Hypocrisy and Power in American Politics

We've got conversations about firing squads.

We've got criminal investigations and raids into congressional members' homes that just news broke today.

We've got all kinds of stuff that's going on.

But why don't you talk to us about our first story, which seems sensationalized.

But it's not.

But it's not.

It's not.

It's not sensationalized.

And this story has been getting a lot of press, Charles, from the right, the left, the center, the up, the down, from pretty much everybody.

And here's how this story originated.

This story originates because...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has recommended that the Fort Hood shooter, Mr. Hassan, get...

I mean, he's already sentenced to death, but what Pete Hegseth wants is for there to be a firing squad to kill him.

And that was approved.

And that was approved.

And he can now, to be fair, in November 2009...

Hassan killed 12 soldiers and one civilian at Fort Hood.

He injured 32 others in what was the deadliest mass shooting ever on a U.S. military installation.

Hassan acted as his own attorney in 2013 in his trial, saying in his opening statement, the evidence was clearly showing that I am the shooter.

He admitted this, and now he wants to be a martyr.

And he said he did this in response to the U.S. war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

So now he's up for execution.

And the method of execution is going to be a firing squad.

The last time the United States government has used a firing squad was in 1945.

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