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+25 Derek Foss This could be a solid step for US-Poland ties but we need to see the actual costs before getting too excited.+2 Dana Whitfield Army stayed competitive the whole way but fell short by not containing the final drive.
+3 Tom Gallagher Training together like this should speed up better defenses against cheap drone swarms from places like Iran.IJR EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s EPA Wants More Plastic Turned Into New Products, And The Paper Lobby Is Fighting It Simon August · 4 min · 54m +129 Reader Driscoll is a flunky carry over from the DEI pentagon. To say he was a right hand man is laughable.
+6 Jared Kim Would like to know the real reason behind the departure, these announcements never tell the full story.+25 Nicole Hardy Another Army secretary shuffle already? These clashes with the Pentagon keep piling up under this administration.On X · @nicksortor Protesters Rally Outside Kennedy Center Against Trump Renovation Plans Conservative reporter Nick Sortor posted video of demonstrators protesting Trump’s private-funded renovation of the aging Kennedy Center, calling the protest pathetic and claiming protesters want the venue to collapse. The post trended with high engagement amid partisan debate over funding, naming, and board decisions. Reactions heavily favored Sortor’s anti-protester framing. 850 likes · 2m +2 Maya Lindstrom Appointing a new chief after the mutiny is a logical move to tighten control, though leaning toward Russia risks losing Western support that could aid development.+4 Derek Foss Makes sense to build up domestic industry now rather than depend on shipments that might get delayed if things get worse.D Daily Caller News Foundation EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s EPA Wants More Plastic Turned Into New Products, And The Paper Lobby Is Fighting It A conservative group is pressing six paper giants to rein in their lobbying against a Trump administration-backed push to recycle more plastic. 54m IJR Italy Scrambles Warships Toward Red Sea As Houthis Close In On Global Shipping Chokepoint Francis Kapper · 6 min · 3h On X · @slayyyter Pop artist Slayyyter posts photo with director Richard Linklater using song-lyric pun Singer-songwriter Slayyyter (@slayyyter) shared a backstage photo with filmmaker Richard Linklater after her Austin show, captioned “richard we should linklater.” The line is a direct callback to a lyric in her music (“he wanna fuck slayyyter / richard, we should link later”), which has long been a fan meme tying her work to Linklater (director of *Dazed and Confused*, the film that inspired her stage name). It is circulating as light fan celebration of the real-life meetup fulfilling the pun. 945 likes · 3m