🧵 Saga file #137
Defense Secretary impeachment threats
Nov 4, 5 PM ET to Nov 6, 2 PM ET · 🔴 on the front pages now
🧩 4 parts so far 📰 38 outlets carried a part ⚖️ 🫏15 · 7 · 12🐘 left · center · right ⏱️ 1.9 days running so far 📺 17 min of TV captions 📻 12 radio newscasts 🧶 33 people retold it online
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Nov 5 12 PM Nov 6 12 PM 21 42 Trump reaffirms intent to keep Hegseth in Cabinet Trump says Hegseth is doing a very good job Republican congressman threatens impeachment of pete Hegseth over Iran war Defense Secretary faces impeachment threats amid political tensions Front pages carrying each part at each hourly run, Nov 4, 5 PM to Nov 6, 2 PM ET (peak 42), stacked by part:
Nov 5 12 PM Nov 6 12 PM 1. Trump reaffirms intent to keep He…Trump reaffirms intent to keep Hegseth in Cabinet Trump reaffirms intent to keep Hegseth in Cabinet: Nov 4, 5 PM to Nov 6, 11 AM ET, 14 outlets 2. Trump says Hegseth is doing a ver…Trump says Hegseth is doing a very good job Trump says Hegseth is doing a very good job: Nov 6, 11 AM to Nov 6, 11 AM ET, 6 outlets 3. Republican congressman threatens …Republican congressman threatens impeachment of pete Hegseth over Iran war Republican congressman threatens impeachment of pete Hegseth over Iran war: Nov 5, 1 PM to Nov 6, 1 PM ET, 11 outlets 4. Defense Secretary faces impeachme…Defense Secretary faces impeachment threats amid political tensions Defense Secretary faces impeachment threats amid political tensions: Nov 6, 1 AM to Nov 6, 2 PM ET, 25 outlets 📺 TV MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:19 AM ET: TRUMP CONSIDERING REMOVING HEGSETH AFTER MIDT MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:20 AM ET: TRUMP CONSIDERING REMOVING HEGSETH AFTER MIDT BBC News, Nov 6, 11:00 AM ET: Hegseth under pressure MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:06 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH BBC News, Nov 5, 5:07 PM ET: Hegseth faces bipartisan impeachment MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:08 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:08 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:09 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:09 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:10 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:10 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:11 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:11 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:11 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:13 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:16 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:16 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:17 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:18 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:18 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH MSNOW, Nov 5, 5:18 PM ET: SOURCES: TRUMP ASKING ALLIES ABOUT HEGSETH Fox News, Nov 5, 6:03 PM ET: TRUMP DEFENDS HEGSETH AMID IMPEACHMENT THREAT MSNOW, Nov 5, 6:33 PM ET: MORE REPUBLICANS HIT SEC. HEGSETH AFTER VOTER REVOLT MSNOW, Nov 5, 7:01 PM ET: HEGSETH THREATENED WITH IMPEACHMENT Fox News, Nov 5, 8:24 PM ET: HAKEEM: PETE, WOULD YOU MIND RESIGNING? Fox News, Nov 5, 8:24 PM ET: HAKEEM: PETE, WOULD YOU MIND RESIGNING? BBC News, Nov 6, 1:00 AM ET: Hegseth under pressure Fox News, Nov 6, 1:24 AM ET: HAKEEM: PETE, WOULD YOU MIND RESIGNING? BBC News, Nov 6, 3:00 AM ET: Hegseth under pressure BBC News, Nov 6, 3:30 AM ET: Hegseth under pressure MSNOW, Nov 6, 4:28 AM ET: MUSK POSTS BIZARRE VIDEO AMID IMPEACHMENT THREATS MSNOW, Nov 6, 4:29 AM ET: MUSK POSTS BIZARRE VIDEO AMID IMPEACHMENT THREATS MSNOW, Nov 6, 4:29 AM ET: MUSK POSTS BIZARRE VIDEO AMID IMPEACHMENT THREATS MSNOW, Nov 6, 4:29 AM ET: MUSK POSTS BIZARRE VIDEO AMID IMPEACHMENT THREATS MSNOW, Nov 6, 4:29 AM ET: HEGSETH POSTS BIZARRE VIDEO AMID IMPEACHMENT THREATS BBC News, Nov 6, 4:30 AM ET: Hegseth under pressure MSNOW, Nov 6, 5:08 AM ET: SECRETARY HEGSETH SLAMS CRITICS IN NEW SOCIAL MSNOW, Nov 6, 5:11 AM ET: SECRETARY HEGSETH SLAMS CRITICS IN NEW SOCIAL MSNOW, Nov 6, 5:12 AM ET: SECRETARY HEGSETH SLAMS CRITICS IN NEW SOCIAL BBC News, Nov 6, 7:00 AM ET: Hegseth under pressure BBC News, Nov 6, 8:18 AM ET: Security Brief: Will US midterms affect Iran war? BBC News, Nov 6, 8:25 AM ET: Security Brief: Will US midterms affect Iran war? BBC News, Nov 6, 10:00 AM ET: Hegseth under pressure MSNOW, Nov 6, 1:05 PM ET: MSNOW: SOME VETERANS CALL FOR HEGSETH IMPEACHMENT Fox News, Nov 6, 2:08 AM ET: DEMS DUST OFF THE IMPEACHMENT PLAYBOOK Fox News, Nov 6, 2:08 AM ET: DEMS DENY IMPEACHMENT PLANS AS GOP SOUNDS ALARM BBC News, Nov 6, 5:00 AM ET: Hegseth under pressure MSNOW, Nov 6, 1:00 PM ET: PENTAGON, WH POSTS HYPE UP HEGSETH AMID IMPEACHMENT PUSH 📻 radio ABC News Update, Nov 5, 8:32 PM ET ABC News Update, Nov 5, 7:33 PM ET NPR News Now, Nov 5, 7:09 PM ET ABC News Update, Nov 5, 6:32 PM ET NPR News Now, Nov 5, 5:09 PM ET NPR News Now, Nov 6, 12:09 PM ET NPR News Now, Nov 6, 8:09 AM ET NPR News Now, Nov 6, 7:10 AM ET NPR News Now, Nov 6, 5:10 AM ET NPR News Now, Nov 6, 3:09 AM ET ABC News Update, Nov 6, 2:32 AM ET ABC News Update, Nov 6, 1:32 AM ET 🧶 online 🧶retold online (the day's report) 🧶retold online (the day's report) Its parts in the order of their latest news, each from when we first saw it on a front page to when we last
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