Just had a thought:

My mom taught for & retired from DoDDS in Germany.

That stands for Department of Defense Dependent Schools. Her students were kids of US military members stationed in the Darmstadt & Wiesbaden areas.

So...now that the DOD has been renamed...shouldn't the department overseeing these schools all over the world also be renamed?

DoWDS.
Department of War Dependent Schools.

😑

#DoDDS
#DepartmentOfWar
#DepartmentOfDefense
#ArentAllUSAmericanSchoolsDependentOnWar 🫩
#TrumpSucks

No, #DonaldTrump, it's #DoctorWho who had a War Doctor—you're not taking this one from us #Whovians

#uspol #politics #Trump #IranWar #PeteHegseth #PeteHegsethWarCrimes #DepartmentOfWar #SecretaryOfWar #TrumpFeuds #TrumpAISlop #PopeLeo #PopeLeoXIV #TrumpAIJesus #TrumpVsPope

Hegseth Prays for Blessing From Boondock Saints

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://thehardtimes.net/blog/hegseth-prays-for-blessing-from-boondock-saints/

😳 Wild story. Reads like a plot from the Middle Ages. Have to read up on 14th C weapons:

"Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV’s Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy"
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pentagon-threatened-pope-leo

Original story v the Free Press (paywalled):
https://www.thefp.com/p/why-the-vatican-and-the-white-house

Response (of sorts — also something of a confirmation) from JD Vance, as well as more background, v Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-reacts-report-us-official-issued-threat-vatican-ambassador-11802350
h/t @timmy @jqheywood
https://goblin.camp/@timmy/116370813737193907
#DepartmentOfWar #DoD #Vatican #JDVance #PopeLeo #geopolitics

qwant news | D.C. Circuit Declines to Stay Department of War's "Supply-Chain Risk" Designation of Claude

The D.C. Circuit, in an order issued on August 4, 2026, denied Anthropic PBC’s request for a stay pending review of the Department of War’s “supply‑chain risk” designation of its AI model Claude. The department, after Claude’s refusal to be used for mass domestic surveillance or lethal autonomous warfare, concluded that procuring Anthropic’s AI posed a national‑security risk under 41 U.S.C. § 4713, canceled its contracts, and began removing Claude from its systems. Anthropic argued that the designation was unlawful, unconstitutional, and arbitrary, and sought a stay to prevent what it claimed would be irreparable financial harm and a Fifth‑Amendment‑type pre‑deprivation hearing.

The court applied the four‑factor test for an extraordinary stay: Anthropic failed to make a strong showing of likely success on the merits; while it may suffer financial loss, the harm was not shown to be truly irreparable, and the company’s constitutional claims were largely financial in nature. Conversely, granting a stay would force the military to continue using an unwanted vendor during an active conflict, impairing the Department’s ability to obtain AI models free of usage‑policy constraints that the government deems essential for lawful military operations. The judges emphasized the weight of governmental and public interests in national‑security decisions and declined to intervene in the Department’s procurement choices.

Although the stay was denied, the court recognized that Anthropic’s challenges merit expedited consideration and set an accelerated briefing schedule with oral argument slated for May 19. The parties must now address jurisdiction under 41 U.S.C. § 1327, whether the Department’s actions constitute a “covered procurement action,” and how Anthropic might affect its AI models before or after delivery to the Department. This decision underscores the judiciary’s reluctance to block military procurement decisions, even as the parallel case in the Northern District of California proceeds.

Read more: https://reason.com/volokh/2026/04/08/d-c-circuit-declines-to-stay-department-of-wars-supply-chain-risk-designation-of-claude/

#d.c.circuit #departmentofwar #aimodel #nationalsecurity #fifth-amendment

The #MAGA movement trying to overturn the #SameSexMarriage ruling after overturning #RoeVWade and the #SecretaryOfDefense making the #IranWar a holy war while #Iran stays calm after the U.S.'s psyop of calling #AyatollahMojtabaKhamenei gay is quite telling

#Obergefell_v_Hodges #uspol #politics #SecretaryOfWar #Pentagon #DepartmentOfDefence #DepartmentOfWar #AyatollahKhameneiGay #AyatollahMojtabaKhameneiGay #ChristianNationalism #SecondTrumpAdminstration #TrumpAdministration2026 #PeteHegseth

RE: https://social.lansky.name/@hn100/116298626465000329

«…The record supports an inference that Anthropic is being punished for criticizing the government’s contracting position in the press. In their announcements, the President and Secretary Hegseth called Anthropic “out of control” and “arrogant,” describing its “sanctimonious rhetoric” as an attempt to “strong-arm” the government. The Department of War’s records show that it designated Anthropic as a supply chain risk because of its “hostile manner through the press.” Punishing Anthropic for bringing public scrutiny to the government’s contracting position is classic illegal First Amendment retaliation.…»
—United States District Court, Northern District of California

The referenced post has links to both the court ruling and ycombinator discussion.

#AI #law #Anthropic #AI #DepartmentOfWar #FreeSpeech #HackerNews