Trump says he is authorizing military to use ‘Full Force’ in Portland
‘CAN YOU SAY ANTI-PHUCKED?’ 
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Every day, Christmas. It is so frackin’ good every day.
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“At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists. I am also authorizing Full Force, if necessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
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“It was just revealed that the FBI had secretly placed, against all Rules, Regulations, Protocols, and Standards, 274 FBI Agents into the Crowd just prior to, and during, the January 6th Hoax. This is different from what Director Christopher Wray stated, over and over again! That’s right, as it now turns out, FBI Agents were at, and in, the January 6th Protest, probably acting as Agitators and Insurrectionists, but certainly not as “Law Enforcement Officials.” I want to know who each and every one of these so-called “Agents” are, and what they were up to on that now “Historic” Day. Many Great American Patriots were made to pay a very big price only for the love of their Country. I owe this investigation of “Dirty Cops and Crooked Politicians” to them! Christopher Wray, the then Director of the FBI, has some major explaining to do. That’s two in a row, Comey and Wray, who got caught LYING, with our Great Country at stake. WE CAN NEVER LET THIS HAPPEN TO AMERICA AGAIN!”
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More evidence found on obummer.
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The democrats’ well of corruption is bottomless.
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Just a reminder. 
Prez. Trump is trying hard to bring them back. 
41 American Brands - 20 Still Made in the USA, 21 That Aren’t
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This is a win-win-win-win-win.
Separately, the department mourned the loss of four soldiers killed in a Sept. 12 MH-60 Black Hawk crash near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. The victims were identified as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew Cully, 35; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew Kraus, 39; Sgt. Donavon Scott, 24; and Sgt. Jadalyn Good, 23.
National Guard Surpasses 2025 Recruiting Goal as U.S. Military Sees Surge
Story by Maryann Pugh
United States Department of War
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. National Guard has exceeded its recruiting target for 2025, capping off a year in which all five military services hit their enlistment goals early, Pentagon officials said last week.
Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson announced during the War Department’s Weekly Sitrep that both the Army and Air National Guard brought in nearly 50,000 new members, boosting the Guard’s total end strength to more than 433,000.
“Young Americans are eager to serve,” said Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief of the National Guard Bureau. “Today’s recruits are seeking long-term value, and the National Guard delivers through career training and hands-on, practical experience in more than 200 career specialties.”
The strong recruiting numbers come as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth met Sept. 22 with Canadian National Defense Minister David McGuinty to reinforce the U.S.-Canada partnership through NORAD. Hegseth praised Canada’s pledge to raise defense spending to 5 percent of gross domestic product by 2035, calling it “a very strong step.”
Meanwhile, the War Department is touting record-breaking public outreach efforts. Wilson said total social media engagements for the Secretary of War’s page are up 987 percent from a year ago, while impressions surged 993 percent. “We’ve surpassed every social media benchmark set by the previous administration,” she said.
The week also brought difficult news. Hegseth formally disbanded the Defense Advisory Committee for Women in the Services, a panel critics say supported female representation in the military. Wilson defended the move, arguing it removes distractions from readiness and aligns with efforts to maintain a gender-neutral force. She said female recruitment has increased despite the change.
Separately, the department mourned the loss of four soldiers killed in a Sept. 12 MH-60 Black Hawk crash near Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. The victims were identified as Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew Cully, 35; Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew Kraus, 39; Sgt. Donavon Scott, 24; and Sgt. Jadalyn Good, 23.
“They were elite warriors who embodied the highest values of the Army and the Army Special Operations, and their sacrifice will never be forgotten,” said Army Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command.
The combination of historic recruiting strength, renewed international defense cooperation, and tributes to fallen service members marked a week of both progress and solemn reflection for the U.S. military.
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I’ll tell you what I feel bad about! Don’t get me wrong these people need to be buried!
I as a good FBI employee, went by the book, my workload just tripled with all the firings! There’s too much going on and we’re being spread so thin, we’re about to crack.
We’re seeing the cracks with every shooting and protest!
Just airing the grievances. We need an extermination!
We thought the 100 year war was long!
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In the first full month after Kash Patel was confirmed as FBI director on February 20, the FBI received a record number of new agent applications.
5,577 new applications were filed in March, after 2023 saw a monthly average of 2,797 applications, and 2024’s monthly average was 3,383. The most recent month that saw a number approximating March was April 2016, when 5,283 applications were filed, Fox News reported.
“Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino have put a major emphasis on restoring confidence in federal law enforcement and boosting new agent recruiting,” FBI spokesman Ben Williamson told Fox News Digital. “These record early returns certainly suggest the new FBI is heading in the right direction.”
“The record number of FBI job applications in March shows that people are inspired by Kash Patel’s commitment to restoring integrity and effectiveness at the bureau,” Patel advisor Erica Knight added. “Americans are putting their trust in his leadership to rebuild the FBI and keep our communities safe. … this is just the beginning. Kash is dedicated to creating a stronger, more trusted FBI that serves the American people the way it was always meant to,” Knight said.
