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Saturday, September 27, 2025

Former Fox & Friends weekend cohost and current Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is dragging several hundred senior U.S. generals and admirals from around the world to Quantico next week for a pep rally on the "warrior ethos."

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Earlier this week, the defense secretary ordered a mass gathering of every senior military officer -- a group of admirals and generals that could total well over 1,000 -- in Quantico, Virginia. Rumors swirled about what the reason could be. Some said a mass firing, others said a fitness test. But the meeting, which is set to take place next week, will actually just be an opportunity for Hegseth to do some pompous grandstanding about the "warrior ethos" he's been so obsessed with for years, CNN reported Friday. ...

Hegseth plans to have his speech recorded and later released.

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Major Hegseth gonna straighten it all out, tell them what's what, you betcha.

"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on."
Joseph Heller, Catch-22

#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-27 06:41 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#1: Good Morning Doc Sarvis: Russia, China, North Korea, and Israel are all watching this massive, costly, idiotic, and risky move which is an attempt at duplicating some sort of weird Leni Riefenstahl event. Who knows what these four countries, or a terrorist group, will do when all of the US military leadership is away from their respective commands that day? i.redd.it

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-27 07:27 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Oh, I'm sure every flight, all personnel, their routines, deviations from same, etc., etc., etc. will be meticulously observed, cataloged, analyzed, recataloged, reanalyzed, all to our adversaries' profit.

Somewhere that gets plenty of heat Leni Riefenstahl is laughing her stone-cold arsch off.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-27 07:34 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#3: She certainly is laughing her tuchus off. And Leni outlived Rudolf Hess by a dozen years or so.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-27 08:24 AM | Reply

$20 says it's another grovel-or-else Loyalty Oath shindig, a'la his panderous "cabinate" soirees. It's becoming apparent the only effective policy tool left to TrumpCo is the fear of what ethically unthinkable stunt they'll pull next in another vain attempt to scrub the Epstein story from the news cycle. I expect a unacceptable amount of firings and resignations will go down that day. I truely hope I'm wrong.

#5 | Posted by dutch46 at 2025-09-27 10:47 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

What are the odds that Trump will plant a bomb in this gathering of US generals and then blame the Left?

Greater than zero, for sure.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-09-27 10:57 AM | Reply

If true, I'd bet among the Generals one could even hear the eyerolls.

#7 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-09-27 04:48 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#6

Are there betting odds on that on FanDuel?

#8 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-09-27 04:50 PM | Reply

This is the sanitized version of what's happening.

It's a loyalty test and is the roll out of realigning military vision and purpose to controlling the populace.

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-27 05:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Shhh quiet down you animals!

Captain gotta teach Stuff!

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-09-27 05:32 PM | Reply

It's a loyalty test and is the roll out of realigning military vision and purpose to controlling the populace.

#9 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-09-27 05:24 PM | FLAG:

Yes. Taking the pulse of the brass to see if they have the stomach for a few hundred (thousand?) Americans who have to be gunned down to save America.

#11 | Posted by cbob at 2025-09-27 07:57 PM | Reply

I hope they laugh his drunk ass out of the room.

#12 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-09-28 01:47 AM | Reply

"Gentlemen! You can't fight in here. This is the war room!"

#13 | Posted by cbob at 2025-09-28 09:05 AM | Reply | Funny: 2

My great fear is that the dictator will exact an oath of personal loyalty from these officers.

At which point MAGA will say:

"Yeah, Trump is Hitler. So what?"

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2025-09-28 09:19 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

What happens if someone takes the Oath and reneges later? TRUMP style.

I mean he has No Loyalty. Why should they or anyone else?

He's a liar, why can't they be?

Trump will be taken Out by the Praetorian Guard, which in America is the Secret Service or the Military.

If Emperors couldn't trust their lackeys why does Trump think he can trust his?

#15 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-09-28 10:53 AM | Reply

This meeting has gathered too much attention so now Lewzer is going too, to make it about him.

#16 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-09-28 11:58 AM | Reply

Great. The brass will be treated to two guys performing onanism in public. One has a member shaped like a mushroom and the other cannot get it up because of the morning drinking ...

#17 | Posted by catdog at 2025-09-28 04:38 PM | Reply

I'm sure the appearances of Major Hegseth and Generalfeldmarschall Bone Spurs will be nothing short of ridiculous..

#18 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-28 04:43 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

In preparation for his personal control and abrogation of future elections, Trump is calling in all the top military brass to to swear personal fealty to him. Those who refuse or fail to show sufficient enthusiasm will be canned. Have no doubt, this is a slow motion destruction of democracy in America playing out right before our eyes.

#19 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-09-28 04:55 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

this is a slow motion destruction of democracy in America playing out right before our eyes.

And we're all watching Netflix and ordering junk on Amazon.

America is dead. Donnie and MAGA raped it to death.

#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-28 05:04 PM | Reply

This meeting has gathered too much attention so now Lewzer is going too, to make it about him.

Is pedo 47 bringing his squeaky tank?

#21 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-09-28 05:47 PM | Reply

Now with Pres Trump attending and speaking, what Sec Hegseth had characterized at a short hour-long meeting will no likely go on for a couple hours. Or more.

Meanwhile, our top military leaders will be diverted from protecting the Country in order to listen to Pres Trump's rambling.



#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-09-28 06:08 PM | Reply

@#22

will no likely

-- should be --

will now likely

#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-09-28 06:17 PM | Reply

America is dead. Donnie and MAGA raped it to death.

Then beat the lifeless body for any spare change in it's pockets.

#24 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-09-29 07:11 AM | Reply

Retired US Army General Barry McCaffrey suggests that Dummkopf Trumpf "had no idea" that the comical SECDEF Pete "Hic!" Kegsbreath was recklessly convening the galaxy of 800 flag officers at Quantico, VA on 30 Sep and that Trumpf learned of it "horns in." This is plausible because the USSS seems to have been notified late and scrambled to secure the site, taking over security from USACID: www.rawstory.com

And the vastly underqualified sycophantic DNI Tulsi Gabbard did not notify the White House that she was revoking the security clearances of 37 senior USIC personnel, blind-siding the Dotard-in-Chief: www.theguardian.com

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US national security is in complete disarray thanks to the Trumpf junta. Gut arbet, those of you who voted for Dummkopf Trumpf on Tuesday, 5 Nov 2024.

#25 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-29 01:02 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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