SL Murphree

SL Murphree

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Writer for The Articles of Unreason https://substack.com/@slmurphree

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Apparently “space, the final frontier” means missiles, moon bases, contractors, nuclear reactors and a federal academy to keep the system staffed. Star Trek showed us this part too. It‘s the part before humanity got its shit together and built the Federation. slmurphree.substack.com/p/space-the-...

slmurphree.substack.comSpace, the Final Frontier: Trump Is Building the Horrifying Part Before the FederationBefore the Federation came nationalism, militarism, corporate power and a whole lot of death. We seem determined to start there.
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Mississippi is still burning. And the state has cameras pointed everywhere but inward. Black families are still waiting for answers while police departments stonewall and civil-rights abuses pile up. slmurphree.substack.com/p/mississipp...

slmurphree.substack.comMississippi Is Still Burning: Police Abuse, Dead Black Children, Hidden Records, and an Expanding Surveillance StateMississippi has built a powerful system for watching its citizens and a remarkably weak one for holding itself accountable.
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The administration is pulling federal agents off sex-trafficking cases and sending them into immigration enforcement. Cases are stalling. Victims are getting detained. Prosecutors are stretched. Trafficking victims are being sacrificed to feed the ICE machine slmurphree.substack.com/p/trumps-imm...

slmurphree.substack.comTrump’s Immigration Obsession Is Gutting Sex-Trafficking Investigations to Feed the ICE MachineSex-trafficking cases are stalling while agents and prosecutors get pulled into Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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The Jedi didn’t create Darth Vader. But their rules around fear, attachment, loyalty, and control helped create the conditions Palpatine needed to turn Anakin against them. It’s Sunday. I needed a break from writing about the real world. slmurphree.substack.com/p/the-jedi-s...

slmurphree.substack.comThe Jedi Spent Thousands of Years Preventing the Rise of the Sith and Accidentally Raised Darth VaderThe Order tried to prevent corruption through detachment, discipline, and control. Instead, it built a system Palpatine could exploit from the inside.
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Trump is preparing a new vaccine-autism EO after spending the last year helping RFK Jr. break the federal vaccine system. Trump has tied federal funding and coverage to the vaccine schedule. Medicaid, CHIP, private insurance, and state health policy. slmurphree.substack.com/p/trump-is-p...

slmurphree.substack.comTrump Is Preparing a New Vaccine-Autism Executive Order and He’s Already Tied Federal Money to the System Behind ItThis isn’t just another RFK Jr. vaccine conspiracy story. The federal government has spent over a year changing the rules underneath Medicaid, insurance, and state health policy.
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Trump went to Las Vegas to sell tax cuts and ended up defending conquest, colonialism, extrajudicial killings, billionaire rule, and elections that only count when he likes the result. The same idea kept showing up over and over. Power gives him permission. slmurphree.substack.com/p/trump-went...

slmurphree.substack.comTrump Went to Las Vegas to Talk About Taxes and Ended Up Defending Conquest, Colonialism, Extrajudicial Killings, Billionaires, and Rigged ElectionsHe was supposed to be selling tax cuts. Instead, he explained why he thinks military power creates ownership, political power outranks the law, and wealth deserves protection.
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Flock records where you go, stores it in a database, shares it across agencies, and lets police decide later why they were interested in you. But they want you to believe the real danger is the people mapping the cameras. Mass surveillance has a hell of a PR team. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comFlock Built a Nationwide AI Surveillance Network, Gutted the Fourth Amendment, and Decided Anyone Who Objects Must Be SuspiciousWhy “your plate is visible in public” doesn’t justify storing everyone’s movements in a searchable database
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There are aliens. There are fake credentials. There are altered photos. There are weapons and Trump hats in Ukrainian raid footage. There’s a registered foreign agent. There’s a Trump spiritual adviser.

