Trump Calls the Iran War "Small Potatoes"
Six months into a war he said would last "four to five weeks," the man who started it is now describing it as "small potatoes." "I call it a military conflict because it's small potatoes for us. It's …
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Year of Murders at Sea; Pentagon Says Zero Civilians
A year of American missiles into small boats on open water, and the government's own ledger insists not one of the dead was a civilian. "The idea that 227 people are dead and not one of them is a civi…
Vance Says "Things Happen"
The U.S. military never targets civilians. It only ever accidentally hits them, at scale, repeatedly, and then investigates the wreckage of its own claims. "What I can say with 100% confidence is that…
US Bombing of an Iranian Wedding Called a War Crime
America is at war with a country it says it wants a deal with, and on the same Tuesday it refused negotiations, it dropped a bomb on a wedding. "The U.S. military never targets civilians, unlike the I…
Trump Buys a Fifth of Venezuela for the Pentagon
A president who kidnapped a foreign head of state now holds, on paper, a hundred-year claim to a fifth of his victim's oil. He calls it the biggest deal in world history. The gas prices say otherwise.…
Pentagon Fires Military Journalists for One Sentence
The Pentagon's own rules say the military's newspaper cannot be censored. The Pentagon fired three of its journalists anyway. "Thank you Max. I appreciate your response. However, please deliver the no…
Iran War Left Allies Short of Missiles. China Watched.
A war fought for the Strait of Hormuz is quietly unmaking the military deterrent meant for the Pacific. "We have just been asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern Countries, to hold off any attack in …
The Guard Members Are Ashamed of D.C.
The soldiers the president sent to his own capital to make it safe are now the ones telling the country they do not want to be there. "I will say very frankly that the bad taste that this mission left…
They Are Erasing a Black Hero From a Warship
A man who bailed wounded sailors from a burning warship, who no one had trained to fire the gun he fired anyway, is being erased by the same institution he saved from the sea. "Dorie Miller was the so…
Four Thousand Soldiers, Zero Safety
A city was handed to the army to be made safe, and a year later it is marginally less safe, cost millions a day, and lost at least one man who could have lived. "The Pentagon's acknowledgment that the…
The Milk Ran Out on the Abe Lincoln
A record-breaking war has dragged a record-breaking carrier into a crisis its own leadership insists is not happening. "The way he's treating our service members as he carries out this illegal war is …
They Pulled the Drills Because Seoul Said No
A president who is fighting a war in the Persian Gulf just told his most reliable ally in Asia that he is disappointed it said no, and that he would like to charge it less for being disappointed. "I r…
Trump: Sailors Not At Sea Long Enough
Five thousand sailors are stranded aboard a floating metal prison, some of them trying to jump overboard. The man who sent them there says the war has not gone on long enough. "Have some sympathy, som…
Pentagon Prays for Violence, Then Posts Bible Verses
A Christian worship service at the Pentagon ends with the defense secretary asking God to destroy the enemy, and days later the official DoD social media accounts quote scripture. "Let every round fin…
Trump Flew a Catering Truck, Called Everyone Else Expendable
The president flew on an airplane that was officially not his airplane, using a vehicle that normally delivers sandwiches. "I'm number one on their list, before you. But if I go, you go, right? So per…
Pentagon Hid Iran War Dead Behind Bureaucratic Wordplay
pentagon, iran war, casualties, hegseth, duckworth The Pentagon quietly changed how it counts the dead, because the truth was getting too heavy to carry. "I don't have the confidence in the Pentagon, …
USS Lincoln Crew Running Out of Food, Soap, and Time
The Pentagon has sent 5,000 sailors into the most dangerous workplace in the military, then cannot bring itself to tell the truth about what is happening to them. "The morale is not good. Apparently, …
Irans Choke Point: The Strait America Cannot Bomb
Iran has proven that controlling 21 miles of water is more powerful than an aircraft carrier. "The Strait of Hormuz will not be reopened through military attacks." — Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, former s…
Pentagon Hides 900 Iran War Casualties in a Spreadsheet
Pentagon, Politics, Pentagon Pete The Pentagon has found a way to make 900 dead and wounded troops disappear into a spreadsheet labeled "Overseas Operations." "This is certainly designed to conceal th…
The US Went to War With Iran. Then It Ran Out of Missiles.
