Does the military need a separate service for cyber? Some lawmakers think so; DoD isn’t sure

It’s been a little over three years since Congress created a dedicated military service to focus on space. Lawmakers are wondering whether it’s time to do the same thing for cyber. The Defense Department hasn’t yet taken a position on that question — officials say they’re still studying the topic of military cyber force design. But some members of Congress are getting impatient. Lawmakers have asked DoD for its recommendations on whether there ought to be a separate military services just for cyber forces more than once. In the 2020…

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Trump’s Republican Rivals Are Missing an Obvious Opportunity

After his historic indictment was announced Thursday night, former President Donald Trump reacted with his characteristic cool and precision: “These Thugs and Radical Left Monsters have just INDICATED the 45th President of the United States of America.” Presumably this was a typo, and he meant INDICTED. But the immediate joining of arms around the martyr was indeed a perfect indication of precisely who the Republicans are right now. “When Trump wins, THESE PEOPLE WILL PAY!!” Representative Ronny Jackson of Texas vowed. “If they can come for him, they can come…

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A Tale of Two ‘Insurrections’

Democrats are just appalled that Republicans would dare call a “mostly peaceful” storming of a Capitol building an “insurrection.” Any comparison to what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, is just outrageous, they say. Following a mass shooting by a transgender person at a Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, several protests erupted in Tennessee and other state Capitols. When the protests in Nashville and elsewhere became not quite so peaceful, legacy media “fact checkers” leaped into action. They twisted and turned to assure everyone that when left-wing activists take over a…

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House Democrats want to create another TSP investment option

The General Services Administration is trying to assure lawmakers that it is fixing the culture problems that led to the problems with login.gov. Sonny Hashmi, the commissioner of GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service, was on the hot seat yesterday answering House lawmakers’ questions about the agency’s false assertions about the Login.gov platform. Hashmi told lawmakers GSA is applying tougher internal controls to ensure these problems don’t happen again. This includes his office and team reviewing all contracts managed by the Technology Transformation Service. “With this independent review, we want to make…

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How Did America’s Weirdest, Most Freedom-Obsessed State Fall for an Authoritarian Governor?

Illustrations by Brandon Celi This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. In the course of a single month this year, the following news reports emanated from Florida: A gun enthusiast in Tampa built a 55-foot backyard pool shaped like a revolver, with a hot tub in the hammer. A 32-year-old from Cutler Bay was arrested for biting off the head of his girlfriend’s pet python during…

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