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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 9h
Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u... w/ Ben Weiser
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Judge Questions Secrecy Around Trump Administration’s Memo on Boat Strikes
The judge also ordered the Justice Department to privately show the court the contested document, which blesses the disputed killings at sea.
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Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Max D. Lederer Jr., the former publisher of Stars and Stripes who was fired by the Pentagon, was named as news executive of the year by the magazine Editor & Publisher. E&P said it awarded its highest annual honor in recognition of his long career and his defense of independent journalism.
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Former Stars and Stripes publisher named news executive of the year
Editor & Publisher said it awarded Lederer its highest annual honor in recognition of his long career and his defense of independent journalism.
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William Turton @williamturton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW STORY: Susan Collins Dismissed Our Reporting as Old News. Some of Her Claims Aren’t True. www.propublica.org/article/debu...
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Martin Matishak @martinmatishak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW: U.S. intelligence officials found no evidence that any foreign adversary successfully interfered in the 2024 presidential election, according to multiple sources familiar with the findings of the classified assessment. therecord.media/trump-harris...
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No evidence of successful foreign meddling in 2024 election, spy agencies found
U.S. intelligence officials found no evidence that any foreign adversary successfully interfered in the 2024 presidential election, according to sources familiar with the findings of a classified asse...
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roxtiron.bsky.social @roxtiron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚨Breaking from @ACapaccio: The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the US from Australia by UPS, people briefed on the incident said. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Is Holding Sensitive F-35 Parts Diverted to Hong Kong
The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the US from Australia, people briefed ...
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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEWS, as they say: @notus.com is no longer; say hello to The Washington Sun! 🌞 Oh, and: We’ve struck a deal to carry daily weather reports from @capitalweather.com! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/b...
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Politics News Site NOTUS Rebrands as The Washington Sun
A trademark dispute scuttled its plans to relaunch as The Washington Star, so the site chose a different name.
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It turns out that Netanyahu was warned, in shockingly specific terms, about October 7 — and not only chose to do nothing, but hid the warning from the people who could have stopped it www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 04/09/2026
Behind closed doors, John Fetterman dodges constituents, alienates fellow Democrats and shows little interest in the work of a senator.
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Behind Closed Doors, John Fetterman Shows Little Interest in the Work of a Senator
The first-term senator, poised to be a possible swing vote, churns through staff as he alienates fellow Democrats and defends Israel.
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Residential electricity prices are soaring in Ohio after the state spend more than $1.6 billion on subsidies for data center construction. It’s become a hub for the power-thirsty industry but now a major issue in the Senate and governor races…
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Give @aidanwilliamstv.bsky.social a follow
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Pete Hegseth just blocked the promotions of seven senior Navy officers — five of whom are women or people of color — to two-star admiral rank. For the first time in more than a decade, no female active-duty naval officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
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Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 07/07/2026
Six years and almost $1 billion in taxpayer dollars later, there still isn't a company that can produce a 100% American-made medical glove.
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Almost $1 Billion Later, the US Still Can’t Make a Medical Glove
The failure of a program to produce 100% American nitrile gloves shows the difficulty of reviving US manufacturing
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 01/07/2026
Trump’s demand for new voter identification requirements sidelined a planned congressional vote on a $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill his administration is seeking.
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Trump Fight for Voter ID Law Stalls Defense Bill in US House
President Donald Trump’s demand for new voter identification requirements on Tuesday sidelined a planned congressional vote on a $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill his administration is seeking.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/05/2026
Breaking News: “Fjord,” a multilingual drama from the Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Multilingual Drama ‘Fjord’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
The film, from the Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, explores the tension between religious conservatism and social liberalism. The award closed a festival that felt comparatively muted to many.
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
House GOP leadership's new stab at FISA 702. docs.house.gov/billsthiswee... On 1st scan: 3 year extension. Adds ODNI review of FBI queries for US person info; criminalizes bad ones; & makes it so only FBI lawyers (not supervisors) can approve them. Seems like a tough sell to Freedom Caucus types.
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Martin Matishak @martinmatishak.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
In 2017 WikiLeaks published a data trove that detailed secret CIA the center's hacking tools. The file exposed agency capabilities like unpatched iOS and Android vulnerabilities and the ability to turn Samsung smart televisions into listening devices. Read it here. therecord.media/cia-director...
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CIA director quietly elevated agency’s cyber espionage division
The Center for Cyber Intelligence, which had resided within the CIA's Directorate of Digital Innovation since 2015, was promoted to a full-fledged mission center last October.
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Martin Matishak @martinmatishak.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The center is known in the clandestine community for bespoke hacking that can, although not exclusively, require recruiting an asset or sending an officer into a perilous environment in order to gain access. therecord.media/cia-director...
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CIA director quietly elevated agency’s cyber espionage division
The Center for Cyber Intelligence, which had resided within the CIA's Directorate of Digital Innovation since 2015, was promoted to a full-fledged mission center last October.
