The head of the Pentagon's intelligence was removed, in what appeared to be the latest attempt to penalize current and former military, intelligence and law enforcement officials seen to be at odds with Trump's views. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/23/world/politics/pengaton-purge-defense-intelligence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #defense #petehegseth #espionage #donaldtrump #usmilitary
Good: Starmer, Merz, Macron, Meloni, von der Leyen to join Zelenskyy in Washington to counteract Putin's puppeteering.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/aug/17/trump-putin-meeting-european-leaders-ukraine-peace-deal-latest-updates-news
@jeffjarvis hmm, that group has an excellent chance to take over the #whitehouse and the whole current #trumpadministration during their upcoming visit. Similar to #themagnificentseven saving a poor town from evil villains. With #JDVance ’locked away’ on a UK holiday, #petehegseth always busy bench pressing & combing his oily hair, #littlemarco not doing whatever he’s doing, as well as #uscongress sent on recess by #christofascist #speakerjohnson, this is a grand opportunity to save America🇺🇸
The list provided phonetic pronouncers for all the Russian men expected at the summit, including "Mr. President POO-tihn."
Pages 6 & 7 in the packet described how lunch at the summit would be served, and for whom. A menu included in the documents indicated that the luncheon was to be held "in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin."
A seating chart shows that #Putin & #Trump were supposed to sit across from each other during the luncheon. Trump would be flanked by: Secy of State #MarcoRubio, Secy of #Defense#PeteHegseth & WH Chief of Staff #SusieWiles to his right, & Secy of #Treasury#ScottBessent, Secy of #Commerce#HowardLutnick & Special Envoy for Peace Missions #SteveWitkoff to his left. Putin would be seated next to his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey #Lavrov, & his Aide for Foreign Policy, Yuri #Ushakov.
Secretary Shtfaced Might Want To Be GOVERNOR Shtfaced?
https://www.wonkette.com/p/secretary-shtfaced-might-want-to
#FireHegseth#PeteHegseth#RepublicansOwnThis#Trumpkakistocracy#GOPIdiot#GOPRapist#GOPDrunkard#WhiteSupremacist#NoRepublicansEverAgain#USPol
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. received assurances from top U.S. officials during a visit to Washington that the United States' alliance with his country remains ironclad. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/politics/us-philippines-marcos-hegseth-rubio/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #us #indopacific #southeastasia #china #usmilitary #petehegseth #marcorubio #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade #ferdinandmarcos #jr
With new rules, the Pentagon is aiming to unleash its “military drone dominance” — a move that could boost the U.S. arsenal and improve the defensive capabilities of its Asian allies and partners. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/21/world/us-pentagon-drones-unleashed-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #drones #usmilitary #petehegseth #indopacific #china #pla #taiwan #donaldtrump
Microsoft has said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military after a media report sparked questions over the issue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/19/world/microsoft-engineers-china-us-military/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #usmilitary #us #petehegseth #microsoft #cyberattacks #china
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CNN: Secretary of Defense #PeteHegseth did not inform the #WhiteHouse before he authorized a pause on weapons shipments to #Ukraine last week, according to five sources familiar with the matter.
CNN: Secretary of Defense #PeteHegseth did not inform the #WhiteHouse before he authorized a pause on weapons shipments to #Ukraine last week, according to five sources familiar with the matter.
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So let me get this straight…
Under #PeteHegseth’s leadership, the Army is rolling out a policy that could kick out Black men for razor bumps—a medical condition that disproportionately affects us.
Meanwhile, white troops who refused the #COVID vaccine? They got waivers. Sympathy. Career protection.
This isn’t about grooming. It’s about who gets to be seen as worth accommodating.
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This should be a bigger story. Connect the dots…
📌 Rep. Ro Khanna asked Defense Sec. #PeteHegseth if the #Pentagon would obey a federal court order. Hegseth refused to answer.
📌 Now, a #DOJ whistleblower says officials told staff to ignore judges and deport people anyway—“Tell the courts ‘f— you.’”
There’s a coordinated plan in the #Trump administration to defy the courts.
So let me get this straight…
Under #PeteHegseth’s leadership, the Army is rolling out a policy that could kick out Black men for razor bumps—a medical condition that disproportionately affects us.
Meanwhile, white troops who refused the #COVID vaccine? They got waivers. Sympathy. Career protection.
