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applegrove

(131,746 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 06:48 PM 16 hrs ago

Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab. The Defense Department went on a $93 billion

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Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The Defense Department went on a billion spending spree in 2025. ...

US Political Politics News 💙🌈🦋The Fighting Liberal (@us-political-news.bsky.social) 2026-03-09T22:25:29Z
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Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab. The Defense Department went on a $93 billion (Original Post) applegrove 16 hrs ago OP
Asshat for SO many reasons! electric_blue68 16 hrs ago #1
Ha ha ha ha ha ha, OMG this administration sucks so bad. Initech 16 hrs ago #2
Over 20 million for lobster and 🦀 for defense cabinet heads questionseverything 16 hrs ago #3
Just fawk them all!!!!!!! a kennedy 16 hrs ago #4
Not to mention the 1 million dead from killing USAID. Maru Kitteh 14 hrs ago #10
tRump has officially re-defined the term "SHITSHOW" to the point where... Blue Owl 16 hrs ago #5
I'm sure the party of fiscal responsibility will get right on this. progressoid 15 hrs ago #6
in the meantime Skittles 15 hrs ago #7
How is that even possible? PatSeg 14 hrs ago #8
All the wrong ones. Thieves and scoundrels get in for free. calimary 13 hrs ago #14
We need a fucking moratorium on paying taxes until this shit gets investigated and corrected. chowder66 14 hrs ago #9
Impeach superpatriotman 14 hrs ago #11
The conduct of many justifies a large tax on the rich. BidenRocks 13 hrs ago #12
Waste, fraud, and abuse is just the way the Defense, excuse me, War Department has always been run dflprincess 13 hrs ago #13
If I ever again hear the words "fraud, waste, and abuse" drop from the lips of a Republican, well... 0rganism 13 hrs ago #15

questionseverything

(11,740 posts)
3. Over 20 million for lobster and 🦀 for defense cabinet heads
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 06:59 PM
16 hrs ago

And they cut hungry kids food stamps to pay for it

a kennedy

(35,819 posts)
4. Just fawk them all!!!!!!!
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 07:04 PM
16 hrs ago

Have I said that I hate and totally despise this whole gawd damn administration!!!!!! 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

Blue Owl

(58,888 posts)
5. tRump has officially re-defined the term "SHITSHOW" to the point where...
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 07:06 PM
16 hrs ago

what was previously considered a 'shitshow' is now, by comparison, a well-organized, coherent, responsible display of competence

chowder66

(12,149 posts)
9. We need a fucking moratorium on paying taxes until this shit gets investigated and corrected.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 08:20 PM
14 hrs ago

I'm sick of seeing our tax dollars being hoarded, abused and stolen.

BidenRocks

(3,161 posts)
12. The conduct of many justifies a large tax on the rich.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 09:12 PM
13 hrs ago

Someone has to pay the debt and we sure didn't profit.
75% tax rate.
Just like the good old days!

dflprincess

(29,316 posts)
13. Waste, fraud, and abuse is just the way the Defense, excuse me, War Department has always been run
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 09:26 PM
13 hrs ago

and no one ever questions it.

0rganism

(25,577 posts)
15. If I ever again hear the words "fraud, waste, and abuse" drop from the lips of a Republican, well...
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 10:04 PM
13 hrs ago

... I really don't know what I'll do, but whatever it turns out to be will be done from a place of righteous outrage.

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