Rebecca Traister

And that's one of the things I keep thinking about as they, you know, I listened last week to stuff about how this new it was specific to the candidate who's going to be our secretary of defense, but it was also obviously more broadly about how they want to present. I heard about a warrior ethos. There are no more soldiers.

There are war fighters about, and like the entire argument was for this question of whether this person was going to be a qualified secretary of defense where there was no affirmative argument made about him. Truly like you can, you know, You could look at somebody like Brett Kavanaugh, who should never have been confirmed to the Supreme Court and been like, well, at least he understands law.

There are war fighters about, and like the entire argument was for this question of whether this person was going to be a qualified secretary of defense where there was no affirmative argument made about him. Truly like you can, you know, You could look at somebody like Brett Kavanaugh, who should never have been confirmed to the Supreme Court and been like, well, at least he understands law.

There are war fighters about, and like the entire argument was for this question of whether this person was going to be a qualified secretary of defense where there was no affirmative argument made about him. Truly like you can, you know, You could look at somebody like Brett Kavanaugh, who should never have been confirmed to the Supreme Court and been like, well, at least he understands law.

I mean, you know, like badly. Like there's no like Pete Hegsath. Well, he's really good at this. There's literally no argument for him. And so the argument that was being made was that he loved Jesus and that he hated DEI. And that was the entirety of his confirmation hearing.

I mean, you know, like badly. Like there's no like Pete Hegsath. Well, he's really good at this. There's literally no argument for him. And so the argument that was being made was that he loved Jesus and that he hated DEI. And that was the entirety of his confirmation hearing.

I mean, you know, like badly. Like there's no like Pete Hegsath. Well, he's really good at this. There's literally no argument for him. And so the argument that was being made was that he loved Jesus and that he hated DEI. And that was the entirety of his confirmation hearing.

But that was really instructive because it was every argument that was made for this guy was actually an argument against inclusion, against racial equality, against gender equality, against ways of looking at the world that had in any way diminished the power of the kind of person who'd had power throughout this country's history.

But that was really instructive because it was every argument that was made for this guy was actually an argument against inclusion, against racial equality, against gender equality, against ways of looking at the world that had in any way diminished the power of the kind of person who'd had power throughout this country's history.

But that was really instructive because it was every argument that was made for this guy was actually an argument against inclusion, against racial equality, against gender equality, against ways of looking at the world that had in any way diminished the power of the kind of person who'd had power throughout this country's history.

And so that thing that you just described about the inability to acknowledge the victor, I think begins... here with the right. And they have just extracted a victory and a real victory. And I want to also heed your advice and say, right, they won. And I think that's sort of what we're talking about, which is like, let's sit and look.

And so that thing that you just described about the inability to acknowledge the victor, I think begins... here with the right. And they have just extracted a victory and a real victory. And I want to also heed your advice and say, right, they won. And I think that's sort of what we're talking about, which is like, let's sit and look.

And so that thing that you just described about the inability to acknowledge the victor, I think begins... here with the right. And they have just extracted a victory and a real victory. And I want to also heed your advice and say, right, they won. And I think that's sort of what we're talking about, which is like, let's sit and look.

Here's where the hope and possibly a naive hope and also one that does not want to diminish. This is what I was saying at the very beginning about long term optimism, maybe a stretch, but long term hope versus short term terror and eyes open reckoning with reality.

Here's where the hope and possibly a naive hope and also one that does not want to diminish. This is what I was saying at the very beginning about long term optimism, maybe a stretch, but long term hope versus short term terror and eyes open reckoning with reality.

Here's where the hope and possibly a naive hope and also one that does not want to diminish. This is what I was saying at the very beginning about long term optimism, maybe a stretch, but long term hope versus short term terror and eyes open reckoning with reality.

OK, and this is what I'm going to try to balance here, because I think Brittany's this is where we're sort of talking about the same thing, which is what is clearly what these victors are doing when I say that that they were unable to accept the defeats of the mid-20th century. This is exactly what I'm talking about.

OK, and this is what I'm going to try to balance here, because I think Brittany's this is where we're sort of talking about the same thing, which is what is clearly what these victors are doing when I say that that they were unable to accept the defeats of the mid-20th century. This is exactly what I'm talking about.

OK, and this is what I'm going to try to balance here, because I think Brittany's this is where we're sort of talking about the same thing, which is what is clearly what these victors are doing when I say that that they were unable to accept the defeats of the mid-20th century. This is exactly what I'm talking about.

So they are gonna come and they're gonna beat them in all the language, man, all the language. This is, again, I'm in Hegseth world, but the torture is akin to the rape. You know, we now have affirmative action for rapists in this administration, and we only hire men who've sexually assaulted people, right? This is like a job requirement in the Trump administration, right?