>>1533149
Another retired Army colonel and influencer, Thomas Anderson, was listed in Pentagon records earlier this year with a “.civ” email address and assigned to Tata’s office, according to people familiar with the matter and records reviewed by The Post. An attorney, he writes online under the pen name Cynical Publius and has more than 323,000 followers on X. He was no longer listed in Pentagon records late this past week, the people familiar with the issue said.
The assignments for all three have not previously been reported. Questions have been raised online about influencers’ connections with the Pentagon, including in an article last week by the Bulwark.
Pentagon spokesman Joel Valdez declined to comment to The Post about whether any of the three are drawing a taxpayer-funded salary, what roles they have or how long those jobs are expected to last. Tata did not respond to a request for comment.
Maness and Schlichter did not respond to emails or other messages requesting comment. Anderson declined to comment in a short phone call.

The individuals are assigned as either “special government employees” or “highly qualified experts,” people familiar with the issue said. Schlicter appears in a government database with an “HQE” designation after his name, according to material reviewed by The Post.
SGEs are limited by law to working no more than 130 days in any 365-day period. Those with HQE status can work full- or part-time, with or without compensation, according to government guidance on the issue released in 2023. It was not clear what financial agreements were reached with Maness, Schlicter and Anderson, and when each of their assignments began.
Tata’s team has taken on a number of culture-war issues, including scrutinizing war colleges for “woke” ideology and reviewing how the Biden administration adopted covid vaccine mandates for U.S. troops.

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/maga-influencer-outed-as-a-pentagon-employee-in-bizarre-turn-after-botching-scoop-state-dept-spox-gave-her/

MAGA Influencer Outed as a Pentagon Employee in Bizarre Turn After Botching ‘Scoop’ State Dept. Spox Gave Her
Stephanie Kaloi
Aug 25th, 2026, 11:57 am
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FILE – The Department of Defense seal is seen on the podium in the Press Briefing room at the Pentagon, Oct. 29, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

Jennica Pounds, who is more well-known as MAGA influencer DataRepublican on social media, was outed as a special government employee of the Department of Defense Monday. Pounds’s Pentagon employment came to light after a bizarre incident in which she claimed she was being “set up” by the deep state — but it was revealed she merely botched a “scoop” she was being handed by a State Department official.

Up until June, Pounds was a member of the credentialed Pentagon press corps. She had not disclosed her new gig with the Pentagon.
The story began to blow open on Friday, Aug. 21, when the X account for the far-right outlet AF Post wrote, “Jennica Pounds, aka Data Republican, a Department of War employee, alleges that Undersecretary of State Sarah Rogers is attempting to ‘entrap’ Pounds by providing her with information to ‘leak’ under the guise of offering her a ‘scoop.'”


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Per AF Post, Pounds also believed the “Deep State” — or Rogers — was “trying to set her up to commit a crime, in this case claiming Rogers is trying to entice her to leak sensitive information.”

“It’s not okay when the Deep State sets you up to commit a crime,” Pounds wrote in a now-deleted thread. “I have never been more angry in my life.”

>>1533149
Just the fascists taking over the military. Nothing to worry about. Why are we still pretending like the midterms are going to do a damn thing?
>b-but they're stupid!
Yes. Doesn't matter. Stupid can still kill you.

>>1533152
>Stupid can still kill you.
they're planning on poisoning their troops with budget testosterone treatment and the anti vaccine plan is killing the troops, so we'll see how it goes

>>1533153
Oh don't forget keeping troops in a carrier with no resupply for half a year longer than they were supposed to be at sea. Those troops are literally trying to kill themselves morale is so dogshit.

>>1533154
the weak ones kill themselves. we don't need weak sailors.

>>1533155
>we
esl shill...

>>1533155
>We don't need no weaklings in our army!
>What do you mean we're running out of recruits

So the republican far right fascists fire the actual military press at stars and stripes for refusing to run their propaganda and they immediately start installing propagandists to push their agenda and to cover up their latest failed war against Iran.

>>1533160
Ceuta is rightful Morrocan clay.

>>1533161
Genuinely what if this results in a mutiny on the Lincoln? How would they spin that?

>>1533167
oh nvm they're on their way back finally. Still, interesting thought experiment; how would they handle it if they had mutinied over the horrible conditions?

>>1533167
That's not going to happen. Get real.

