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Hegseth Puts DOD Employees on Notice, Show Your Work Or Face Further Review

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has instructed the Department of Defense’s (DOD) civilian workforce to comply with the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) request for productivity reports, reversing an earlier directive that told employees to ignore the email.

The directive, initiated under Elon Musk’s leadership at DOGE, requires civilian employees to list five accomplishments from the previous week.

On Sunday, Hegseth released a video explaining the change in policy.

“Our civilian patriots who dedicate themselves to defending this nation working for the Department of Defense are critical to our national security,” Hegseth stated.

“As we work to restore focus on DOD’s core warfighting mission under President Trump’s leadership, we recognize that we cannot accomplish that mission without the strong and important contributions of our civilian workforce.”

Elon Musk, who was appointed to oversee DOGE’s efficiency initiatives, acknowledged Hegseth’s video by sharing it on X.

He responded with “Much appreciated @SecDef Hegseth!” followed by a saluting emoji and an American flag emoji.

Hegseth formalized the directive in a memorandum issued on Friday, instructing all DOD civilian employees to respond to an upcoming email expected on Monday.

The email, sent from the DOD, will request employees to submit five bullet points detailing their achievements.

Employees have been directed to reply within 48 hours, including their supervisors in the response.

Hegseth clarified that these responses will be collected within the department to meet the requirements issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

This comes after OPM sent a similar request last weekend, which was initially met with resistance. The DOD’s Office of Personnel and Readiness had previously advised civilian employees to disregard the email.

However, after further coordination with OPM, the DOD is now requiring compliance with the directive.

“The Department of Defense initially paused this directive … but now requires all DOD civilian employees to submit five bullets on their previous week’s achievements,” Hegseth wrote in his memorandum.

Hegseth assured employees that the directive applies to all civilian personnel but emphasized that responses should not contain any sensitive or classified information.

He also noted that failure to comply may result in further review.

Monday’s email will serve as the official notification for employees to submit their reports, marking a shift in DOD’s approach to the productivity review process under DOGE’s oversight.

The initiative aligns with broader efforts by the Trump administration to streamline government operations and improve efficiency within federal agencies.

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Hillary Clinton’s Attack on Pete Hegseth Over Russia Backfires Spectacularly

    Hillary Clinton's Attack on Hegseth Over Russia Backfires Spectacularly

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth obliterated twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton after she accused him of cowering to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

    Clinton took to X to share an article written by Gizmodo titled, “Trump’s Defense Secretary Hegseth Orders Cyber Command to ‘Stand Down’ on All Russia Operations.”

    Trump administration is working overtime to reduce tension with Russia as Ukraine refuses to negotiate a peace deal.

    Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is calling for “boots on the ground” in Ukraine, but Clinton is attacking Hegseth for moving towards peace.

    “It appears that the U.S. no longer considers Russia a significant cyber threat, according to multiple new reports on a drastic policy reversal that has taken hold under the new Trump administration,” the Gizmodo article read.

    “The cybersecurity outlet The Record originally reported that under Trump’s new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, U.S. Cyber Command has been ordered to ‘stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.’ The outlet cites three anonymous sources who are familiar with the matter. The order reportedly does not apply to the National Security Agency,” the article continued.

    “Wouldn’t want to hurt Putin’s feelings,” Hillary wrote, taunting Hegseth.

    Hegseth responded with a picture of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton trying to “reset” relations with Russia.

    In 2009, Clinton announced that the Obama administration was going to push the reset button with the Russians.

    Clinton was famously photographed presenting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with a “reset” button, but she also managed to bungle that too.

    Clinton told NPR in 2014 that “the reset worked” with Russia.

    However, days later, Hillary told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that she was the “most skeptical” of the Russia “reset” policy.

    The damage Clinton made as head of the Department of State was enough for Americans, and thankfully, President Trump defeated her in 2016, ending her political career forever.

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    Elon Musk Explains How Soros’ “Non-Profits” Have Been Leeching Off U.S. Taxpayers for Years

      Elon Musk Explains How Soros' 'Non-Profits' Have Been Leeching Off U.S. Taxpayers for Years

      During a recent appearance, Joe Rogan, Elon Musk outlined how left-wing billionaire George Soros has been fleecing American taxpayers through his non-profit organizations (NGOs), which push his radical agendas across the United States and the world.

      The Tesla CEO, also leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), explained how Soros’ organizations lobby the U.S. government for millions in grants with zero accountability. Is it any wonder why the Democrats are running around like headless chickens as DOGE continues to expose their corruption?

      Indeed, DOGE may well be the final nail in the coffin for left’s ability to fund their political machine.

