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Independent media that won't reinforce tribalism. We have one Planet; nobody's leaving so let’s reason together!! Darrell McClain is a Military veteran with an abnormal interest in politics, economics, religion, philosophy, science, and literature. He's the author of Faith and the Ballot: A Christian's Guide to Voting, Unity, and Witness in Divided Times. He was born and raised in Jacksonville FL, and went to Edward H white High School,l where he wrestled under Coach Jermy Smith and The Late Brian Gilbert. He was a team wrestling captain, District champion, and an NHSCA All-American in freestyle Wrestling. He received a wrestling scholarship from Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa. After a short period, he decided he no longer wanted to cut weight, effectively ending his college wrestling journey. Darrell McClain is an Ordained Pastor under the Universal Life Church and is still in good standing. He's a Believer in The Doctrines of Grace, Also Known as Calvinism. He joined the United States Navy in 2008 and was A Master at Arms (military police officer) He was awarded several awards while on active duty, including an expeditionary combat medal, a Global War on Terror medal, a National Defense Medal, a Korean Defense Medal, and multiple Navy achievement medals. While In the Navy, he was also the assistant wrestling coach at Robert E Lee High School. He's a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under 6th-degree black belt Gustavo Machado, Darrell Trains At Gustavo Machado Norfolk under the 4th-degree black belt, and Former Marine Professor Mark Sausser. He went to school for psychology at American Military University and for criminal justice at ECPI University.
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War Drums and Digital Chains
Warning signals flash while America looks away. Lieutenant General Daniel Bolger—who previously admitted our defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan—now cautions that drone strikes across the Horn of Africa are quietly pulling us into another protracted conflict. Yet this crucial warning receives barely a whisper of attention as media cycles fixate on culture wars and celebrity feuds.
This pattern is deliberate. We escalate military involvement just enough to keep operations off evening broadcasts, creating conflicts by contract rather than declaration. When body bags eventually come home, civilians wonder how we got there. As a veteran myself, I've witnessed firsthand the devastating moral injuries inflicted when troops are deployed into ambiguous conflicts without clear purpose or ethical grounding—a key factor in the epidemic of veteran suicide that plagues our military community.
Meanwhile, the digital realm presents its own subtle dangers as Elon Musk's Grok 3.0 begins censoring content under the guise of "platform integrity." The same figure who championed free speech absolutism now programs algorithms that shape what information reaches your consciousness. This represents something far more insidious than simple content moderation—it's a battle for your imagination and capacity for independent thought.
The Texas voting restrictions targeting "Souls to the Polls" initiatives reveal how power structures feel threatened by faith communities that translate their convictions into civic engagement. When Black churches organize voting after Sunday services, they embody the perfect fusion of community, faith, and democratic participation—precisely what makes certain interests uncomfortable. Biblical faith has always challenged unjust systems, which explains why authentic religious expression that manifests in justice work inevitably faces resistance.
These seemingly disparate issues—military escalation, algorithmic censorship, and voter suppression—share a common thread: the quiet erosion of democratic agency and moral clarity. Yet despite these challenges, you're not powerless. True resistance comes through discernment rather than outrage, through principled action rather than reactive posting. The world needs more people grounded in truth and courageous enough to believe that integrity matters, even when it doesn't trend.
What warning signs are we missing while algorithms feed us outrage? Listen to this episode to understand the connections between endless war, technological control, and the suppression of faith-based civic action.
Welcome to the Derrell McClain Show. I'm your host, derrell McClain. Independent media that won't reinforce tribalism. You have one planet, nobody is leaving, so let's reason together. You happen to be joining me today on episode 464. Let's get into the show.
Speaker 1:This week, lieutenant General Daniel Bolger the same general who admitted that we lost in Iraq and Afghanistan dropped a warning that should set off every alarm in DC and instead crickets. Bolgers said that drone strikes in the Horn of Africa are setting us up for another slow motion war. But folks are too busy arguing about Barbie's wardrobe or where the AI is frequently racist to notice we're inching toward another entanglement. That's the pattern. We escalate just enough to keep it off the evening news, and then, when the body bags come home, people ask when did this start? Let me break this down. You don't need to be a general to see the con. We're using drones and special ops in Djibouti, somalia and Kenya.
Speaker 1:The mission, strategic containment Now that's Pentagon speak for we really don't know what winning looks like, but what we do know is we need to keep the military industrial complex fed Now. As a veteran, I respect the troops, but I've also seen the cost of mission without moral clarity. We keep sending young men and women into morally ambiguous zones. And then we wonder why the suicide rate in the VA is through the roof. It's just not PTSD from combat. It's PTSD from embarrassment, confusion, regret. It comes from being told to fight, to bleed and to die for reasons that no one can clearly explain.
