#Grok, xAI’s flagship model, reportedly burned through $7.8 billion in just nine months in 2025… yet it’s also set to become a key supplier to the #Pentagon. I’ll pretend for a moment that it’s merely a random contractor with no ties to the U.S. government, and that it’s only being chosen because it happens to be exceptionally good at removing face-covering clothing from photos of ICE agents.

#Grok, xAI’s flagship model, reportedly burned through $7.8 billion in just nine months in 2025… yet it’s also set to become a key supplier to the #Pentagon. I’ll pretend for a moment that it’s merely a random contractor with no ties to the U.S. government, and that it’s only being chosen because it happens to be exceptionally good at removing face-covering clothing from photos of ICE agents.

Sen #MarkKelly sues #Pentagon over punishment for warning troops of illegal orders

Kelly, a former Navy pilot, is seeking to block his censure from #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth last week. #Hegseth announced last Monday that he censured Kelly over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on #troops to resist #unlawful orders.

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-1-12-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-12-Breaking+News

Sen #MarkKelly sues #Pentagon over punishment for warning troops of illegal orders

Kelly, a former Navy pilot, is seeking to block his censure from #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth last week. #Hegseth announced last Monday that he censured Kelly over the former Navy pilot’s participation in a video that called on #troops to resist #unlawful orders.

#law #MilitaryLaw #Trump #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-1-12-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-12-Breaking+News

Lockheed Martin has struck a tentative deal with the Pentagon that’s meant to triple production of its most advanced Patriot air-defense missile. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/07/companies/lockheed-triple-patriot-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lockheedmartin #defense #missiles #pentagon #petehegseth

Pentagon moves to punish Democratic senator over 'seditious video'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8039wg1rdo

#HackerNews #Pentagon #DemocraticSenator #SeditiousVideo #Accountability #News

Pretty much what these Republican boat strikes are: murders.

"Family of Colombian fisherman killed in US boat strike files complaint alleging he was murdered"

https://abcnews.go.com/International/family-colombian-fisherman-killed-us-boat-strike-files/story?id=128056901

#Hegseth #Pentagon #Trump #GOP #boatmurders #Republicans #military #press

"Think about that: if these men were the “narco-terrorists” the #Pentagon claims, they would have been paraded around as proof.

Instead, the #Defense Dept destroyed the only documentation...

This is a top-down moral collapse under #PeteHegseth & whoever in the #Trump orbit green-lit these illegal strikes. And let’s be clear: if a private citizen killed 85 people with no #legal authority, we wouldn’t debate terminology — we’d call it #murder."
https://www.blueamp.co/p/deletegate-blows-open-how-a-dod-cover

#Politics #News #US #USA

"Think about that: if these men were the “narco-terrorists” the #Pentagon claims, they would have been paraded around as proof.

Instead, the #Defense Dept destroyed the only documentation...

This is a top-down moral collapse under #PeteHegseth & whoever in the #Trump orbit green-lit these illegal strikes. And let’s be clear: if a private citizen killed 85 people with no #legal authority, we wouldn’t debate terminology — we’d call it #murder."
https://www.blueamp.co/p/deletegate-blows-open-how-a-dod-cover

#Politics #News #US #USA

#Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in #Pacific

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/pentagon-boat-strike-pacific

> Strike comes amid congressional turmoil over legality of US attacks on suspected drug smugglers

#Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in #Pacific

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/pentagon-boat-strike-pacific

> Strike comes amid congressional turmoil over legality of US attacks on suspected drug smugglers

Alongside the post is a 21-second-long #SnuffFilm showing the boat being struck.

Thursday’s strike comes as the #Pentagon is facing bipartisan criticism over a September attack on an *alleged* drug vessel in which the #military fired follow-up strikes, killing surviving crew members.

#Trump #Hegseth #law #criminal #murder #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #Congress #Defense #DoD #InternationalLaw

Pretty much what these Republican boat strikes are: murders.

"Family of Colombian fisherman killed in US boat strike files complaint alleging he was murdered"

https://abcnews.go.com/International/family-colombian-fisherman-killed-us-boat-strike-files/story?id=128056901

#Hegseth #Pentagon #Trump #GOP #boatmurders #Republicans #military #press

A Pentagon review has faulted Pete Hegseth for using Signal on his personal device to transmit sensitive information about planned strikes in Yemen, saying it could have endangered U.S. troops. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/04/world/politics/pentagon-hegseth-signal-yemen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #petehegseth #signal #yemen #pentagon

#Hegseth’s order, which has not been previously reported, adds another dimension to the campaign against suspected drug traffickers. Some current & former #US officials & #LawOfWar experts have said that the #Pentagon’s lethal campaign—which has killed more than 80 people to date—is #unlawful & may expose those most directly involved to future prosecution.

#Trump #criminal #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #Carribean #Pacific #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Constitution #Congress #WarPowers

#Hegseth’s order, which has not been previously reported, adds another dimension to the campaign against suspected drug traffickers. Some current & former #US officials & #LawOfWar experts have said that the #Pentagon’s lethal campaign—which has killed more than 80 people to date—is #unlawful & may expose those most directly involved to future prosecution.

#Trump #criminal #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #Carribean #Pacific #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Constitution #Congress #WarPowers

The Pentagon concluded that Alibaba, Baidu and BYD should be added to a list of companies that aid the Chinese military. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/world/pentagon-alibaba-china-military/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #pentagon #alibaba #china #us #tech #defense

It is extraordinary for the #Pentagon, which until the 2nd #Trump term has usually gone out of its way to act & appear apolitical, to directly #threaten a sitting member of #Congress with investigation.

In its statement, the Pentagon suggested that Kelly’s statements in the video interfered with the “loyalty, morale, or good order & discipline of the armed forces” by citing the federal #law that prohibits such actions.

#MilitaryLaw #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics

The #Pentagon says it is investigating #Democratic Senator & former astronaut #MarkKelly of Arizona for possible breaches of #military #law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for US troops to refuse unlawful orders - which happens to be required by military law. Ridiculous.

#Trump #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-mark-kelly-troop-investigation-4882f76b05dcdfa3060c284c2c84dd12?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-24-Breaking+News

The #Pentagon’s statement, which was posted on social media on Monday, cited a federal #law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court-martial or other measures. Sen #MarkKelly served in the US #Navy as a fighter pilot before going on to become an #astronaut. He retired at the rank of captain.

#Trump #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics