Tanks! Trump! Helicopters! Trump! Bombast! Trump!
Defense Department
Rocketing Toward Monopoly
Elon Musk’s control of space is even more entrenched than it seems. What dangers could that lead to?
Pete Hegseth May Be Too Incompetent Even for Trump
Turns out Fox News loudmouths are bad at running the military.
Mad King Trump’s War on the Troops
The administration is vindictively hacking away at veterans’ benefits.
Republican Budget Madness
Today on TAP: It bookends Trump’s tariff madness, both for damage and dishonesty.
Rule by Contractor
DOGE is not about waste and efficiency—it’s about privatization.
Cracks in the Wall
Today on TAP: Opposition to Trump is growing. That will embolden more opposition.
If Trumpworld’s Security Norms Had Been in Place Before
Today on TAP: Appoint a nest of birdbrains to top government posts and see what you get.
Pete Hegseth’s Venmo: Defense Contractors, UnitedHealth Execs, Fox, and Friends
The VA may be the next government agency to go dark, if Pete Hegseth’s digital Rolodex is anything to go by.
Dropping the Big One
Will some serious pushback set in before Trump blows us and the Constitution to hell?

