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Hi! Retired SOF guy here. I’d like to reinforce the correctness of this take. Thanks for having this TED talk.

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They’re going to try to make the Freedom to Assemble and the Freedom to Petition the Government with your Grievances into domestic terrorism.

Yes, you called?

To be clear, Laura Loomer is a burning garbage pile of a human. Just despicable. She deserves to be ignored, but here I am, compelled to acknowledge what a piece of garbage you have to be to question the honor and loyalty of a Medal Of Honor recipient.

I’ve been wearing one for five years. It’s good for all four southern seasons. Layering applies. It looks good in a duck blind or a conference room.

I’m not even a Democrat and I agree with you.

My uncle worked for him and he was kind enough to write me when I was deployed to Iraq. I still have one of his campaign shirts. He’s a credit to Georgia. It’s a shame we’ve chosen to stain his legacy of statesmanship with garbage reps.

But Hunter's laptop!!

We are rapidly becoming the Dollar General of countries.

There’s just a sucking drain sound where his soul is meant to be.

OPSEC means "I'll be posting the OPS in a SEC."

Truly, bottom of the barrel humans who deserve to be reminded of that fact daily

I’ve been going to yoga pretty seriously since November and I have learned a lot. Not least that if a guy has a man bun, he is 100% going to be unable to wear a shirt in class.

France and the UK, “some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 20 or 30 years.”

The UK lost 457 soldiers in Afghanistan, fighting alongside the US, and 179 soldiers in Iraq.
Hard to overstate what an insult this is to the Brits.
(Also wrong on FR obviously)

I served with Joe at JSOC where he was a critical, and integral, member of the team. I also watched him work while we were deployed and he was exceptional there too.

A Friday Night Massacre at the Pentagon Trump’s purge started with his firing of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.

None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy.

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Between this guy and MTG my home state is not exactly covering us in glory.

Dear Democratic Leaders: here’s a free idea, send members of congress into the buildings where Elons people are and see what they’re doing. Dare them to stop you.

Do something

Scott Ritter dislikes the FBI because he is a twice convicted pedophile who got caught by the FBI twice.

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You are truly a gentleman, thank you.

Well, I was bored and ready to pivot from my role as an expert on Executive Orders

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Hiring freeze ordered at US Dept of Veterans Affairs, which operates dozens of hospitals, 100s of clinics and veterans benefits programs nationwide

As Trump's election is certified, Americans should declare war on stupidity | Opinion On the eve of Donald Trump's election certification, the best thing Americans can do is remember that stupidity should be embarrassing.

Based on the reaction to today’s column, I’m right. Calling out willful ignorance makes people uncomfortable. As it should.

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You are so kind and it is so appreciated. Thanks so much!

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