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riversedge

(81,245 posts)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:50 PM Thursday

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

chowder66

(12,392 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
Thursday

senseandsensibility

(25,283 posts)
4. FAUX turning on the administration too?
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:58 PM
Thursday

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
Thursday

Watch this interaction by that prick.

magicarpet

(19,042 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
Thursday

Ilsa

(64,469 posts)
6. I wonder how Kegsbreath would like getting his
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:01 PM
Thursday

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

ShazzieB

(22,747 posts)
30. Right? It took me a while to figure out what was missing.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:45 PM
Thursday

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

Phoenix61

(18,866 posts)
8. Hmmm.. and an hour later Vance and Rubio are seen going to the White House.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:23 PM
Thursday

Wonder if the bus is headed for Kegsbreath.

pwb

(12,758 posts)
12. Hegseth stop blowing your nose on our flag
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 03:51 PM
Thursday

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

GiqueCee

(4,513 posts)
33. I don't think that...
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:48 PM
Thursday

... 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
Thursday

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

(3,854 posts)
24. I *knew* the original excuses from the WSJ and the regime were freaking BS
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:12 PM
Thursday

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

(53,284 posts)
28. Meanwhile MAGAs interpret this as an activist judge overreaching.
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:24 PM
Thursday

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

FakeNoose

(42,030 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
Thursday

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

(31,416 posts)
34. Nicolle Wallace just covered the firing
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:49 PM
Thursday

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

jmowreader

(53,302 posts)
38. I'm a little surprised
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 05:39 PM
Thursday

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

(4,034 posts)
43. NYT is reporting . . .
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 09:53 PM
Thursday

. . . 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

(6,557 posts)
44. Having worked in the ship building industry for over 20, years,
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 10:30 PM
Thursday

Such a deadline would be a fantasy.

GoodRaisin

(10,987 posts)
49. Unreal. Kegbreath should be removed now. He is a fucking disgrace.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 01:38 AM
Friday

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
Friday

Hung Cao; because his name makes trump giggle.

DFW

(60,336 posts)
54. It sounds like they are daring Mark to announce a presidential run
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 08:36 AM
Friday

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

(5,185 posts)
56. The title is missing the most important word "FIRED".
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:41 AM
Friday

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

(180,895 posts)
57. Trump's Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary's Ouster (NYT Gift Article)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 12:25 PM
Friday

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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