>>1533161
>So the republican far right fascists fire the actual military press at stars and stripes for refusing to run their propaganda
They were fired because they effectively told their bosses (who pay them) to go fuck themselves. When an employee is insubordinate, you fire them. If a Federal employee told Biden or Obama to fuck off, they too should (and would) get fired.

>>1533176
And what were their bosses telling them to do anon? To not do their fucking jobs by reporting on the dissatisfaction from the people on the Lincoln?

>>1533188
Two separate issues.

First, they said
>I'm working for Stars and Stripes, not for the Pentagon, not for any administration, not for any policymaker. I'm here to cover the military community
Problem is, they literally work for the Pentagon. 100% a fileable offence.

>To not do their fucking jobs by reporting on the dissatisfaction from the people on the Lincoln?
Yes. Running articles on the moral of military units in the middle of an armed conflict is not a good thing. ABC is free to do so, because they are the Press. Stars and Stripes is not the fucking press, they are an arm of the Pentagon.

>>1533194
god you're esl. and have no morals

>>1533196
God, you have absolutely no argument at all.

>>1533203
learn to spell and maybe i'll take your argument seriously esl shill

>>1533194
>Running articles on the moral of military units in the middle of an armed conflict is not a good thing.
Neither is pretending your troops are happy and healthy when they're literally at such low morale some of them are suicidal. Surprisingly troops aren't going to be happy when the genuine issues on the front line are fucking censored and they're left in the shit.

>Problem is, they literally work for the Pentagon. 100% a fileable offence.
>Stars and Stripes is not the fucking press, they are an arm of the Pentagon.
And here is where you're fucking wrong. Per their own disclaimer page on their own site:
>Stars and Stripes is authorized for publication by the Department of Defense for members of the military community. However, the contents of Stars and Stripes are unofficial, and are not to be considered as the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, including the Department of Defense or the military services. As a DoD newspaper, Stars and Stripes may be distributed through official channels and use appropriated funds for distribution to remote and isolated locations where overseas DoD personnel are located.
They're supposed to be independent.

>>1533206
>Neither is pretending your troops are happy and healthy when they're literally at such low morale some of them are suicidal.
Suicides on carriers are fairly routine. Go ahead and look up the suicide rate for 18-30 year old's and then factor for there being 5000 of them. Its about 1.

>Surprisingly troops aren't going to be happy when the genuine issues on the front line are fucking censored and they're left in the shit.
Advertising moral issues in the middle of a conflict is generally considered to be a BAD thing.
>but they are SAD
Most people in conflicts are pretty fucking sad about it.

>They're supposed to be independent.
Nope. They are paid for and answer to the Pentagon. What you just posted is a disclaimer so that the Pentagon can cover its ass if someone posts something retarded.

>>1533194
>Problem is, they literally work for the Pentagon. 100% a fileable offence.
They don't. They get funding from the Pentagon but are SUPPOSED to have complete editorial freedom as part of that funding.
>https://www.stripes.com/about-us/
>"Stars and Stripes is editorially independent of interference from outside its own editorial chain-of-command."

>>1533211
Go ahead and cite the LAW that says that. I dont really care what THEY say, I want you to cite where in either the Congressional appropriation or in the law generally it says they are "independent"

>>1533213
Motherfucker, they've got a statement from the paper itself saying they're independent. You have nothing. These anons don't need more evidence, you do.

>>1533211
>>1533213
FYI
32 C.F.R. § 246.4(e)(1) set out the only circumstances in which non-public information could be ordered withheld
>§ 246.4(e)(1)(ii) — publication “would adversely affect national security”;
>§ 246.4(e)(1)(iii) — publication “clearly endangers the lives of U.S. personnel.”

I would say articles about how a carriers crew (the only carrier on station) are fucking exhausted and need to get rotated out falls under 246.4(e)(1)(ii).

However, thats besides the point. The people who got fired say its because of the Carrier story. DoD says they got fired because of what they said in the podcast. Personally, I'm fine with either reason.

>>1533210
>Advertising moral issues in the middle of a conflict is generally considered to be a BAD thing.
Then fucking address the moral issues instead of censoring reporting on it. The time to do this was before things got so bad the sailors on the Lincoln were writing to their families begging for help because things had gotten to the point it was unsustainable.

>Most people in conflicts are pretty fucking sad about it.
>Suicides on carriers are fairly routine
Literally nothing about the Lincoln's treatment was "routine". It literally now holds the record for the longest a US battleship has spent deployed at sea without a port call. You cannot keep people at sea that long with no resupply and expect them to keep up morale. It's a prime sign of the DOD under Trump and Hegseth having no fucking long term planning and not giving a single shit about the people serving under them.

