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Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes Editor, Publisher and Reporter

The Defense Department dismissed the military newspaper's editor-in-chief, publisher and a reporter after they spoke out against Pentagon interference with editorial independence.

https://pulseofnations.lol/pentagon-fires-stars-and/

#Censorship #EditorialIndependence #Hegseth #MilitaryNews #Pentagon #PressFreedom #StarsAndStripes

“The #US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a #Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor...

there have been internal conversations about renaming it to honor #Trump. ...

In 1942, Admiral Chester Nimitz presented [Doris "Dorie"] Miller with the Navy Cross...

Now #Hegseth wants to name it after the Draft Dodger in Chief."
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-politics-bulletin-445-82126

#Military #Navy #Politics #PeteHegseth #DonaldTrump #News #USA

Bring your spouse to work????

"Turns Out Pete #Hegseth Isn’t Ruining the Pentagon All on His Own—He’s Getting His Wife to Help, Too
On Wednesday, the New York Times published the ways Jennifer Hegseth’s been playing an apparent role in her husband’s Defense Department."

#Taco #Nacho #News #Politics #Nato #War #ww3 #Military #Russia #USA #Escalation #Europe #EU #Oil #UN #China #Iran #Pentagon #Yemen #Iraq #Asia #Security

https://www.jezebel.com/turns-out-pete-hegseth-isnt-ruining-the-pentagon-all-on-his-own-hes-getting-his-wife-to-help-too

Saturday morning cartoons
#ice #flock #iran #hegseth #measles #vaccines

“Long live Stars and Stripes and the honorable service the paper has provided for decades to soldiers and to the nation.”

#starsandstripes #usmilitary #journalism #freespeech #freedomofthepress #hegseth

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/stars-stripped?r=1emko&utm_medium=ios

The number of US service members reported #wounded or killed in the #Iran war has jumped to 774, after the #Pentagon added scores of new #troops to the wounded list in the last few days. To date, 18 of those troops were killed in the #conflict and 756 were wounded, according to the #Pentagon casualty reporting system. The numbers rose even as US has largely been in a #ceasefire with #Iran in recent weeks. #military #war #trump #dhs #hegseth https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/21/more-than-750-us-service-members-wounded-iran-war/

Under #Defense Secy #Hegseth, the publication’s #independence has come under threat during the 2nd #Trump admin as top #Pentagon leaders have derided the newspaper as “woke.”

Erik Slavin, the #editor in chief, said he & #reporter Lara Korte also received separation notices Friday.

#StarsAndStripes #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #media #FourthEstate #censorship #MafiaState #StateMedia #propaganda #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

“Scott #Bessent, the #TreasurySecretary, isn’t the worst member of Trump’s cabinet. I mean, he has to compete with the likes of Pete #Hegseth. But he leads the pack in terms of being far worse than anyone imagined he would be.” paulkrugman.substack.com/p/scott-bess...

Scott Bessent Fails to Gasligh...

Hey #media: If Natalie #Harp was able to decline getting a White House clearance and continued to work there, would you find who else doesn't have a clearance and is getting paid by me/us? Jared #Kushner? Steven #Cheung? Walt #Nauta? Jennifer #Hegseth, who is sitting in on top security meetings with her dimwit/hoodlum/Christofascist husband, Pete.

And while you're at it, could you find out if Mitch #McConnell has a pulse?

#USPol
#Corruption

They can’t even handle being covered by the #military’s own #newspaper.

Longtime publisher of #StarsAndStripes to retire, citing differences with #Pentagon leadership

The longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes has announced his retirement, ending a decades-long career with the military newspaper as Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth’s Pentagon moves to exert editorial control & eliminate what it asserts are “woke distractions.”

#Trump #law #FirstAmendment #FreePress #fascism
https://apnews.com/article/stars-stripes-pentagon-publisher-retire-journalism-policy-ae5277e248f51d10dfcb49d7796e7d2f?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

"The #USSAbrahamLincoln wasn’t able to be resupplied because the #US Navy’s main resupply base in the Gulf of #Oman was destroyed by Iranian strikes—a fact that Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth chose not to make public...

From late February until June, #Iran launched extensive missile and drone strikes on Naval Support Activity Bahrain, causing devastating damage that was not acknowledged by the #Pentagon."
https://newrepublic.com/post/214510/hegseth-uss-lincoln-iran-war-base-destroyed

#IranWar #Trump #Hegseth #Navy #USNavy #DOD #News #Press #USA

#Hegseth didn't know the old saying "The Navy sails on its stomach."

Supply chains for food are very IMPORTANT.

Were quartermasters, pursers or Chief Food Ordering Mates (I don't know titles) told to shut up because they weren't Warfighters? Hegseth didn't think their jobs mattered.

Supplies MFer!
#IranWar

“The USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t able to be resupplied because the U.S. Navy’s main resupply base in the Gulf of #Oman was destroyed by #Iran’s strikes—a fact that Defense Secretary Pete #Hegseth chose not to make public, David Rhode, MS NOW’s senior national security reporter, said on Tuesday.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/214510/hegseth-uss-lincoln-iran-war-base-destroyed

USS Abraham Lincoln wasn’t able to be resupplied because US #Navy main resupply base in #GulfofOman was destroyed by #Iranian strikes—fact that #Hegseth chose not to make public per MSN NOW.From late February-June, #Iran launched extensive #missile #drone strikes on #Naval Support Activity #Bahrain, causing devastating damage #Pentagon not made public.
Navy forced 2 evacuate most personnel, move supply operations 2 US naval base on Diego Garcia, 2,200 miles from aircraft carrier groups near Oman