In Rep. Moulton’s upcoming Senate primary challenge, questions about his lucrative investments in defense tech companies may prove more important than incumbent Ed Markey’s age.
Defense Department
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Top Defense Official Could Reap Windfall From DOD Settlement
Stephen Feinberg founded private equity giant Cerberus. A Cerberus-owned firm is poised to settle one of the largest government lawsuits ever—against the very agency Feinberg now helps lead.
Posted inTechnology
Silicon Valley Needs Washington After All
The industry that spent 50 years insisting it didn’t need the state has discovered it can’t do without it.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Feds and Deputized Cops Stockpiling War Machines for Deportation
A year after Trump allocated billions for his immigration terror campaign, deportation agents are amassing historic amounts of military weapons.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Aftermath: Trump Is Wrecking the U.S. Military
Not our precious troops! No! No!!
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
While Pentagon Spends Billions on War, Military Families Say They’re Getting Shortchanged
Spouses of deployed military say they’re struggling with the costs of child care, groceries, housing.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Drone Dominance Isn’t the Vital Lesson of Ukraine
Manpower is still the most critical battlefield resource in a war.
Posted inTAP
Hegseth, Xi, Stalin
Paranoid purges of generals and admirals are common to dictators and tin-pot wannabes.
Posted inPolitics
Re-enacting the Crusades
Pete Hegseth’s Christianity—tribal, with plenty of enemies who deserve the sword—is central to the MAGA worldview.
Posted inTAP
Bumping Bondi
There are several other Trump cabinet members even more deserving of dismissal. Who’s next?