Dave Brown
@davebrown.bsky.social
Deputy Managing Editor for Global Security at Politico
Big news: Today I crossed the Brimley/Cocoon Line, which means I'm the same age that Wilford Brimley was when "Cocoon" was released in theaters
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May 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Big news: Today I crossed the Brimley/Cocoon Line, which means I'm the same age that Wilford Brimley was when "Cocoon" was released in theaters
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Duffy vs. Hegseth: Friction over air safety erupts in Trump’s Cabinet www.politico.com/news/2025/05... @oriana0214.bsky.social @politico.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Duffy vs. Hegseth: Friction over air safety erupts in Trump’s Cabinet www.politico.com/news/2025/05... @oriana0214.bsky.social @politico.com
Trump plans to announce the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials tell AP
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Trump plans to announce the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials tell AP
President Donald Trump plans to announce next week that the U.S. will refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia.
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May 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Trump plans to announce the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf, officials tell AP
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BREAKING: Trump can proceed with his plan to ban transgender people from the military, including by removing those currently serving, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Supreme Court lets Trump ban transgender people from military
Neither the majority nor the dissenters provided any reasoning for their positions.
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May 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
BREAKING: Trump can proceed with his plan to ban transgender people from the military, including by removing those currently serving, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
The Space Force has released a video that uses stock footage from Russia
May 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Space Force has released a video that uses stock footage from Russia
The vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @politico.com
The vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon
A feud between the secretary's advisers and his chief of staff created backbiting and distrust that has erupted into the open.
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April 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The vicious rivalries tearing apart Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @politico.com
NEW TODAY: A MAGA-aligned group that pledged last month to take a “smash-mouth” approach to defending Pete Hegseth and have his back “100 percent” has all but gone silent www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @adamwren.bsky.social
Group boosting Hegseth goes quiet
The Defense secretary has come under heavy scrutiny amid reports of dysfunction at the Pentagon.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
NEW TODAY: A MAGA-aligned group that pledged last month to take a “smash-mouth” approach to defending Pete Hegseth and have his back “100 percent” has all but gone silent www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @adamwren.bsky.social
Think he means a force TO BE reckoned with
April 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Think he means a force TO BE reckoned with
NEW TONIGHT: John Ullyot, the former DOD spokesperson who was sidelined over the Jackie Robinson flap, is leaving the Pentagon
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Top Pentagon official at center of Jackie Robinson controversy to resign
John Ullyot’s departure comes during a week of upheaval at the Defense Department.
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April 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
NEW TONIGHT: John Ullyot, the former DOD spokesperson who was sidelined over the Jackie Robinson flap, is leaving the Pentagon
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BREAKING: A third DOD official has been put on leave and escorted out of the Pentagon on suspicion of leaking. Colin Carroll is chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Third top Pentagon official suspended in leak investigation
Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, was suspended a day after two other political appointees were placed on leave.
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April 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
BREAKING: A third DOD official has been put on leave and escorted out of the Pentagon on suspicion of leaking. Colin Carroll is chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
SCOOP: Not one, but two top advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been marched out of the Pentagon following a leak investigation www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @politico.com
Two top Pentagon officials placed on leave in leak probe
The disclosures under investigation include Elon Musk’s visit to the Pentagon.
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April 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
SCOOP: Not one, but two top advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been marched out of the Pentagon following a leak investigation www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @politico.com
NEW: Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @politico.com
Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world
It’s a more extensive use of the app than previously reported and sheds new light on how commonly the Trump administration’s national security team relies on Signal.
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April 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NEW: Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @politico.com
Some context from Grok
March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Some context from Grok
Trump says ‘thousands’ of Ukrainian soldiers encircled in Kursk; Ukraine says that’s ‘untrue’
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Trump says ‘thousands’ of Ukrainian soldiers encircled in Kursk; Ukraine says that’s ‘untrue’
Ukraine insists its troops aren’t surrounded, but they are pulling back from areas they captured last summer.
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March 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Trump says ‘thousands’ of Ukrainian soldiers encircled in Kursk; Ukraine says that’s ‘untrue’
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Greenlanders say no to Trump as rare earths loom over coalition talks
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Greenlanders say no to Trump as rare earths loom over coalition talks
Election throws up surprise result as independence from Denmark remains tough to define.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Greenlanders say no to Trump as rare earths loom over coalition talks
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The Netherlands doesn’t plan to cancel F-35 deals.
Asked whether the Dutch government would consider cancelling contracts for the warplanes, Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans replied: “No. Our entire air force and fighter jet fleet is based on the F-35.”
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Asked whether the Dutch government would consider cancelling contracts for the warplanes, Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans replied: “No. Our entire air force and fighter jet fleet is based on the F-35.”
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March 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Netherlands doesn’t plan to cancel F-35 deals.
Asked whether the Dutch government would consider cancelling contracts for the warplanes, Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans replied: “No. Our entire air force and fighter jet fleet is based on the F-35.”
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Asked whether the Dutch government would consider cancelling contracts for the warplanes, Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans replied: “No. Our entire air force and fighter jet fleet is based on the F-35.”
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“It’s exceedingly odd. I have never heard of any such thing. I can’t even imagine what the purpose is, other than to terrorize the civilian workforce.” www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
IKEA beds? Dressers? Inside the ‘exceedingly odd’ DOGE office setup
Details of the arrangements at GSA offer a window into the lifestyle of DOGE workers.
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March 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“It’s exceedingly odd. I have never heard of any such thing. I can’t even imagine what the purpose is, other than to terrorize the civilian workforce.” www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
This Pentagon Press Secretary Has a Long History of Bigoted and Xenophobic Posts
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This Pentagon press secretary has a long history of bigoted and xenophobic posts
“Be unapologetically right-wing. It will pay off.”
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March 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This Pentagon Press Secretary Has a Long History of Bigoted and Xenophobic Posts
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NEW COLUMN: Trump has yet to create a new world order. Instead, what we have is a period of disorientation. And countries (like, say, Lesotho) need to prepare for worst-case scenarios. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
America’s Friends Are Not Amused by Trump’s Bravado
The president’s speech offers no reprieve for countries that have long relied on Washington.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
NEW COLUMN: Trump has yet to create a new world order. Instead, what we have is a period of disorientation. And countries (like, say, Lesotho) need to prepare for worst-case scenarios. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Trump touts DOGE success, but the numbers are fuzzy
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Trump touts DOGE success, but the numbers are fuzzy
The president touted "hundreds of billions of dollars of fraud" uncovered by DOGE.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Trump touts DOGE success, but the numbers are fuzzy
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If you put "Doja Cat" in place of "DOGE cuts" in headlines, it makes her seem quite powerful
March 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
If you put "Doja Cat" in place of "DOGE cuts" in headlines, it makes her seem quite powerful
Zelenskyy says it is ‘time to make things right’ after Oval Office blowup www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Zelenskyy says it is ‘time to make things right’ after Oval Office blowup
The Ukrainian president said he and his team is “ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts."
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March 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Zelenskyy says it is ‘time to make things right’ after Oval Office blowup www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Well, technically it will be once it's no longer February 28
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Well, technically it will be once it's no longer February 28