The US Empire Keeps Getting Creepier by Caitlin Johnstone published on 2025-11-09T01:47:30Z Secretary of War™ Pete Hegseth said during a speech on Friday that the US is at "a 1939 moment" of "mounting urgency" in which "enemies gather, threats grow," adding, "We are not building for peacetime. We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing." Reading by Tim Foley. Genre News & Politics