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Pete Hegseth's clownish North Korean announcer shtick makes Trump look foolish. @PressSec

US doesn't need a traditional force on the ground in Iran. It needs SOF and a logistics chains to supply indigenous fighters in Kurdistan and Balochistan. Air support that takes out all large regime force concentration then rapid establishment of control.

Supreme Court ruling offers little relief for Republicans divided on Trump’s tariffs - The Boston Globe Many Republicans greeted the Friday morning decision with measured statements, some even praised it.

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Powerful nor’easter set to slam New England late Sunday into Monday. Here’s the latest. - The Boston Globe New England could be facing down this season’s biggest snowstorm as models show the powerful coastal storm inching closer to our region.

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James Jeffrey is too close to Turkey that allies with Jihadists to trust with the lives of Kurds, Yazidis and Christians in Syria James Jeffrey’s Connections to Turkey: A Structured Assessment Jeffrey’s relationship with Turkey is not incidental—it is a defining feature of his diplomatic career and his Syria policy worldview. His own testimony reinforces several of these patterns. 1. Career Background: Deep Institutional Ties to Turkey Jeffrey’s résumé includes: U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (2008–2010) This role placed him at the center of U.S.–Turkey military and intelligence coordination during the Iraq War drawdown and early Syria unrest.

James Jeffrey is too close to Turkey that allies with Jihadists to trust with the lives of Kurds, Yazidis and Christians in Syria

James Jeffrey’s Connections to Turkey: A Structured Assessment Jeffrey’s relationship with Turkey is not incidental—it is a defining feature of his diplomatic career…

Rojava’da direnişten statü arayışına | Sîpan Hemo'dan yeni dönem mesajı: Kürtler artık kendini yönetecek DSG Genel Komuta Üyesi Sîpan Hemo, Nûmedya24 adına Doğan Cihan’a konuştu. 30 Ocak’ta imzalanan anlaşma, Rojava’da yaşanan son çatışmalar, Kürtlerin siyasi statüsü, askeri yeniden yapılanma ve önümüzde...

For people wondering about the situation on the ground in northern Syria, where things stand and going forward, this is worth reading. The work towards a free and democratic Syria is not over. Its heart still beats in Rojava. www.numedya24.com/rojavada-dir...

Unconfirmed but disturbing reports that Julani is preparing to attack the Kurds in NE Syria. Ditch the phones and cars that could be tracked by Turkish drones. Stay armed and move between defendable positions and be prepared to defend.

If you liked the fact that Trump surrendering Syria to ISIS and al-Qaeda, you should love that he's surrendering Syria to Putin too. @SenateGOP @tedcruz @LindseyGrahamSC @SenatorRisch @PressSec

Senate race was already getting intense in Maine. Then ICE came. - The Boston Globe Graham Platner and Janet Mills are vying for the Democratic nomination for US Senate against Susan Collins, who is trying to maneuver around President Trump’s immigration crackdown in Maine.

Maine's Democratic Senate primary was intense. Then ICE came. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/26/nation/janet-mills-graham-platner-susan-collins-ice/?s_campaign=sharetool_Twitter_view via @BostonGlobe

I'm still on Twitter. I can't find a decent way to cross post.

The Billionaires who control Trump will never feel safe when average American have guns. Trump @whitehouse actions against legal gun owners are both predicable and necessary to overthrow Liberty. It's not about the immigrants invading: It's about the rest of us living free.

Americans who believe Kurds, Christians and Yazidis should not be murdered and enslaved by ISIS, call your members of Congress and tell them you support the US in the war on terror against Jihadist murderers even if Trump is supporting ISIS and al-Qaeda. #Kobane @PressSec

I've seen reporting but nothing official from SDF saying that they have agreed to pull back to the Eastern side of the Euphrates. None of the reports show Mazlum Abdi making a statement despite the reports. With all the Jihadist disinformation, I'll believe it when I see it.

I guarantee Europe that, the jihadist al-Julani who the West welcomed knowing he's a former member of al-Qaeda now running the transitional Syrian government with Turkey's help, is infiltrating members of ISIS and al-Qaeda from Idlib into Europe. 100%.

I thought Trump said she was in charge?

As Trump gets back to the mike and started to riff, he lets on that "we're selling" their oil. That sounds like the operation was an act of aggressive war like Hitler's Lebensraum and if the World wants to charge Trump and the fools on stage with him, he just gave them all up.

It looks like the Delta force team fast roped into the compound seized the targets and left. General Caine reports that one helicopter was hit in an exchange of gun fire but remained flyable and returned.

With a number of GOP House members against this type of foreign intervention that was part of Trump's pitch to the MAGA base during the campaign, it makes Speaker Johnson's opening of the House on Monday fraught with risk if 9 GOP want him gone.

The late start and Trump looks bad. Trump rifting into going after Jimmy Carter. Rubio looking anxious. Says "We are going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition." Rambles and repeats the transition statement.

Don't see anything EDNY or SDNY dockets naming Maduro. Four sealed cases were filed in SDNY on Friday: 26-3, 26-4, 26-5 and 26-6.

🧵 What’s Wrong With Trump?
1/ Trump’s recent swings, attacking Venezuela one day, rambling about Greenland, attacking a dying woman, isn't strategy. It's erratic. It doesn't match any coherent doctrine, or plan, not even his own. Something's wrong with Donald.

1/ Why is Zelensky in Palm Beach? Russia is about to lose. Ukraine is attacking the rail lifeline that feeds Russian forces, turning Moscow’s dependence on rail into a vulnerability that now turning into a total logistics failure.

1/ Why did Putin need Zelensky to go to Palm Beach? Because Russia is in trouble.
Russia’s rail network — the core of its national logistics — is failing across capacity, staffing, infrastructure, and security. These are systemic, not isolated, breakdowns.

Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot

Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

When he said, "He went cuckoo, he went nuts," did Trump give DC shooter a penal responsibility defense, meaning he could eventually walk free?

New Mar-a-Lago no-fly zone means endless plane noise for neighbors Flight rules altered in October by the Secret Service route planes over the Palm Beach homes of millionaires and billionaires, even when President Donald Trump is not there.

New Mar-a-Lago no-fly zone means endless plane noise for neighbors https://wapo.st/4itKjOu

Remember, she died trying to protect a country Donald Trump's Russian pals are trying to destroy.

I remember asking my late brother, who arguably had the highest clearance at DOJ, what would happen to him if he ever started blabbing in public about everything he knew. Without hesitation he said they'd lock him up for life in prison that doesn't permit visitors.

Trump admin's decisions to not grant asylum to Afghan CIA Zero Unit wet assets may not be a one-off now that he was foolish enough to announce that he's going to look at all the green cards. These aren't the kind of folks you want to announce to that you're about to betray.

Years in the making, and years overdue, hydropower from Quebec to hit New England’s grid soon - The Boston Globe Clean energy giant Avangrid cleared the final regulatory hurdle needed to complete a 145-mile line bringing hydroelectricity from Quebec to Maine.

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