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Martin Matishak @martinmatishak.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
NEW: The CIA late last year raised the status of its elite cyber espionage division, providing it more resources to analyze and disrupt digital threats, as well as amp up the agency’s own technological innovation efforts. therecord.media/cia-director...
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CIA director quietly elevated agency’s cyber espionage division
The Center for Cyber Intelligence, which had resided within the CIA's Directorate of Digital Innovation since 2015, was promoted to a full-fledged mission center last October.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This is called “strategic defeat.” You have ended up in a worse position than before you began, with your adversary, while battered, emerging in a stronger position than before.
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Stacey Shick @staceyshick.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Today's Businessweek Daily comes from the great @steventdennis.bsky.social on how we got from a funding bill in Congress to these loooooooooooooong airport lines
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Long Airport Lines Are a Symptom of Congress’ Failure Theater
Senators in both parties swap unacceptable deals until one finally breaks through.
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
They let me write for it so please subscribe - it’s free!
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
* U.S. TO DEPLOY THOUSANDS OF ADDITIONAL TROOPS TO THE MIDDLE EAST, THREE U.S. OFFICIALS TELL REUTERS @reuters.com
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Martin Matishak @martinmatishak.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
EXCLUSIVE: The number of searches about Americans conducted by the FBI in a controversial foreign intelligence database rose by roughly 35 percent in 2025, according to a letter by a senior agency official obtained by Recorded Future News. therecord.media/new-data-sho...
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Exclusive: New data shows increase in FBI searches of Americans’ data last year
The number of FBI searches of data collected through the surveillance program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) between December 2024 to November 2025 rose to 7,...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/03/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Warnings of American military involvement — traditionally viewed by commanders in chief as ‘break glass in case of emergency’ — have now become a weekly, if not daily, occurrence,” W.J. Hennigan writes about the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.
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Opinion | The President of War
The U.S. military was once a tool of last resort for American presidents.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 14/02/2026
The Trump administration says Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured at minimum cost to the US taxpayer. Bloomberg calculations show the price tag of the ships deployed in the Caribbean hit more than $20 million a day at its peak.
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Trump's Caribbean Surge Nears $3 Billion Price Tag So Far
The operations around Venezuela that eventually led to the capture of its president pulled in nearly a fifth of the US Navy’s surface fleet at a cost of more than $20 million a day.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Kash Patel was angry about his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform so he forced out a senior FBI official overseeing aviation, Bloomberg reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician girlfriend perform, said three people familiar with the situation.

Steven Palmer, a 27-year veteran of the FBI, became the third head of the critical incident response group—which includes FBI pilots—to be fired or removed in Patel’s short regime, adding to a year filled with retributive terminations.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Dr. Jane Goodall, the legendary animal rights advocate, has died at 91.
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
New from me: PENNY SHORTAGE! Retailers are lobbying Congress for a law to let them round to the nearest nickel ASAP as pennies go away. “Businesses simply cannot provide exact change any longer because they cannot get pennies,” they wrote. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Retailers Seek Law Rounding to Nearest Nickel as Pennies Go Away
US retailers are appealing to Congress for a new law allowing them to round purchases to the nearest nickel as new supplies of pennies dry up, according to a letter seen by Bloomberg.
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roxtiron.bsky.social @roxtiron.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Pentagon contractors must notify the government if the price of spare parts for sustainment contracts jumps by more than 25%, under bipartisan legislation from Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
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Boeing Parts Costs Push Senators to Target Defense Price Gouging
Pentagon contractors must notify the government if the price of spare parts for sustainment contracts jumps by more than 25%, under bipartisan legislation from Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck ...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/09/2025
The CDC has quietly and drastically scaled back the country’s most comprehensive system for tracking the food-borne illnesses estimated to sicken millions of Americans each year.
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The CDC’s Cuts to FoodNet Could Threaten Americans’ Health
Public health experts worry that downsizing the sprawling FoodNet surveillance system could make it harder to prevent food-borne illnesses.
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Greg Williams, Director, Center for Defense Information @greg-williams-pogo.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Saving $30 million by reducing independent testing of weapons systems right before having a $45 million parade defies reason. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Hegseth Targets Independent Pentagon Test Office for Major Cuts
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered staff cuts at the congressionally mandated Pentagon office that oversees tests of major weapons systems, to ensure they’re effective and maintainable, before bil...
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Journalists who cover the US military say they are extremely concerned by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's new restrictions on press access at the Pentagon – "a direct attack on the freedom of the press and America's right to know what its military is doing." Here's my latest story:
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Pentagon Press Association calls Defense Secretary Hegseth’s access restrictions ‘a direct attack’ | CNN Business
The sharp words from the Pentagon Press Association came after Hegseth announced “additional credentialing procedures for press at the Pentagon in the interest of national security.”
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Anybody calling for political violence please unfollow so I don’t have to block you. My workplace has seen enough blood shed from crazy people. Two people are dead from a shooting blocks away last night.
