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Lawfare Live: Pete Hegseth's Confirmation Hearing
🕑 Added 2025-01-13 16:59:46 +0000 UTCOn Jan. 14 at 3 p.m. ET, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes will speak to Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower following the confirmation hearing of Pete Hegseth in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee. President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News contributor and former Army National Guard officer, as secretary of defense on Nov. 12.
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Mary T.
Just got around to listening to this, and amidst the horror of the incoming kakistocracy, I was struck/amused by the "jagoff" discussion. Regional term in Pittsburgh/Chicago for a contemptible jerk -- similar to "jerk-off" or "wanker". (I've also heard from Canadians in Toronto that they also use the word, so it seems to be pretty well know around the North/Midwest American landmass). https://www.yajagoff.com/whats-a-jagoff/ My guess (and that's all it is) would be that the disdainful application to JAG officers came about because someone familiar with the regional term noticed the convenient similarity to "JAG off(icer)", rather than two independent derivations.
William T. Anderson
Warrior ethos - https://www.army.mil/article/50082/warrior_ethos
Richard Thornton
The country is in trouble
