defense
Here come the #stormtroopers
#Pentagon approves use of #Navy base for #Chicago #ICE operations
*#Defense* officials have said the installation also could be used by #military forces who are called on to *assist* ICE.
#law #PosseComitatusAct #Trump #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #fascism #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/04/chicago-navy-base-great-lakes-pritzker-trump-ice/
#Oregon sues #Trump admin over order to deploy #troops in #Portland
The #defense secretary issued a memo saying 200 members of the Oregon #NationalGuard would be activated, an action state leaders say is #unlawful.
#law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/28/trump-portland-national-guard/
🇦🇹 Austria's Armed Forces have replaced MS Office with LibreOffice on 16,000+ workstations 📄
This shift began in 2020 to avoid mandatory cloud reliance ☁️
Their goal? Digital sovereignty—not cost saving 🔒
They even contributed 5+ person-years of code 🛠️
EU trend toward open-source grows 🇪🇺
🔗 https://news.itsfoss.com/austrian-forces-ditch-microsoft-office/
#TechNews #LibreOffice #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #FOSS #Security #Europe #EU #Microsoft #Cloud #DigitalSovereignty #Government #Defense #Innovation #Technology
When you’ve got something to hide…
#Pentagon plans widespread random #polygraphs, #NDAs to stanch #leaks
The Pentagon plans to impose strict nondisclosure agreements & random lie detector tests for scores of people in its headquarters, including many top officials, acc/to 2 people familiar with the proposal & documents obtained by WaPo, escalating #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth’s war on leakers & internal #dissent.
#Trump #military #transparency #journalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/01/pentagon-pete-hegseth-crackdown-leaks/
As Gov #JBPritzker awaited word from the #Trump admin about the deployment of the #NationalGuard in #Illinois, he cleared his calendar on Saturday for an anticipated call from #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth.
#DerelictionOfDuty #ToxicMasculinity #law #military #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2025/10/07/national-guard-deployment-illinois-pritzker-trump-white-house
#Trump probably wants there in the #US to police #civilians.
The US #military has authorized “the voluntary departure” of #troops’ dependents from locations across the #MiddleEast as tensions w/ #Iran have risen [which you’d think would be a reason to keep them there], 2 US ofcls said Wednesday.
One US defense ofcl said the order came from Secy of #Defense #PeteHegseth.
#NationalSecurity
https://apnews.com/article/state-department-embassy-baghdad-f892ebd6a50850ef5650f31819541bff
#Pentagon announces a new #FarRight #press corps after mass walkout
A new crop of *conservative* #media & influencers — including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events & the National Pulse — signed an agreement with the #Defense Department.
#law #democracy #Constitution #FreePress #fascism #StateMedia #propaganda
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/22/pentagon-press-corps-right-wing-media/
The #Trump admin notified 4 major #news orgs that they would have to give up their dedicated office space at the #Pentagon.
A Dept of #Defense spox said that The #NYT, #NBC News, #NPR & #Politico had to vacate their offices by Feb 14.
Murdoch’s #NewYorkPost will replace The NYT; #FarRight cable channel #OAN will be swapped in for #NBC News; #Breitbart News will be a radio outlet instead of NPR; & the news outlet #HuffPost, owned by BuzzFeed, will switch w/ Politico.
This is not going to end well
#DHS has requested more than 20,000 #NationalGuard members to help with the #Trump admin’s #immigration crackdown, according to two US officials with knowledge of the plans.
The request to the #Defense Dept came after Trump asked DHS last week to increase its ranks by pulling in 20,000 officers from state or federal agencies.
#law #military #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #tyranny #autocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/us/politics/national-guard-immigration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=2101FB33-83F0-4325-83B5-04AFD6257B6C
The #Pentagon says the unnecessary deployment of #NationalGuard members & #Marines to #protests over #immigration raids in #LosAngeles is costing $134M.
After persistent questioning from #Democrats in #Congress on Tues, #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth turned to his acting comptroller, Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell, who provided the total & said the money will come from operations & maintenance accounts.
#Trump #law #Title10 #PosseComitatusAct #RightToProtest #authoritarianism
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-congress-hegseth-signal-hearings-c53cd37c2eae4327dd74e4c717057469
Japan has kicked off its largest-ever defense exhibition as part of a move to highlight its growing openness to international collaboration and even the once-taboo topic of defense exports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/21/japan/dsei-japan-defense-exhibition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #dsei #defense #defenseministry #gennakatani #tech #sdf