>They are paid for and answer to the Pentagon. What you just posted is a disclaimer so that the Pentagon can cover its ass if someone posts something retarded.
They're not supposed to answer to the Pentagon; historically they have complete editorial freedom because they're supposed to represent the troops. They've operated under that for almost a century until suddenly the Trump admin started inserting themselves into it and forcibly firing anyone critical of them even if that critique is coming from the troops themselves.

>>1533216
As I have previously said, I dont really care what the paper thinks. I care only about the law, and because I knew you were going to be a lazy faggot, I've already done it >>1533217

>>1533217
>I would say articles about how a carriers crew (the only carrier on station) are fucking exhausted and need to get rotated out falls under 246.4(e)(1)(ii).
How the fuck does it threaten US troops lives to say they're exhausted because they've been out at sea for almost a full year without a proper port stop? If anything the enemy was aware of that long before we were back at home. It isn't a massive leap of logic to see a battleship has been out at sea for over 200 days and go "yeah they're probably running out of supplies".

More over, you know what did put US troops at risk? Leaving them out at sea for 200+ days with dwindling supplies with no plan.

>>1533220
>trump shill proclaims to only care about the law
LOL

>>1533217
>>1533220
>32 C.F.R. § 246.4(e)(1) set out the only circumstances in which non-public information could be ordered withheld
This was public information though; their families spoke about the conditions their loved ones were suffering publicly. And it was obviously public knowledge that the Lincoln was out there for over 200 days.

>>1533224
>How the fuck does it threaten US troops lives
>>§ 246.4(e)(1)(ii) — publication “would adversely affect national security”;
Is the section of code I thought applicable.

>Leaving them out at sea for 200+ days with dwindling supplies with no plan.
They were routinely resupplied, including like three days before the "no food" stories broke. Which is why I'm more than happy to see some lying journos get sacked for this shit.

>>1533219
>Then fucking address the moral issues instead of censoring reporting on it.
First, moral issues were overstated and most were provably untrue. Its a ship of 5000+ people, amplifying the stories of a few unhappy people (who are always there no matter the deployment) is not representative of anything.

>It literally now holds the record for the longest a US battleship has spent deployed at sea without a port call
No it doesn't. The USS Stout holds that record with 212 days. And carrier deployments of this length are rare but not unusual. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower did 206 days in 2020, Gerald R. Ford did 326 days with one port-call, and Midway (in the 1970's) did 332 days with two port-calls.

See, this is the problem. Irresponsible reporting. Its fine if some civvie journo who isnt closely in touch with the military writes a dumbass article, but the standard for Stars and Stripes needs to be higher.

>>1533228
no new wars, eh

>>1533227
>their families spoke about the conditions their loved ones were suffering publicly
The horrible conditions of doing the jobs they enlisted to do?
>ohhh but it was 200+ days without a port-call!
Average grunt in Iraq or Afghanistan did 365 days in A-stan or Iraq and there were no fun little ports to fuck hookers in. Suck it up, buttercup.

>>1533228
>They were routinely resupplied, including like three days before the "no food" stories broke. Which is why I'm more than happy to see some lying journos get sacked for this shit.
Source?

>First, moral issues were overstated and most were provably untrue.
So then what was the harm with reporting it?

>No it doesn't. The USS Stout holds that record with 212 days
The USS Lincoln has been without a port call for 250 days retard. Get with the times.

>Gerald R. Ford did 326 days with one port-call, and Midway (in the 1970's) did 332 days with two port-calls.
Completely irrelevant.

>See, this is the problem. Irresponsible reporting. Its fine if some civvie journo who isnt closely in touch with the military writes a dumbass article, but the standard for Stars and Stripes needs to be higher.
Says the overconfident brainlet who doesn't even know how long the Lincoln has been deployed for.

>>1533229
Yeah, I never liked his anti-war stance. I'm happy he has chosen a more traditional path in that regard.

>>1533230
>Average grunt in Iraq or Afghanistan did 365 days in A-stan or Iraq and there were no fun little ports to fuck hookers in. Suck it up, buttercup.
Yeah so you fundamentally don't realize the difference between being stationed on land and being stationed at sea. Here's a fun one: those 356 days actually had regular deliveries of fresh food and cleaning supplies.

