Ugh. "Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge."
https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

It's not yet clear what this means for the high-stakes negotiation between Anthropic and the Pentagon. Two of the Anthropic sticking points have been that Claude not be used for "mass surveillance or autonomous weapons systems that can use AI to kill people without human input."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/anthropic-claude-military-ai

#AI #Anthropic #Claude #Hegseth #LLMs #Pentagon #USPol #USPolitics

Ugh. "Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge."
https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/

It's not yet clear what this means for the high-stakes negotiation between Anthropic and the Pentagon. Two of the Anthropic sticking points have been that Claude not be used for "mass surveillance or autonomous weapons systems that can use AI to kill people without human input."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/24/anthropic-claude-military-ai

#AI #Anthropic #Claude #Hegseth #LLMs #Pentagon #USPol #USPolitics

DoW Christian Service Draws Dozens of Complaints from Members, Contractors | Military.com
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/02/13/dow-christian-service-draws-dozens-of-complaints-members-contractors.html

#FirstAmendment #ChriatianNationalism #MilitaryLaw #USMilitary #DoD #DoW #Fascism #Trump #Hegseth

DoW Christian Service Draws Dozens of Complaints from Members, Contractors | Military.com
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/02/13/dow-christian-service-draws-dozens-of-complaints-members-contractors.html

#FirstAmendment #ChriatianNationalism #MilitaryLaw #USMilitary #DoD #DoW #Fascism #Trump #Hegseth

Leon, an appointee of President George W. Bush, wrote in a scathing, 29-pg ruling that #Hegseth was trampling over the #FirstAmendment rights of #MarkKelly & that his moves are an impermissible form of government retaliation.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26953150-order-in-mark-kelly-case/

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech

@arstechnica

Also, still Hegseth, still lack of communication, still party balloons.

But now with appropriate levels of snark.

https://www.wonkette.com/p/jewish-space-lasers-shoot-down-99

#ElPaso #Hegseth #DOD #FAA #TrumpAdministration

Judge says #Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. #MarkKelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

​A federal judge on Thursday shut down #Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth’s attempts to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders, ruling that the #Pentagon chief’s actions were unconstitutionally retaliatory.

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/politics/mark-kelly-pentagon-lawsuit-ruling

Leon, an appointee of President George W. Bush, wrote in a scathing, 29-pg ruling that #Hegseth was trampling over the #FirstAmendment rights of #MarkKelly & that his moves are an impermissible form of government retaliation.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26953150-order-in-mark-kelly-case/

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech

Together, the #GrandJudy declination & ruling from senior US District Judge Richard Leon represent major impediments to efforts by aides of #Trump to use the levers of government to punish Sen #MarkKelly, a retired Navy captain & former astronaut, over his participation in the video.

#law #MilitaryLaw #Hegseth #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech

Judge says #Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. #MarkKelly over ‘illegal orders’ video

​A federal judge on Thursday shut down #Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth’s attempts to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over his urging of US service members to refuse illegal orders, ruling that the #Pentagon chief’s actions were unconstitutionally retaliatory.

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #dictatorship #RevengePolitics #democracy #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #PoliticalSpeech
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/politics/mark-kelly-pentagon-lawsuit-ruling

If a #GrandJury will indict a ham sandwich, the case was obviously BS

DC grand jury declines to indict 6 #Democratic lawmakers
The lawmakers had released a short video last year advising #military members to reject “illegal orders.”

#law #MilitaryLaw #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #Trump #Hegseth #DOJ #authoritarianism #dictatorship
https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-orders-democrats-video-e1435655587ad9715c4d1cc776edd545?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-10-Military+orders

If a #GrandJury will indict a ham sandwich, the case was obviously BS

DC grand jury declines to indict 6 #Democratic lawmakers
The lawmakers had released a short video last year advising #military members to reject “illegal orders.”

#law #MilitaryLaw #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #Trump #Hegseth #DOJ #authoritarianism #dictatorship
https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-orders-democrats-video-e1435655587ad9715c4d1cc776edd545?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-10-Military+orders

@crooksandliars
This is going to lead to some Ultra violence.

Since the Department of War wants to create amoral warriors, this is part of the Pete #Hegseth 's plan

@crooksandliars
This is going to lead to some Ultra violence.

Since the Department of War wants to create amoral warriors, this is part of the Pete #Hegseth 's plan

"Instead of a prayer breakfast, it was a political branding exercise with hymnals.

The question hanging over the waffles and amens is unavoidable: What does it say about American Christianity that so many of its leaders are willing to call this 'faith'?"

N.B. My sharing of excerpts published on any given platform does not represent endorsement of that platform.

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalPrayerBreakfast #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #authoritarianism
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"Instead of a prayer breakfast, it was a political branding exercise with hymnals.

The question hanging over the waffles and amens is unavoidable: What does it say about American Christianity that so many of its leaders are willing to call this 'faith'?"

N.B. My sharing of excerpts published on any given platform does not represent endorsement of that platform.

#Trump #Hegseth #NationalPrayerBreakfast #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #authoritarianism
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“Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that the US military will begin integrating Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool, Grok, into Pentagon networks.”

~ Anna Betts

#Trump #ElonMusk #Hegseth #Grok #SexualAbuse #women #children
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/13/elon-musk-grok-hegseth-military-pentagon

WTF, haven't they seen the movie version of this?!?!?

Musk’s AI tool Grok will be integrated into Pentagon networks, Hegseth says

#Hegseth #ElonMusk #Grok
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/13/elon-musk-grok-hegseth-military-pentagon

WTF, haven't they seen the movie version of this?!?!?

Musk’s AI tool Grok will be integrated into Pentagon networks, Hegseth says

#Hegseth #ElonMusk #Grok
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/13/elon-musk-grok-hegseth-military-pentagon