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riversedge

(81,225 posts)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:50 PM 18 hrs ago

BREAKING: Fox News just reported Pete Hegseth Sec of Navy John Phelan b/c he would not ignore a federal judge's orders!

whow. this is Serious stuff!!

BREAKING: Fox News just reported that Pete Hegseth fired United States Secretary of the Navy John Phelan because Phelan would not ignore a federal judge's orders!

"Hegseth and Phelan reportedly butted heads when Phelan refused to ignore a recent federal judge’s ruling that said punishing Senator Mark Kelly for making a video which he reminded military officers of their constitutional duty to not to not follow illegal orders would violate his First Amendment rights."


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BREAKING: Fox News just reported Pete Hegseth Sec of Navy John Phelan b/c he would not ignore a federal judge's orders! (Original Post) riversedge 18 hrs ago OP
Pete Hegseth should be arrested and charged immediately. Emile 18 hrs ago #1
should be shot and tossed on he highway dave99 17 hrs ago #16
Mount the drunk BigMin28 17 hrs ago #23
Just his head. reACTIONary 11 hrs ago #45
Where's..... MarcoZandrini 1 hr ago #52
ding. this. AllaN01Bear 16 hrs ago #35
Road kill. I like it. AZ8theist 16 hrs ago #39
You know rfk jr will be there to harvest Lifeafter70 15 hrs ago #41
With a dip in the cesspool after dinner!! AZ8theist 8 hrs ago #47
Lol Lifeafter70 7 hrs ago #50
Oh My! malaise 18 hrs ago #2
Should be enough alone to impeach Hegseth. aeromanKC 18 hrs ago #3
Is it possible to impeach a cabinet member? wnylib 18 hrs ago #9
Yes. Dems already filed impeachment articles on April 15th. Doubt it will go anywhere due to the Republican clot. chowder66 17 hrs ago #13
Thanks. wnylib 17 hrs ago #15
Yes EdmondDantes_ 17 hrs ago #14
Good, although the Fascist Party will obstruct it. wnylib 17 hrs ago #17
FAUX turning on the administration too? senseandsensibility 18 hrs ago #4
Ratings,are likely tanking. Whatever it takes. Joinfortmill 17 hrs ago #25
Jennifer Griffin is one of the few actual journalists at Fox. Hegseth has insulted her too. Callie1979 17 hrs ago #32
Hegseth is an incorrigible dictatorial asshole in the same mold as his tyrannical dotard boss - djt. magicarpet 18 hrs ago #5
I wonder how Kegsbreath would like getting his Ilsa 18 hrs ago #6
Your headline no verb ? nt eppur_se_muova 18 hrs ago #7
At least a verb (fired) and maybe more (petulantly, and in a small minded manner, did fire). FadedMullet 17 hrs ago #26
Another f-verb comes to mind. Marcuse 8 hrs ago #48
True that, although Wednesdays 17 hrs ago #27
Right? It took me a while to figure out what was missing. ShazzieB 17 hrs ago #30
Hmmm.. and an hour later Vance and Rubio are seen going to the White House. Phoenix61 18 hrs ago #8
Lock Him Up! Chasstev365 18 hrs ago #10
Makes it even worse that fox has to choke this down. Klarkashton 18 hrs ago #11
Hegseth stop blowing your nose on our flag pwb 17 hrs ago #12
I don't think that... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #33
Sounds super illegal SSJVegeta 17 hrs ago #18
Is this enough reason for treason? BattleRow 17 hrs ago #19
No. onenote 17 hrs ago #29
JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS FROM HIS MASTER Jimvanhise 17 hrs ago #20
Well of course. In this administration if you don't break the law you get canned. Fil1957 17 hrs ago #21
When this is done, I want TRIALS! Joinfortmill 17 hrs ago #22
ding. this . on all of them including the orange dunkoff. AllaN01Bear 16 hrs ago #36
I *knew* the original excuses from the WSJ and the regime were freaking BS AZJonnie 17 hrs ago #24
Meanwhile MAGAs interpret this as an activist judge overreaching. progressoid 17 hrs ago #28
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan took an oath - he swore to uphold the US Constitution FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #31
Nicolle Wallace just covered the firing rzemanfl 17 hrs ago #34
CNN not covering it either senseandsensibility 16 hrs ago #37
What is Faux up to? rzemanfl 16 hrs ago #40
I'm a little surprised jmowreader 16 hrs ago #38
Sounds like a lawsuit in the making, no? Ford_Prefect 13 hrs ago #42
NYT is reporting . . . AverageOldGuy 11 hrs ago #43
Having worked in the ship building industry for over 20, years, Ray Bruns 11 hrs ago #44
Title does not match "headline". AKwannabe 9 hrs ago #46
Unreal. Kegbreath should be removed now. He is a fucking disgrace. GoodRaisin 8 hrs ago #49
Go home Hegseth Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 3 hrs ago #51
Phelan is replaced by Acting Secretary of the Navy Danascot 1 hr ago #53
It sounds like they are daring Mark to announce a presidential run DFW 1 hr ago #54

chowder66

(12,384 posts)
13. Yes. Dems already filed impeachment articles on April 15th. Doubt it will go anywhere due to the Republican clot.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:58 PM
17 hrs ago

senseandsensibility

(25,251 posts)
4. FAUX turning on the administration too?
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:58 PM
18 hrs ago

Oh my. I also read that some of their "anchors" are not letting members of the administration blame everything on Biden anymore. Well, well, this could get interesting.

