The Contract Wire — Daily Federal Procurement Intelligence

The morning briefing for people who bid on federal work, not cover it.

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“Every year Pentagon contractors get more and more taxpayer dollars and then use some of that money to convince Congress to give them even more money next year. It’s a win-win-win for contractors, lobbyists, and Congress. The loser? American taxpayers who have to pay for this corrupt war profiteering.”

https://truthout.org/articles/war-profiteers-multiply-as-opportunists-eye-golden-opportunity/

#Trump #GOP #DOD #CostofWar #iranwar #Israel #LockheedMartin #Pentagon #Military #WhiteHouse

War Profiteers Multiply as Opportunists Eye “Golden Opportunity”

Defense contractors, Trump allies, and insiders are cashing in as tensions with Iran escalate.

Truthout

Alien 1: Why don’t we rush down there with proton lasers a’blazen and take over Earth?

Alien 2: Why don’t we hold back a bit then stroll down there after those red hat wearing guys and that Tangerine dictator do the dirty work and destroy everything for us first. Then we’ll take over Earth.

#UFO #aliens #trump #MAGA #iran #middleeast #oil #Israel #epstein #epsteinFiles #news #DoD #worldnews #republicans #politics

Unless the DoD UFO files drop includes the names Epstein, Melania and Donald Trump I ain't interested.

#epstein #epsteinFiles #trump #melania #UFO #DoD #iran #middleeast #israel #oil #gas #politics #MAGA #republicans #news #worldnews #distraction

I'm quite certain the #NavySeals assigned to #SealTeamSix have some thoughts about the naming of this "team of elite private sector businessmen"

"The Department of Defense launched a team of elite private sector businessmen tasked with handling and approving defense contractor negotiations, aimed at fixing the former “broken Pentagon bureaucracy.”

"Dubbed “Deal Team Six,” the crew is tasked with creating better deals with defense companies to ensure their production of U.S. military equipment is not at the expense of the taxpayer, but that of the contractor, according to a Thursday social media video posted by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth."

#DealTeamSix #USMilitary #DepartmentOfDefense #DOD #DepartmentOfWar #DOW #PeteHegseth

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/05/08/hegseth-aims-to-cut-through-the-bureaucracy-with-deal-team-six/

Hegseth aims to cut through the bureaucracy with ‘Deal Team Six’

The Pentagon is utilizing a crew of private sector businessmen to renovate how the department negotiates with defense companies.

Military Times

"The Department of War has announced that it's published "never-before-seen files" of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) on a new government webpage, and plans to add material on a "rolling basis." Some Pentagon UAP footage was declassified during President Donald Trump's first term, but this new page appears to be the results of a February Truth Social post from Trump calling on the DOW and related agencies "to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs)."

#UFOFiles #UAP #UFO #DepartmentOfDefense #DOD #DepartmentOfWar #DOW

https://www.engadget.com/2168147/department-of-war-sets-up-ufo-website-but-there-isnt-much-to-see/

Department Of War Sets Up UFO Website, But There Isn't Much To See

For fans of reading paperwork about aliens.

Engadget

The Pentagon’s official estimate of the direct financial cost of the U.S. war on Iran is a nearly threefold undercount of the actual price tag of the war..

Accounting for armament use, troop deployments, and other factors, Semler estimated that the U.S. government spent $71.8 billion on the Iran war over the course of 60 days — an average of $1.2 billion per day.

The Pentagon’s $25 billion cost estimate suffers from “incomplete accounting of damaged or destroyed military assets, the exclusion of costs outside the department (including billions of dollars in State Department-funded military aid to Israel), and a flawed method for tracking munition expenditures.”

https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-war-may-cost-72-billion-nearly-3-times-higher-than-the-admin-said/

#USPol #DOD #CostofWar #Iran #IranWar #Israel #Pentagon #PeteHegseth #Trump #GOP #War

Trump’s War May Cost $72 Billion — Nearly 3 Times Higher Than the Admin Said

An analyst said that the original $25 billion figure omitted “indirect costs” and “several foreseeable consequences.”…

Truthout

"It's extremely difficult to make it to O-5 without developing some form of fungal brain infection. I don’t know when it happens — probably somewhere between Intermediate Level Education and their second divorce — but it happens...

And we’re supposed to believe these individuals — many of whom openly describe humanity as a critical “resource” — are acting in our best interests?

That’s the same logic we’ve heard for decades: trickle-down economics, deregulation, loosening worker protections, and tax incentives for companies manufacturing what they insist are “heat lamps.”

“We’re helping you,” they say, while quietly optimizing the planet for whatever fungus-lizard hybrids consider a favorable quarterly return."

https://www.duffelblog.com/iran-war-lizard-people/ #military #DOD #LizardPeople

Opinion: War with Iran distracts from coming war against lizard people

Former military intelligence officer says Americans are ignoring the real threat hiding inside HOA boards, O-5 billets, and possibly Taylor Swift

Duffel Blog

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DoD Contracts for May 7: $7.5M+ Opportunities Live

The Department of War has released new contract opportunities valued at $7.5 million or more. These contracts present actionable insights for government…

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