Peter Beaumont
@petersbeaumont1.bsky.social
Senior international correspondent at The Guardian. Author of the Secret Life of War. Orwell Prize winner.
Pinned
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DOD IG lists the things in Whiskey Pete's texts that came straight from a classified S/NF email.
You'll be devastated that "Currently clean on OPSEC" wasn't Whiskey Pete trying to be cool--it came from the email.
You'll be devastated that "Currently clean on OPSEC" wasn't Whiskey Pete trying to be cool--it came from the email.
December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
DOD IG lists the things in Whiskey Pete's texts that came straight from a classified S/NF email.
You'll be devastated that "Currently clean on OPSEC" wasn't Whiskey Pete trying to be cool--it came from the email.
You'll be devastated that "Currently clean on OPSEC" wasn't Whiskey Pete trying to be cool--it came from the email.
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CBS News staffers rip ‘shallow’ Bari Weiss for moderating ‘absurd’ network town hall with Erika Kirk
CBS staffers rip ‘shallow’ Bari Weiss for moderating ‘absurd’ Erika Kirk town hall
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
CBS News staffers rip ‘shallow’ Bari Weiss for moderating ‘absurd’ network town hall with Erika Kirk
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"Using a personal cell phone to
conduct official business and send nonpublic DoD
information through Signal risks potential compromise of
sensitive DoD information, which could cause harm to DoD
personnel and mission objectives."
conduct official business and send nonpublic DoD
information through Signal risks potential compromise of
sensitive DoD information, which could cause harm to DoD
personnel and mission objectives."
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Using a personal cell phone to
conduct official business and send nonpublic DoD
information through Signal risks potential compromise of
sensitive DoD information, which could cause harm to DoD
personnel and mission objectives."
conduct official business and send nonpublic DoD
information through Signal risks potential compromise of
sensitive DoD information, which could cause harm to DoD
personnel and mission objectives."
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BREAKING: The Pentagon released an 84-page report on Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss military strikes. It found he risked putting troops in danger.
Pentagon releases report on Hegseth’s Signal chats
The agency watchdog investigated whether the Defense secretary violated the agency’s standards for sharing classified information and put troops in danger.
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
BREAKING: The Pentagon released an 84-page report on Pete Hegseth’s use of Signal to discuss military strikes. It found he risked putting troops in danger.
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Labour is slow-marching working people to populism as.ft.com/r/2aedc22e-6...
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Labour is slow-marching working people to populism
[FREE TO READ] Insurgent parties to left and right peddle nonsense economics but enjoy dramatically rising support
as.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Labour is slow-marching working people to populism as.ft.com/r/2aedc22e-6...
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If they both exist and like him, they will doubtless come forward to explain how they know what he was up to even when he was nowhere near them.
Nigel Farage says he won't release the names of his former school friends who have written to him to say he definitely wasn't a massive racist and anti-semite, because journalists will: "chase after them and make their life a misery"
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If they both exist and like him, they will doubtless come forward to explain how they know what he was up to even when he was nowhere near them.
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Farage is all over the place - is the story that
a) he never did a racism; or
b) everyone was doing a racism,* so his racism didn't count
It can't be both
*anyway some people were *not* doing a racism - and Manning/ITV are not leaders of a political party
a) he never did a racism; or
b) everyone was doing a racism,* so his racism didn't count
It can't be both
*anyway some people were *not* doing a racism - and Manning/ITV are not leaders of a political party
ITV are now asking Farage about his schoolboy comments and Farage is talking over the correspondent and instead ranting about Bernard Manning and how Manning appeared on ITV in the past. This is all quite odd.
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Farage is all over the place - is the story that
a) he never did a racism; or
b) everyone was doing a racism,* so his racism didn't count
It can't be both
*anyway some people were *not* doing a racism - and Manning/ITV are not leaders of a political party
a) he never did a racism; or
b) everyone was doing a racism,* so his racism didn't count
It can't be both
*anyway some people were *not* doing a racism - and Manning/ITV are not leaders of a political party
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They need to release this video to the public
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
They need to release this video to the public
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Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
“What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service,” said Rep Jim Himes. “You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who were killed by the United States.” Per NYT
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service,” said Rep Jim Himes. “You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel, who were killed by the United States.” Per NYT
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At his press conference, Nigel Farage is ranting about the Black and White Minstrel Show, Alf Garnett and It Ain't Half Hot Mum in - as far as I can tell – an attempt to justify his "banter" when a schoolboy. He is very much not going down the Richard Tice, "lies" route.