      “It’s a gigantic scam—one of the biggest, maybe the biggest scam ever,” Musk began.

      “And how many NGOs are there?” Joe Rogan asked.

      “I think the total number of NGOs is probably in the millions, but in terms of large NGOs—tens of thousands,” Musk replied.

      “It’s actually kind of a hack to the system where someone can get an NGO stood up for a fairly small amount of money. George Soros was really good at this. He’s like a system hacker. He figured out how to hack the system. He’s a genius at arbitrage. I mean, these days, he’s pretty old, but he was a genius at arbitrage.

      He figured out that you could leverage a small amount of money to create a nonprofit, then lobby politicians to send a ton of money to that nonprofit. So you can take what might be a $10 million donation to create a nonprofit and leverage that into a billion-dollar NGO.”*

      Musk continued:

      “And ‘nonprofit’ is a weird word. It’s just a non-governmental organization. The government continues to fund it every year, and it’ll have a nice-sounding name like The Institute for Peace or something like that. But really, it’s a graft machine.”

      “And what are the requirements for that money? What do they have to do?” Rogan asked.

      “Really, no requirements at all,” Musk stated.

      Watch:

      The Democrats’ game is up, the gravy train has finished, and they are losing their minds.

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      Ukrainian Ambassador’s Reaction to Zelenskyy’s Volatile Meeting with Trump Goes Viral

      Ukrainian Ambassador’s Reaction to Zelenskyy’s Volatile Meeting with Trump Goes Viral

      The fiery meeting on Friday between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy captured the tense moment when Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova realized the magnitude of the damage done. The viral moment showed Markarova appearing distraught, with her head in her hand, as Trump questioned Zelenskyy about not wanting a ceasefire with Russia in front of the entire world.

      Markarova lowered her head to her right hand and closed her eyes as Zelenskyy continued to dig a hole for himself in front of President Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Trump addressed Zelenskyy, saying, “You’re saying you don’t want a ceasefire. I want a ceasefire because you get a ceasefire faster than an agreement.”

      The Ukrainian president responded, “I said to you … with guarantees. Ask our people about [a] ceasefire, [about] what they think.”

      Trump immediately halted the conversation, saying, “That wasn’t with me.”

      The picture of Markarova’s reaction to the car crash meeting paints a thousand words, demonstrating just how badly Zelenskyy had damaged U.S.-Ukraine relations following his contentious approach to keeping the gravy train going.

      The CEO and co-founder of The Federalist published the moment in a post on the social media platform X.

      “The Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. appears to be the only Ukrainian in the room who understands how much damage Zelensky just did to his own cause,” Davis wrote. The confrontation ultimately ended with Zelenskyy being asked to leave the White House while the pending deal between Washington and Kyiv involving Ukrainian minerals was shelved.

      Whatever Markarova was hoping for in terms of the outcome of the meeting, this was perhaps one of her worst nightmares—and it was clearly evident:

      Perhaps the most notable and surreal part of the meeting was when Zelenskyy appeared to threaten America with consequences for not meeting his demands.

      “[There are] a lot of questions. Let’s start from the beginning. First of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you, but you have a nice ocean [in between], and don’t feel it now, but you will feel it in the future. God bless you,” Zelensky told Trump.

      As expected, Trump responded with fury:

      “Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel. We’re trying to solve a problem. Don’t tell us what we’re going to feel… because you’re in no position to dictate that,” he said. “Remember this, you’re in no position to dictate what we’re going to feel. We’re going to feel good. We’re gonna feel very good and very strong.”

      Not long after Zelenskyy was rushed out of the White House, Trump took to Truth Social, writing:

      “President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE.”

      Zelenskyy later posted to X, thanking America and Trump for their support and allowing the visit—perhaps coming to terms with the reality of what had just transpired.

      “Ukraine needs just and lasting peace, and we are working exactly for that,” he wrote in the post.

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      State Looks To Outlaw Sexually Explicit Materials In Schools & Libraries

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      North Dakota’s House received legislation Friday (Feb. 21) that could outlaw sexually explicit materials from schools and libraries in areas accessed by minors.

      Senate Bill 2307 passed through North Dakota’s Senate on a second reading with a 27 – 20 vote on Feb. 20. The bill is sponsored by Republican State Sen. Keith Boehm, and requires specific safety policies to be in place to protect minors from sexually explicit materials.

      The bill would also require North Dakota’s Attorney General to conduct a review of public libraries, school districts, and other state agencies to ensure compliance with the statues to protect children from sexual content. Complaints made against libraries alleging access of sexual materials to children will be investigated, and all funds to those institutions will be halted until the situation is rectified.

