Jesus

 Pete Hegseth's mother sent her son a blistering email about his treatment of women. Let's take a sample:

“On behalf of all the women (and I know it’s many) you have abused in some way, I say … get some help and take an honest look at yourself,”

and

 “I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years) and as your mother, it pains me and embarrasses me to say that, but it is the sad, sad truth.”

She wrote the email in the middle of her son's divorce in 2018 and sent a copy to her daughter-in-law who may or may not have sent it to the Times. His mother concludes:

“It’s time for someone (I wish it was a strong man) to stand up to your abusive behavior and call it out, especially against women,” she wrote. “We still love you, but we are broken by your behavior and lack of character.” If the email “damages our relationship further,” she added, “so be it.”

So, in a "sane world" Hegseth is done. He might, in fact, be done. That's all pretty freaking awful and corroborated by other instances of behavior. In previous administrations, this would be a 24-7 news story. I can remember Bill Clinton losing an Attorney General nominee because she hadn't paid Social Security for her nanny. Things like that used to be the standard and president-elects took a blow to their reputations for not vetting someone properly.

Meanwhile, Trump nominates just the absolute worst people and the media reports it...then lets it drop.