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So, about that #Signal chat.

On Monday, shortly after we published a story about a massive #Trump-admin #security breach, a reporter asked the secretary of #defense, #PeteHegseth, why he had shared plans about a forthcoming attack on #Yemen on the Signal messaging app. He answered, “Nobody was texting war plans. And that’s all I have to say about that.”

#law #NationalSecurity #SignalGate #idiocracy #kakistocracy #intelligence #JeffreyGoldberg #TheAtlantic


https://www.europesays.com/1943407/ F-35I Adir: The Isreali Fighter That Destroyed Iran’s Air Defenses #Conflicts #défense #F35 #F35IAdir #Fighters #Iran #Israel #military #NotHome #stealth
F-35I Adir. Image Credit: Creative Commons.


hegseth just killed, among other things, "$9 million to create 'equitable' artificial intelligence."

"'I need lethal machine learning models, not equitable machine learning models,' Hegseth said."

You f-ing noob, lethality without clarity on what you're killing is worse than useless, you tool.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5206516-pentagon-cancels-wasteful-spending/

#USpol #hegseth #defense #defence #AutonomousWeapons #ai


Trump Suffers Huge Loss as Judge Overturns “Unlawful” Mass Firings

At Donald Trump’s behest, #DOGE had sought to gut the federal workforce.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192719/donald-trump-doge-judge-overturns-mass-firings

"the mass firing of federal employees was an “unlawful” directive...

ordered several agencies to “immediately” reinstate... employees... the #VA... Depts of #Defense, Energy, Interior, Treasury, & #Agriculture... the IRS, which falls under the helm of the Treasury Dept"

#ElonMusk #Musk #Trump #GOP #USPol #Politics #Law #News #USA
Headline and text from article:

Trump Suffers Huge Loss as Judge Overturns “Unlawful” Mass Firings

At Donald Trump’s behest, DOGE had sought to gut the federal workforce.

by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
March 13, 2025 / 12:31 p.m. ET

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the mass firing of federal employees was an “unlawful” directive by the Office of Personnel Management.

U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered several agencies to “immediately” reinstate all fired probationary employees. Those agencies included the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as the Departments of Defense, Energy, Interior, Treasury, and Agriculture. That would also restore numbers at the Internal Revenue Service, which falls under the helm of the Treasury Department and has been hit hard by job cuts in recent weeks.


Google is on the Wrong Side of History - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/google-wrong-side-history #ai #defense #surveillance


Janis Kluge, German Institute for Int'l & Security Affairs - American #defense #contractors are about to lose #billions in business from #Europe after US disabled jamming equipment in F-16s, withholding maintenance and parts for systems already purchased:“US weapons are toxic, just as Europeans are making plans to spend hundreds of billions on arms procurement. This is against US interests on so many levels. But for #Trump, the end of US supremacy just can't come soon enough.” #economics


Israel’s F-35I Adir Fighter Jets Crippled Iran’s Air Defenses https://www.byteseu.com/806313/ #Conflicts #Defense #F35 #F35I #F35IAdir #Israel #Military
F-35I Adir Fighter from Israel


https://www.europesays.com/1893696/ Israel’s F-35I Adir Fighter Jets Crippled Iran’s Air Defenses #Conflicts #défense #F35 #F35I #F35IAdir #Israel #military
F-35I Adir Fighter from Israel


🇷🇺 RUSSIA | 🇮🇷 IRAN
🔴 Reuters: Russian Missile Experts Secretly Visited Iran

🪧 Russian military specialists traveled to Iran’s missile sites, including underground facilities.

🪧 Visits coincided with Iran-Israel clashes, as Moscow and Tehran expand defense ties.

🪧 Experts in air defense & rocketry linked to Russia’s missile-testing programs.

#Russia #Iran #Missiles #Defense #Israel #Military


#Media barred from covering top #Defense, #VA #Health officials at conference amid concerns over care, despite being welcomed at such conferences up to now.

Musk/Trump/#GOP champions of govt #transparency?

I don't think so.

#Vets #Healthcare
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/03/media-barred-covering-top-defense-va-health-officials-conference-amid-concerns-over-care.html


#LGBTQ #guns #civilwar #defense
Washington Post reports another wave of trans folks buying firearms for the first time due to the election of genocidal dictator Donald Trump.

Other outlets have been reporting since November that members of the entire LGBTQ community have been arming fast for defense given the uncertain dangers ahead.

The main concern is bigots on the street, empowered by the knowledge that they will never be prosecuted by any arm of government Trump has any say over. "Civil unrest" has also been cited as a reason for getting armed and trained.

The Pink Pistols are right: armed Gays (and trans folks) don't get bashed!

India Today reports the Pink Pistols and SRA are doing especially well
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/us-lgbtq-firearms-gun-training-fear-persecution-violence-donald-trump-administration-pink-pistols-liberal-gun-club-2660392-2025-01-06

These groups have had to schedule additional training classes due to the huge demand. It seems most of the new gun buyers understand very well that a gun you've never shot before is all but useless in a fight. Same as in any army: it's not just the weapons, its the training that makes the difference.

No link to the Post, only a tiny summary of most Post articles now loads with javascript and their paywall blocked. I will not link to any paywalled story that I cannot provide instructions to crack.


https://www.europesays.com/1872567/ Israel’s F-35I Adir: The Stealth Fighter That Destroyed Iran’s Air Defenses #Conflicts #défense #F35 #F35I #F35IAdir #Iran #Israel #military
F-35I Adir. Image Credit: Creative Commons.


Fourth, #Trump has inflated the amount of #US aid sent to #Ukraine while ignoring the fact that 90% of Ukraine-related spending stays in the country, creating thousands of #jobs. His actions have hurt the US #defense industry, causing defense #stocks to plummet.

9/25





Fire the Muskrat. Now.
Call 202-224-3121
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/fire-the-muskrat-now

"Musk is drunk with power. His messages are #illegal. He had no authority to send them and has no authority to fire or threaten to fire anyone.

...Officials at the Depts of #Defense, #State, #Health & Human Services, Homeland #Security; the #FBI; & the office coordinating America’s #intelligence agencies also told their employees not to respond.

#Musk is out of his gourd."

#ElonMusk #Coup #Politics #Government #News #US #USA
Text from article:
Musk is drunk with power. His messages are illegal. He had no authority to send them and has no authority to fire or threaten to fire anyone.

A Department of Justice official, granted anonymity to avoid retribution, noted that the email was labeled as coming from an “external,” server, adding they “cannot legally respond to this” because they handle classified material.

Federal court officials instructed federal court employees not to respond to the email. “This email did not originate from the Judiciary or the Administrative Office and we suggest that no action be taken,” officials wrote.

Officials at the Departments of Defense, State, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security; the FBI; and the office coordinating America’s intelligence agencies also told their employees not to respond.

Musk is out of his gourd.


#Defense Sec #PeteHegseth thanked Adm Franchetti & Gen Slife “for their service & dedication to our country” & requested nominations for their replacements.

Hegseth did not say why he was firing the judge advocates general. But in his Senate confirmation hearing, he criticized #military #lawyers for placing needless #legal restrictions on soldiers in battle — putting “his or her own priorities in front of the war fighters….”[IOW making sure the #law was not broken, no #WarCrimes were committed]


#JointChiefs chairmen traditionally remain in place as admins change, regardless of the president’s political party. But #Trump White House & #Pentagon officials said they wanted to appoint their own top leaders.

…#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth [drunk rapist] has previously said that General Brown should be fired because of his “woke” focus on #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs in the #military.

#law #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #MilitaryPreparedness #NationalSecurity