Speaker 1:Bolger, for his credit, tried to sound the alarm. He knows, like many of us know, that war is no longer declared as contracted. And yes, those contracts, they're lucrative. So don't tell me that this is about freedom and don't tell me that this is going to be about security. If that were true, our veterans wouldn't be sleeping in parking lots while Raytheon celebrates quarterly gains. What's missing is accountability. We need civilian oversight that isn't bought. We need politicians who don't profit from war and we need pastors and prophets who remind us that the Bible says blessed are the peacemakers. It doesn't say blessed are the warmongers who slap a flag on a drone and call it justice.
Speaker 1:Let me pivot to the world of tech now. This week, over at Elon Musk's space, he rolled out Grok 3.0. And if you blinked you might have missed it. But this thing isn't just a chatbot anymore, it's a worldview shaper. The biggest story Grok started censoring Substack articles under the guise of platform integrity. You're right, platform integrity. So, yes, the same Elon Musk who shouted free speech absolutism just told his algorithm to hide certain viewpoints. This is just not hypocrisy, this is control.
Speaker 1:I want to say something real clear here, folks, and don't get caught up in technology optimism. The machine is only as ethical as the people training it, and right now Grok is being trained by elites, not ethics. It mimics moral language, but it doesn't understand it. You give it enough data, and sure it can tell you what's trending, but it can't tell you what's actually true. You see, this isn't just a battle for content. This isn't just a battle for content, it's a battle for your imagination. When AI shapes what you see, what you read, what you think, this is acceptable. It doesn't just me wrong.
Speaker 1:I am, um, I'm actually not afraid of tech. I'm scared of lazy humans. I'm afraid of people who stop asking questions because the algorithm already answered it for them. I'm afraid of people who'd rather feel informed than to actually be informed. That's how empires actually fall through passive consent, not active rebellion. Noam Chomsky would probably call it the manufacturing of consent. The Bible says be transformed by the renewing of your mind. That means your mind has to be active, it has to be vigilant, it has to be engaged. Grok is training people to scroll, not to seek, and I got to tell you that is a dangerous, dangerous trade-off.
Speaker 1:Now let's talk about this thing that happened in Texas. I'm going to title this Faith in the Ballot, because when they can't silence you, they schedule you, and yes, that's a hint at the book that I wrote called Faith in the Ballot that just came out this year. So now let's talk about the voter suppression ruling that came down this week from the Fifth Circuit. Texas is officially limiting Sunday voting, specifically targeting souls in the polls. Now, if you don't know, that's when black churches organize after services and head to the voting booth together. It's community, it's peaceful, it's civic engagement wrapped in faith. So, of course, dot dot dot, they are trying to shut it down.
Speaker 1:This isn't about election security. This is actually about fear, not fear of fraud, fear of faithful people. The system actually doesn't mind your religion as long as it's privatized, but the moment your convictions have consequences in the public square, now you have become a threat and you know what's wild. Of course, you have to know what I'm going to say. The very same folks who say America was founded on Christian values are the ones who are gutting the most Christian practice. I can think of Neighborhood, loving, justice, seeking ballot casting solidarity after worship service.
Speaker 1:Now here's the deeper theological truth Biblical faith always offends unjust power. Read the prophets, read the gospels. Rome didn't crucify Jesus because he taught people to be nice. They did it because he threatened a false peace built on oppression. So when we vote out our convictions, we organize, not out of rage but out of righteousness, when we are acting in line with the kingdom of God. Not partisan politics, but prophetic politics, that kind that says let justice roll down like waters and that we have to do that. And if that scares the state, maybe the state needs to repent. I want to start to somewhat land the plane here and I'll say it like this. I'll say it like this this week, like every week, I felt like the world was on fire and it was tempting. A lot of things happened, personally, this week, so it was tempting to get overwhelmed.
Speaker 1:Between war drums, tech, censorship and voter suppression, it's actually easy to believe that we're powerless, but that's the lie. You are not powerless, you are not voiceless and your hope is not in the headlines, it's in the long arc of truth. Remember Martin Luther King has that beautiful quote. It may be long, but it says something like the moral arc of the universe bends towards justice. So listen. The media profits from our panic. Social media feeds off our outrage. Algorithms serve up what's divisive, not what's discerning.
