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Sunday September 14th, 2025 night edition

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A San Diego Navy doctor was removed from command last week after right wing activists began sharing screenshots of her LinkedIn account on X. Cmdr.

According to her Navy biography, she's spent most of her career in the San Diego area, splitting time between San Diego Naval Medical Center and Camp Pendleton.

On her LinkedIn account, Marra lists she/her pronouns and her bio says she's the "Navy deputy medical director for transgender healthcare.".

That evening, Hegseth in turn quote-tweeted Libs of Tiktok writing, "Pronouns UPDATED: She/Her/Fired.".

A Navy official with knowledge of the matter told KPBS Hegseth ordered Marra be fired.

A Defense Health Agency spokesperson told KPBS the title of Navy deputy medical director for transgender healthcare does not exist.

"It was considered last year, and the services were asked to nominate personnel, but it was never established," the spokesperson said. »

Trump’s amateurish Lebanon plan exposes failing US diplomacy

Authored by inews.co.uk

When US envoy Thomas Barrack visited Lebanon last month, his trip made headlines – but not for reasons the White House might have hoped.

In Beirut, Barrack floated a plan for an economic zone in southern Lebanon, which he claimed would bring money into local communities.

Washington’s efforts are likely to be better spent working on a negotiated settlement between Lebanon and Israel — one that does not reduce Lebanon to a position of subservience. »