DoomsdaysCW<p>A New Crusade? Trump Taps <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianNationalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> & <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MikeHuckabee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeHuckabee</span></a> to Top Posts </p><p>November 15, 2024<br>via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> </p><p>"Concerns are mounting over Trump’s pick to lead the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> host and military veteran Pete Hegseth. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> is a vocal opponent of the military’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/multiculturalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multiculturalism</span></a> and decision to allow women to serve in combat, promises to purge the military of generals disloyal to Trump and sports tattoos connected with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoNazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoNazi</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteNationalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteNationalist</span></a> movements. 'Here’s a man who wrote a book declaring his intention to wage, not metaphorical, but actual war within the United States,' says Jeff Sharlet, an expert on the rise of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarRightExtremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRightExtremism</span></a> in the United States. Sharlet explains how Hegseth and Mike <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Huckabee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Huckabee</span></a>, Trump’s choice for U.S. ambassador to Israel, have <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianNationalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalist</span></a> and Christian <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionist</span></a> views that ultimately work to whip up animosity toward domestic enemies of the far right."</p><p>Watch / listen / read transcript:<br><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/15/jeff_sharlet_pete_hegseth_pentagon_extremism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2024/11/15/je</span><span class="invisible">ff_sharlet_pete_hegseth_pentagon_extremism</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ViewerSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViewerSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianCoalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianCoalition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianZionists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianZionists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HR9495</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectEsther" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectEsther</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a></p>