This isn’t about grooming. It’s about who gets to be seen as worth accommodating.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said he is unaware of any intelligence suggesting Iran had moved its highly enriched uranium to shield it from U.S. strikes, amid continuing questions about their outcome. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/world/iran-uranium-us-intelligence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #petehegseth #donaldtrump #us #iran #uranium
This should be a bigger story. Connect the dots…
📌 Rep. Ro Khanna asked Defense Sec. #PeteHegseth if the #Pentagon would obey a federal court order. Hegseth refused to answer.
📌 Now, a #DOJ whistleblower says officials told staff to ignore judges and deport people anyway—“Tell the courts ‘f— you.’”
There’s a coordinated plan in the #Trump administration to defy the courts.
The #Trump admin said that its attack on 3 #Iran #nuclear facilities was not about toppling the country’s government.
“This mission was not and has not been about regime change,” #Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth said at a Sunday news briefing.
Air Force Gen. #DanCaine, the chairman of the #JointChiefs of Staff, stressed that the goal of “Operation Midnight Hammer” had destroyed the nuclear sites in #Fordow, #Natanz & #Isfahan.
In concluding his briefing, #PeteHegseth attempted to once again reiterate an unwillingness for America’s intervention in #Iran to turn into a protracted #war & labeled the overnight strikes as “intentionally limited.”
“I would just say, as the president has directed & made clear, this is most certainly not open-ended,”Hegseth said, adding that it doesn’t limit #US ability to respond & it will do so if necessary.
#Hegseth said that a choice to move a number of B-2 bombers from their base in Missouri earlier Saturday was meant to be a decoy to throw off #Iran.
He added that the #US used other methods of deception as well, deploying fighters to protect the B-2 bombers that dropped 14 #BunkerBuster bombs on Iran’s most powerful #nuclear site. He said that all of these tactics helped the U.S. drop the bombs without tipping off Iran’s fighter jets or its air missile systems.
The #Trump admin said that its attack on 3 #Iran #nuclear facilities was not about toppling the country’s government.
“This mission was not and has not been about regime change,” #Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth said at a Sunday news briefing.
Air Force Gen. #DanCaine, the chairman of the #JointChiefs of Staff, stressed that the goal of “Operation Midnight Hammer” had destroyed the nuclear sites in #Fordow, #Natanz & #Isfahan.
#Trump Secretary of #Defense#PeteHegseth said Sunday that despite a surprise attack overnight on Iranian #nuclear sites, America “does not seek war.”
#Hegseth said it was important to note that #US strikes did not target Iranian troops or the Iranian people, a veiled effort to indicate to #Iran that they don’t want retaliation on American targets in the region.
#Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the time for #diplomacy had passed & that his country had the right to defend itself, saying the #US had “crossed a very big red line.”
#Trump#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth echoed his remarks in a press conference.
“I can only confirm that there are both public & private messages being directly delivered to the Iranians in multiple channels, giving them every opportunity to come to the table,” #Hegseth said.
There were numerous scenes of protesters throwing rocks or other objects at law enforcement officers & setting cars ablaze, including a number of self-driving #Waymo taxis. At the same time, false images spread to revive old #ConspiracyTheories that the #protests were a planned provocation, not a spontaneous response to the #immigration raids.
#MediaLiteracy#SocialMedia #moderation#TrumpLies#Trump #propaganda #disinformation#LosAngeles#LAprotests #immigration #protests
The confrontation escalated on Monday as new #protests occurred & #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth announced—on X—that he was mobilizing 700 #Marines from a base near #LosAngeles to guard federal bldgs. They are expected to join 2k members of the #California#NationalGuard whom #Trump ordered deployed without the authorization of the #state’s #governor, #GavinNewsom, who normally [legally] has command of the #troops.
#MediaLiteracy#SocialMedia #moderation #propaganda #disinformation#LAprotests
#Trump’s order did not specify any standards for when #troops would be able use #force — like arresting people or shooting them—if his admin deemed a #protest to threaten #federal personnel, property or functions.
Notably, #PeteHegseth has railed against #military lawyers who promoted what he saw as unduly restrictive rules of engagement aimed at protecting #civilians in war zones. He has fired the top judge advocate general (#JAG) lawyers who give advice on legal constraints.