Trump just fired the Secretary of the Navy and replaced him with Undersecretary Hung Cao, one of the biggest idiots Virginia politics has produced this century (really saying something here) in the middle of the Iran war

NASA’s Orion module splashed into the Pacific Ocean just after 8 p.m. Eastern on Friday, safely delivering the four astronauts of the Artemis II mission from their record-setting journey around the moon. https://wapo.st/3OiokPU

APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran foreign minister says passage through the Strait of Hormuz allowed next 2 weeks under Iranian military management.

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process.

An underrated addendum to the Bowling Alone story is that North America's largest bowling operator (Bowlero) is a publicly traded company whose business model involves buying mom and pop alleys, shutting down the leagues, and trying to attract casual, higher paying, one-off players.

"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps."

BREAKING: Iranian state television's English arm says Tehran rejects U.S. ceasefire proposal, quoting an anonymous official. Follow live updates:

I didn't realize this -- that the Reaper drone, the signature weapon of the post-9/11 wars -- is likely seeing its last conflict. "The Air Force placed its final order for Reapers in 2020 and manufacturer General Atomics closed the production line last year after building 575 of the drones."

BREAKING: The Pentagon seeks $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war, AP source says.

🚨🚨Judge Lamberth orders USAGM, by March 23, to bring back all 1,042 VOA employees, who have been on paid admin leave for a year and resume full broadcasting. The court also rules all the actions Kari Lake took to reduce US international broadcasting to a supposed "statutory minimum" are vacated.

A federal judge on Saturday ruled that the appointment of Kari Lake, the head of Voice of America’s oversight agency, was invalid, voiding mass layoffs that she had carried out at the federally funded news group last year.

This is a bombshell: "the Pentagon wanted the company to allow for the collection and analysis of unclassified, commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data" This kind of agenda echoes the defunded Total Information Awareness effort, post-9/11

Dear Friends, if you are able, we could use some supplies! My birthday is February 14 & nothing would bring me more birthday joy than stockpiling some nourishment for these babies! Currently logging in at 28!!! Lots of hungry babies here. amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls…

Former staffers say a new owner dealt the respected publication a death blow when service members and veterans needed it most. Read @liamjscott.bsky.social www.cjr.org/feature/mili...

BREAKING: Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.

Fantastic - congrats, @patriciakime.bsky.social: “Kime’s work is the kind of journalism we need and that journalists aspire to,” said the NPF judges.

Please let @dflawrence.bsky.social do more film coverage, this is delightful.

(Miami Herald) - The Trump Administration has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela and the strikes could come at any moment, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Miami Herald .. @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Military Reporters & Editors’ annual conference is right around the corner on Nov. 7! Please register here if you plan to attend. We can’t wait to see you all there! The keynote speaker is the new Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. www.militaryreporters.org/2025/10/2025...

Trump’s decision to send aircraft carrier to South America will leave Mideast and Europe with none apnews.com/article/airc...

Service members with shaving waivers are not allowed to attend the event with Hegseth, which will be held at Camp Humphreys, per email from 51st Fighter Wing at Osan Air Base, South Korea, which was posted on the unofficial Air Force amn/nco/snco page. AF official confirmed the email is authentic.

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay. Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

#MedSky: In August, we reported that the VA lost more than 600 doctors and nearly 2,000 nurses this year. We know that for many of you, the decision to leave the VA could not have been easy. Here’s how you can share your story with us ⤵️

Infowars is joining the Pentagon press corps:

He supported America’s war, escaped Afghanistan and started a family in the U.S. Then ICE arrested him. If he is deported, he expects the Taliban to kill him.

NPR’s Tom Bowman today is handing in the Pentagon press pass he has held for 28 years. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

The Texas Military Department confirmed to @taskandpurpose.com it had replaced some of the 200 National Guard troops sent to Chicago for not being "in compliance" with validation standards. This came after photos of heavyset NG members were widely mocked. taskandpurpose.com/news/texas-n...

Texas National Guard troops sent to Chicago are working for free. www.expressnews.com/news/article...

Do you know what this meeting is about? Get in touch on Signal: signal.me#eu/ES70l_cAl...

Personal news: Today is my last day with @militarydotcom.bsky.social. Four years ago, @zachfb.bsky.social and @travistritten.bsky.social took a chance on a guy far outside DC to be the Air/Space Force Reporter and brought me on to join an incredible team of journalists. Best choice I ever made.

We're tracking the latest on this @taskandpurpose.com. check this article for updates.

Today I resigned from Military.com. It was incredibly hard to leave the newsroom I helped build over the past four years and loved so much. We did work that I’m incredibly proud of, but one of the best parts of our incredible run was going to work every day with our team. Thank you!

A source tells me in a tense meeting this morning, Pentagon officials briefed Senate national security and leadership staff on last week’s U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat. However, they provided little answers, and legal justification for the strike...

The important question now is are we renaming DVIDS to WVIDS?

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A high-ranking Pentagon official told The Intercept Trump's strike on a boat in the Caribbean was a criminal attack on civilians. Two government officials said Pete Hegseth's rationale for the attack came together after the fact.

Venezuelan fighter jets flew over U.S. Navy ship in "show of force" - CBS News www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...

IRS has been requiring IDme checks for FOIA requests, which may* be an appropriate check for a privacy request to disclose your personal data, but is an inappropriate check for a public record. Here, DHS has made similar requests for public records. This pattern is very concerning!

For those keeping score at home, the Navy has sent 3 destroyers, a guided-missile cruiser, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine and an amphibious ready group with a Marine Expeditionary Unit to the southern Caribbean. New @taskandpurpose.com taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-sh...

BREAKING: Federal prosecutors in D.C. have filed two criminal counts against Jan Carey, the NC veteran arrested for burning a flag in protest outside the White House this week. w/ @sophrosenthal www.wusa9.com/article/news...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution plans to end its printed edition at the end of this year.

If you’re a guardsman assigned to the DC mission, I want to chat! DM me here or reach me on Signal: tomcnovelly.61

Trump says he's willing to deploy the "regular military" to American cities, the adds that "Chicago is next and then we'll help with New York"

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the latest senior military or intelligence officer to lose his position in a wider purge of national security agencies’ top ranks, www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

BREAKING: The Trump administration says it's reviewing all 55 million people with U.S. visas for potential deportable violations.

There looks to be a coordinated reaction to The Washington Post's reporting today that falsely accuses the paper of publishing specific security vulnerabilities. Reaction like this comes after a string of undisputed WaPo scoops that have detailed dysfunction on Secretary Hegseth's team.

Mario Guevara has been detained for 60 days today, every day sending a chilling message to Mario, his family, & anyone wanting to speak out about issues affecting our communities. A coalition of local, natl, global press freedom orgs are sounding the alarm. Join us: www.freepress.net/news/press-f...

Here are the first areal photos of Trump's immigration detention facility at Fort Bliss, El Paso. The first detainees started arriving on Friday. Here is my quick rundown of what we know about the site.