      Pro-Family Laws Are On The Rise

      Pro-family laws that protect children are on the rise across the country, and many are aimed at academic institutions. One key example is Texas Senate Bill 2, a pro-school choice legislation that is currently dividing Conservatives throughout the state, according to Politico. While many support the concept of school choice, there are concerns over a lack of accountability within the programs, particularly in relation to the allocation of funding and metrics used to rate overall success.

      Speaking to the intricate nature of the bill, Families Engaged for Effective Education activist Tracy Hanes noted that “Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) and vouchers are a Trojan horse for government control. By offering taxpayer-funded subsidies to private schools, virtual learning, and homeschool families, the government will ultimately dictate the terms of education in every sector. Once public funding enters, so do regulations, mandates, and oversight—eroding the very freedoms that make private and home education viable alternatives,” to Politico. “This isn’t “choice”—it’s a complete government takeover, turning students, teachers, and their data into commodities in a system that prioritizes profit and control over genuine learning and local autonomy. Public schools are already captive markets, and universal school choice would pull private and home educators into the same bureaucratic web, ensuring no child is truly free from government influence.”

      Supporters of SB2, and other school choice bills, note the importance of helping to fund private educational institutions and give low-income children the same opportunities as their higher-income peers. “We’re going to provide more funding and when this session ends we will provide more funding than ever in the history of our state for our public schools,” Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said of the bill.

      Importance Of Being Politically Active In Your State

      This rise in pro-family legislation centered on educational reform is coupled with a growing sentiment that Christ should be returned to our classrooms in 2025. States including North Dakota, Montana, Tennessee, Oklahoma and others are all poised to vote on bringing the Ten Commandments back to classrooms.

      Legislation across multiple states would mandate that schools display a poster of the Ten Commandments in every classroom, along with an explainer of their historical significance to the founding of the U.S. The Ten Commandments would also become part of the core curriculum.

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      Pete Hegseth Shuts Down Reporter’s Low Blow at Lt. Gen. Dan Caine

      Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made headlines Monday after swiftly shutting down a reporter’s question regarding President Donald Trump’s nomination of Air Force Lieutenant General Dan “Razin” Caine to replace General Charles “CQ” Brown as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

      The exchange took place at the Pentagon during a meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister, Prince Khalid bin Salman.

      During the press briefing, a reporter challenged Hegseth on Caine’s qualifications, asking, “Why did you select an underqualified retired lieutenant general to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?”

      Hegseth wasted no time dismissing the premise of the question. “I’m going to choose to reject your unqualified question. Who’s next?” he responded, moving on to the next topic.

      President Trump announced his decision to replace Brown and nominate Caine as his successor on Friday.

      The announcement was made on Truth Social, where Trump thanked Brown for his four decades of service before introducing his choice for the next leader of the Joint Chiefs.

      “I want to thank General Charles ‘CQ’ Brown for his over 40 years of service to our country, including as our current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He is a fine gentleman and an outstanding leader, and I wish a great future for him and his family,” Trump wrote.

      Trump praised Caine’s qualifications, highlighting his role in dismantling the ISIS caliphate during Trump’s first term.

      “General Caine is an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful entrepreneur, and a ‘warfighter’ with significant interagency and special operations experience,” Trump stated.

      Trump credited Caine for the rapid defeat of ISIS, a mission that many military leaders had predicted would take years.

      “Many so-called military ‘geniuses’ said it would take years to defeat ISIS. General Caine, on the other hand, said it could be done quickly, and he delivered,” Trump said.

      Trump’s announcement also took aim at the previous administration, noting that despite Caine’s extensive military credentials, he was overlooked for promotion under President Joe Biden.

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      Non-Woke U.S. Military Shatters a 15-Year Recruitment Record after Trump’s Victory without Aggressive Transgender Enrolment Campaigns

      Trump’s return to the White House has encouraged more Americans to join the military.

      In December 2024, nearly 350 soldiers were recruited per day, shattering a 15-year record. In January 2025, the army also continued to shatter records, breaking the Biden administration’s appalling downward trend.

      “Our Recruiters have one of the toughest jobs – inspiring the next generation of #Soldiers to serve.

      “Congratulations and keep up the great work!” The U.S. Army posted on X.

      Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth lauded the development, saying “America’s youth want to serve under the bold & strong “America First” leadership” of Donald Trump.

      When Hegseth was appointed, he promised to dismantle woke policies in the military that discouraged brave men from enlisting. Trump also promised to rid the military of 15,000 transgender soldiers by declaring them unfit to serve.

      “They would be medically discharged, which would determine that they were unfit to serve,” The Times reported.

