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  • Awesome: Pete Hegseth Puts Trump-Hating Fox News Reporter Jennifer Griffin in Her Place When She Tries to Ambush Him with a Silly Question on Iran Bombing Mission

    06/26/2025 9:36:52 AM PDT · by Kazan · 38 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Jun. 26, 2025 | by Cullen Linebarger
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth received an opportunity to put arguably the most despicable Pentagon reporter in her place today, and it was a sight to behold.As The Gateway Pundit reported, Hegseth delivered a masterclass performance during a Pentagon press conference on Thursday, in which he tore into their slanderous coverage of U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Reporters immediately sought to play down the significance of the strikes and accused the Trump administration of exaggerating the accomplishment.Even more absurdly, the top takeaways some reporters, including leftist Fox News Jennifer Griffin, was Hegseth supposedly disrespecting females by saying, “Our boys on...
  • White House to limit intelligence sharing, skip Gabbard at Senate Iran briefing

    06/25/2025 4:57:28 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 14 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | June 25, 2025 | Emily Davies , Theodoric Meyer and Dan Lamothe
    Top officials will brief lawmakers on Thursday amid a political battle over what intelligence reveals about the damage to Iran’s nuclear facilities.The White House plans to limit classified intelligence sharing with Congress after leaks to the press of an early assessment undermined President Donald Trump’s claim that U.S. airstrikes obliterated Iranian nuclear facilities, a senior Trump administration official said, setting the stage for a contentious classified briefing before senators Thursday. Amid a political battle over what the intelligence shows, the White House is expected to send four of its top national security officials to brief lawmakers: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,...
  • AOC Mocks Pete Hegseth for Successfully Keeping His Mouth Shut on Iran

    06/24/2025 6:14:11 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 41 replies
    New Republic via Yahoo ^ | 6/23/25 | Edith Olmsted
    Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was not impressed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s sudden ability to keep his mouth shut about U.S. military plans. Newsmax host Todd Starnes offered his congratulations to Hegseth Saturday for pulling off sweeping strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities without giving up the game. “Not a single leak. Well done, @SecDef,” Starnes wrote in a post on X. The New York Democrat didn’t see that as quite the cause for celebration. “This is like applauding a grown man for being able to wipe their behind,” Cortez responded in a post on X. “Not exactly a vote of...
  • Notable Historian and FReeper Larry Schweikart X Thread on the Iran Attack

    06/22/2025 6:12:58 PM PDT · by FreedomPoster · 31 replies
    X (Twitter) ^ | June 22, 2025 | Larry Schweikart @LarrySchwe94560
    1) As I like to do, I wanted to wait til some of the Iranian Fordow dust settled. It will be weeks before anyone knows for sure how much damage was done to the Iranian nuke program, but suffice it to say that when combined with the earlier Israeli attacks . . . heap big damage. 2) The extent of this damage was seen in the Iranians' response, which was "WE'RE GOING TO SUE!" Yeah, that's a real deterrent there! 3) A word on the attack itself. It was carried out with precision not seen since Schwartzkopf's "Hail Mary" in...
  • Subverting the Efforts of President Trump and Defense Secretary Hegseth to Restore the Military, At Least One Senior Official Appears to Have Made a Promise He Had No Intention to Keep

    06/18/2025 5:43:09 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 25 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | June 17, 2025 | J.M. Phelps
    Without intervention, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brandon Budge will be separated from the Army on September 1 for his objection to the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 shot in 2021, which was determined by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to be “unlawful as implemented.” In March, with the hope of restoring his career, the Black Hawk helicopter pilot was advised by Gen. Randy George, the Army’s Chief of Staff, to submit his request for relief to the Board for Correction of Military Records (BCMR). And at the time, the general promised he would “get it fixed,” CW3 told The Gateway...
  • E-2 Hawkeye Replaces USAF E-3 Sentry, E-7 Cancelled In New Budget

    06/13/2025 9:40:57 AM PDT · by Alas Babylon! · 36 replies
    The War Zone — TWZ ^ | 11 June 2025 | Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick
    Aseismic shift has occurred in the Trump administration’s new defense spending plan that is just emerging when it comes to the USAF’s airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) predicament. The service’s E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft are dwindling in number and rapidly aging into unsupportability. The proven and in-production E-7 Wedgetail, based on the Boeing 737 and serving with multiple allies, was supposed to bridge the gap between the E-3’s retirement and pushing the sending part of the mission to space-based distributed satellite constellations. You can read all about this here. Now, if the administration gets...
  • “Deranged Behavior”: Gavin Newsom Attacks Pete Hegseth Over Statement Marines Are on “High Alert” to Help National Guard With Out of Control LA Illegal Immigration Riots

