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It's me, hi | Occasional spy novelist and screenwriter | Co-host, Secrets & Spies Podcast | linktr.ee/fultonmatt
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I more say it as a rhetorical device to suggest that their self-imposed situation is pitiful.
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Makes sense. My read is we’ve had an operational ASAT weapon(s) system for a while. It came up a few times in Trump’s first term and under Biden whether to declassify it with a demo for deterrence, like I mentioned on the pod. Curious if that’s back on the table in the near future.
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Like shutting down to weather the impacts of an ASAT campaign?
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Any take on what Cosmos 2553’s doing up there?
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Great idea.
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They’re the best cats.
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I used Pope Doofus in another post, but Pope Dope is light years better.
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Thank YOU!
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And, to sweeten the deal, here’s a picture of my son, Oliver! He’s a Russian Blue, but he had a Putin chew toy until he ripped its throat out a couple years ago. Made for a nice little scarecrow in my garden.
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We interview authors, experts, journalists, and former spooks. We punch above our weight, I think, and we’re hungry for much more in the future. Any folks on Team Democracy will always feel at home with us.
Here’s our latest, unpacking top stories from the week: pod.fo/e/2d021a 2/3
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Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy it!
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Thank you!
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Thank you, sir! Big fan of you and The Bulwark.
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This paragraph is gonna be my nightmare fuel for the next three years and eight months (2/2). www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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They know we are, and deserve, so much better than this, and wouldn’t excuse or ignore this stone-cold lunacy from anyone else. And yet, for reasons known only to them, they lack the will or courage to say so out loud.
Forgive them, for they know what they do and must shame themselves anyway. 6/6
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Many will see this and know in their hearts that it’s wrong—that this incessant masturbatory bullshit, performed in our front window for the world to see, is the antithesis of everything that actually made America great and powerful and respected. 5/6
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And if you’re a practicing Catholic, too, consider a pit stop at the confessional on Sunday. Ask about the golden calf and false prophets if you skimmed past those bits. Check if your priest has any thoughts on making and worshipping graven images. 4/6
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You may chuckle at this if you’re also a buffoonish, nihilistic fucking clown for whom nothing matters, everything is merely a troll, and see no reason why the president should conduct himself with a little more grace, dignity, decency, and seriousness—if not for his sake then at least for ours. 3/6
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The joke du jour, I guess, is that the president of the United States quipped that he’d also like to be the next vicar of Christ on Earth, and wouldn’t that be so hilarious and epic?
Ha, ha, ha. Truly, the tales and songs fall utterly short of your titanic brilliance and radiant grandeur, sir. 2/6
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There was like one IIRC and it was widely mocked by all the same Acela corridor mandarins who keep churning these out.
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Clearly not enough, and we're all going to suffer for it for the rest of our lives.
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A man for all seasons, if you will.