Via #RawStory @ 9:25pm ET on Apr 18, 2025

#Politico reported Friday that 3 senior #Pentagon officials have now been fired as part of the leak investigation: #Hegseth senior advisor #DanCaldwell, deputy chief of staff #DarinSelnick and #ColinCarroll — who was #DeputyDefenseSecretary #StephenFeinberg's #ChiefOfStaff — have all been officially terminated. And #JoeKasper, who was Hegseth's own chief of staff, is now leaving the Pentagon for a separate job in the Pentagon.

https://www.rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2671803413/

“ #Hegseth ’s chief of staff will leave his role for new position at agency.. Sr adviser Dan Caldwell, Hegseth dep COS Darin Selnick & Colin Carroll, COS to Dep Def Sec Stephen Feinberg, were placed on leave in an ongoing leak probe. All 3 were terminated on Fri” www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Pentagon turmoil deepens: Top ...

“Joe Kasper, #Hegseth’s chief of staff will leave his role for new position at the agency..

Sr adviser Dan Caldwell, Hegseth deputy COS Darin Selnick & Colin Carroll, the COS to Dep Defense Sec Stephen Feinberg, were placed on leave in an ongoing leak probe. All 3 were terminated on Fri”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/18/defense-secretary-chief-of-staff-joe-kasper-departure-00299508

I want to reemphasise that WE ARE GREEN ON OPSEC!

I doubt that even half of "The Military" will follow illegal orders from Pete "Wiskeyleaks" #Hegseth
They know they have the obligation to disobey illegal orders and that Petey is a sack of shit

From @sifill_ on:

My “spidey-sense” is saying we should keep our eyes on this.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/top-hegseth-advisor-dan-caldwell-put-leave-pentagon-leak-probe-2025-04-15/

Keep 'em coming "11 students studying in Pentagon schools in the US and around the world are suing the defense secretary, Pete #Hegseth, over the book bans he has instigated to remove titles on race and gender from their libraries" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Students at Pentagon schools s...

Keep 'em coming

"11 students studying in Pentagon schools in the US and around the world are suing the defense secretary, Pete #Hegseth, over the book bans he has instigated to remove titles on race and gender from their libraries"

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/pentagon-school-students-sue-hegseth-book-bans?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

We have seen this movie before. It is not going to end well.

#SecDef #Hegseth has done overseeing the purge of nearly 400 volumes from the Naval Academy’s library but kept TWO copies of Mein Kampf.

https://open.substack.com/pub/virginiaheffernan/p/angelou-is-out-hitler-is-in

#endOfLiberalDemocracy
#TrumpLand
#Fascism

#Hegseth added #Ukraine won’t enter #NATO or recover its lost territory, and no #US troops will be in the no-man’s land guarding it from #Russia, only Europeans, who will not be covered by NATO’s Article 5 mutual defence pact. Moreover, #Europe will pay most to rearm and rebuild Ukraine, while the US gets access to its rare earth and mineral rights for any aid provided to #Kyiv Some still might have seen this all as a joke.

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/red-hot-inflation-and-ice-cold-realpolitik

'Two copies of “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler are still on the shelves.

'Gone is “Memorializing the Holocaust,” Janet Jacobs’s 2010 examination of how female victims of the Holocaust have been portrayed and remembered.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/naval-academy-banned-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1._E4.IY5u.XsY3aCXY-XYE&smid=url-share

#USpol #USpolitics #MAGA #bookbans #Hegseth #wokebashing #censorship #chasseAuxWokes @bookstodon

At the White House on Thursday, #Hegseth and #Trump admitted that U.S. troops have been deployed to the Panama Canal.

“We’re taking back the canal. China’s had too much influence.... We along with Panama are pushing them out” Hegseth said to Trump at a Cabinet meeting held in front of the press, adding that after his trip to the country earlier this week, President José Raúl Mulino spoke positively of partnering with U.S. troops to get “the Communist Chinese out.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/193871/trump-troops-panama-canal

An order by Rapist McBlackoutDrunk’s office led by someone with Nazi tattoos resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power. #nazi #nazis #uspol #Hegseth #politics

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/naval-academy-banned-books.html

When military leaders from roughly 50 nations met in Brussels on Friday to discuss aid shipments to Kyiv, one was noticeably absent: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was participating only virtually.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/hegseth-ukraine-defense-group.html

Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/naval-academy-banned-books.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.7pw1.7MHJ22HWB9tm&smid=nytcore-android-share
#trump #censorship #fascism #usa #hegseth

Obwohl sich die #USA aus der #Ukraine Kontaktgruppe zurückgezogen haben, möchte US-Verteidigungsminister #Hegseth an der heutigen Konferenz online teilnehmen
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besteht aber darauf, die Konferenz per #Signal zu führen

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