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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Renaming Ships, Trashing the Legacy of Courageous Achievement</p><p>Trump's <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> Pete Hegseth seeks the erasure of great &amp; brave Americans like Harvey Milk, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Thurgood Marshall &amp; Medgar Evans b/c they don’t align w/ their sick, twisted view of the world.<br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/america/p/snapshot-renaming-ships-trashing?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=1t3i1b" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/america/</span><span class="invisible">p/snapshot-renaming-ships-trashing?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=android&amp;r=1t3i1b</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FEMINISM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FEMINISM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Another <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navy</span></a> jet falls into sea, marking 4th major mishap (no Houthis involved) in recent months</p><p>The latest loss of another $67 million F/A-18 Super Hornet comes after <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> Hegseth twice extended the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.</p><p>Gift article:<br><a href="https://wapo.st/3SwbRGI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/3SwbRGI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> targets ‘Women, Peace and Security,’ "proudly" ending a program long championed by Trump, <br>&amp; prominent Republicans, eg Noem &amp; Rubio.</p><p>He's shot himself in the foot so many times, it's a wonder he's still able to stand up.</p><p>As for his rampant foot &amp; mouth disease...</p><p><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseth-targets-women-peace-security-program-championed-trump-noem-rub-rcna203541?cid=eml_maddow_20250429&amp;user_email=735ea60b869944de4ca894a31933dd24f17302de0ed1d99d06b799e8020520d6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/m</span><span class="invisible">addowblog/hegseth-targets-women-peace-security-program-championed-trump-noem-rub-rcna203541?cid=eml_maddow_20250429&amp;user_email=735ea60b869944de4ca894a31933dd24f17302de0ed1d99d06b799e8020520d6</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> has left his personal Signal Chat phone # all over the web.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> doesn't even have the common sense of a 3yo - even a 3yo'd know not to leave the front door wide open.</p><p>And this is who Trump's entrusted w/the nation's <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a>.<br> <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseths-personal-signal-chat-phone-number-is-all-over-the-internet/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth</span><span class="invisible">s-personal-signal-chat-phone-number-is-all-over-the-internet/</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>‘I’ll hook you up to a f***ing polygraph test,’ a furious <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> told acting chair of the Joint Chief of Staff in a hunt for who leaked to news media reports the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> invited Elon Musk for a briefing on <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> acts like an abusive spouse. <a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/hegseth-musk-china-polygraph-test-b2739242.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">the-independent.com/news/world</span><span class="invisible">/americas/us-politics/hegseth-musk-china-polygraph-test-b2739242.html</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> in disarray under <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a>:</p><p>John Ullyot, Trump's top Pentagon spokesperson from 1st &amp; 2nd terms who resigned today, details ‘month from hell’ inside <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a>.</p><p>The latest flashpoint: <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a>'s firing of aides under a false pretext of "leaks."</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/20/pentagon-chaos-ullyot-hegseth-00205594" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/magazine/202</span><span class="invisible">5/04/20/pentagon-chaos-ullyot-hegseth-00205594</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Seems sacrifices members of the military &amp; their families make every day is not enough -</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> insurance company, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tricare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tricare</span></a>, is messing with pregnant women's <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tricare-military-health-insurance-pregnancy-women-delay-ultrasound-rcna197760" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trica</span><span class="invisible">re-military-health-insurance-pregnancy-women-delay-ultrasound-rcna197760</span></a></p><p>Umm, hello <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a>? U gonna fix that👆 &amp; this 👇?<br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tricare-military-health-insurance-pregnancy-women-delay-ultrasound-rcna197760" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trica</span><span class="invisible">re-military-health-insurance-pregnancy-women-delay-ultrasound-rcna197760</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Adam Schiff to Jen Psaki (in for Lawrence O'Donnell):</p><p>What's going to happen now is the Houthi's are going to reverse engineer this event, try to figure out sources &amp; methods: find out how DoD knew the target was at his girlfriend's place, if it was a human source, who that might've been...<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> et al compromised not just this operation, they've potentially compromised future operations as well. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SignalGate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignalGate</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>bring you to a foregone conclusion favoring <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> et al.</p><p>What ACTUALLY happened was <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> et al dodged a bloody bullet &amp; the outsider they "accidentally" included is an upstanding journo who didn't reveal publicly what he believed, on the basis of his wide experience, was secret info that'd compromise a military op.</p><p>This does NOT mean it was OK - or is now - to break natl security protocol, use an unclassified comms system in an unsecured setting w/your mobile to communicate.<br>2</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Since <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> have declared the Signal chat messaging thread abt the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Houthi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Houthi</span></a> air strike does not contain classified info, The Atlantic has decided to publish the war plans in that thread: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/politics/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2025/03/signal-group-chat-attack-plans-hegseth-goldberg/682176/</span></a></p><p>Then <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PressSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PressSec</span></a> says the public should decide for THEMSELVES how to evaluate the Signal text thread "based on the success of the operation." </p><p>So, yeah, you can decide for yourself IF you decide to follow her instrux to limit your consideration to her parameters designed to <br>1</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Rep Maria Elvira Sanchez (R-FL27) to Boris Sanchez/#CNN in re massive <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> failure by <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> Hegseth et al:</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Houthi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Houthi</span></a> assault was successful. Everyone makes a mistake and they deserve a 2nd chance.