AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>So what level of "draining the swamp" are we on when the fascist President of the United States accepts a $400M airplane from the government of Qatar through legally dubious means, and Trump's lawyers, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Defense shout "this is totally legal, nothing to see here" despite the fact that any rando paying attention can see this is blatantly illegal and openly corrupt?</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-air-force-one" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/trump-ai</span><span class="invisible">r-force-one</span></a></p><p>Critics Condemn Trump Plan to Accept Lux Plane From Qatar as 'Comically Corrupt'</p><p>"Ahead of Trump's trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, sources told ABC that the 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... 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."</p><p>The unnamed sources also explained that "lawyers for the White House counsel's office and the Department of Justice drafted an analysis for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth concluding that is legal for the Department of Defense to accept the aircraft as a gift and later turn it over to the Trump library, and that it does not violate laws against bribery or the Constitution's prohibition (the emoluments clause) of any U.S. government official accepting gifts 'from any king, prince, or foreign state.'"</p><p>Liberal observers still reeling from the 2016 election will no doubt find it bitterly ironic that Trump at points campaigned on sketchy donations to the Clinton Foundation from Qatar during that race, but the bigger issue here is that American law forbids the President accepting bribes from foreign governments for a reason. The idea that this isn't the Qatari government gifting Trump a $400M airplane to curry favor ahead of diplomatic negotiations stretches credulity, and is in no way obscured by the legal fuckery the regime is trying to accomplish here through the use of Trump's presidential library foundation. This is a bribe, and it's a direct violation of everyone's favorite meaningless law from the first Trump president, the emoluments clause. </p><p>Of course, given that Trump spent his first four years in office using his real estate and hotel empire to repeatedly violate the emoluments clause, and he's already inventing new ways to openly receive bribes through cryptocurrency scams that nobody has made any effort to punish him for, I think it's a pretty safe bet he'll get away with this one too. The reality is that the American political and legal systems aren't actually built to stop a corrupt president, or hold rich men accountable for their criminal activities in any way; nor is a US society that worships at the altar of capital and proclaims a billionaire ruling class "masters of the universe" with a *right* to commodify every aspect of our daily existence to further capitalist extraction. In a better society, one that hasn't already contorted every aspect of the law to favor wealth and power, it's entirely possible that crass corruption like this would ultimately topple the Trump regime, but we're talking about a guy who has skated by largely unaffected by dozens and dozens of demonstrable crimes he's committed. If Trump's open fraud, slander, corruption, sexual violence, violations of the Espionage Act, and literal attempts to overturn the 2020 election through an elaborate coup plot didn't cost him anything on his way to a second presidency, why would a little thing like accepting a $400M bribe while shouting "how's my ass taste" from the tarmac stop him now?</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/AirForceOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirForceOne</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bribery</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/EmolumentsClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmolumentsClause</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DoJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoJ</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ForeignAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAffairs</span></a></p>
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Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:<p>Explosions and rocket tests are normal daily around here but..."emergency detonation"? 🤔 What the heck. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The planned use of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> plane for the flight to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Libya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libya</span></a> comes after the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Defense</span></a> Dept has assisted in transporting migrants to locations such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Guatemala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guatemala</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a>.</p><p>In late March, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> ofcls flew a group of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuelan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuelan</span></a> migrants to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> without any staff from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> on the plane, acc/to court records. The flight took off from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Guant%C3%A1namoBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuantánamoBay</span></a>, Cuba, to El Salvador & included 4 Venezuelans.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</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/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rendition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSponsoredAbduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateSponsoredAbduction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>DEF Sec Hegseth used <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> more extensively for official Pentagon business than previously disclosed, engaging in at least a dozen separate chats.</p><p>In one case, he told aides on the encrypted app to inform foreign govts about an unfolding MIL operation, the ppl said. He also used the nongovt message service to discuss media appearances, foreign travel, his schedule, & other unclassified but sensitive info.<br> <br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pete-hegseth-signal-chats-defense-department-pentagon-ec9a4daa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/politics/national-secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/pete-hegseth-signal-chats-defense-department-pentagon-ec9a4daa</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Sec of DEF <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> has ordered snr Pentagon leadership to cut the number of 4-star generals & admirals by at least 20% across the MIL. As of 2023: 7 -across the entire MIL.