Speaker 1:So take your eyes off the screen long enough to remember who you are. You are made in the image of God. That means you got an inherent right to your dignity. You got a mind that can reason. You have a soul that can discern and hands that can build something better than the world you look at every day and the world that we have inherited. So no, don't numb out, don't give up, but also don't carry the weight of the world like you alone are its savior. You're not. That job actually is already taken. Do what you can where you are, with what you have, and when you get weary, rest, just rest. Don't retreat, because the world needs more people who are grounded, not just reactive, who are principled, not popular, who are brave enough to believe that truth still matters, who are brave enough to believe that truth still matters even if it doesn't trend.
Speaker 1:If you stuck here with me through all of this, thank you. I want to start asking that you please share the show with someone who needs to be reminded discernment is resistance, faith is powerful and clarity is a gift. We're going to get into some of the I'll just say headlines for the week from the Hill, from the New York Times, from the Atlantic, from the Washington Post, and we're going to talk about something that affected me greatly this week the death of somebody that I have admired for years and that will end it that way. There is something surreal about this particular moment in my life. John MacArthur is gone, and if I'm being real with you, I'm actually still processing all of that.
Speaker 1:See, for some people MacArthur was a lightning rod, for others he was a lighthouse, but for me he was a voice, a voice that showed up in the early morning hours when I was a new Christian Trying to understand scripture Without a road map. I had one of those Little clock radios Tuned in to Grace, to you, and that man's voice, clear, measured, unapologetically, anchored in the world, cut through all the chaos. For me, he taught with precision, not performance. He wasn't trying to entertain, he was trying to exposit. And for someone like me who came to faith with more questions than answers. That mattered no-transcript To love the truth without needing it to be trendy. Now, don't get it twisted here.
Speaker 1:Macarthur had his detractors. No person is perfect. He was flawed, stubborn and sometimes culturally tone deaf. But I never questioned that man and I never questioned that he loved scripture. He didn't bend it, he let the scripture speak. And in a generation obsessed with personality, he kept pointing people back to Christ, not himself. I remember the way he talked about the authority of scripture, the way he handled Romans 8, the way he made even Leviticus feel weighty and relevant. That kind of consistency, that kind of theological backbone, it's rare. And, yeah, sometimes it rubbed people the wrong way, sometimes it rubbed me the wrong way, but you know what, steel sharpens steel and I needed John MacArthur's steel. There's something else too.
Speaker 1:Macarthur believed in something most folks forget today the power of a slow, faithful life. He wasn't trying to go viral, he wasn't building a platform. He was just showing up week after week, year after year behind the same pulpit at Grace Community Church. 50 plus years of exposition, no personal scandals, no personal spectacle, just scripture. I know he caught heat for how he handled certain issues. I know he caught heat for race, gender justice and that criticism isn't off limits, but we also have to be honest.
Speaker 1:Some of the people calling him names like a white supremacist today are using a tick-tight soundbite that hasn't been. Uh, I'll put it this way they haven't listened to a full sermon from John MacArthur's in their life. They haven't listened to a full John MacArthur series in their life. That man preached to a global, multi-ethic audience and trained thousands of pastors on every continent, in every color, from every community. He wasn't perfect, but he wasn't a character either. So to those who sat under his teaching, to those who sat under his teaching close and to those who sat under it from afar, macarthur helped lay a foundation for preaching, for theology, for pastoral clarity, and, whether you agreed with him on every point or not, you knew what he believed and you knew why he believed it. He is with the Lord now. Maybe he's swapping stories with RC Sproul, finally finding out who was right about baptism, or maybe maybe he's just resting After decades of preaching a gospel that was never his own. And for me, I'll keep his books on my shelf. I'll keep quoting his exegesis. I'll keep reminding younger believers your ministry doesn't have to be flashy, it just has to be faithful. John MacArthur showed us that, and for one I am grateful for it.
Speaker 1:I wrote some more concise pieces on Substack and Patreon about this and responded directly to a big gentleman by the name of talbert swan who made a very false claim about john mccarter, and I took the time and did a point by point, uh refutation of what he said. Because, flat out, what he said was a lie, and I'm not expecting the so-called bishop to correct the record. But for the matter of the record, I did respond and I was very happy that over 100 people had responded uh, with the full context and calling it what it actually was slander. So before I get into the news today, I'm just going to make this one kind of short and personal and still and personal and still Brazilian.