      Trump and Hegseth’s promise to end the transgender ideology angered the Left, which claimed it would discourage nonbinary individuals from joining an already understaffed military. 

      “It would also lead to a ban on trans people joining the military and would come at a time when almost all branches of the American armed forces are failing to meet recruitment targets.”

      Nonetheless, Hegseth said removing woke ideology from the military would encourage the traditional military demographics to join, which has now been proven true.

      “There aren’t enough lesbians in San Fransisco to man the 82nd Airborne Division,” Hegseth said. “…and in trying to cater to that, they lost the boys in Tennessee and Kentucky and Oklahoma. The traditional dudes who did it because they wanted, they loved their country, or they wanted the adventure, or they wanted to try tough things….”

      He said most potential recruits took a wide berth at the military because they did not want to get involved in wokeism. “…if I wanted to do the woke cr*p, I could go to the local community college or local college. I don’t need it here.”

      Under Biden, the military made many sacrifices, including introducing a program that assisted potential recruits in overcoming academic and physical fitness barriers, of course, without “sacrificing quality for quantity.” However, attempting to attract non-traditional demographics who need to be accommodated to serve already sacrifices the military’s preparedness and readiness. Hegseth and Trump promised to prioritize the military’s preparedness instead of identity.

      In addition, the military carried out various outreach programs, which involved drag queens to attract potential non-binary recruits. Nonetheless, Biden’s military fell flat on its face in achieving recruitment targets, recording a 41,000 deficit in 2023. 

      However, it took the Trump administration barely two months to break a 15-year record without conducting recruitment campaigns. The only thing Trump did was rid the military of the destructive woke ideology that discouraged traditional recruits in favor of potential non-binary recruits in order to feel more welcoming. 

      Trump and Hegseth’s strategy seems to be working, and in a few years, the military will likely be turning down potential recruits due to over-enrolment.

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      Trump Keeps Major Campaign Promises In First Weeks

      President Donald Trump has held firm on a number of campaign promises to the American people, issuing a slew of Executive Orders (EO) in his first weeks in office, reshaping the future of our nation.

      Immigration & The Border

      Trump promised to fight the influx of illegal immigrants to the U.S., ending the Biden administration’s “catch-and-release” policy and restarting construction on the border wall. Within days of his second term in office, Trump issued orders designating the flood of immigrants as an “invasion,” ended birthright citizenship to children born of parents in the country illegally, and declared an emergency at our southern border, according to The Christian Post.

      Reversal Of DEI, Fighting The Climate Oligarchy

      In one order, Trump rescinded almost 80 EOs from the Biden administration, particularly those related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and climate change. He withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement and the World Health Organization. The Paris agreement is one of countless annual “agreements” that elected officials make to claim they’re doing something to “fight climate change.” Such agreements have existed for decades and led to absolutely no impact on the so-called “climate crisis.”

      Energy Independence

      The soaring cost of energy, thanks in large-part to the pro-climate lobby and the war between Russia and Ukraine, was another area Trump promised to tackle. On Jan. 20 he signed the EO “Unleashing Alaska’s Extraordinary Resource Potential.”

      “The State of Alaska holds an abundant and largely untapped supply of natural resources including, among others, energy, mineral, timber, and seafood. Unlocking this bounty of natural wealth will raise the prosperity of our citizens while helping to enhance our Nation’s economic and national security for generations to come,” the order stated. “By developing these resources to the fullest extent possible, we can help deliver price relief for Americans, create high-quality jobs for our citizens, ameliorate our trade imbalances, augment the Nation’s exercise of global energy dominance, and guard against foreign powers weaponizing energy supplies in theaters of geopolitical conflict.”

      No More Weaponization Of Federal Government

      Trump pardoned countless pro-life activists in his first week in office, ending a Biden-era trend of Christians being targeted by what many felt was a weaponized Department of Justice. Along with these pardons, Trump issued an EO stating that the “prior administration and allies throughout the country engaged in an unprecedented, third-world weaponization of prosecutorial power to upend the democratic process.” Another EO noted that the “previous administration trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans’ speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial coercive pressure on third parties, such as social media companies, to moderate, deplatform, or otherwise suppress speech that the Federal Government did not approve.” As a result, Trump signed the EO entitled “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship.”

      Tackling Gender Insanity

      Over the last four years, progressive lawmakers and activists have sought to destabilize American minds by pretending there are more than two genders: male and female. In an EO titled “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” Trump ordered that sex be defined as “an individual’s immutable biological classification as either male or female.” The order also stated that all inmates be housed in prisons aligned with their sex, and not their self-identified “gender identity.” 

