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Currently asst prof at US Naval war college, soon Asst Prof. of US History at UNC Chapel Hill (incoming, Fall 2025). Basketball, running, cats. Go celtics go heels.
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What class was it for?
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Thanks! This whole article is obvs abt how wanting I find this book…
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could we get a few more of those decades where weeks happen, maybe
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We will see
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gahhh
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Ur a hack
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Tomahawks wouldn’t have stopped 911, which was planned transnationally.
More focus on AQ might have helped, but that’s the kind of vague mandate that makes intel experts crazy.
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Less so btw these admins. Major continuity in the intel world.
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I shouldn't rag on him too hard, his deputy is frantically shooting out memos telling everyone not to change anything due to something they read in a tweet, lol
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To me this was a structural failure, not a personal one
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They did think it was real, but it wasn’t clear what could be done, and it wasn’t a high priority
I agree on Gore’s closer attention but it isn’t clear if the IC could have put the pieces together in tome no matter who was pres
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
It’s a close one.
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
I have given this some consideration
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Yes
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We don’t have to be ridiculously partisan about history
Bush even kept Clinton’s DCI
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Art history ffs
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@raskin.house.gov as a constituent I strongly urge you to immediately introduce articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem. It doesn’t matter if impeachment doesn’t pass. It is vital to send the signal that this is a lawless administration, and that Democrats understand the gravity of this moment.
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Excellent, esp this:
‘And in a battle already largely won, against an enemy on its last legs, the moral justification for continuing on this scale becomes harder and harder to discern.’
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Impeach Noem for starters.
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Impeach Noem.
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thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-anti-l...
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The right has been pretty clear about what they want for a while, and pretty adamant that liberal norms and the rule or law won’t get in their way.
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He clearly identifies himself. Also it is incredibly common in the executive branch to know on sight every sitting senator and most sitting members of Congress. So someone on that team must have known. There's no excuse. ... I'm also left wondering what security Sen Padilla has or had.