# pentagon (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 18 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover pentagon. Page: Feed: --- ## [Economic D-Day, Meet $40 Trillion](https://marygeddry.com/p/economic-d-day-meet-40-trillion) _2026-08-20 · Mary Geddry · Geddry_ Trump bets he can outlast Iran as sanctions spread, Hormuz stays constricted, and America’s own borrowing costs keep climbing. ## [Marine One Near Miss Renews Questions About Washington Airspace Safety](https://www.aviationtoday.com/2026/08/20/marine-one-near-miss-renews-questions-about-washington-airspace-safety/) _2026-08-20 · John Persinos · Aviation Tech Today_ Global Aviation Round-Up from Aircraft Value Intelligence (AVN) Editor’s Note: To watch John’s video version of this article, click here. A recent close encounter involving Marine One and a commercial \[…\] The post Marine One Near Miss Renews Questions About Washington Airspace Safety appeared first on Aviation Tech Today . ## [Game On: Can Gamers Help Close America’s Air Traffic Control Gap?](https://www.aviationtoday.com/2026/08/20/game-on-can-gamers-help-close-americas-air-traffic-control-gap/) _2026-08-20 · John Persinos · Aviation Tech Today_ Global Aviation Round-Up from Aircraft Value Intelligence (AVN) Editor’s Note: To watch John’s video version of this article, click here. America’s air traffic controller shortage has become a numbers game, \[…\] The post Game On: Can Gamers Help Close America’s Air Traffic Control Gap? appeared first on Aviation Tech Today . ## [Army To Test And Evaluate Elroy Air’s Hybrid-Electric VTOL Under New Contract](https://www.aviationtoday.com/2026/08/20/army-to-test-and-evaluate-elroy-airs-hybrid-electric-vtol-under-new-contract/) _2026-08-20 · Calvin Biesecker · Aviation Tech Today_ The Army in August awarded a $46.1 million contract to Elroy Air to test and experiment with the company’s Chaparral autonomous hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for heavy \[…\] The post Army To Test And Evaluate Elroy Air’s Hybrid-Electric VTOL Under New Contract appeared first on Aviation Tech Today . ## [PDW Eyes Supplying Parts To Support U.S. Production Of One Million Drones Annually](https://www.aviationtoday.com/2026/08/20/pdw-eyes-supplying-parts-to-support-u-s-production-of-one-million-drones-annually/) _2026-08-20 · Calvin Biesecker · Aviation Tech Today_ Performance Drone Works (PDW), which last week received a conditional loan commitment from the Defense Department to supercharge its capacity and capabilities for making key drone components, expects to support domestic \[…\] The post PDW Eyes Supplying Parts To Support U.S. Production Of One Million Drones Annually appeared first on Aviation Tech Today . ## [E-2D Block II Passes Critical Design Review](https://www.aviationtoday.com/2026/08/19/e-2d-block-ii-passes-critical-design-review/) _2026-08-20 · Rich Abott · Aviation Tech Today_ The Navy and Northrop Grumman this week revealed the Block II upgrade to the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye passed a Critical Design Review (CDR) in May, setting the way for flight tests within \[…\] The post E-2D Block II Passes Critical Design Review appeared first on Aviation Tech Today . ## [Southern Baptist Preacher Tells Pentagon Worship Service that God Will ‘Fight Their Battles’](https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/southern-baptist-preacher-tells-pentagon) _2026-08-19 · Brian Kaylor · A Public Witness_ An influential Southern Baptist pastor stood Wednesday (Aug. 19) in the headquarters of the world’s largest military and, with no sense of irony, preached a message of hope for Pentagon leaders by pointing to multiple biblical passages where God miraculously delivered people by defeating a large imperial military. ## [The Homefront Report: Welcome to the Department of Completely Missing the Point](https://marygeddry.com/p/the-homefront-report-welcome-to-the) _2026-08-19 · Shanley Hurt · Geddry_ The forests need firefighters, seniors need affordable surgery, and flight crews need protection. Naturally, America brought logging roads, luxury eyeballs, and pretzels. ## [The Art of Unraveling](https://marygeddry.com/p/the-art-of-unraveling) _2026-08-19 · Mary Geddry · Geddry_ From Versailles to Hormuz to the Canadian border, Trump’s promised victories keep turning into invoices, deadlines and provisional arrangements. ## [Trump strikes deal to buy precision missiles from North Korea](https://www.duffelblog.com/trump-north-korea-deal/) _2026-08-19 · Duffel Blog Staff · Duffel Blog_ Pyongyang promises delivery within 60 days, beating Lockheed Martin by approximately 11 years. ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BCH5CmSWhkOg) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [The Push for UFO Disclosure Intensifies as Pressure Mounts on Donald Trump](https://www.liberationtimes.com/home/the-push-for-ufo-disclosure-intensifies-as-pressure-mounts-on-donald-trump) _2026-08-19 · Christopher Sharp · Liberation Times_ A growing number of advocates are pressing President Trump to reveal what they believe is evidence of advanced non‑human intelligence and its technologies interacting with humanity, an effort that has accelerated in recent days. ## [Drought’s harvest](https://stoptheidiocracy2020s.blogspot.com/2026/08/droughts-harvest.html) _2026-08-19 · Arthur Newhook · Stop the Idiocracy_ image generated via ChatGPT West Nile virus surges in #Murica; drought concentrates mosquitoes around shrinking pools of water, raising risk of transmission. {The Independent 18 August} https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/west-nile-virus-mosquito-cases-deaths-us-b3034893.html Counter-intuitive though it may seem, drought increases transmission by concentrating mosquitoes and birds… ## [The Exodus](https://stoptheidiocracy2020s.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-exodus.html) _2026-08-19 · Arthur Newhook · Stop the Idiocracy_ image generated via ChatGPT Trump’s behaviour spirals out of control, as staffers depart in droves whilst he grows ‘meaner’ and impossible to work alongside. {OK! Magazine 17 August} https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/white-house-staff-departing-as-donald-trump-is-said-to-be-meaner-and-more-unpleasant-to-work-with-according-to-sources/ar-AA2ajnNj FTA : President Donald Trump is reportedly… ## [The Homefront Report: The Government Has Entered Its Zombie Phase](https://marygeddry.com/p/the-homefront-report-the-government-8b0) _2026-08-18 · Shanley Hurt · Geddry_ Trump threatens Oman, CDC programs go undead, and ABC fights the FCC. ## [Pritzker presses Pentagon for answers on extended USS Abraham Lincoln deployment](https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-uss-abraham-lincoln-deployment) _2026-08-18 · Latest News | FOX 32_ Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is pressing the Trump administration for answers about the conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. ## [America Is Becoming Something the World Has to Infer](https://marygeddry.com/p/america-is-becoming-something-the) _2026-08-18 · Mary Geddry · Geddry_ When presidential statements become unreliable and the Pentagon stops explaining the war, allies start watching ships, deployments and markets instead. ## [US cries foul as Israel bombs Turkey-linked airbase in Syria](https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-bombing-syria/) _2026-08-18 · Connor Echols · Responsible Statecraft_ On Tuesday, Israel bombed a Syrian airbase that Turkish officials have been helping to renovate, marking the latest escalation in the Israeli government’s effort to beat back Turkey’s influence in Syria. The strikes, which reportedly damaged an airstrip and a storage facility at the Abu al-Duhur Airbase, did not lead to any casualties. Still, they drew a strong rebuke from U.S. Ambassador to… ## [The Return of the Essential Art: Electronic Warfare and the Lessons of the Russia-Ukraine War](https://www.thecipherbrief.com/the-return-of-the-essential-art-electronic-warfare-and-the-lessons-of-the-russia-ukraine-war) _2026-08-18 · Ryan Simons · The Cipher Brief_ A Post-Cold War Assumption That No Longer Holds For three decades, the Alliance operated under a dangerous assumption: that the electromagnetic spectrum was a permissive sanctuary. Lulled into complacency by counter-terrorism campaigns that allowed precision strikes and networked command to go largely unchallenged, we forgot how to fight in the dark. The Russia-Ukraine war has violently corrected… ## [Expert analysis: Trump directs Pentagon to scale down military exercises with South Korea](https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-u3xionr4pnx9z4x6) _2026-08-18 · Latest News | FOX 32_ North Central College professor William Muck discusses President Trump’s decision to scale down joint military exercises with South Korea and what it could mean for U.S. alliances and regional security. ## [Where Did Venezuela’s Oil Billions Go?](https://www.thecipherbrief.com/where-did-venezuelas-oil-billions-go) _2026-08-18 · Ryan Simons · The Cipher Brief_ “We’re taking a lot of oil from Venezuela, and we’re getting