NPR: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary.

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1. A buck short & a day late

2. “The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.”

   Whether this is true or not no one should take the news organizations word at face value without receipts.

3. Hegseth should lose his job but the reality is that he might be even less crazy than whomever Trump nominates next. I’m totally ambivalent about him leaving unfortunately.

   The only hope is that the GOP is starting to get antsy because of the absurd trade policies and will be too afraid to kick off another controversy. Maybe there’s a shot they will block some of the craziness this time, but it’s a long one.

4. A news anchor was never a good choice, it was very frivolous.

5. It goes without saying that the second Signalgate is likely the straw that broke the camel’s back here.

   What comes next for the Pentagon is the big question. As is, they’re in a bit of a limbo, stuck between Pete’s destructive shifts in policy. At the very least, it definitely isn’t good for American military readiness.

6. Did someone accidentally add NPR to a signal group?

7. Whiskey Pete will be going on an extended bender. 

8. Don’t get your hopes up, people. We all know they are gonna replace him with someone even more absurd. Hopefully someone who doesn’t look like they spend 30 minutes everyday combing his slicked back hair though.

   And I bet the next guy would still leak sensitive info somewhere somehow.

9. It is gonna take time. You think it is easy to find utterly corrupt individuals that want nothign more than to enrich themselves and are willing to do whatever it takes? Hopefully the poor politically attacked and upright values guy, Hegseth, can get his position back at the bastion of truth ‘foxnews’. Poor guy barely had enough time to set up his own grifts.

10. Maybe Trump has learned his lesson, and will hire a competent replacement on the basis of something other than personal fealty. 😂

11. At this point, the legitimacy of the armed forces is at stake. Are they a true military, representing a major democracy, or are they glorified thugs whose only qualification is loyalty? If Hegseth stays, military code and policy means nothing. The oath they all take means nothing.

    Once a (jail-able) mistake, twice a (treasonous) pattern. It’s time for Hegseth to pull a Scaramucci and GTFO.

12. But I thought it wasn’t a big deal?

13. I will promise to quit drinking if I’m picked

14. Only the best people

15. Will he go back to Fox? Probably not

16. Trump said he stood behind him. I guess he meant *way* behind him.

17. Sean Hannity, come on doowwnn..

18. White house already claimed fake news on this so who knows

19. Not even 4 months in and already replacing one of the highest ranking members of the government. What a shitshow.

20. Conservatives didn’t believe the first story. Even mocked Atlantic for printing it. Now they don’t believe this new story. But I find it harder not to believe and at any rate he’ll mess up again later. They really need to stop picking political pundits to lead the country. Especially ones that promise they will stop being alcoholics. This is what happens when you pick bad leaders.

    Michael Lewis wrote a curious book about the first Trump term. Especially about how bad Trump was at picking leaders. And this term it’s 10 times worse.

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