The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Elbridge Colby, Trump’s controversial pick for #Pentagon policy chief, a win for the increasingly vocal wing of the GOP that wants the U.S. to focus on #China rather than Europe and the Middle East.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/08/congress/elbridge-colby-pentagon-confirmed-00278750
The order was the latest admin victory in #SCOTUS in a case arising from #Trump’s blitz of executive orders. Like others, though, it was technical & tentative. The justices said their order would remain in place while the case moved forward.
The case concerned a preliminary injunction issued last month by a federal judge in California that ordered the admin to reinstate >16k probationary employees it had fired from the #Pentagon, the #Treasury, & the #Agriculture, #Energy, #VA & #Interior Depts.
Rep Moulton grills top #Pentagon official over Trump’s comments on #Zelenskyy and #putin
“Does it show strength to blame Zelenskyy for starting this war … to call #WarCriminal putin genius?”
#Trump employees trying to cover for the ongoing #destruction of the #US have two rules..
1. DEFLECT
2. PRAISE TRUMP
"In the largest single deployment of stealth bombers in U.S. history, the Pentagon has sent six B-2 “Spirit” aircraft to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
The long-range bombers, which are uniquely suited to evade Iranian air defenses and can carry America’s most potent bunker busting weapons, flew in from Missouri last week in a little noticed operation.
The B-2s carry not just bombs, but a message for Iran: “do you see our sword?,” as one retired general told Newsmax this week.
President Donald Trump hasn’t been shy in threatening Iran, saying that if Tehran doesn’t close the door on a nuclear capability they will experience “bombing the likes of which they haven’t seen.”
“Hell” will “rain down” on the country, Trump has also said. Just today, amidst the stock market meltdown Trump again reiterated his threat, saying that “doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious” — which to the president is undertaking a massive strike.
Blatant as the threat is, the U.S. government has not otherwise publicly acknowledged the bomber buildup. Though B-2 bombers were used to carry out strikes on underground Houthi facilities in Yemen (both under the Biden and Trump administration), the forward deployment of the bombers to the island of Diego Garcia was only reported when commercial satellite images of the airbase there revealed the six on the runway."
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/pentagon-prepares-for-trump-to-go
https://www.europesays.com/1976778/ Pentagon fires NATO Military Committee representative, who previously led U.S. Naval War College #Europa #europe #MarkWarner #nato #NavalWarCollege #OTAN #pentagon #PeteHegseth #PresidentDonaldTrump #ShoshanaChatfield #U.S.Navy #WarCollege
The Guardian: Näin toimittaja päätyi Valkoisen talon salaiseen Signal-ryhmään
Mike Waltzin oli tarkoitus kutsua ryhmäkeskusteluun Trumpin tiedottajana toiminut Brian Hughes, mutta inhimillisen virheen seurauksena ryhmään päätyi Jeffrey Goldberg.
day of mourning for victims of 
recent attack on Kryvyi Rih
advanced near Kamianka, Novolyubivka and Toretsk
bombed office building in #Kyiv housing Ukrainian and state international broadcasters
bombed apartment blocks in #Kupiansk
This week, successfully stopped 450+ drones and 15 missiles
updates to missiles are relayed to allies for air defence system updates
neo-Nazi terrorist group led by former #FBI & #Pentagon employee living in called for targeted attacks on
#kleptocracy & #corruption on full display:
Exclusive: #SpaceX, #ULA to clinch multibillion-dollar #Pentagon launch contract
#ElonMusk's SpaceX & United Launch Alliance are expected to each win a #US #SpaceForce rocket launch contract on Friday worth billions of dollars over the next several years to send some of the Pentagon's most sensitive #satellites into #space, acc/to 2 people familiar w/the procurement decision.
#law #Trump #broligarchy #plutocracy #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-ula-expected-clinch-multibillion-dollar-contract-key-pentagon-launch-2025-04-04/
Elon Musk Inking Multibillion Dollar Pentagon Deal Amid DOGE Cuts—Report
#DOGE’s #Pentagon Budget Cuts Don’t Touch #ElonMusk’s #SpaceX
By Nick Turse, April 3, 2025
Excerpt:
"A day after his announcement, #Hegseth hosted a 'private meeting in the secretary’s office' with #Musk, who donated almost $300 million to Donald #Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign — after which the new president tapped Musk to spearhead the administration’s budget-cutting efforts. While Musk has seen his electric car company Tesla face immense consumer backlash and financial headwinds, SpaceX — now the top Pentagon contractor by market valuation — is poised to reap increased rewards from Hegseth’s department."
Original article:
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/03/doge-pentagon-budget-spacex-government-contracts-musk/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/jploZ
#BadDOGE #FoodNotBombs #SendElonToMars #WarPigs #TechBros #TeslaTakeDown #TechFascists #USPol
Between March 25 and April 3, OSINT accounts tracked 95 cargo and air refueling flights to air bases in the Middle East conducted by the U.S. Air Force's Air Mobility Command (AMC).
The list includes at least two dozen C-17 and C-5 flights from Osan Air Base, South Korea. They are known to have carried several U.S. Army MIM-104 "Patriot" surface-to-air missile batteries and a THAAD ballistic missile defense system.
…Gen Haugh was informed of the decision while traveling. Current & fmr ofcls said Gen Haugh’s deputy at the #NSA, Wendy Noble, was also removed from her post, & possibly reassigned to another position at the #Pentagon.
…#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth & #Trump have removed several top officers from their posts including the chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff…; the chief of naval operations [#Navy #CNO]…; & the commandant of the #CoastGuard….
A spox for #USCyberCom said she could not confirm Gen Haugh’s removal, & referred questions to the #Pentagon, which did not respond for comment. A White House spox did not confirm the ouster.
But a #US official briefed on the matter said #LauraLoomer, a #FarRight activist & outside adviser to #Trump, called for Gen Haugh’s removal during her Oval Office meeting on Thurs. Trump ordered #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth to fire Gen Haugh, the ofcl said.
Das Pentagon ermittelt gegen US-Minister Hegseth wegen möglicher Verstöße bei der Nutzung von Messenger-Diensten und dem Umgang mit Dokumenten. Brisante Details im Artikel! 
#Pentagon #Hegseth #USA #newz
https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Pentagon-ermittelt-gegen-US-Minister-Hegseth-article25679303.html
BREAKING: Pete Hegseth has just been named acting Inspector General of the Pentagon.
#petehegseth #dod #pentagon #uspoli #donaldtrump #trump
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eclio37ymobqex2ncko63h4r/post/3llwyyaqdjc2s
Pentagon prüft Verhalten von Verteidigungsminister Hegseth in Chat-Affäre
Die US-Regierung spielte die Affäre um einen Signal-Chat herunter - jetzt prüft das US-Verteidigungsministerium das Verhalten des eigenen Chefs. Eine interne Aufsicht soll klären, ob Hegseth gegen Geheimhaltungsregeln verstieß.
Steven Stebbins, the #Pentagon’s acting #IG, said in a memo to #SecDef #PeteHegseth & Dpty #DOD Secy Steve Feinberg that the review will “determine the extent to which the Secretary of #Defense & other DoD personnel complied with DoD policies & procedures for the use of a commercial messaging application for official business.”
