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Micheal Shallop :ve: :tux:<p>Totally called it</p><p>It was inevitable that <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> would implode under the massive weight of his own stupidity</p>
MorriganAzure 🧙🏻‍♀️🔮🪄<p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-orders-makeup-studio-installed-pentagon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-order</span><span class="invisible">s-makeup-studio-installed-pentagon/</span></a></p><p>You can't make this up. This isn't the Onion.<br><a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>He's an absolutely incompetent idiot. AND YET NO ONE IN GOVERNMENT IS DOING ANYTHING. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cowards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cowards</span></a></p><p>☑️ BREAKING: Hegseth downloaded Signal on his desktop at the Pentagon to circumvent the lack of cell service in a classified space. <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/23/hegseth-signal-pentagon-computer/" 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/2025/04/23/hegseth-signal-pentagon-computer/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scif</span></a></p>
Hanse Mina<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the installation of Signal, a commercially available messaging app, on a desktop computer in his Pentagon office, said three people familiar with the matter.</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/23/hegseth-signal-pentagon-computer/" 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/2025/04/23/hegseth-signal-pentagon-computer/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<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> the sheer fact that he didn't get jailed for this violation of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> rules is propably making <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RealityWinner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealityWinner</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ChelseaManning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChelseaManning</span></a> scream internally at max volume.</p><ul><li>IMHO <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> should he sharing a cell with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ames</span></a> because he's just a risk to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NatSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatSec</span></a>!</li></ul>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis: A simple phone call "set off a chain of events leading to the roiling internal meltdown among top Pentagon staff that is now threatening to topple Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.</p><p><a href="https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/pete-hegseth-pentagon-chief-of-staff-inspector-general-leak-investigations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dropsitenews.com/p/pete-hegset</span><span class="invisible">h-pentagon-chief-of-staff-inspector-general-leak-investigations</span></a> </p><p>Also <a href="https://zeteo.com/p/are-pete-hegseths-days-numbered-white-house-seeks-replacement-signalgate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zeteo.com/p/are-pete-hegseths-</span><span class="invisible">days-numbered-white-house-seeks-replacement-signalgate</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pentagon</span></a> .</p>
Timo<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> The only conclusion I can come to is <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> is a traitor. PLUS who is the tech that installed the spyware on a DoD computer. Also a traitor.</p>
Laffy<p>🤦🏻‍♀️ “ <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> directed the installation of Signal on a desktop computer in his Pentagon office, illustrating the extent to which he has integrated use of the unclassified communications platform at the center of his political troubles with the highly secure systems U.S. govt relies on to safeguard military plans and other sensitive info” <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a> <br> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/23/hegseth-signal-pentagon-computer/" 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/2025/04/23/hegseth-signal-pentagon-computer/</span></a></p>
Tadonic the Flautulent<p>Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon<br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-orders-makeup-studio-installed-pentagon/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-order</span><span class="invisible">s-makeup-studio-installed-pentagon/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pentagon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a></p>
waysideollie<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/emptywheel.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emptywheel.bsky.social</span></a></span> If that's the case, why does he support <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> Honesty and humility are two things that have never emanated from his being. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> and all of the idiots in this administration need to go. Put them on <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Avelo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Avelo</span></a> and fly them far, far away.</p>
Heretical_i<p>"US soldier Korbein Schultz jailed for selling defence secrets to <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>" <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3307671/us-soldier-korbein-schultz-jailed-selling-defence-secrets-china" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scmp.com/news/world/united-sta</span><span class="invisible">tes-canada/article/3307671/us-soldier-korbein-schultz-jailed-selling-defence-secrets-china</span></a></p><p>I mean it's not like defense secretary <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> telling his family and friends the aircraft flight times and plans for bombing raids on <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yemen</span></a> in a signal chat group. 🤣😎<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/politics/hegseth-yemen-attack-second-signal-chat.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/20/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/hegseth-yemen-attack-second-signal-chat.html</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@SeanCasten" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SeanCasten</span></a></span> Hegseth is a crypto bro so his mindset is inherently pretty limited.</p><p><a href="https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/pete-hegseth-a-man-of-questionable" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cryptadamus.substack.com/p/pet</span><span class="invisible">e-hegseth-a-man-of-questionable</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SecDef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecDef</span></a></p>
Laffy<p>Nothing can cover up Hegseth's "flaws"</p><p>‪Scott MacFarlane‬<br> ‪@macfarlanenews.bsky.social‬<br>· 7m: </p><p>Sec. Pete <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon, per CBS News</p>
Malcolm Nance<p>PEEt <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a>, Urine Detective is looking for leaks. <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/diaperdon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diaperdon</span></a></p>
Ulfh3dnar<p>U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth:</p><p>"The United States can no longer be the guarantor of Europe's security."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a></p>
PapyrusBrigade<p>"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."</p><p>Hannah Arendt, The origins of totalitarianism </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HannahArendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HannahArendt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Totalitarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Totalitarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/USPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPoli</span></a></p>
Erik Jonker<p>Ofcourse all US allies will deny it, but really sensitive information will no longer be shared with the US, the risks are simply too large. The Trump administration is one big security breach.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/23/pete-hegseth-pentagon-espionage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/23/pete-hegseth-pentagon-espionage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intelligencesharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligencesharing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span></p>
Glyn Moody<p>Fears grow that Signal leaks make Pete <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> top espionage target - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/23/pete-hegseth-pentagon-espionage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/23/pete-hegseth-pentagon-espionage</span></a> "Allies, already concerned by Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs, have also begun to see the US as an intelligence-sharing liability. "</p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis: A simple phone call "set off a chain of events leading to the roiling internal meltdown among top Pentagon staff that is now threatening to topple Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.</p><p><a href="https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/pete-hegseth-pentagon-chief-of-staff-inspector-general-leak-investigations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dropsitenews.com/p/pete-hegset</span><span class="invisible">h-pentagon-chief-of-staff-inspector-general-leak-investigations</span></a> </p><p>Also <a href="https://zeteo.com/p/are-pete-hegseths-days-numbered-white-house-seeks-replacement-signalgate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zeteo.com/p/are-pete-hegseths-</span><span class="invisible">days-numbered-white-house-seeks-replacement-signalgate</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pentagon</span></a> .</p>
Yvonne ‘looks undocumented’<p>Ah yes, if there are no women in the room, then “boys will be boys”, amirite? </p><p>“Hegseth’s aides are also given to discursive meetings that devolve into “bawdy” discussions, including one where his chief of staff Joe Kasper reminisced about going to a strip club with a veterans group.”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronrupar/p/pete-hegseth-made-for-tv-defense-secretary" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup</span><span class="invisible">ar/p/pete-hegseth-made-for-tv-defense-secretary</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/secdef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secdef</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pentagon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a></p>