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From retired General Mark Hertling - what the military leaders face after Quantico

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FBI fires agent trainee who displayed Pride flag, sources say | CNN Politics FBI Director Kash Patel has fired a longtime bureau employee who displayed a Pride flag in his workspace during a past assignment, according to multiple people familiar with the termination.

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US Justice Department fires two who worked for Biden-era official targeted by Trump, sources say Two federal prosecutors who once worked for former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco have been fired, as President Donald Trump's administration expands its targeting of people with any connection to the federal cases against him during his years out of power, three people familiar with the matter said.

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Trump, Hegseth lecture military leaders in rare, politically charged summit The unusual, hastily organized event became a forum for the president and his defense secretary to tout their partisan agenda.

“Tuesday’s presentation stood apart as perhaps the most flagrant demonstration to date of this administration’s wholesale disregard for such principles.”
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Democratic congresswoman confronts Johnson over Trump AI video: "It's racist. You should call it out" The federal government will shut down at midnight tonight unless Congress approves a federal spending bill. Follow live news updates.

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Military leaders voice concern over Hegseth’s new Pentagon strategy Top military officials have voiced concern over the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between the Pentagon’s political and uniformed leadership.

“Military leaders have raised serious concerns with the Trump administration’s forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between the Pentagon’s political and uniformed leadership as Def Sec Pete Hegseth summons top brass to a highly unusual summit…”

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What to Expect at the Meeting of the Generals This is not the kind of military audience Trump has addressed before.

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As Our Generals and Admirals Fly Home, Our Adversaries Watch and Wait Couldn’t Hegseth’s in-person meeting of all flag officers have been a secure conference call?

The SecDef wants all service commanders and their senior enlisted advisors to come to Quantico on short notice. It’s difficult to understand why.

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Breaking - James Comey response just posted

Here you go… #JimmyKimmel for those in blacked out cities

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Promotes Unproven Ties to Autism With a Common Painkiller and Vaccines

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Promotes Unproven Ties to Autism With a Common Painkiller and Vaccines www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Breaking News: In a rambling news briefing, President Trump promoted unproven ties between vaccines, autism and Tylenol use by pregnant women and babies. nyti.ms/46OqOvD

Jimmy Kimmel’s Show to Return to ABC on Tuesday Night

Breaking- Jimmy Kimmel’s Show to Return to ABC on Tuesday Night www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/b...

Beware Today’s ‘Fire-Eaters’ There are echoes in our political rhetoric of the men who helped talk the United States into civil war.

“There is a connection between…contemporary tragedies and the fire-eaters of the pre-Civil War period: similar rhetoric.”

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Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes

Gift article. Trump Demands That Bondi Move ‘Now’ to Prosecute Foes
His demand came a day after he ousted the federal prosecutor who failed to charge two of his most-reviled adversaries, Letitia James and James B. Comey.
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Falling Far and Fast

From Yale Law professor and First Amendment expert Robert Post:

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In Assault on Free Speech, Trump Targets Speech He Hates

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Book: An Inside Job by Daniel Silva.

I was looking forward to this book and @danielsilvabooks.bsky.social did not disappoint.
Gabriel Allon takes us on a journey from Venice to London, the French Riviera, and the Vatican to recover a lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci.
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How Katharine Graham Defied A Federal Judge To Publish The Pentagon Papers Graham, who died in 2001, held the title of publisher at The Washington Post from 1969 until 1979. She spoke to Fresh Air in 1997 about her 1971 decision to publish the top-secret documents.

Worth remembering this interview with Kay Graham and how she handled publication of the Pentagon Papers. They had just taken the paper public. And they owned tv stations which faced licensing pressures.

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In Pressuring ABC Over Kimmel, Trump May Have Crossed a Constitutional Line

Gift Article: In Pressuring ABC Over Kimmel, Trump May Have Crossed a Constitutional Line
The Supreme Court has distinguished bully-pulpit persuasion, which is permissible under the First Amendment, from coercion and threats, which are not.

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Why Trump and his FCC chairman’s threats against TV station licenses are ‘aggressive yet hollow’ | CNN Business President Trump keeps threatening the licenses of local TV stations, but his government has limited power to follow through on those threats.

New from me: Here's why Trump and his FCC chairman's threats against TV station licenses are (in the words of ex-Disney CEO Michael Eisner) "aggressive yet hollow" www.cnn.com/2025/09/19/m...

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert If We Do Not Have The Ability To Criticize Our Leaders, We Are No Longer The U.S.A. - Jake Tapper

Was on Colbert discussing the First amendment and government pressure against speech and speakers it doesn’t like

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Bob Iger Faced Down Affiliate Revolts Before. The Game Has Changed Under Trump | Analysis ABC's latest challenge dealing with efforts to silence Jimmy Kimmel reveals 21st-century vulnerabilities at major media companies.

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Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring Media to Heel

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DemsMight (@demsmight) on Threads Jon Stewart called it. Word for word.

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New: A federal judge on Friday struck Donald Trump's $15 billion defamation lawsuit against the New York Times (NYT.N), opens new tab over its content, calling it a "decidedly improper" effort to attack an adversary.

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Can Trump Actually Designate Antifa a Terrorist Group? Here Are the Facts.

Can Trump Actually Designate Antifa a Terrorist Group? Here Are the Facts. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert If We Do Not Have The Ability To Criticize Our Leaders, We Are No Longer The U.S.A. - Jake Tapper

“If We Do Not Have The Ability To Criticize Our Leaders, We Are No Longer...”

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Jimmy Kimmel’s sudden suspension shocked his staff — and celebrity guests who were en route to appear on the show | CNN As news was breaking of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show being suspended, guests booked on Wednesday’s episode were already on their way to the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood where “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”...

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