>>1533232
>Source?
The internet.

>So then what was the harm with reporting it?
You're asking the harm of this kind of reporting when we're in a conflict and high-level high-stakes negotiations?

>>Gerald R. Ford did 326 days with one port-call, and Midway (in the 1970's) did 332 days with two port-calls.
how is the example of other carriers doing the same thing not relevant?

>Says the overconfident brainlet who doesn't even know how long the Lincoln has been deployed for.
Does it make a difference?

>>1533233
so trump is a neocon but worse? interesting

>>1533235
>Here's a fun one: those 356 days actually had regular deliveries of fresh food and cleaning supplies.
LOL

Homie thinks the grunts in COP Fuckface Helmand Province were getting regular food and clean clothes. LMAO.

Ironically, the guys on the carrier all got fresh food, warm showers, and clean clothes.

>>1533237
>so trump is a neocon
Nope. He's not "nation building"
>but worse
but butter.

>>1533236
>The internet.
So you don't have one.

>You're asking the harm of this kind of reporting when we're in a conflict and high-level high-stakes negotiations?
If it isn't true what's the problem? The enemy is gonna think we're weaker than we actually are?

>how is the example of other carriers doing the same thing not relevant?
Allow me to point out there is a very harsh difference between a guy surviving 10 days without eating and a guy surviving 15 days while eating twice, brainlet.

>Does it make a difference?
It proves you're talking out of your ass since figuring out the Lincoln now holds the record would've taken you five seconds to look up.

>>1533241
don't remind me of trump's butt butter, your posts are nauseating enough

>>1533239
>Homie thinks the grunts in COP Fuckface Helmand Province were getting regular food and clean clothes. LMAO.
Are you the anon who keeps larping about having been in afghanistan? You do realize troops on the ground get infinitely more supplies than troops in the middle of the fucking ocean right?

>>1533243
>So you don't have one.
You dont know how to use google? Or chatgpt? The word you can use as a prompt is "RAS", you know what a RAS is right?

>The enemy is gonna think we're weaker than we actually are?
Yes. They have already said their goal is to outlast the admin. If we now have stories about how there are moral issues, they will be emboldened. I understand you dislike Trump, but sometimes you need to set that aside and think about whats good for America.

>guy surviving 10 days without eating
Carrier had food. See, this the is problem I was talking about. This is literally the problem with the reporting.

>It proves you're talking out of your ass since figuring out the Lincoln now holds the record would've taken you five seconds to look up.
So, those carriers also didn't do 200+ days at sea?

>>1533249
yes, he's the anon who tries to force his failed meme, and the one who always wishes rape upon entire families. he's a loser

>>1533246
Yet again, I have been cuckolded by autocorrect.

>>1533249
> You do realize troops on the ground get infinitely more supplies than troops in the middle of the fucking ocean right?
Insane statement. Absolutely INSANE statement.

>>1533233
>I'm happy he fucking lied
That explains a lot.

>>1533230
>The horrible conditions of doing the jobs they enlisted to do?
It's not supposed to be this horrible you fucking idiot.

>>1533252
Nope. Whomever it is taking up rent-free occupancy in your mind, its not me.

>>1533255
just own it, esl shill. we all know who you are

>>1533254
>>I'm happy he fucking lied
He didnt.

>It's not supposed to be this horrible you fucking idiot.
They aren't and weren't.

>>1533257
I've never been in the military, so no you don't know who I am. LMAO.

>>1533250
>You dont know how to use google? Or chatgpt? The word you can use as a prompt is "RAS", you know what a RAS is right?
I look up if the Lincoln got resupplies and the answer was "No, because the closest resupply spot got blown up by Iran".

>Yes. They have already said their goal is to outlast the admin. If we now have stories about how there are moral issues, they will be emboldened
So it's bad they're emboldened off of false information? Do you think if we kept pretending the Lincoln was hunky dory they would've just surrendered? This is retarded; Iran absolutely would've known about the supply issue before the story broke because they could see the ship was sitting in the ocean for months. Hence why they kept bragging about trying to attack it even though those stories never got substantiated.

>I understand you dislike Trump, but sometimes you need to set that aside and think about whats good for America.
What's good for America is leaving this retarded war that's driving up gas prices (and by extension the prices of everything else) and admitting it was a fucking mistake to start it in the first place.

>Carrier had food. See, this the is problem I was talking about. This is literally the problem with the reporting.
And now you're strawmanning.

