‘effective immediately’ always keeps things calm

“Pentagon leaders were particularly annoyed last fall when Phelan pitched the idea for a modern battleship directly to Trump, bypassing Hegseth”

There's a tiny detail in the Atlantic story that reveals how books on pressing news really come together. Reporters don't hold their most important stories for personal gain, the way everyone on Bluesky thinks.

Curious how the Pentagon would spend the $1.5 trillion that Congress is considering giving it? Steve Feinberg is the Trump official setting the agenda. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

If Artemis is going up then it gives me an excuse to once again post this photo, the only one to contain every human being in the universe but one.

It took more than 30 years but at last Calvin’s dad’s dream has come true

This is still the greatest action setpiece in cinema history. Sorry Fury Road.

Can we talk about just how unusual it is to have the DOT Secretary and FAA Administrator holding the first presser on a crash? NTSB normally leads all communications.

need a version of the three fingers memes except it's a robot holding three fingers instead of michael fassbender

A disturbing new trend on Bluesky is people responding to what are apparently bots (or spammers) programmed (or instructed) to respond to posts with rage bait. a) you can just block and move on b) see a

Golden Dome’s price tag has climbed to an estimated $185 billion. The driver: fast-tracking work on at least three programs, all of which involve satellites www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

This is really compelling evidence of how much Russian forces have been relying on Starlink near the front

Boeing says a wiring problem on some undelivered 737s will cause delays for customers. It's still unclear how many aircraft are affected. www.wsj.com/business/air...

The White House says it has “more than enough” weapons to fight Iran, but the long term is a different story. One Pentagon official said “we’re going as fast as we possibly can” to boost missile production. The big picture w/ @marcusreports.bsky.social: www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Russia is one of the biggest winners early in the largest U.S. military confrontation in decades, as Iranian missiles deplete stocks of Patriot interceptors that Ukraine needs.

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946. In 2007, the US president was born in 1946. In 2017, the US president was born in 1946. And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

Vindication for the firms that refused to bend the knee

Munitions are dwindling and if the war continues, the Pentagon would “need to decide” whether to pull stockpiles from the Pacific www.wsj.com/world/middle...

sorry, the contention is that *stanford* is not sufficiently aligned with the american military-industrial complex? are... are there multiple stanfords?

Ah, social copy. Nobody “wants” to launch a million satellites (the article correctly notes that companies ask for more space than they plan to use all the time).

Been waiting for this write-up. What a story!

It’s great (derogatory) that you can work very hard to find out something incredibly important, and the main response you will get is a derisive “Gee, I’m shocked.” Somebody has to ACTUALLY DO THIS WORK! You can’t pursue justice by going “Your honor: I mean, duh.”

Insulting the intelligence of readers never works well

Good morning to everyone, but especially to the “decertified” Canadian aircraft that are very much still flying.

Take a look at this big fella

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

Exclusive: The Qatari-donated plane that is being overhauled to become a new Air Force One jet is on track to be delivered to President Trump this summer, according to the Air Force. on.wsj.com/4qLk5KQ

The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article. Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.

About that Golden Dome … military officials haven’t explained how they’ll spend its $23 billion down payment, so lawmakers are reluctant to give the project more money www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Full circle, really. Nobel heard his legacy would be as a merchant of death on account of inventing dynamite, thought a series of prizes would rescue his reputation, but oh, the folly of man

thinking about the pope pacing back and forth in his apartment at 3:30 am yelling at the tv

Of all the fights for Dems to pick with Brendan Carr, demanding the FCC enforce outage refunds (which AT&T and Verizon already give) is a choice

as if this wasn't bad enough on its face, they didn't search a natsec beat journo like Ellen Nakashima or even defense Dan Lamothe/Alex Horton, it was Hannah Natanson, whose beat has been......DOGE and related abuses of feds guys I don't think they were looking for classified documents

Kyiv Independent - Ukraine’s prime lithium deposit officially awarded to Trump-linked investors. kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-a...

Obligatory theonion.com/it-only-tues...

The Pentagon plans to take a $1 billion stake in a rocket supplier to boost its stockpile of long-range missiles www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Renee Nicole Good lived in a community where residents by the thousands are using text alerts, whistles and Google Docs to shadow federal agents.

Business-as-usual in Washington, distress in DC

Lockheed Martin says it can hit the Pentagon's sky-high production target of 2,000 Patriot missiles a year within the coming years—if Congress coughs up billions to pay for it. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

First quote to Dylan Byers … might as well be a bat signal

The Pentagon won’t release the full, unedited video of a lethal Sept. 2 strike on alleged drug traffickers, said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The site of a Tennessee explosion that killed 16 workers was part of an “industry that polices itself.”

Boeing machinists will head back to work in St. Louis after nearly 15 weeks on the picket line: www.wsj.com/business/boe...

A datapoint as striking Boeing workers vote on a new contract in St. Louis today: Boeing has brought in more Israeli military business than any other U.S. contractor since the war in Gaza began. The breakdown from colleague Benoit Faucon: www.wsj.com/world/middle...

I’m loving the sandwich puns. Keep ‘em coming.

There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died. That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time. www.cato.org/commentary/q...

A UPS plane crashed in Louisville, Ky. UPS said that there were three crew members onboard the MD-11 aircraft, and that it was bound for Honolulu, Hawaii.

White House announces new limits on press access at 5 pm on Halloween