Let's talk about Hegseth vs Senator Kelly: Court edition....
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Belle of the Ranch
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🗓️ 9 May 2026
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Let's talk about Hegseth vs Senator Kelly: Court edition....
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| 0:00.0 | Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back. |
| 0:04.4 | Mom! |
| 0:05.0 | Up the stairs for something. |
| 0:07.8 | Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for. |
| 0:12.0 | Mom, what's for dinner? |
| 0:13.6 | Chop, sizzle, done. |
| 0:17.1 | Hello, fresh, can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier. |
| 0:23.6 | So its phones down, forks up. |
| 0:25.6 | Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time. |
| 0:28.6 | Hello. |
| 0:29.6 | Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's spell again. |
| 0:35.6 | So today, we're going to talk about Heggseth versus Senator Kelly, |
| 0:41.6 | court edition. If you remember, a while back Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, along with other |
| 0:49.1 | veterans and former intelligence professionals, put out a video reminding troops of their duty to disobey |
| 0:56.3 | unlawful orders. The video itself was incredibly tame and mirrored training troops routinely receive. |
| 1:05.3 | That didn't stop the Trump administration from taking the video very personally. |
| 1:11.1 | Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth announced that the Pentagon was initiating retirement-grade |
| 1:16.8 | determination proceedings and that a letter of censure was being issued over the video. |
| 1:23.8 | Senator Kelly sued back in January. In February, a federal judge blocked the Pentagon from proceeding with their punishments. Because, while yes, troops lose a lot of their First Amendment rights while you're in. That restriction is there to preserve the chain of command and good order. When you leave, those restrictions are gone. |
| 1:47.6 | No court has ever held that the restrictions on speech that troops give up during active duty |
| 1:53.3 | extended to retirement. If they did, pretty much all of Heggseth's Fox career would have been against regs. Even though a federal |
| 2:03.6 | judge blocked the Pentagon and made it clear this was ridiculous and an assault on Kelly, |
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