EXCLUSIVE: Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?

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EXCLUSIVE: Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
EXCLUSIVE: Where Are the Iran War Protests
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"you might find the Rubios, the Hegseths, the Burgums, and Kash Patel with his fiancée... They are major productions. Katie has hired pizza trucks for the backyard, bartenders to serve cocktails, and even livestock... donkeys and other assorted animals." www.vanityfair.com/story/stephe...
"No beardos. No weirdos."
"Hegseth also announced the formation of Project Meridian... which he claimed would be 'co-led by three of our nation’s best minds,' before clarifying that it would instead be run by Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey"
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Translation: We disappeared him.
Say what you will, Mullin is a man of his word.
I'm impressed he seems to know there is a difference
Feds Charged Activists Just Before Major Anti-ICE Protest in a Tiny Vermont Town
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I'm impressed he seems to know there is a difference
Feds Charged Activists Just Before Major Anti-ICE Protest in a Tiny Vermont Town
theintercept.com/2026/10/07/i...
Say what you will, Mullin is a man of his word.
Translation: We disappeared him.
Mullin began the press conference by saying "We are enforcing this nation's laws. Why is it controversial? Why would that be controversial?" As if all of human history doesn't show that laws and their enforcement can be very controversial (e.g., the 1765 Stamp Act and its impact on U.S. history).
Literally 3 of the stupidest people on the planet.
"No brainer. Execution by firing squad... It's going to be soldiers with rifles executing the firing squad."
"No beardos. No weirdos."
No words.
"Hegseth also announced the formation of Project Meridian... which he claimed would be 'co-led by three of our nation’s best minds,' before clarifying that it would instead be run by Elon Musk, Newt Gingrich, and Palmer Luckey"
theintercept.com/2026/10/08/h...
El-Sayed: "Under Trump and Hegseth, you're seeing extremes that you never would have imagined. The idea that you want to livestream somebody's death for children to watch is truly extreme ... I don't want that to be politics as usual."