{"id":49972,"date":"2026-04-24T10:46:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/24\/firing-fears-ripple-through-mean-girls-pentagon-axios\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:46:42","slug":"firing-fears-ripple-through-mean-girls-pentagon-axios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/24\/firing-fears-ripple-through-mean-girls-pentagon-axios\/","title":{"rendered":"Firing fears ripple through &#8220;Mean Girls&#8221; Pentagon &#8211; Axios"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE5FalhIYm82Wk02TUJjVTlXRngxRVFvUHQ1c29SaXd5Z1J6NWRRM2NGMHJWX2h6SzVsWUxseDRMelN1Q0xCRzFmdi14ZDBMbmR0d3VfT3ZQX3cycFNhT0JsbXE1TDBtVGlybXRNSVk2U0R3WXBfbzVIazVB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Firing fears ripple through &#8220;Mean Girls&#8221; Pentagon<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxOZU92RFMwVERmQVNFRl91TEVSd3dRRFA0dGJYZmw5SlVrbkczaWFyZnl0Y2lMdk9YREhjbmdtbVpXSEs3b0NFYlJ1T1lJTzRwMmJmOFVyTV9SdFFnUVlQLWJ2X2VWRnFtZkU3RWNnSVBNUFJoUDVwdDdtM1Y0VmNTOXc5RGdsdUU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Acting Navy secretary, once a political lightning rod, finds surprising support<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE1GemZLS1VVWGI4RXhDX0JkQW1ybHdJa0ZIaS1MZGVRbjZ5UjA0eW84MFhpVmVOTE1taHB3WldNOEhmQW5vMml1SmxrV3R3MVNzRkEzbjAweTRmOUkzV01QZUlpYkRLNHVuSEg5TV9ZUXlMVVh5YXJpNmczaGpkZE0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US Navy Secretary Phelan fired as naval blockade of Iran continues<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTFBfaHJ1T290c1ZQTU5kSUR6Q0t0aW5IaVhTZjROUzl6c1FNR1FHVnFmN2lncFg0VjBxeFJNdzU5NmxubVFFb01UMXlwNHBwMjR3eEtRMWNtQmpXazFVRTJUZ2Z4djdZNkQwWWk3eXVDdzBldndlMDMzN094YU0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Dreams for a Battleship Led to His Navy Secretary\u2019s Ouster<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiaEFVX3lxTFBsWlNSNVZ2U2hMeGo4NzJsY284aDhzZ3oyRTlGejdkVHdkUWRWME43dEZkWlo0NFpBV0dkZ2xUZGIyNXVpbWJLYUNSR1lpbEZZblB5X1h1TEludnUxMkFwRV83aWhzTXJ4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">April 23, 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firing fears ripple through &#8220;Mean Girls&#8221; Pentagon&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios Acting Navy secretary, once a political lightning rod, finds surprising support&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico US Navy Secretary Phelan fired as naval&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/24\/firing-fears-ripple-through-mean-girls-pentagon-axios\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}