On Tuesday afternoon following Pete Hegseth’s five-hour-and-15-minute-long confirmation hearing to lead the Pentagon, CNN immediately made clear it was not having a good time, continuing to peddle the alcoholism and tattoo conspiracy theories about the “Kavanaugh-esque” Hegseth, suggested he was in over his head, and Democratic senators asked apt and thorough questions.
The best reaction came at the very end of their special coverage, courtesy of Deep State flack Natasha Bertrand. As the then-Politico reporter who infamously promoted the infamous letter by intelligence officials falsely claiming the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation, her sense of fear for her sources was perhaps most welcome endorsement Hegseth supporters could want (click “expand”):
Deep State mouthpiece Natasha Bertrand of CNN — who authored the Politico piece of…
