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"There are very likely more shoes to drop in short order, with even bigger bombshell stories coming this week, key Pentagon reporters have been telling sources privately."
Opinion | Former Top Pentagon Spokesperson Details ‘Month From Hell’ Inside the Agency
The total chaos at the Department of Defense is becoming a major distraction for the Trump administration, writes John Ullyot.
www.politico.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
*Of course* advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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EXCLUSIVE: A former top Pentagon official warns dysfunction could topple Hegseth — describing a department collapsing from backstabbing and constant missteps.
Read the full opinion piece from former top spokesperson John Ullyot, who resigned last week👇
ow.ly/SSoq50VEvPC
Read the full opinion piece from former top spokesperson John Ullyot, who resigned last week👇
ow.ly/SSoq50VEvPC
April 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A former top Pentagon official warns dysfunction could topple Hegseth — describing a department collapsing from backstabbing and constant missteps.
Read the full opinion piece from former top spokesperson John Ullyot, who resigned last week👇
ow.ly/SSoq50VEvPC
Read the full opinion piece from former top spokesperson John Ullyot, who resigned last week👇
ow.ly/SSoq50VEvPC
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Raskin: You see that with Hegseth and a lot of other people who can actually be promoted to the highest levels of this government with the most irresponsible behavior, but they all happen to be white guys..
April 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Raskin: You see that with Hegseth and a lot of other people who can actually be promoted to the highest levels of this government with the most irresponsible behavior, but they all happen to be white guys..
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV
April 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV
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I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.
April 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.
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“Why didn’t Kamala go on Rogan?” they all screeched in op-eds and tweets, for months on end.
Maybe, just maybe, because Rogan, in the tank for the GOP, made it near impossible for her to come on?
New reporting:
Maybe, just maybe, because Rogan, in the tank for the GOP, made it near impossible for her to come on?
New reporting:
The inside story of Harris' lost gamble on Joe Rogan, Beyoncé and a late Texas rally
A new book by Jonathan Allen of NBC News and Amie Parnes of The Hill has details about the Harris campaign's botched attempt to schedule an interview with Joe Rogan.
www.nbcnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:12 AM
“Why didn’t Kamala go on Rogan?” they all screeched in op-eds and tweets, for months on end.
Maybe, just maybe, because Rogan, in the tank for the GOP, made it near impossible for her to come on?
New reporting:
Maybe, just maybe, because Rogan, in the tank for the GOP, made it near impossible for her to come on?
New reporting:
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J.D. Vance uses DEI to cover for a potentially white male pilot being at fault: "When you don't have the best standards in who you're hiring, it means, on the one hand, you're not getting the best people in government, but on the other hand, it puts stresses on the people who are already there."
Hesgeth and Vance use the Washington D.C. airliner-helicopter crash to make anti-diversity, equity and inclusion points, suggesting it was to blame for the collision.
The Vice President didn't even open his remarks by referencing the victims or families - just straight into anti-DEI points.
The Vice President didn't even open his remarks by referencing the victims or families - just straight into anti-DEI points.
January 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
J.D. Vance uses DEI to cover for a potentially white male pilot being at fault: "When you don't have the best standards in who you're hiring, it means, on the one hand, you're not getting the best people in government, but on the other hand, it puts stresses on the people who are already there."
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lol trying to bully the entire country into something they don't want to do is going to backfire. We're already seeing it backfire in the federal workforce. The more people they piss off, the more enemies they make.
Something is about to break.
Something is about to break.
January 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
lol trying to bully the entire country into something they don't want to do is going to backfire. We're already seeing it backfire in the federal workforce. The more people they piss off, the more enemies they make.
Something is about to break.
Something is about to break.
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Alina Habba: "We cannot have sloppy, lazy and inappropriate hires, because American people are going to suffer and die."
January 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Alina Habba: "We cannot have sloppy, lazy and inappropriate hires, because American people are going to suffer and die."
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Fox & Friends promoted Karoline Leavitt's false claim that the U.S. was sending $50 million of condoms to Gaza. Trump repeated the false story. The folks at France 24 debunked the claim using multiple sources as part of a segment Truth or Fake. We need a show like this. youtu.be/pUzbzUmAt6w?...
