Tag: Defense Secretary

Military Officials Freaked Out After Trump’s First Boat Strike

“It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building,” he added, referring to the massive boondoggle he seeks to build. “NATO should be leading the way for us to get it. IF WE DON’T, RUSSIA OR CHINA WILL, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!” The governments of Denmark and Greenland requested Wednesday’s […]

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Military Leaders Were Freaking Out Since Day 1 of Trump’s Boat Strikes

“It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building,” he added, referring to the massive boondoggle he seeks to build. “NATO should be leading the way for us to get it. IF WE DON’T, RUSSIA OR CHINA WILL, AND THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!” The governments of Denmark and Greenland requested Wednesday’s […]

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Pete Hegseth Launches New Attack on Mark Kelly Over Message to Troops

“Your vice president, JD Vance, said that the message is pretty clear: that drug trafficking must stop. So was this operation a message that you’re sending to Mexico, to Claudia Sheinbaum, the president there?” Fox’s Griff Jenkins asked. “Well, it wasn’t meant to be, we’re very friendly with her, she’s a good woman,” Trump began. […]

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Pete Hegseth Finds New Way to Bully Mark Kelly Over Message to Troops

“Your vice president, JD Vance, said that the message is pretty clear: that drug trafficking must stop. So was this operation a message that you’re sending to Mexico, to Claudia Sheinbaum, the president there?” Fox’s Griff Jenkins asked. “Well, it wasn’t meant to be, we’re very friendly with her, she’s a good woman,” Trump began. […]

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Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio Wrecked Trump’s Biggest Boat Strike Claim

“We kept yelling, ‘She is pregnant, she’s pregnant,’” resident Tonika Deutch told Murphy. “They put their knees on her. We kept telling them, ‘She can’t breathe, let her up, let her up.’” The woman was then dragged by one arm, as the crowd continued to yell and plead with the ICE agents. Bystanders threw snowballs, […]

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Pete Hegseth and Marco Rubio Wreck Trump’s Biggest Boat Strike Claim

“We kept yelling, ‘She is pregnant, she’s pregnant,’” resident Tonika Deutch told Murphy. “They put their knees on her. We kept telling them, ‘She can’t breathe, let her up, let her up.’” The woman was then dragged by one arm, as the crowd continued to yell and plead with the ICE agents. Bystanders threw snowballs, […]

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Top Trump Advisers Totally Undermine His Main Boat Strike Claim

“We kept yelling, ‘She is pregnant, she’s pregnant,’” resident Tonika Deutch told Murphy. “They put their knees on her. We kept telling them, ‘She can’t breathe, let her up, let her up.’” The woman was then dragged by one arm, as the crowd continued to yell and plead with the ICE agents. Bystanders threw snowballs, […]

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Republicans Try to Force Pete Hegseth to Release Boat Strike Video

Republicans and Democrats alike have long attacked the court over its investigation into Israel’s conduct in Gaza, and those efforts only increased after the court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif last year.  In March 2020, ICC prosecutors opened an […]

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GOP Uses Budget to Try to Force Pete Hegseth to Release Strike Video

Republicans and Democrats alike have long attacked the court over its investigation into Israel’s conduct in Gaza, and those efforts only increased after the court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif last year.  In March 2020, ICC prosecutors opened an […]

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Pete Hegseth’s Own AI Bot Backfires on His Boat Strikes

Republicans and Democrats alike have long attacked the court over its investigation into Israel’s conduct in Gaza, and those efforts only increased after the court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif last year.  In March 2020, ICC prosecutors opened an […]

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Pete Hegseth Botches Rollout of AI Tool for “American Warrior”

“But you know, at some point, size will win, generally,” Trump said, referring to Russia’s advantages. “And this is a massive size, uh—you—when you take a look at the numbers, I mean, the numbers are just crazy.” There is some evidence that the White House’s peace plan may have come directly from the Kremlin: Several […]

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Pete Hegseth’s New AI Defense Tool Rollout Immediately Derails

“But you know, at some point, size will win, generally,” Trump said, referring to Russia’s advantages. “And this is a massive size, uh—you—when you take a look at the numbers, I mean, the numbers are just crazy.” There is some evidence that the White House’s peace plan may have come directly from the Kremlin: Several […]

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Trump Pulls a Sudden 180 on Releasing Boat Strike Video

“While I was focused on delivering real results, judges in my state took advantage of a flawed blue slip tradition and became weapons for the politicized left…. They joined New Jersey senators, who care more about fighting President Trump than the well being of residents which they serve,” Habba wrote in her resignation letter, posted […]

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MAGA Senator Says Didn’t See Proof of Trump’s Main Claim on Drug Boats

“They have talent. They have talent. The great Gary Player, he hits shots. He’s 90 years old. He still plays good. Shot a 70 with me the other day. He’s 90. We’re playing pretty far back too. He’s incredible. You think [Joe] Biden could do that? I don’t think so. Can’t, can’t lift the club,” […]

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Hegseth Barely Cooperated With Signalgate Probe—and Still Got Wrecked

Ahead of the meeting, military attorneys claimed that there could be a legitimate explanation for the second strike if Bradley was able to prove the survivors posed a credible threat to U.S. military personnel. But the footage supposedly left no room for doubt that that was not the case. “What I saw in that room […]

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Hegseth Gave Signalgate Probe Little as Possible—and Still Got Wrecked

