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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump have both defended boat strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific that have killed at least 200 civilians (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

American military's Caribbean lies

Heather Digby Parton
Marines in Iraq receive copies of Stars and Stripes in 2003 (DAVID K. DISMUKES/US NAVY/AFP via Getty Images)

Military's newspaper captured by MAGA

Chauncey DeVega
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has given tacit consent to President Donald Trump's threats against Iran (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Joint Chiefs Chair is enabling Trump

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump bombs Iran. Hunger at home

Chauncey DeVega
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is known for his chest-thumping (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth's manly act is backfiring

Amanda Marcotte
(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Brendan Smialowski / Anna Moneymaker / Anadolu)

Trump’s Cabinet tries to sell a war

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s war without rules

Heather Digby Parton
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaks to the press following U.S. military actions in Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

The mass media's blind spot on Venezuela

Sophia Tesfaye
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in the Oval Office on Aug. 25, 2025. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump still can't say "you're fired"

Heather Digby Parton
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers remarks on Dec. 8, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Hegseth's press purge is now complete

Sabrina Haake
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., ahead of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump is elevating Mark Kelly for 2028

Jason Kyle Howard
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Nov. 16, 2025.

Trump’s threats show he is unfit to lead

Sabrina Haake
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are greeted by 18th Airborne Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Gregory Anderson on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Next in Trump's crosshairs? Nigeria

Heather Digby Parton
Venezuelan fishermen take precautions in response to U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean, Sept. 24, 2025. (Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump has free rein to kill

Jesselyn Radack
Donald Trump | Nuclear Blast (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Making America radioactive again

Heather Digby Parton
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, is now on its way to the Caribbean. (JONATHAN KLEIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signals war in all but name

Sabrina Haake
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 9, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Hegseth’s press crackdown is backfiring

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump greets Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"Warrior culture" invades Chicago

Chauncey DeVega
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Anti-war veterans say no to Hegseth

William Hartung - TomDispatch.com
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu / Getty Images)

Dems: Hegseth should pay for name change

Garrett Owen
Secretary of Defense of Pete Hegseth and his wife Jennifer in Warsaw, Poland on Feb. 14, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto) (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth's wife plays his babysitter

Amanda Marcotte
President Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing an executive order renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine (R) look on in the Oval Office on Sept. 5, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump attacks wokeness — and his voters

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are greeted by 18th Airborne Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Gregory Anderson on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Our ailing, failing empire lashes out

William J. Astore - TomDispatch.com
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon, June 26, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Hegseth bleeds staff. But he's the issue

Jesselyn Radack
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