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muriel_volestrangler

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20. "Hegseth has radicalized the most conservative partisanly Republican judge not appointed by Trump I've ever met"

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Thu Feb 12, 2026, 06:55 PM

20 hrs ago

Hegseth has radicalized Richard Leon, the most conservative partisanly Republican judge not appointed by Trump I've ever met.
— National Security Counselors ðŸ•µ (@nationalsecuritylaw.org) 2026-02-12T18:50:12.256Z

"In addition to ripping Hegseth to shreds and ruling for Sen Kelly, Judge Leon communicates a sort of direct popular outrage with different unusual stylistic passages in his opinion, including the line from Subterranean Homesick Blues "you dont need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.""

In addition to ripping Hegseth to shreds and ruling for Sen Kelly, Judge Leon communicates a sort of direct popular outrage with different unusual stylistic passages in his opinion, including the line from Subterranean Homesick Blues "you dont need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman.bsky.social) 2026-02-12T19:02:44.267Z

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"Hegseth has radicalized the most conservative partisanly Republican judge not appointed by Trump I've ever met" muriel_volestrangler 20 hrs ago #20