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Media Refuse To Sign Up As Propagandists For Trump’s Pentagon

October 15, 2025 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. , , ,
Nearly all media organizations refused to sign a censorship policy at the Pentagon that imposes greater control over credentialed reporters and the information that they publish. The policy, championed by Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth, was first proposed in mid-September. It resulted in an immediate backlash because the policy required reporters to pledge not to share any military information, including unclassified information, unless that information is officially approved for release. On October 6, the Pentagon revised the policy [PDF]. It changed to “military members” must seek approval from an “appropriate authorizing official” before releasing information to the press.

Quantico: A Challenge To The US Working Class

October 9, 2025 John Catalinotto, Workers' World. , , , ,
Some 800 U.S. generals, admirals and their closest staff were summoned from their assignments all over the world to the military base in Quantico, Virginia, on Sept. 30. There, following their orders, they sat silently as they heard “War Secretary” Pete Hegseth insult them — then stayed silent as their commander in chief Donald Trump ranted for over an hour and advised them to use assaults on U.S. cities to train their troops. The most important takeaway is that Trump declared war on the working class and all oppressed sectors of U.S. society in his usual racist and misogynist style.

Mask Off US Empire: War Secretary Tells Military To Commit War Crimes

October 4, 2025 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. , , , , , , ,
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gathered top generals and encouraged the military to commit war crimes and ignore international law. “You kill people and break things for a living”, Hegseth proudly told the military commanders, calling for “maximum lethality”. “We also don’t fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters, to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country”, he added. Meanwhile, Donald Trump ordered the Department of War to use US cities as “training grounds”, to fight the “enemy within”. He bragged about deploying the National Guard to cities like Washington, DC and Los Angeles, California, and said his next targets are Portland, Oregon and Chicago, Illinois.

Hegseth Addresses Top Commanders At Quantico, Puts Focus On Warfighting

October 1, 2025 Matthew Adams, Stars and Stripes. , , , , , , ,
Washington, DC — “Good morning, and welcome to the War Department because the era of the Department of Defense is over,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told hundreds of generals and admirals gathered Tuesday at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. The secretary told the top military brass, summoned on short notice last week, that 10 directives would arrive in the inboxes of commands Tuesday. Some of the initiatives include adding combat field tests for combat arms units, emphasizing “male-level” standards for fitness, and seeing that every member of the joint force — including four-star generals — take a fitness test twice a year and meet height and weight requirements.

US War Chief Orders ‘Unusual Gathering’ Of Top Generals

September 26, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
US War Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of the US military's top leaders to meet on short notice for an unknown reason at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week, the Washington Post reported on 25 September. “The Secretary of War will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week,” said chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell. “The highly unusual directive was sent to virtually all of the military's top commanders worldwide,” the newspaper wrote, citing more than a dozen people familiar with the matter. The announcement comes months after Hegseth announced plans to carry out a major consolidation of top military commands. Hegseth's abrupt call for such an emergency meeting has led to concerns of a coming conflict.

Unaudited Power: The Military Budget Nobody Controls

August 26, 2025 Ellen Brown, Scheer Post. , , , , ,
The U.S. federal debt has now passed $37 trillion and is growing at the rate of $1 trillion every five months. Interest on the debt exceeds $1 trillion annually, second only to Social Security in the federal budget. The military outlay is also close to $1 trillion, consuming nearly half of the discretionary budget. As a sovereign nation, the United States could avoid debt altogether by simply paying for the budget deficit with Treasury-issued “Greenbacks,” as Abraham Lincoln’s government did. But I have written on that before (see here and here), so this article will focus on that other elephant in the room, the Department of Defense. Under the Constitution, the military budget should not be paid at all, because the Pentagon has never passed an audit.

Intel Chief Fired For Contradicting Trump’s Claim Of ‘Obliterating’ Iran’s Nuclear Program

August 23, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , ,
The head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, was dismissed from his post after his agency reported that US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities caused only “limited damage,” contradicting President Donald Trump’s claim of “total destruction,” officials announced on 22 August. Officials told Reuters and AP that no explanation was provided for Kruse’s removal, and he was not informed of the grounds for his dismissal.  The announcement later confirmed that two other officers, Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore, chief of the Navy Reserve, and Rear Admiral Milton Sands, who led Naval Special Warfare Command, were also fired.

