A few Democrats have grown a spine. They’ve filed articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth. There is a long list of good reasons to kick his evil ass out of office.

The House Democrats also pointed at a growing number of boat strikes in the Caribbean. The military has repeatedly sought to frame individuals on the vessels as “narco-terrorists”.

House Democrats also accused Hegseth of compromising national security through “careless and improper conduct”, citing an episode where classified information was shared on Signal in 2025.

The defense secretary was embroiled in controversy last year after the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a Signal group chat about a planned airstrike on Houthi fighters in Yemen. Hegseth, vice-president JD Vance, and CIA director John Ratcliffe were also in the chat.

The articles also continued on to include Hegesth’s “efforts to withhold material facts relating to civilian casualties and operational conduct in Iran and Venezuela”; his attempt to punish the senator Mark Kelly, a retired US navy captain, for reminding service members that they can refuse illegal orders; and forcing transgender service members from the military.

“Pete Hegseth did not follow his oath to the US constitution,” Ansari told the reporter Pablo Manríquez. “He committed a war crime in Iran with the attack on a school that killed over 160 children. So not only do we need to end this war, but we need to hold accountable and prosecute anyone in the US administration who may have committed war crimes.”

Not to mention that he’s an incompetent boob who only got the appointment because he was a suck-up to Trump.

This motion will go nowhere, because the Democrats don’t have the votes, yet. It is encouraging, though, that some of them are stirring themselves to fight back against this outrageous and wicked administration, and it will highlight all those Republicans who so conscientiously neglect to recognize the deep harm their party has done to the country.