Cathryn Thurston

Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area

Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

The pretenders

Video: How Ukraine Is Advancing Its Drone Warfare The Ukrainian military has a point-scoring system for drone operators who hit various enemy targets. Kim Barker, a New York Times reporter covering the war, describes how the necessities of drone warf...

Excellent explainer from NYT on Ukraine drone program. Very innovative.

www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Opinion | Trump is ignoring the real threat matrix A puzzling pivot to the Caribbean increasingly leaves Europe to answer Putin’s aggression on its own.

Excellent overview of our current National security “strategy” such as it is.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Trump is ignoring the real threat matrix

As tariffs swamp Kansas farmers, bet on the following: Useless legislators and pricey bailouts • Kansas Reflector Today’s farm trade collapse results from one of the most predictable policy failures in recent memory, arbitrary, mercurial tariffs.

Interesting update on Kansas farm economy. Looks like KS is losing $2B in farm income this year. Moodys put KS down as “in recession”.

kansasreflector.com/2025/10/22/a...

White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

Why??

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Trump promised farmers a bailout. Time is running out. The White House blames Democrats and the government shutdown for the delay of their multibillion-dollar bailout, but that’s just one of many problems the administration faces.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Too bad the USA cannot buy surplus and send it overseas as humanitarian aid. I guess there will be a lot of farms for sale for cheap and a lot of family farms gone - just like the 1980s.

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

This is a crazy story! Includes characters from NY, KS, VT and AZ

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

I think kansas and Minnesota already withdrew.

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hmmmmm

As of March 10, 2025 The United States owes foreign investors $8.5 trillion of its national debt—almost one-quarter of its total debt.

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Very interesting overview of U.S. marines fitness tests. I’m confused by SECDEF’s assessment of the military. Does he hate the military he leads? www.facebook.com/share/r/1A6i...

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Mike Johnson continues to refuse to swear in a Democrat who won in a landslide.

Stealing this!

Gabbard Ends Intelligence Report on Future Threats to U.S.

I had a feeling this would happen. A real shame. I hope if they have already written the report that someone gives it to the press. It’s unclassified! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Cache of Devices Capable of Crashing Cell Network Is Found Near U.N.

Huh.

Cache of Devices Capable of Crashing Cell Network Is Found Near U.N. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...

When the Government Weaponizes Agencies to Go After Media Kimmell, CBS News, ABC News, NYT, AP, and more: The Assault on Independent Press Intensifies

"This is the Kremlin model where independent media was suffocated through hostile takeovers, licensing threats, and censorship actions."
My latest on Kimmel and more

Opinion | The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News

Not sure everyone knows this. Not a good idea.

The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...

9 minutes: How the shooting at Evergreen High School unfolded, moment by moment Desmond Holly critically wounded two students as he fired about 20 rounds inside and outside the school. Here's how. ithappened

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Must read analysis of shooting at Evergreen High School. My heart breaks for these kids.

WEBINAR (9/19/25): Protecting Intelligence from Politics: Senator Mark Warner Speaks | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University Senator Warner holds a discussion of the dangers from politicization of intelligence and IC to our national security, civil liberties, and freedom, as well as ways in which the IC should be protected ...

smallwarsjournal.com/2025/09/14/w...

I did not know any of this until today! Wish I didn’t have to know.

Good Old IBM Is Leading the Way in the Race for ‘Quantum Advantage’ IBM is racing Google, Amazon, Microsoft and a handful of startups to build the world’s first viable quantum computer.

Super interesting article that explains quantum computing for the rest of us.

That 114-year-old tech pioneer, IBM, is racing Google, Microsoft and others build the world’s first viable quantum computer. Surprisingly, it’s leading the way, writes Christopher @Mims.

www.wsj.com/tech/ibm-qua...

On #September11, fire engines needed to get into the Pentagon to combat the blaze but were too large to fit through the entrance tunnels. Volunteer firefighters from Woodsboro, MD drove 60 miles in a vintage 1955 open-cab fire truck that was small enough to enter the building.

A needed video for today!

Pentagon officials fume over Trump's Department of War rebrand Employees could find themselves changing Defense Department seals on more than 700,000 facilities around the world.

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Stupid, wasteful, meaningless, etc etc

DAILY MEMO: Another Death and A New Prison as ICE Continues its Unhinged Assaults From Inglewood to San Bernardino
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‘Unrestrained’ Chinese Cyberattackers May Have Stolen Data From Almost Every American

Well, crap.

‘Unrestrained’ Chinese Cyberattackers May Have Stolen Data From Almost Every American www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/w...

This is crazy. Plovdiv airport cannot be that big and it is in the south part of Bulgaria.