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This ain’t a ballet recital—it’s Ana de Armas turning tactical carnage into performance art, and brother, she doesn’t miss a step or a headshot.

On a day meant to celebrate American might—from Abrams tanks rolling through D.C. to Musk’s satellites lighting up Tehran—Minnesota was jolted awake by the cold truth that political violence isn’t something we watch overseas anymore; it’s parked on our front porch wearing a badge and carrying a hit list. Welcome to Sunday, June 15, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

On a day when Iran threatens to choke off the world’s oil supply, DC rolls out tanks for a $45 million parade, a Marine vet congressman tells the Secretary of Defense to take a hike, and a fake cop guns down Minnesota lawmakers in cold blood—America feels less like it’s celebrating 250 years and more like it’s holding the line on chaos. Welcome to SOFREP’s Evening Brief for Saturday, June 14, 2025.

Sasquatch Tea doesn’t just wake you up—it grabs you by the flannel and reminds you why you still own a hatchet.

If Gavin Newsom’s idea of leadership is grinning through the smoke while LA burns, then I guess all it takes to run California these days is a flak vest, a hair gel sponsorship, and a complete disregard for reality.

President Trump turned what should have been a unifying tribute to our Army’s 250th birthday into a partisan spectacle that disrespected the troops and dishonored the very Constitution they swear to defend.

Iran’s circling the drain while Putin sips oil-funded cabernet and Israel rewrites the spy playbook in real time—welcome to geopolitics in the age of cracked iPhones and drone diplomacy.

As Israel and Iran trade missiles in the Middle East, Washington, D.C. braces for a politically charged military parade met with veteran-led protests and arrests, while 200 Marines are quietly deployed to Los Angeles in a historic and controversial mission to guard federal buildings amid growing unrest at home. Welcome to Saturday, June 14, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

Stay on top of the news with the SOFREP Evening Brief: Top updates on defense and global affairs for Friday, June 13, 2025.

Mike Day, former Navy SEAL, Silver Star recipient, and exceptional human being, left us on March 27th, 2023.

Israel won the first round in this fight, now time will tell if Iran can regroup or if they’ll be taken down for the count in round two.

Our generals need to stop chasing headlines and start focusing on what matters—preparing our troops to win wars, not walk in parades.