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Fri Oct 31, 2025, 05:40 PM Friday

Trump Boat Bombings Worsen as New Horror Shakes Experts: "Alarm Bells"

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Folks, please note this. The top military official overseeing Trump's boat bombings recently resigned with no explanation, and now Republicans in Congress are refusing to press for his testimony even in a classified setting.

Lots of new behind-the-scenes reporting in this piece:

‪Greg Sargent‬
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News on Trump boat bombings --> Rep Adam Smith, top Dem on Armed Services, tells me GOPers are failing to press for testimony from the top Pentagon official who recently resigned, potentially over the strikes.

Appallingly, we may never hear from him.

New piece:
https://newrepublic.com/article/202537/trump-boat-bombings-venezuela-alarm-bells

Trump Boat Bombings Worsen as New Horror Shakes Experts: “Alarm Bells”
Remember the Southern Command admiral who resigned two weeks ago? Hill Republicans haven’t heard from him—and they don’t apparently want to.
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM

Folks, please note this. The top military official overseeing Trump's boat bombings recently resigned with no explanation, and now Republicans in Congress are refusing to press for his testimony even in a classified setting.

Lots of new behind-the-scenes reporting in this piece:

Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) 2025-10-31T21:06:48.659Z


Greg Sargent
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News on Trump boat bombings --> Rep Adam Smith, top Dem on Armed Services, tells me GOPers are failing to press for testimony from the top Pentagon official who recently resigned, potentially over the strikes.

Appallingly, we may never hear from him.

New piece:
https://newrepublic.com/article/202537/trump-boat-bombings-venezuela-alarm-bells

Trump Boat Bombings Worsen as New Horror Shakes Experts: “Alarm Bells”
Remember the Southern Command admiral who resigned two weeks ago? Hill Republicans haven’t heard from him—and they don’t apparently want to.
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM

News on Trump boat bombings --> Rep Adam Smith, top Dem on Armed Services, tells me GOPers are failing to press for testimony from the top Pentagon official who recently resigned, potentially over the strikes.

Appallingly, we may never hear from him.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2025...

Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) 2025-10-31T17:52:42.412Z


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Alvin Holsey, who ran bombings as SouthCom head, resigned with no explanation. Rep Adam Smith says Pentagon denied request for testimony and Rs aren't pushing for it.

"We need to hear: Did he quit because he believed he was being given illegal orders?”

New details:

https://newrepublic.com/article/202537/trump-boat-bombings-venezuela-alarm-bells

October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Alvin Holsey, who ran bombings as SouthCom head, resigned with no explanation. Rep Adam Smith says Pentagon denied request for testimony and Rs aren't pushing for it.

"We need to hear: Did he quit because he believed he was being given illegal orders?”

New details:

newrepublic.com/article/2025...

Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) 2025-10-31T18:05:08.419Z
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