Along with its publisher and a reporter.
Sad really.



Erik Slavin, editor-in-chief of the military newspaper that is partly funded by the Pentagon but has a long legacy of editorial independence, told The Associated Press that he and the others had received notices of separation.

The moves come at a time when the Trump administration, in its second term, has been increasingly aggressive and combative toward the news media including sharply curtailing Pentagon access for the press corps that covers the Defense Department. Trump or other parts of the executive branch have also, in policy and in the courts, grappled with The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press and The New York Times in addition to using the FCC to target broadcast networks.

Slavin said he was being fired "for stating in a CBS interview that hypothetical censorship of news for service members would constitute a red line." He said he stands by the principle "that Stars and Stripes must remain editorially independent."

When Trump's reign is over at the end of his term, this is just one of the many stab wounds he inflicted on our nation that will be redressed…..along with a "take out the trash" mop up and scouring of everything his vulgar paws have touched.

Artwork, gold trim, jackhammered tile from the defiled Rose Garden and concrete from removal of etched in names, Official portraits, statues, shredded executive orders that have been rendered null and void, etc. will all end up in the bed of giant Junk Pros trunks and hauled off to a toxic dump site.

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When Trump's reign is over at the end of his term, this is just one of the many stab wounds he inflicted on our nation that will be redressed…..along with a "take out the trash" mop up and scouring of everything his vulgar paws have touched.

Artwork, gold trim, jackhammered tile from the defiled Rose Garden and concrete from removal of etched in names, Official portraits, statues, shredded executive orders that have been rendered null and void, etc. will all end up in the bed of giant Junk Pros trunks and hauled off to a toxic dump site.

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Bahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Gosh it's funny when you guys go all "Trump ruined the world and everything I hold sacred" on us

It's almost like the Trump Administration is desperate to control the narrative.

Only a terribly ignorant individual would think that the average American household is BETTER with Trump as President.

Higher gas and diesel prices
Higher medical insurance.
Higher grocery prices
Higher interest rates
Higher inflation.

More food contamination.
More gaslighting.
More pollution.
More tariffs.
More debt.

Less GDP growth.

DiabloWags said:

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Only a terribly ignorant individual would think that the average American household is BETTER with Trump as President.

Higher gas and diesel prices
Higher medical insurance.
Higher grocery prices
Higher interest rates
Higher inflation.

More food contamination.
More gaslighting.
More pollution.
More tariffs.
More debt.

Less GDP growth.

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You all sat around and watched Biden's handlers overrun the country with illegal immigrants. That did more to ruin your way of life than anything Trump has done. Get over yourselves, you're not saving the world.

I'm not interested in WHATABOUTISM.

Im pretty sure most American's arent either.
That's why Trump's poll numbers are in the ****ter.

DiabloWags said:

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I'm not interested in WHATABOUTISM.

Im pretty sure most American's arent either.
That's why Trump's poll numbers are in the ****ter.

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Yawn. " It's okay that I sat on my hands for four years but now I care because it's Trump"

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DiabloWags said:

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I'm not interested in WHATABOUTISM.

Im pretty sure most American's arent either.
That's why Trump's poll numbers are in the ****ter.

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Yawn. " It's okay that I sat on my hands for four years but now I care because it's Trump"

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Trump was supposed to MAGA.
He's clearly failed.

DiabloWags said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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I'm not interested in WHATABOUTISM.

Im pretty sure most American's arent either.
That's why Trump's poll numbers are in the ****ter.

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Yawn. " It's okay that I sat on my hands for four years but now I care because it's Trump"

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Trump was supposed to MAGA.
He's clearly failed.

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Not as badly as the fired editor failed.

Who owns Stars & Stripes?
Hint: It's run by a guy named @PeteHegseth

Key elements of the current charter (DoWI 5122.11)
"prioritizing content not readily available via commercial media." i.e. don't be the MSM

"It does not take its own editorial positions." i.e. just the news… https://t.co/h70uKPziu7 pic.twitter.com/zjdWscvxsl

— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) August 21, 2026

You conveniently ignore a key part of the equation:

Stars and Stripes is owned and operated by the United States Department of Defense, though it has historically operated with a degree of partial funding from the agency while maintaining editorial separation safeguarded by Congress (an independence that has faced increased Pentagon oversight and control efforts)

Thanks.

