by Chris Walker | Apr 23, 2026 | ceasefire, Donald Trump, iran war, News, Pentagon, Polls, Strait of Hormuz
A Pentagon report that was recently shared with members of Congress contradicts many of President Donald Trump’s public claims regarding the U.S.’s war on Iran, according to a report by NBC News on Tuesday. Trump has frequently downplayed Iran’s military capabilities, and has called analysis suggesting that Iran is able to continue in the war “corrupt.” At times, he’s claimed that Iran’s navy…
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by Sharon Zhang | Apr 20, 2026 | Alex Karp, big tech, Fascism, military contractors, News, Palantir, Pentagon, Surveillance, White Supremacy
Major military contractor and surveillance giant Palantir has posted a chilling manifesto on social media that calls for tech companies like itself to play a larger role in a dystopian future where imperialist and white supremacist powers are unleashed and Americans are increasingly subject to the whims of the surveillance state. The post contains 22 points it says were summarized from a 2025…
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by Sharon Zhang | Apr 14, 2026 | Boat Strikes, Donald Trump, International Law, Iran, News, Pentagon, War Crimes
The U.S. military announced that it had carried out another attack on vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Saturday, bringing the total death toll of its boat strike campaign to 168 people as President Donald Trump threatens the same “system” of attacks against Iran, despite the ceasefire. U.S. Southern Command, also known as SOUTHCOM, posted a video of the strike on social media.
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by Chris Walker | Apr 13, 2026 | Department of Defense, First Amendment, freedom of the press, News, Pentagon, Pete Hegseth
A federal judge has found that an interim Department of Defense (DOD) policy — which replaced a similar policy that sought to restrict journalists’ access to Pentagon sources earlier this year — violates First Amendment press freedoms and is therefore unlawful and unenforceable. The original policy had restricted journalists by barring them from entering the Pentagon and speaking with…
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by Brett Wilkins | Apr 12, 2026 | Donald Trump, Iran, iran war, Israel, Massacre, News, Pentagon
New information published Friday by the New York Times further suggests that the U.S. military may have lied when it tried to pin the blame for a February airstrike that killed 21 people in Iran on the Iranian government, with evidence indicating that the U.S. carried out the attack with a new missile designed to inflict maximum casualties. While much of the world knows about the February 28…
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by Jake Johnson | Apr 11, 2026 | Medicaid, Militarism, Military Industrial Complex, Military Spending, News, Pentagon, Tax Resistance, Taxes, weapons contractors
A new analysis released Thursday estimates that the average American taxpayer shelled out over $4,000 to the federal government last year “for militarism and its support systems” such as the Pentagon, whose already-massive annual budget is poised to surge to $1.5 trillion if President Donald Trump gets his way. The National Priorities Project (NPP) at the Institute for Policy Studies found in…
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