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Pete Hegseth Fires Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Navy’s Top Officer

New York Times Adm. Lisa Franchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/hegseth-navy-lisa-franchetti.html

After pushback, Trump says he’s ‘not forcing’ his plan to depopulate and take over Gaza

Jerusalem Post Donald Trump briefly mused about Israel’s decision, in 2005, to unilaterally evacuate its settlements and soldiers from Gaza. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-843229

Trump nominates Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan ‘Razin’ Caine for Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman

Fox News President Donald Trump on Friday night nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “General Caine is an accomplished pilot, national security expert, successful entrepreneur, and a “warfighter” with significant interagency and special operations experience,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth…

Colorado Snowboarder Becomes Fourth Avalanche Victim in a Week

New York Times The victim was traveling on a terrain feature known as The Nose near Silverton, Colo., when the avalanche occurred on Thursday, officials said. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/colorado-avalanche-snowboarder-killed.html

Russia has lost over 20,000 soldiers in Bilohorivka, Chasiv Yar and Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast in 11 months – DeepState

Pravda Ukraine The DeepState analytical project has published data on Russian losses in the settlements of Bilohorivka, Chasiv Yar and Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast between April 2024 and February 2025. The total number of Russian losses has exceeded 20,000 military personnel, including 7,500 killed. Source: DeepState Details: Russian losses in the city of Toretsk amounted…

Kash Patel, FBI Director, Plans to Move Hundreds of Agents to Field Offices

New York Times The timeline for identifying the agents and employees who would move from the Washington area to field offices and a sprawling campus in Huntsville, Ala., was not immediately clear. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/kash-patel-fbi-staff-transfer.html

Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Turmoil at Pentagon

New York Times The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. reflects the president’s insistence that the military’s leadership is too mired in diversity issues and has lost sight of its combat role. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-fires-cq-brown-pentagon.html

Defense Department to Cut Over 5,000 Workers

New York Times The firings are the first of what is expected to be a vast wave of layoffs by the Pentagon. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/pentagon-job-cuts.html

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Statement on General Officer Nominations

Defense.gov Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth released a statement on general officer nominations. https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4074482/secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-statement-on-general-officer-nominations/

Judge grants 19 AGs preliminary injunction against DOGE access to Treasury payment system

Fox News A federal judge on Friday granted an injunction requested by 19 attorneys general to prevent the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from having access to the Treasury Department’s central payment system. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas extends the pause by issuing a preliminary injunction, a legal step that…