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We've all known this for a long time, but now we know for certain that cyberspace is now owned and managed by Trump War Department. Isn't that why Secretary of defence Hegseth always has specified a happy grin on his warrior face? And why the peace advocates in legislature want him removed yesterday.
Massie kept secret from the GOP leaders the Hegsetha impeachment movement
Now read on to see how the perpetrators led by the CIA, controlled by DARPA and influenced by MICs do it US 24/7.
State of the Nation 17
September 2026
Pentagon secret propaganda followers anti-war Americans, bypassing the law
Wyatt Reed
THE GRAYZONE
When a semi-anonymous social media user declared that the national government had chosen her as a mark for a bizarre provocation plan, the paranoid message turned into an even more disturbing discovery: The Pentagon seems to be breaking the law by paying conservative influencers for tracking, surveillance, and American propaganda. Who else is active in the secret plan?
In mid-August, a conservative activist utilizing the digital pseudonym "Datarepublican" quietly admitted to being employed by the Pentagon as "a peculiar government employee". For months, she made money on a government salary, heavy lobbying for president Trump's imperialist adventures on the net and following their loudest critics in the digital database.
Datarepublican was identified in 2025 as Jennica Pounds, a Utah parent with almost a million followers, whose declared reason for existence is simply a "fight against communists"—a nickname that generously applies to anyone who is clearly left-wing from Barry Goldwater.
And she's not alone. Pounds has become the face of a fresh wave of right-wing influencers who are secretly employed by the U.S. War Department to spread pro-government propaganda. On August 29 Washington Post journalists revealed that at least 3 consecutive digital activists secretly work for the Pentagon, which describes them as peculiar government employees (SGE) or what the US military calls "highly qualified experts" (HQE).
The Army of influential Pentagon individuals included retired Air Force Colonel Rob Manness and retired Colonel Kurt Schlichter and Thomas Anderson. Like Pounds, Anderson acted in comparative anonymity until recently, publishing under a Twitter nickname "Cynical Publisher". Schlicter in turn is simply a prolific right-wing troll that He frequently fantasized about cultural cleansing and the extermination of Palestinians.
This operation appears to violate 2 national laws: the Hatch Act and the Smith-Mundt Act, which forbid government workers from engaging in political activities while working and forbid them from directing propaganda against the U.S. population.
The abovementioned right-wing activists are the only ones who found themselves working secretly for the War Department. However, disclosures about Pentagon pay propaganda posters appear at a time erstwhile the US military conducts a series of vague partnerships with prominent conservative influential persons specified as the leading widow of TPUSA Erika Kirk, who remained called by Trump to the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors in March to further destruct the "heritage" of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
There is besides Laura Loomer, an obsessively anti-Muslim Trump ally who actually creates press releases for Pete Hegseth's self-proclaimed "secretary of war", utilizing the Pentagon press accreditation and gaining references as "informal advisor to the War Department".
Propagandist accidentally reveals herself as a secret worker of the Pentagon
Like previous unflattering military disclosures, for revealing that the Hegsetha War Department quietly began paying off online influencerom, there was a seemingly dissatisfied employee.
W deleted thread, originally posted on Twitter/X, Pounds – publishing under the pseudonym Datarepublican – claimed that Trump's Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy in the State Department, Sarah B. Rogers, tried to "set her up", passing her papers in what she described as an effort to get her to commit a criminal act.
"It's not right erstwhile the Deep State sets you up to commit a crime," the Datarepublican furiously said, "I've never been madder in my life."
Pounds, publishing as Datarepublican, He was bitterly complaining: "I consulted people and if it was an approved leak – they would just email it. They tried to catch me."
An hr and a half later, the origin mentioned by Pounds came out as Undersecretary of Trump State, writing, "lol, these are my text messages and documents." Rogers decided to reward Pounds, giving her exclusive access to the file, explained, "I wanted to give you the chance to 'disclose' past as a kind of gift." But since Pounds rejected a talented horse in a paranoid attack, Rogers announced, "I'd be happy to release the papers myself."
The disputed papers afraid the Global Engagement Center (GEC), an Obama-era agency in the State Department, officially intended to counter abroad "propagand and disinformational actions" directed at Americans. Critics claim that the GEC violated the spirit—if not the letter—of the Smith-Mundt Act, as it openly targeted the American public, and its national "anti-disinformation" actions were transferred to various external NGOs and data platforms.
As Rogers of the State Department explained, the files showed that GEC effectively blamed abroad powers for the dissolution of the short-term Disinformation Government Board (DGB) Biden, claiming that the resignation of erstwhile Council manager Nina Jankowicz was a case in which "disinformation based on gender" had "a crucial direct impact on the United States." erstwhile DGB was presented in 2022, being a subsidiary of the Department of Homeland Security, he was widely ridiculed on social media, where he rapidly gained the nickname "Ministry of Truth".
Jankovich, the overgrown theatre kid who Publicly attacked It's a psychic. multiple, unreasonably Accusing The Grayzone about spreading "an incredibly harmful misinformation", was named "Mary Poppins disinformation" after publishing an embarrassing, pro-censorial parody of the most memorable song from a classical film, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".
