Dan Lamothe
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A happy 250th to all the Marines out there. Covering your institution over the years has been a privilege and adventure.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
A happy 250th to all the Marines out there. Covering your institution over the years has been a privilege and adventure.
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The Pentagon press corps has taught me so much in my career. @sirenspod.bsky.social extended our chat with @valerieinsinna.bsky.social to explore what makes it different, what DOD owes Americans in terms of transparency and access, and where we go from here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Pentagon press corps has taught me so much in my career. @sirenspod.bsky.social extended our chat with @valerieinsinna.bsky.social to explore what makes it different, what DOD owes Americans in terms of transparency and access, and where we go from here. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
The @washingtonpost.com in just the last day:
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The @washingtonpost.com in just the last day:
As of today, the following U.S. Navy warships are in the Caribbean:
USS Iwo Jima
USS San Antonio
USS Stockdale
USS Jason Dunham
USS Gravely
USS Lake Erie
USS Wichita
USS Gettysburg
There's also the MV Ocean Trader, a special operations vessel, and the USS Newport News, a submarine.
USS Iwo Jima
USS San Antonio
USS Stockdale
USS Jason Dunham
USS Gravely
USS Lake Erie
USS Wichita
USS Gettysburg
There's also the MV Ocean Trader, a special operations vessel, and the USS Newport News, a submarine.
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
As of today, the following U.S. Navy warships are in the Caribbean:
USS Iwo Jima
USS San Antonio
USS Stockdale
USS Jason Dunham
USS Gravely
USS Lake Erie
USS Wichita
USS Gettysburg
There's also the MV Ocean Trader, a special operations vessel, and the USS Newport News, a submarine.
USS Iwo Jima
USS San Antonio
USS Stockdale
USS Jason Dunham
USS Gravely
USS Lake Erie
USS Wichita
USS Gettysburg
There's also the MV Ocean Trader, a special operations vessel, and the USS Newport News, a submarine.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has arrived in Israel, official says. Visit had been anticipated this week.
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has arrived in Israel, official says. Visit had been anticipated this week.
U.S. military officials with Southern Command are making plans to deploy an assessment team to Jamaica, I'm told.
State Department has received a formal request for assistance from the Jamaican government, and also is beginning to deploy a disaster response team and search-and-rescue squads.
State Department has received a formal request for assistance from the Jamaican government, and also is beginning to deploy a disaster response team and search-and-rescue squads.
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
U.S. military officials with Southern Command are making plans to deploy an assessment team to Jamaica, I'm told.
State Department has received a formal request for assistance from the Jamaican government, and also is beginning to deploy a disaster response team and search-and-rescue squads.
State Department has received a formal request for assistance from the Jamaican government, and also is beginning to deploy a disaster response team and search-and-rescue squads.
Hurricane Melissa collides with U.S. military mission in Caribbean
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Hurricane Melissa collides with U.S. military mission in Caribbean
President Donald Trump’s military campaign against drug cartels in Latin America could soon be forced to reckon with the devastating impact of Hurricane Mellissa.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hurricane Melissa collides with U.S. military mission in Caribbean
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Just an absolutely incredible game of baseball tonight
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Just an absolutely incredible game of baseball tonight
“If it chooses to keep the naval force focused on Venezuela rather than disaster response, it would certainly show how the administration wants to exercise its defense priorities.”
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Hurricane Melissa collides with U.S. military mission in Caribbean
President Donald Trump’s military campaign against drug cartels in Latin America could soon be forced to reckon with the devastating impact of Hurricane Mellissa.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
“If it chooses to keep the naval force focused on Venezuela rather than disaster response, it would certainly show how the administration wants to exercise its defense priorities.”
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President Donald Trump’s military campaign against drug cartels in Latin America could soon collide with a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean Sea, as Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica with a fleet of U.S. military ships deployed nearby.
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Hurricane Melissa collides with U.S. military mission in Caribbean
President Donald Trump’s military campaign against drug cartels in Latin America could soon be forced to reckon with the devastating impact of Hurricane Mellissa.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
President Donald Trump’s military campaign against drug cartels in Latin America could soon collide with a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean Sea, as Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica with a fleet of U.S. military ships deployed nearby.
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A catastrophic forecast for Hurricane Melissa with a lot of U.S. military assets already in the Caribbean.
Will the Trump administration assist regional neighbors? To what degree?
Will the Trump administration assist regional neighbors? To what degree?
26 October 5PM EDT: Major Hurricane #Melissa is forecast to bring Life-threatening and Catastrophic flash flooding and landslides in portions of Jamaica and southern Hispaniola through mid-week. For the latest information visit http://hurrican... https://x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1982557802800574545
October 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A catastrophic forecast for Hurricane Melissa with a lot of U.S. military assets already in the Caribbean.
Will the Trump administration assist regional neighbors? To what degree?
Will the Trump administration assist regional neighbors? To what degree?
SCOOP: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has restored but downgraded the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment, the independent, internal think tank focused on future wars, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the matter.
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Hegseth restores, downgrades Pentagon Office of Net Assessment
Hegseth restores, downgrades Office of Net Assessment — the Pentagon’s legendary internal think tank.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
SCOOP: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has restored but downgraded the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment, the independent, internal think tank focused on future wars, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post and people familiar with the matter.
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Infowars is joining the Pentagon press corps:
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Infowars is joining the Pentagon press corps:
Media in the Pentagon. Marines on I-5. The military and politics.
