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riversedge

(81,568 posts) Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:50 PM Apr 23

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 Apr 23 OP
Pete Hegseth should be arrested and charged immediately. Emile Apr 23 #1
should be shot and tossed on he highway dave99 Apr 23 #16
Mount the drunk BigMin28 Apr 23 #23
Just his head. reACTIONary Apr 23 #45
Where's..... MarcoZandrini Apr 24 #52
ding. this. AllaN01Bear Apr 23 #35
Road kill. I like it. AZ8theist Apr 23 #39
You know rfk jr will be there to harvest Lifeafter70 Apr 23 #41
With a dip in the cesspool after dinner!! AZ8theist Apr 24 #47
Lol Lifeafter70 Apr 24 #50
THIS! happy feet Apr 24 #55
Oh My! malaise Apr 23 #2
Should be enough alone to impeach Hegseth. aeromanKC Apr 23 #3
Is it possible to impeach a cabinet member? wnylib Apr 23 #9
Yes. Dems already filed impeachment articles on April 15th. Doubt it will go anywhere due to the Republican clot. chowder66 Apr 23 #13
Thanks. wnylib Apr 23 #15
Yes EdmondDantes_ Apr 23 #14
Good, although the Fascist Party will obstruct it. wnylib Apr 23 #17
FAUX turning on the administration too? senseandsensibility Apr 23 #4
Ratings,are likely tanking. Whatever it takes. Joinfortmill Apr 23 #25
Jennifer Griffin is one of the few actual journalists at Fox. Hegseth has insulted her too. Callie1979 Apr 23 #32
Hegseth is an incorrigible dictatorial asshole in the same mold as his tyrannical dotard boss - djt. magicarpet Apr 23 #5
I wonder how Kegsbreath would like getting his Ilsa Apr 23 #6
Your headline no verb ? nt eppur_se_muova Apr 23 #7
At least a verb (fired) and maybe more (petulantly, and in a small minded manner, did fire). FadedMullet Apr 23 #26
Another f-verb comes to mind. Marcuse Apr 24 #48
True that, although Wednesdays Apr 23 #27
Right? It took me a while to figure out what was missing. ShazzieB Apr 23 #30
Hmmm.. and an hour later Vance and Rubio are seen going to the White House. Phoenix61 Apr 23 #8
Lock Him Up! Chasstev365 Apr 23 #10
Makes it even worse that fox has to choke this down. Klarkashton Apr 23 #11
Hegseth stop blowing your nose on our flag pwb Apr 23 #12
I don't think that... GiqueCee Apr 23 #33
Sounds super illegal SSJVegeta Apr 23 #18
Is this enough reason for treason? BattleRow Apr 23 #19
No. onenote Apr 23 #29
JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS FROM HIS MASTER Jimvanhise Apr 23 #20
Well of course. In this administration if you don't break the law you get canned. Fil1957 Apr 23 #21
When this is done, I want TRIALS! Joinfortmill Apr 23 #22
ding. this . on all of them including the orange dunkoff. AllaN01Bear Apr 23 #36
I *knew* the original excuses from the WSJ and the regime were freaking BS AZJonnie Apr 23 #24
Meanwhile MAGAs interpret this as an activist judge overreaching. progressoid Apr 23 #28
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan took an oath - he swore to uphold the US Constitution FakeNoose Apr 23 #31
Nicolle Wallace just covered the firing rzemanfl Apr 23 #34
CNN not covering it either senseandsensibility Apr 23 #37
What is Faux up to? rzemanfl Apr 23 #40
I'm a little surprised jmowreader Apr 23 #38
Sounds like a lawsuit in the making, no? Ford_Prefect Apr 23 #42
NYT is reporting . . . AverageOldGuy Apr 23 #43
Having worked in the ship building industry for over 20, years, Ray Bruns Apr 23 #44
Title does not match "headline". AKwannabe Apr 23 #46
Unreal. Kegbreath should be removed now. He is a fucking disgrace. GoodRaisin Apr 24 #49
Go home Hegseth Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 24 #51
Phelan is replaced by Acting Secretary of the Navy Danascot Apr 24 #53
It sounds like they are daring Mark to announce a presidential run DFW Apr 24 #54
The title is missing the most important word "FIRED". OMGWTF Apr 24 #56
Trump's Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary's Ouster (NYT Gift Article) LetMyPeopleVote Apr 24 #57
Fired for refusing to break the law. Martin68 Apr 24 #58

chowder66

(12,516 posts)
13. Yes. Dems already filed impeachment articles on April 15th. Doubt it will go anywhere due to the Republican clot.
Reply to wnylib (Reply #9)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:58 PM
Apr 23

senseandsensibility

(25,543 posts)
4. FAUX turning on the administration too?
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:58 PM
Apr 23

