Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has become “emboldened” after ousting some of the military’s most senior officials as he moves to “consolidate control” at the Pentagon, according to a report. The firing of Navy Secretary John Phelan and the Army’s chief of staff Gen. Randy George was part of Hegseth’s reported pursuit to “consolidate control” of the Pentagon, leaving him “more confident than ever in his job,” The Washington Post reports. Despite concerns from those in President Donald Trump’s inner circle, including White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Hegseth appears to have secured his standing within the administration amid a turbulent first year in office, the newspaper reports. “All the power has been taken away from the uniforms and 100 percent gone to the political appointees,” one official told the Post. Phelan was removed on April 22 shortly after voicing concerns to lawmakers regarding what he characterized as a “land grab” by Hegseth and Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, according to the newspaper.
Gotta fill those spots with more sycophants and morons. Gotta love the fact if some other country did decide to attack us, the mushroom-fluffers would have no idea what to fucking do. They’d probably end up bombing US, the citizens.
Fucking disgraceful. Hope the military is happy that they get to go fight fake wars for the Epstein class and die to cover up the pedophiles in office.
The only competence these people have is creating fascist power structures, because as psychopaths, that (and not competence in any meaningful field) is the one thing they’ve been training their whole lives for. Their fragile egos combined with sociopathic fixation on authority and loyalty means that everything needs to be a performative demonstration of masculinity and power.
Or more succinctly: They get off on people having to do what they say, preferably against their will, and we all have to suffer so they can feel good.
All of these actions just self-identify Hegseth and the rest of Trump’s gallery of rogues as weak, pathetic, sadistic children.
This consolidation of control is to overturn the election results later this year in a coup.
Good thing we’re all just going to sit here and watch it happen.
What was that about the army being politically neutral?
This will be quite the ride in 2028 when trump won’t go away.
It won’t get that far. They’ll seize control this year.
They already have.
Held up in his ballroom fortress calling the shots and sending his fans to their deaths?
How you doing Republicans, feeling safe in this world you created?
They can’t hear you. They are currently doing Trump’s “beat off two dudes” dance.
I just can’t help seeing Hegseth as Soltan Gris, the incompetent drunk alien CIA operative who manages to lie, embezzle, and grift himself to riches on the planet he is meant to be saving
L Ron Hubbard was a rapist and a grifter. But NEGL his Mission Earth is a great read (yes, all 10 books of it) and it’s insane how relevant it is under Trump 2.0
Actually well written and intelligent science fiction book.
“Stand On Zanzibar” by John Brunner.
Won the 1969 Hugo for best novel.
Set in the 21st Century, it predicted AI, legal marijuana, mass shooters, mass homelessness, personalized ads, and a host of other ideas we now take for granted.
I enjoyed Battlefield Earth (the book, not whatever that movie was), even with its issues. I read the first of Mission Earth when it came out. I don’t remember why it didn’t click for me, but I never read another.
Drug test Pete! Dude is drunk off his ass 24/7 and gets to call in drone strikes.
This is all totally normal. Nothing strange about any of this. This is all just to keep USAmericans safe.