Pentagon To Create ‘Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force’

August 13, 2025 Kyle Anzalone, Scheer Post. , , , ,
The Department of Defense is planning to create a rapid response force of National Guard troops to quickly deploy to American cities where protests or unrest are occurring. On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that it obtained documents showing the Pentagon is creating a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force.” “The plan calls for 600 troops to be on standby at all times so they can deploy in as little as one hour,” the outlet explained. “They would be split into two groups of 300 and stationed at military bases in Alabama and Arizona, with purview of regions east and west of the Mississippi River, respectively.” One hundred troops at each base would be on standby to deploy within an hour, while the entire quick force would begin operations within 12 hours.

Pentagon Official Sacked For Criticizing US Support To Israel; Tulsi Gabbard ‘Sidelined’

June 19, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , , ,
US Colonel Nathan McCormack, the head of the Levant and Egypt branch at the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s J5 planning directorate, was removed from his position this week after he criticized Washington's unwavering support for Israel on social media. “Our worst ‘ally.’ We get literally nothing out of the ‘partnership’ other than the enmity of millions of people in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia," McCormack said in one of several posts discovered by the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) on a semi-anonymous X account allegedly linked to him. “The US has not been an honest broker. We have overwhelmingly enabled Israel’s bad behavior,” he adds.

Pentagon Strategy Increases Risk Of Nuclear War With China

May 15, 2025 K. J. Noh, BreakThrough News. , , ,
China and Russia released a joint declaration on the need for global strategic stability, which included an explicit condemnation of the US's nuclear counterforce strategy. Historian Peter Kuznik and filmmaker Regis Tremblay join us to discuss the risks of nuclear war in the current moment and the historical implications of the Russia-China alliance. Our understanding of China — and U.S.-China relations — has become a defining feature of all global politics. The China Report is a new show produced in collaboration with Pivot to Peace where every week, we will be helping you through all the propaganda with an independent view of the country we are taught to hate, but know so little about.

US War Chief Faces Calls To Resign Over New ‘Signalgate’ Scandal

April 22, 2025 News Desk, The Canary. , , , , ,
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing criticism and calls for his firing after it was reported by the New York Times (NYT) that he shared sensitive military plans of a March attack on Yemen in a Signal chat group that included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer.  According to a source familiar with the matter, speaking with Reuters, the chat included about a dozen people and contained details of the airstrikes' schedule.   “The revelations of a second Signal chat raise more questions about Hegseth's use of an unclassified messaging system to share highly sensitive security details,” Reuters wrote. 

Pentagon Prepares To Expand ‘Unrelenting’ Attacks Against Yemen

April 9, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , ,
The US signaled on 7 April that it is planning to step up its violent campaign of airstrikes on Yemen, which have killed dozens since last month, including women and children. "It's been a bad three weeks for the Houthis, and it's about to get worse," US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday in the Oval Office, while seated near US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “It's been a devastating campaign, whether it's underground facilities, weapons manufacturing, bunkers, troops in the open-air defense assets – we are not going to relent, and it's only to get more unrelenting until the Houthis declare they will stop shooting at our ships,” Hegseth added.

Washington Hits Snag Against Yemen

April 5, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. , , ,
The US military has used $200 million in munitions since it restarted its campaign against Yemen over two weeks ago – the success of which has been “limited,” according to a 4 April report by the New York Times (NYT). The report comes as US President Donald Trump has been boasting about the success of Washington’s campaign against the Ansarallah resistance movement, which he says has been “decimated.” “In closed briefings in recent days, Pentagon officials have acknowledged that there has been only limited success in destroying the Houthis’ vast, largely underground arsenal of missiles, drones and launchers,” anonymous congressional aides and officials told NYT.

Hegseth Orders Pentagon To Make Sweeping Budget Cuts

February 20, 2025 Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com. , , ,
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered Pentagon leaders to develop plans to make sweeping cuts to the Defense Department’s budget, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. According to a memo obtained by the Post, Hegseth’s order calls for an 8% cut to the Pentagon budget each year for five years. The Pentagon budget for 2025 is about $850 billion, and an 8% cut for five years would bring it down to roughly $560 billion, a reduction of $290 billion. Hegseth wants the proposed cuts to be drawn up by February 24, and the memo included a list of 17 categories that would be exempt from the spending cuts.

The Pentagon Is Recruiting Elon Musk To Help Win A Nuclear War

February 11, 2025 Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. , , , , , ,
Donald Trump has announced his intention to build a gigantic anti-ballistic missile system to counter Chinese and Russian nuclear weapons, and he is recruiting Elon Musk to help him. The Pentagon has long dreamed of constructing an American “Iron Dome.” The technology is couched in the defense language – i.e., to make America safe again. But like its Israeli counterpart, it would function as an offensive weapon, giving the United States the ability to launch nuclear attacks anywhere in the world without having to worry about the consequences of a similar response.
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