"This is how the military creates decision advantage. This is how it replaces gut instinct with professional foresight and thorough intelligence." *This* had better be happening right now. ICYMI @markhertling.bsky.social on what comes next:
BREAKING: Jury finds Karen Read not guilty of second-degree murder, and guilty of drunk driving in the death of her police officer boyfriend.
The Israeli campaign might well be necessary - but preventive wars carry great moral and practical risks. My latest in
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I know everyone's been breathlessly waiting for what I was going to write about LA.
here you go - gifted
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Two babies have died from whooping cough in Kentucky. Neither they nor their parents had been vaccinated.
The current whooping cough outbreak in the U.S. hasn’t grabbed the media spotlight as much as measles has, but it’s important to update your vaccination if you’re going to be around babies.
Trump arrived at Trump National Golf Club Washington D.C., located in Sterling, Va., at 10:01 a.m. on Saturday, White House pool report.
He doesn’t get to the Oval Office that early…
I enjoyed the series…well acted especially Fahy and Bacon.
Vaccines save lives.
We need to use the expertise of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to assess safe and effective vaccines…
“If you’re among the vast sea of Americans who remain enthusiastically grateful for vaccines, the time for pushing back against Kennedy isn’t later, when he’ll likely be ratcheting up his program to “reevaluate” longstanding pediatric vaccines. It is now.”
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Luck supplemented by coffee
Coffee helps a lot…
Thanks for both recommendations …my library had “Black Earth”available and placed a hold for “Bloodlands”.
Rhode Island chowder (clear broth) is the best…
Update: Putin and Trump had a phone call that produced nothing
WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?
"If you live in a nation where you expect laws and rules are mostly going to be enforced, you’ll do your unlawful things in private. And you’ll cover up what you’ve done. You’ll behave like Richard Nixon. But Trump’s more like a crime boss."
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It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
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Couldn’t agree more.
Kleptocracy:
“Buying the tokens — in essence, giving money to the Trump family — is “an effective way to advocate for fair, balanced and free trade between Mexico and the U.S.,” Mr. Selgas said in a statement, which was also filed with the S.E.C., …”
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This will kill people, and it won’t be the first time this sociopath has done it.
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