    06/08/2025 11:55:53 AM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 34 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | June 8, 2025 | Kristinn Taylor
    Democrat California Governor Gavin Newsom is attacking Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over his statement that U.S. Marines are on “high alert” if needed to help National Guard troops with the out of control illegal immigration riots in Los Angeles, calling it “deranged behavior.” Governor Newsom’s press office also attacked Hegseth, responding to a post by Hegseth criticizing Newsom over the riots with a Reuters photo from Saturday that showed protesters in an intersection waving a Mexican flag in front of a burning automobile. Hegseth commented, “Another “mostly peaceful protest” brought to you by @GavinNewsom DEPORT.” Newsom’s press office replied,...
  • National Guard to be sent to LA amid clashes; Newsom calls Hegseth's threat of Marines "deranged"

    06/07/2025 10:40:50 PM PDT · by Nextrush · 92 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | 6/7/2025 | Los Angeles Times Staff
    ...2,000 National Guard troops will be sent to L.A. amid clashes over immigration raids... Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies use flash bang grenades and tear gas on protesters... "We'll come get you": L.A.'s top federal prosecutor says protesters are being investigated... Hegseth says Marines could be deployed. "Deranged", Newsom says...
  • D-Day veterans gather in Normandy to commemorate 81st anniversary

    06/06/2025 2:58:00 PM PDT · by george76 · 9 replies
    OAN ^ | June 6, 2025 | Blake Wolf
    Veterans gathered in Normandy on Friday to commemorate the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a turning point in World War II that ultimately precipitated the downfall of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’s regime. Roughly two dozen veterans who served in World War II traveled to the beaches of Normandy to honor the thousands that died on D-Day, as well as the tens of millions that died in the second World War. D-Day marked a significant turn in World War II as it set the stage for the defeat of Nazi Germany by effectively establishing a Western front. It essentially...
  • The Harvey Milk Controversy Is a Microcosm of Our Cultural War

    06/06/2025 11:12:17 AM PDT · by george76 · 25 replies
    Hot Air ^ | June 06, 2025 | David Strom
    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered the removal of Harvey Milk's name from a Navy replenishment ship, and the move stirred up the inevitable controversy. It was intended to, just as the original naming of the ship was meant to be a poke in the eye of opponents of DEI. The choice to name the ship after Milk was meant to send a signal that the Navy was honoring Harvey Milk for being a gay rights icon, and the choice to remove it was meant to tell people that Trump's Navy doesn't honor people for how they deploy their...
  • Harvey Milk Was a Patriot(Barf alert)

    06/05/2025 11:38:30 AM PDT · by Ennis85 · 49 replies
    National Review ^ | June 3rd 2025 | John Fund
    Since he was sworn in four months ago after an airtight confirmation vote, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has continued to be at the center of controversy. We have seen Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app on an unsecure personal phone to discuss sensitive military operations, his firing of three senior aides, and a Pentagon chock-full of internal turmoil. ince he was sworn in four months ago after an airtight confirmation vote, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has continued to be at the center of controversy. We have seen Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app on an unsecure personal phone...
  • Hegseth moves to cut Pentagon testing division in half

    05/30/2025 10:28:51 AM PDT · by Twotone · 5 replies
    Washington Times ^ | May 29, 2025 | Vaughn Cockayne
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon will cut its operational test and evaluation organization in half and appoint an interim director to better align the armed forces with an America First strategy. In a Wednesday memo, Mr. Hegseth explains that an internal review of the Pentagon’s Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation found that cuts to the division would improve the military’s “lethality, readiness and efficiency.” “A comprehensive internal review has identified redundant, nonessential, nonstatutory functions within ODOT&E that do not support operational agility or resource efficiency, affecting our ability to rapidly and effectively deploy...
  • US defense secretary Hegseth meets Musk for second time at Pentagon

    05/21/2025 4:33:56 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 2 replies
    Reuters ^ | May 21, 2025 10:20 PM UTC | Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
    WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met billionaire Elon Musk at the Pentagon on Wednesday, officials said, the second known time the close ally of President Donald Trump has visited the department's headquarters.In March, Musk, whose businesses have a number of Defense Department contracts, was granted an unprecedented top-level meeting at the Pentagon."The Secretary met with Elon Musk and other members of the X AI team this morning," Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement."The Department of Defense is committed to engaging with AI industry CEOs to ensure our warfighters are equipped to face 21st...
  • MAGA erupts in fury at SNL cast for deeply personal stab at Pete Hegseth: 'This is disgraceful'

