The elites are beside themselves with desperation and it shows. The latest stories coming out of the reporters who cover the Pentagon for the Alphabet Networks reek, in every way. The latest stories after the Signal Part Duh Redux are that that incompetent, unworthy, likely alcoholic talk show host diva, Pete Hegseth, needs a make-up room and mirror to prep for tv appearances. The media actual write these stories with a straight face.

The latest hit job is the story of the Pentagon make-up room. Salon.com, in trying to make Hegseth look bad, pounced on the story of Hegseth refurbishing the Pentagon green room into a make-up room so that Hegseth would be camera ready for his television hits. Like this:

Recent news reports have given Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plenty of reason to sweat under the bright lights, but he still doesn’t want people to know where he fixes his makeup.

The former Fox News host turned head of the Department of Defense raged over a CBS News report that he installed a makeup studio just outside of the Pentagon’s press briefing room. The outlet shared that Hegseth had spent “several thousand dollars” to add a new chair and mirror with makeup lighting in the green room...