>So, those carriers also didn't do 200+ days at sea?
Again, record holder. 250 days.

>>1533258
>trump didn't lie
LOL

>During and between his terms as president of the United States, Donald Trump has made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. Fact-checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or misleading claims during his first presidential term, an average of 21 per day

>>1533230
>The horrible conditions of doing the jobs they enlisted to do?
Yeah please keep up this "suck it up buttercup, here in the military we just have terrible morale and supply lines" schtick. It's not like failure of morale and supply lines have been a deciding factor in every conflict in human history.

>>1533261
>THE HEKKIN FACT CHECKERS
No one cares.

>>1533260
> "No, because the closest resupply spot got blown up by Iran".
Ah, so you're one of them global-south turdie shills? Lincoln got a RAS on June 3 from the USNS Arctic and another on June 15 from USNS Cesar Chavez both of which brought on fresh food. The stories about "conditions" broke on July 9. It had literally just been stocked up.

>Do you think if we kept pretending the Lincoln was hunky dory they would've just surrendered?
No one was pretending it was hunky dory. We're short a carrier at the moment so Ford (at sea for 236 days) got replaced by Bush and there is no one to replace Lincoln. We couldnt withdraw it because that would weaken our defensive profile. Its war. Shit happens.

>What's good for America is leaving this retarded war
No, I think we'll continue the bombing and embargo of Iran indefinitely.

>Again, record holder. 250 days.
But other carries also routinely have long deployments, right?

>>1533262
The fact that this mindset is even a little bit present in our military is proof positive of how far we've fallen. Logistics, motherfucker, do you speak it? If not then get out, this is what wins wars.

>>1533262
>we just have terrible morale
We dont.
> supply lines
We dont

Hence why the Pentagon got so mad about the stories. They are largely untrue. Like, you can straight up google all the times Lincoln got resupplied. It got resupplied right before the stories broke and its not even the first time there has been fake news about conditions in the military in this conflict either.

>>1533266
>Logistics, motherfucker, do you speak it?
We do. The problem here is that you're taking the stories as true. The facts paint a different picture.

>June 3: RAS with USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8), including transfer of supplies
>June 7/8: fueling-at-sea with USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187).
>June 15: RAS with USNS Cesar Chavez (T-AKE-14), including helicopter vertical replenishment and supplies moved aboard.
>June 28: fueling-at-sea with USNS John Lewis (T-AO-205).
>August 16, 2026 — RAS with USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187).

>>1533267
maybe if you lie 100 more times you won't be made fun of constantly

>>1533267
>It got resupplied right before the stories broke and its not even the first time there has been fake news about conditions in the military in this conflict either.
You guys keep saying this and keep not posting anything supporting the claim.

>>1533266
and just to add to this >>1533268 on how obscenely good the US .mil's logistics are the USCG (the fleet fucking up Iran) has 10 supply ships shuttling supplies from logistics hubs to it.

And the SCALE of the resupplies is in sane - one ship USNS Kanawha (T-AO-196) has done 41 RAS's in two months transferring 3.4 million gallons of jet fuel, 2,304 pallets of cargo and 167 pallets of aviation cargo.

the problem is that everyone on the left is so desperate to GET TRUMP they just slandered the entire US military over some shit that is provably false.

>>1533273
>You guys keep saying this and keep not posting anything supporting the claim.
whats this?
>Lincoln got a RAS on June 3 from the USNS Arctic and another on June 15 from USNS Cesar Chavez
Oh, you want links because you're a lazy faggot? Okay here's pictures.
https://www.dvidshub.net/image/9725639/abraham-lincoln-conducts-replenishment-sea-with-usns-arctic?
https://www.dvidshub.net/image/9756908/abraham-lincoln-conducts-replenishment-sea-with-usns-cesar-chavez?

>>1533274
remember when those bases weren't exploded in the pointless war trump started though? and why did hegseth try to cover it up?

>>1533265
>Lincoln got a RAS on June 3 from the USNS Arctic and another on June 15 from USNS Cesar Chavez both of which brought on fresh food.
You gonna back this up with a source or nah?

> We couldnt withdraw it because that would weaken our defensive profile. Its war. Shit happens.
Funny because we are doing so now. And it's not exactly like the Lincoln was doing much where it was either other than making a defensive profile of a navy we've apparently destroyed 10 times over.

