Entries by emptywheel

Whiskey Pete Hegseth Finally Finds Some White Men to Purge

As the leak investigation Pete Hegseth ordered starts to bear fruit, remember that he set himself up to gatekeep what happens with the results of that investigation, an investigation that has already focused on a guy Jeff Goldberg witnessed Hegseth adding to a Signal chat on which Hegseth released battle information.

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Scott Bessent’s Imaginary Friends

In the week since Scott Bessent brashly claimed the US still had things called “allies” that he planned to use to isolate China, those countries formerly called US friends have been seeking solidarity from more reliable partners.

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What Trump Wants From the Nayib Bukele Presser

Rather than talking about how Trump and his cabinet members made unsubstantiated claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a terrorist, those watching his staged press conference with Nayib Bukele immediately focused on American citizens, and not the lack of due process.

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