Derelict, Incompetent or Wreckless
SHADOW DOCKET ABUSE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKeq4CEZtm8
1991 (context)
1991–2009 Trump bankrupted at least four casinos
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20200929/111078/HMKP-116-JU00-20200929-SD003.pdf
1997 (context)
1997-01-01 Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was a reality TV star on MTV’s The Real World and Road Rules.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Duffy
2009
2009-01-01 Linda McMahon holds limited credentials in education. She only served one year on the Connecticut Board of Education and holds a degree in French.
https://edsource.org/updates/mcmahon-confirmed-as-u-s-secretary-of-education
2021
2021-01-01 FBI director Kash ‘Money” Patel previously hosted the Spotify podcast “Kash’s Corner,” focused on conspiracies and “whistleblowing.”
https://open.spotify.com/show/2lWqshCmJul1EAADnNmPWk
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849635/000114036124030406/ny20026576x34_s1a.htm
2021-02-18 Ted Cruz vacationed in Cancun during the Texas power crisis, later repeating a similar trip during Texas flooding in 2025.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/18/ted-cruz-cancun-power-outage/
2022
2022-09-01 Karoline Leavitt’s “hoe-bag ad” circulated online.
TIMESTAMP 15:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iBnfLloO5Q&list=WL&index=2&t=862s
https://nhjournal.com/53021-revision-v1/
2024
2024-09-10 Trump falsely accused Haitian immigrants of eating pets during a debate and denied involvement with Project 2025.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77l28myezko
2024-11-25 Pete Hegseth wrote in his book that the U.S. should ignore Geneva Convention limits and abide by our ‘own rules’.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/pete-hegseth-book-attacks-nato-alliances
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_on_Warriors.
2025 February
2025-02-27 The Trump administration targeted legal oversight of military lawyers, stating their enforcement of law were potential “roadblocks” to Trump’s orders.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/politics/pentagon-lawyers-sidelined-jags
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/are-military-lawyers-being-sidelined
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5162069-pentagon-officers-fired/
https://www.execfunctions.org/p/the-decaying-legal-culture-in-the
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-hegseth-firing-chairman-lawyers-6bead3346b1210e45e77648e6cbc3599
https://www.newsweek.com/how-pete-hegseths-cull-of-military-lawyers-could-hurt-us-soldiers-10819597
2025-02-28 Pete Hegseth dismantled civilian casualty mitigation programs ahead of the Iran war by dismantling the Civilian Mitigation and Response Action Plan. On the first day of the war in Iran, the US launched a Tomahawk missile into an all-girls school and killed nearly 200 children. The US denied allegations of launching the missile, and Trump even claimed Iran might have bombed themselves during a Mar-a-Lago press conference on March 9th.
https://www.reuters.com/world/iran-crisis-live-explosions-tehran-israel-announces-strike-2026-02-28/
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/why-trump-war-iran-benefits
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/28/middleeast/maps-iran-tehran-attack-vis-intl
https://www.cfr.org/articles/gauging-the-impact-of-massive-u-s-israeli-strikes-on-iran
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/02/28/special_report_us_israel_launch_unprovoked
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/03/us-civilian-casualties-iran/686292/
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-defense-department-iran-hegseth-civilian-casualties
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/politics/hegseth-pentagon-civilian-harm.html
2025 March
2025-03-11 Hegseth improperly discussed Yemen strike plans on Signal with unauthorized participants.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-goldberg-the-atlantic-trump-officials-group-chat-signal/
https://www.wired.com/story/heres-what-happened-to-those-signalgate-messages/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseths-signal-chat-pentagon-inspector-general-report/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/politics/unclassified-ig-report-hegseth-signal
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2ej74pxdro
2025-03-18 Personal information was exposed during the JFK files release.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/20/jfk-files-social-security-trump/82567111007/
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/03/personal-data-revealed-in-released-jfk-files
2025 April
2025-04-02 The White House imposed tariffs on uninhabited islands. The Commerce Secretary claimed it was on purpose to tackle any loopholes.
2025 May
2025-05-20 Kristi Noem struggled to explain Habeas Corpus during a hearing.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1948380052635180
2025 June
2025-06-03 FEMA head David Richardson admitted he was unaware hurricane season was approaching.
2025 July
2025-07-10 Kristi Noem allegedly delayed FEMA rescue authorization after Texas flooding by 72 hours.
2025 August
2025-08-11 Lawrence Taylor admitted uncertainty about his sports council appointment.
