smeg<p>Hegseth had unsecured internet line in Pentagon for Signal, sources say<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-signal-chat-dirty-internet-line-6a64707f10ca553eb905e5a70e10bd9d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/hegseth-sig</span><span class="invisible">nal-chat-dirty-internet-line-6a64707f10ca553eb905e5a70e10bd9d</span></a></p><p><a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/signalgatescandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signalgatescandal</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/dod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dod</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/defensedept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defensedept</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/nationalsecurityleak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurityleak</span></a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/petehegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petehegseth</span></a></p>
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RonSupportsYou<p>Paul Rudnick: "Trump is groveling to appease Putin. <br>If Trump had negotiated with Hitler, <br>America would now be called New Berlin." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> </p><p>"Hegseth had Signal messaging app installed on an office computer"<br><a href="https://archive.is/EKrBj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/EKrBj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Well, that would certainly make "copy and paste" from documents on his Pentagon computer to the Signal app easier.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WhiskeyPete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiskeyPete</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Kegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kegseth</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SecDef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecDef</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewing/7846/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Adlai Stevenson</b></a></p><blockquote> The whole notion of loyalty inquisitions is a natural characteristic of the police state, not of democracy. Knowing his rule rests upon compulsion rather than consent, the dictator must always assume the disloyalty, not for a few but of many, and guard against it by continual inquisition and liquidation of the unreliable. The history of Soviet Russia is a modern example of this ancient practice.<br> The democratic state, on the other hand, is based on the consent of its members. The vast majority of our people are intensely loyal, as they have amply demonstrated. To question, even by implication, the loyalty and devotion of a large group of citizens is to create an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust which is neither justified, healthy, nor consistent with our traditions. […] I must, in good conscience, protest against any unnecessary suppression of our ancient rights of free men. Moreover, we will win the contest of ideas that afflicts the world not by suppressing those rights, but by their triumph. We must not burn down the house to kill the rats.</blockquote><p><b>Adlai Stevenson</b> (1900-1965) American diplomat, statesman<br>Message (1951-06-26), Veto of Illinois State Senate Bill 102</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewing/7846/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewin…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=disloyalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disloyalty</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=inquisition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inquisition</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=loyalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loyalty</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=loyaltyoath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loyaltyoath</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=nationalsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=RedScare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedScare</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=subversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subversion</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Ben Rhodes: "Trump's peace plan is to dictate Putin's terms of surrender to the Ukrainians." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Trump's "Ukraine deal is exactly what Putin wants": <br><a href="https://www.channel4.com/news/us-ukraine-deal-is-exactly-what-putin-wants-ex-nato-commander" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">channel4.com/news/us-ukraine-d</span><span class="invisible">eal-is-exactly-what-putin-wants-ex-nato-commander</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2022102/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2022102/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump Emergency Order Accelerates Oil and Gas Permitting <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AdministrativeProcedureAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdministrativeProcedureAct</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CriticalMinerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalMinerals</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CrudeOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrudeOil</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CrudeOilPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrudeOilPrice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfTheInterior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfTheInterior</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EmergencyProcedures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyProcedures</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnergyPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilAndGas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OilPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OilPrice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PermittingProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PermittingProcess</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petroleum</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RegulatoryChanges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryChanges</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>The Putin administration’s approach to the Second Chechen War demonstrated a willingness to subordinate legal <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FirstPrinciples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPrinciples</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> concerns. </p><p>This approach “substantially retarded the growth of a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> state” as “a certain callousness toward law spread north from the Caucasus”.</p><p>The Rules of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GoldenHorde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenHorde</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/vladimir-putin-and-the-rule-law-russia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wilsoncenter.org/publication/v</span><span class="invisible">ladimir-putin-and-the-rule-law-russia</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>Tom Nichols: "Staying laser-focused on lethality and warfighting, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a makeup studio installed at Pentagon": <br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-orders-makeup-studio-installed-pentagon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-order</span><span class="invisible">s-makeup-studio-installed-pentagon/</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YourTaxDollarsAtWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YourTaxDollarsAtWork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YoureSoVain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YoureSoVain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"Ukraine is insisting on a full ceasefire in order to negotiate with Russia (a very reasonable position*), as U.S. officials (led by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PutinsPuppet</span></a> Trump*) — hoping for a quick solution (a quick surrender by Ukraine*) — backed out of London talks": <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/23/ukraine-war-london-peace-talks-rubio/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/world/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/23/ukraine-war-london-peace-talks-rubio/</span></a> <br>“Ukraine is ready to negotiate — but not to surrender.” <br>* My comment.