Several Pentagon officials described feeling whiplash from U.S. President Donald Trump's orders as they try to understand the priorities of an administration that seems to be elevating once-backburner issues. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/world/politics/trump-nigeria-pentagon-priorities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nigeria #pentagon #us #donaldtrump #venezuela
Lisa Melton
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#LauraLoomer is now *credentialed* to cover the #Pentagon
The #FarRight activist & former congressional candidate has repeatedly criticized defense officials on her website & social media accounts while boasting of her close ties to #Trump.
#FourthEstate #journalism #propaganda #StateMedia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/03/laura-loomer-pentagon-credentials/
Oh FFS
#LauraLoomer is now *credentialed* to cover the #Pentagon
The #FarRight activist & former congressional candidate has repeatedly criticized defense officials on her website & social media accounts while boasting of her close ties to #Trump.
#FourthEstate #journalism #propaganda #StateMedia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/03/laura-loomer-pentagon-credentials/
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The #Pentagon has given the White House the green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after assessing that it would not negatively impact US stockpiles, leaving the final political decision in President Donald Trump’s hands.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/31/politics/pentagon-tomahawks-trump-ukraine
The #Pentagon has given the White House the green light to provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles after assessing that it would not negatively impact US stockpiles, leaving the final political decision in President Donald Trump’s hands.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/31/politics/pentagon-tomahawks-trump-ukraine
Lisa Melton
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New #Pentagon policy undercuts #trans troops' ability to ask to stay in the #military, AP learns
The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability for #transgender troops who have been banned from the #ArmedForces by the #Trump admin to turn to boards of their peers to argue for their right to stay in the military, according to a memo obtained by The AP.
#law #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-troops-ban-military-trump-9c3018034a2608a28f6146fe17f0fe4b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News
If #military separation boards decide to allow #transgender service members to remain in uniform, commanders can override that decision, acc/to an Oct 8 memo to all the services from the #Pentagon’s undersecretary for personnel & readiness, Anthony Tata. That breaks with longstanding policy that boards act independently.
It is the #Pentagon’s latest step to drive #transgender troops out of the #ArmedFrces following an executive order from #Trump. He & #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth have targeted #diversity, #equity & #inclusion efforts in what they say is an effort to make the #military more lethal.
The admin’s policies have faced pushback in courts as #trans troops & supporters say they have proven their worth to the military, but #SCOTUS in May allowed the ban to be enforced while legal challenges proceed.
If #military separation boards decide to allow #transgender service members to remain in uniform, commanders can override that decision, acc/to an Oct 8 memo to all the services from the #Pentagon’s undersecretary for personnel & readiness, Anthony Tata. That breaks with longstanding policy that boards act independently.
New #Pentagon policy undercuts #trans troops' ability to ask to stay in the #military, AP learns
The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability for #transgender troops who have been banned from the #ArmedForces by the #Trump admin to turn to boards of their peers to argue for their right to stay in the military, according to a memo obtained by The AP.
#law #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-troops-ban-military-trump-9c3018034a2608a28f6146fe17f0fe4b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News
New #Pentagon policy undercuts #trans troops' ability to ask to stay in the #military, AP learns
The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability for #transgender troops who have been banned from the #ArmedForces by the #Trump admin to turn to boards of their peers to argue for their right to stay in the military, according to a memo obtained by The AP.
#law #discrimination #bigotry #LGBTQ
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-troops-ban-military-trump-9c3018034a2608a28f6146fe17f0fe4b?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-31-Breaking+News
Lisa Melton
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As reported in August (see boosted thread)
#Pentagon orders states’ National Guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
Pentagon memo details plan to train >20,000 #NationalGuard members across the US to carry out #Trump’s order on *subduing# civil *unrest*
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #MilitaryState #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces
A top US #military official has ordered the national guards of all 50 US states, DC & US territories to form “quick reaction forces” trained in “riot control”, including use of batons, body shields, Tasers & pepper spray, according to an internal Pentagon directive reviewed by the Guardian.
#Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #MilitaryState #NationalGuard #PosseComitatusAct
The memo, signed on 8 October by Maj Gen Ronald Burkett, the director of operations for the #Pentagon’s #NationalGuard bureau, sets thresholds for the size of the quick reaction force to be trained in each state, with most states required to train 500 national guard members, for a total of 23,500 troops nationwide.
#Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #MilitaryState #PosseComitatusAct
As reported in August (see boosted thread)
#Pentagon orders states’ National Guards to form ‘quick reaction forces’ for ‘crowd control’
Pentagon memo details plan to train >20,000 #NationalGuard members across the US to carry out #Trump’s order on *subduing# civil *unrest*
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #MilitaryState #PosseComitatusAct
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/pentagon-memo-quick-reaction-forces
Lisa Melton
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#Trump directs #Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing #US #NuclearWeapons
US president references #China & #Russia in Truth Social post shortly before meeting with President #Xi Jinping
In a Wednesday post to Truth Social, Trump said that, “because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”
#kakistocracy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/trump-pentagon-us-nuclear-weapons
#Trump directs #Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing #US #NuclearWeapons
US president references #China & #Russia in Truth Social post shortly before meeting with President #Xi Jinping
In a Wednesday post to Truth Social, Trump said that, “because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”
#kakistocracy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/trump-pentagon-us-nuclear-weapons
#Trump directs #Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing #US #NuclearWeapons
US president references #China & #Russia in Truth Social post shortly before meeting with President #Xi Jinping
In a Wednesday post to Truth Social, Trump said that, “because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”
#kakistocracy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/29/trump-pentagon-us-nuclear-weapons
"Donald Trump is persecuting his political rivals or supposed enemies and demanding the justice department hand over $230m. Armed military personnel are being sent into American cities on false pretexts. The Pentagon, relabeled the Department of War, has – in effect – rid itself of day-to-day journalistic scrutiny as it spends what could amount to nearly $1tn of taxpayer money."
"Universities, law firms, news companies are buckling under the president’s threats, and billionaires are treated like members of the royal family."
#Trump #universities #immigrants #ICE #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #military #Pentagon #DOJ #EconomicElites
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"These days, in late October 2025, many of us barely recognize the nation we live in. People suspected of being illegal immigrants are rounded up and shoved into vans, sometimes denied due process. The East Wing of the 'people’s house' – the White House – is being destroyed for an obscene ballroom."
~ Margaret Sullivan
#Trump #immigrants #ICE #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EpsteinBallroom #ballroom #EconomicElites
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/26/america-tragic-change-2024-election
"Donald Trump is persecuting his political rivals or supposed enemies and demanding the justice department hand over $230m. Armed military personnel are being sent into American cities on false pretexts. The Pentagon, relabeled the Department of War, has – in effect – rid itself of day-to-day journalistic scrutiny as it spends what could amount to nearly $1tn of taxpayer money."
#TimothyMellon, who lives primarily in Wyoming, keeps a low profile despite his prolific political spending. He is also a significant supporter of #Health Secy #RFKJr, who also ran for president last year. Mellon donated millions to Kennedy’s presidential campaign & has also given money to his #AntiVax group, Children’s *Health* Defense.
#PrivateMilitary #law #DarkMoney #CitizensUnited #ConspiracyTheories
The #Pentagon said it accepted the donation under the “general gift acceptance authority.”
“The donation was made on the condition that it be used to offset the cost of service members’ salaries & benefits,” Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief propagandist, said in a stmnt.
Still, the donation appears to be a potential violation of the #AntideficiencyAct, which prohibits federal agencies from spending money in excess of congressional appropriations or from accepting voluntary services.
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