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Pete Hegseth’s press crackdown smells like a coverup
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I wonder if he's still drinking heavily. I assume many members of the administration are drunk or high, at least some of the time.
Hegseth, Patel, ... Maybe I imagined it, but I think Bessent referred to the Strait of Hormuz as the Strait of Vermouth.
Would explain a lot. Sobering thought.
I assume that a handful of members of the administration are sober at any given time, but that's an assumption of hope, not confidence.