The National Guard is building a “quick reaction force” (QRF) of some 23,500 troops trained in crowd control and civil disturbance that can be ready to deploy to U.S. cities by early next year, according to a leaked memo reported by multiple outlets Wednesday. The Oct. 8 memo, signed by National Guard Bureau Director of Operations Maj. Read More…
I saw some of my former Naval War College colleagues at the recent No Kings rally in Providence. Given that National Guard troops and protestors had clashed in Los Angeles at an earlier June rallyprotesting ICE raids, we wondered whether we would see National Guard troops as we marched, where they would be from, and Read More…
‘House of Dynamite’ Writer Tells Pentagon Claiming Inaccuracies: “We Respectfully Disagree” Realistic and Thought Provoking – Netflix ‘House of Dynamite’ Writer Says “No Inaccuracies” To Pentagon’s Claim House of Dynamite screenwriter Noah Oppenheim has answered the Pentagon after it contended his Netflix thriller, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, inaccurately portrays how U.S. defense systems react to an Read More…
DID YOU KNOW THAT BIRD OF A FEATHER FLOCKS TOGETHER THIS WHAT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH MOTHER HAD TO SAY ABOUT HIM THIS WHAT WIKIPEDIA HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS In November 2024, Vanity Fair reported that Hegseth had allegedly sexually assaulted a woman at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Read More…
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with North American Flat-Rolled Segment Senior Vice President and Chief Manufacturing Officer Scott Buckiso, Plant manager of Irvin and Fairless Plant Donald German and Mon Valley Works United Steel Corporation Vice President Kurt Barshick, as he visits U.S. Steel Corporation–Irvin Works in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 30, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Read More…
The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse and oversight over military actions, but recent actions by the White House appear to step on that authority. We discuss whether Congress has ceded its power to the Trump administration and what it would take to get it back. As the walls come down on the Read More…
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