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What We Know About Pete Hegseth's War Crimes — Plus: Rachel Cohen Joins Endless Urgency to Talk About Tomorrow's T…

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What We Know About Pete Hegseth's War Crimes — Plus: Rachel Cohen Joins Endless Urgency to Talk About Tomorrow's TN-07 Special Election

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Dec 2

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Hey folks,

My badass friend Rachel Cohen is back on Endless Urgency. What started as a chill post-Thanksgiving catch-up turned into a firestorm of a convo—covering Hegseth’s potential war crimes, executive overreach, and why so many people feel like the system’s straight-up abandoned them. Rachel doesn’t just speak truth to power—she drags it into the light, breaks it down, and demands better from all of us.

Here’s a taste of what we got into:

[00:02:16] The Pete Hegseth scandal—what we know, what the White House denies, and what it says about who gets to play God.
[00:05:00] Rachel connects U.S. drone strikes to crumbling alliances and the real-world fallout of unchecked militarism.
[00:13:01] We trace how these powers evolve—from post-9/11 legislation to Trump’s ever-looser definition of “terrorist.”
[00:27:01] Aftyn Behn’s underdog campaign in Tennessee—what she’s getting right, and what national Dems still don’t get.

If you value clarity over comfort—and want to back independent media that punches up, not down—join us. Endless Urgency runs on heart, hustle, and your subscriptions. $8 at a time. Become one today.

With urgency,

—Mike

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A guest post by

Rachel Cohen

Anti-niche but often political (isn’t everything?). Never legal advice.

Mike Nellis is a Democratic strategist and entrepreneur who has raised over $1 billion for Democratic campaigns and causes. He’s the founder of Authentic.org, an award-winning fundraising and advertising agency, and a former Senior Advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris. This Substack is where he writes with endless urgency about the issues of the day—and how we can save the Democratic Party and our democracy.

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