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I’m Thomas Mills for PoliticsNC. Today is Tuesday, Mar 25, 2025 and the Republic is still standing–but’s it’s being run by a comically inept government.
Yesterday, we learned that our national security team is running our foreign policy on insecure cell phones and commercial apps and while inadvertently leaking classified information to reporters.
It seems that National Security Advisor Michael Waltz set up a chat group to discuss the pending strike on Houthis in the Persian Gulf. The group included Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard—and editor of Atlantic Magazine Jeffrey Goldberg.
Goldberg has no idea why he was added to the chat group but he stayed on for several days. At one point, Hegseth gave operational details about the strike on the Houthis. None of this should have been done on cell phones because they’re easily hacked, but none of our national security team knew that or cared enough to raise the alarm.
Hegseth, in particular, is a clown. Just after he was confirmed as Secretary of Defense, he gave away negotiating tactics to the Russians. Over the last few weeks, he’s been scrubbing Department of Defense websites of African American heroes.
When Hegseth was confronted with the leak to Goldberg, he lied about it. I guess he didn’t know that the White House had already confirmed the fuck up.
Hegseth should never have been confirmed as Defense Secretary. Republicans knew better but they didn’t care. Our Senator Thom Tillis was going to block Hegseth because of numerous troubling aspects of his nomination. He admitted having a drinking problem. Several women, including his sister-in-law, accused him of abusive behavior. On top of all that, he had no experience.
He isn’t a military guy. He’s a Fox News reporter who served in the National Guard.
Tillis knew he wasn’t qualified but caved to pressure from the Trump administration. Thom Tillis did what he always does. He knows right but does what’s wrong. He will put his political career before his country or the people he serves every time.
Pete Hegseth is Thom Tillis’ man at Defense. What an embarrassment. It’s time to send Thom Tillis packing.
I’m Thomas Mills, signing off for PoliticsNC.
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