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The shootings of elected politicians and their spouses in Minnesota is a trend I assess will continue (but these attacks aren't "almost routine" as @nytimes.com claims). This edition of my new newsletter on Substack discusses my previous forecasts on political violence and some warning behaviors.

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Where is Iran? Each dot represents an American's guess. pro.morningconsult.com/articles/can... 🌐

submitted 625 days ago • 54 comments

Public service announcement for folks on TV and radio, and other folks publicly speaking: 1. It's "Strait of Hormuz", not "Straits of Hormuz". There's only one Strait of Hormuz. 2. Phonetic for Iran and Iraq: /ɪˈræn/ and /ɪˈræk/. Not /ˈaɪ.ræn/ and /ˈaɪ.ræk/. There's no /eye/ in "Iran" or "Iraq".

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“Forget about intelligence” is not a line I ever expected a Secretary of State to proudly say—especially in the context of a decision to bomb another country.

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🧵My 7 initial reactions to Israel's and U.S. strikes on Iran nuclear and other facilities, based on my experience as a career intel officer, including leading the intel portion of various WMD-degradation planning efforts, and leading and co-leading Iran-related projects for almost 6 years:

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.

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🧵News networks need to do much better vetting of its "experts" and their specific areas of expertise. A basic understanding of the military is also good. I just watched a "former U.S. deputy commander" (dep commander of what?) on BBC News say that U.S. B-2 bombers might have been assisted by F-117s.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

This is an absolute betrayal of promises made by Congress to protect the people who protected American soldiers. A betrayal by people who think American greatness is based on half-assed military parades rather than being a credible ally to those that risked their lives for America.

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