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Researchers found 59 ICE and Border Patrol agents tied to violent or sexual misconduct, involving children. At the same time, pregnant girls as young as 13 disappeared into federal custody with their babies, and the government won’t explain where they went. slmurphree.substack.com/p/ice-has-a-...

slmurphree.substack.comICE Has a Predator Problem. Minor Rape Survivors Are Giving Birth in Federal Custody, and the Government Won’t Say Where They Or Their Babies WentA new investigation found dozens of ICE and Border Patrol personnel tied to violent and sexual crimes, many involving children.
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A new investigation uncovered a disturbing pattern inside ICE and Border Patrol. At the same time, minor 🍇 survivors and their babies are disappearing into a federal custody system that refuses to answer basic questions. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comICE Has a Predator Problem. Minor Rape Survivors Are Giving Birth in Federal Custody, and the Government Won’t Say Where They Or Their Babies WentA new investigation found dozens of ICE and Border Patrol personnel tied to violent and sexual crimes, many involving children.
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The White House wants you to believe the founders built a Christian nation. The founders were a lot of things. Subtle was not one of them. The Christian founding myth gets awkward fast when it runs face-first into Jefferson, Madison, and the Constitution. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe White House Wants to Pretend the Founders Built a Christian Nation Like Jefferson Didn’t Call Forced Religion “Sinful and Tyrannical”The paper trail gives us Madison, Jefferson, no religious tests, and a Constitution that refused to establish a religion.
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Millions watched bald eagles Jackie and Shadow raise their young in Big Bear. But bald eagles don’t survive on livestream love. They need habitat. Conservation groups need $10 million by July 31 to protect Moon Camp before it becomes another luxury shoreline. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comSave Moon Camp Now: Big Bear’s Bald Eagle Habitat Is About to Be SoldJackie and Shadow made millions care about Big Bear’s bald eagles. Now conservation groups have until July 31 to raise $10 million and protect the land before it becomes luxury homes and marina slips.
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AI was sold as the future. What they left out was the power demand, the water use, the fossil fuels, the tax breaks, the environmental damage, and the where the public gets stuck paying to feed a machine that burns through public resources for private profit slmurphree.substack.com/p/silicon-va...