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
At his press conference, Nigel Farage is ranting about the Black and White Minstrel Show, Alf Garnett and It Ain't Half Hot Mum in - as far as I can tell – an attempt to justify his "banter" when a schoolboy. He is very much not going down the Richard Tice, "lies" route.
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American fascism is hilarious; it’s politics as aesthetics, but the aesthetics are ass.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
American fascism is hilarious; it’s politics as aesthetics, but the aesthetics are ass.
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Sean Duffy: "I hear President Trump talk publicly and privately -- he cares about affordability for the American consumer." (Trump literally called affordability a "hoax" just yesterday!)
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Sean Duffy: "I hear President Trump talk publicly and privately -- he cares about affordability for the American consumer." (Trump literally called affordability a "hoax" just yesterday!)
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Yasser Abu shabab, head of an Israeli backed gang in gaza, just killed in clashes
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Yasser Abu shabab, head of an Israeli backed gang in gaza, just killed in clashes
Tis but a scratch ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIn...
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Tis but a scratch ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIn...
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What a world
In a post on X tonight, the State Department says it “renamed the former Institute of Peace to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history.”
“Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
“Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
December 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
What a world
This is wonderful www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It moved … it was hopping!’ One man’s search for a wild wallaby in the UK
Reports of escaped wallabies are on the rise, especially in southern England. But how easy is it to spot these strange and charismatic marsupials – and why would a quintessentially Australian creature...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is wonderful www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"The policy is an attempt to exert control over reporting the government dislikes, in violation of a free press’ right to seek information under their First and Fifth Amendment rights protected by the Constitution," the NYT says www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/m...
New York Times sues Hegseth over Pentagon press crackdown | CNN Business
The lawsuit, set to be filed in federal court in Washington, DC, names the Defense Department, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the chief Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell, as defendants.
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"The policy is an attempt to exert control over reporting the government dislikes, in violation of a free press’ right to seek information under their First and Fifth Amendment rights protected by the Constitution," the NYT says www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/m...
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A top Pentagon officer whose abrupt retirement came as a shock to his colleagues was reportedly forced out after repeated clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Real Reason for Pentagon Pete Commander’s Shock Retirement Revealed
Reports initially stated Hegseth had nothing to do with the officer’s abrupt exit.
trib.al
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A top Pentagon officer whose abrupt retirement came as a shock to his colleagues was reportedly forced out after repeated clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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In time, though, its tankers will find new routes
American sanctions are putting Russia under pressure
In time, though, its tankers will find new routes
econ.st
December 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
In time, though, its tankers will find new routes
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The New York Times sued the Pentagon on Thursday, arguing that the Defense Department infringed on the constitutional rights of its journalists by imposing a set of new restrictions on reporting about the military.
Read more: nyti.ms/44CRJZY
Read more: nyti.ms/44CRJZY
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The New York Times sued the Pentagon on Thursday, arguing that the Defense Department infringed on the constitutional rights of its journalists by imposing a set of new restrictions on reporting about the military.
Read more: nyti.ms/44CRJZY
Read more: nyti.ms/44CRJZY
Calling Ms Streisand ...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Reform UK’s deputy leader says racism claims about Nigel Farage from fellow pupils are ‘made-up twaddle’ – UK politics live
Richard Tice claims that allegations against Farage are ‘nonsense’ from people with ‘a political axe to grind’
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Calling Ms Streisand ...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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I wonder what it is about Rachel Reeves that they hate: a woman who went to a comprehensive school, who rose from relatively humble origins to the top and who still speaks with a South London accent. I wonder why they hate her so much. It's a mystery.
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I wonder what it is about Rachel Reeves that they hate: a woman who went to a comprehensive school, who rose from relatively humble origins to the top and who still speaks with a South London accent. I wonder why they hate her so much. It's a mystery.
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You will be shocked to discover after reading these stories that while Rachel Reeves claimed to have been the "British girls under-14 [chess] champion" she was in reality merely the "Under 14s British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls" Champion.
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
You will be shocked to discover after reading these stories that while Rachel Reeves claimed to have been the "British girls under-14 [chess] champion" she was in reality merely the "Under 14s British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls" Champion.
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
This is getting utterly ridiculous now