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pcdb

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39. This was for troops
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 02:54 PM
13 hrs ago

Do you actually believe Hegsesth ate 22 million worth of steak and lobster in a month?

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Where are the DOGE boyz? Botany 21 hrs ago #1
That is for the poorest of the poor.nt jfz9580m 19 hrs ago #12
And don't forget that Musk and Trump's cut of USAID* has already killed 1,000,000 of the poorest Botany 18 hrs ago #17
And all those federal workers jfz9580m 18 hrs ago #18
Why fire all those federal employees? Botany 18 hrs ago #20
That is exactly right jfz9580m 17 hrs ago #22
Well done! This deserves to be an OP FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #36
Thank you jfz9580m 7 hrs ago #44
How is that swamp draining going? Chasstev365 21 hrs ago #2
Les marais, c'est moi - MAGA Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 13 hrs ago #37
This is the stuff we can see. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #3
Dem outrage should be followed by prosecution. JudyM 15 hrs ago #29
Don't hold your breath. :( Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #32
And they complain about people who receive SNAP choie 21 hrs ago #4
Exactly!! Maybe STEAK n Lobster should be REMOVED from the menu, like bluestarone 18 hrs ago #21
Am I missing something? pcdb 13 hrs ago #38
In a month? choie 12 hrs ago #40
Surf and turf day i'd be back in line DetroitLegalBeagle 12 hrs ago #41
22 million doesn't sound like that much considering the size of our military pcdb 9 hrs ago #43
"Well, Hegseth, Trump, and all other rich people worked hard, so, they deserve it!" Would be the RW cope talking point Oneironaut 14 hrs ago #35
No wonder the price of filet mignon and lobster tails bucolic_frolic 20 hrs ago #5
;-{)..... Goonch 20 hrs ago #6
For all the Lavish Dinners, Pete probably tipped the servers $2.50 chouchou 20 hrs ago #7
This was for troops pcdb 13 hrs ago #39
I believe it was mostly people that could have bought my house and car with their change. chouchou 12 hrs ago #42
Yeah, that's about what our household.... SergeStorms 19 hrs ago #8
Regardless, the republiSCUM party IS the Party of Waste, Fraud and Abuse. MLWR 19 hrs ago #9
Contempt for the average tax-payer and their economic struggles is a hallmark of tRump and his MAGA bootlickers. Timeflyer 19 hrs ago #10
Use it or lose it at the end of a fiscal period leads to a lot of this kind of spending - this seems over the top JT45242 19 hrs ago #11
In the Air Force 50 years ago NewLarry 19 hrs ago #13
Glad some of you got raingear! 3825-87867 19 hrs ago #15
What? No report on the booze? 3825-87867 19 hrs ago #14
They are ALL laundering MONEY Billsdaughter 18 hrs ago #16
Damn, that's a lot of "steak and lobster" PatSeg 18 hrs ago #19
Is he feeding it to the entire dept of Defense, including troops? TBF 16 hrs ago #23
Hegseth really likes crab and crab legs LetMyPeopleVote 16 hrs ago #24
Doesn't the DOD know area51 16 hrs ago #25
Surf and turf is a traditional treat for deployed military Abnredleg 16 hrs ago #26
"Better than hookers 'n blow, right?" - Dipshit Hegseth, probably flvegan 16 hrs ago #27
That's a different budget line item. .. JustABozoOnThisBus 15 hrs ago #31
Um.... FUCK THIS GUY Blue Owl 15 hrs ago #28
Surf and turf and ice cream are commonly served to deployed troops DetroitLegalBeagle 15 hrs ago #30
Seriously.....Get Real rlexx 14 hrs ago #33
At $22 per steak that's a million steaks. Even at $44 per steak that is a half million steaks. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #34
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