trump, munitions, iran, military The United States went to war with Iran and ran out of missiles before it ran out of things to hit. "It takes several years to produce a missile. If you put money into…
The Pentagon Erased Four Dead Soldiers From Its Iran War Count
The Pentagon quietly removed four dead soldiers from the Iran war death toll, then called it a data glitch. "The classification of Iran conflict casualties under Overseas Operations is grounded strict…
Hegseths Testosterone Mandate Has No Science Behind It
The Pentagon is mandating hormone injections for hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and the medical evidence against it keeps piling up. "It's about restoring and optimizing your natural capability." …
Pentagon Erased 4 Dead Soldiers From Iran War List
The Pentagon erased four dead soldiers from its Iran war casualty list in a single night, then blamed it on a website glitch. "The administration seems to have a real hard time being honest about what…
Pentagon Hides 100+ Wounded as Iran War Casualties Spiral
pentagon, iran war, military, trump The official death toll says 19. A government official says the real number of Americans killed or wounded is far higher, and that the discrepancy is by design. "Of…
The Pentagon Has Been Hiding the True Toll of Its Own War
The Pentagon told families their sons and daughters were fine. The soldiers knew better. "Almost 90 percent of the 400 injured American service members have sustained only minor injuries and have sinc…
Congress Quietly Fuses US Military With Israels
trump, israel, military, congress Buried in the annual defense bill is a provision that would give Israel a dedicated Pentagon official with the authority to override US military agencies on weapons d…
Trump Sons Cash in on Daddys Pentagon Spending
While his father controls the Pentagon's spending decisions, Trump's sons have been quietly building a defense tech portfolio worth billions. "Even if not buying drones from China is in the public int…
Graham Died. The Senate Has No One Left to Push the Gas
A man who spent his career telling America to keep its military hand on the trigger collapsed the moment he touched down from Kyiv. "Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest people and Senators I h…
Trump Threatens to Decimate Iran While Diplomats Scramble
The president of the United States threatens to annihilate a country on social media while diplomats scramble behind the scenes to stop the very war he is hyping. "1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded …
Hegseths Razor Policy Targets Black Sailors for Discharge
The Pentagon is telling Black sailors that a genetic skin condition is an insufficient excuse to keep their job. "We do not have a military of Nordic pagans." — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, addr…
Trump Bombs Iran the Day After Signing Ceasefire
The United States signed a ceasefire with Iran, then bombed Iran. "Obviously, this is a foolish violation of our Ceasefire Agreement." — Donald Trump, Truth Social, June 26, 2026 The memorandum of und…
Hegseth Made Flu Shots Optional. Then 160 Recruits Got Sick
A defense secretary declares flu vaccines "absurd overreaching," then watches his own recruits get knocked down by influenza, then quietly brings the mandate back. "We're seizing this moment to discar…
Qatar's $400 Million Gift Is Now Air Force One
A foreign monarchy bought the plane, American taxpayers are paying to modify it, and it will end up in a president's personal library. "Why should our military, and therefore our taxpayers, be forced …
How SpaceX Took Chinese Money, Then Banned It At The IPO
A company that builds spy satellites for the Pentagon quietly accepted millions from investors in Beijing and Moscow, then barred them from its IPO. "At the end we can just send Yalda to talk to big g…
Hegseth Promotes Marine Linked To Death Threats Against Him
The Secretary of Defense promoted a Marine colonel whose brother's podcast co-host said Hegseth deserved to be shot, then told reporters anyone questioning it was smearing the officer. "Six bullets. I…
Trump Turns White House Lawn Into UFC Fight Club
A president turns the White House lawn into a fight club, dresses it in military honors, pays the fighters with his family's crypto, and kicks the press out of the building. "I'm literally flabbergast…
US Pays Africa to Lock Up Its Deportees
The United States is paying African nations to imprison people it deported who have no connection to those countries, and almost nobody is watching. "What was done to me was pure evil. What I have los…
U.S. Military Killed People Who May Have Been Trafficked
A Pentagon official admitted in a classified briefing that some of the people the U.S. military killed in its first boat strike may have been victims of human trafficking. "Why would 11 people be on b…
Congress Is Secretly Fusing US and Israeli Military AI
A provision hidden inside this year's defense spending bill would permanently fuse U.S. and Israeli military technology, from artificial intelligence to autonomous weapons systems. "I can't think of a…
Hegseth Purges Navy Promotions, Keeps Trump's Doctor
The defense secretary who preaches meritocracy just proved that loyalty to a president matters more than qualification in his military. "He went through the list and scrubbed a few names. It was felt …
Pentagon Rates Israel Espionage Threat Higher Than Russia
America's closest ally has been classified as its highest espionage threat. "The aggressiveness of Israeli intelligence collection on top Trump administration officials has been unhinged." — Senior U.…
$620M Pentagon Loan Fast-Tracked for Trump Jr.'s Firm
The Pentagon's new lending office was supposed to strengthen American supply chains. Instead, it became a fast lane for the president's son. "This is our money they're spending. This is corruption we …
Jan. 6 Rioter Hired for Sensitive Pentagon Counterterrorism Role
A man who broke into the Capitol to stop an election certification now works in a Pentagon office that plans hostage rescue missions. "I am ashamed because I will always be part of this disgrace. Janu…
The Pentagon Fake News Site for Latin America
The Pentagon is running a news website that looks independent but publishes nothing but military talking points, and it is hiding in plain sight. "AI all the way down." Emerson Brooking, Atlantic Coun…