Pentagon

Study of far-right extremists with military backgrounds suggests Pentagon faces uphill battle

One of the primary reasons that far-right groups like the Oath Keepers pose such a grave threat to American democracy is that they specifically recruit military and law enforcement service members and …

Thu Jan 20, 2022

Billions for defense budget, yet many military families go hungry

Literal billions—$753 billion, to be exact—have been requested to beef up the nation’s defense systems; what remains to be seen is whether the White House or Congress will get the lead out to do …

Mon Oct 25, 2021

'Testament to the power and resilience of the people of Laredo': More wall contracts get canceled

The Biden administration announced on Friday that its set to cancel all remaining border wall contracts in South Texas. CNN reports the agreements covered an estimated 44 miles of barrier, and were …

Tue Oct 12, 2021

'The people of Laredo won': Community celebrates termination of two border wall contracts

The Biden administration announced on Friday that it’s cancelling two border wall contracts issued during the previous administration. While no construction from these two projects had yet begun, the …

Mon Jul 26, 2021

$2 billion swindled by the previous admin for border wall construction returned to Pentagon

The Biden administration has announced that it will return more than $2 billion in funds swindled by the previous administration for its stupid border wall that Mexico was supposed to pay for. In a …

Mon Jun 14, 2021

Rep. Dan Crenshaw asks soldiers to report 'wokeness' in military ranks, is trolled into oblivion

Republican lawmakers spent the entirety of the Donald Trump administration hunting for and condemning government whistleblowers. Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Rand Paul, Reps. Nunes and Takeyourpick—they …

Thu Jun 3, 2021

Pentagon task force wrestles with how to root extremists out of military amid free-speech issues

It became painfully self-evident in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol—in which one in five of the arrested insurgents turned out to be veterans of the U.S. military—that American …

Thu May 6, 2021