"Less than a month into the new admin, and Matt is trying to make drinking water a scandal,” said Pfeiffer about the new Hegseth bourbon legend. The post ‘Mouth-Breathing Idiot’: White House Staffer Flames Matthew Yglesias Over Hegseth ‘Bourbon’ Myth first appeared on Mediaite.

The wonky blogger drew the ire of White House comms staffer Alex Pfeiffer after he helped spread rumors that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was drinking while delivering a speech at a NATO summit earlier this week.

Newly appointed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claims his family was targeted by the outgoing Biden administration with an audit from the IRS. “Of course the outgoing Biden IRS rushed an ‘audit’ of the incoming SecDef. Total sham,” Hegseth wrote on his official X account Monday, including a photo of an IRS document addressed to him and his wife.

The move could reduce defense spending projections by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next five years.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth talks ... Its historic row of white-columned, three-story general officer quarters overlook the Washington Channel. The homes date back to 1902 and have been used over the years to house members of the Joint Chiefs ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hammered home a message upon arrival at NATO headquarters Thursday that allies need to show more urgency in building up their respective militaries to counter a more aggressive Russia.

The White House said the change recognizes ‘those who have demonstrated extraordinary service and sacrifice for the nation’

The defense secretary posted an undated IRS notice on social media. He offered no evidence that it was politically motivated.