At least one congressional Republican vehemently disagrees with a new Pentagon policy restricting reporters from gathering any information not released directly from the Department of War.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), a moderate Republican who is not running for reelection in one of the country’s most competitive House districts, openly slammed the new policy.

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“This is so dumb that I have a hard time believing it is true,” Bacon wrote on X. “We don’t want a bunch of Pravda newspapers only touting the Government’s official position. A free press makes our country better. This sounds like more amateur

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