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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Pentagon's public tally of troops wounded during the Iran war was quietly increased this week without explanation from Trump's Defense Department. The total number of troops now wounded during the war is 861, according to DCAS.
washingtonpost.com
Pentagon quietly adds dozens to tally of troops wounded amid Iran war
With the addition of 29 U.S. sailors and eight Marines, the total number of personnel wounded since the start of hostilities has risen to 861, a Pentagon database shows.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
WaPo Exclusive: More American service members have died during the Iran war than the Pentagon has disclosed publicly. Five of the officials said there have been at least 22 military fatalities — four more than what appears in the Pentagon's public database.
washingtonpost.com
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/09/2026
New in PN: Trump’s colonialist Venezuela fever dream "His ego is the world’s largest gas guzzler, and what it belches out, in the US and worldwide, is corruption and misery."
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Trump’s colonialist Venezuela fever dream
Pillaging resources like this is the stuff of fascist regimes.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2026
Trump says 18 Americans dying fighting Iran is “small potatoes”
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
People need to go to jail for this. Full stop.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 01/09/2026
“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the whistleblower warned.
forbes.com
USPS Whistleblower Warns New Rule Could Keep Voters From Getting Ballots—What To Know
“Potentially millions of American voters may not receive their mail-in ballot this election cycle in a timely manner, or at all,” the whistleblower warned.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/08/2026
Wow: the federal government is paying MAGA influencers on X and other social media to post pro-regime propaganda. Actual paid crisis actors. Incredible reporting here. wapo.st/4x0p3pf
Screenshot of two posts by Washington Post reporter Dan Lamothe on X. Lamothe reports that the Pentagon has secretly placed several conservative military veterans with large online followings into undisclosed government roles while they publicly amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s viewpoints. He says some have civilian positions that could influence policy and names Rob Maness, Kurt Schlichter, and Thomas Anderson, who posts online as “Cynical Publius.”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Shortly after taking office last year, Pete Hegseth polled the nation's top commanders about cutting a program designed to protect civilians during U.S. military operations. Every commander rebuffed the idea. He did it anyway.
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Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.
The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: A sailor who jumped from the USS Abraham Lincoln this month in what his wife describes as a suicide attempt is now facing disciplinary action from the Navy, according to his wife and charging documents reviewed by MS NOW.
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Navy sailor who jumped off USS Lincoln faces disciplinary charges
The sailor on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier who jumped overboard in an attempt to die by suicide has been charged with violations and could have his pay docked.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
BREAKING: WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/08/2026
Trump allies himself w/Kim Jong Un against South Korea: “Based on my very good relationship w/Kim Jong Un, I am not happy that the US has agreed to Joint Military Exercises…I recently asked the President of SK if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of Iran, & they said, ‘No thanks!’”
Trump allies himself with totalitarian dictator Kim Jong Un against South Korea: “Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful … While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, ‘No thanks!’”
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 15/08/2026
Read it now: A psychiatrist who spent 40 years treating war trauma at the VA writes about what a deployment with no end does to the people in it. voteveterans.substack.com/p/the-disast...
voteveterans.substack.com
The Disaster on the USS Lincoln: When PTSD is More Than Just Combat Stress
A psychiatrist who spent forty years treating war trauma at the VA on what a deployment with no end does to the people inside it.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/07/2026
"That's almost word for word what they told us when we were sold the war in Iraq. Remember 2003?" -- another Pete Buttigieg masterclass on Fox News. There is no Democrat better at communicating to that audience.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/07/2026
‘Shameful’: Pentagon accused of cover-up over US military casualties in Iran war
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‘Shameful’: Pentagon accused of cover-up over US military casualties in Iran war
No press briefing has been held for months, as the defence department belatedly or inaccurately releases figures The Pentagon is taking a “shameful approach” to releasing information about US casualties in the Iran war, Leon Panetta, a former defence secretary and CIA director, has told the Guardian. The defence department has not held a press briefing for two-and-a-half months. Officials have faced accusations that they are engaged in a cover-up designed to hide the true cost of Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran, fearing a public backlash before November’s midterm elections. Continue reading...
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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"Our findings provide compelling evidence that long COVID involves the loss of dopamine-releasing neurons," says Dr. Jeffrey Meyer, senior scientist at the Brain Health Imaging Center, Canada Research Chair medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07...
medicalxpress.com
New study provides first evidence of dopamine system injury in the brain of long COVID patients
A new brain imaging study led by researchers at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), published in eBioMedicine, provides the strongest evidence to date that long COVID is associated with...
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Pete Hegseth is removing or blocking the promotions of all military officers who he has determined would not participate in an illegal pro-Trump self-coup (auto-coup) in 2028. You can believe me now or believe me in 2028. Either way, stop seeing what Hegseth is doing as random.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Jacqueline Smith, the Stars and Stripes ombudsman who was fired by Pete Hegseth's Pentagon, has sued the agency — alleging that her dismissal was in retaliation over a critical column she wrote and violated her First Amendment rights.
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Shrapnel. Concussion. Lung damage. Hearing loss. Vision loss. Military officials say that they were “Not seriously injured.” Wounded troops are now accusing Pentagon officials of covering up the extent of their injuries due to the Iran war. #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/A0TpvbfKdTVu...
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Soldiers Accuse Pentagon Pete of War Disaster Cover-Up — The Daily Beast
Service members and their families claim injuries sustained during a horrific attack on a U.S. base have been downplayed.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“That’s a recipe not just for a politicized military, but an authoritarian military,” he said. “That’s the way militaries work in Russia and China and North Korea.” www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Army general abruptly steps down as Hegseth’s Pentagon purge intensifies
Gen. Chris Donahue was described as “the latest casualty” in the defense secretary’s “purge of the military’s senior ranks.”
