Phelan’s firing comes after a rocky tenure under Hegseth and Feinberg, including tension over Phelan’s close relationship with President Trump, according to three people familiar with the internal discussions. Phelan regularly chats with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club, just down the street from his own Florida home, and told lawmakers last year that he texts with the president about shipbuilding in the middle of the night.
The top Pentagon leaders were particularly annoyed last fall when Phelan pitched the idea for a modern battleship directly to Trump, bypassing Hegseth, the people said.
According to the WSJ, Hegseth abruptly fired the Navy Secretary in the middle of a crucial wartime naval blockade because he was jelly of his closeness with Trump. These are the dumbest, most embarrassing, childish nitwits alive - and they are in charge of the world's most monumental military might.
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This Just PROVES,That Women
GET SHIT DONE ✔️.........
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This is🔥👇👇🔥
AOC feeds the GOP a nice big plate of the Crow they raised and fattened up.
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Yeah, pipe down, Donnie.
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This Virginian concurs on all counts.
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The war is going REALLY well
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Dozens of American veterans and military family members were detained after they started protesting the Iran war inside a congressional office building in Washington D.C.
😁 🚨 They are Protesting. 👈 😁
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Ukraine has struck a Black Sea Fleet vessel traffic control hub in Sevastopol along with UAV control centers in Kursk region and multiple command posts in Belgorod and occupied Donetsk. The coordinated strikes targeted command and control infrastructure across several axes. #Ukraine
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Drowning meme, showing Bluesky leadership paying attention to AI while the codebase drowns, and why's phone dead at the bottom
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I am glad he is finally doing something about Data Centers. Because until recently Gov. Shapiro has been very pro Data Centers.
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Proud of my state last night 😎
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It's exactly what you voted for, you just didn't think it would happen to you. You don't get to avoid the consequences by saying you "didn't vote for this". You need admit you fucked up and then put in the work to fix it. Fucking do better.
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When @MarshaBlackburn talks about Trump cutting taxes, this is what she counts on us all being too dumb to understand
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China bans the use of cybersecurity software manufactured in the United States and Israel nationwide…. This is going to start getting interesting
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There are lot of Democrats in this country that can learn a thing or two from Democrats in Virginia tonight. Looking at you, Chuck Schumer.
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Donald Trump and Republicans have tried to rig the 2026 midterms. Today in Virginia, voters sent them a clear message: The power is with the people.
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BREAKING: The YES vote will WIN Virginia’s redistricting referendum, allowing Democrats to redraw maps ahead of the midterms and potentially flip the state from 6–5 to 10–1 — a four-seat swing that could decide control of Congress.
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Virginia approves redistricting!
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Trump said it himself.
“If this passes, federal policy changes.”
Good.
Because what we have right now is hurting people.
Virginia, this is your moment. Vote YES before 7.
#VoteYesVirginiaToday #SheShed
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Carlson says his support wasn’t intentional. Bullshit. He and all the Fox serpents knew/know exactly what they were doing. Too little, too late. Donate all the money you made to a child abuse charity. Then we’ll talk.
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Pete thinks he is a better leader than George Washington.
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He was on the intermission panel on ESPN. So, yes.
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That’s the Oilers’ first win this season with McDavid held off the scoresheet.
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Look, those two Oilers are going to get their goals. Nothing you can do about that. You just have to limit their chances.
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