</p><p>Memo also directs: Pentagon to cut the# of general officers in the NG by 20% & to cut the total# of general & flag officers across the MIL by 10%. There're currently ~900 -those with the rank of one star or higher -across the MIL.</p><p>Amplify, MIL downsizing is a gift to Putin & Xi.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.allrisenews.com/p/trump-immigration-judges" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">allrisenews.com/p/trump-immigr</span><span class="invisible">ation-judges</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"I enjoy tweaking Pete Hegseth for his Signal stupidity, but I think it's even more important that in his juvenile obsession with "lethality"🚨he forced our military to abandon safeguards against killing civilians. And now we seem to be doing that with regularity in Yemen..."<br>-T Malinowski</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Traitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Traitors</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Sadism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sadism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010137049/us-bombing-yemen-migrant-shelter.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/video/world/middle</span><span class="invisible">east/100000010137049/us-bombing-yemen-migrant-shelter.html</span></a></p>
Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:<p>"We must find ways to incentivize U.S. firms to onshore or “friend-shore” the industrial production of batteries, small robotics parts, electric vehicles, commercial drones, and autonomous systems." </p><p>Riiiight. One small problem. Under Trump, exactly who are these "friendly" shores? Russia? Hungary? El Salvador? Trump hates NATO and loves several enemies of democracy. No rational business owner is going to make any changes to their manufacturing that'll affect them for **decades** based on the bugfuck INSANITY Trump is flooding the U.S. economy with. This talk of knitting ties between public & private sector is nothing new, but don't plan on anyone taking it seriously while mad king Trump is in the White House. The U.S. will be an unreliable partner for the duration, until we put someone sane in the seat. <br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/05/forging-new-national-security-alliance/405047/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">defenseone.com/ideas/2025/05/f</span><span class="invisible">orging-new-national-security-alliance/405047/</span></a></p>
Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified:<p>Sources claim <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USSPACECOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USSPACECOM</span></a> will be moved to Huntsville once a new SECAF is in place. </p><p>What a nightmare particularly for the command's civilian personnel, to be moved from CO to a racist christian theocracy. If this is announced, the women and POC who will either have to move or quit have my sympathies. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SpaceForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceForce</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirForce</span></a> <a href="https://www.rocketcitynow.com/article/news/local/sources-space-command-move-to-huntsville-not-just-a-possibility-but-a-near-certainty/525-88da64a1-d3db-4ad6-8a5c-59ac600b3e40" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rocketcitynow.com/article/news</span><span class="invisible">/local/sources-space-command-move-to-huntsville-not-just-a-possibility-but-a-near-certainty/525-88da64a1-d3db-4ad6-8a5c-59ac600b3e40</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"It is remarkable to what great lengths Hegseth went to use the Signal app, because as defense secretary he has his own communications center which is specialized in keeping him in contact with anyone he wants. This center is commonly called SecDef Cables and is part of Secretary of Defense Communications (SDC) unit.</p><p>SecDef Cables provides operational information management and functions as a command and control support center. It is staffed by 26 service members and 4 civilians. They provide "comprehensive voice, video, and data capabilities to the secretary and his immediate staff, regardless of their location, across multiple platforms and classifications."</p><p>Furthermore, SecDef Cables serves as a liaison to the National Military Command Center (NMCC), the White House Situation Room, the State Department Operations Center and similar communication centers. Finally, Cables manages the connections for the Defense Telephone Link (DTL), which is a lower-level hotline with military counterparts in about 25 countries, including Russia and China."</p><p><a href="https://www.electrospaces.net/2025/04/how-us-defense-secretary-hegseth.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">electrospaces.net/2025/04/how-</span><span class="invisible">us-defense-secretary-hegseth.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Messaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Messaging</span></a></p>
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes<p>Trump's recent executive order to "unleash" police in America is actually a paint-by-numbers recipe for an authoritarian police state operating under a perpetual condition of martial law; and given the Swine Emperor's history, that should alarm Americans more than their media is letting on.</p><p>Nina-Bytes: A Road to Martial Law</p><p><a href="https://www.ninaillingworth.com/2025/05/02/nina-bytes-a-road-to-martial-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ninaillingworth.com/2025/05/02</span><span class="invisible">/nina-bytes-a-road-to-martial-law/</span></a></p><p>"Even if we didn’t know Trump is an unhinged fascist with a penchant for punitive violence, the combination of material state support for police criminality, arming up and training to occupy American communities, and the unification of military, police, and national security assets, including personnel apparently, into a single ad-hoc domestic security force would all be ominous signs of an impending dictatorship under martial law. If I’m being honest I don’t think the author of this piece is being alarmist enough given the scope of this executive order."</p><p><a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MartialLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MartialLaw</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DoJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoJ</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MigrantJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MigrantJustice</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/MilitarizedPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitarizedPolice</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Panopticon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panopticon</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Counterterrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Counterterrorism</span></a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/WarOnTerror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOnTerror</span></a></p>
