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A sitting president, demanding that elected officials be imprisoned. Let that sink in. Over their objections, he federalized troops from Texas to enforce his will. This is not theater. It is not a tweetable grievance. It is an unprecedented assault on constitutional norms, federalism, and the rule of law. And yet, the media’s reaction in certain circles will almost certainly be muted. And it absolutely should not be — and cannot be.

Unbelievable that trump put himself in this predicament where Russia actually said that "trump would ultimately decide against their provision because he knew how to listen." The Anchorage summit was a humiliation and that is Putin's take on the matter: That trump knows how to listen (to Russia of all countries.) Putin warned that the weapons would mark a “qualitatively new stage of escalation” because Ukraine could not fire them without the U.S. personnel. He suggested, however, that Trump would ultimately decide against their provision because he knew how to listen.

I don't particularly like Senator Ted Cruz but this bill is worth considering... WASHINGTON—Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) is calling for changes to the legal system to better protect consumers from government censorship, a move that comes weeks after he criticized the Trump administration’s push to have late-night host Jimmy Kimmel taken off the air. A recent drop in Kimmel’s ratings before his suspension “means my podcast was kicking Kimmel’s ass every week,” Cruz said. The two have previously sparred on social media and played a charity basketball game in 2018 after Kimmel compared the senator to a blobfish.

A U.S. Navy sailor was extorted for thousands of dollars after connecting with someone on the dating app Tinder in a case that highlights the growing threat of online scams, authorities tell WTKR News 3. A search warrant filed in the case reveals the sailor believed he was messaging with a 20-year-old woman named “Daisy”.

In short, he is laying the groundwork for a police state, and he is doing so in broad daylight, assuming that our constitutional guardrails will bend and fold, as they often have under more-piecemeal pressures since his second presidency began just nine months ago.

WASHINGTON — Gulf War illness, a debilitating medical condition linked to military service, has received formal recognition as a legitimate illness after more than three decades of reports by veterans about unexplained symptoms they developed during active duty in the Persian Gulf. Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-10-06/gulf-war-illness-cdc-19340971.html Source - Stars and Stripes

“His speech directly attacked the values of many of the senior officers and enlisted members in the audience, and I would expect many of them to demonstrate their disgust by retiring,” Don Christensen, a retired Air Force colonel and former military lawyer who watched the speech, said of Hegseth.

He paused, waiting for a reaction. None came. The silence stretched on. Trump, however, continued and conjured up yet another bizarre line about his physical fitness, which is constantly under the microscope because of a relentless hand bruise, chunky ankles, a wobbly walk and a droopy mouth.

President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday to reveal the U.S. had conducted another strike on an alleged cartel drug boat as he celebrated the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush.

My take on that speech is that it was amazing to see an audience of very smart people being lectured by two idiots... He said it was "unbelievable to have a senior elected leader to be quite frankly so incompetent at speaking."

Once again a leaked message over Signal... Anthony Salisbury, a top deputy to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, was reportedly exchanging messages with Waah Secretary Pete Hegseth’s adviser Patrick Weaver over Signal in a crowded public space last weekend while traveling in Minnesota...

The unusual gathering, and Hegseth’s speech, can teach us a lot about the defense secretary’s leadership style — and why his selection by Trump to run the Pentagon looms as an especially consequential choice. To explore further, Today, Explained co-host Noel King spoke with Kerry Howley, a writer at New York magazine who recently wrote a feature on Hegseth. Below is an excerpt of their conversation, edited for length and clarity

resident Donald trump will host a large Navy celebration this weekend while the military goes without pay during the government shutdown.

Secretary of WAAH Pete Hesgeth on Friday fired Navy chief of staff Jon Harrison, an unusually powerful top aide who had orchestrated a reshuffle of the service’s bureaucracy. The sudden ouster, according to two defense officials and a former defense official, follows the confirmation this week of Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao.

Mr. Makeup is such an idiot... “No more beards, long hair, superficial, individual expression. We’re going to cut our hair, shape up, shave our beards, and adhere to standards, because it’s like the broken windows theory of policing. It’s like, you let the small stuff go, the big stuff eventually goes,” he said. “If you want a beard, you can join special forces. If not, then shave.”

Black men are more prone to pseudofolliculitis barbae, a skin condition that leads to itching, inflammation, keloids and an increased likelihood of scarring, according to research. A seemingly neutral policy that requires military members to be clean-shaven has a disproportionately negative impact on Black men, leading to disparate impact, a legal term to describe when a neutral policy causes harm to a protected class of people. In addition to Black men being harmed by this new policy, it could also lead to religious discrimination. According to some reports, for Muslims, Sikhs, Rastafarians, the Amish, and Orthodox Jews, there may be restrictions around shaving one’s beard. A no-beard policy may unfairly impact those who are part of some religious groups.

The military has conducted at least three strikes against vessels the administration says were carrying drugs and were en route to the U.S. Those strikes killed 17 people on the boats in total. At least two vessels originated from Venezuela. The administration did not name any of the cartels, designated as terrorist groups, to be targeted in the notice to Congress.

WASHINGTON — A statue depicting President donald trump and the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reappeared Thursday on the National Mall amid the government shutdown.

You can lose a republic while trying to save a republic. No matter what your level of idiocy, you don’t want that, you can’t want it, so you have to be careful. And serious...

Bussiere’s retirement came hours after Secretary of Defense Pete Hedgehog held an extraordinary gathering of top military officials in Quantico, Va., where he announced he was raising fitness standards and overhauling the military’s internal complaint and investigation process.

Matthews repeatedly referred to Trump’s designation of some Latin American drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, which he said granted the Defense Department unilateral authority to use military force against them, some of the people said. Matthews refused to provide a written justification for the strikes, which legal experts say is necessary for transparency and accountability.

How in the world did this pisant every get this position? He promised that he would quit drinking alcohol just to be selected. Isn't our country better than that to have to choose such a looser?... In a highly unusual address to hundreds of the military’s top leaders in Quantico, Va., Hegseth declared new directives to ensure every combat position “returns to the highest male standard” of their service’s physical fitness test. “If that means no women qualify for some combat jobs, so be it,” he said, though he stressed that the military will continue to welcome women into its ranks.

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Active-duty Marines and sailors must still get the annual flu shot, despite changes to the Pentagon’s policy, a Defense Department official confirmed to USNI News.