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Not so toxic: Masculinity’s comeback makes America thrive

Health, fitness and masculinity: Three things Democrats find concerning. 

More than a century ago, Republican President Teddy Roosevelt encouraged Americans to lead “the strenuous life,” and TR certainly lived his credo to the max — riding, roping, ranching, boxing and leading his troops up San Juan Hill.

Now Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and other members of President Donald Trump’s administration have taken up Teddy’s challenge.

Last week Kennedy teamed with Kid Rock to demonstrate the sauna-and-cold-plunge approach to health in a video that’s racked up close to 14 million views on X. Their message: “Get active and eat real food.”

Hegseth regularly works out with the troops and shares clips of his weight-room routines.

Even FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has gotten into the act, climbing literally above the clouds to the top of a 2,000-foot antenna tower to replace its light bulbs with LEDs.

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Pretty straightforward messaging: RFK wants Americans to eat healthy, whole foods, not ultraprocessed junk, and to exercise more and spend less time on screens.  

Hegseth wants our troops to be fit, competent and lethal, and thinks our soldiers should train their bodies and minds for their job — war — rather than sit through interminable DEI seminars whose only potential lethality lies in boring people to death.

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