2025 September
2025-09-04 RFK admitted he did not know major COVID statistics during a Senate hearing.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/rfk-jr-says-he-doesn-t-know-covid-death-data-246709829694
2025-09-09 When asked about the Kirk assassination, Trump instead responded with remodeling updates to his ballroom.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I4uPNMysG48
2025-09-10 Kash Patel prematurely announced a suspect was in custody after the Charlie Kirk shooting.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/15/kash-patel-brown-shooting-suspect
2025-09-11 Trump appointed NFL player Herschel Walker ambassador to the Bahamas. On February 19th of the following year, during a press conference Trump couldn’t remember where he assigned Walker, stating, “…and now he’s going to be the ambassador of…come on, name the country, Herschel…”.
https://newrepublic.com/post/206779/donald-trump-forgets-names-titles-world-leaders
2025-09-17 Jasmine Crockett grilled Kash Patel over his handling of the Kirk investigation.
2025 October
2025-10-02 In two closely timed interviews, Karoline Leavitt told reporters servicemembers were not receiving pay due to the shutdown right after Russell Vought said servicemembers were.
2025-10-07 Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks said she would hold town halls “when hell freezes over”, saying, “I don’t have to hold a town hall so you can come and yell at me”.
2025-10-10 Speaker Mike Johnson canceled House votes during the shutdown, delaying the swearing-in of Representative Adelita Grijalva and efforts to release Epstein files.
2025 November
2025-11-04 Reports mocked Mike Johnson for repeatedly claiming ignorance about current events when it suits him.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D-GbZlrOyZE
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1ookag8/supercut_of_mike_johnson_responding_i_dont_know/
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/mike-johnson-trump-news-1235458884/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-cnn-supercut-i-dont-know_n_690a0f03e4b04ad08e188350
https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/mike-johnson-doesnt-know-church-state
2025-11-10 Eight Democratic senators joined Republicans in voting to reopen the government without additional concessions, and nobody voted to take back the $40B bailout that Trump gave to Argentina.
https://time.com/7332610/8-senators-broke-with-democrats-to-end-government-shutdown/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-vote-end-government-shutdown/
https://meidasnews.com/news/republicans-vote-no-on-using-argentina-bailout-money-for-aca-subsidies
2025-11-28 Trump announced he would revoke all executive orders Biden signed with an autopen.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/28/politics/trump-biden-auto-pen
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115629010097815862
2025 December
2025-12-01 Trump posted hundreds of Truth Social messages and conspiracy reposts in a single day.
https://time.com/7338077/trump-truth-social-posts-addiction/
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/02/trump-truth-social-december-150-posts-social-media
https://people.com/donald-trump-late-night-truth-social-spree-11860296
2025-12-04 The Pentagon Inspector General released a report stating Hegseth endangered servicemembers through Signal leaks.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseths-signal-chat-pentagon-inspector-general-report/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/politics/unclassified-ig-report-hegseth-signal
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2ej74pxdro
2026 January
2026-01-19 Trump demanded the Nobel Prize in a message to the Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store while insisting on “complete and total control of Greenland.” He added, “I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7mev35x2lo
2026-01-28 Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller pointed the finger at each other for the Alex Pretti execution.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/27/trump-stephen-miller-massacre-minnesota-shooting
https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-miller-bites-back-after-ice-barbie-blame-game/
2026 February
2026-02-11 The Pentagon abruptly shut down El Paso Airport over a mistaken “cartel drone” scare involving a party balloon. First they said the shutdown was due to a “Mexican cartel drone”, then Sean Duffy posted “the threat has been neutralized”.
https://apnews.com/live/faa-el-paso-texas-air-space-closed-updates
https://x.com/SecDuffy/status/2021594420806639787
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/politics/el-paso-trump-administration-finger-pointing
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/coastal/politics/2026/02/11/dc-wrap
2026-02-26 Trump sent two corrupt real-estate brokers – Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner – to Geneva to discuss nuclear talks with Iran. This came two days before the US and Israel surprise-attacked Iran and launched missiles, including killing 170 schoolchildren.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-steve-witkoff-iran-enriched-uranium-11-nuclear-bombs/
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/03/witkoff-kushner-trump-fail-diplomacy-iran-ukraine-gaza/
2026-02-27 In a second incident, the Pentagon shot down a border patrol drone over Fort Hancock outside El Paso Texas.
2026-02-27 During an interview with Piers Morgan, Lauren Boebert couldn’t answer what inflation was.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lauren-boebert-stumbles-piers-morgan-183517013.html
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/politics/lauren-boebert-stumbles-trying-to-define-inflation/
2026 March
2026-03-01 After the US bombed Iran, the US State Department had made no plans on how to evacuate American citizens from the region. They told them to find their own way out.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/04/evacuation-middle-east-iran-war-00812898
2026-03-02 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there would be no “stupid” rules of engagement governing military operations against Iran.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/hegseth-insists-the-iran-conflict-is-not-iraq-and-is-not-endless
2026-03-05 Trump fired Kristi Noem and replaced her with Markwayne Mullin after her unauthorized $250M ad campaign.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-homeland-security-noem-mullin-38c583b3cef97b4ef60d84b8f8b5961a
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-s1-5667546/kristi-noem-homeland-security-fired
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/politics/kristi-noem-markwayne-mullin-trump.html
2026-03-06 Trump minimized dangers in the Strait of Hormuz to Brian Kilmeade on Fox news, “There’s nothing to be afraid of” and quipped that the oil tanker crews should “show some guts”. Afterwards, six tankers were struck.