Speaker 1:Jiu Jitsu brings people into your life that bless you In ways that you don't realize. Some people's Presence and smiles Can be infectious. It's the spirit that they have that you just want them to be around. A young man that I had the pleasure Of coaching rolling with, watched him walk in as a white belt, watched him get promoted to blue belt, watched him dominate in competitions. He passed away this week from leukemia. His name was Roley and he was only 26 years old.
Speaker 1:I Am pained For the loss. I am paying for his family, and it led me to do the thing that everybody does, where you sit around and you ask these types of questions why, why, why? But because I am who I am, I don't just always ask the questions why. I try to wrestle with it and think about it. Why do people die? Why do good people suffer? Why I try to wrestle with it and think about it. Why do people die? Why do good people suffer? Why do young people pass away?
Speaker 1:When I was wrestling with the thoughts, I thought about what my friend Mitch says often, what is often the most personal is also the often the most universal. So I wrote, just for my friends, a mini post on the Darrell McLean Facebook page, an explanation of young death, and it reads as follows Beloved, when we face the tragedy of a young person's death, our hearts tremble, the loss is grievous, the questions are many and the pain feels unbearable. But we must remember God is not absent in our grief, nor is he surprised. Our God is sovereign over every heartbeat, every breath. Psalms 139.16 says In your book were written, every one of them, the days that they were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. This means that no life is cut short in God's sovereign plan. Each life, whether long or brief, fulfills the purpose perfectly.
Speaker 1:Some might ask why would God allow a young life to be taken? The answer is not simple, nor is it always fully revealed to us, but we know this God is infinitely wise and infinitely good. Romans 11.33 tells us we grieve deeply. Yes, jesus himself wept at Lazarus's tomb in John 11 35. But we do not grieve as those who have no hope. 1 Thessalonians 4 13. Christ has conquered death and for those who are in him, to die is gain. Philippians 121.
Speaker 1:Young death reminds us of the brevity of life and the urgency of eternity. It wakes us up from our illusion that we are in control. James 4.14 warns us you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life, for you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. God calls us to trust him, to lean into the mystery, to cling to the cross, to find our comfort not in explanations but in his unchanging character. He is our rock, our refuge, our redeemer. So, yes, let us weep, yes, let us ache and let us worship, for even in the valley of the shadow of death, he is with us and one day he will wipe away every tear and death shall be no more. Revelations 21.4. Oh, may we say with Job, even when our hearts are shattered. The Lord gave, the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Yes, even in death, blessed be the center of debate over the Epstein files.
Speaker 2:After the Justice Department essentially closed the case in a joint memo with the FBI, the deputy FBI director has clashed with Attorney General Pam Bondi over the issue and reportedly weighed resigning. The outrage on the right over the prospect of Bongino exiting underscored both his importance to the base and how central he had been to fueling the controversies and conspiracy theories that animate many Trump backers. Sources close to the White House told the Hill that members of the MAGA movement view Bongino as one of their own. He has built a following over the past decade and is considered a true outsider with a finger on the pulse of the base, who was appointed to a position of power to act on issues they care about, including the Epstein documents. Dan is a brand of MAGA that is fiercely loyal to the president, but he is also somebody who has made a heck of a media career. Going into depth about issues that the base cares about, whether it be things like Epstein or the assassination attempt at Butler, said one source close to the White House. He is considered a trusted voice. The source added I think this is someone who is honored to serve the Trump administration but also put his brand on the line when it came to. We are going to get to the bottom of Epstein.
Speaker 2:Bongino is a former New York City police officer and Secret Service agent who ran unsuccessfully for Congress in Maryland and Florida. His media career took off during Donald Trump's first term and he has built a large following through his radio show, his podcast and appearances on Fox News over the years. Bungino has 7 million followers on the social media platform X. When Trump tapped Bungino as second-in-command at the FBI, it was hailed as a win for the MAGA base to have a true outsider who thought and talked like them in a position of power. When Dan Bongino speaks, the base listens, the source close to the White House said Bongino has used his massive media platform to echo Donald Trump's talking points and rally support for the president and the Make America Great Again movement. But he has also pushed conspiratorial claims about topics like the 2020 election, the January 6th attack on the Capitol and the Epstein case. Bongino was among those who spread allegations that there was something nefarious about Dominion voting systems in the 2020 election, a common claim among Trump supporters. The voting technology company and Fox News settled a defamation case over similar claims in 2023. Bongino said on his show in 2024 that the government's goal on January 6, 2021, was to shut down efforts by Republicans to question the certification of the 2020 election. He went on to suggest the placement of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, and Republican National Committee was part of that effort.