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Military services again requiring recruits to get flu shots as Air Force outbreak grows
A flu outbreak at a basic training facility for the Air Force in San Antonio, Texas, is growing to at least 222 cases and four hospitalizations.
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Dr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Watching a flu outbreak sweep through a major military training installation after Hegseth pointlessly politicized the vaccine requirement is a reminder that viruses are unimpressed by amateur political theater. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
nytimes.com
Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/06/2026
pete hegseth is engaged in open racial discrimination against black officers. the clear message is that there is no place for black or women leadership in his military
nytimes.com
Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas less than two months after Pete Hegseth announced that U.S. troops would no longer be required to be vaccinated for the flu.
nytimes.com
Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
folks, they’re calling the tarp “the white flag of surrender”
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Reuters: US JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO REINSTALL SIGNS, EXHIBITS IT REMOVED FROM NATIONAL PARKS DISCUSSING TOPICS LIKE SLAVERY, CLIMATE CHANGE
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"Organizations that provide anonymous legal advice for military members grappling with orders they fear are illegal said they had received calls from service members concerned about the legality of the boat strikes, some from people directly involved in them..." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
usatoday.com
US boat strikes killed over 200 people. Service members have questions
Legal hotlines have received calls from service members concerned about US military boat strikes that have killed more than 200 people.
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Michael D. Green, PhD @michaeldgreen.phd · 28/05/2026
President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...
So let me say it as clearly as I can: Without basic scientific research, supported by the kind of farsighted public investment that allows large-scale, undirected, curiosity-driven inquiry, the scientific pipeline will run dry.
In daily life, people may not feel the effects right away, or even in 10 years. But we will feel it. And when someone we love needs therapies that could have emerged but didn't or when other countries now
investing in science can launch new science-based industries or run their societies on vast resources of fusion energy or reap the benefits of quantum computing power or advanced medical breakthroughs, America will wish it sustained its leadership in scientific research here and now.
Sally Kornbluth is the president of MIT.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/05/2026
ah the Peace President
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/05/2026
Hegseth gets performatively indignant instead of answering Chris Coons's straightforward question about what the military's plan is for reopening the Strait of Hormuz (It's pretty clear there is no plan ... )
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/04/2026
"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Local zoning is the way! A lot of these are being stopped or stalled by neighborhood organizing. These warehouses often need to be purchased, permitted, approved for occupancy and specs. Each one of those steps can be interrupted. Ppl are pressuring corps not to sell, counties to deny permits, etc
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Hungary’s prime minister is more important to Donald Trump than all of his voters put together, than all Americans, than America itself, and it’s not even close. I wrote an essay yesterday to explain why: snyder.substack.com/p/the-hungar...
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Gem&Molly ⓥ @gemandmoll.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I'm an atheist. I dislike all religions equally, yet I find myself defending Muslims against Israel, left-wing Jews against Zionists, and now Catholics against Evangelicals. Please, will you all just go away and worship your god quietly and keep out of governments and the lives of the rest of us.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
BREAKING CBS: Survivors of the deadliest Iranian attack on U.S. forces have disputed the Pentagon's description of events and said their unit in Kuwait was left dangerously exposed when six service members were killed and over 20 wounded. The members disputed the description from Pete Hegseth.
cbsnews.com
Army survivors of deadly attack in Kuwait dispute Pentagon's account, say unit "was unprepared" to defend itself
Survivors of an Iranian attack that killed six U.S. service members have disputed the Pentagon's description of events and said their unit in Kuwait was left dangerously exposed.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
CBS News has a bombshell interview with a U.S. soldier who survived the deadly attack in Kuwait on the first day of the way -- he says Pete Hegseth is lying about the attack and that the base "was unprepared to provide any defense for itself." www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-wa...
shrouded figure on CBS
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
War crimes are morally and legally wrong. But they also don’t win wars or get us beyond politics. Insofar as there is a logic to this it is to provoke the Iranians and then act shocked and go for a coup domestically. See my essay "The Next Coup Attempt" snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-c...
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This doesn’t seem hyperbolic now
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is simply genocidal language and is a horror in itself.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” -Trump Article III The following acts shall be punishable: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide.
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"Our country is simultaneously taking these wild swings directed by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth with no apparent foresight about what kinds of consequences those swings will bring, while also Trump and Hegseth are fundamentally destabilizing the U.S. military itself."
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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The Next Coup Attempt
And How to Stop It
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
NEWS --> Now that Pete Hegseth fired another top general, Rep Adam Smith tells me that if Dems take House, the Armed Services Committee will seek testimony from people pushed out by Hegseth. Dems will also probe why Hegseth stalled promotion of black/female officers: newrepublic.com/article/2086...
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A French general just looked at Trump’s plan to build a runway inside Iran to fly out uranium under active bombing. His response: “American officials should stop snorting cocaine between meetings.”
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
We don’t support the troops by taking health care from their families. And we don’t support them by mindlessly giving ever more money to ever fewer defense contractors without thinking about what war means and how it is fought in the 2020s. (4/4)
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Trump and Hegseth halted funding for research to get blood to wounded U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy sailors: "When someone is wounded and survival depends on the availability of blood, this software would have made that survival more likely. Now it will not." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/s...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This is powerful, if true. More of this. Refuse. Stand on principle.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
klan shit
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PrairiePaladin @prairiepaladin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"The earth laughs in flowers" Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 02/04/2026
Pete Hegseth sent U.S. troops to fight and die in Iran. Was he trying to cash in on the war behind closed doors? This would be a massive betrayal. I’m pressing for a full investigation NOW.
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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.
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