Dan Lamothe
@danlamothe.bsky.social
Military affairs reporter with The Washington Post. State-school alum. Beer-league softball enthusiast. Dog guy. Signal for encrypted tips: danlamothe.30
The @washingtonpost.com in just the last day:
October 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The @washingtonpost.com in just the last day:
Infowars is joining the Pentagon press corps:
October 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Infowars is joining the Pentagon press corps:
Media in the Pentagon. Marines on I-5. The military and politics.
Touched on all those things with @rieckhoff.bsky.social on his latest podcast episode:
youtu.be/Do7lnEscHqU?...
Touched on all those things with @rieckhoff.bsky.social on his latest podcast episode:
youtu.be/Do7lnEscHqU?...
October 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Media in the Pentagon. Marines on I-5. The military and politics.
Touched on all those things with @rieckhoff.bsky.social on his latest podcast episode:
youtu.be/Do7lnEscHqU?...
Touched on all those things with @rieckhoff.bsky.social on his latest podcast episode:
youtu.be/Do7lnEscHqU?...
Turned in the badge today.
My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
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My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Turned in the badge today.
My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
Danlamothe.30
My colleagues and I will stay on the beat, but in a new way. The work continues.
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I'm not signing, and neither are my colleagues.
But the work continues.
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But the work continues.
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October 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'm not signing, and neither are my colleagues.
But the work continues.
Danlamothe.30 on Signal.
But the work continues.
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I can now share that Washington Post journalists will not be signing the new media policy at the Pentagon.
I can also share that Secretary Hegseth already is aware of that:
I can also share that Secretary Hegseth already is aware of that:
October 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I can now share that Washington Post journalists will not be signing the new media policy at the Pentagon.
I can also share that Secretary Hegseth already is aware of that:
I can also share that Secretary Hegseth already is aware of that:
Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:
October 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:
This move, cast here as a response to some sort of uprising, actually includes about 200 Oregon National Guard members, according to a memo that Pete Hegseth sent state officials.
Guard likely will be limited to protecting federal personnel, property. Legality of even that will be contested.
Guard likely will be limited to protecting federal personnel, property. Legality of even that will be contested.
October 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This move, cast here as a response to some sort of uprising, actually includes about 200 Oregon National Guard members, according to a memo that Pete Hegseth sent state officials.
Guard likely will be limited to protecting federal personnel, property. Legality of even that will be contested.
Guard likely will be limited to protecting federal personnel, property. Legality of even that will be contested.
In new memo, Pete Hegseth says 200 members of the Oregon National Guard will be "called into Federal service effective immediately for a period of 60 days."
Follows Trump's call for a military response in Portland.
Has similar feel to deployment to L.A. that began in June.
Follows Trump's call for a military response in Portland.
Has similar feel to deployment to L.A. that began in June.
September 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
In new memo, Pete Hegseth says 200 members of the Oregon National Guard will be "called into Federal service effective immediately for a period of 60 days."
Follows Trump's call for a military response in Portland.
Has similar feel to deployment to L.A. that began in June.
Follows Trump's call for a military response in Portland.
Has similar feel to deployment to L.A. that began in June.
Real post on another network:
September 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Real post on another network:
New statement from The Post on Pete Hegseth’s new crackdown on the press at the Pentagon:
September 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
New statement from The Post on Pete Hegseth’s new crackdown on the press at the Pentagon:
Trump weighs in this morning about an award ceremony at West Point for Tom Hanks getting canceled.
Here's the Washington Post scoop on that Saturday:
wapo.st/486ATVP
Here's the Washington Post scoop on that Saturday:
wapo.st/486ATVP
September 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Trump weighs in this morning about an award ceremony at West Point for Tom Hanks getting canceled.
Here's the Washington Post scoop on that Saturday:
wapo.st/486ATVP
Here's the Washington Post scoop on that Saturday:
wapo.st/486ATVP
This from Trump does not track with what officials have forecast as a possibility: Military maybe in a limited role, supporting ICE ops (which *also* remains legally contested).
Some will laugh. Others will grit their teeth as a highly politicized issue becomes even more so.
Some will laugh. Others will grit their teeth as a highly politicized issue becomes even more so.
September 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This from Trump does not track with what officials have forecast as a possibility: Military maybe in a limited role, supporting ICE ops (which *also* remains legally contested).
Some will laugh. Others will grit their teeth as a highly politicized issue becomes even more so.
Some will laugh. Others will grit their teeth as a highly politicized issue becomes even more so.
There looks to be a coordinated reaction to The Washington Post's reporting today that falsely accuses the paper of publishing specific security vulnerabilities.