Speaker 2:On Epstein, bongino was among those on the right who amplified claims that there was something nefarious the government was hiding about Epstein's associates and his death. Listen. That Jeffrey Epstein story is a big deal. Please do not let that story go. Keep your eye on this. Bungino told his listeners in 2023.
Speaker 2:But as a government official, bungino's role has been more complicated. He went on Fox News in May and said Epstein died by suicide. He later posted on X that he was not asking his followers to believe him, but that he was relaying what the evidence said. The Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a joint memo last week that stated Epstein did not have a client list and confirmed he died by suicide in his New York City jail cell in 2019. The findings incensed members of the Make America Great Again movement, who have for years pushed conspiracy theories about Epstein's death and claims that prominent Democrats would be named on a client list.
Speaker 2:Epstein accused in several cases of sex trafficking. Young girls ran in high-powered circles, with figures that included Trump, former President Clinton, britain's Prince Andrew and a number of other celebrities and ultra-wealthy individuals. Epstein's associate, ghislaine Maxwell, has been convicted of sex trafficking. Bungino fumed over the decision to effectively close the case. According to a source familiar with the matter, multiple outlets reported that he considered quitting. Though Bongino has remained on the job, he has not spoken publicly or posted on X in nearly a week. His threat to resign raised the specter of a further revolt among prominent conservatives Can confirm it is Bongino or Bondi, and the pick is obvious Bondi must go. Megyn Kelly posted on X last week at the peak of Bongino's frustration. One pro-Trump operative likened Bongino's influence to that of Fox News host Sean Hannity or conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. Our base views him as one of them, and so the idea of him walking out of the administration in this manner would certainly cause a portion of Trump supporters to feel dejected. The operative told the Hill it is less about Bongino specifically and more about the broader symbolism him leaving would represent.
Speaker 2:Trump has publicly expressed support this week for both Bongino and Bondi. The attorney general has taken the brunt of the anger from conservatives over the Epstein case, with many arguing she has overpromised and underdelivered on providing more documentation. But the President has also shown he is getting frustrated by the continued focus on the Epstein case, despite it being something that Bongino, vice President Vance and others in his administration have perpetuated in the past. Trump told reporters Wednesday he would support Bondi releasing credible information related to the Epstein files, but he also complained the focus on the Epstein documents was taking away from the administration's successes on Capitol Hill and elsewhere. Certain Republicans got duped by the Democrats and they are following a Democrat playbook, trump said, and no different than Russia, russia, russia and all the other hoaxes. They are started by the Democrats and some Republicans in this case. I was surprised they got duped.
Speaker 1:That reporting is coming out of the Hill and that story is called Epstein Files Uproar. It puts a spotlight on Dan Bongino and it was written yesterday. It puts a spotlight on Dan Bongino and it was written yesterday. Actually, I'm sorry it was released 7-17-2025, so that would have been at 6 am this morning.
Speaker 3:And it came out from Brett Samuels. Hegseth is new dress code of honor. Eyelash extensions and facial hair are out. Government-funded laser hair removal is in by Ken Klippenstein.
Speaker 3:Pete Hegseth loves to have his picture taken doing jumping jacks, jogging with the troops and hanging with Buff's special ops commandos. In fact, the Secretary of Defense is all about appearances, making a constant show of being more virile than anyone who's ever preceded him. In the name of warfighting and military readiness, hegseth is self-appointed commanding general of the War on Wrinkles. His obsession has provoked a slew of new rules and regulations about standards of grooming and appearance, a deadly serious effort encompassing everything from banning eyelash extensions to offering government-funded laser hair removal procedures, with an emphasis on rules that most impact women and minorities. Hegseth wants to establish his own wokeness, a campaign that stresses looks over actual excellence. The new grooming standards, one army directive says are in support of army readiness. Militaries speak for the ability to act swiftly and effectively. Far from some obscure policy, hegseth believes that disciplined hair care will lead to a disciplined military, restoring the warrior ethos he often laments the armed forces have lost. We're looking at overall fitness standards, overall grooming standards, overall basic standards across our formations that we believe have slipped, certainly under the previous administration, but over decades. Hegseth told Congress last month it's almost like the broken windows theory of policing when you ignore the small stuff from criminals, it creates a culture where big stuff you're not held accountable for. Small stuff from criminals it creates a culture where big stuff you're not held accountable for. He pontificated at a town hall meeting in February. Here are three new grooming standards that particularly caught my eye Shaving, particularly for soldiers who seek waivers to standard policies due to health complications that daily shaving can cause.
