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BUCKNACKT'S SORDID TAWDRY BLOG We should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive & well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate, bier or wein in hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WHOO-HOO, WHAT A RIDE!!!!!!"
06 March 2026
MOTHER JONES DAILY: Trump to Mass Death: Shrug ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, 10 Worst Crises You Won’t See in Headlines (But Should), Violent. Anti-abortion. Anti-trans. Posts from Trump’s new DHS pick preview more of the same., Google’s sneaky trick to sidestep an Iowa county’s data center zoning rules, “Downright disgraceful”: Gillibrand demands evacuation plan for Americans stranded in war zone, Inside the latest, and scariest, iteration of America’s endless abortion wars 6MAR26
05 March 2026
Commander claimed Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to cause Armageddon’ to justify Iran strikes: Complaint 4MAR26
The anonymous complaint was provided to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation by one of the NCOs in attendance at the Monday briefing on behalf of 15 troops – 11 of whom were Christians, one Muslim, one Jewish, and two atheists – and was first reported by freelance journalist Jonathan Larsen on his Substack.
The NCO said of the commander: “He urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.”
He added that the superior “had a big grin on his face when he said all of this, which made his message seem even more crazy.”
MRFF said the complaint was one of more than 200 it has received since the joint U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran began in the early hours of Saturday morning.
“Anytime Israel or the U.S. is involved in the Middle East, we get this stuff about Christian nationalists who’ve taken over our government, and certainly our U.S. military,” Mikey Weinstein, MRFF’s president and a U.S. Air Force veteran, told The Guardian.
“Military members are not really able to stand up for themselves, because your military superior is not your shift manager at Starbucks.”
Weinstein told Military.com that his organization had already had “ well in excess of 200” complaints from “well in excess of 50 installations,” adding: “They are continuing to come in everywhere.”
“What we’ve been saying forever, if you look back in history whenever you’ve merged any sort of religious fanaticism with the machinery of the state that conducts war, we do not end up with little babbling brooks, creeks, streams, ponds or lakes. We end up with one thing: oceans and oceans of blood.”
Weinstein noted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s hard-line Christianity, which has included holding monthly prayer services at the Pentagon and reportedly attending a church in Washington, D.C., associated with Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson.
“Why is anybody surprised? Hegseth makes it clear, ‘Here’s the template that we want,’” he said. “That fully encourages one of those Christian nationalists, commanders and members of the chain of command – whether they believe it or not. They know it’s a way to get ahead, to try to rationalize [the mission].”
Last summer, the Pentagon was forced to clarify that Hegseth does believe women have the right to vote after the secretary posted a video on social media in which another pastor, Jared Longshoreman, expressed his support for scrapping the 19th Amendment.
Trump himself has often cut an unconvincing figure on matters of faith.
He famously struggled to name a favorite passage from scripture in an August 2019 interview with Bloomberg and has sold “God Bless the U.S.A.”-branded copies of the Bible, which takes its name from a patriotic country song by Lee Greenwood and includes the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Pledge of Allegiance thrown in for good measure.
Trump’s edition of the Good Book is printed in China, retails for $59.99, or $1,000 for a signed copy, and is available in pink-and-gold and camouflage editions.
04 March 2026
VIDEO: drumpf / trump on US service members deaths in war on Iran and ballroom drapes & Hegseth plans to join a campaign rally in the home district of a soldier killed in the Iran war. 4MAR26
VIDEO explaining war on Iran & Pentagon Pete Flunks First Big Test With Misfiring War Rant & Convicted Jan. 6 Rioter Invited to Pentagon War Briefing 2&3MAR26
THIS is disgusting and repulsive but not surprising considering the no class performance of Sec of Defense fascist fotze trunt petie lola hegseth. Rep fascist fotze trunt zach nunn r-IA shows he is as no class as hegseth, using the death of Sgt Declan J Coady, one of his constituents, in the illegal and immoral war on Iran as a campaign fundraiser, charging $26.00 for general admission but a $1,000.00 to $3500.00 ticket will get you various vip access and goodies. God be with the families and loved ones of these brave soldiers sacrificed for the ego and greed of the 5 time draft dodger NOT MY pres drumpf / trump. From Mother Jones and the New York Times.....
Hegseth plans to join a campaign rally in the home district of a soldier killed in the Iran war.
Reporting from the Capitol
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is scheduled to headline a “Top Gun”-themed political fund-raiser next week for a Republican congressman whose constituent was among the four American soldiers killed in the opening hours of the war with Iran. All four service members had been stationed in the district before deployment.
The event, on behalf of Representative Zach Nunn, who is facing a potentially competitive re-election race, comes as the secretary has signaled he expects more U.S. casualties in the broadening regional conflict.
Four Army Reserve soldiers assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command in Mr. Nunn’s Des Moines district were killed by an Iranian drone in Kuwait on Sunday. The fallen soldiers included Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20, who was a resident of Des Moines; Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Nebraska; and Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of Minnesota.
In promotional materials, the event is billed as “Operation Top Nunn — A Salute to the Troops!” and themed after the action-adventure movie “Top Gun.” On Tuesday, hours before the Pentagon released the names of four out of the six U.S. troops killed after the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, Mr. Nunn announced the secretary would attend.
Democrats are eyeing Mr. Nunn’s seat as one they could potentially flip in November’s midterm elections.
“WINGMAN CONFIRMED,” Mr. Nunn, a colonel in the Air Force Reserve, posted on social media, adding that the event Mr. Hegseth planned to join would be “a tribute to the brave men and women who wear the uniform and defend our freedom.” Tickets for the event in Ankeny, Iowa, on March 14, start at $26, but those who pay $1,000 or $3,500 also gain admittance to a V.I.P. reception.
The release of the names of the soldiers killed came Tuesday night as lawmakers were in a classified briefing on the military operation in Iran. Several congressional Republicans said their deaths were the cost of war, echoing Mr. Hegseth.
“This is really tough stuff,” said Senator Jim Justice, Republican of West Virginia, on Wednesday. “But when you go into a conflict like this, you’re going to have casualties.”
Mr. Nunn said in an interview on Tuesday evening that the soldiers died countering a “clear and direct threat from Iran” and to “prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon that could potentially take the entire world into a nuclear holocaust.”
He said he had directly asked Mr. Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in the closed-door meeting how the Trump administration would support the families of the soldiers who died.
The Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment on the secretary attending the campaign event. A spokesman for the congressman declined to comment on the details of the event on Wednesday but confirmed the secretary still planned to attend.
Several Republicans declined to comment on whether the defense secretary should be fund-raising during an ongoing military conflict in the Middle East that has so far killed six U.S. troops and injured others.
But Democrats said the event was inappropriate.
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, said it was “disrespectful and unseemly when he and the president acknowledge there’s going to be probably many more victims to come.”
Mr. Hegseth suggested Wednesday that the media had focused too much on the death of service members since Mr. Trump launched the attacks over the weekend and not enough on the outcomes of the mission.
“We’ve taken control of Iran’s airspace and waterways without boots on the ground,” he told reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday. “We control their fate. But when a few drones get through, or tragic things happen, it’s front page news. I get it. The press only wants to make the president look bad; but try, for once, to report the reality.”
Representative Scott Franklin, Republican of Florida, said he had personally met Captain Khork, his constituent, and called his death a “tragic loss.”
He added that he supported the president’s sweeping air campaign on Iran but that he would want Mr. Trump to seek congressional authorization before any potential deployment of ground troops.
“There are costs associated with war,” he said. “That’s why we need to be very careful before we ever getting involved in something like this.”