Morning Brief: Supplemental Nutrition Recipients Face Hardships, Expect Air Traffic Controller ‘Sickouts’, Tanzania’s Hassan Wins Presidency with 97% of Vote

Morning Brief: Supplemental Nutrition Recipients Face Hardships, Expect Air Traffic Controller ‘Sickouts’, Tanzania’s Hassan Wins Presidency with 97% of Vote

From empty SNAP cards and sickout-slowed skies to a “97 percent” win policed with curfews and an internet blackout, the through-line is brutal and simple: hungry families, stranded travelers, and silenced voters pay while leaders trade blame and phone numbers. Welcome to Saturday, November 1st, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

Former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw Heads Cartel Task Force

Former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw Heads Cartel Task Force

Dan Crenshaw has turned the House into a war room, aiming the intelligence, sanctions, and if needed the rifle sight of American power at cartel empires that poison our streets while daring Washington to flinch.

Ukraine to Purchase JAS-39 Gripen Jet Fighters

Ukraine to Purchase JAS-39 Gripen Jet Fighters

At Saab’s Linköping plant on October 22, 2025, Zelensky and Kristersson unveiled a landmark deal to equip Ukraine with at least 100 Gripen fighters starting in 2026, a rugged highway-strip-capable fleet with long reach and low costs that signals Europe is serious about beating back Russian aggression.