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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

Rightwing bloggers and Maga minions: meet the Trump-loving Pentagon press corps

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Reporters walk out together after turning in their credentials for refusing to sign new reporting limits dictated by Pete Hegseth. Photograph: Jabin Botsford/Washington Post via Getty Images

After US troops swarmed into Venezuela, seizing the country’s president and his wife, there was little to be heard from the Pentagon.

Typically, it would be a time for defense officials to talk to the Pentagon press corps: a group of journalists made up of some of the most talented reporters in the US. The Pentagon could have been expected to be held to account over what has been criticized as a violation of international law.

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