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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Disturbing story about star journalist Wesley Lowery here. bsky.app/profile/colu...
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Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I had @weatherwest.bsky.social on the show a few weeks ago to warn about what NOAA cuts might mean for storm season. I fear we are seeing the results. slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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Death of the Weather Forecast?
All the news you need on the weather report.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 18/05/2025
The centrist mayor of Bucharest took a lead in Romania’s presidential election, potentially quashing the ambitions of a far-right Donald Trump loyalist as authorities recorded the biggest turnout in a quarter century, exit polls show.
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Romanian Centrist Leads Trump Ally in Vote, Exit Polls Show
The centrist mayor of Bucharest took a lead in Romania’s presidential election, potentially quashing the ambitions of a far-right Donald Trump loyalist as authorities recorded the biggest turnout in a quarter century, exit polls show.
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
! Key New York Republican Proposes Higher Top Tax Rate to Pay for SALT, Cut Deficit www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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New York Republican Floats Higher Tax Rate to Pay for SALT
A key House Republican who is pushing for a higher cap for state and local tax deductions sought to revive the idea of raising the top rate for high earners to help pay for President Donald Trump’s ta...
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NBA Cobwebs @nbacobwebs.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
30 YEARS AGO TODAY: New York's Patrick Ewing hits the game-winning jumper with 1.8 seconds to go in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against Indiana. Ewing scored 19 PTS and John Starks had 15 PTS/7 AST in the Knicks' 96-95 victory, which cut the Pacers' series lead to 3-2. May 17, 1995
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/05/2025
U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat theonion.com/u-s-mil...
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U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Combat
WASHINGTON—In a move that significantly restricts the eligibility of thousands of American troops to fight for their country on the front lines, senior U.S. military officials announced Wednesday that all men with girl names would now be forbidden from serving in combat roles. The ban, which goes into effect immediately, prohibits male personnel with clearly […]
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Kathleen Bush-Joseph @kathleenbush.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
"DHS Requests 20,000 National Guard Members to Help With Immigration Crackdown The Defense Dept is reviewing the request. If approved, one official said, it would be the first time NG troops were used to help enforce an immigration crackdown" in the US www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/u...
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D.H.S. Requests 20,000 National Guard Members to Help With Immigration Crackdown
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/05/2025
From @theathletic.bsky.social: The Knicks beat the Celtics, overcoming a 20-point deficit once again in their NBA playoff series to take a 2-0 lead.
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Knicks vs. Celtics live updates: NBA playoffs reaction as New York steals dramatic Game 2 win in Boston
Follow live reaction as the Knicks come back from a 20-point deficit again to win at TD Garden, lead the Eastern Conference semifinals 2-0
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Martin Matishak @martinmatishak.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Donald Trump’s pick to be the Defense Department’s next digital policy chief on Tuesday said she would reassess policies for offensive cyber operations to ensure DOD is keeping pace with the “exponential” changes to the domain. On @therecordmedia.bsky.social therecord.media/dod-cyber-po...
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DOD cyber policy nominee vows to ‘revaluate’ offensive cyber guardrails
Katie Sutton, nominated to serve as assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy, told lawmakers that the U.S. needs to be able to effectively respond to cyberattacks.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 02/05/2025
President Donald Trump will request a record $1.01 trillion in national security spending for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, sources say
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Trump to Propose Record $1.01 Trillion National Security Budget
President Donald Trump will request a record $1.01 trillion in national security spending for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, more than 13% over the current year’s figure, according to administration officials familiar with the matter.
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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The Trump administration's "firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Imagine America during the Korean War in 1950 telling the embattled southern forces after Pyongyang’s massive invasion that both sides “need to put down their weapons and build a better North and South Korea.” Trump is acting as a de facto Russian ally. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Trump Is Acting as a Proxy for Putin
His proposal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine isn’t a peace plan—it’s a reward for aggression.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
“Worst April since 1932” says WSJ - gift link and a few pictures of bread lines in NY from 1932 www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 22/04/2025
NEW: Pete Hegseth’s Signal chats about pending strikes in Yemen included information from a top general’s secure messages to him, three U.S. officials with direct knowledge tell NBC News.
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Info Pete Hegseth shared with wife, brother came from top general’s secure messages
Hegseth has denied the information he shared was classified, but it was given to him on a system for sensitive and classified information, sources told NBC News.
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Travis J. Tritten @travistritten.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Big one for military folks ... Hegseth's Pentagon looking to hand on-base grocery stores and shops designed to save service members and their families money to the private sector. Story by @ktoropin.bsky.social + @tomnovelly.bsky.social
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Privatized Commissaries? Pentagon Looking to Turn Over Retail, Recreation Services to Companies
The Pentagon’s newest push to trim its workforce and spending could mean that on-base grocery stores and shops designed to save service members and their families money could ultimately be sold off to...
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Shakedown approaching a billion dollars
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