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Vol. 15 · No. 114 · Thursday, 24 September 2026

Army

Mitch McConnell returns from extended drill weekend

Staff says senator’s three-month absence was “routine National Guard obligation”

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Army adopts ‘Your body, my choice’ as new recruiting slogan

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F-35 revealed to be horror movie m. Night Shyamalan has been working on for years

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WILLISTOWN, Penn. — In perhaps the most daring plot twist of his career, film director M. Night Shyamalan has revealed that the entire trillion dollar F-35 program is a horror movie he has been working on for the past decade, sources confirmed today.

"I really wanted to explore the depths of the military-industrial complex and the human psyche in an age of uncertainty," said Shyamalan. "That, and I was pretty damn high when I wrote it."

While critics have panned many of his recent films, most are now saying that his latest project, while "not quite as good as The Sixth Sense," might be better than sci-fi thriller Signs.

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