r/politics • u/T_Shurt • 19h ago

Possible Paywall Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead Military

https://newrepublic.com/post/216045/pete-hegseth-elon-musk-newt-gingrich-help-lead-military
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u/VariationDry 19h ago

This is the stupidest thing I have read all month.

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u/AbsolutelyNotAPossum 19h ago

And that's *really* saying something given how the month has gone.

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u/Leading_Scholar2688 19h ago

Last day too

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u/bemad4483 18h ago

“Wake me up, when September ends”

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u/html5billion 16h ago

I'll stay asleep, thank you

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u/ghast123 Ohio 15h ago

Yeah, you know what? This time, just let me sleep.

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u/GrandOldCheese 13h ago

Bad news: October is no better.

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u/Silly_Rub_6304 16h ago

no comma

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u/rationalhippy 14h ago

It distinguishes the sentence from “Wake me, up when September ends” /j

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u/NuclearLunchDectcted Oregon 15h ago

Oh man I have some bad news for you about what that song meant.

Also, as a tech person, the phrase 'Eternal September' is stuck in my mind

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u/DaoFerret I voted 10h ago

If it helps, Eternal September was the first thing I thought of also.

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u/Bandin03 13h ago

For some reason (intoxication) I couldn't think of the melody of that song and just got stuck with the tune of wake me up, before you go go.

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u/BamberGasgroin 12h ago

Green Day too

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u/OhhMyAi 15h ago

Prophetic

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u/mobileagnes Pennsylvania 13h ago

Unfortunately, it's not going to end!

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u/Ashamed-Status-9668 7h ago

Good morning. It’s over.

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 17h ago

Just wait for the October Surprise...

(By the way, just a friendly reminder that the stupidity and incompetence is the point).

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u/DukeOfGeek 15h ago

It's like they asked AI who the worst/most incompetent people to do the job would be and it actually did what they asked correctly.

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u/iminlovewithbadthing 19h ago

Well i am reading this 2:30am on Oct 1st so yep. Stupidest thing so far.

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u/wirefox1 17h ago

New Zealand?

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u/iminlovewithbadthing 13h ago

Heh i wished, just central europe

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u/Counterpoint-4 18h ago

First day here and I hope it doesn't get outdone!

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u/kyrant Australia 16h ago

It's the 1st of October here, so it reads funnier.

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u/Ax_Dk 17h ago

Depends where you are - its the 1st Oct here already

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u/mxcn3 12h ago

It's already October 1st here, so it's off to a great start.