In May 2024, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) sent a letter to the FBI regarding its emphasis on DEI in hiring and the recruiting fallout from it. He stated:
On Inauguration Day, President Biden issued his first Executive Order promulgating DEI programs within the whole of Executive Branch. A few months later, on April 21, 2021, you announced the hiring of the FBI’s first Chief Diversity Officer, Scott McMillon. From that time forward, we understand that the FBI has struggled with attracting enough qualified applicants from all desired target groups to sustain its mission. This is likely due to the FBI re-focusing its recruitment efforts on DEI statistics.
In October 2023, a group of retired FBI Special Agents and Analysts, many of whom held senior positions of trust and authority within the FBI, authored a report detailing ‘alarming trends’ in the FBI’s recruitment and selection process. The detailed, 112-page report highlighted several troubling findings, including that: “The law enforcement and intelligence capabilities of the FBI are degrading because the FBI is no longer hiring ‘the best and brightest’ candidates to fill the position of Special Agent of the FBI. … An increasing number of lower quality candidates — described by one source as ‘bread crumbs’ because they were rejected by other federal law enforcement agencies — are applying to become FBI Special Agents; and the FBI is selecting those candidates to become FBI Special Agents because they satisfy the FBI’s priority to meet Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) mandates … The FBI’s Special Agent hiring numbers are down, likely due to the decline in the Nation’s trust in the FBI and a corresponding decrease in the number of individuals interested in applying to the FBI for employment.”
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Pam Bondi Orders Crackdown On ICE Protesters: ‘Enough Is Enough’
“You Pissed Off the Wrong Daddy!” – Father of College Coed Logan Federico Who Was Executed by Career Criminal GOES OFF on Democrats
HORRIFIC! Christian, Trump-Supporting Reality TV Show Family Suffers Unimaginable Tragedy—3 Killed, 5 in Serious Condition (are these people trying to say this family suffered this accident because they were Trump SUPPORTING CHRISTIANS?)
Soros Funded Violent Leftist Operation Networks Exposed? | Drew Hernandez
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Brandon Johnson Praises Convicted Cop-Killer Who Fled To Cuba (THIS SHOULD BE A TIPPING POINT!)
The Face of EVIL!
THE RED TIDE IS RISING!
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Live: Trump announces TrumpRx website
Live: Trump announces TrumpRx website
Story by Steph Whiteside
(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Pfizer has committed to offering discounts for prescription drugs for Medicaid and Medicare.
“This is a result of the most favored nation drug pricing order that we established early this year,” Trump said. “Now, we’re going to be paying whatever the lowest price is.”
The company will also offer some of its drugs at a discount directly to consumers from a website operated by the federal government. The company would do the same with new drugs from Pfizer.
Government shutdown draws near with little progress
Trump said drug prices would be coming down “immediately.”
It’s not clear how the deal would affect those who receive private insurance from an employer or purchased on the health care exchange marketplace. It is also unclear which drugs will be covered and whether high-cost specialty medications will be included.
The president said the administration is working to sign similar deals with other drug manufacturers.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called it a shield for the chronically ill.
“We won’t write blank checks to the drug industry any longer,” Kennedy said.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla described the deal as “reversing an unfair situation,” where the U.S. paid more for drugs than other countries.
Examples of discounts for medications to treat dermatitis, osteoporosis, migraines and rheumatoid arthritis, with discounts ranging from 90% to 40%.
Trump’s deadline on drug prices arrives: What next?
A drug for rheumatoid arthritis was given as an example with a 40% discount. Pfizer’s rheumatoid arthritis drug is Xeljanz, which has a list price of $5,940.14 and up. A 40% discount on that medication would still have a cost of $3,500 or more per month.
On X, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the White House would unveil a direct-to-consumer website for prescription drugs, named TrumpRx.
Trump will speak from the Oval following his appearance at a meeting of top military brass called by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Hegseth summoned military leaders, including generals stationed overseas, to Quantico, Virginia, where he gave a speech on changes he wanted to see in the armed forces. Hegseth said he wanted increased physical fitness standards, an end to complaints about toxic leadership, an end to diversity and inclusion efforts and an end to focus on climate change.
Trump also spoke at the gathering, where he blamed President Joe Biden for the military’s struggles to meet recruiting goals, repeated his claim that he has ended multiple wars and touted an end to political correctness in the military.
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Navy hits historic recruiting numbers with more ads, tattoo approvals
Navy hits historic recruiting numbers with more ads, tattoo approvals
Story by Hope Hodge Seck
Navy hits historic recruiting numbers with more ads, tattoo approvals
Just two years after missing its active-duty recruiting goal, the U.S. Navy is celebrating the largest group of new accessions in nearly a quarter-century.