Touched on all those things with @rieckhoff.bsky.social on his latest podcast episode:
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Touched on all those things with @rieckhoff.bsky.social on his latest podcast episode:
youtu.be/Do7lnEscHqU?...
October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Media in the Pentagon. Marines on I-5. The military and politics.
Touched on all those things with @rieckhoff.bsky.social on his latest podcast episode:
youtu.be/Do7lnEscHqU?...
Touched on all those things with @rieckhoff.bsky.social on his latest podcast episode:
youtu.be/Do7lnEscHqU?...
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The Pentagon press corps has walked out. The briefings have stopped. And the most powerful military in the world is being wielded in ways few Americans understand. Washington Post national security reporter Dan Lamothe returns to break down an unprecedented crisis of transparency inside the DoD.
EPISODE 357: DAN LAMOTHE - FULL EPISODE
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October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The Pentagon press corps has walked out. The briefings have stopped. And the most powerful military in the world is being wielded in ways few Americans understand. Washington Post national security reporter Dan Lamothe returns to break down an unprecedented crisis of transparency inside the DoD.
Who's joining the Pentagon press corps after most of us departed the building last week due to new restrictions?
Gateway Pundit, Human Events, and other right-wing sites, mostly.
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Gateway Pundit, Human Events, and other right-wing sites, mostly.
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Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout
A new crop of conservative media and influencers signed an agreement with the Pentagon, including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Who's joining the Pentagon press corps after most of us departed the building last week due to new restrictions?
Gateway Pundit, Human Events, and other right-wing sites, mostly.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Gateway Pundit, Human Events, and other right-wing sites, mostly.
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In which the Pentagon continues to clamp down on communication of all kinds while falsely claiming increased transparency.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
In which the Pentagon continues to clamp down on communication of all kinds while falsely claiming increased transparency.
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Significantly *more* live artillery rounds were launched over Interstate 5 during Friday’s rehearsal, defense officials said, with one estimating the number at 30.
NEW: Marines launch investigation of errant live-fire blast over California’s I-5
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Marines to investigate errant live-fire blast over California’s I-5
Artillery rounds also were launched over the freeway during a rehearsal for the demonstration attended by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Significantly *more* live artillery rounds were launched over Interstate 5 during Friday’s rehearsal, defense officials said, with one estimating the number at 30.
NEW: Marines launch investigation of errant live-fire blast over California’s I-5
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Marines to investigate errant live-fire blast over California’s I-5
Artillery rounds also were launched over the freeway during a rehearsal for the demonstration attended by Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
NEW: Marines launch investigation of errant live-fire blast over California’s I-5
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In a WaPo article by @danlamothe.bsky.social & @taracopp.bsky.social, there's this:
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October 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In a WaPo article by @danlamothe.bsky.social & @taracopp.bsky.social, there's this:
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NEW TODAY: A deep dive on Tim Parlatore, Pete Hegseth’s longtime personal attorney.
He has a key role in Hegseth’s efforts to restrict news reporting in the Pentagon, and a history that includes defending alleged mobsters, accused war criminals, and President Donald Trump.
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He has a key role in Hegseth’s efforts to restrict news reporting in the Pentagon, and a history that includes defending alleged mobsters, accused war criminals, and President Donald Trump.
wapo.st/4h8hTsC
Hegseth’s legal fixer at the center of Pentagon’s new media restrictions
Tim Parlatore represented Hegseth when he faced sexual assault allegations, and he also counts alleged mobsters and President Donald Trump as former clients.
wapo.st
October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
NEW TODAY: A deep dive on Tim Parlatore, Pete Hegseth’s longtime personal attorney.
He has a key role in Hegseth’s efforts to restrict news reporting in the Pentagon, and a history that includes defending alleged mobsters, accused war criminals, and President Donald Trump.
wapo.st/4h8hTsC
He has a key role in Hegseth’s efforts to restrict news reporting in the Pentagon, and a history that includes defending alleged mobsters, accused war criminals, and President Donald Trump.
wapo.st/4h8hTsC
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Turned in the badge today.
My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
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My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Turned in the badge today.
My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
Danlamothe.30
My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
Danlamothe.30
NEW TODAY: A deep dive on Tim Parlatore, Pete Hegseth’s longtime personal attorney.
He has a key role in Hegseth’s efforts to restrict news reporting in the Pentagon, and a history that includes defending alleged mobsters, accused war criminals, and President Donald Trump.
wapo.st/4h8hTsC
He has a key role in Hegseth’s efforts to restrict news reporting in the Pentagon, and a history that includes defending alleged mobsters, accused war criminals, and President Donald Trump.
wapo.st/4h8hTsC
Hegseth’s legal fixer at the center of Pentagon’s new media restrictions
Tim Parlatore represented Hegseth when he faced sexual assault allegations, and he also counts alleged mobsters and President Donald Trump as former clients.
wapo.st
October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
NEW TODAY: A deep dive on Tim Parlatore, Pete Hegseth’s longtime personal attorney.
He has a key role in Hegseth’s efforts to restrict news reporting in the Pentagon, and a history that includes defending alleged mobsters, accused war criminals, and President Donald Trump.
wapo.st/4h8hTsC
He has a key role in Hegseth’s efforts to restrict news reporting in the Pentagon, and a history that includes defending alleged mobsters, accused war criminals, and President Donald Trump.
wapo.st/4h8hTsC