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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Chief of Staff, Joe Kasper, has been pushed out. According to reports, he's packing his things and leaving TODAY.
X ^ | 4/24/25 | George

Posted on 04/24/2025 6:08:05 PM PDT by hardspunned

This is the 5th top Pentagon official to leave in the last few days. WHAT IS GOING ON?

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: degenerate; fauxnews; hegseth; kasper; pentagon; softbrained; tattooguy
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NO, he’s not being forced out! He had announced he was leaving before he ran the Shadow State operation to bogusly charge three MAGA patriots, with zero evidence, of leaking. He got them all fired. Mission accomplished, he’s no off to his former job in the MIC.

Conservatives are so stupid to fall for this again. Amazing! See Below.

“The Ongoing Shadow State Housecleaning of MAGA from Trump's Department of Defense”

1 posted on 04/24/2025 6:08:05 PM PDT by hardspunned
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The Ongoing Shadow State Housecleaning of MAGA from Trump’s Department of Defense

From Grok:

“Kasper has a history of working in federal government roles. He served under multiple administrations, including those of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, indicating a long career in public service.

Kasper previously served as chief of staff to Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-California), a member of the House Armed Services Committee. In 2015, he was involved in coordinating Hunter’s fact-finding trip to Ukraine, navigating tensions with the State Department to ensure the congressman could assess the Ukrainian military’s needs and threats from Russia.

Kasper’s career also included stints with defense contractors and think tanks, though specific organizations are not named in the sources. This aligns with a common career path for defense policy professionals in Washington, D.C.

As Pentagon chief of staff, Kasper initiated a leak investigation in March 2025 that included scrutiny of unauthorized disclosures about a “pause in the collection of intelligence for Ukraine.”

Kasper’s rivalry with aides like Dan Caldwell, who was openly skeptical of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine and advocated for retrenchment from Europe, complicates the picture. Caldwell’s termination under Kasper’s investigation could suggest policy differences, with Kasper potentially favoring a more traditional national security approach. However, reports of personality clashes rather than ideological disputes indicate this may not have been about Ukraine policy specifically.”

At the very least, Caldwell deserves the right to defend himself. He does that very impressively during a Tucker Carlson interview(link below).

It’s obvious what’s going on here. The Shadow State is flooding the zone. First with Signalgate, then the ambush of these three MAGA allies of Hegseth and now the repeated MSM blows against Hegseth. Once Hegseth has been dispatched, Kasper will leave his three month stint, mission accomplished.

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2 posted on 04/24/2025 6:10:42 PM PDT by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 36 months)
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Watching the Justice Dept and now DoD, I ma beginning to believe the deep state cannot be defeated.


3 posted on 04/24/2025 6:11:17 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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Trump cant even fulfill his agenda without some judge ruling “Oh you cant do that” this is what the commies were counting on, they knew, the second Trump took office every damn thing he does, just sue him, or take him to court and some commie judge will say NO


4 posted on 04/24/2025 6:14:34 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: hardspunned

LEAKERS......LEAKERS......LEAKERS......LEAKERS......LEAKERS......LEAKERS.......................


5 posted on 04/24/2025 6:15:59 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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You thought it would be easy?

Don’t be a wuss.


6 posted on 04/24/2025 6:16:54 PM PDT by norcal joe
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All you have to do is have the stones to say, You’re fired!


7 posted on 04/24/2025 6:23:02 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Exactly, and until the Supreme Court wakes up, Trump needs to tell the country there is no provision in the Constitution for disctrict and appeals court judges to rule the full country and he will no longer be stopped by their rulings. Bring this to a head now.


8 posted on 04/24/2025 6:25:02 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: hardspunned

Well Done Pete.
Carry On.


9 posted on 04/24/2025 6:25:08 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! Re )
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Do nothing congress. If they were with the people Trump would have real support


10 posted on 04/24/2025 6:32:37 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Midwesterner53

Pronto.


11 posted on 04/24/2025 6:34:27 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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Every good thing that ever happened to me in my life was difficult.

Most were very difficult.

Many were considered “impossible” by self-appointed experts.


12 posted on 04/24/2025 6:38:43 PM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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Great news. He’s a prick who had no place in a MAGA DOD.


13 posted on 04/24/2025 6:42:58 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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Good start.


14 posted on 04/24/2025 6:49:11 PM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: hardspunned

The CIA is good at it aren’t they? They have had enough practice.


15 posted on 04/24/2025 6:52:56 PM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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Throwing out the garbage.

More agitprop from hard Ivan.


16 posted on 04/24/2025 6:57:37 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Sarah Barracuda; All

I thought Bondie had authority over lower judges and strike down all their judicial activism BS against Trump’s executive orders?


17 posted on 04/24/2025 6:58:13 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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You would think so. Seems THEY are the top law officials in the land and not the US AG Pam Bondi. Every day nothing happens she’s looking more and more like Sessions and Bill Barr.


18 posted on 04/24/2025 7:20:33 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: hardspunned

That’s quite impressive, from Grok.


19 posted on 04/24/2025 7:30:53 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: hardspunned

This Kasper the unfriendly ghost has been exorcised.


20 posted on 04/24/2025 7:31:36 PM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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