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Retired Marine Colonel. OEF/GWOT/Balkans Veteran. Husband. Dad to kids, dogs, and cats. Friend of animals anywhere. Reader. NAFO. Believer in messy democracy and centrism.
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I’ve said this before (from experience). When you cut federal workers you don’t save money, you instead spend more on contractors. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/b...

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Here’s a timeline cleanse: Rosina (aka Rosie) the Wheaten Terrier, waiting for the kids to walk through the door. She heard the garage open and knows they’ll come in at any second. She’s so damn cute!! #dogsofbluesky #wheatenterrier #wheaties

submitted 20 hours ago • 4 comments

So now Trump seems to be allowing Putin to dictate who represents America in the peace negotiations. Dismaying if no longer surprising.

submitted 5 hours ago • 7 comments

Elon ketamine unmasking again.

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I’d like to know the answer to her question as well.

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How we respond right now is absolutely crucial.

submitted 3 hours ago • 4 comments

Russia and China have e been waging a propaganda war against democracy. Trump just surrendered www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 3 hours ago • 39 comments

Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding. inews.co.uk/news/world/m...

submitted 7 hours ago • 177 comments

The world's richest man stole food from the world's poorest children. Now they are beginning to die www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Poor fella. I’m glad he was taken care of and will be ok. Maybe even provided a tweed coat. 🙂

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Great read! “Rand’s heroes are arrogant, but their arrogance is reserved. They do their work with passion and brilliance, and the results speak for themselves. When the public scorns them, their genuine self-esteem—confidence arising from internal psychic resources—allows them to shrug it off.”

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Hmm. Will the orange guy blame their governors and say they should have raked their land? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u...

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It’s intentional. “Founded in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda, VOA now reaches 350 million people weekly in nearly 50 languages. Including some 1,000 VOA workers, USAGM employed roughly 3,500 and had an $886-million budget in 2024, according to the agency's latest report to Congress.”

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🇺🇦

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The authoritarians are rejoicing again. They’ve had a banner few weeks with a new Dear Leader in their ranks. We’re putting the apple in our own mouth as we serve ourselves up.

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My message to Chuck Schumer open.substack.com/pub/harrydun...

submitted 6 hours ago • 240 comments

Nothing to see here. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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We’re all along for a bumpy ride as the narcissists, technros, oligarchs, and authoritarians sort things out for their “mandate”.

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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

submitted 7 hours ago • 436 comments

Protesters in Belgrade, Serbia protesting President Aleksandar Vucic and his government! Incredible.

submitted 5 hours ago • 160 comments

Belgrade and Budapest!

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Huge march in New York today protesting the illegal DOGE cuts

submitted 4 hours ago • 381 comments

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Seit Monaten gehen in #Serbien Studierende, Bauern, Arbeiter und Angestellte auf die Straße. Sie alle protestieren gegen die Korruption von Präsident Vučić und seine Hooligans. Heute ein Höhepunkt: Hunderttausend in Belgrad! Auffällig, wie wenig Beachtung die mutige Bewegung in Deutschland findet.

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The White House Military Office Army aide is on “Football” duty tonight for Trump’s weekly return to Mar-a-Lago—his private home and club. The ~45-pound satchel accompanies Trump 24/7, enabling him to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

submitted 1 day ago • 38 comments

the reason they hold so tightly to this idea that elite universities are indoctrination factories for far-left ideology is because their own sons and daughters are now beyond their command and they cannot fathom any legitimate reason how their offspring could willfully reject their parents’ values

submitted 7 hours ago • 11 comments

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With that attention to detail there’s no doubt he’d make one of our best Platoon Commanders 😏

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Looks like a towel

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More shameful acts; and dot to dots for the rest of us.

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More to this than most of us want to acknowledge I suspect. 😏

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A little sparkle of goodness amidst so much gloom.

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“Zelenskyy called on partners to form a clear position on security guarantees for Ukraine.”

submitted 7 hours ago • 0 comments

I found the Deep State for Donald!

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Indeed!

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Wow! This is significant and a good sign.

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The greatest war against Americans in my lifetime (and I'll be 59 in a couple of weeks) is being waged right now...from Washington, D.C. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 1 day ago • 70 comments

Agree. But this is definitely about the radical Right’s intent to take the U.S. and, by default, the rest of the world with it down a dark path.

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

The American right and Republicans see the EU as “Muslimizing” and self-destructive. The have also bought into the notion that Putin is the prime protector of white Christiandom. It explains a great deal and is completely in line with P2025’s dystopian future for the US.

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

They do 😏

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40% into finance and consulting is low for an Ivy League, so sure, call it "Maoism."

submitted 9 hours ago • 4 comments

Good time to subscribe to @wired.com www.wired.com/story/ai-saf...

submitted 9 hours ago • 55 comments

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

submitted 9 hours ago • 12 comments

Nor may we have the institutions or trust in one another. It’s striking to me that 34+ years after German unification that what was formerly East Germany voted overwhelmingly for AfD in 2025. In other words it may take 2-4 generations to restore (if ever) America depending on the level of damage

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Spot on.

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