Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has called the U.S.-Japan alliance “unshakable” after talks with U.S. defense chief Pete Hegseth, but declined to offer specifics about any discussions on China during their meeting. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/16/japan/politics/hegseth-koizumi-meeting-alliance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shinjirokoizumi #petehegseth #us #usjapanrelations #washington #china #defense #defenseministry
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, in what some said amounted to a war crime called "perfidy.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/13/world/us-attack-civilian-plane/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #defense #usmilitary #donaldtrump #warcrimes #southamerica #centralamerica #drugs #petehegseth
Aral Balkan
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Sen #MarkKelly sues #Pentagon over punishment for warning troops of illegal orders
Kelly, a former Navy pilot, is seeking to block his censure from #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth last week. #Hegseth announced last Monday that he censured Kelly over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on #troops to resist #unlawful orders.
#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-1-12-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-12-Breaking+News
Sen #MarkKelly sues #Pentagon over punishment for warning troops of illegal orders
Kelly, a former Navy pilot, is seeking to block his censure from #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth last week. #Hegseth announced last Monday that he censured Kelly over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on #troops to resist #unlawful orders.
#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-1-12-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-12-Breaking+News
Rob Whittaker
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US “Defense” Secy #PeteHegseth announced on Monday that he will demote retired naval officer & sitting Senator #MarkKelly for "reckless misconduct" after he & other Democratic lawmakers urged troops to refuse any illegal orders.
#law #MilitaryLaw #military #Trump #RevengePolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-demote-sen-kelly-retired-navy-rank-captain-stops-short-threatened-trial-2026-01-05/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi will visit the U.S. next week, with plans to meet U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Washington on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/politics/koizumi-hegseth-washington/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shinjirokoizumi #petehegseth #us #usjapanrelations #washington #defense
Lockheed Martin has struck a tentative deal with the Pentagon that’s meant to triple production of its most advanced Patriot air-defense missile. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/07/companies/lockheed-triple-patriot-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lockheedmartin #defense #missiles #pentagon #petehegseth
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US “Defense” Secy #PeteHegseth announced on Monday that he will demote retired naval officer & sitting Senator #MarkKelly for "reckless misconduct" after he & other Democratic lawmakers urged troops to refuse any illegal orders.
#law #MilitaryLaw #military #Trump #RevengePolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-demote-sen-kelly-retired-navy-rank-captain-stops-short-threatened-trial-2026-01-05/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
CONTEXT:
This was in the context of a hilarious explosion of singularitarianism on BlueSky, and is NOTHING to do with Trump declaring war on Venezuela.
https://wandering.shop/@cstross/115828157904413867
I forgot that we now live in a Post-Stross Universe, where what Charlie Stross can imagine is now the upper bound on how positive the future can be.
A couple of hours after I wrote that post, I learned that *in reality* the toadies and Trumpanzees have perverted the #CocaCola #SantaClaus into something well beyond people's pessimistic imaginations.
https://mastodon.scot/@JdeBP/115776155828082944
American Coca-Cola Santa Claus is a menacing horror figure, now.
♪ "Holidays are coming!"
The laws of physics of this Post-Stross Universe hold. You still talked about a future better than reality turned out to be, where a #FIFAPeacePrize awardee started a war 28 days later.
Although the universe taking less than 6 hours to hit below your mark must be something of a record.
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Of all the guys not worth it, Pete Hegseth is the MOST not worth it!
Dear Troops: Please Don’t Go to Jail for Pete Hegseth
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/12/dear-troops-jail-for-pete-hegseth.html
#FuckPeteHegseth #FireHegseth #PeteHegseth #RepublicansOwnThis #Trumpkakistocracy #GOPIdiot #GOPRapist #GOPDrunkard #WhiteSupremacist #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
2 side-by-side panels
panel 1: 2 guys in a small boat, above them is text "suspected drug traffickers" and a missile labeled "kill them all"
panel 2: dude in suit in yacht-like small boat, above him is text "known drug trafficker" and a gift basket parachuting in labeled "pardon"
can't read the cartoonist's name
No mention of SSecretary of War Crimes
Zero evidence thus far to back up "suspected"
#USpol #InatlPol #SSecretary_of_War_Crimes #PeteHegseth #murder #alt4you
The Trump’s new National Security Strategy emphasizes "America First," prioritizing business, migration control and hemispheric defense while largely ignoring traditional security threats and international commitments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/09/world/an-america-first-national-security-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #defense #petehegseth #euusrelations #asiausrelations #usjapanrelations #russiaukrainewar
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio are expected to brief the "Gang of Eight" lawmakers on Tuesday afternoon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/world/us-national-security-briefing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #petehegseth #dancaine #marcorubio #defense #venezuela
Wonder if any of the people Hegseth murdered on the boats were pregnant?
#SSecretaryOfWarCrimes #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #TCITP #CITP #PeteHegseth #preChild
U.S. senators telling troops they don’t have to obey illegal commands has sparked ire from President Donald Trump, underscoring the enduring principle that soldiers must follow conscience and the law above orders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/07/duty-to-disobey-unlawful-orders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #us #donaldtrump #markkelly #petehegseth #clausvonstauffenberg #mylai #uniformcodeofmilitaryjustice #nuremberg #internationalcriminalcourt #thehague #germany #france #britain #israel #vietnam
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has warned that “free-riding” allies will “face consequences” if they fail to ramp up defense spending and assume more responsibilities for defending their regions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/japan/hegseth-allies-japan-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usjapanrelations #defense #budgets #china #taiwan #petehegseth #pla
Hegseth praised the policy of sinking boats and killing alleged drug-runners whom the Trump administration considers enemy combatants and not criminals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/world/hegseth-defends-caribbean-strike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #usmilitary #petehegseth #defense #latinamerica
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Hegseth’s Old #FoxNews Co-Host Slams Him on Drug Boat Strikes
Even conservative media is turning against #Hegseth as he keeps changing his explanations of the alleged “drug boat” strikes.
Fmr Judge #AndrewNapolitano, who worked along #PeteHegseth for years at Fox, says the Sept 2 boat strike is "a #WarCrime."
"Everybody along the line who did it, from the secretary of Defense, to the admiral, to the people who actually pulled the trigger should be prosecuted."
#law
https://newrepublic.com/post/203898/pete-hegseth-old-fox-news-co-host-slams-drug-boat-strikes-conservative-media