Barbara Starr, who covered the Pentagon for decades, says the announcement is "beyond odd" and that the preexisting press corps "still is working every day no matter how afraid of it you all seem to be" https://porcini.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:j5fbnzh57rn7xz65yjc36gxb&cid=bafkreibnumydhfmgdqiplojniv5sxc5huxaxmqptuil2h25bs6tu52brki