Russia’s woes in Ukraine reflect its autocracy, corruption, and dismal choices. Sounds like the Pentagon under Pete Hegseth.
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Posted inNewsletter
Democrats’ “Branding Problem” Is a Literal One
MAGA has mountains of merch. Why don’t Democrats?
Posted inPolitics
The Air Force Tried, but the A-10 Is Too Good to Kill
America’s unsightly but effective Warthog jet is being heavily deployed in the Persian Gulf, decades after the service wanted to retire it.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Pentagon’s “Orwellian” Case Against Anthropic
A federal judge sided with the artificial intelligence company’s argument that the government violated its right to free speech, but the dispute is far from over.
Posted inPolitics
The Trump-Class Battleship: Worst Idea Ever
It’s not just ruinously expensive; it would weaken the Navy.
Posted inPolitics
What Pete Hegseth Could Learn from Ulysses S. Grant
Trump’s Defense Secretary said he’d stop drinking if confirmed. A recovering alcoholic explains why the first year of sobriety is so hard and how the Civil War general and president got control.
Posted inPolitics
Hegseth: It’s “just a Question of Time Before the Staff Start Covering Up for Him.”
A military and intelligence source predicts the rigors of being Defense Secretary will limit his tenure.
Posted inMagazine
Why Can’t America Build Enough Weapons?
The debasement of the U.S. defense industrial base began, ironically, under Ronald Reagan, and won’t be reversed until we abandon the free-market fundamentalism he introduced.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
House Passes Military Bill But It’s a Long Way From Being Signed
The conservative hardliners threaten to sustain a Trump veto of the Pentagon’s budget, denying troops a pay raise and risking our national security.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump’s Maddening War Against Section 230 Which Protects Digital Publishers
The president is holding up the annual defense spending bill in a delusional effort to protect free speech.
