Post AzSRkOaP2XHSZA3aBU by noondlyt@hellions.cloud
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 (DIR) Post #AzSRCMwmcxSRdYIf7w by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-22T05:36:44Z
       
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       Leaders at the #Pentagon have significantly altered how #military officials will speak with #Congress after a pair of new memos issued last week.In an Oct 15 memo, #Defense Sec #PeteHegseth & his deputy, Steve Feinberg, ordered Pentagon officials—including the chair of the #JointChiefs of Staff—to obtain permission from the dept’s main legislative affairs office before they have ANY communication with Capitol Hill.#law #democracy #accountability #oversight #Trump https://apnews.com/article/defense-department-pentagon-hegseth-congress-c15a2050aa95998f28e31a6b5c1d287a
       
 (DIR) Post #AzSRXVyYFqqTigD5Oa by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-22T05:41:13Z
       
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       The memo was issued the same day the vast majority of #Pentagon #journalists exited the building rather than agree to the #Defense Dept’s new restrictions on their work….Acc/to the memo, a copy of which was authenticated by a Pentagon official, “unauthorized engagements with #Congress by personnel acting in their official capacity, no matter how well-intentioned, may undermine Department-wide priorities critical to achieving our legislative objectives.”#law #oversight #Trump #Hegseth
       
 (DIR) Post #AzSRetoS1ktxfz0UEq by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-22T05:42:42Z
       
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       Previously, individual agencies & #military branches within the #Pentagon were able to manage their own communications with #Congress.A second memo, issued Oct. 17, directed a “working group to further define the guidance on legislative engagements.”#law #democracy #accountability #oversight #Trump #Hegseth
       
 (DIR) Post #AzSRkOaP2XHSZA3aBU by noondlyt@hellions.cloud
       2025-10-22T05:43:42Z
       
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       @Nonilex Thank you for all of the coverage. You deserve a break.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzSVGg2JzlgVogCT3I by karlauerbach@sfba.social
       2025-10-22T06:23:08Z
       
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       @Nonilex Congress could refuse to issue commissions to senior military officers.  But that gives no leverage over officers who have already been commissioned.10 U.S. Code § 531https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/531