FRIDAY PDB – In the past, when most of the armed forces were men, there were occasional skits where male military personnel would dress like women as part of a comedy routine, but that's not what these shows are about now.
The drag queen shows of today are in-your-face efforts by outside groups to push a woke gender ideology that promotes and celebrates gender dysphoria and radical sex change procedures.
And these far-left outsiders are billing them as “family-friendly,” gunning for your kids, not just some troops performing for other troops.
This is why Republicans have pressured the Pentagon to END THEM. And it is working.
Pentagon stops US military bases from hosting drag shows. At least one show was canceled as a result.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin now says: “Hosting these types of events in federally funded facilities is not a suitable use of D.O.D. resources.”
NO KIDDING, LLOYD.
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY – Here's a roundup of today's other top defense stories from national security expert PAUL CRESPO.
Not the President's Daily Brief, but almost as good – PAUL'S DAILY BRIEFING – the PDB:
POLITICS
Senators seek to bypass defense caps in debt ceiling bill. Dissatisfied with the $886 billion military budget laid out in the debt ceiling bill, defense hawks are looking to channel additional funds to the Pentagon through supplemental spending packages.
Biden says he got ‘sandbagged' after he tripped and fell onstage at Air Force graduation. The 80-year-old man, who some say plays the president on TV, quipped that he got “sandbagged” Thursday after he tripped and fell — but was reportedly uninjured.
PENTAGON WOKE WATCH
THE LATEST MADE-UP THING – White House orders Pentagon to probe antisemitism, Islamophobia. Team Biden now wants DoD to probe antisemitic and Islamophobic behavior across the U.S. military and offer an estimate about the prevalence of the problem by November.
NATIONAL SECURITY
US takes ‘countermeasures' against Russia's violations of nuclear treaty. Team Biden on Thursday announced it is holding back key information on U.S.-nuclear weapons stockpiles as part of requirements of the New START treaty with Russia in the wake of Moscow violating the agreement.
Top National Guard officer vows intel leaks ‘will never happen again.' The head of the National Guard Bureau promised lawmakers Thursday that recent reforms will prevent any major breach of classified military information in the future, even as his agency struggles to understand the full scope of the months-long leak by an Air National Guardsman uncovered earlier this year.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Retired Air Force officer sentenced to 3 years for storing classified information at his Florida home. The retired lieutenant colonel was sent to federal prison Thursday.
CHINA THREAT
Ukraine war hasn't changed China's thinking around possible attack on Taiwan. China remains the “leading long-term challenge” to the existing international order and there is no evidence that Russia's faltering invasion of Ukraine has changed Beijing's thinking around “the timescale or methodology” for any potential attack on Taiwan, a top strategic think tank said.
US defense secretary calls China's refusal to meet unfortunate. On a stop in Tokyo, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stressed the importance of communication between Washington's and Beijing's defense authorities.
RUSSIA THREAT – UKRAINE WAR
In Ukraine, Russia is nearly down to its nukes. It was another bad week in Ukraine for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his commanding general, Valery Gerasimov — bad enough to launch criminal retaliation strikes against civilian targets in Kyiv, which largely failed anyway.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 464. Ukrainian officials said at least three people, including a girl and her mother, were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv.
US seeking explosives in Japan for Ukraine artillery shells. The U.S. is seeking to secure supplies of TNT in Japan for 155mm artillery shells, as Washington rushes weapons and ammunition to Ukraine for a counteroffensive against Russian forces.
Pentagon confirms SpaceX deal for Ukraine Starlink services. It has hired SpaceX to provide communications services to Ukraine through the company's constellation of more than 4,000 Starlink satellites.
SPACE THREAT
BIDEN BOONDOGGLE – Guard Chief: White House plan for ‘Space Component' will cost $1B, harm readiness. Gen. Daniel Hokanson said his “best military advice” is instead “to transfer the current Air National Guard units doing the space mission into a National Guard component for the Space Force, so they can continue everything they're doing today – tomorrow.”
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
US, Philippines, Japan set to hold first-ever joint naval drills. Drills come as the U.S. and China ramp up military diplomacy in the Asia Pacific, staging more frequent war games with allies and partners.
Russian mercenaries exploit a war-torn African nation as they lead Putin's fight in Ukraine. “I asked everyone for help… Was I supposed to refuse help from those who wanted to help us?” The Central African Republic's president said.
Taliban moving captured US military vehicles and Soviet tanks to Iranian border. Taliban vs. Iran.
US MILITARY
New US Marine unit prepares for major role in the Philippines. The 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment that arrived in the Philippines this spring for the annual Balikatan exercise was nearly unrecognizable from last year.
It's critical to solve America's military recruiting crisis. This year marks the 50th anniversary of America's all-volunteer military. Many Americans supported the decision, although there were those who thought it wouldn't work. And now, it isn't working.
END of PDB
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Gee. Redesignate Air National Guard units currently conducting Space Force missions as Space National Guard units at the cost of some paperwork and new nametapes instead of spending $1 billion and several years to develop units to conduct those same missions from scratch. What a silly idea. If they don’t get a billion dollar increase this year, they won’t be able to justify two billion more next year. As the late, great senator Everett Dirksen said, ” A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money.”
DO drag shows IN the Pentagon OK