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Navy & Marine Corps Vet. 2024 Democratic Candidate for U.S. House. Science teacher, oil field roughneck, freight rail conductor. Writer. #FBR #Veterans #BlueCrew
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More of the push to create compliant cancel-culture crybabies, right in line with Hegseth's idea of a warrior ethos. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/11/n...

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Mitch McConnell in 2017: “I’m totally confident this is a revenue-neutral bill.” He cited a lack of"dynamic scoring." Mike Johnson on One Big Beautiful Bill Act deficit predictions: "The problem is they do not use what we call dynamic scoring." History and a bad idea repeating themselves.

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"Senator Cramer was rationalizing, not representing. Instead of taking care of constituents, he was coming up with reasons to say yes to the Trump administration at his constituents’ expense." trygvehammer.substack.com/p/job-corpse

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“Any piece of legislation named the One Big Beautiful Bill Act should either be signed into law by President Hillary Clinton or be about saving the pelicans or honoring an offensive lineman in Buffalo, New York.” open.substack.com/pub/trygveha...

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More shameless promotion: Made it to #37 in Rising in Politics on Substack after my last post. Going for top 25 by the end of June. I was one spot ahead of Anne Coulter. That's far too close. trygvehammer.substack.com/p/whos-afrai...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Not comfortable being this close to Ann Coulter.

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"Trump’s commencement address was almost as unfair to the USMA Class of 2025 as he thinks everything and everyone has been unfair to him. He should count himself lucky that he does not have to deal with a trophy wife." trygvehammer.substack.com/p/the-great-...

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In Florida, life imitates a Carl Hiaasen novel. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Whoa! I've got a lot of people to follow back. Thanks to anyone who has included me in a starter pack and to those who have followed for whatever other reason. I swear I will get caught up this week.

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"We best honor them by making sure that the United States of America always remains a nation worthy of their sacrifice. That begins with being better citizens and better neighbors." trygvehammer.substack.com/p/how-do-we-...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

My son is now an MD, and once again an LT. Also: An orange cat riding shotgun, fallen trees, a haircut, and tequila therapy. open.substack.com/pub/trygveha...

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So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

submitted 38 days ago • 1025 comments

#liquorcabinet

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“Krulak wouldn’t fit in the Trump administration, but he’s exactly what they need: someone not afraid to say that the emperor has no clothes, someone who always has an outsized impact, someone called Brute.” open.substack.com/pub/trygveha...

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"America can't call itself great if we don't look out even for those who will never be self-reliant and who will never have skin in the federal income tax game. That’s one reason I have run for office three times as a Democrat: We don’t let people drown." open.substack.com/pub/trygveha...

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

My community is hurting.

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