      He then ordered that ” it is the policy of the United States that it will not fund, sponsor, promote, assist, or support the so-called ‘transition’ of a child from one sex to another, and it will rigorously enforce all laws that prohibit or limit these destructive and life-altering procedures.”

      Military Support

      Trump further signed a slew of orders related to the U.S. military, including one that reinstates more than 8,000 servicemembers who lost their jobs for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. The military will also return to a merit-based social hierarchy where people will be promoted based on their success, not their gender or skin color.

      Election Interference

      “Holding Former Government Officials Accountable for Election Interference and Improper Disclosure of Sensitive Governmental Information” is the title of another of Trump’s EO, this time focused on ” (i) the former intelligence officials who engaged in misleading and inappropriate political coordination with the 2020 Biden presidential campaign; and (ii) John R. Bolton.” 

      “In the closing weeks of the 2020 Presidential campaign, at least 51 former intelligence officials coordinated with the Biden campaign to issue a letter discrediting the reporting that President Joseph R. Biden’s son had abandoned his laptop at a computer repair business.  Signatories of the letter falsely suggested that the news story was part of a Russian disinformation campaign,” the EO notes, before detailing the importance of data from the intelligence community that is “accurate, crafted with professionalism, and free from politically motivated engineering to affect political outcomes.”

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      Mexico Caves, Orders 10,000 Troops to Border; Trump Tariff On Hold 

      President Donald Trump has a knack for making deals.

      In another impressive show of diplomatic power, Donald Trump announced on Monday that his 25% tariff on Mexico worked exactly as it was intended.

      After a call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico will deploy 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to combat fentanyl trafficking and illegal immigration.

      The 30 day respite from the tariff will allow for high-level negotiations between the two countries on a more robust border plan, with discussions headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

      Trump is moving so fast with his repeated wins that Democrats can’t even keep up.

      https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1886443634821841200

      Senator Chuck Schumer tried desperately to put a negative spin on the Trump Tariffs over the weekend, arguing that they’ll ruin Super Bowl Sunday by raising the prices of beer and guacamole.

      I guess the Super Bowl guacamole and Coronas won’t be affected. Thank goodness.

      Don’t believe anything Democrats and the media tell you. They tried to say that the Trump Tariffs would cripple our nation.

      https://twitter.com/MediasLies/status/1886447397191987475
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      Woke Harridan Preacher Tries to Humiliate Trump in National Cathedral

      The election of Donald Trump was only the beginning of a chance that the U.S. now has to tack back toward a normal and sane kind of politics. The country lurched so hard to the left over the past 15 years–and beyond into actual clinical insanity–that one election is not going to reset the board overnight. It will be years, perhaps a generation or longer, before “woke” is really rooted out of nearly every business, civic, and cultural institution. 

      The hardest left voters and agitators truly believe they are “on the right side of history.” They truly believe that only they are moral, and that everyone to the right of them is fully and incurably immoral. Their minds work in black and white, all-good and all-bad. In psychiatric literature, this kind of thinking is called “splitting.” One “splits” another person into an all-wonderful or all-evil caricature of a whole human person. Splitting is a prominent feature of conditions like borderline personality disorder, a character disorder that includes emotional instability, histrionic emotions and accusations, and the false idea that one is a perpetual victim of others. 

      To a close approximation, we can diagnose the U.S. as having a longstanding case of borderline personality disorder, at least the left half of the country. 

      So it should be no surprise that on his second day in office, President Donald Trump and his wife Melania were the subject of an attempted humiliation from the pulpit. Preacher Mariann Budde stood at the lectern of the National Cathedral and excoriated Trump as he sat there, accusing him of frightening “trans kids” and illegal aliens. Naturally, Budde features what you might call the “modern mental illness presentation” affected by leftist women. Short, angry gray hair, deliberately awkward glasses, and the put-on “gentle mouse” voice used to cover over a vicious and hysterical rhetorical attack. 

      Check it out: 

      Budde claims there are “gay lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and Independent families. . .some who fear for their lives.”

      “And the people, the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals, they they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation,” she added.

      This type of rhetoric is just insane. It’s not a difference of opinion. It’s insanity, if we define insanity as a complete disconnection from the objective real world. The hack even even went on CNN after to defend her comments.

      Frankly, it is impossible to believe that Mariann Budde genuinely believes that Donald Trump is a threat to the lives and continued state of being alive to “LGBTQ” people. But she is willing to claim that she believes this, which is at least as disturbing as the possibility that she takes her own hysteria seriously. 

      One thing’s certain; Twitter/X users don’t: 

      Buckle up, friends. There’s going to be more of this before there’s less.


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