K Leyton Cooper<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@axios" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>axios</span></a></span> <br>How much of that bottle did Hegsth down b4 leaving his <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> Pimp-Primping Boudoir❓️</p>
Kim Perales<p>"JUST IN: A federal judge has barred DHS from transferring migrants to other agencies (like DOD) in order to sidestep due process guarantees before deportation."<br>-K Cheney</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Another Signal group exists for senior Pentagon officials & J Hegseth, this one with DEF Sec P Hegseth, S Parnell, T Radabaugh & possibly a couple others. It's to discuss DEF Dept comms, though J Hegseth isn't on staff.</p><p>“We'd always hear that she was saying what kind of videos he should be doing, & what kind of statements he should be doing, & how the press should be handled."</p><p>Jennifer knows that Pete is incapable of leading the <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a>, so she's the co -Sec of DEF.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/30/jennifer-hegseth-pentagon-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/national-se</span><span class="invisible">curity/2025/04/30/jennifer-hegseth-pentagon-trump/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“You cross our border illegally, you will see them,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> said of the signs on April 25,…speaking to cameras for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> later posted to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a>’s X account. “It’s clearly posted. And when you ignore them, you will be prosecuted.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> said Friday that he met the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAttorney</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a>, Ryan Ellison, & that the prosecutor “can’t wait” to begin charging those who cross into the area.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</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> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LandGrab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandGrab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryZone</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stratocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stratocracy</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2033392/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2033392/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Waltz doubles down on Hegseth praise amid ongoing Pentagon controversy <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/D%C3%B8d" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Død</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pentagon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SecretaryOfDefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretaryOfDefense</span></a></p>
SherBeareth<p>And it’s a Bro For Bro world. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CabinetMisfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CabinetMisfires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a></p><p>Hegseth has selected Justin Fulcher, co-founder of telemedicine startup RingMD who also represented the DOGE team at the Department of Veterans Affairs, to serve as a senior adviser, according to a Pentagon statement. The secretary frequently touts the group’s findings, saying it has identified billions in wasteful spending at the Pentagon.</p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-25/hegseth-taps-doge-staffer-as-senior-adviser-after-staff-exodus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-04-25/hegseth-taps-doge-staffer-as-senior-adviser-after-staff-exodus</span></a></p>
SherBeareth<p>🎺 </p><p>Hegseth is an over-coiffed asshat. <br>Who behaves like a child playing war games. <br>And knows fvcking nothing about international relations.</p><p>————-</p><p>Pete Hegseth Seems to Be Losing His Mind as Leaks Keep Coming</p><p>The defense secretary is threatening everyone around him at the Pentagon as the Signalgate leaks pile up.</p><p>Hegseth has been filled with anxiety and paranoia as turnover in his inner circle increases with each passing scandal. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IdiotHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IdiotHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/194408/pete-hegseth-nervous-leaks-signal?utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Threads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/194408/pe</span><span class="invisible">te-hegseth-nervous-leaks-signal?utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Threads</span></a></p>
salix sericea (@Ripple13216)<p>The US had the Department of Defense (previously known as Department of War) do deportations because a court said DHS could not.</p><p>I really did not want the NOAA planes that fly into hurricanes axed. </p><p>But given where we are, such a move might save lives.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NOAA</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>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin sent more *alleged* gang members to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> despite a Massachusetts court order barring <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> to 3rd-party countries. </p><p>They say the order only applied to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> & so they had <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a> carry out the deportations.</p><p>Dishonest as hell.</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282404/gov.uscourts.mad.282404.72.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.mad.282404/gov.uscourts.mad.282404.72.0.pdf</span></a></p><p><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/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rendition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rendition</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSponsoredAbduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateSponsoredAbduction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DualState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DualState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChecksAndBalances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChecksAndBalances</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
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