Hegseth goes after fellow Republicans in bigoted purge

Top Stories for June 8:

Mormons and Utah Republicans rage as Pentagon no longer counts church as Christian under Hegseth religion list purge
Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth shook things up over the weekend and whittled down the list of the Pentagon’s recognized religions from 200 to just 31, lumping some into general categories while eliminating others altogether. Mormons have taken particular issue with the decision to formally separate the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from Christianity and label it as a standalone faith.

Context is everything, folks. Hegseth, you may recall, is an avowed member of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), a radical, right-wing, Protestant fringe faith that views Mormonism as a heretical, non-Christian cult. CREC co-founder Doug Wilson, a spiritual guru of sorts for Hegseth, has gone on the record claiming that, in the United States, only Christians are qualified to hold political office. Connect the very basic dots and you can see why Mormons just might have a bit of a problem with this new classification.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump lawyers face criminal charges in new update
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes just announced that she will be re-presenting criminal charges to a grand jury for more than a dozen GOP officials and activists — including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows — involved in the fraudulent scheme to give 2020 electors to Donald Trump. It feels like a million years ago, but theft is theft and fraud is fraud. May justice and accountability win the day.

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Paralympian Democrat Josh Turek goes for gold in must-win Senate race in Iowa
Josh Turek for US Senate: Josh Turek is a two-time Paralympic gold medalist for Team USA and self-described “prairie populist” currently representing the reddest state House seat held by a Democrat in all of Iowa. The same grit and determination that helped Josh overcome 21 surgeries by the age of 12 to become a US Paralympian will serve him — and all of Iowa — well in the US Senate, but he needs our help to win back the open seat currently held by retiring Republican Joni Ernst. Will you chip in to help Josh flip this critical seat back into the blue column and send an unmistakable message to Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress that a new day is dawning in America?

Trump claims Israel and Iran are “looking to do an immediate ceasefire” as escalating strikes intensify
Donald has clearly grown weary and disinterested with his catastrophic war of choice in the Middle East and is hitting the hope hookah a little harder to try to make the mess just go away. The MAGA cult leader took to Truth Social last night following reports of escalating strikes between Israel and Iran and claimed that both sides are, in fact, “looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE!”

He continued, “Final negotiations on ‘Peace’ are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.” No word on exactly who who “ignorance” and “stupidity” are in this modern tragedy, but at least we know who’s trying to bring the comic relief.

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Trump laughably dismisses notion that Iran debacle betrays his “no new wars” campaign pledge
Prior to storming off set like a spoiled brat during his “Meet the Press” interview on Sunday, America’s imbecile-in-chief claimed with a straight face that his “little excursion” in Iran did not betray his campaign pledge of “no new wars,” a message he beat like a kettle drum for the better part of 2024.

Donald also weirdly tried his hand with a “these aren’t the droids you’re looking for” Jedi mind trick and told NBC News’ Kristen Welker that, in fact, he never guaranteed “no war” in the first place. This all makes sense so long as you ignore what your ears have plainly and repeatedly heard or simply reject the definitions of basic words like “no,” “new,” and “war.”

Trump regime axed screwworm monitoring program before parasite reached Texas
In 2025, Elon Musk and his vacuous gang of DOGE morons terminated USAID-funded projects operated by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, including some that specifically monitored and helped contain New World screwworm in Central America. Because actions have consequences — and because petulant, ketamine-addled man-toddlers have NO business meddling in federal policy — screwworm is officially back in the good ol’ US of A.

After decades of successful eradication efforts, US officials have confirmed two cases in Texas livestock and are now rushing to prevent the flesh-eating pest from spreading further.

Never ones to miss the chance to peddle their xenophobia, goons in the Trump regime are blaming the screwworm’s arrival on Central American migrants who crossed the southern border during the Biden administration. As is always the case, the buck stops literally everywhere except on Donald’s desk.

Conservative-led group torches Trump’s cost-of-living record in new ad blitz
Home of the Brave, a group of prominent, anti-Trump conservatives, just launched a $15 million “Sticker Shock Summer” ad campaign pointing the finger squarely at the MAGA cult leader for making everyday life more expensive for ordinary Americans. Hundreds of billboards across 16 states will soon pop up seeking to educate frustrated voters who just might be wondering why literally everything in their lives costs so damn much these days.

Trump rages at “CROOKED” counting of California ballots after Republican Spencer Pratt falls behind Democrat Nithya Raman in LA mayor’s race
Look, we get it. Counting is tedious. And who wouldn’t want to just arbitrarily call a race when their preferred candidate is momentarily in the lead? Oh, wait — people who believe in representative democracy, that’s who.