Reaction like this comes after a string of undisputed WaPo scoops that have detailed dysfunction on Secretary Hegseth's team.
Reaction like this comes after a string of undisputed WaPo scoops that have detailed dysfunction on Secretary Hegseth's team.
August 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
There looks to be a coordinated reaction to The Washington Post's reporting today that falsely accuses the paper of publishing specific security vulnerabilities.
Reaction like this comes after a string of undisputed WaPo scoops that have detailed dysfunction on Secretary Hegseth's team.
Reaction like this comes after a string of undisputed WaPo scoops that have detailed dysfunction on Secretary Hegseth's team.
D.C.'s falling violent crime stats, as seen in a new @washingtonpost.com graphic.
There's no denying the city had a spike in violent crime in 2023, as President Trump was campaigning for president.
There's also no denying that it already has receded.
There's no denying the city had a spike in violent crime in 2023, as President Trump was campaigning for president.
There's also no denying that it already has receded.
August 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
D.C.'s falling violent crime stats, as seen in a new @washingtonpost.com graphic.
There's no denying the city had a spike in violent crime in 2023, as President Trump was campaigning for president.
There's also no denying that it already has receded.
There's no denying the city had a spike in violent crime in 2023, as President Trump was campaigning for president.
There's also no denying that it already has receded.
Interviewed Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan about his work at Camp Mystic. He was quick to share the names of the others on his crew: Ian Hopper, Blair Ogujiofor and Seth Reeves.
He also said the teenage camp counselors acted heroically.
Image courtesy the Coast Guard
He also said the teenage camp counselors acted heroically.
Image courtesy the Coast Guard
July 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Interviewed Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan about his work at Camp Mystic. He was quick to share the names of the others on his crew: Ian Hopper, Blair Ogujiofor and Seth Reeves.
He also said the teenage camp counselors acted heroically.
Image courtesy the Coast Guard
He also said the teenage camp counselors acted heroically.
Image courtesy the Coast Guard
Here's the reason the White House is providing tonight for the "full suspension" on Afghanistan.
Again, with many allies remaining behind there:
Again, with many allies remaining behind there:
June 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Here's the reason the White House is providing tonight for the "full suspension" on Afghanistan.
Again, with many allies remaining behind there:
Again, with many allies remaining behind there:
A new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, following last night's crackdown on media access by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
May 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, following last night's crackdown on media access by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
If I send you this photo, I approve of your nonsense
May 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
If I send you this photo, I approve of your nonsense
This is Lance Cpl. Marcelino M. Gamino, 28, and Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera, 22. They are the Marines killed in a vehicle crash near the southern U.S. border in New Mexico this week.
A third Marine is in critical condition.
RIP.
A third Marine is in critical condition.
RIP.
April 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is Lance Cpl. Marcelino M. Gamino, 28, and Lance Cpl. Albert A. Aguilera, 22. They are the Marines killed in a vehicle crash near the southern U.S. border in New Mexico this week.
A third Marine is in critical condition.
RIP.
A third Marine is in critical condition.
RIP.
President Trump last night issued a memo to have the military to take a more active role in immigration enforcement along the border, particularly in an area known as Roosevelt Reservation.
Details about this plan first appeared in a Washington Post scoop I wrote last month.
Details about this plan first appeared in a Washington Post scoop I wrote last month.
April 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
President Trump last night issued a memo to have the military to take a more active role in immigration enforcement along the border, particularly in an area known as Roosevelt Reservation.
Details about this plan first appeared in a Washington Post scoop I wrote last month.
Details about this plan first appeared in a Washington Post scoop I wrote last month.
The Defense Department inspector general's office says today it will take up the Signal case, one week after a bipartisan request to do so from top members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
www.dodig.mil/reports.html...
www.dodig.mil/reports.html...
April 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Defense Department inspector general's office says today it will take up the Signal case, one week after a bipartisan request to do so from top members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
www.dodig.mil/reports.html...
www.dodig.mil/reports.html...
In new statement, Pentagon defends its decision to pull down content highlight the service of Jackie Robinson, the Iwo Jima flag-raising Marines, the Navajo Code Talkers, etc., citing the "DEI" framing.
Statement also seems to attempt a doozy of a new definition for DEI:
Statement also seems to attempt a doozy of a new definition for DEI:
March 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In new statement, Pentagon defends its decision to pull down content highlight the service of Jackie Robinson, the Iwo Jima flag-raising Marines, the Navajo Code Talkers, etc., citing the "DEI" framing.
Statement also seems to attempt a doozy of a new definition for DEI:
Statement also seems to attempt a doozy of a new definition for DEI:
But will such declarations hold up in court?
March 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
But will such declarations hold up in court?