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It's a brand new series in our Newsgirls world where we spend months just doing hard-hitting investigations into stories that the public doesn't know about.

So for our premiere, we spent months speaking to five former senior Pentagon officials who worked closely with Hegseth to learn about what's happening inside the DoD.

And we basically talk about how two men close to Hegseth may have blackmail on him And that blackmail might be related to like women and drinking.

And that's kind of how these two random men got so much power inside of the Pentagon.

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Fox News is reporting that Pentagon is preparing for a global war that could cripple America's power grids, shut down supply chains and leave United States military bases isolated for months.

The new plan is called Fortress.

It would require every major military base in the continental United States to survive at least 90 days without outside support.

Pentagon is planning portable nuclear reactors, independent power grids, massive stockpiles of emanations and fuel, and civilian factories ready to switch to weapon protections.

Now, they are even planning for GPS failures, disrupted satellites and simultaneous conflicts on multiple fronts.

Pentagon spokesperson Shane Pernau.

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The warnings extend across parts of South Florida, Georgia, and the South Carolina Lowcountry.

The Pentagon's pressing Congress to keep measures in place in the annual defense policy bill that will formally authorize the name change from the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

The effort's got some pushback from Democrats in Congress pointing to the cost of changing the name, calling it unnecessary, and that the administration's just playing with semantics.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the name change will cost taxpayers up to $125 million.

A former Border Patrol agent, Art Del Cueto, says the weapon can be used at quite a distance, keeping American forces safe.

This actually disables the groups coming through at the same time, giving the agents enough time to respond.

Some high-ranking members in the Department of War say on social media the border is now a battle lab for testing new systems, and the border, they say, is locked down.

Maureen Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, is getting her job back with the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York City.

You know, I don't think if you put a $40 million tax on 6,000 people, people are going to be super receiving to that, regardless of how much proposed further income it could create.

So I think there's going to be a lot of discussion on what federal grants we can take, who can we partner with, be it MARAD, be it Department of Defense, be it the Coast Guard, anything.

I think the city council, when that decision finally comes down, is going to have to start down hunting every single dollar, and that is going to be a grand city-wide discussion.

I can't quite make that call right now of what exactly that looks like because we are still waiting until the spring, but I'm really looking forward to seeing how this unfolds.

And when I say defund Musk, 75% of his wealth is dependent on taxpayers.

who are buying Starlink systems for the Department of Defense.

Defund Musk.

I mean this.

The ad then accuses him of supporting major federal spending packages that contributed to rising inflation along with policies that the campaign says increases tax burden on working families and seniors.

Green is a Navy and Navy Reserve veteran who served for 23 years and also held a role in the Defense Department.

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Top officials at the Pentagon are pressing Congress to keep measures in the annual defense policy that will formally authorize the name change from the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

This says a congressman from Texas, Ronnie Jackson, has put forward an amendment to codify the department's name change to the one preferred by the Trump administration.

Some Democrats in Congress have pushed back, calling it unnecessary and accusing the Trump administration of engaging in semantics.

We've got to defund Musk.

And when I say defund Musk, 75% of his wealth is dependent on taxpayers who are buying Starlink systems for the Department of Defense.

Defund Musk.

I mean this.

have a question.

To switch gears a little bit on the technology, Elon Musk recently stated that Ukrainians are misusing his Starlink system to kill Russian soldiers and that they should be using Starshield, which is licensed to U.S. Department of War.

Can you explain this controversy? What is exactly going on here? And I think people really understand the difference between Starlink and Starshield.

We have a moment, John,