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#DefSec has left his personal Signal Chat phone # all over the web.

#Hegseth doesn't even have the common sense of a 3yo - even a 3yo'd know not to leave the front door wide open.

And this is who Trump's entrusted w/the nation's #military & #defense.
thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth

Black and white photo of Pete Hegseth with the lyrics from the Tommy Tutone lyrics, "867-5309, Jenny, I've got your number" with "Jenny" crossed out and replaced by "Pete"
The Daily Beast · Pete Hegseth’s Personal Signal Chat Phone Number Is All Over the InternetBy David Gardner

US Congress Republicans seek $27 billion for #GoldenDome in #Trump tax bill

#Republicans in the US #Congress plan to introduce a sweeping $150B #defense package that will give an initial $27B boost to Trump's controversial Golden Dome missile defense shield, acc/to a document & a congressional aide.

The measure, which will be in addition to the approved $886B #NationalSecurity budget for 2025, would also fund building 14 warships & lift homeland security spending.

reuters.com/business/autos-tra

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The offered package comes after the admin of President Joe #Biden unsuccessfully tried to finalize a #defense pact w/Riyadh as part of a broad deal that envisioned #SaudiArabia normalizing ties with #Israel

The Biden proposal offered access to more advanced #US #weaponry in return for halting #China arms purchases & restricting Beijing's investment in the country. Reuters could not establish if the #Trump admin's proposal includes similar requirements.

The U.S. will demand that Russia accept Ukraine’s right to develop its own army and defense industry as part of a peace agreement, pushing back on Moscow’s insistence that it demilitarize as a condition to end the war. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/ #worldnews #politics #us #russiaukrainewar #defense

The Japan Times · U.S. to demand Putin accept Ukraine’s right to military forceBy The Japan Times

🕸glané sur le net🕸 Où va l'Europe ? À propos du réarmement et de la défense: « Contre le règne de la Bête, nous, témoins, nous nous levons. » (E.P. Thompson et la campagne pour le désarmement nucléaire) L'Institute for Economics & Peace a publié un rapport indiquant qu'il y a actuellement 52 guerres dans le monde, impliquant 92 pays. L'escalade des conflits ne cesse de (…)
-- Militaire (UE), ReArm Europe (fr) europe-solidaire.org/spip.php? #Europe #Défense #Réarmement #Guerre #Paix

www.europe-solidaire.orgOù va l'Europe ? À propos du réarmement et de la défense - Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières « Contre le règne de la Bête, nous, témoins, nous nous levons. » (E.P. Thompson et la campagne pour le désarmement nucléaire) L'Institute for (…)

USA : #défense

Le secrétaire à la Défense Pete Hegseth a installé l'application de messagerie grand public Signal sur un ordinateur de son bureau au Pentagone afin de pouvoir envoyer et recevoir des messages instantanés dans un espace où les téléphones portables personnels ne sont pas autorisés, selon deux personnes au courant du dossier.

nytimes.com/2025/04/24/us/poli

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the White House on Monday. Revelations about his sharing of sensitive information on Signal have dogged him for more than a month.
The New York Times · Hegseth Set Up Signal on a Computer in His Pentagon OfficeBy Eric Schmitt