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorstPresidentEver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorstPresidentEver</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>NPR Exclusive: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> White House looking to replace <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> as defense secretary </p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> has begun the process of looking for a new leader at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> to replace <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a>, according to a US official who was not authorized to speak publicly. This comes as Hegseth is AGAIN mired in controversy over sharing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> operational details in a group chat.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-53713</span><span class="invisible">12/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“A launch of an attack there is just no-way, no-how, that an American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> operation starting off is going to not be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classified</span></a> for Lord's sake," retired Marine Lt. Col. Mick Wagoner said.</p><p>And <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> also tacitly confirms that he shared those details w/people, like his wife, he knew were not authorized to have the information.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"If you remember…I said no one is texting war plans," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> said on FauxNews. "What was shared over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> then [during the first leak, which surfaced last month] & now was informal, unclassified coordinations for media coordination [&] other things."</p><p>But the details he shared, 2hrs before airstrikes hit in Yemen, almost certainly were <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classified</span></a>, acc/to ret Marine Lt Col Mick Wagoner, who was a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> lawyer for 17 years & deployed to 4 war zones.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Why <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a>’s 2nd <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> chat may be worse than the 1st </p><p>Embattled Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> pushed back Tues on the latest revelations that he shared <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> attack plans on his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivatePhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivatePhone</span></a> w/his wife, brother & personal lawyer.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5372348/signal-pete-hegseth-defense-department" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-53723</span><span class="invisible">48/signal-pete-hegseth-defense-department</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Changing face of war puts Denmark on drone offensive | National News <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/946360/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/946360/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/partners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>partners</span></a>/afp <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnmannedAerialVehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnmannedAerialVehicle</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnmannedCombatAerialVehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnmannedCombatAerialVehicle</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>So just to recap: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> have largely stood back & stood by in recent weeks as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> has been thrown into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> & as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> have thrown the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> into disarray.<br>
If anything reinforces Trump’s dominion over the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a>, it’s that. The economy & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> are issues lawmakers tend to regard as among their most sacred & important, but even they apparently don’t rise to the level of doing something.</p>
Nonilex<p>It’s not just that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> lawmakers are not calling for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a>’s ouster (with one notable exception); it’s that they don’t even seem interested in getting to the bottom of the readily apparent discord in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a>.</p><p>And perhaps most tellingly, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> elected officials have again shown almost no interest in asserting themselves even as the situation entails one of the gravest issues under their purview, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RogerWicker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RogerWicker</span></a> (R-MS) rebuked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> for telegraphing concessions <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> would need to make to end the war. He even suggestively said that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> “wasn’t my choice for the job,” despite voting to confirm him.…<br>
Just >2 months later, though, Hegseth’s mistakes just keep piling up. Yet a Republican congressional contingent that has shown precious little interest in oversight of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & his admin has shown almost no interest in asserting itself in this matter.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Even on the gravest of issues, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> can’t summon the will to question <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a><br>
Just weeks after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> stood by as Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> threw the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a>, they’re doing the same w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>.
It took Pete Hegseth just 3 weeks as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> secy to make what the powerful Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Cmte called a “rookie mistake” that left the senator “disturbed.”</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/22/hegseth-national-security-concerns/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/22/hegseth-national-security-concerns/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a> accused the bureau for population, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>refugees</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> of sending millions of taxpayer dollars to nongovernment groups that had promoted mass migration, including “the invasion on our southern border.” The language echoed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s, & Rubio did not provide evidence for any of his assertions.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
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