Ahead of the meeting, military attorneys claimed that there could be a legitimate explanation for the second strike if Bradley was able to prove the survivors posed a credible threat to U.S. military personnel. But the footage supposedly left no room for doubt that that was not the case. “What I saw in that room […]

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Top Military Commander Showed Lawmakers Boat Strike Video—and It’s Bad

The suit further argued that the punitive policy violated the First Amendment by seeking “to restrict journalists’ ability to do what journalists have always done—ask questions of government employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond official pronouncements.” Under Hegseth’s new rules, credentialed Pentagon reporters were required to pledge that they […]

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“Clear Distress”: Lawmaker Says Strike Video Wrecks Hegseth’s Defense

The suit further argued that the punitive policy violated the First Amendment by seeking “to restrict journalists’ ability to do what journalists have always done—ask questions of government employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond official pronouncements.” Under Hegseth’s new rules, credentialed Pentagon reporters were required to pledge that they […]

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Top Military Commander Plans Wild Defense of Second Boat Strike

The suit further argued that the punitive policy violated the First Amendment by seeking “to restrict journalists’ ability to do what journalists have always done—ask questions of government employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond official pronouncements.” Under Hegseth’s new rules, credentialed Pentagon reporters were required to pledge that they […]

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Pete Hegseth Hit With Major Lawsuit Over DOD Media Restrictions

“John, we’re really looking at the data, the analyses here particularly out of Minneapolis, and other parts of the country where we’re seeing Somalia, there’s widespread fraud, particularly marriage fraud when it comes to immigration, we’re looking at criminality here,” McLaughlin said. Berman then repeated his question. “My question is, all of them? The president […]

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NY Times Sues Pete Hegseth for Kicking Them Out of the Pentagon

“John, we’re really looking at the data, the analyses here particularly out of Minneapolis, and other parts of the country where we’re seeing Somalia, there’s widespread fraud, particularly marriage fraud when it comes to immigration, we’re looking at criminality here,” McLaughlin said. Berman then repeated his question. “My question is, all of them? The president […]

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Pete Hegseth’s Main Defense for Boat Strike Survivors Just Fell Apart

“John, we’re really looking at the data, the analyses here particularly out of Minneapolis, and other parts of the country where we’re seeing Somalia, there’s widespread fraud, particularly marriage fraud when it comes to immigration, we’re looking at criminality here,” McLaughlin said. Berman then repeated his question. “My question is, all of them? The president […]

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Bombshell Report Undercuts Pete Hegseth’s Main Defense for Boat Strike

“John, we’re really looking at the data, the analyses here particularly out of Minneapolis, and other parts of the country where we’re seeing Somalia, there’s widespread fraud, particularly marriage fraud when it comes to immigration, we’re looking at criminality here,” McLaughlin said. Berman then repeated his question. “My question is, all of them? The president […]

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Did Pete Hegseth Even Read the Signalgate Report?

“John, we’re really looking at the data, the analyses here particularly out of Minneapolis, and other parts of the country where we’re seeing Somalia, there’s widespread fraud, particularly marriage fraud when it comes to immigration, we’re looking at criminality here,” McLaughlin said. Berman then repeated his question. “My question is, all of them? The president […]

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Trump Backs Pete Hegseth on Boat Strikes Even as GOP Turns on Him

“Larger companies are still hiring,” wrote Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, on X. “Smaller firms (under 50 workers) are doing the layoffs. It’s been a very tough year for small biz due to tariffs and more selective spending from lower and middle-class consumers.” Indeed, smaller employers seem to be taking the […]

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Pete Hegseth Tells Katie Miller to Her Face That He Hates Her Husband

The order banned citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen from traveling to the U.S. It also placed restrictions on travel for citizens of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela. At the time, people from all of those countries who […]

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Pete Hegseth Freaks Out When Asked About the Boat Strikes

Hegseth wrote that he pulled the platoon aside after the briefing and told them, “I will not allow that nonsense to filter into your brains. Men, if you see an enemy who you believe is a threat, you engage and destroy the threat. That’s a bullshit rule that’s going to get people killed. And I […]

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Hegseth Bragged About Disregarding War Crimes in His Own Book

Hegseth wrote that he pulled the platoon aside after the briefing and told them, “I will not allow that nonsense to filter into your brains. Men, if you see an enemy who you believe is a threat, you engage and destroy the threat. That’s a bullshit rule that’s going to get people killed. And I […]

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Pete Hegseth Has a History of Trying to Commit War Crimes

Hegseth wrote that he pulled the platoon aside after the briefing and told them, “I will not allow that nonsense to filter into your brains. Men, if you see an enemy who you believe is a threat, you engage and destroy the threat. That’s a bullshit rule that’s going to get people killed. And I […]

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Hegseth Boasted About Ignoring War Crimes in His Own Book

Hegseth wrote that he pulled the platoon aside after the briefing and told them, “I will not allow that nonsense to filter into your brains. Men, if you see an enemy who you believe is a threat, you engage and destroy the threat. That’s a bullshit rule that’s going to get people killed. And I […]

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Pete Hegseth Already Admitted He Knew About That Second Strike

In reality, this is a very slim election that will take the National Electoral Council, or CNE, an extended period of time to count. Preliminary results on Monday had Asfura ahead of Nasralla by just 515 points.  “Faced with this technical tie, we must remain calm, be patient, and wait for the CNE to finish […]

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