>No, I think we'll continue the bombing and embargo of Iran indefinitely.
Yeah good luck with that as our oil reserves keep fucking dwindling. Turns out when you build a world that requires 100% of usual oil flow, then cut off 20-25% of that flow, you start running a deficit.

>But other carries also routinely have long deployments, right?
Not this long retard. And you really think the other 200+ day deployments were doing so hot by that point either?

>>1533276
Rembert when Iran had a navy and airforce and biggest ballistic missile arsenal and industry in the region? And a nuclear program? And an Ayatollah? And an oil industry? and food?

>>1533278
Okay. So why haven't we won yet? Why's the strait still closed?

>>1533278
remember any other wars where the president declared victory a dozen times? i don't

>>1533275
Oh wow, single crates! yeah that's definitely enough to meaningfully resupply a ship with the population of a small town and totally replaces the normal role of a port dock. Silly me, obviously they should've just stayed for another 200 days if they have this kind of resupply going for them!

Oh wait, what's that? Most of that is fucking fuel because normally resupply ships are intended for that and the actual proper resupply and restocking of stores is supposed to be done at the same bases we lost in the opening salvo of this war? What...?

>>1533277
>You gonna back this up with a source or nah?
You dont know how to use the internet? Its so easy to google, you literally just copy+paste.

>Funny because we are doing so now.
Yeah, it takes time to move around ships with 70+ aircraft and 5,000 people on them.

>And it's not exactly like the Lincoln was doing much where it was
Yeah, the Admirals did it for the lolz. Faggot.

>Yeah good luck with that as our oil reserves keep fucking dwindling
>then cut off 20-25% of that flow, you start running a deficit.
We're not running a deficit and not presently using our reserves. Oil is at $85 a barrel.

>Not this long retard.
The other carrier in the CSG also had a long one. And long ones aren't unheard of.

>>1533284
you're a really bad liar. it's astounding, honestly

>>1533284
>We're not running a deficit and not presently using our reserves. Oil is at $85 a barrel.
Come on anon you just said how easy it is to google and can't look up the definition of a "deficit".

Hey so quick question; if we're not using our reserves, why are our reserves going down and not going back up? Someone better plug that leak.

>>1533279
>So why haven't we won yet?
>we
We have won.
>Why's the strait still closed?
Its not. USN is in it right now.

>>1533282
Do you think they only flew one helicopter load across? Thats the argument you're now making? USNS Arctic carries 500 tons of dry stores; and 250 tons of refrigerated stores. I would say 750 tonnes is enough to sustain 5,000 people for a week or two.

>Most of that is fucking fuel
No, fuel is transferred via tubes.

>>1533287
Reserves were released a couple months ago and that was done to control the price. The global oil market has dropped down to $85, we're just buying it like normal.

>>1533284
>Yeah, the Admirals did it for the lolz. Faggot.
This is the same admin that got into a war with Iran and was shocked when they did the exact thing every other admin for the last 40 years had been warned Iran would do if we went to war with them directly. They did do it for the lolz because Hegseth is an idiot.

>>1533288
>We have won.
lol
>Its not.
lmao

>>1533290
>was shocked
Were they?
> They did do it for the lolz because Hegseth is an idiot.
I'm pretty sure they did it because Iran was about to finalize their nuclear weapon. But thats what you want, right? Turdie.

>>1533291
Oil price? Ayatollah status?

you know esl shill is tilted when he starts posting from multiple devices

>>1533294
Are the multiple devices in the room with us now?

at least esl shill comes when called

>>1533288
>USNS Arctic carries 500 tons of dry stores; and 250 tons of refrigerated stores. I would say 750 tonnes is enough to sustain 5,000 people for a week or two.
Except this fundamentally misunderstands how resupply missions work; that's 750 tonnes spread across all the ships the Arctic is resupplying on its route. If they could just casually get 750 tonnes of food to each individual ship within a week or two of each other, we wouldn't need port stops in the first place.

>>1533292
>I'm pretty sure they did it because Iran was about to finalize their nuclear weapon.
You mean the nuclear weapon that we supposedly destroyed when we bombed them last year? Made by the program we set back 10 years last year but now was somehow only 2 weeks away from making one this year?

Hegseth is a fucking clown who literally will claim Iran was about to make a nuclear bomb and that our bombing of them the previous year set them back decades in the same press conference.

>>1533293
>Oil price?
Still high.
>Ayatollah status?
Replaced by a guy who's worse.