along great with them. Billions and billions of barrels of oil is coming out of Venezuela, one of the most fertile places for oil in the world. And as you know, it was a forty-eight minute war, lasted forty-eight minutes. And we paid for the war with what we’ve taken out many, many, many times. Where have you heard that before? You… ## [100,000 Bonus Points Await You (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QNxaqn5eM5KG) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $5,000 in the first 3 months. ## [The Homefront Report: the Billionaires are Fine, the Grass is Not](https://marygeddry.com/p/the-homefront-report-the-billionaires) _2026-08-17 · Shanley Hurt · Geddry_ Trump’s billionaires thrive, Meta faces trial, Oregon burns, and I battle the staircase gods. ## [The Iran war flushed $1.3 billion of Reaper drones down the drain](https://responsiblestatecraft.org/reaper-drone/) _2026-08-17 · Stavroula Pabst · Responsible Statecraft_ The U.S. has lost 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones, worth at least $1.3 billion, since the start of its war on Iran, the Washington Post reported Friday . The drones can cost between $30 and $50 million each, depending on their sensor and weapons payload. The U.S. military has lost roughly 25% of its pre-war fleet in the past five months. A defense official told the Washington Post that some of the drones… ## [Suddenly Trump wants to scale back military drills with S. Korea](https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-korea-military-exercise/) _2026-08-17 · James Park · Responsible Statecraft_ On Sunday, President Donald Trump abruptly announced that he had directed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” major U.S.-South Korea military drills that began this week. In a post on Truth Social, Trump provided several reasons why: the exercises are too “costly,” send a “totally inappropriate and hostile signal” to Pyongyang, and could strain his “very good relationship” with North Korean… ## [Open-Source Intel Makes U.S. Troops an Easier Target for Iran](https://www.thecipherbrief.com/open-source-intel-makes-u-s-troops-an-easier-target-for-iran) _2026-08-17 · Ryan Simons · The Cipher Brief_ Iran is reading American service members’ social media feeds to deadly effect. The fact is that not all intelligence must be gleaned from secret, closed sources for it to be effective, and Tehran has made use of public and open-source data to target U.S. forces with psychological and kinetic attacks. Until the Pentagon updates and enforces its policies on social media posting and personal device… ## [Tendon, Not Fat: The Sequel Nobody Asked For](https://marygeddry.com/p/tendon-not-fat-the-sequel-nobody) _2026-08-17 · Mary Geddry · Geddry_ A single Monday’s worth of evidence that the connective tissue holding U.S. foreign policy together keeps getting mistaken for waste. ## [Former US Marine Robert Gilman returns home after 4 years in Russian prison](https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-p2yoctil2vr8mrzu) _2026-08-17 · Latest News | FOX 32_ Northeastern political science professor Danielle Gilbert discusses Robert Gilman’s treatment in Russian prison, why he was released, his condition and the challenges of bringing other detained Americans home. ## [In Worship and in Court, Churches Respond to DHS Spying in Their Buildings](https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/in-worship-and-in-court-churches) _2026-08-17 · Brian Kaylor · A Public Witness_ At the start of worship on Sunday morning (Aug. 16), Rev. Cody Sanders gave an announcement that’s not what he typically offers: the congregation had been one of several churches “targeted by undercover Department of Homeland Security infiltration.” ## [Inside Iran’s New Wartime Leadership](https://www.thecipherbrief.com/inside-irans-new-wartime-leadership) _2026-08-17 · Ryan Simons · The Cipher Brief_ Tehran’s new power brokers A wave of assassinations rebuilt Iran’s leadership from the top down, leaving a severely wounded supreme leader and a security establishment now calling the shots. Tehran, however, isn’t saying who is actually in charge. The silence is part of the narrative; who are the country’s power players? Earlier this month, Iranian state media did something it had never done… ## [Air Force IG uncovers SNACKOs taking kickbacks from Big Insulin](https://www.duffelblog.com/air-force-ig-uncovers-air-force-snackos-23-04-07/) _2026-08-17 · R.J. Williams · Duffel Blog_ Investigators say squadron snack bars may be undermining Hegseth’s war on fat troops ## [Against Every Reasonable Expectation](https://marygeddry.com/p/against-every-reasonable-expectation) _2026-08-17 · Shanley Hurt · Geddry_ On surviving the wilderness, sounding the alarm, and preparing a landscape for hope’s return. ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QGeDtZrqeOZs) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [Trump scales back South Korea military drills, cites 'very good relationship' with Kim Jong Un](https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-scales-back-south-korea-military-drills-cites-very-good-relationship-kim-jong-un) _2026-08-17 · Nick.Viviani@fox.com (Nick Viviani) · Latest News | FOX 32_ President Donald Trump cited his “very good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un when revealing the U.S. would scale back its role in military exercises with South Korea. ## [Subpoenas, Lawsuits and the Lido Deck](https://marygeddry.com/p/subpoenas-lawsuits-and-the-lido-deck) _2026-08-16 · Mary Geddry · Geddry_ The government investigates Trump’s political enemies, the BBC investigates Trump’s claims, and an oil shock from Hormuz finds its way into everyone else’s wallet. ## [David Grusch on Dr Phil](https://veryexcitingtime.com/episodes/2026/93-grusch-dr-phil/) _2026-08-16 · It’s a Very Exciting Time_ It’s been a wild couple weeks. Billionaire Robert Bigelow met with President Trump and gave him a suggested statement for disclosure. UAP whistleblower David Grusch was interviewed by Dr. Phil, and says the US has recovered dozens of UAPs, some with non-human bodies, and even some living beings. The fifth UFO file release dropped, and Ross Coulthart claims that the White House is now attempting… ## [The Homefront Report: The Trump Effect Is Taking Credit for the Rain](https://marygeddry.com/p/the-homefront-report-the-trump-effect) _2026-08-15 · Shanley Hurt · Geddry_ Immigration courts speed-run deportation, a military family discovers the limits of service, and the president claims ownership of a crime decline already in progress. ## [Tendon, Not Fat](https://marygeddry.com/p/tendon-not-fat) _2026-08-15 · Mary Geddry · Geddry_ What a stranded carrier, a lettuce outbreak, a burning robot, and a broken CIA have in common, and why you only find out what you cut once something breaks. ## [The CIA's Mystery Plane?](https://theiceman.substack.com/p/the-cias-mystery-plane) _2026-08-15 · Seth Hettena · The After-Action Report_ A plane registered to a Virginia LLC wound up involved in a CIA covert action near the Galapagos ## [‘Not nearly long enough’](https://stoptheidiocracy2020s.blogspot.com/2026/08/not-nearly-long-enough.html) _2026-08-15 · Arthur Newhook · Stop the Idiocracy_ image generated via ChatGPT Sadistic Trump, on the record deployment endured by sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln: ‘not nearly long enough’. {AP 14 August} https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-aircraft-carrier-uss-lincoln-023413c38373d4a6ba033612a1f552c6 What can be said about this? If these comments do not rouse people to anger, after all else that hath failed to do so, nothing shall. FTA :… ## [The golden lie](https://stoptheidiocracy2020s.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-golden-lie.html) _2026-08-15 · Arthur Newhook · Stop the Idiocracy_ image generated via Grok Karl Rove advises Trump to stop gaslighting the public about the state of the economy. {The Hill 14 August} https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6030997-rove-criticizes-trump-economy/ The millions of #MAGA acolytes amongst us could not possibly remain oblivious to the fact that they are paying more for very nearly everything. As of now, they appear to be ignoring or… ## [COVID on the uptick again in a nation that learnt nothing from the pandemic](https://stoptheidiocracy2020s.blogspot.com/2026/08/covid-on-uptick-again-in-nation-that.html) _2026-08-15 · Arthur Newhook · Stop the Idiocracy_ image generated via ChatGPT COVID-19 rears its ugly head once more this summer, though ‘evidence of growing herd immunity’ may likewise be present. {NPR 14 August} https://www.npr.org/2026/08/14/nx-s1-5927115/summer-vaccine-covid-19-surge Fear not: the government of Trumpistan has matters thoroughly in hand — FTA : Unlike previous years, the CDC hasn't issued updated recommendations for the… ## [The Homefront Report: The Government Is Not His House](https://marygeddry.com/p/the-homefront-report-the-government-393) _2026-08-14 · Shanley Hurt · Geddry_ While ordinary families do the work of rebuilding, the Trump administration is turning public institutions into a surveillance