slmurphree.substack.comSilicon Valley Built an AI Machine That Eats Power, Drinks Water, and Dumps the Cost on the Public and the PlanetAI data centers need electricity, water, land, tax breaks, and public infrastructure. Big Tech wants to call that innovation. The rest of us should ask for receipts.
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This is what modern voter suppression looks like. Weakening your vote. Filtering the electorate. Diluting representation. You can still cast your ballot. The problem is everything that happens before and after it gets counted. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe New Voter Suppression Just Dropped: They Don’t Have to Ban Your Vote When They Can Filter It, Weaken It, Redraw It, and Call It DemocracyThe ballot is still there. The representation is what they’re gutting.
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Trump said Americans’ finances don’t motivate him “not even a little bit.” Meanwhile, the RNC is building an election army, Hegseth is helping bless the state, and Australia just called the Trump brand toxic. New day, same mess. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: Empty Wallets, Election Armies, Holy War Vibes, and a Toxic BrandTrump said Americans’ finances don’t motivate him, the RNC is building an election army, Pete Hegseth is having a faith rally, and Australia decided the Trump name was bad for business.
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AI was sold as the future. This week, the future showed up as lawsuits, criminal investigations, fake psychiatrists, deepfakes, and job-market fraud. So today we’re doing the damage report. The machine didn’t invent the mess. But it definitely scaled it. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: OpenAI, Grok, Fake Doctors, Deepfakes, and the AI Damage ReportAI was sold as the future. This week, it showed up in court filings, criminal investigations, fake medical credentials, synthetic politics, and job-market fraud.
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America’s mothers got a federal website with refusal rights baked in. Trump got a golden idol at his golf resort. CEOs got seats on the China trip. Netanyahu wants to break up with the American checkbook, but not the empire And the Trump phone still hasn’t shipped open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: Moms.gov, Golden Calves, CEO Field Trips, and the Phone That Never CameAmerica’s mothers got a landing page. Trump got an idol. CEOs got access. Welcome to governance by merch drop.
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Happy Mother’s Day. America gutted abortion rights, made pregnancy more dangerous, sold dependence as an aesthetic, and still refuses to fund childcare, paid leave, or health care. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: Happy Mother’s Day, Now Let’s Talk About the War on WomenAmerica loves mothers so much it gutted abortion rights, made pregnancy more dangerous, sold submission as an aesthetic, and still refuses to build the systems families actually need.
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Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission floated a hotline telling people there’s “no separation of church and state.” RFK Jr.’s HHS looked at whether it could ban SSRIs. And Sean Duffy filmed a YouTube road-trip show while serving as Transportation Secretary. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: Christian Nationalism With a Hotline, Antidepressant Panic, FEMA Payback, CNN Capture, and Cabinet YouTubersPublic office is now a pulpit, a medicine cabinet, a punishment tool, a media leash, and apparently a YouTube backdrop.
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Trump drove over the Reflecting Pool and attacked Rachel Scott. France is coming for Elon Musk, X, and Grok. Immigrants are being pushed out under “voluntary” orders. The new counterterror strategy has an enemy list. And the Vatican is issuing diplomatic side-eye. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: Trump’s Reflecting Pool Meltdown, France Comes for Elon, “Voluntary” Deportations, Counterterrorism Gets Weird, and the Vatican Starts Side-Eyeing TrumpTrump attacks Rachel Scott, France targets X and Grok, immigrants are pushed out under “voluntary” orders, counterterrorism gets an enemy list, and the Vatican side-eyes the mess.
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Alabama built a trapdoor under the May primary. Trump tried to bully the Strait of Hormuz and got stopped by reality. An AP poll shows how disruptive ICE enforcement is. DOJ found a new enemy in UCLA’s medical school. Clarence Thomas is still there after 35 years. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: Alabama’s Vote Trapdoor, Trump’s Hormuz Faceplant, Immigration Papers, UCLA’s DEI Crackdown, and Clarence Thomas’ Lifetime HauntingAlabama is preparing to rerun votes, Trump’s Gulf stunt hit a wall, immigrants are carrying proof, UCLA is under federal attack, and Clarence Thomas is still shaping the country from a lifetime seat.
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Indiana Republicans crossed Trump and his revenge machine took their seats. Howard Lutnick answers Epstein questions behind closed doors. Trump’s ballroom rubble tested toxic. And Palm Beach is getting a Trump-branded airport. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: Maps, Revenge, Epstein, Toxic Dirt, and Trump’s Airport GriftLouisiana is tossing votes for another map, Trump punished map dissenters in Indiana, Lutnick has Epstein baggage, ballroom rubble tested toxic, and Palm Beach gets a Trump airport.
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Another U.S. boat strike has killed 2 more people. Trump’s “ended” war still has missiles, drones, and tanker escorts. Tennessee wants Memphis carved up on the electoral map. Big Oil got DOJ backup in a lawsuit. Billionaires bought themselves a costume party. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: Killings at Sea, Fake Peace, Cracked Maps, Oil Protection, and Billionaire Costume PhilanthropyThe U.S. keeps bombing boats and hiding behind labels, Trump’s “ended” war still has missiles, Tennessee wants Memphis carved up, Big Oil gets DOJ backup, and billionaires get a costume party.
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The Supreme Court still has a demolition list. Rubio is off to clean up Trump’s pope fight. Fox News medicine is heading for federal office. Wind farms are suddenly “national security.” And Trump’s polls are in the basement chewing on the drywall. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: The Supreme Court, the Pope, the Fox News Doctor, the Wind Farms, and the PollsThe Court is still breaking things, Rubio is cleaning up Trump’s pope fight, Fox Medicine is heading for federal office, wind farms are now “national security,” and Trump is under water in the polls
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Military lawyers are showing up in civilian courts. Congress got skipped on $8.6 billion in arms sales. The Pentagon is very interested in what its independent newspaper is doing. And RFK Jr is still over at HHS treating autism a conspiracy theory. Bring snacks. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: Military Lawyers in Civilian Court, Pentagon News Control, and RFK Jr’s Autism Garbage ContinuesCivilian courts get military help, Congress gets skipped on weapons, military journalism gets pressured, and RFK Jr keeps turning autism policy into a public-health dumpster fire.
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ICE hired a contractor accused of abuse and “torture” to track undocumented kids. DOJ is digging into trans kids’ medical records. Abortion pills are getting harder to access. A whistleblower says DOJ rushed the SPLC case. And press freedom just hit a 25-year low. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: ICE Tracks Kids, DOJ Targets Care, and Press Freedom Keeps SlippingICE is sending contractors after children, DOJ is digging into medical records, abortion pills are getting harder to access, and press freedom just hit a 25-year low.
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Trump wants Europe to clean up the war he says he won. Louisiana voters are trapped in map limbo. Banksy somehow gave the day’s clearest political analysis with one flag-blinded man on a pedestal. The politicians are still talking. The statue already said it all. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: Trump Threatens Europe, Louisiana Waits, and Banksy Nails ItTrump wants Europe to help clean up the Iran war he says he already won, Louisiana voters are stuck waiting on new maps, and Banksy explains the whole disaster with one man blinded by a flag.
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Trump says he controls Hormuz.
 Now he needs help reopening it. The Court took another bite out of voting rights.
 Gaza’s ceasefire is still killing people.
 And Saudi’s oil cartel just lost the UAE. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: Hormuz, Voting Rights, and Other Things Going GreatTrump’s Hormuz fantasy hit reality, the Supreme Court took another swing at voting rights, Gaza’s ceasefire still keeps killing people, and Saudi’s oil empire just lost the UAE.
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Pam Bondi ducking Epstein questions.
King Charles explaining restraint to a republic.
Chevron getting presidential access during a war.
And the USDA making soybean governance sexist. Just another day in the republic. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThe Daily Unreason: A King, a Subpoena, and a Very Busy SwampPam Bondi skipped Congress, King Charles brought constitutional shade, Chevron got a White House seat, and the USDA pushed women farmers out of theirs.
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Trump’s DOJ put Melissa Isaak on the immigration bench after she publicly reduced some women to a “warm, wet hole.” And now that worldview is sitting in immigration court, where judges decide who gets believed, who gets protected, and who gets deported. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comTrump’s DOJ Put a Manosphere Divorce Lawyer on the Immigration Bench After She Reduced Women to Sexual ObjectsMelissa Isaak told us exactly how she sorts women. Useful to men or disposable. Now she’s helping decide who gets protection and who gets deported.
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We keep calling it a doctor shortage. But shortage doesn’t explain who gets pushed out. Women. Minority doctors. Disabled physicians. The medical pipeline doesn’t just train doctors. It filters them. And patients pay for what the system chooses to lose. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comAmerica Is Running Out of Doctors and Still Letting the System Push Out Women, Minorities, and Anyone Who Doesn’t Fit the MoldBehind the shortage is a system of bias, backroom decisions, and a medical pipeline deciding who gets to belong.
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The Trump White House has loosened the rules on preserving presidential records. At the same time, they’re using sloppier, harder-to-track communication. We had a whole scandal about missing records. Apparently, the lesson is make it easier this time. slmurphree.substack.com/p/the-white-...