In a roundtable discussion with reporters Monday prior to the end of the fiscal year, Rear Adm. James Waters, head of Navy recruiting command, revealed that the service had achieved surpluses in every recruiting category, including officers, enlisted and Reserve - with enough in the Delayed Entry Program to make up about one-fourth of the recruiting mission for fiscal 2026.
The numbers were the best the service had seen since the early 2000s, Waters said.
He credited efforts to plus-up recruiters and cut back administrative frustrations as a major component for success, specifically citing work to streamline the tattoo approval process for recruits.
In total, the Navy brought in 44,096 future sailors in fiscal 2025, the service announced on Wednesday - nearly 3,500 more than its target of 40,600. That’s more than any year since 2002.
“We maintained high standards and met all Department of Defense quality metrics,” Waters said. " … And we’ve built a strong pipeline. We built momentum."
Last year, the Navy narrowly made its mission, exceeding its goal of 40,600 sailors by a few hundred. But it received scrutiny for how it achieved that end.
Recruiting officials acknowledged last year that about 17% of new accessions had scored 30% or below on the Armed Forces Qualification Test, using waiver authority to bring in a greater proportion of these low-scoring applicants. In addition, the Department of Defense Inspector General faulted the Navy earlier this year for improperly documenting changes that streamlined medical waiver approval for recruits, resulting in another 5,845 accessions, or 13.5% of last year’s recruit Navy Has Been Inspiring For Sailors (KCAU Sioux City)
While Waters said streamlining administrative processes and tripling the staff tasked with receiving medical waivers played a significant role in this year’s success, he also revealed that the service was no longer looking to low-scoring recruits to build out numbers.
The Navy, he said, was now only bringing in recruits with AFQT scores of 26 and above, at levels below the non-waivered limit of 4% of the total enlistment pool.
The “small numbers” of those scoring 26-30%, also known as Category 4s, are being brought in, he indicated, as part of the Navy’s vision for itself, rather than due to a need for numbers. Before boot camp, they head to the Navy’s three-week Future Sailor Preparatory Course, which last year saw 66% of low-scoring enlistees leave the course with a score of 31% or higher, Waters said.
“Many times, these young people that are scoring [lower] were disadvantaged in how they were educated and developed and come from difficult personal situations,” Waters said. “It’s important to me and it’s important to the recruiters, more importantly, that we continue to provide this opportunity for young people.”
Waters attributed this year’s recruiting successes to increasing recruiter manning and removing obstacles that limited their effectiveness in the past.
“We’ve listened to those line recruiters and done the things that they indicated were the most important to them, and that has changed the game,” Waters said. " … We would not be where we are without every line recruiter doing that hard work, day in and day out, the thousands of things that they do that I will never know to go the extra mile - that has been the difference."
The Navy, Waters, said, had “listened and made changes” in response to frustrations voiced by recruiters about the difficulty of closing the deal on recruits. In particular, he cited red tape around approving prospective enlistees’ tattoos.
“Young people today are much more inked than they were even a few years ago,” he said.
While last year it took an average of 30 days to get approval for tattoos, today it takes 2.7, Waters said. Other improvements that supported recruiters’ work, he said, included increasing their input in local advertising and looking to reduce complexity for recruiters in new recruit paperwork.
“When we make changes, we are thinking about it from the perspective of the recruiter receiving it in that recruiting station of two or three recruiters, you know, out in the middle of America, and thinking, ‘How are they going to take that? How are they going to use that?'” Waters said.
Waters did not address the impact of the current political climate on recruiting. Reporters were told he would not respond to any questions on that subject nor the recent reinstatement of troops processed out for declining the COVID-19 vaccine, due to the Navy’s nonpartisan status.
All the services reported meeting or exceeding their recruiting goals this year, and the Pentagon has confirmed a recruiting upswing dating to November 2024.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has stressed a macho, lethality-focused vision for the military, has credited the surge to President Donald Trump. Hegseth also stood up a 12-month recruiting task force in June to clear the waiver backlog and remove administrative obstacles.
Waters also acknowledged that the economy and a declining civilian hiring rate played a role in driving interest toward the military, but also said that ads and marketing appeared successful, increasing the conversion rate of leads to contracts in all districts. In particular, he said, ads focused on Naval special operations appeared to resonate.
“Those ads really approach Gen Z in a way that is more relatable and has generated a lot of those leads,” he said.
Looking forward, Waters said the Navy needs to fine-tune the recruiting of skilled medical professionals, including doctors, dentists and psychologists.
The service, he said, has already partnered with a commercial medical recruiting organization to leverage its medical talent network and identify best practices. One, he said, is centralizing a Navy medical talent acquisition group, which has already proven effective at helping the service meet its goals.
“We’re going to grow that centralized group, because of how successful it was, to drive further into the medical recruiting market, which you can imagine, is just extremely competitive,” Waters said.
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The Gen Z NAVY… God help us all. I hope it’s better than the GenZ ATF…
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The tattoo approval is something that always miffed me. When I enlisted in the Navy in 94 I waited to get my first tattoo till after I was processed through MEPS but got it on the same day.
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