Speaker 3:This is most common for black and brown folks who have curly hair, so common, in fact, that the directive makes explicit mention of pseudofolliculitis, barbae or razor bumps, which can become infected. The directive enumerates three phase treatment plans corresponding to mild, moderate and severe cases. A fourth phase provides the option of laser hair removal to soldiers unresponsive to the previous treatments or with chronic issues. Eyelash extensions are now banned. No real justification is given, but I'm sure it's a coincidence that this also impacts black and brown people the most. Similarly, nail polish must now be clear, or French or American manicure only A sacrifice to the gods of uniformity, which feels more arbitrary than purposeful.
Speaker 3:Petty changes to uniforms are being directed from a ban on duty identifier patches to shorter boots 8 to 12 inches to important contingency plans on how to wear one's sleeves. The cuffs will remain visible and the sleeve will rest at or within one inch of the forearm. When the arm is bent at a 90-degree angle, though, commanders may prohibit rolling of sleeves and folding of cuffs. It is a hodgepodge of new directives that are mostly costly annoyances but overall leave enlisted soldiers I've talked to feeling like the Pentagon and leadership are just playing a sadistic game of Simon Says. Clean-shaven soldiers, however, aren't going to bring the US military closer to an end to the war in Ukraine or create greater security in the Middle East. More CREESes aren't going to help tackle the challenges of drones and artificial intelligence or fight the new Cold War with China.
Speaker 3:In fact, hegseth seems to be taking a page out of the Russian military playbook, which, upon suffering over one million casualties in Ukraine, is also trying to stress appearances over serious failures of policy and humaneness. Russia's chief of the general staff, valery Gerasimov, has launched his own campaign to improve troop discipline by clamping down on non-standard haircuts, according to British intelligence, which assessed that this caused him to be focused on presentation over substance. In Rush's case. A laughably undisciplined and corrupt force indeed needs to reform, but emulating Gerasimov is more of an insult to the men and women of the US armed forces. But this is more about Hegseth, for whom presentation over substance seems like his entire worldview. Here he is posing on the Pentagon lawn while signing an order on drone production a piece of paper that was delivered by drone. The contents of the order didn't get much attention, but the image of the smartly dressed secretary plucking the paper from the drone instantly became a meme.
Speaker 3:Since his first appearance at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in February, when Hegseth mistakenly got ahead of President Trump's negotiations by declaring Ukraine's intent to regain its territory as unrealistic, prompting criticism from his own party's chair of the Armed Services Committee, senator Roger Wicker, who called it amateur. Trump's secretary has not had a hair out of place. In every photo I can find Hegseth's hair seems painstakingly coiffed, right down to the occasional ostensible cowlick. He looks like Christian Bale's depiction of Bruce Wayne, but with a Moab-sized helping of hair gel. The irony is that, amid all the chaos of his alleged sexual misconduct, to the mass firing of his staff to Signalgate, and on and on, the man is always perfectly manicured. One has a sense that Hegseth will be more pleased in being named best dressed of 2025 than anything else. This newsletter is 100% reader funded. To receive new posts and support my work, please become a free or paid subscriber. Edited by William M Arkin.
Speaker 1:So that was by Ken Kiplingstein over at Substack and it was called Hexeth's New Dress Code of Honor. So again, ken Clippingstein, I've been trying to write a lot on the new substack that I have come up with, because I do consume a lot of books. I just got finished with a book called Bad Law by a Harvard graduate and lawyer, ellie Mustall, and so on Substack, I wrote a review of the book. It's titled 10 Scathing Insights that Expose Bad Law a fearless review by yours truly. Bad Law is a blistering, funny and urgently necessary takedown of 10 US statutes that throttle liberty. So I do encourage everybody to turn to be vociferous readers, like I am, but if not, at least go and read my review of LA Mistal's Bad Law on Substack.
Speaker 1:I have now moved on to a book by Roland Martin, the host of Roland Martin Unfiltered, the host of Roland Martin Unfiltered, and that book is called White Fear and it is how the browning of America is making white folks lose their minds. And again, that's the book by Roland Martin, that's the one I'm on now, and so be waiting for a review of that book, and if you um are interested in more of those people's works, well, martin, not Ellie, miss Stahl. They are regulars on the TV shows and the internets. So, at any rate, thank you for tuning into the episode. We'll be traveling to Florida this week for my grandmother's 75th birthday and I'm going to post a short sometime I'll be having my equipment. Uh, till then, uh, love you all and see you on the next episode.