DiabloWags said:

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You conveniently ignore a key part of the equation:

Stars and Stripes is owned and operated by the United States Department of Defense, though it has historically operated with a degree of partial funding from the agency while maintaining editorial separation safeguarded by Congress (an independence that has faced increased Pentagon oversight and control efforts)

Thanks.

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You conveniently ignore a key part of the equation:

"It does not take its own editorial positions."

Thanks.

BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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You conveniently ignore a key part of the equation:

Stars and Stripes is owned and operated by the United States Department of Defense, though it has historically operated with a degree of partial funding from the agency while maintaining editorial separation safeguarded by Congress (an independence that has faced increased Pentagon oversight and control efforts)

Thanks.

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You conveniently ignore a key part of the equation:

"It does not take its own editorial positions."

Thanks.

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So much for EDITORIAL SEPARATION SAFEGUARDED BY CONGRESS.

But when did Trump ever give a damn about Congress?

Answer: Never

DiabloWags said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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You conveniently ignore a key part of the equation:

Stars and Stripes is owned and operated by the United States Department of Defense, though it has historically operated with a degree of partial funding from the agency while maintaining editorial separation safeguarded by Congress (an independence that has faced increased Pentagon oversight and control efforts)

Thanks.

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You conveniently ignore a key part of the equation:

"It does not take its own editorial positions."

Thanks.

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So much for EDITORIAL SEPARATION SAFEGUARDED BY CONGRESS.

But when did Trump ever give a damn about Congress?

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It's in the current charter: "It does not take its own editorial positions."

They failed and were fired. Seems normal to me.

BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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You conveniently ignore a key part of the equation:

Stars and Stripes is owned and operated by the United States Department of Defense, though it has historically operated with a degree of partial funding from the agency while maintaining editorial separation safeguarded by Congress (an independence that has faced increased Pentagon oversight and control efforts)

Thanks.

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You conveniently ignore a key part of the equation:

"It does not take its own editorial positions."

Thanks.

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So much for EDITORIAL SEPARATION SAFEGUARDED BY CONGRESS.

But when did Trump ever give a damn about Congress?

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It's in the current charter: "It does not take its own editorial positions."

They failed and were fired. Seems normal to me.

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Im not surprised.

BearlySane88 said:

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DiabloWags said:

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Only a terribly ignorant individual would think that the average American household is BETTER with Trump as President.

Higher gas and diesel prices
Higher medical insurance.
Higher grocery prices
Higher interest rates
Higher inflation.

More food contamination.
More gaslighting.
More pollution.
More tariffs.
More debt.

Less GDP growth.

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You all sat around and watched Biden's handlers overrun the country with illegal immigrants. That did more to ruin your way of life than anything Trump has done. Get over yourselves, you're not saving the world.

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Lol. Biden returned the country to normalcy after covid chaos. We got jobs back. Global inflation came back down. We weren't at war.

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BearlySane88 said:

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You all sat around and watched Biden's handlers overrun the country with illegal immigrants. That did more to ruin your way of life than anything Trump has done. Get over yourselves, you're not saving the world.

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Lol. Biden returned the country to normalcy after covid chaos. We got jobs back. Global inflation came back down. We weren't at war.

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The voters felt differently. And rightly so

Joe Biden is going to go down as America’s Hindenburg — the guy who paved the way for authoritarianism — and it will be deserved.

A truly disastrous president both morally and politically who proved all his 2020 primary critics right. https://t.co/WooEMkyIlj

— brent is a sewer socialist🚰🌹 (@brent858) August 27, 2026

Joe Biden, the President that inspired millions of Americans to engage in self harm by voting for Trump, for the sake of teaching the rest of us a lesson we won't forget.

bearister said:

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Joe Biden, the President than inspired millions of Americans to engage in self harm by voting for Trump, for the sake of teaching the rest of us a lesson we won't forget.

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Same thing that happened when Trump was elected the first time and when Biden was elected. Welcome to American politics.