Trump: "The time has come to create a Space National Guard as the primary combat reserve of the U.S. Space Force."

NEW: Trump, who touts creating the Space Force, says he'll push to establish a Space National Guard if elected, which the Biden administration opposes. He's wading into a running turf battle that pits state and Guard leaders against DoD. w/Lisa Kashinsky politico.com/news/2024/08/2…

NEWS: Ukrainian officials are preparing to present a list of long-range targets in Russia to top U.S. national security officials that they think Kyiv’s military can hit if Washington were to lift its restrictions on U.S. weapons politico.com/news/2024/08/2… Erin Banco Paul McLeary

"Ukrainian officials are preparing to present a list of long-range targets in Russia to top U.S. national security officials that they think Kyiv’s military can hit if Washington were to lift its restrictions on U.S. weapons... The U.S. has said for months that lifting the

Ukraine officials coming to DC to present Biden admin with targets it could hit in Russia, given the chance - POLITICO politico.com/news/2024/08/2…

Putin needs guitar lessons and Trump is ‘f***ing funny’: The politics of Oasis’ Liam and Noel Gallagher politico.eu/article/oasis-…

NPR: Two members of Donald Trump's campaign staff had a verbal and physical altercation Monday with an official at Arlington National Cemetery, where the former president participated in a wreath-laying ceremony npr.org/2024/08/27/nx-… Quil Lawrence Tom Bowman

Trump's team involved in an incident at Arlington National Cemetery reportedly involving shoving a member of cemetery staff. At issue is a federal law banning "political campaign or election-related activities” at military cemeteries. politico.com/news/2024/08/2…

NEW: Three years after the fall of #Kabul, Afghans who fled to the US are finding new opportunities by working on America's ships. Valerie Insinna with a look at the effort to create a new workforce for shipbuilding. breakingdefense.com/2024/08/from-k…

BREAKING: The Army is defending an Arlington Cemetery official involved in an incident with the Trump campaign this week, saying the woman was “abruptly pushed aside” and “unfairly attacked” by the Trump staffers and its surrogates politico.com/news/2024/08/2… Paul McLeary

"September," by 西村ケント(Kent Nishimura) youtube.com/watch?v=37Aogq…

NASA Employee: oh hey u guys are back late Astronaut: Starliner’s haunted NASA Employee: what? Astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back in the Dragon* Starliner’s haunted

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Trump’s recent visit to Arlington—and its aftermath—has been confusing. Here’s what happened, and why it matters, broken down simply. My latest for ⁦POLITICO⁩ “5 Things to Understand about Trump’s Visit to Arlington” politico.com/news/magazine/…

NEW: The Biden administration is seeking an exemption in an upcoming stopgap spending bill to allow the Navy to build two Virginia-class submarines subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0… Joe Gould POLITICO Pro

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Zelenskyy suffers huge backlash as reshuffle triggers power-grab accusations politico.eu/article/ukrain…

Hey it waited for me

Updating the Jeff Schogol Task & Purpose sizzle reel to include his question at today's Pentagon briefing citing Kevin Costner ("No Way Out") ... Now as a YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=uiqgR5…

Happy Friday to all, but especially to the Billy Joel fans who got this joke