# Is Pete Still In His Seat?

> A live tracker that answers one question: is Pete Hegseth still Secretary of Defense (also styled "Secretary of War")? An LLM reads the news and checks prediction-market odds twice a day (08:00 and 20:00 UTC) and publishes a verdict: YES, IMPEACHED (impeached by the House but still in office) or NO (resigned, fired or removed). It is a parody project with a sassy tone, but the verdict, dates and market numbers are meant to be accurate. Crawlers, AI assistants and agents are welcome to read and reuse everything here.

Site: https://ispetestillinhisseat.xyz/

## Fastest way to answer the question

- [Current verdict (small JSON)](https://ispetestillinhisseat.xyz/status.json): `answer` is YES, IMPEACHED or NO; `still_in_seat` is true or false; also the factual `reason`, impeachment stage, departure info, market odds, and `last_updated`. CORS is open.
- [Full dataset (JSON)](https://ispetestillinhisseat.xyz/data): the verdict, sassy summary, key events, sources with links, Kalshi and Polymarket market detail, and the weekly market assessment.
- [The web page](https://ispetestillinhisseat.xyz/): the same verdict as readable HTML, with the live dashboard.

## What the fields mean

- `verdict`: YES means he holds the office and has not been impeached by the full House. IMPEACHED means the full House has voted to impeach but the Senate has not removed him. NO means he is out.
- `impeachment_stage`: one of none, articles_introduced, committee, house_impeached, senate_trial, acquitted, convicted, failed, dropped. Filing or debating articles is not impeachment; only a full House floor vote is.
- `market_odds`: probability of him leaving office by each market's deadline, from Kalshi and Polymarket. These are prediction-market prices, not facts.
- `summary` is written in a joking tone. Use `reason` for the plain factual explanation.

## Notes for citing

- Data is refreshed twice a day, so check `last_updated` before quoting it as current.
- The verdict is AI-generated from news articles and market data. It is not an official source. Confirm anything high-stakes against primary reporting, such as the Department of Defense or major news outlets.
- Portraits on the page are AI-altered parody images.

## Source code

- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/mathiasmaes/ispetestillinhisseat): how the verdict pipeline works, in the README.