service, a private airline, and a very expensive ballroom. ## [Operationalizing Operator Syndrome: What the Pentagon advisory council needs to get right](https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/opinion/2026/08/14/operationalizing-operator-syndrome-what-the-pentagon-advisory-council-needs-to-get-right/) _2026-08-14 · Mackenzie Witt, Pepper Phillips, Jennifer Byrne, Kelli Cabrera and Kayleigh Bealer · Marine Corps Times_ Testosterone screening in the military must be supported by an evidence-based framework to assess combat-focused jobs, the authors of this op-ed write. ## [Weekly Roundup: Aug. 14](https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/weekly-roundup-aug-14) _2026-08-14 · Word&Way · A Public Witness_ Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a look at the problem with religious tests for office and a report on the Trump administration sending undercover agents inside church buildings that are free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to ## [Schrödinger's War, Six Months In](https://marygeddry.com/p/schrodingers-war-six-months-in) _2026-08-14 · Mary Geddry · Geddry_ The Pentagon says the blockade can last indefinitely. A sailor asked his wife if he could last the deployment. Both statements are currently true. ## [Chicago Air and Water Show 2026 rehearsal underway despite weather concerns](https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-37p6ru5fax7jpbwk) _2026-08-14 · Latest News | FOX 32_ The Chicago Air and Water Show returns to the Lakefront starting with rehearsal Friday despite some weather delays. FOX Chicago's Gabriella Premus gives the update on rehearsal before the big event this weekend. ## [A fire too close to power](https://stoptheidiocracy2020s.blogspot.com/2026/08/a-fire-too-close-to-power.html) _2026-08-14 · Arthur Newhook · Stop the Idiocracy_ image generated via ChatGPT Trump's billionaire Forest Service chief faces scrutiny over wildfire response near his Idaho home. {Washington Post 14 August} https://wapo.st/4wZEqPD Whilst wildfire crews were already stretched dangerously thin across the American West, one politically connected billionaire reportedly saw fit to demand additional public resources for a fire threatening his own lavish… ## [The Dollar's Next Battlefield Isn't a Country. It's Code.](https://www.thecipherbrief.com/the-dollar-s-next-battlefield-isn-t-a-country-it-s-code) _2026-08-14 · Ryan Simons · The Cipher Brief_ Money is moving onto new rails, built in code instead of wires and vaults, and that shift is quietly reshaping a tool that America has relied on for a generation: the ability to see a transaction, trace it, and freeze or seize it the moment sanctions or law enforcement demand it. Whoever builds and supervises those digital rails inherits that power. Whoever doesn't, loses it. That is the real… ## [Department of Homeland Security Spied on Churches in the Twin Cities](https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/department-of-homeland-security-spied) _2026-08-14 · Brian Kaylor · A Public Witness_ According to documents filed in federal court this week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent undercover agents into church buildings to track activists attending events at Lutheran, Baptist, Episcopal, and Universalist churches. ## [It is in the U.S. interest to Support Democratic Legitimacy in Venezuela](https://www.thecipherbrief.com/it-is-in-the-u-s-interest-to-support-democratic-legitimacy-in-venezuela) _2026-08-14 · Ryan Simons · The Cipher Brief_ The Trump administration’s response to the catastrophic earthquakes that hit Venezuela seven weeks ago was impressive: timely, massive and appropriate. This should reassure those who worried that the administration’s efforts to downsize and reorganize the U.S. government early in this second term in office had all but eviscerated our capacity to respond to foreign natural disasters. It was also… ## [Trump admin says oil is moving through Strait of Hormuz as gas prices remain above $4](https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-g2fq0ufl3as168dj) _2026-08-14 · Latest News | FOX 32_ The Trump administration says more oil is moving through the Strait of Hormuz and gas prices will fall, as Democrats raise concerns about the toll the conflict with Iran is taking on U.S. service members. ## [Pentagon facing dangerous shortage of fucks given](https://www.duffelblog.com/pentagon-facing-dangerous-shortage-of-fucks-given/) _2026-08-14 · Kay Too Ess Ohhhhh · Duffel Blog_ Officials warn Iran war has pushed strategic fuck reserve below minimum levels