</p><p>Blah blah blah Yadda Yadda Yadda </p><p>Yeah. Well, a whole lotta ppl aren't willing to trust these bozos with anything now &amp; def do not agree.</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>‘Oh for God’s Sake’</p><p>Brit Hume - <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> Hegseth's frmr colleague on Fox - can’t believe Pete Hegseth tried to deny airstrike plans were leaked or even discussed</p><p>“Oh for God’s sake, the administration has already confirmed the authenticity of the message”</p><p>And I'm guessing Brit Hume, in a position to know, has had it just about up to here w/ Hegseth's BS.</p><p><a href="https://www.mediaite.com/news/oh-for-gods-sake-brit-hume-cant-believe-pete-hegseth-tried-denying-that-airstrike-plans-were-leaked/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mediaite.com/news/oh-for-gods-</span><span class="invisible">sake-brit-hume-cant-believe-pete-hegseth-tried-denying-that-airstrike-plans-were-leaked/</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> purge of 24,000+ articles from its websites in response to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a>'s orders to delete anything deemed <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>-related have nothing to do with DEI and instead include content on <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HolocaustRemembrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HolocaustRemembrance</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SexualAssault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SexualAssault</span></a> and suicide prevention.</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/19/politics/pentagon-website-purge/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/03/19/politics/pe</span><span class="invisible">ntagon-website-purge/index.html</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Judge forced to pause trial b/c Trump's <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> lawyers so unprepared, had not even read any of the 3 reports <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> cited in his ban on <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> military service that they were defending.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192657/judge-military-trans-ban-trial-lawyers-incompetence" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192657/ju</span><span class="invisible">dge-military-trans-ban-trial-lawyers-incompetence</span></a></p><p>Incompetence &amp; professional sloppiness have become hallmarks of Trump's administration.</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Trump's <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> says <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> 'does not do climate change crap,' doubling down on ignorance, his cluelessness on full display by disregarding <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>'s role in global conflict.</p><p>Not to mention human survivability in general. <br> <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/hegseth-climate-change-crap-pentagon-rcna195670" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/h</span><span class="invisible">egseth-climate-change-crap-pentagon-rcna195670</span></a> via @MSNBC</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> Hegseth Reverses Course — Now Orders Dept. of Defense Staff to Respond to Elon Musk’s Email Demanding They Justify Their Jobs</p><p>He clearly knoweth not what he do. </p><p>What a pro. </p><p><a href="https://www.mediaite.com/news/pete-hegseth-reverses-course-now-orders-dept-of-defense-staff-to-respond-to-elon-musks-email-demanding-they-justify-their-jobs/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mediaite.com/news/pete-hegseth</span><span class="invisible">-reverses-course-now-orders-dept-of-defense-staff-to-respond-to-elon-musks-email-demanding-they-justify-their-jobs/</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>More lies - </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Panama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Panama</span></a>'s president denies making a deal that US warships can transit the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PanamaCanal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PanamaCanal</span></a> for free.</p><p>Mulino said he'd told <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> Wednesday he could neither set the fees to transit the canal nor exempt anyone from them. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/panama-canal-trump-rubio-hegseth-b623a51ac94ef2a738195e8b894e2a8b?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/panama-cana</span><span class="invisible">l-trump-rubio-hegseth-b623a51ac94ef2a738195e8b894e2a8b?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=share</span></a></p><p>The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said it was "empowered to set tolls and other fees for transiting the canal," adding that it had "not made any adjustments to them".<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9149j4nmzo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cj9149j4</span><span class="invisible">nmzo</span></a></p><p>Trump preemptive "negotiation" strategy?</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p>Trump's hatchet man at <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> revokes security detail and clearances for Trump critic Gen. Mark Milley, orders investigation, contemplates reduction in rank </p><p>He's exactly as bad as we thought he'd be. </p><p>And you can bet the rest of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpCabinet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCabinet</span></a> will be, too.</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/28/politics/mark-milley-security-detail-pulled/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/01/28/politics/ma</span><span class="invisible">rk-milley-security-detail-pulled/index.html</span></a></p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Lightfighter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Lightfighter</span></a></span> </p><p>Was never in the military, but I grew up in a military family, lived on the Virginia side of the DC area (where the Pentagon is located) for 20+ yrs, subscribing to WaPo. It's a place that lives &amp; breathes defense &amp; national security (and also diplomacy &amp; NGOs). That's all the bona fides I have. But everyone in DC knows (&amp; in the military should know) that Pete <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> is 100% unqualified to be <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a> &amp; it's not a job you can rely on underlings to carry your water for you.</p>
Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Lightfighter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Lightfighter</span></a></span> </p><p>That's not the job of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DefSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefSec</span></a>. That's the job of a front line soldier.</p><p>The job of DefSec is to manage the entire military apparatus, create policies to maintain &amp; support the military &amp; its readiness, interact &amp; plan defense strategy &amp; response w/allies, digest complex Intel, accurately read &amp; respond to it &amp; the actions &amp; signals of our adversaries &amp; other military leaders w/effective military strategies w/out blundering into war. For starters.</p><p>DefSec is not a mere figurehead.</p>
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