat thinks about anything.

aug 15, 2025, 6:14 pm • 3 0 • view
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Kate Marley @boudicca2017.bsky.social

Uh huh Sure he does. No woman should trust that man, he’s almost as good a liar as his boss

aug 15, 2025, 10:51 pm • 0 0 • view
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Denz @f4denz.bsky.social

Of course he isn't going to say that to the public, their actual beliefs are only discussed in the cult meetings. This is all about project 2025 and the Christian nationalist movement, these folks are wolves in sheep's clothing. They are sexist, racist, homophobic, they hide it from the public.

aug 15, 2025, 6:17 pm • 2 0 • view
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DayV @denverdayv.bsky.social

Understandable how he feels about women voters when women voters have pushed failed candidates like Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris

aug 15, 2025, 6:40 pm • 0 0 • view
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madrileno.bsky.social @madrileno.bsky.social

What kind of a retarded country has the USA turned into if this matter is even an issue ? That' Taliban level.

aug 15, 2025, 6:33 pm • 2 0 • view
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Susan Woolley @woolleywear.bsky.social

🤣 yah, we buy that.

aug 15, 2025, 6:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kerry @kerrylm.bsky.social

How about, does he support women in the military advancing to top positions and if so, why did he demote all of them?

aug 15, 2025, 7:02 pm • 1 0 • view
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jokker14133.bsky.social @jokker14133.bsky.social

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Jerry at JMGVines @jjtb4v.bsky.social

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. George Orwell, 1984.

aug 15, 2025, 6:31 pm • 0 0 • view