As Sanae Takaichi shatters precedent to lead a minority government in Tokyo, Trump sends California Guard units into a courtroom fight over Portland, and Sophie Roske’s eight year sentence for plotting to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh shows how raw and volatile the moment has become. It’s Saturday, October 4th, 2025. This is your SOFREP morning brief.
US strikes cartels, shutdown deepens, Hamas weighs Trump’s Gaza peace plan terms. Here’s what’s making headlines this Friday evening.
Washington has crossed a legal Rubicon, labeling Caribbean cartels unlawful combatants and unleashing a wartime hunt at sea while Congress and rights groups sharpen their knives.
The formation of and many of the defining events in the history of the 3rd Ranger Battalion happened on October 3rd.
When a televised roll call of admirals replaces a clear mission, you know the brass has swollen, the bureaucracy is smothering the fight, and our rivals are happy to watch us polish our parade skills while they sharpen their knives.
By wavering on Ukraine, slighting Zelensky, and shrinking from firm NATO leadership, the Trump team signaled to Putin that American resolve could be tested without consequence.
Shutdown strains troops, Israel halts flotilla, Taiwan on alert for China. Your SOFREP intel drop for Friday, October 3, 2025.
Trump targets cartels, Israel hits Gaza, NATO expands Baltic defense mission. Here’s what’s making headlines this Thursday evening.
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On Yom Kippur, a car and knife attack outside Manchester’s Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation left two people dead and three seriously wounded. Police have classified it as terrorism.
During a shutdown the troops keep working while pay stalls, VA care stays open as support slows, and military families shoulder the bills Washington will not pay.
Where we lived with villagers and tied bottom up security to district and provincial governance, VSO and ALP held ground the centralized model could not, and when support was cut the Taliban wasted no time reclaiming the countryside.
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