Callie1979

(1,379 posts)
32. Jennifer Griffin is one of the few actual journalists at Fox. Hegseth has insulted her too.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:48 PM
17 hrs ago

Watch this interaction by that prick.

magicarpet

(19,006 posts)
5. Hegseth is an incorrigible dictatorial asshole in the same mold as his tyrannical dotard boss - djt.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:01 PM
18 hrs ago

Ilsa

(64,455 posts)
6. I wonder how Kegsbreath would like getting his
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:01 PM
18 hrs ago

veterans benefits stripped after violating his oath of office, the judge's orders, and the Constitution?

FadedMullet

(966 posts)
26. At least a verb (fired) and maybe more (petulantly, and in a small minded manner, did fire).
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:18 PM
17 hrs ago

ShazzieB

(22,738 posts)
30. Right? It took me a while to figure out what was missing.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:45 PM
17 hrs ago

"Fox News just reported Pete Hegseth Sec of Navy John Phelan" doesn't any sense!

Phoenix61

(18,862 posts)
8. Hmmm.. and an hour later Vance and Rubio are seen going to the White House.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:23 PM
18 hrs ago

Wonder if the bus is headed for Kegsbreath.

pwb

(12,737 posts)
12. Hegseth stop blowing your nose on our flag
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:51 PM
17 hrs ago

you stuff in your pocket like a rag. Fuck off Punk.

GiqueCee

(4,500 posts)
33. I don't think that...
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:48 PM
17 hrs ago

... snot is what he's been wiping away with the Flag. Kegsbreath is a mutant Nazi wannabe. They hanged Nazis for less than what this sonofabitch is guilty of.

Jimvanhise

(597 posts)
20. JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS FROM HIS MASTER
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:06 PM
17 hrs ago

Hegseth just does what Trump tells him to, which is why this man with no real experience or talent was hired. Hegseth won't go against Trump even though Trump will eventually blame the Iran war on Hegseth.

AZJonnie

(3,843 posts)
24. I *knew* the original excuses from the WSJ and the regime were freaking BS
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:12 PM
17 hrs ago

Kegsbreath jealous over Phelan's closeness w/IQ47, and IQ47 mad because Phelan didn't build him the battleships he wanted yet? PFFFFT!!!

I knew it had to do with illegal orders in some sense.

What a fucking clownshow this regime is

progressoid

(53,281 posts)
28. Meanwhile MAGAs interpret this as an activist judge overreaching.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:24 PM
17 hrs ago

They ignore all the other issues in this scenario. Like Hegseth being a drunken bully. Or that Trump liked Phelan. etc.

FakeNoose

(42,008 posts)
31. Secretary of the Navy John Phelan took an oath - he swore to uphold the US Constitution
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:47 PM
17 hrs ago

What did Hegseth swear to uphold when he was sworn in? It wasn't the Constitution, apparently. Even the Repuke-MAGA business execs (which is how Mr. Phelan received his appointment) know the law better than Pete Hegseth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Phelan

rzemanfl

(31,415 posts)
34. Nicolle Wallace just covered the firing
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:49 PM
17 hrs ago

without a single word about this claim by Faux. WTF is going on?

jmowreader

(53,291 posts)
38. I'm a little surprised
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 05:39 PM
16 hrs ago

I was thinking more along the lines of “he was fired because he told the Nation’s Drunk he wouldn’t allow the Navy to commit war crimes like bombing desalination plants.”

AverageOldGuy

(4,022 posts)
43. NYT is reporting . . .
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 09:53 PM
11 hrs ago

. . . that Trump fired Phelan because he told Trump that Trump's "battleship" could not be built.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/trump-navy-secretary.html


President Trump wanted one thing, more than anything else, from his secretary of the Navy, John Phelan: a new class of battleships.

“They’ll be the fastest, the biggest and by far — 100 times more powerful than any battleship ever built,” Mr. Trump boasted at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate and resort in Florida a few days before Christmas. Mr. Phelan, a billionaire investor who has a home near the club, stood next to the president as he made the announcement.

Mr. Phelan’s job was to deliver the first of Mr. Trump’s battleships by 2028.

On Wednesday, Mr. Trump fired Mr. Phelan, who had struggled to come up with a plan to deliver the ships on the nearly impossible timeline that Mr. Trump has demanded, senior defense and administration officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.

. . . .

Ray Bruns

(6,547 posts)
44. Having worked in the ship building industry for over 20, years,
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 10:30 PM
11 hrs ago

Such a deadline would be a fantasy.

GoodRaisin

(10,975 posts)
49. Unreal. Kegbreath should be removed now. He is a fucking disgrace.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 01:38 AM
8 hrs ago

How long are Republicans going to turn a blind eye to this shitshow?

Danascot

(5,254 posts)
53. Phelan is replaced by Acting Secretary of the Navy
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:06 AM
1 hr ago

Hung Cao; because his name makes trump giggle.

DFW

(60,324 posts)
54. It sounds like they are daring Mark to announce a presidential run
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:36 AM
1 hr ago

They probably want him to announce his candidacy way too early, so that they have time to destroy him.

If so, they might as well not bother. Mark said a month ago that he had in no way decided on running, and that even if he did reach such a decision, any hint of it would not be made known for at least a year. I guess now, I’d have to say eleven months, since he told me this a month ago, but it’s not coming in 2026 in any case. Trump’s Breath should listen to more Tom Petty songs, specifically, “I Won’t Back Down.” Maybe men who are rock solid in their convictions are incomprehensible to men whose stances change every five minutes.

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