    05/11/2025 12:03:10 PM PDT · by DFG · 53 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 05/11/2025 | Noa Halff
    MAGA supporters have erupted in fury over Saturday Night Live's latest political sketch featuring a deeply personal dig at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The controversial segment, which aired this weekend, featured former cast member Cecily Strong returning as Judge Jeanine Pirro alongside Colin Jost portraying Hegseth as her 'drinking buddy.' In the sketch, Strong repeatedly made light of alleged alcohol issues that the real-life Defense Secretary has vehemently denied. 'I love Pete Hegseth. He's my old drinking buddy,' Strong's Pirro said. When Jost then entered the scene as Hegseth, Pirro was so surprised that she sprayed wine all over his...
  • An isolated John Fetterman clashes with colleagues and staff as he skips his Senate duties

    05/11/2025 8:37:20 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 47 replies
    NBC News ^ | May 9, 2025 | Allan Smith, Sahil Kapur, Scott Wong and Frank Thorp V
    In the run-up to the vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., knew her party had a problem — and its name was John Fetterman. Fetterman, the Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, was open to confirming President Donald Trump’s embattled pick, according to two people familiar with his thinking. Murray wanted to speak with her colleague one-on-one. So she reached out to set up a time. But Fetterman refused, as the two people familiar with the episode told NBC News. “He figured that she wanted to yell at him about it,” one person familiar with the...
  • Trump admin poised to accept luxury jet as gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources

    05/11/2025 7:34:38 AM PDT · by george76 · 75 replies
    ABC News ^ | May 11, 2025 | Jonathan Karl and Katherine Faulders
    In what may be the most valuable gift ever extended to the United States from a foreign government, the Trump administration is preparing to accept a super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar -- a gift that is to be available for use by President Donald Trump as the new Air Force One until shortly before he leaves office, at which time ownership of the plane will be transferred to the Trump presidential library foundation, sources familiar with the proposed arrangement told ABC News. The gift is expected to be announced next week, when Trump...
  • White House rejects Pete Hegseth chief of staff pick who trashed Trump & Vance as stupid and dumb

    05/09/2025 10:46:49 AM PDT · by EliRoom8 · 43 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 9, 2025, 11:10 a.m. ET | Steven Nelson
    WASHINGTON — The drama surrounding Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has a new lead player: a top aide known to his detractors as “Rasputin Ricky.” Ricky Buria, the defense secretary’s de facto chief of staff, is a rare Biden administration holdover and an internal critic of Vice President JD Vance’s “wackamamie crazy” and “isolationist” views — who has also slammed President Trump’s use of the military for immigration enforcement as “dumb.” Buria, 43, is also considered “incredibly intelligent and hardworking,” has fashioned himself as a China hawk and is seen by Hegseth as an effective administrator who keeps the office running smoothly...
  • Massachusetts man charged in attempt to assassinate a member of Trump's Cabinet

    05/08/2025 7:57:44 PM PDT · by CFW · 32 replies
    Just the News ^ | 5/8/25 | Misty Severi
    A Massachusetts man on Thursday was charged with attempting to assassinate a member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet, after he brought Molotov cocktails to the Capitol in January. Ryan English, who turned himself into Capitol Police over the incident, allegedly admitted in January that he brought knives and two Molotov cocktails fashioned out of 50 milliliter Absolut Vodka bottles, which were stuffed with cloth doused in hand sanitizer, to Capitol Hill. The man is now charged with carrying a dangerous weapon or incendiary device on the grounds of the Capitol, and unlawful possession of an incendiary device, the department said....
  • There have been ethics complaints filed against Thom Tillis by non-partisan watchdogs and a Wall Street Journal report alleging HE WAS BEHIND THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST PETE HEGSETH, that was orchestrated by Tillis’ ex-sister-in-law.

    05/08/2025 3:35:40 AM PDT · by george76 · 37 replies
    X ^ | May 8, 2025 | Mila Joy
    There have been ethics complaints filed against Thom Tillis by non-partisan watchdogs and a Wall Street Journal report alleging HE WAS BEHIND THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST PETE HEGSETH, that was orchestrated by Tillis’ ex-sister-in-law. Tillis is a Lowlife POS. .... I looked into @SenThomTillis story. It’s pretty interesting , he came into government then became became a multimillionaire . Of course his wife runs a foundation. He also initially opposed the border wall. ... This arrogant creep is holding some dark secrets. And he's stupid enough to get himself trending on X ... The Hidden Empire of Thom Tillis: Undisclosed...
  • This is the most powerful 17 second speech ever given by a Secretary of Defense. This is why do they want to destroy Pete Hegseth so badly. This is it…

    05/06/2025 8:01:10 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 47 replies
    Benny Johnson on Twitter X ^ | May 6, 2025 | Benny Johnson
    Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson This is the most powerful 17 second speech ever given by a Secretary of Defense. This is why do they want to destroy @PeteHegseth so badly. This is it… From Concerned Citizen 8:23 PM · May 6, 2025