https://thehill.com/business/5774913-donald-trump-oil-tankers-strait-hormuz/
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a70726144/trump-pep-talk-straits-of-hormuz/
https://www.reuters.com/world/cargo-ship-hit-by-projectile-strait-hormuz-crew-evacuates-2026-03-11/
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/11/cargo-ship-struck-strait-of-hormuz-uk-iran-war.html
2026-03-08 Trump threatened to block legislation until Congress passed the SAVE Act.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116193527873859174
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5776058-trump-republicans-save-america-act-midterms/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/09/trump-threat-congress-save-america-act
2026-03-10 Sources uncovered that Pete Hegseth went on a spending spree with taxpayer money from September 2025 on, spending $9M on crab legs, $6.9M on lobster tail, $98,000 for a grand piano, $5.3M on Apple devices, $15.1M for steak, $124,000 on ice cream machines, $139,000 on doughnut orders, $225M on furniture, $12,000 for fruit basket stands, and $50.1B on grants and contracts. This all came just before the Trump administration decided to withhold SNAP benefits for American families and their children.
https://newrepublic.com/post/207555/pete-hegseth-billions-dollars-fruit-basket-stands-chairs-crab
https://mashable.com/video/jimmy-kimmel-pete-hegseth-spending-93-billion
2026-03-13 Pete Hegseth threatened no quarter, “We will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies”. Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona clarified, “No quarter isn’t some wannabe tough guy line. It means something”. To give ‘no quarter’ means to take no prisoners and kill, which violates the law of armed conflict.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/14/democratic-lawmaker-condemns-hegseth-no-quarter
https://ktar.com/arizona-news/kelly-hegseth-no-quarter/5836584/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmSXS6ptXzc&list=WL&index=10&t=61s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTwyfDfO_r4&list=WL&index=3
2026-03-16 Leaks revealed that DOGE used ChatGPT to decide who and what to cut.
https://fortune.com/2026/03/16/doge-employee-deposition-lawsuit-federal-deficit-elon-musk-spending/
https://abcnews.com/Politics/2-doge-staffers-regrets-people-losing-income-reduce/story?id=131050170
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/nyregion/doge-depositions-musk-lawsuit.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beMb-MHflOs
2026-03-24 This time Democrats delayed forcing an Iran war-powers vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGFkuH7GRX8&list=WL&index=1&t=388s
https://x.com/ryangrim/status/2036631611014594992
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-iran-war-powers-resolution-vote-trump/
https://demandprogress.org/house-dem-leaders-waver-on-iran-vote-as-trump-prepares-to-escalate/
2026-03-26 Democrats proposed a bill to block Trump from using any federal funds to take military action in Cuba without Congressional authorization.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGFkuH7GRX8&list=WL&index=1&t=388s
2026-03-26 More mysterious trading patterns emerged on Polymarket.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/polymarket-insider-trading-rules-iran-war-venezuela/
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/insider-trading-prediction-markets-trump-rules-rcna265452
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/25/trump-iran-oil-insider-trading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNBRgrndNoE&list=WL&index=1
2026 April
2026-04-04 Hegseth ordered base commanders to allow troops to carry personal firearms. This was originally banned by George Bush in the 90’s to prevent accidents and suicides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5u7wrYxLUg&list=WL&index=5
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-troops-personal-firearms-military-bases/
2026-04-07 Trump and Hegseth declared victory over Iran with a so-called 10-point deal.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116365796713313030
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5771492/iran-war-goals-unmet-ceasefire-strait-hormuz-trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kumzM-MrMeg
2026-04-09 The GOP blocked another warpower resolution to rein in Trump’s Iran war powers after he tweeted out his intent to destroy an entire civilization. New Jersey Republican Representative Chris Smith persisted over a “pro forma” session and banged his gavel to end the session before Democrats could seek to pass resolution to end the U.S. military operation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/house-democrats-trump-war-powers-resolution-iran
2026-04-09 In defense of Trump’s “whole civilization will die” tweet, Karoline Leavitt told the press, “The President absolutely has the moral high ground over the Iranian terrorist regime, and for you to even suggest otherwise is frankly insulting,” and “..so it was a very strong threat that led to results, and as the Secretary of War stated at the Pentagon this morning, it was not an empty threat by any means. The Pentagon had a target list that they were ready to hit go on at 8PM last night…”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Gy6lLRu6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGwVZWFh_Dk
https://www.trtworld.com/article/67984187584e
2026-04-17 Former officials told The Atlantic that Kash Patel was erratic, frequently absent, and difficult to manage. Patel threatened legal action against the magazine and filed a $250M defamation lawsuit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpOD12q81cY&list=WL&index=9&t=157s
SUB WALL https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/kash-patel-fbi-director-drinking-absences/686839/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/20/media/kash-patel-fbi-atlantic-lawsuit-sarah-fitzpatrick
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/20/kash-patel-lawsuit-the-atlantic
2026-04-20 Labor Secretary Lori Chavez Dreamer resigned amid allegations of abusing public funds, drinking on duty, and misconduct involving staff and her husband.
