the #TrumpMobile phone is finally here... and it's a spray painted $150 chinese cell phone featuring an american flag with only 11 stripes that roughly 10,000¹ MAGAs paid $500 for.

¹ #Trump and co. claimed 600,000 orders but a data breach revealed there were only 10,000 orderers buying ~30,000 phones. the whole thing is just a scam to move money into the trump family's pockets. there was never supposed to be an actual phone; MAGAs who actually ordered the phone are just collateral damage in a #moneylaundering operation not the intended audience.

#corruption #uspol #trumpMobile #crypto #starsandStripes #flag #cellphone #mobile #mobilephone #uspolitics #donjr #EricTrump #americanFlag

What if what they teach in school about the American flag turned out to have been ... "Broad Stripes, Bright Stars, and White Lies"?

Sideboard, the podcast of the Smithsonian.

Here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-i8yeb-2cd7242b

#Smithsonian #flag #history #starsandstripes #podcasts

PENTAGON SIDELINES OMBUDSMAN AMID CONTENT DISPUTES

The Pentagon has ended the ombudsman role at Stars and Stripes newspaper after disputes over content. This affects how news is reported to service members.

#StarsAndStripes, #Pentagon, #MilitaryNews, #PressFreedom, #DefenseDepartment

https://newsletter.tf/pentagon-ends-stars-stripes-ombudsman-role/

The Pentagon has ended the ombudsman role at Stars and Stripes newspaper. This follows recent changes to the paper's content rules and oversight.

#StarsAndStripes, #Pentagon, #MilitaryNews, #PressFreedom, #DefenseDepartment
https://newsletter.tf/pentagon-ends-stars-stripes-ombudsman-role/

Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes Ombudsman Who Warned of ‘Attempted Control’ Over Military Paper

https://piefed.social/c/politics/p/2010294/pentagon-fires-stars-and-stripes-ombudsman-who-warned-of-attempted-control-over-militar

Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes Ombudsman Who Warned of ‘Attempted Control’ Over Military Paper

From the Ombudsman herself:

https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2026-04-23/stripes-former-ombudsman-pentagon-trying-to-silence-21465037.html

Don’t worry about me. I’ve had a long and satisfying career in journalism. I knew there would be perils for speaking out against Pentagon attempts to control the news, but I expected some communication or questions or warning first. Nothing, just Form 3434.

Ironically, my three-year term would have expired at the end of this year anyway. They couldn’t wait.

I was immensely honored to be chosen as the 13th, and first female, ombudsman for Stars and Stripes. I’ve come to appreciate the many talented and dedicated journalists and staff at Stripes — it’s more than a job for them wherever they are stationed around the world. I’ve been fortunate to meet or hear from innumerable veterans, officers and enlisted personnel and military spouses. I’ve even respected the colonels who I tangled with over the rights of Stripes reporters to cover public gatherings on bases.

What you can worry about is the future of Stars and Stripes. This newspaper has a long history of commitment to the military community and to journalistic values. Please don’t let it be controlled by Pentagon brass.

Stars and Stripes ombudsman, fired by our war pastor, pens farewell column.

https://www.stripes.com/opinion/2026-04-23/stripes-former-ombudsman-pentagon-trying-to-silence-21465037.html

#starsandstripes #pressfreedom #1A #Hegseth #censorship

Stars and Stripes: Ombudsman column: The Pentagon is trying to silence me. “No one should be surprised that they’re kicking out the one person charged by Congress with protecting Stars and Stripes’ editorial independence. For nearly a year, Pentagon leadership has placed more and more restrictions on the mainstream media. The New York Times sued and when the Defense/War Department lost in […]

Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes Newspaper’s Ombudsman

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/business/pentagon-fires-stars-and-stripes-ombudsman.html

Kennt jemand freie Stockfoto-Datenbanken, die primär mit #europäischen Inhalten gefüttert sind (kostenfrei und frei lizensierbar, vorzugsweise CC0/gemeinfrei)

Sobald man bei Pixabay, Pexels etc. irgendwas mit potenziell leicht politischer Färbung sucht, findet man sich im reinsten Dschungel von #StarsAndStripes wieder.

Ich würde gerne auf echte Fotos setzen, statt Elemente mit AI-Bildern zu illustrieren.

#Followerpower #StockPhoto #StockImages