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Jeffrey M. Leatherwood

@rockinprofessor.bsky.social

Military historian and published author, best known for "Nine From Aberdeen," the WWII history of U.S. Army EOD operations. PhD from WVU (2009). Army veteran, acolyte musician. Proudly anti-MAGA and ex-GOP since 1996.

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Once upon a time, we used to fight these people as a nation.

02.11.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: The man in charge of ICE's Chicago operation, Greg Bovino, just threw up a NA*ZI SALUTE toward a crowd of people booing him. #fuckice

02.11.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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An early morning thought๐Ÿ—ฝ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธโš–๏ธ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ€

01.11.2025 08:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 283    ๐Ÿ” 122    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Rep. Ryan Zinke: "Our economy is not great."

31.10.2025 12:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3462    ๐Ÿ” 830    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 395    ๐Ÿ“Œ 114
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Pro Prop 50 sign of the day...

31.10.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 96    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Everyone's Saying The Same Thing About The Massive Layoffs Happening In The US Right Now "actual recession indicator btw."

People are figuring it out. A bit late but better than never.
www.buzzfeed.com/alanavalko/m...

31.10.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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this is insane.

www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

31.10.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14502    ๐Ÿ” 4997    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 785    ๐Ÿ“Œ 326
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The United States, once a haven for people from all over the world seeking a better life, will only admit 7,500 refugees next year, and most of them will be white South Africans. trib.al/ZXzm95Q

30.10.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 332    ๐Ÿ” 176    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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Major universities facing weeks-long strikes as job cuts deepen Union branches plan walkouts across UK amid increased tensions with senior managers

'Staff at the University of Nottingham are preparing to strike for the second time this term, announcing a further 22 days of action before Christmas, in addition to the 20 days already taken.' Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam, Leicester, and Edinburgh also striking.

31.10.2025 08:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A couple years back, I commissioned a local artist to install stained glass in my little house, and I love the light it casts on the walls at sunset๐Ÿ’™

30.10.2025 23:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9754    ๐Ÿ” 489    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 348    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

More than 47 million Americans โ€” including one in five children โ€” donโ€™t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.

31.10.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20279    ๐Ÿ” 5806    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 652    ๐Ÿ“Œ 199
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Trump Isnโ€™t Easing the Shutdown Painโ€”Heโ€™s Inflicting It Mike Johnson says the president is protecting Americans from the shutdown. Thatโ€™s completely wrong.

Clinton may or not have really felt your pain, but Trump won't even pretend to www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-isnt...

31.10.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 183    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œThey think that theyโ€™re tough. They have no idea how tough we are. They think that theyโ€™re hardcore. We are so much more hardcore than they are.โ€

--Stephen Miller speaking to Memphis police earlier this month.

31.10.2025 00:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14346    ๐Ÿ” 4655    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1793    ๐Ÿ“Œ 540

As a former member of the Bipartisan Policy Center and Nutrition Security Task Force, I signed and wholeheartedly support this action.

28.10.2025 23:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 245    ๐Ÿ” 52    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Why Commanders Donโ€™t Sign NDAs Existing rules and laws applying to military secrecy are sufficientโ€”and asking officers to sign NDAs is deeply inappropriate.

Some discussion recently on the use of NDAs in the military

My thoughts in the @thebulwark.com

www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...

29.10.2025 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 507    ๐Ÿ” 189    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

Had a chance to participate in a discussion regarding a potential attack on Venezuela. I have questionsโ€ฆso does Congress. Answers arenโ€™t forthcoming. With @anacabrera.bsky.social

31.10.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 291    ๐Ÿ” 91    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Heritage president backs Tucker Carlson after interview with Holocaust-denier Nick Fuentes Kevin Roberts denounced the โ€œvenomous coalitionโ€ that has criticized the former Fox News host.

Two years ago, Nick Fuentes was so toxic that, after I reported on a secret meet he had with a top Texas GOP donor, the party was engulfed in scandal and voted to explicitly ban Holocaust deniers/Neo Nazis.

Today, Heritage Foundation effectively said that "no enemies to our right" includes Fuentes.

31.10.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2462    ๐Ÿ” 949    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 76    ๐Ÿ“Œ 104

As a result, the idea of โ€œconvertingโ€ feels very weird. If you already believe that many rivers can flow into the same ocean, who do you convert?? Plus Hinduism, perhaps like Judaism, is as cultural as it is religious. So you canโ€™t really abandon it wholesale w/o abandoning who you are. Thatโ€™s all.

31.10.2025 02:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1301    ๐Ÿ” 123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 58    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

I have a very bright student, an Indian by birth, whose father is Hindu and whose mother is a Christian. They make it work!

31.10.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hindu here ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ. And I am speaking for myself, not all Hindus.

Hinduism, as I (personally) understand it, is not mutually exclusive with other faiths. We are not asked to disavow other religions. I am a member of my local church! Vance is very fortunate if Usha has a similar ecumenical outlook 1/

31.10.2025 02:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1185    ๐Ÿ” 210    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 160    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

29.10.2025 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26854    ๐Ÿ” 9418    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1969    ๐Ÿ“Œ 602

Still clinging to this self-admitted lie. I guess the spirit of Goebbels lives on.

29.10.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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1/2: "I've been to war. I served in Iraq in a war-torn place. Portland is very, very far from that...And so the president was lying." - AG Nick Brown

27.10.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 398    ๐Ÿ” 116    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Nick Fuentes: "It was December 18...That's Joseph Stalin's birthday. I'm a fan."

Tucker Carlson: "You're a fan of Stalin?"

Nick Fuentes: "Always an admirer."

Tucker Carlson: "Well that's uh...Okay. We'll circle back to that."

Spoiler: Tucker never circles back.

28.10.2025 03:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2137    ๐Ÿ” 588    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 205    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69

When did making kids go hungry become a Christian value?

27.10.2025 23:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21720    ๐Ÿ” 5674    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1391    ๐Ÿ“Œ 301
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Cat 5 (175 mph peak winds) Hurricane Melissa is just a few hours from making landfall in Jamaica as its strongest storm on record. Storm is stronger than Katrina (at peak) and the strongest ever recorded in Atlantic so late in the season.

More info: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

28.10.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

It's also their longstanding religious opposition to reproductive rights and LGBTQ issues. Plus the fact Trump's 'radical left' smear against Democrats resonates with Cubanos and others who have fled Communism. Thing is, Trump is behaving more and more like a Soviet apparatchik.

28.10.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That 25% represent the ignorant and uninformed. They are so centered around their own lives, that they can't see what is happening right in front of them. This is consistent with the white population as well. That, plus constant barrage of propaganda from right-wing media, is why this is happening.

28.10.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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