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Pete Hegseth's Speech Was a Hyper-Macho Freak Show

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Sam Stein and Ben Parker give their takes on Pete Hegseth’s bizarre State of the Force address, from his “no fatties, no weirdos” vision for the military to his fixation on testosterone, wokeness and American universities.They also dig into Hegseth’s new Project Meridian, which will bring together Elon Musk, Palmer…

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