Pentagon in chaos. Driscoll quits Hegseth. Promotions frozen. Trolls on the payroll. Media Blitz Pod
The Pentagon is bleeding leaders and Pete Hegseth is the reason. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll just resigned in person to Trump, flag officer promotions are frozen, and there’s now reporting that Hegseth is paying people inside the building to troll Americans on X. Meanwhile the Iran war is going poorly, Massachusetts just locked 60% of its independent voters out of a decided election, and independent veteran Senate candidates in Idaho, South Dakota, and Montana are climbing. This is what a culture war Pentagon looks like on the way down.
The Pentagon is in open chaos and the man in charge is the reason. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll — a Ukraine hawk, a drone-defense innovator…
The Brief
→ Four things from today’s episodeWhy Dan Driscoll’s resignation is different. he quit Hegseth, in person, in front of Trump
The Secretary of Culture War. how Hegseth turned the Pentagon into a culture-war instrument
Paying trolls on the payroll. the reporting that Hegseth is funding X trolls from inside the building
Frozen promotions, purged flag officers, and the class of ge. Frozen promotions, purged flag officers, and the class of generals who still won’t speak publicly
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