Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dodged impeachment this week thanks to 11 no-show Democrats on Hakeem Jeffries’ watch. Mike Prysner, Iraq War veteran and executive director of the Center on Conscience and War, joins Zoe Alexandra and Rania Khalek to unpack the charges in Rep. Thomas Massie’s articles of impeachment – from an illegal war on Iran that opened with the bombing of the Minab girls’ school, to a boat strike killing spree in the Caribbean and Pacific that has left more than 230 people dead. Opposition to war got Democrats elected, Prysner says, and at the first chance to deliver, “they just completely slept on it.” Prysner says conscientious objector filings are at a 25-year high, and they nearly all cite Minab. Not afraid for their own lives, he says; they refuse to hurt people they have no reason to hurt. He explains why a generation that grew up watching Gaza on their phones won’t fight in Trump’s wars, and why Hegseth’s Christian nationalist, anti-DEI overhaul of the military targeting women and Black soldiers is driving even more troops out. So starting next month, eligible young men will be automatically registered for the military draft. Prysner explains what automatic Selective Service registration really means – and how to prepare. Watch full episodes of BT Live, join breakthroughnews.org as a member today! #breakthroughnews

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