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Grandfather, veteran. More of me at https://jbordeaux.substack.com/

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My high school prom theme song.

22.11.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s my assignment for tomorrow night! Would love a recipe referral…

22.11.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, Russian logic.

22.11.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The President Is Losing Control of Himself Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.

This is a new and dire development in the ongoing American constitutional crisis. The voters, Congress, and, yes, the U.S. military must all now be more vigilant than at any time in our modern history.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

22.11.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1385    πŸ” 470    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 34

The word β€œtesting,” as the kids say, is doing a ton of work here.

22.11.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œβ€˜Affordability is overrated.’
– Larry Kudlow

This is what happens when the people running the economy never have to live in it.

22.11.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 340    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 6

This is, of course, a fascinating thread from Kate asking why Google is effectively cannibalizing its own market for both digital ads on third party properties and search ads, by effectively taking away the incentive to click through to third party sites. I have a theory as to why they're doing it.

18.11.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 630    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 30
NORAD AIR DEFENSE EXERCISE PLANNED FOR NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will conduct Exercise FALCON VIRGO, a live-fly air defense exercise, on Nov. 19, 2025, between midnight and 2 a.m. EST in the National Capital Regi...

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For my NCR friends; get some earplugs tonight.

18.11.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps I’m missing something, but weren’t those intermediary sites just one example of the β€œenshittification” of the Internet I’ve been reading about…? :)

18.11.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey so β€œunderage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

12.11.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 18515    πŸ” 5035    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 11

I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.

11.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2311    πŸ” 447    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 10

@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org This needs more exposure.

11.11.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech β€” rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?

Character isn't something you tell people about.

It's something you live.

07.11.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 17025    πŸ” 4650    πŸ’¬ 607    πŸ“Œ 404

But it fits!

02.11.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pitchers and catchers report in 100 days.

02.11.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The evidence is lacking, but there’s hope.

01.11.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chimps Can Weigh Evidence and Update Their Beliefs Like Humans Do - Scientific American

The jokes write themselves.

01.11.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New York Times editorial board has compiled "a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is what "not the odds, but the stakes" was all about.

During the 2024 campaign, those 12 markers could have been in place and operating to guide news coverage everywhere.

31.10.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 965    πŸ” 381    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 44

There are children on the White House payroll spending their days creating these cartoons - while career professionals petition food banks to feed THEIR children as the White House wants them to starve and lose health care.

We had a good run, America. Mostly.

26.10.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Who knew we’d miss Congress?

23.10.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not saying I’m imagining the future of the White House β€œballroom” is as a giant garden and arboretum run by the Smithsonian and open to the public - I’m just saying that helps me sleep at night right now.

22.10.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t take if you’re allergic to whatever we put into this.

12.10.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, he killed my wife and kids, but he left me the most fluffy omelette. I need that recipe.

10.10.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your thoughts on the Alexis Coe treatment here: β€œYou Never Forget Your First?”

09.10.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The spite must flow.

08.10.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jane Goodall's final message from her last interview:

06.10.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 529    πŸ” 192    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 12

Shout out to the Cubbies, the only Major League Baseball team with a urinal in the dugout. @cubsbot.bsky.social

03.10.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trans rights are kitchen table issues for all of us. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

02.10.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Retyred. β€œPut it in the books.” - Howie Rose

open.substack.com/pub/jbordeau...

01.10.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Retyred. β€œPut it in the books.” - Howie Rose

As I enter my last trimester, a brief message.

open.substack.com/pub/jbordeau...

01.10.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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