>>1533292
>I'm pretty sure they did it because Iran was about to finalize their nuclear weapon.
Iran has been about to finalize their nuclear weapon for fucking decades.
I cannot fucking believe we got into a middle east forever war because of fake-ass WMDs AGAIN. Jesus christ.
Also, Trump's own fucking intelligence service said Iran wasn't building a nuke.

>>1533293
>Oil price?
Spiking, which was their whole intention retard.

>Ayatollah status?
Genuinely I don't know why you retards are bragging about the Ayatollah. Blowing up their leader sounds good in theory but in practice we replaced an ancient old man with a younger, more extreme one who is much less willing to cooperate. We were literally better off in talks with the previous guy. If anything we did them a favor because not only did we put a younger leader in power, but we also gave them a fucking martyr (you know, along with all those dead schoolgirls) that managed to completely halt the movement to remove the old one by the actual Iranian people.

>>1533303
MAGA retards think in movie and video game terms and believe that if the big bad dies you just automatically win everything.

>>1533176
>You should lie to cover up how badly we botched the war and are making the troops suffer
>No
>YOU'RE FIRED

>>1533306
esl shill seems to have retreated back to the dank recesses of his shill farm. i'm sure he'll be back once all the americans are sound asleep

No one even cares about Iran anymore. Its become a nothing burger. Hormuz ended up being a nothing burger. Gas prices are still lower than Obama era prices. It must make Itranians seethe so hard knowing we bombed them than moved on like they were old news and they cant even do anything about it. They try desperately to get some publicity back on this story but Americans are already bored and on to the next thing. ComeNovember, people will have entirely forgotten about Iran and will be back to voting over culture war issues, because seriously, that's more important then Iran's pitifully weak response as of late.

>>1533311
Come november we'll still be fighting Iran and Trump will be recognized as the retard who was fully aware he needs to win midterms and then proceeded to start a fucking war right before midterms.

>>1533176
Obama did worse to John Kiriakou. They charged him with the espionage act.

>>1533330
Kiriakou didn't get charged and sent to prison for 2 years for whistleblowing. He got charged because he stupidly told reporters the names of classified CIA agents.

>>1533331
>names of classified CIA agents
And disclosed the existence of a torture program that factually didn't work.

>>1533332
They didn't get him for that. I'm calling him stupid on that because he was smart everywhere else; the only thing they were able to convict him of was telling journalists the CIA agent names. Otherwise he was legally airtight, and even with that he was smart enough they only got him for like 2 years in prison.

>>1533333
Prophetic quints.
>the only thing they were able to convict him of was telling journalists the CIA agent names
I know, but the actual reason why they convicted him was different than the legal reason. He was airing Obama's dirty laundry in public.
I don't want to sound an anarchist fag, but the government operates like an organized crime syndicate. They are extremely vindictive.

>>1533334
>He was airing Obama's dirty laundry in public.
It wasn't Obama's dirty laundry. It was the CIA in general; his confirmation of waterboarding and torture was back in 2007 before Obama was elected.

>>1533167
You had one sailor try to commit suicide over the fact he was staving and reached the breaking point.
In true fascist fashion, the trump regime is trying to punish him for it.
https://en.royanews.tv/news/73126/US-sailor-who-jumped-from-aircraft-carrier-faces-disciplinary-action

>>1533382
>You had one sailor try to commit suicide over the fact he was staving and reached the breaking point.
Simply untrue, as demonstrated in this thread.

>royanews
lmao. LITERALLY BROWN.

>>1533307
I'm American, and employed. So I went to bed. Interesting that you're not subject to those same constraints.

>>1533382
>Simply untrue
The military literally admitted this happened.

>>1533387
>The military literally admitted this happened.
No they did not.

>>1533388
>https://www.ms.now/news/navy-sailor-jumped-overboard-uss-lincoln-discipline-punishment
So they're just charging this guy for no reason?

>>1533392
>try to commit suicide over the fact he was staving and reached the breaking point.
Statement. Which is untrue.

Someone tried to commit suicide, reasons were not confirmed as him "starving"

>>1533155
Evil is weakness and low morale

>>1533383
If it didn't happen, why is trump regime trying to punish the sailor?

>>1533395
I'm pretty sure he was touching himself at night.

>>1533395
>>try to commit suicide over the fact he was staving and reached the breaking point.
This statement is untrue.

a) A sailor tried to kill himself = true
b) Over the fact he was staving and reached the breaking point = false

>why is trump regime trying to punish the sailor?
Because he committed the naval crime of "malingering". Article 83 UCMJ.

