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Harvard will have to make a number of strategic decisions to come out of this successfully. Consider the overall campaign they're undertaking. It's standing up to Trump. That will not be easy.

Mr. Art of the Deal Struggles to Spin Three Failed Negotiations - emptywheel As Trump experiences one after another humiliating failed negotiation, he will have a psychological and political need to find some other way to look strong.

Reup: Trump faces humiliating failures in at least three negotiation attempts (Harvard, Ukraine, and Tariffs). His failures all stem from believing he has more power than he does. If the tariff failure gets as bad as it could, he will need to compensate.

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What, they don't want people to see the "beautiful" tarrifs they've imposed?

If his tariffs are so beautiful and amazing, why wouldn’t Trump want the world to know about them?

Isn’t this being transparent?

I’m not normally a bird watcher, but I was thrilled to catch a blue suited twit sleeping away the day.

My takeaway from this: He is so fucked.

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Former Pentagon official warns department's dysfunction could topple Hegseth “The last month has been a full-blown meltdown at the Pentagon,” John Ullyot, the former top Defense Department spokesperson, wrote in a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece.

“The Pentagon is in ‘total chaos’ and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is unlikely to remain in his role, according to its former top spokesperson, who painted a scene of dysfunction, backstabbing and continuous missteps at the highest levels of the department.”

I mean, it's not like we didn't point out that a loudmouth drunkard with poor impulse control and a history of abuse wouldn't make a great SECDEF...

Is Pete Kegbreath hitting the sauce this morning?

Bro doesn't look well.

Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.

BREAKING NYT:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen on March 15 in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, according to four people with knowledge of the chat.

Remember this?

Drinking at the podium. Chaos at the Pentagon. We’re one whiskey shot away from DEFCON 1.

Every Senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew exactly who he was. They don’t get to act shocked now—they should be held accountable.

Raskin: You see that with Hegseth and a lot of other people who can actually be promoted to the highest levels of this government with the most irresponsible behavior, but they all happen to be white guys..

Chair Comer denied our request for an official trip to El Salvador to advocate for due process and the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Pretty shameful.

Good thing I don’t need Comer’s permission to get on a plane.

Sec of Defense Pete Hegseth has made the American people far less safe.
His ongoing blunders are frightening and irresponsible. Under normal circumstances he would resign today.

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then it’s a duck !

The Ministry of Propaganda is out early today doing damage control.

Trump tariffs: DHL suspends high value US deliveries The postal giant will stop shipping packages to American consumers after a rise in red tape at customs.

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Pete Hegseth, clearly upset: "This is what the media does. They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees, and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations. Not going to work with me."

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Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.

He would have never been appointed by a president who cared about our military. He’s a disgrace to the people in uniform who serve www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

Somewhat ironic that the least qualified, most unfit and incompetent Sec of Defense in American history is the one who abolished DEI.

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As former Trump Pentagon senior officials describe “total chaos” on his watch, Hegseth hilariously blames the media (again)

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