slmurphree.substack.comThe White House Rewrote the “Don’t Destroy the Evidence” Rule and Started Speedrunning Watergate With Worse CybersecurityThe administration weakened the rules that preserve presidential records. At the same time, it’s leaning harder on private, harder-to-track communication.
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They cut 11,000+ federal law enforcement jobs and are trying to dump $70 BILLION into ICE. And they’re still pretending this is about crime. It’s not hidden. The numbers are right there. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThey’re Gutting Federal Law Enforcement Everywhere But ICE and Still Calling It “Law and Order” Like We Can’t Do Basic MathAs DOJ staffing drops and prosecutions fall, immigration enforcement is expanding into the center of federal power.
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From Day 1 EO’s to using emergency powers, Trump and his allies built a coordinated system to put federal power behind fossil fuel allies and tear down the rules in their way.
All at taxpayer expense.
 A year of “national security” moves around coal, oil, and gas. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comTrump Is Using Emergency Powers to Reward Fossil Fuel Allies Behind a National Security SmokescreenFrom Day 1 to emergency powers, a coordinated system built to move federal power back toward fossil fuel allies
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ICE is hiring first and finishing background checks later.
People with lawsuits and red flags are already on the job.
“Vetting is ongoing” is a wild thing to say about people who already have arrest power. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comICE Is Handing Out Federal Enforcement Authority Before Finishing Background Checks Because “We’ll Get to It” Is Apparently a Hiring Standard NowSome new ICE officers were put to work before vetting was finished, despite prior lawsuits, misconduct allegations, and financial red flags already on record.
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There’s an online rape community. It’s organized. It’s active. And it’s teaching men how to rape and get away with it. CNN just exposed networks where men are sharing tactics, coaching each other, and talking through how to avoid getting caught. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comThere’s an Online Rape Community. It’s Organized. It’s Active. And It’s Teaching Men How to Rape.This didn’t happen in the dark. It happened in plain sight.
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A 58-year-old grandmother is DoorDashing through her husband’s cancer bills and somehow that got turned into a White House success story.
The GoFundMe is still active.
That’s not a success story. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comTrump Turned A Woman DoorDashing To Pay Cancer Bills Into a Media Event Because America Treats Medical Debt Like Personal FailureAn older woman working gig jobs to pay off her husband’s Cancer bills should horrify us. Instead, the White House turned it into content.
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After a day of Epstein fallout and survivor pushback, Donald Trump ended it by posting a woman’s killing as political content, pushing an already grotesque White House news cycle into something even darker. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comDonald Trump Posted Video of a Woman Being Beaten to Death Because Shock, Spectacle, and Human Misery Are Apparently the Whole Message NowWhile survivors called for accountability, the President answered with rage, spectacle, and a woman’s killing pushed to millions.
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RFK Jr., the HHS Secretary, is reportedly launching a government-produced podcast about why the government lies. So taxpayers may now be funding a Cabinet official’s personal brand while he uses his government job to tell you not to trust the government. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comRobert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Using His HHS Position, Taxpayer Resources, and Cabinet Title to Launch a Podcast About Government Lies While Running the GovernmentIf HHS is producing it, the public is paying for a Cabinet official to market distrust in the government from inside the government.
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Trump’s Iran rhetoric is burning through what little international trust the U.S. had left. The world isn’t reacting like America is the steady hand anymore. It’s reacting like we’re the thing most likely to make this worse. slmurphree.substack.com/p/trumps-ira...

