… and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard as well.

‘As the Israel-Iran conflict escalates, Donald Tr*mp huddles with his national security advisors to make a plan — but excludes his own head of defense, Pete Hegseth, from the process.

“Nobody is talking to Hegseth,” one official said, via The Washington Post. “There is no interface operationally between Hegseth and the White House at all.”

The former Fox host was included in decision-making at the beginning of Tr*mp 2.0, but the cabinet jester soon proved to be unreliable as the Secretary of Defense after accidentally sharing sensitive war information with a journalist in what’s now known as the Signalgate debacle.

Tr*mp’s inner circle of national security advisors now includes JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe, as well as four-star generals Dan Caine and Michael “Erik” Kurilla, according to the Post.

And if you noticed that Tulsi Gabbard — the Director of National Intelligence — is also missing from that list, it’s because she, too, has been shunned by Tr*mp. The mad king sure knows how to pick ’em for what has got to the most terrifyingly dysfunctional U.S. administration in history.…’ Maureen Herman via Boing Boing

‘Depending on who you ask, between 4 and 6 million people showed up – and according to one theory, this could be a turning point…’ Alaina Demopoulos via The Guardian

“F*ck it…I’m pissed”

‘As Donald Tr*mp’s utter mayhem gains momentum, so do his disillusioned MAGA voters, who are rapidly peeling away from his base….

…[Many] are now standing behind Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, and Marjorie Taylor Greene — three former Tr*mpers who are leading the opposition to King Chaos and the escalating wars under his watch. Perhaps MAGA will have their own No Kings Day soon enough.…’ Carla Sinclair via Boing Boing

Related: The Next Conservative Civil War is Coming

‘The next flashpoint in President Donald Tr*mp’s battle to reshape the federal judiciary is coming — and it’s dividing the right. Tr*mp recently appeared to declare war on the Federalist Society, the powerful conservative legal advocacy organization that played an essential role in his election both in 2016 and 2024. After one of his first-term appointees ruled against him in a major challenge to his tariffs, Tr*mp launched a public tirade against the former chair of the group, Leonard Leo,…’ Ankush Khardori via POLITICO