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I’m a Wall Street Journal reporter covering all things aerospace and defense. Before that, telecom. Have a tip? Ping me on Signal at drewfitzgerald.87

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Russia Is Big Winner as Iran War Drains Supplies That Ukraine Needs The conflict is draining supplies Ukraine needs for its defense, while surging oil prices are boosting the Russian economy.

Russia is one of the biggest winners early in the largest U.S. military confrontation in decades, as Iranian missiles deplete stocks of Patriot interceptors that Ukraine needs.

05.03.2026 09:36 👍 440 🔁 225 💬 27 📌 25

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

03.03.2026 20:10 👍 10578 🔁 3214 💬 196 📌 242

Vindication for the firms that refused to bend the knee

02.03.2026 19:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run Out President Trump says the Iran campaign might last a week or longer, but dwindling stockpiles could limit his options.

Munitions are dwindling and if the war continues, the Pentagon would “need to decide” whether to pull stockpiles from the Pacific www.wsj.com/world/middle...

01.03.2026 13:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

sorry, the contention is that *stanford* is not sufficiently aligned with the american military-industrial complex? are... are there multiple stanfords?

27.02.2026 22:18 👍 408 🔁 75 💬 11 📌 2

Ah, social copy. Nobody “wants” to launch a million satellites (the article correctly notes that companies ask for more space than they plan to use all the time).

26.02.2026 23:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Been waiting for this write-up. What a story!

24.02.2026 20:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s great (derogatory) that you can work very hard to find out something incredibly important, and the main response you will get is a derisive “Gee, I’m shocked.”

Somebody has to ACTUALLY DO THIS WORK! You can’t pursue justice by going “Your honor: I mean, duh.”

24.02.2026 11:45 👍 1023 🔁 179 💬 13 📌 7
23.02.2026 21:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Insulting the intelligence of readers never works well

05.02.2026 16:25 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Good morning to everyone, but especially to the “decertified” Canadian aircraft that are very much still flying.

30.01.2026 13:35 👍 76 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 1

Take a look at this big fella

30.01.2026 13:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February

"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March

"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

29.01.2026 15:32 👍 15563 🔁 6929 💬 794 📌 380
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Exclusive: The Qatari-donated plane that is being overhauled to become a new Air Force One jet is on track to be delivered to President Trump this summer, according to the Air Force. on.wsj.com/4qLk5KQ

24.01.2026 01:37 👍 5 🔁 9 💬 16 📌 8

The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article.

Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.

22.01.2026 20:30 👍 4530 🔁 3032 💬 107 📌 227
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Trump's Golden Dome Plan Needs Greenbacks More than Greenland ​President Trump said Wednesday that part of his interest in taking control of Greenland from Denmark, a U.S. ally, stems from his plan for a "Golden Dome" antimissile shield--[an array of sensors and...

About that Golden Dome … military officials haven’t explained how they’ll spend its $23 billion down payment, so lawmakers are reluctant to give the project more money www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

21.01.2026 17:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Full circle, really. Nobel heard his legacy would be as a merchant of death on account of inventing dynamite, thought a series of prizes would rescue his reputation, but oh, the folly of man

19.01.2026 12:58 👍 91 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 0

thinking about the pope pacing back and forth in his apartment at 3:30 am yelling at the tv

19.01.2026 02:21 👍 4062 🔁 643 💬 42 📌 35

Of all the fights for Dems to pick with Brendan Carr, demanding the FCC enforce outage refunds (which AT&T and Verizon already give) is a choice

15.01.2026 21:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

as if this wasn't bad enough on its face, they didn't search a natsec beat journo like Ellen Nakashima or even defense Dan Lamothe/Alex Horton, it was Hannah Natanson, whose beat has been......DOGE and related abuses of feds

guys I don't think they were looking for classified documents

14.01.2026 14:16 👍 1102 🔁 355 💬 7 📌 4
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Ukraine officially awards lithium deposit to Trump-linked investors, $179 million set for development Ukraine’s prime lithium deposit has been officially awarded to a U.S.-linked group of investors as the country courts U.S. President Donald Trump with business deals amid ongoing peace proposal talks.

Kyiv Independent - Ukraine’s prime lithium deposit officially awarded to Trump-linked investors. kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-a...

13.01.2026 17:58 👍 10 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 4
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It Only Tuesday WASHINGTON, DC—After running a thousand errands, working hours of overtime, and being stuck in seemingly endless gridlock traffic commuting to and from their jobs, millions of Americans were dishearte...

Obligatory theonion.com/it-only-tues...

13.01.2026 17:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pentagon Investing $1 Billion in L3Harris’s Rocket Motor Business The defense contractor plans an IPO for the unit that supplies parts for missiles for the U.S. and its allies.

The Pentagon plans to take a $1 billion stake in a rocket supplier to boost its stockpile of long-range missiles www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

13.01.2026 17:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Inside Minneapolis’s Sprawling Network of ICE Watchers Renee Nicole Good lived in a community where residents by the thousands are using text alerts, whistles and Google documents to shadow federal agents

Renee Nicole Good lived in a community where residents by the thousands are using text alerts, whistles and Google Docs to shadow federal agents.

11.01.2026 19:23 👍 53 🔁 11 💬 8 📌 0
A U.S. flag hoisted upside down on a flagpole in a park on a winter day

A U.S. flag hoisted upside down on a flagpole in a park on a winter day

Business-as-usual in Washington, distress in DC

11.01.2026 17:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lockheed Martin to Increase Patriot Missile Production Under Pentagon Deal The defense contractor committed to surging its Patriot missile output to roughly 2,000 interceptors a year in response to demand from Pentagon officials gearing up for conflicts on multiple fronts.

Lockheed Martin says it can hit the Pentagon's sky-high production target of 2,000 Patriot missiles a year within the coming years—if Congress coughs up billions to pay for it.

www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

06.01.2026 19:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

21.12.2025 22:26 👍 12951 🔁 7030 💬 99 📌 241

First quote to Dylan Byers … might as well be a bat signal

22.12.2025 01:02 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hegseth: Pentagon Won’t Release Full Video of Sept. 2 Boat Strike The defense secretary spoke after briefing senators on the administration’s operations against what it calls “narco-terrorists.”

The Pentagon won’t release the full, unedited video of a lethal Sept. 2 strike on alleged drug traffickers, said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

16.12.2025 17:57 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 16 📌 2
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Regulators Bypassed Building 602. Then It Blew Up. The site of an explosion that killed 16 workers in Tennessee was part of an “industry that polices itself.”

The site of a Tennessee explosion that killed 16 workers was part of an “industry that polices itself.”

17.11.2025 02:22 👍 48 🔁 20 💬 4 📌 4