>>1533397
OK, well, I'm gay, mentally ill and I make stuff up all the time since Trump is consuming my entire life. Is that so wrong?

i think esl shill just broke the projection record

>>1533395
Attempted suicide is a crime
I think it should be a death penalty offense.

>>1533404
so should being a shill

>>1533404
That's because, like all righty retards at this point, you are a psychopath, you literally cannot understand empathy or morality, and deserve to be put down like a rabid dog.

>>1533415
Nah we understtand empathy just fne.

>>1533149
>>1533152
implying leftists weren't doing this for the last decade lmao
you didn't say shit when biden censored all opposing speech so i don't want to hear crap from you until you die.

>I'm a pathetic loser who needs attention

>>1533429
>ESL SHILL!!!!!!!!!

>>1533427
>Nah we understtand empathy just fne.

then why did you shoot my donkey?

>>1533399

>>1533415
Malingering is a military crime and always has been. It's one one of the oldest naval crimes.
>Muh empathy
You can feel sorry for someone and still punish them for breaking the rules that govern your society.

>>1533447
Yeah you fucking psycho retard, but you can't understand the reason behind those rules without empathy, which is why they seem arbitrary and random to you.

>the party that kills babies, cheered the death of Charlie Kirk and demands higher taxes on hard working American families tries to lecture anyone on empathy

Liggeral ((((empathy)))) is selective. They only have empathy for blacks, trannies and mudslimes

>>1533449
>kills babies
Not a baby for the first six months.
>cheered the death of Charlie Kirk
You don't even like that (((goy))), why are you defending him now?
>demands higher taxes
You people have lowered taxes for the last 60 years. They have to go back up at some point.
>They only have empathy for blacks, trannies, and muslims
Incels like you thankfully don't reproduce.

>>1533440
Cause you're a dick.

>>1533448
Huh?

I understand the reason perfectly. The purpose is to punish those who intentionally cause a medical or mental condition in order to avoid work, duty, deployment.

The sailor is a woman who just had a kid. She told everyone she wants off the boat to be with her kid. When they said no, she did what she did. Either her attempt was a "fake" attempt (we don't know the details) or maybe it was real. Either way it was an attempt to get out of service and her wish will be granted. She will have her court martial and she will be discharged from the military. Probably with a "Less than Honorable" or just an Administrative Separation.

Like, what the fuck do you expect the navy to do?

>>1533451
>Not a baby for the first six months
It's a baby from conception bud. Like, this is basic biology.

>No! You can't point out our psychotic reaction to the brutal public murder of a normie Republican because reasons
Wrong.

>Noo pay more taxes!
Why?

>>1533451
>Not a baby for the first six months.
Pretty sure it is.
>You people have lowered taxes for the last 60 years. They have to go back up at some point.
Why?

>>1533457
>>1533456
>Nooo the hekkin taxes MUST go up!
>Why
Hive mind.

>>1533458
Yes, "why?" was the question.
Why must they go up?

>>1533456
>our psychotic reaction to the brutal public murder of a normie Republican because reasons
You mean celebrating at his funeral with fireworks shows and fake tears? The most unhinged reactions to Kirk getting Kirked wasn't leftists throwing some jokes on him over the internet, it was his own organization trying to profit off of it before his body was cold. His own wife literally tried to use it as a springboard for her own career while turning every funeral service and memorial into a WWE-style event.

>>1533462
>No actually you are happy he is dead because some of the funeral was in poor taste
Bro, we've all seen the psychotic glee over his death from the left that continues to this day.

>>1533464
no, you're just projecting again

>>1533467
Yeah, okay, psycho.

>>1533460
The government needs revenue to pay Trump's bilionaire friends.

>>1533470
Trump is the one who cuts taxes. Try to follow along, jeet.

>>1533470
see why talking to him is futile

>>1533464
>psychotic glee over his death
Again, see his own fucking wife literally parading around his corpse to further his own career. She had fireworks and sparklers at his funeral while she put fake tears in her eyes.

>>1533476
>I'm not psychotic
>Continues to mock, or otherwise attack, widow like a year after his death
I rest my case.

>>1533480
larping as a victim has nothing to do with this thread's topic, shill anon

>>1533149
Hey, look. Paid actors.
Every accusation is a confession. Every single fucking one.