slmurphree.substack.comTrump’s Iran Rhetoric Is Burning Through What Little International Trust the U.S. Has LeftEurope is creating distance, the U.N. is watering things down, and humanitarian bodies are basically begging Washington to stop sounding like a lawless empire.
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The U.S. is back in its 1969 era. War abroad. Corruption at home. Lies holding the whole rotten thing together. Trump threatened Iranian infrastructure on Easter while fears grow that the war itself is being filtered for him like a highlight reel. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comTrump Threatened Iranian Power Plants on Easter and Made the 1969 Comparison Way Too EasyPointless war abroad, corruption at home, and lies holding the whole thing together.
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Pete Hegseth helped purge the Pentagon and now he may be finding out that doing the dirty work doesn’t make you untouchable. Turns out purge culture eats its own too. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comPete Hegseth Helped Purge the Pentagon, Block Promotions, and Push Out Leaders. Now He May Be Learning Purge Culture Doesn’t Love Him Back.The man who helped reshape the Pentagon around loyalty and ideological obedience may now be facing the same instability he helped create.
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As two U.S. aircraft were lost and one American remained missing, Donald Trump posted about taking Iran’s oil, opening the Strait of Hormuz, and making a fortune, exposing a grotesque resource-grab mindset in the middle of an escalating war. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comTrump Is Talking About Taking Iran’s Oil While U.S. Planes Are Falling Out of the SkyTwo American aircraft went down today, one crew member is still missing, and Donald Trump is online talking like war is a business opportunity.
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Trump delivered a “Mission Accomplished” speech on Iran while lining up more strikes, turning an active war into a branding exercise and raising bigger questions about executive power, Congress, and who gets to declare a war nearly over while it’s still happening. open.substack.com/pub/slmurphr...

open.substack.comTrump Delivered a “Mission Accomplished” Speech While Lining Up the Next Round of StrikesHe called the war with Iran nearly complete while openly scheduling weeks more bombing.