Hegseth waylaid in scathing analysis over 'extremely pernicious' case of 'bullying'

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's latest bid to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for his role in a video instructing active-duty troops to refuse unlawful orders was raked over the coals by analyst David A. Graham in a scathing write-up for The Atlantic published Monday.

Hegseth has previously threatened to recall Kelly into active duty to court-martial him. He has evidently backed down from this idea — but is now instead starting a process to demote Kelly's retirement rank and reduce his military pension...