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The episode discusses the Pentagon's use of conservative influencers as special government employees, featuring insights from Will Sommer.

This past week prominent right wing twitter poster, Jennica Pounds (DataRepublican), got paranoid after being handed documents by the State Department, leading to the revelation that the Pentagon is employing conservative influencers as “special government employees.” Travis details Pounds’ history and the events that led up to her legal illiteracy failure. Later we welcome back Will Sommer for his 10th appearance on the pod to discuss his reporting on the matter and what we know about these special government employee influencers and the role they may be playing in the Pentagon. Will Sommer on Twitter https://x.com/willsommer?lang=en Pete Hegseth Is Building a Pentagon Troll Army https://www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegseth-is-building-a-pentagon-troll-army-influencers-maga Pentagon Secretly Installs Military Influencers in Civilian Roles https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/30/pentagon-secretly-installs-military-influencers-civilian-roles/ Subscribe for $5 a month to get all the premium episodes: www.patreon.com/qaa Produced by Liv Agar & Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (instagram.com/theyylivve /…

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