Morning Brief: Trump Vows to Block West Bank Annexation, South Korea Fires Warning Shots on North Korean Ship
Trump blocks annexation, Navy retires mine ship, India buys 97 Tejas jets. Your SOFREP intel drop for Friday, September 26, 2025.
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Evening Brief: Defense Secretary Convenes Top Brass, Abbas Rejects Hamas Role in Postwar Gaza, Iran Suspected of Fresh Missile Launch
Hegseth calls rare military meeting, Dallas ICE attack probed, Iran test suspected. Here’s what’s making headlines this Thursday evening.
The Bolduc Brief: A Critical Analysis of Secretary Hegseth’s Message to the Troops
Secretary Hegseth’s message, though well-meaning, felt more like recycled political rhetoric than the authentic, forward-looking leadership our troops deserve.
USMC Colonel (Ret.) Eric Buer: The Silent Response – Iran’s Strategic Calculus After Nuclear Strikes
Iran’s muted response to Operation Midnight Hammer shows a regime more concerned with survival and internal security than revolutionary posturing, revealing cracks in both its proxy network and its long-claimed mantle of regional power.
Government Accountability Office Confirms the Obvious: US Transportation Command Leadership Failed Military Families
The GAO’s report confirms what military families already lived through firsthand—that TRANSCOM gambled billions on an untested contractor, covered up its failures, and left service members holding the bill while senior leaders escaped accountability.
How the Secret Service Quietly Defused a Telecom Time Bomb in New York City
New York dodged a telecom bullet this week when the Secret Service yanked the cord on a SIM farm big enough to strangle 9-1-1 and light the city on fire with chaos in minutes.
Morning Brief: Pentagon Eases Flu Shot Mandate, Trump to Host Erdogan at White House, North Korea Running Uranium Enrichment Sites
Pentagon eases flu shot rule, NORAD intercepts Russian jets, Ladakh unrest grows. Your SOFREP intel drop for Thursday, September 25, 2025.
Evening Brief: Gunman Dead After Dallas ICE Attack, Iran Rebuilding Sites Hit by Israel, Zelenskyy Warns UN of Global Arms Race
Dallas ICE attack, Gaza strikes, Iran tensions, Zelenskyy warns of global arms race. Here’s what’s making headlines this Wednesday evening.
America Is Losing Its Spine: How “Woke” Idiocy on Both Sides Hands the Keys to Xi and Putin
America isn’t losing its edge to Moscow or Beijing—it’s bleeding it out on the battlefield of bathroom debates and Twitter tantrums.
Trump’s Dramatic Ukraine U-Turn: From “Trade Land” to “Take It All Back”
Trump’s sudden pledge that Ukraine can reclaim all occupied land is less a policy than a gamble—one that only matters if he backs it with steel, not slogans.
Shooting at Dallas ICE Facility: What We Know So Far
Gunfire shattered the morning calm outside Dallas’s ICE field office, leaving three wounded, a gunman dead, and a city bracing for answers that haven’t yet come.
The Bolduc Brief: Understanding the Challenges of a Two-State Solution – The Impact of Geo-Political Realities
The two-state solution cannot be seriously considered without acknowledging the corrosive role of Iran’s proxy militancy and the cycle of violence it sustains between Israelis and Palestinians.
