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#Trump & #Hegseth's #IranWar: #coverup, #lies, losses...🚨US Navy base in #Bahrain: was repeatedly🎯'd btw late Feb & Jun. Strikes that got thru caused EXTENSIVE DAMAGE -SM-media ft & intervws with curr & fmr servicemembers—damage that the #DOD🚨hasn’t publicly acknowledged.
Repair costs at the Bahrain base:🚨est at ~$400M, tot damage to US bases across the reg could exceed $2B. MIL:🚨now considering revamping the base in Bahrain, reducing: US presence in KW & SA.
-WSJ
#USPol
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-naval-base-bahrain-e87bbca3?st=P6zDYq&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
SpaceX is not talking about this test mission - odd behavior for them.
"Starfall" (sounds like the title of a Bond movie) launched June 23 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Starfall is a small (3M wide) payload transport capsule designed for point-to-point cargo transport. Skuttlebutt is that military missions will be involved.
“Deployment of Starfall confirmed,” SpaceX vague-posted after the launch. The live stream of the launch was cut off before the capsule deployment.
There is no indication the Capsule has returned to earth and splashed down in the Pacific ocean off California as it is designed to do, and SpaceX is keeping timeline of this mission confidential. https://satnews.com/2026/06/10/spacexs-secret-starfall-capsule-wins-faa-approval-for-pacific-reentry-tests/ #Space #SpaceX #Starfall #NASA #DoD #TestFlight #spaceCraft
At this point in the Trump administration, these two spineless enablers are responsible for allowing Trump's blatant fraud, grift, and corruption to continue.
Make your voice heard! https://5calls.org
#Congress #MikeJohnson #JohnThune #House #Senate #USPol #Trump #War #Iran #China #DOD #DOJ #NoKings #Resist #Protest #Democracy
"Tues’s abrupt retirement ann by Gen Donahue *Cmdr of USAREUR-AF & NATO’s Allied Land Command,🚨was made at the request of the #DOD under #Hegseth.
Prior to this ann,⚡many believed Donahue was on a fast track to become Vice CoS of the #Army *led the Army’s Delta F commandos in IQ & SY when it took the fight to ISIS militants & was the “last man out” when the troops he commanded at the 82nd AB Div: called in to secure the 2021 evacu of US pers & Afghan..."
-OSINTdef
#USPol
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-cuts-army-commanders-storied-career-short-as-part-of-broader-shake-up-686d952b?mod=e2tw
Congress🚨will most likely fund: #DOD's requests *a lot: is replacing munitions -but selling it as a positive thing isn't going to work. Ppl: see the economic effects, & never supported the #IranWar.
#Trump🚨is tied to⬆️prices. He's asking for $80B, & on top of that➡️the public doesn’t: like losing a war🚨-backing a #loser -want to throw good💰after bad.
& he’s making concessions to Iran.
New poll: 33% on the #economy,🚨3 pts lower than Biden at his worst.
#Inflation #USPol
https://newrepublic.com/article/212254/transcript-trump-seethes-media-iran-fox-drops-brutal-poll