The War Bird

its cool how cities are both primarily inhabited by homosexual men and also dens of violent crime which a god fearing christian family could not even venture into without being immediately stabbed to death.

In the years since the Obama presidency a messianic religion has cropped up in progressive circles, trying to isolate exactly what strange magic made him so resoundingly popular

The consensus they have arrived at is a combination of social reactionary centrism and tepid economic populism

Every Trump speech now produces approximately two dozen 30-second clips peppering the feed that each alone should trigger impeachment or 25th amendment proceedings and are indistinguishable from what your worst uncle would produce if he had any idea how to make ai-generated videos

Ukraine has shown there's a role for SOF but it's much much closer to how they worked in WW2 than GWOT. Asymmetrically, creatively, supporting the main conventional effort. 'Confound Jerry at every turn etc'

And the cult of SOF is a real problem given that, if we've seen one thing in Ukraine, it is that in a near-peer conflict, highly-trained, ultra-elite infantry cost a lot to form and field but get shredded by firepower at exactly the same rate, if not faster than, regular infantry.

I don’t really care what those other people tried to make this country. the people I choose as my spiritual forebears tried to make it free.

“You think you’re part of a proud tradition that can draw upon powerful unifying national symbols and myths? No, IDIOT, actually the white nationalists are right about what this country is”

Here’s an idea for a reporter:

Gather some retired cops or MPs together and show them how ICE handles hecklers and protesters.

I guarantee you’ll get some amazing copy. Especially if your outlet lets you reprint profanity.

Democrats are bad at policy! Also, I don’t care if this is their policy! They don’t communicate well, also they they didn’t communicate this thing, which is unpopular! Also the reason they’re losing the shutdown is something unrelated, no don’t show me polling that says otherwise!
You’re a wrecker.

This article
1) notes that this is not a Democratic Party policy, not even most blue states are doing this and Utah is too
2) is about state level programs and only once mentions Medicaid (which requires premiums from those covered)
3) is not Democratic Party messaging
4) is from 2 years ago

Buddy, can you read? Do you think Democrats are the ones talking about illegal immigrants here, or did republicans straight up lie that Democrats were trying to give them free healthcare? Because it’s the latter, and your criticism doesn’t make any sense

the right hates universities not when they behave badly, but when they behave well (permit protest, recruit diversely, reject clownish failson applicants)

Probably the definitive thread on Annie Jacobsen‘s „Nuclear War- A Scenario“. Been said a thousand times, but if you want to read a novel about nuclear escalation dynamics re: North Korea that is grounded in reality, Jeffrey Lewis‘ „The 2020 Commission Report“ is a million times better.

JAPANESE LETTER TO HOME: Mother, I am at peace, even in war. because I will protect you in the eternal sky. If death means fulfilling my duty, I have nothing to fear.

AMERICAN LETTER: Ma they even got sloppy beans here at mess and they let you have doubles PS I sunk the battleship Yamato

Whenever Pete Hesgeth talks about the warrior ethos or whatever: Imperial Japan had a real warrior ethos and they were righteously annihilated by a bunch of hicks who just wanted to eat ice cream and maybe catch a glance at Lena Horne’s gams.

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

Await Further Instructions - Wikipedia

They actually already made this in the UK, it seemed pretty hamfisted at the time but has proven to be, if anything, an understatement en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Await_F...

Ah you're distinguishing prequels from spinoffs. In that case, I think you're probably right that it's been a while. Do TV spinoffs from movies count? Like Limitless or Agents of Shield?

Is this not just Better Call Saul? Or, frankly, Young Sheldon?

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

ROK Again showing us how Democracies behave.

The Ministry of Defense will award commendations to soldiers who did not carry out illegal or unjust orders during the December 3 Emergency Martial Law designating them as "individuals who protected constitutional values."

www.chosun.com/english/nati...

If no one is above the law, when are you indicting Tom Homan?

Another day, another illegitimate decision by the black robes, that Tribunal of Blood and Crimes that pretends to be a constitutional court

also everybody who wrote a 'Don't panic, liberals. I have known [X appointee] for twenty years and they are a principled upholder of the law' should be laughed out of the room every time they voice an opinion in future.

until there's a Republican congress and a Democratic president, in which case it will suddenly be very important.

the country cannot function as a real democracy with corrupt, partisan serial liars controlling the Supreme Court; it has to be the first priority of a new administration.

Surely a nation’s people would not voluntarily choose self-immiseration just to see their domestic enemies punished on the TV screen

“Donald Trump has been firing federal workers since day one—not to govern, but to scare,” Schumer said in a statement Wednesday evening. “This is nothing new and has nothing to do with funding the government. These unnecessary firings will either be overturned in court or the administration will end up hiring the workers back, just like they did as recently as today.”

Sorry but this is the exact right response, regardless of who it's from.
www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

Evelyn Waughluigi @matress_island Muppets Take Manhattan, Coalition Troops Retreat To The Bronx

Not to swerve too deep into "America isn't the global protagonist" territory, which I think is a bit overblown, but I think a lot of this depends on whether China figures out how to turn its economic slump and hostile foreign policy around.