DGB closed only a fewer months after being established in 2022 due to widespread concerns about censorship, wrote Rogers, and GEC wasn't far behind. The State Department Agency was virtually decommissioned in late 2024 erstwhile legislature refused to reauthorize funds for GEC, and its closure became permanent erstwhile Trump State Secretary Marco Rubio completely dismantled the office in April 2025.
As the hot confrontation between the 2 right-wing women grew, the far-right AF Post put forward the explanation that Pounds secretly works for the Pentagon, describing her as a "worker of the War Department" in a Twitter post on August 21. 3 days later, the American military confirmed this hypothesis, confirming Pentagon reporter that "Mrs. Pounds works in the War Department as a peculiar government employee."
SGE to frost employment
Before the current administration, the word peculiar Government Workers was mainly utilized to employment temporary, specialised government servants in limited, short-term advisory roles while being employed by another party. However, during Trump's time, which introduced the national employment frost immediately after taking office in January 2025, the national government practically stopped accepting applications from average possible government employees. Now the supervisors warning before a "unprecedented" shift from hiring formal government staff to the SGE, which is to circumvent national regulations on conflicts of interest.
This strategy was first tested by Elon Musk, who was appointed as a peculiar Government individual as he sought to cut expenses as head of the recently formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). During this time Pounds emerged from the right-wing media ecosystem as a loud supporter of Musk's actions.
When Pounds was yet revealed as a peculiar government worker in August, her proximity to the Pentagon was suggested for respective months starting in April 2026 erstwhile she praised on Twitter is became "officially entitled associate of the Pentagon press corps". This solution was possible thanks to Pentagon deputy press spokesperson Joel Valdez, whom she attributed "[move] the mountains to let this unique solution."
A fewer months later, erstwhile outrage grew after the disclosure of Pounds as a government propagandaist, the Pentagon attempted to extinguish the fire, indicating that the press accreditation of Pounds "was extinguished in June 2026 and did not search extension." Instead, she simply "started working at the Department in July 2026."
The fact remains unmoved that this highly different agreement resulted in Trump's supporter being entitled to study the Pentagon cases closely as a nominally independent reporter before being hired just a period later to defend US military activities as an authoritative government employee.
Flattery article Deseret News, however, suggested that the transition of Pounds to public sector work was no exception. Instead, her fresh work has seemingly been prepared at least since the beginning of 2025:
"Pounds said she couldn't "disclosure details about possible employers," but suggested a future "work in government" and earlier said she was waiting for a national "checking the past," as stated in the article of 11 March 2025 year.
After revealing Pounds as an worker of the national government, her relatives and co-workers began to defend her honor on social media.
"Being a "federal" erstwhile was a negative thing only for lawbreakers," She was mad. being Pounds' parent on Twitter, complaining that "now people usage it as an insult" to her daughter. The post has since been removed.
Others tried to defend their work at the Pentagon on a part-time basis, reversing the situation against the accusers. Writing as "Cinical Publius", Anderson accepted DARVO classical tactics and immediately went to the offensive, Accusing "some national employee" about "a criminal offence violating the 1974 Privacy Act by leaking my individual data" to the Washington Post.
Eventually, however, disclosure as a government worker did small to hinder Pentagon propaganda in their regular assignments. Apparently, without looking at the image, all 4 proceed to usage social media to advance imperial aggression in the mediate East. For the majority, the occupation is mainly to print comments praising Trump and Hegseth and diminishing their opponents.
However, in the case of Pounds, its online activity proved much more worrying, giving emergence to further questions about legality.
Tracking anti-war activists, giving birth to further legal questions
On August 28, a peculiar worker of the Pentagon government presented a fresh digital database tracking those she accused of "circulating around an anti-imperialist spine", titled "DSA Explorer".
Alongside the Democratic Socialists of America, the website presents an extensive, almost impenetrable network of links between groups specified as Black Lives Matter, CODEPINK, Pastors for Peace, Greek Siriza organization and NAACP. Page, wrote Pounds, catalogues individuals and organizations forming a "wider anti-imperialist network of solidarity."
Among these individuals are different characters specified as Dianne Abbott of the British Labour Party, erstwhile Colombian president Gustavo Petro and conscious rapper Taliban Kweli. Clearly hoping to launch an investigation by the national authorities, Pounds accuses dozens of persons listed as "potential unregistered abroad agents".
In the ironic turn of fate, Pounds' efforts to censor and block their opponents match the actions of erstwhile czarka's disinformation Nina Jankowicz, who besides officially received power from the US government to attack perceived enemies of the political regime. Desperate to criminalize the leftist for imaginary crimes, Pounds now imitates the Deep State censors she erstwhile criticized.
However, by pursuing American citizens by name with the usage of the Makartian surveillance scheme, Pounds can exposure himself to lawsuits from his goals. possibly by sensing the legal delicacy of her clumsy name design—and shame, she placed on the website a fine legal print "restrictive", claiming that the material serves exclusively "search, educational and journalism purposes".
