Note I say Department of DEFENSE. That can only be changed in name by Congress, not just some drunk Also, CONGRESS is the entity that has the power to declare war, NOT Trump. READ the constitution.
This all has to do with murdering Venezuelans in boats and when it looked like some survived, a second strike was ordered.
Pete Hegseth on Sept 3 talking about the strike on boats where 2 survivors were later killed in a second strike: “I watched it live.”
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Senator Mark Kelly: “You do not execute survivors who are clinging onto a side of a ship.”
— Dr. DaShanne Stokes (@dashannestokes.com) December 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Everything Republicans say about the bombings is predicated on the notion that these people are guilty of a crime, when there is no proof of this. And anyone who believes what Hegseth or Trump says at face value is a fool.
— John Andreini (@jpandre52.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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1) Targets of strikes are not "narcoterrorists." 2) Fentanyl not aboard these boats. 3) He doesn't understand LOAC (or at least pretends not to.)
— Brian Finucane (@bcfinucane.bsky.social) December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Pete Hegseth, the secretary of war, came under growing pressure from Democratic and Republican lawmakers who said that a second strike on the wreck of an alleged drug-smuggling vessel may have been a war crime. The White House defended Mr Hegseth and asserted the legality of the strikes. 1/2
— A Buffoon Walks Into The Oval Office… (@alter-idem.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#ProudBlue #Resist #WarCrimes For those who worry about ordering or disobeying illegal orders, this weekend marked the 80th anniversary of the execution of a convicted war criminal. Seems like the #SOW Hegseth should have read a little history before ordering a second attack to kill survivors!
— Barbara Rybolt 🐸 (@barbararybolt.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Don't let Donald Jr. onto a boat or Hegseth might accidentally kill him.
— NFLGimpy (@nflgimpy.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Hegseth told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement. The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he sharply disparaged the Geneva and Hague Conventions.
— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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The publisher of the Franklin the Turtle children's books series said today it condemns the unauthorized use of the beloved character after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared an image of him apparently firing at drug boats.
— Axios (@axios.com) December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Hegseth is too arrogant — and frankly too dim — to grasp what anyone with a shred of duty would already know: you step down when you’ve disgraced the uniform. The fact that he doesn’t see it, & instead tweets out a cartoon frog slaughtering people in a boat, tells you everything about his character
— Elizabeth (@elizathewell.bsky.social) December 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Steve Greenberg cartoon: Once again, Trump disrespects the military and the Constitution, and so does Pete Hegseth…
— pissed-off-g.bsky.social (@pissed-off-g.bsky.social) November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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