Thursday, October 15, 2026

GOP lawmakers axe provision to limit the use of JAGs in civilian roles

House Republicans axed a provision to the annual defense policy bill that would have ended the Trump administration’s practice of using the military’s uniformed lawyers from serving as immigration judges and special U.S. attorneys in Democrat-run cities. Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo, proposed the amendment during the House Armed Service Committee's markup of the National Defense…

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I quit my 9-5 for my off-grid life.
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I quit my 9-5 for my off-grid life.

Over ten years ago I quit my 9-5 job and started my off-grid journey. Since then I have been joined by the lovely Dot and Snoopy Tiger. Thank you for watching our journey and this short video. #sustainableliving #houseintheforest #roundhouse #offgridhomestead #offgrid #tinyhouse #simpleliving

Lawmakers demand answers about $620M Pentagon loan to firm tied to Trump Jr.

A group of lawmakers demanded answers from the White House this week following a ProPublica investigation revealing that a top aide to the president intervened to secure a $620 million Pentagon loan to a startup linked to the president’s eldest son. ProPublica’s reporting “reveals a staggering level of corruption and influence peddling that superseded this process, enriching…

Trump strips civil-service protections from thousands of feds

Some 8,000 career federal workers were stripped of civil-service protections on Wednesday by President Trump, who ordered their positions to be converted into at-will employment. The edict marks the culmination of a years-long push to make it easier to fire federal employees in “policy-related” jobs by removing them from the federal government’s competitive service and placing them…

Why Roads Get Washboards
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Why Roads Get Washboards

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New bill aims to regulate military uses of AI

A new bill would restrict the Pentagon’s use of AI in operations and heavily regulate its use on fully-autonomous weapons, for domestic surveillance, and with nuclear weapons.  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., announced “The Secure and Accountable Military AI Act” on Tuesday. Other lawmakers have not joined the legislation, and her office confirmed she plans to…