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Views mine--natsec, politics and fun. (PhD, Harvard; Christensen Inst.; DARPA; dad of @garlic_gorl, et alia.)

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Fear is the point.

10.08.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Forgot to add:🀬🀬🀬

10.08.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How John Durham Buried Evidence He Had Been Doing the Work of Russian Spies ... and then Tulsi Gabbard Buried More - emptywheel There are a lot of pieces of evidence that Durham not only chased a Russian conspiracy theory to frame Hillary Clinton, but did so knowingly. Most telling is the way Durham obscured the timeline showi...

Reupping: How John Durham Buried Evidence He Had Been Doing the Work of Russian Spies ... and then Tulsi Gabbard Buried More

www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/09/h...

10.08.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 910    πŸ” 430    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 20

This is bad for our future.

10.08.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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He’s been the governor since 2015. Surely if there’s a problem, he’s to blame for not fixing it yet.

10.08.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Caroline Kennedy went on national television to warn America about her cousin...she called him a "predator." Always a private person, her speaking out was a significant step into the public eye for her. RFK, Jr.'s siblings did the same.

#ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Pinks

10.08.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3710    πŸ” 1607    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 78
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β€˜Use your other senses’: pioneering show for the blind hits Edinburgh Paulo Palado’s pitch-dark production opens up possibilities by putting visually impaired and sighted in the same position

β€˜Use your other senses’: pioneering show for the blind hits Edinburgh

10.08.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

*massages temples*

We did this. Cities discovered it creates more problems. So in the 90s the push for college education kicked off.

10.08.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

JFC. What a pathetic excuse for a human.

10.08.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please read this brief piece.

10.08.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DHS Stoops to Shocking Low in Racist Attack on Latina Congresswoman The Trump administration and MAGA world are attacking Representative Delia Ramirez over a bad-faith translation.

β€œAnyone who denies our claim on this country simply because we dare to honor our diverse heritage and immigrant roots only exposes how fragile and small-minded their own idea of America really is."

trib.al/VFx3Kol

10.08.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ten indicators of what’s going on with America’s economy Trumponomics has begun to hit America’s growth

Worth your time.

(gift link)

10.08.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Left: Release the Epstein files!

The Right: Sydney Sweeney released an ad and the Left is mad!

L: No we’re not. Trump is covering up his pedophile ring.

R: SOOOOO TRIGGERED!!!

L: He’s accused of raping kids.

R: TRIGGERED!!! Here’s videos of sorority girls. Suck it libs!

10.08.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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I was very moved by my conversation with @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social...

10.08.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10934    πŸ” 1866    πŸ’¬ 228    πŸ“Œ 177

Same thing happened at my favorite taco shop recently.

10.08.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Melania Trump will address immigration controversy, Donald Trump says | CNN Politics Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that his wife will hold a news conference β€œover the next couple of weeks” to address reports that she violated immigration laws when she first came to the U.S.

Nine years ago today:

β€œDonald Trump announced Tuesday evening that his wife will hold a news conference β€˜over the next couple of weeks’ to address reports that she violated immigration laws when she first came to the U.S.”

Still waiting.

09.08.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1038    πŸ” 317    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 26

It’s like they’re familiar with the productivity paradox.

10.08.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So release the documents already.

10.08.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m keeping my money for now. Catch me on tour I’ll be in SF, LA, Hoboken, Sacramento, Brea, Oxnard, Seattle, Portland and more. All info in my bio. #comedy TikTok video by Mohanad Elshieky

This guy is really funny. The premise is about the treatment of homeless people. Sort of.

09.08.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Front-end rate differentials of the US vis-Γ -vis the G10 have reversed half their drop after 4-sigma downward revisions in payrolls a week ago. Yet the Dollar remains flat on its back. There's no 1:1 mapping from rate differentials to the Dollar, but at the margin I see this as Dollar bullish...

09.08.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our kids are watching.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

09.08.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3936    πŸ” 1565    πŸ’¬ 894    πŸ“Œ 345
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A family's fishing trip ends with the dad at 'Alligator Alcatraz'. Here's their story Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly with attorneys and are being held in dangerous conditions.

Civil rights lawyers say many migrant detainees in Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being barred from meeting regularly with attorneys and are being held in dangerous conditions.

09.08.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1006    πŸ” 477    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 30
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U.S. Defense Secretary promotes interview in which Christian nationalist Doug Wilson says women shouldn't have the right to vote. Hegseth goes to a Wilson-affiliated church and sends his kids to one of Wilson’s schools. 1/2

08.08.2025 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1232    πŸ” 573    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 87

china has made the better bet

09.08.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 496    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 6
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β€œTrump calls our trade deficits a β€˜50 year emergency’ β€” that’s an oxymoron… I have a chronic, incurable trade deficit with my barber. I buy a haircut from her, she buys nothing from me.”

Conservative George Will clowns Trump’s trade war, says Congress has abandoned their duties

09.08.2025 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4189    πŸ” 1244    πŸ’¬ 134    πŸ“Œ 69
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True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing.

Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.

Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧡
x.com/andrewcuomo/...

09.08.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 8841    πŸ” 2347    πŸ’¬ 166    πŸ“Œ 233

Cook openly bribed the president with a large hunk of gold in a televised performance of obeisance and walked away with a valuable tariff exemption.

09.08.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1497    πŸ” 417    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 25

For a good Christian and law abiding Conservative, MAGA Mikey seems to have lost his way...

09.08.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Vaccines hold tantalizing promise in the fight against dementia A prominent Nature study and related research raise the possibility that vaccines may have a broader role in experimental therapeutics outside the realm of infectious diseases.

Over the past two centuries, vaccines have been critical for preventing infectious diseases. The WHO estimates vaccination prevent up to 5 million deaths annually from diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, influenza, measles and, more recently, COVID-19.
theconversation.com/vaccines-hol...

09.08.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Daguerreotype image of the hand of fishing boat captain and slavery abolitionist Jonathan Walker showing the β€œSS” (for β€œSlave Stealer”) that the US Govt branded on his palm after he tried in 1844 to help runaway slaves in Florida find freedom in the West Indies (Massachusetts Historical Society) πŸ—ƒ

09.08.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1334    πŸ” 411    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 21

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