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Vol. 15 · No. 133 · Friday, 6 November 2026

Pete Hegseth picks wrong week to stop drinking

Pentagon staffing delays leave secretary sober for worst 48 hours of his career

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Students forced to be woke! DeSantis sues Florida's 6th Ranger training battalion

People hungry and living outside less of an issue

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Very serious people very seriously protest a thing that is not a thing.

CAMP RUDDER, FL — Florida Governor and likely presidential contender Ron DeSantis today brought suit against the Army unit that oversees the third and final phase of the U.S. Army Ranger School, alleging the unit forces trainees to either accept progressive worldviews or risk being removed from the school.

“Our military is under a frontal attack from radical leftists and their twisted ideology. Sadly, the latest front is Ranger School," DeSantis said to crowded press conference.

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