CHANGE:

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

Hanson’s tweet concludes:

“It does not take its own editorial positions.” i.e. just the news not the liberal viewpoint. You lot failed those miserably and were properly let go when you refused to change your ways. You will not be missed.

Was it a good decision by Hegseth? If George Conway isn’t happy, then it probably was:

The problem is, George, that nobody in uniform trusts them. We’ve learned the hard way.

And, you’ve never read that rag either. You never served.

Crawl back into your hole, creep. https://t.co/eVyXrwzuJy

— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) August 22, 2026

Flashback to the start of the year: Pentagon to ‘refocus’ military newspaper Stars and Stripes away from ‘woke distractions.’