The Senate will vote this evening on the nomination of Christian authoritarian Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense.  All the media blather has focused on the fact that he is a drunk and a philanderer, although these are the least relevant facts about him given his actual views.  Of course, he is a drunk and a philanderer:  his Christian authoritarian tendencies are a massive reaction formation for a psyche in disarray.  If the Senate rejects him, there is some hope.  If the Senate does not reject him….

UPDATE:  Well, he squeaked through, and now the U.S. military is under the immediate direction of a Christian authoritarian, who, in turn, is under the thumb of a malignant narcissist who has contempt for democracy.  The only good news is that, despite a Republican majority in the Senate, he barely made it.  But he did make it.