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This one's important

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  This one's important Scott Dworkin Apr 28 Today the Pentagon fired the first woman Congress ever hired to protect the free press for American troops. She published one last column anyway, titled “The Pentagon is trying to silence me.” That’s the kind of independent journalism like ours that the Trump regime wants to crush—and the only thing keeping us alive is readers like you. I’m 28 paid subscribers away from hitting my end of month goal. It’s crucial for the fight that we hit this goal, so I’m giving half off just for you: Click Here To Get Your 50% Off Thank you for being here. You’re the reason we fight. Onward, Scott No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by Men Then Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti participates in a wreath laying ceremony at the Anitkabir - Atatürk Mausoleum, in Ankara, Türkiye, June 3, 2024 (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Amanda Gray) excerpt:  Military.com spoke with about half a dozen...

Trump, a warmonger and toddler, is lashing out at allies

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  Support our nonprofit journalism   March 16, 2026 Happy Monday. Let's roll through the top headlines. President Trump, a warmonger and a toddler, is lashing out at allies for refusing his calls for help in Iran. As we wrote last week, Trump's predicament with the Strait of Hormuz is directly tied to the administration's   apparent failure to think through  plans for the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most vital chokepoints for energy in the world, before he decided to start his war. But that isn't to say this administration has  no  plans. They've got plenty when it comes to  turning newspapers into distribution chains for US propaganda . As Noah Lanard wrote this weekend: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon has come up with a plan to limit the independence of  Stars and Stripes , the news publication for members of the US military that has been published continuously since World War II.   Under the new policy,  Stars and S...