Your Neighbor on the Left Podcast
Oct 19, 2026 · 51 min · 11 segments
When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposed livestreaming the execution of convicted Fort Hood mass murderer Nidal Hasan, he raised a disturbing question: When does justice become entertainment? In…
On November 5th of 2009, an army psychiatrist named Nidal Hassan opened fire on his fellow Americans at Fort Hood, Texas.
Lives were permanently changed, and the military community was left trying to make sense of an act of horrifying violence committed by one of its own.
Last Thursday, the Secretary of Defense announced that Hassan would face a military firing squad on December 3rd at Fort Hood, the very installation where he committed his crimes.
The execution would be live streamed, not simply witnessed by the victim's families, not merely documented through the legal process broadcast to the public.
So Americans could sit in their living rooms, pull out their phones, open their laptops and watch the government put a man to death.
Now, As of this Thursday, this past Thursday, the administration has reversed course.
Hassan is still scheduled to face the firing squad on December 3rd, although legal proceedings could affect that date.
On November 5th of 2009, an army psychiatrist named Nidal Hassan opened fire on his fellow Americans at Fort Hood, Texas.
Lives were permanently changed, and the military community was left trying to make sense of an act of horrifying violence committed by one of its own.
Last Thursday, the Secretary of Defense announced that Hassan would face a military firing squad on December 3rd at Fort Hood, the very installation where he committed his crimes.
The execution would be live streamed, not simply witnessed by the victim's families, not merely documented through the legal process broadcast to the public.
So Americans could sit in their living rooms, pull out their phones, open their laptops and watch the government put a man to death.
Now, As of this Thursday, this past Thursday, the administration has reversed course.
Hassan is still scheduled to face the firing squad on December 3rd, although legal proceedings could affect that date.
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