Her list, as Pounds wrote, was "offered "in the present form" without any guarantee" due to the fact that "it may contain errors or omissions and is not presented as complete, current or 100% accurate." The links he claims are the work of creative fiction, suggests the text: "Dominate, ideological and associations patron/spherical are analytical interpretations, not statements of facts."
Despite claiming that many of her goals are "potential unregistered abroad agents," Pounds' reservation underlines that "nothing here accuses any individual or organization named by name of any illegal activity." To item this point, the text ends with the words: "The author waives all work for any usage or reliance on its content."
Although specified exemption may make sense for a private person, it is unclear whether the same standards apply to government employees. However, Pounds evidently did not care about the possible of bearing consequences for her actions.
A fewer days after the launch of the "DSA Explorer" Pounds published an almost identical database focusing on anarchists and anti-fascist activists in both Americas and Europe who utilized the "Noblogs" platform, presenting information that seemingly was stolen and passed on by the U.S. government.
The "Noblogs" files were taken over by the Italian anarchist collective Autistici Inventati, i.e. A/I, which provided email and hosting services to thousands of left-wing websites on both sides of the Atlantic before being hacked by the American government faction – only a fewer days after the State Department announced A/I "Specially Designated Global Terrorist Group". erstwhile it was taken over on August 26, the site was destroyed by a message informing users that all their data had been "saved and transmitted to the United States government."
This claim was immediately made confirmed by Pounds, who stated she had confidential information about the attack: "I can confirm that the authorities have everything that was on the NoBlogs servers." The message clearly suggests that it utilized government access to creating black letters and suggests that Washington at least silently supports the surveillance project.
Who else is secretly working for the Pentagon?
Although Pounds, Manness, Schlichter, and Anderson were forced to confess to working with the Pentagon without prior public disclosure, it is inactive unclear whether the War Department employs another peculiar staff, or whether the Pentagon can pay others through 3rd parties. But 1 highly influential MAGA personality that seems to be close to the Pentagon – so close that she caught a ft to Guantanamo Bay with War Secretary Pete Hegsetth – is Laura Loomer.
In addition to suggesting African legislators to be "black ghetto bitches," Loomer late besides began a crusade against The Grayzone and his chief editor, Max Blumenthal. While Blumenthal reported from Iran the ceremony of the murdered ultimate Leader Ajatollah Chamenei, Loomer demanded his arrest by writing on social media:
"If the Secretary of interior safety Markwayne Mullin is of any value, he will order Blumenthal to be taken from the plane [on returning to the US], to hold and take distant his passport."
Five days after her position Blumenthal was stripped of her electronic devices by Customs Service and Border defender agents at Dulles global Airport after an audition that strictly gave off the crazy communicative presented by Loomer. Loomer immediately took credit for the incident, Praise was that "she reported him to the authorities" and stated Blumenthal: "You're a subhuman to me. I'm looking at you like a political stuffed plant I can hang on a wall."
Jenin Younes, president of the United States-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee – which represents Blumenthal in an ongoing trial against the Department of interior safety – summarized The incident: "In the case of Max Laura Loomer, president Trump's close ally, demanded Max's arrest while he was inactive abroad, due to his journalism and views. Loomer boasted that he had reported Max to the national authorities and in practice credited himself for taking his calls. Given Loomer's well-documented influence on president Trump, there is simply a advanced probability that her attacks have led to illegal search and seizure."
When Hegseth tried to force longtime correspondents of the Pentagon to sign draconian loyalty vows in October 2025, which sparked a mass strike by military journalists, Loomer immediately stepped in to fill the gap. Just a fewer days after leaving the media offices, she found herself among a mixture of conservative influencers who were issued press passes. erstwhile the group sat at the first press conference in December, Loomer was 1 of the first to called.
A fewer months later, Loomer reached a fresh bottom erstwhile she publically stated that Americans may "need another 9/11," to realize that "this is not the best thought for Muslims to engage in our political process in America." This remark seemingly raised no concerns with Hegseth or his War Department, who invited Loomer a fewer days later to visit the American concentration camp in occupied Cuban territory in Guantanamo Bay.
In an October 2025 interview with erstwhile congresswoman Major Taylor Greene, who was the mark of venomous attacks by Loomer, Tucker Carlson called Loomera "some informal counsel to the Department of defence that is circulating around the Pentagon."
To this day, Loomer's proximity to the Pentagon leadership remains full visible, which has late emerged erstwhile self-proclaimed "white lawyer" He claimed in early September that he knew details about Hegseth's fresh disappearance from the Fox News antenna, where he worked before taking over the War Department. Appointment on an anonymous "older origin of the Department of War", "Loomer conscientiously recounted Hegseth's version, claiming Fox was angry due to the fact that he refused to supply a peculiar treatment station for granting press passes.
So far, there's no concrete evidence that Loomer is working as a peculiar Pentagon government employee. However, her activities are very akin to those that seem to be assigned to SGE/HQE specified as Pounds, Manness, Schlichter and Anderson.
Today Loomer calls for a government investigation into Max Blumenthal and demands his criminalization for journalism. You gotta ask yourself, who does she truly work for?
https://thegrayzone.com/2026/09/15/covert-pentagon-propagandists-tracking-americans/
