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787 American Airlines atterrato a Fiumicino per allarme bomba scortato da due Eurofighter. Ero lì 😆

Someone needs to tell the American people what's going on in the Pentagon, and it obviously won't be Pete Hegseth, who is at war with America's senior military officers. My latest: theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…

Hard for Trump to get out of a war that is making so much money for Putin.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth moved to end longstanding restrictions on troops carrying personal firearms at military bases, rules that were put in place in large part in response to mass shootings by troops who shot their own comrades nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/…

russification of the US continues, now with us having moved from the "special military operation" stage to the "firing the generals for political reasons" stage.

I spent 13 years in counterintelligence and HUMINT. Let me explain why the government psyop operation on X is a problem. I'm not some random person speculating about intelligence operations. I spent 13 years in the United States Army doing counterintelligence and human intelligence work. Then another 7 years working for the government in related fields. I know how this works. When I tell you that military PSYOP personnel operating on a domestic social media platform is a serious problem, I need you to understand I'm not being hyperbolic. What PSYOP actually does: Psychological Operations are designed to influence the emotions, attitudes, and behavior of target audiences. That's the literal job description. These are professionals trained to shape how people think, what they believe, and how they act. This is a legitimate function — in foreign theaters. PSYOP exists to influence foreign populations in areas where the US military operates. It's a tool of warfare and foreign policy. The problem: It's not supposed to be used domestically. There's a reason for this. The Smith-Mundt Act historically prohibited the government from directing propaganda at American citizens. The idea was simple: the US military and intelligence community should not be in the business of psychologically manipulating the American public. That's what authoritarian governments do. That's what we criticized the Soviet Union for. That's what we point to when we call countries "unfree." What's happening now: US military psychological operations personnel are now embedded in the platform that tens of millions of Americans use as a primary news and information source. The "free speech" platform. The one that was supposed to be the alternative to government-influenced big tech. Let me be clear about what this means: The same people who are trained to run influence campaigns on foreign populations — to change what they think, to manipulate their behavior, to shape their perception of reality — are now operating on a platform used primarily by Americans. The irony is suffocating: The MAGA crowd screamed for years about "government censorship" and "deep state control" of social media. Elon Musk bought Twitter explicitly to "free" it from government influence. And now? Literal military psychological warfare specialists are running operations on the platform. And MAGA is fine with it. Because it's THEIR government now. THEIR psyop. This is what I was trained to recognize: In my years doing counterintelligence, part of my job was identifying foreign influence operations. Recognizing when a population was being manipulated. Understanding the techniques. I know what a domestic influence operation looks like. I know the signs. I know the methods. And I'm watching it happen in real-time to my own country, being cheered on by people who think they're "free thinkers" while consuming content curated by military psychological operations specialists. It doesn't matter if you agree with the current administration. Today it's your team running the psyop. Tomorrow it won't be. The infrastructure you're cheering for will be used against you eventually. That's how this works. That's why we had rules against it. You don't give the government the power to psychologically manipulate the domestic population just because you like the current president. That power doesn't go away when the next administration takes over. Wake up. You're not free thinkers. You're targets. And you're thanking them for it.

@StevenCheung47 SpaceX literally exists thanks to his commercial space program.

You killed the space program. It’s only because of President Trump this triumph is a reality.

A real morale boost for American troops if they are going to invade Iran.

As a reminder, this is exactly the kind of pressure that broke the camel’s back with Ukraine. In 2013, then-President Yanukovych (who had wanted to play the traditional “both sides” game between the EU and Russia) was forced to make a decision: his government needed money, and Putin offered cash. The catch was that Ukraine had to reject the trade agreement with the EU, which had been painstakingly negotiated and which Yanukovych had promised to sign, in favor of joining Russia’s Customs Union. He did exactly that, which provoked Maidan. Yanukovych, with Kremlin prodding, tried to suppress the protests with violence. That backfired, sparking mass demonstrations across the country. It ended with his flight to Russia, Putin’s annexation of Crimea, and the beginning of the current war. Armenia is in a much tougher spot with this ultimatum. It is too small and vulnerable to stand firm the way Ukraine did. In its rough neighborhood with both Turkey and Azerbaijan eyeing parts of its territory, Russia has long been its traditional protector. It’s unclear to me how much real help the Europeans can offer (beyond using their influence with Turkey and Azerbaijan).

My response. It is. And it’s frankly unbelievable that more people haven’t realized that until recently.

The translunar injection burn not only sets the Artemis II astronauts on the path to the Moon — it also puts the crew in a free return trajectory, which will allow them to use Moon's gravity to return to Earth.

Congratulations AG Blanche. Now you have 30 days to release the rest of the files before becoming criminally liable for failure to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

In the future, there will be three major powers in the world: China, USA, EU. Neutral countries will move as much as possible towards the EU as their preferred partner because both China and the USA treat other countries disrespectfully and try to extort them. Europe will be the only great power and market to turn to if you want to have an equal and fair relationship. Canada is already moving towards Europe for this exact reason. India and Japan will also form a closer relationship with Europe. This is what soft power means. MAGA replies in the comment section will prove the point.

The reason for Gen. George's firing, in part: Hegseth for months has pressed Gen. George & Army Secy Dan Driscoll to remove 4 officers -- 2 Black & 2 female -- from a promotions list. George & Driscoll have refused, citing the officers long and exemplary service.

The Justice Department has issued a legal opinion stating that President Donald Trump does not have to turn over his presidential records to the National Archives at the end of his administration because that law is unconstitutional. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

The son of Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán tried to hide his involvement in the planned Hungarian military mission in Chad in an almost comical way—ducking behind columns and disguising himself with a fedora and a surgical mask. @direkt36 @lemondefr direkt36.hu/en/hiaba-alcaz…

💥In a bombshell interview, Hungarian Army poster boy Captain Szilveszter Pálinkás reveals that Viktor Orbán’s son, Gáspár Orbán—also a soldier—claimed he had received a calling from God to save Christians in Africa. According to him, this was the reason Hungary planned to send 200 soldiers to Chad. Pálinkás also says that Gáspár Orbán told him he expected 50% of them—around 100 soldiers—to die during the mission. Back in 2024, we at @direkt36, together with @lemondefr, were the first to report that Orbán’s son was secretly behind the idea of a Hungarian military mission to Chad.

President Trump's $1.5 trillion defense budget request will be comprised of a $1.15 trillion base budget request, and a $350 billion reconciliation request. The ~$200b defense supplemental would seemingly be in addition. Total defense spending could therefore be $1.7 trillion.

Here are some ways in which the world has gotten better.

Seeing a lot of takes on how SLS/Artemis should have cameras, live views, etc. simply because cameras are cheap and easy and look at SpaceX! It might look easy, but SpaceX actually spends quite a bit of time and effort getting those views. It's not as free as it may look. Additionally, SpaceX gets views through entire starship flights because of Starlink. I don't think it's super reasonable to suggest that SLS should have Starlink on it or trying to stream video through TDRS, especially on such a highly elliptical orbit. It's a difficult problem, not nearly just slapping some cameras on there and calling it a day.

I’ve been talking about the nonstop happy math from Hegseth/Caine briefings…. zero surprise with below info.