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August 6, 2025
Rachel Kahn
Pete Hegseth Unveils Return of Pro-Slavery Monument
This is the second Confederate memorial the Trump administration has brought back in 24 hours.
August 5, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Project 2025’s Success Rate So Far Will Terrify You
Thanks, we hate it.
August 4, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Pete Hegseth Brings in Worst Person Ever on Paranoid Hunt for Leakers
The defense secretary has a terrifying new recruit.
July 30, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Pete Hegseth Considers Plan to Escape the Pentagon: Run for Office
Trump’s defense secretary reportedly wants out, after just six months on the job.
July 18, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Pete Hegseth Announces Dangerous Expansion of ICE’s Powers
ICE just got a new jurisdiction.
July 14, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Musk’s Racist Grok AI Chatbot Is Now Part of the Defense Department
What in the world is the Department of Defense doing with Grok?
July 9, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Crashes Out Over Question About Chaotic Ukraine Aid Pause
Donald Trump appeared to glitch a little when asked about reports that he didn’t know Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had ordered the pause.
July 9, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Guess Who Forgot to Tell Trump He Was Pausing Ukraine Aid?
Pete Hegseth forgot a crucial step.
July 8, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Claim on Ukraine Aid Raises Question of Who’s In Control
Donald Trump had a bewildering answer when asked who had ordered a pause on aid to Ukraine.
July 8, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Burned Through Stockpile of Patriot Missiles at Alarming Rate
The U.S. no longer has enough missiles for all of the Pentagon’s projects.
June 26, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Pete Hegseth Uses Iran Strike Presser to Complain Media Is Mean to Him
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attempted to bully journalists for covering the leaked Iran strikes report.
June 25, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Pete Hegseth Spirals Over Damning Leaked Report on Trump Iran Strikes
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused the leakers of being politically motivated.
June 23, 2025
Edith Olmsted
AOC Mocks Pete Hegseth for Successfully Keeping His Mouth Shut on Iran
Pete Hegseth managed to clear an exceptionally low bar.
June 19, 2025
Tori Otten
Here’s Anti-DEI King Pete Hegseth’s Plan for Marking Juneteenth
It’s shocking that Hegseth hasn’t cancelled Juneteenth altogether.
June 18, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Pete Hegseth Refuses to Answer One Easy Question About L.A. Protests
The defense secretary continues to show utter deference to Donald Trump, above all else.
June 17, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump “Reamed Out” Pete Hegseth for Disastrous Military Parade
Donald Trump’s much-hyped birthday parade was a huge flop.
June 12, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Hegseth Refuses to Admit Courts Can Stop Him in Alarming Testimony
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to think he has ultimate power when it comes to immigration enforcement.
June 11, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Hegseth Can’t Answer Key Question on Trump Power to Deploy Marines
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth can’t explain the main question at the heart of Trump’s decision to send the Marines to crush anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.
June 11, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mitch McConnell Grills Pete Hegseth on Russia in Damning Exchange
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to answer one very easy question on Russia and Ukraine.
June 9, 2025
Michael Tomasky
Would Trump and Hegseth Have Protesters Be Shot? See What They’ve Said
The weekend’s events in Los Angeles bring us face-to-face with a possible reality that until this year seemed unimaginable in the United States.
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