https://time.com/article/2026/04/20/labor-secretary-lori-chavez-deremer-out-trump-administration/
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/20/labor-secretary-chavez-deremer-resign-00737749
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/20/nx-s1-5739251/labor-secretary-trump-chavez-deremer
2026-04-21 Senator Roger Wicker of the Senate Armed Services Committee criticized the Pentagon for getting rid of flu shot mandates for military readiness.
https://theweek.com/politics/hegseth-military-flu-vaccine-requirement
2026-04-27 Four Democratic senators investigated the Kuwait bombing that killed six U.S. servicemembers and left more than 20 injured.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5851740-senate-democrats-investigate-kuwait-attack/
2026-04-30 Former Army Ranger and paratrooper Congressman Jason Crow pressed Hegseth about conflicts of interest surrounding Special Advisor Tim Parlatore.
2026-04-23 Trump claimed U.S. missile supplies were stronger despite reports of shortages.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/21/politics/us-military-missile-stockpile
https://fortune.com/2026/04/24/us-military-depleted-half-most-expensive-missiles-cost-of-iran-war/
SUB WALL https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/iran-war-cost-military.html
2026-04-30 GOP leader Tom Kean had been absent from Capitol Hill for weeks.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/30/politics/tom-kean-medical-issue-absence-congress
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/tom-kean-republican-congress
2026 May
2026-05-06 Kash Patel reportedly maintained a personalized bourbon stash.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/05/kash-patel-fbi-bourbon/687066/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/05/08/kash-patel-bourbon-swag/?itid=hp_brand_promo_4
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5868551-fbi-director-bourbon-democrats/
2026-05-13 The Senate rejected another war-powers resolution (the 7th time).
https://time.com/article/2026/05/13/iran-war-vote-senate-murkowski-closest-vote-yet/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-defeats-7th-trump-war-powers-iran/
2026 June
2026-06-02 Trump named housing official Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRIdilkr0oM&list=WL&index=3
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyv2dpyz3dpo
2026-06-06 Trump appointed former private equity mogul Bill Pulte to take over as Director of National Intelligence and shrink overseas intelligence agencies.
https://time.com/article/2026/06/06/trump-ODNI-intelligence-cuts
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/trump-bill-pulte-fire-intelligence-dni.html
2026-06-14 FISA Section 702 – a foreign surveillance law – was allowed to expire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CBXhmvZgds&list=WL&index=6&t=28s
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/12/nx-s1-5856291/fisa-702-surveillance-expiration-bill-pulte
2026-06-15 Trump said he may or may not personally show up to sign the Memorandum of Understanding.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-says-may-may-not-175931480.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDm_xDq3gNg
2026-06-17 Kash Patel prematurely disclosed investigation on social media about an ongoing criminal investigation and nearly compromised the entire mission.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pOFwElBAEgc
2026-06-19 The Trump administration postponed the signing ceremony in Switzerland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjtlEEofW4o&list=WL&index=3
2026-06-30 Representative Tom Kean reported his absence to Congress was due to depression.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyPMNsCHHVA&list=WL&index=5
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5876222/tom-kean-new-jersey-congress-depression
2026 July
2026-07-10 The White House left Trump’s Qatari jet in Turkey over security concerns.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/09/politics/plane-trump-air-force-one-security
2026-07-12 Survivors of the Iranian attack that killed 6 US troops in Kuwait confirmed that the Pentagon ignored intelligence.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-strike-us-troops-kuwait-investigation-findings-families/
https://newrepublic.com/post/212283/soldiers-hegseth-downplaying-iran-war-injuries-kuwait
2026-07-15 Vance and his family allegedly misused taxpayer-funded resources such as federal helicopters for personal use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPLAz6XuJgU&list=WL&index=2&t=61s
https://newrepublic.com/post/213146/jd-vance-secret-service-fed-up-absurd-requests-son-helicopter
[https://www.ms.now/news/veeps-security-detail-fed-up-with-hastily-arranged-personal-and-family-travel-requests])https://www.ms.now/news/veeps-security-detail-fed-up-with-hastily-arranged-personal-and-family-travel-requests