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

(1,420 posts)
32. Jennifer Griffin is one of the few actual journalists at Fox. Hegseth has insulted her too.
Reply to senseandsensibility (Reply #4)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:48 PM
Apr 23

Watch this interaction by that prick.

magicarpet

(19,425 posts)
5. Hegseth is an incorrigible dictatorial asshole in the same mold as his tyrannical dotard boss - djt.
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:01 PM
Apr 23

Ilsa

(64,581 posts)
6. I wonder how Kegsbreath would like getting his
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:01 PM
Apr 23

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

ShazzieB

(22,886 posts)
30. Right? It took me a while to figure out what was missing.
Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #7)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:45 PM
Apr 23

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

Phoenix61

(18,889 posts)
8. Hmmm.. and an hour later Vance and Rubio are seen going to the White House.
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:23 PM
Apr 23

Wonder if the bus is headed for Kegsbreath.

pwb

(12,802 posts)
12. Hegseth stop blowing your nose on our flag
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:51 PM
Apr 23

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

GiqueCee

(4,764 posts)
33. I don't think that...
Reply to pwb (Reply #12)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:48 PM
Apr 23

... 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

(604 posts)
20. JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS FROM HIS MASTER
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:06 PM
Apr 23

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

(4,044 posts)
24. I *knew* the original excuses from the WSJ and the regime were freaking BS
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:12 PM
Apr 23

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

(53,390 posts)
28. Meanwhile MAGAs interpret this as an activist judge overreaching.
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:24 PM
Apr 23

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

FakeNoose

(42,445 posts)
31. Secretary of the Navy John Phelan took an oath - he swore to uphold the US Constitution
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:47 PM
Apr 23

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

(31,466 posts)
34. Nicolle Wallace just covered the firing
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:49 PM
Apr 23

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

jmowreader

(53,404 posts)
38. I'm a little surprised
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 05:39 PM
Apr 23

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

(4,178 posts)
43. NYT is reporting . . .
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 09:53 PM
Apr 23

. . . 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

(6,776 posts)
44. Having worked in the ship building industry for over 20, years,
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 10:30 PM
Apr 23

Such a deadline would be a fantasy.

GoodRaisin

(11,063 posts)
49. Unreal. Kegbreath should be removed now. He is a fucking disgrace.
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 01:38 AM
Apr 24

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

Danascot

(5,296 posts)
53. Phelan is replaced by Acting Secretary of the Navy
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:06 AM
Apr 24

Hung Cao; because his name makes trump giggle.

DFW

(60,462 posts)
54. It sounds like they are daring Mark to announce a presidential run
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:36 AM
Apr 24

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.

OMGWTF

(5,221 posts)
56. The title is missing the most important word "FIRED".
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:41 AM
Apr 24

I get that this is not a site with professional writers and editors, but so many people here don't actually read what they write.

LetMyPeopleVote

(182,160 posts)
57. Trump's Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary's Ouster (NYT Gift Article)
Reply to riversedge (Original post)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 12:25 PM
Apr 24

The Navy secretary, John Phelan, was supposed to deliver the first of the president’s ships by 2028. The timeline was nearly impossible.



https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/trump-navy-secretary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.-O4X.f4VsdDqaN8QD&smid=url-share

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.....

Presidents rarely pay close attention to military procurement, but Mr. Trump has spoken repeatedly about his plans for a new “Trump-class” battleship. In a February speech to soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C., Mr. Trump insisted that he had helped design the new class of ships that bear his name......

In Mr. Trump’s imagination the new warship would be massive, weighing as much as 40,000 tons, and would be packed with new high-tech weapons, like lasers, hypersonic missiles and electric rail guns, most of which are still in development and years from being deployed.

In recent weeks, it had become clear to Mr. Phelan that the Navy and the U.S. shipbuilding industry did not have the ability to deliver on Mr. Trump’s vision. Mr. Phelan recently suggested to Mr. Trump that the Navy might have to rely on European shipyards to deliver the battleships on the ambitious timeline Mr. Trump was demanding, senior military and administration officials said.

Mr. Trump rejected the suggestion.

Battleships are not practical or effective in today's world. trump wanted magical battleships that bore his name and fired Phelan for promising these magical battleships and not delivering.
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