Sneaky Pete Strike Again

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman break down the rapidly spiraling Pete Hegseth scandal, the September strike on Venezuelan fishermen, and why the second “rescue” mission amounts to a tacit admission of wrongdoing. They dig into how a non-war became a war crime, the crumbling veneer of U.S. legitimacy, and the political panic now radiating through Trump’s cabinet. From there, the guys turn to the FBI’s suddenly convenient arrest in the January 6th pipe-bomb case, the paper-thin evidence behind it, and why incompetence has become the defining feature of every institution now claiming to restore order. Then it’s on to the right wing’s newest manufactured martyr, a Bible-citing psychology student whose zero-point assignment has been weaponized into yet another grift about free speech. They wrap with a dive into Stranger Things, trauma allegories, Ken Burns’s America, and what it means to watch childhood, democracy, and reality all get bent out of shape by the same forces. Support the show by signing up to our Patreon and get access to the full Weekender episode each Friday as well as special Live Shows and access to our community discord: http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. Welcome to the Weekend, Her edition of the McCrack Podcast. I'm Jared Yaday Sex, and I'm here with Nick Hausman. How are you doing, bud? I'm doing. I'm doing fine. How are you doing? I really do want to know. How are you doing? I'm doing fine. I mean, it's kind of a relative. We're all, we're all fine in our own way. Is everything fine? Everything's fine. I mean, it's kind of a relative. We're all, we're all fine in our own way. Is everything
0:24.1	fine? Everything's fine. I feel like if I don't talk anymore, we're just going to go down a real
0:29.1	existential rabbit hole. We're just waiting for Godot. I'm okay. I'm cold. I am cold.
0:36.5	Yeah. I'm cold too, but I, you know, it's warmer here, but it's still cold. It's cold. The world is a cold place.
0:43.0	I disagree. I think the, the world is a warm place. And seeing your lovely face makes me feel warmth.
0:50.0	Oh, okay. Friendship makes me feel warmth. That is very important to remember yet.
0:54.9	I mean, I thought you were going to go for like the core of the earth is warm and, you know, so I don't know.
0:59.1	Not as much, no.
1:01.1	I just, I just need the warmth of kin is what I need.
1:08.1	Yeah.
1:08.6	And I think everybody else here needs, needs us to talk about what's going on.
1:12.6	Oh, my God. Is there a lot going on? All right, everybody, before we start, hey, head over to
1:17.3	patreon.com slash monkrague podcast. We need your support. We need your help. We, we are independent
1:23.3	media. We need to remain independent. We do not have the support. Obviously, the corporate news does.
1:30.2	Head on over there. That way you can hear the entirety of the weekender episode. My God, we have so
1:35.2	much to talk about today. And also special live events, join the community, all that good stuff.
1:40.3	Patreon.com slash punkwreck podcast. Nick, the Hegseth, Pete Hegseth scandal continues to grow.
1:50.3	This is one of those things that is not going away.
1:54.1	We're recording this on Thursday, December 4th, and Congress has now watched video of the striking of a fisher,
2:05.2	a fisherman ship off the coast outside Venezuela on September 2nd. After we talked about this,
2:13.9	Heg Seth, I mean, what a leader, immediately through Admiral Frank Bradley, the head of
2:19.6	Special Operations Command under the bus, saying, oh, he's a wonderful hero.
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