France 24 Debunks False Claims Made on Fox News about Condoms in Gaza
YouTube video by Juliet Jeske - Decoding Fox News
youtu.be
January 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Fox & Friends promoted Karoline Leavitt's false claim that the U.S. was sending $50 million of condoms to Gaza. Trump repeated the false story. The folks at France 24 debunked the claim using multiple sources as part of a segment Truth or Fake. We need a show like this. youtu.be/pUzbzUmAt6w?...
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The head of the FAA, Mike Whitaker, resigned on January 20 — one year into his 5 year term — after facing relentless criticism from Musk for not approving SpaceX missions quickly enough.
The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023.
No acting FAA head has been appointed.
The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023.
No acting FAA head has been appointed.
January 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The head of the FAA, Mike Whitaker, resigned on January 20 — one year into his 5 year term — after facing relentless criticism from Musk for not approving SpaceX missions quickly enough.
The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023.
No acting FAA head has been appointed.
The Senate confirmed him unanimously in 2023.
No acting FAA head has been appointed.
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Black Lives Matter fundamentally broke these people’s brains. They couldn’t bear the idea that they might have to tell a different story about this country and thus tell a different story about themselves. They hated it, and now they are using everything they have to never feel that way again.
January 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Black Lives Matter fundamentally broke these people’s brains. They couldn’t bear the idea that they might have to tell a different story about this country and thus tell a different story about themselves. They hated it, and now they are using everything they have to never feel that way again.
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“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
www.statnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.
www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...
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If you're a Black person in STEM, you need to be plugged into the @blackinx.bsky.social and #NSBE as soon as POSSIBLE. Even though these companies are rolling back their DEI strategies, they are going to keep recruiting at conferences.
(Hence why conferences are the next target)
(Hence why conferences are the next target)
I cannot stress enough how important private funding will be for underrepresented (UR) scientists for the next 4 years. NSF and NIH fund summer research opportunities for UR undergrad students in STEM, mentoring programs starting in high school, funds for UR PhD students, & more.
January 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If you're a Black person in STEM, you need to be plugged into the @blackinx.bsky.social and #NSBE as soon as POSSIBLE. Even though these companies are rolling back their DEI strategies, they are going to keep recruiting at conferences.
(Hence why conferences are the next target)
(Hence why conferences are the next target)
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It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
January 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
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the richest man in the world has been installed in the government and he is very clearly trying to subvert it for his own ends.
Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system
A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
the richest man in the world has been installed in the government and he is very clearly trying to subvert it for his own ends.
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I don’t know if he’s planning on running in 2028 but Pritzker is doing a good job of showing leadership.
January 31, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I don’t know if he’s planning on running in 2028 but Pritzker is doing a good job of showing leadership.
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question: exactly how many current or prospective members of the trump administration believe in biological race hierarchy?
ALSOBROOKS: You said 'we should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that is given to whites.' Can you please explain what you meant?
RFK Jr: There's a series of studies ...
ALSOBROOKS: What different schedule would you say I should've recevied?
RFK Jr: There's a series of studies ...
ALSOBROOKS: What different schedule would you say I should've recevied?
January 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
question: exactly how many current or prospective members of the trump administration believe in biological race hierarchy?
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The FAA is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 years without a leader because Elon Musk helped push him out. The former FAA administrator stepped down on Jan. 20th after Musk called on him to resign. Musk was angry after the FAA fined SpaceX for failing to get approval for launch changes.
The FAA is facing a major crisis without a leader because Elon Musk pushed him out
FAA chief Michael Whitaker resigned earlier this month after facing criticism from Musk.
www.theverge.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The FAA is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 years without a leader because Elon Musk helped push him out. The former FAA administrator stepped down on Jan. 20th after Musk called on him to resign. Musk was angry after the FAA fined SpaceX for failing to get approval for launch changes.
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American Airlines CEO: Don't listen to the president, he's wrong and/or lying. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
NTSB Will Be ‘Sole Source of Truth’ for Facts of the Crash, American Airlines CEO Says
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the deadly midair collision between an American passenger jet and a military helicopter, will be...
www.wsj.com
January 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
American Airlines CEO: Don't listen to the president, he's wrong and/or lying. www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Checking in on Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing:
January 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Checking in on Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing:
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Every disaster movie starts with scientists being ignored. Good thing we’re not doing that.
January 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every disaster movie starts with scientists being ignored. Good thing we’re not doing that.