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Michael Robinson
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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · Nov 27
🎥In honor of the 82nd anniversary of Casablanca's US release, some of the great (and real-life) things about the classic film🧵

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 1d
The people pumping “Battleships” right now are the dumbest defense commentators in existence. They’re free of insight, purged of virtue, desperately seeking a fascist’s RT that will land them a hit on NewsNation.

Ignore it.

Also, weep for our country. We have torpedos bursting at the waterline.

Reposted by Michael D. Robinson

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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 3d
The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense force working on railguns instead of modular gold-plated hulls.

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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · 3d
things Ar-Pharazon would say
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3d
He is indeed announcing a “Golden Fleet of battleships like you’ve never seen before”.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3d
He is indeed announcing a “Golden Fleet of battleships like you’ve never seen before”.

Reposted by Lawrence Freedman, Michael D. Robinson

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 5d
“I am a hopeful animal and in my most hopeful moments, I think the longer term consequence of the Trump presidency will be much more stringent restrictions on the executive power of the president of the United States.” @ldfreedman.bsky.social drew me out on civ-mil and US politics.
The State and the Soldier
How should the US military react to a "unprincipled principal"?
open.substack.com

Reposted by Kori Schake, Michael D. Robinson

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 11d
Terrific analysis and scathing critique of the new U.S. National Security Strategy by @kschake.bsky.social .It “assumes that the US can be a terribly ally (…) and yet other countries (…) are going to help us achieve what we want in the world. (…) it just doesn’t work that way.”+

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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · 16d
did Jedi Master Syfo Dias write this
Excerpt from the third entry in NYT series on the military

Reposted by Michael D. Robinson, Rosemary A. Joyce, Alan Richardson , and 4 more

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 17d
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
She knows that many people disagree, that they see the value of liberal arts as less about job preparation and more about teaching students how to think. It's a nice sentiment on some level, she says, but it's also hopelessly naive. More to the point, she argues, it's exactly the reason many colleges are in trouble: Faculty grew too powerful and too romantic about their role in society. Students are her customers, she says, and at colleges like Albright they no longer major in Latin American studies or even economics. If they want an Al major, her responsibility is to give them one.

Reposted by Michael D. Robinson, Fabián Muniesa

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18d
Jim Caviezel to play Jair Bolsonaro in ‘heroic’ biopic
Jim Caviezel to play Jair Bolsonaro in ‘heroic’ biopic
Actor, who starred in The Passion of the Christ, will play the disgraced ex-Brazilian president in film written by his one-time secretary of culture Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president now in prison for plotting a coup, is getting the biopic treatment. Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in Mel Gibson’s 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, is reportedly filming a “heroic” portrait of the rightwing ex-politician in secret. Dark Horse, directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh and written by Mário Frias, who served as secretary of culture under Bolsonaro, started shooting three months ago in Brazil, where Bolsonaro served as president from 2019 until 2023. He was sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison in September 2025 for leading a criminal conspiracy to stop his leftwing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, taking power, though his supporters deny the allegations and have compared the prosecution to the “lawfare” allegedly faced by Donald Trump before he was re-elected. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan Lemire @jonlemire.bsky.social · 20d
NEW: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · Nov 22
Airman indicted in plot to take over Haitian island, enslave population trib.al/lWEoZT2
Airman indicted in plot to take over Haitian island, enslave population
Two Texas men, one who joined the Air Force to learn combat skills, wanted to seize an island off of Haiti to turn its women into sex slaves.
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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · Nov 21
Duuuuude

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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · Nov 21
🎬 Casa-versary this Thanksgiving week, refreshing a thread on the impact of refugees on production, the film’s message, and the kind of propaganda we need again
eclipticevader7.bsky.social Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · Nov 27
🎥In honor of the 82nd anniversary of Casablanca's US release, some of the great (and real-life) things about the classic film🧵

Reposted by Michael D. Robinson

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · Nov 20
What the actual fuck are we doing here
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Nov 20
Important dissention on the legality of strikes
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com

Reposted by Michael D. Robinson, Anne Norton

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · Nov 15
65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Nov 14
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
Racial Resentment Among White Americans by Birth Year and Demographics This figure presents the same four-panel layout (education, gender, geography, religion) but for White Americans from birth years 1940 to 2000. Education panel: A pronounced divide shows non-college Whites with substantially higher resentment across all cohorts, increasing sharply for older birth years. College-educated Whites rise more modestly but remain distinctly lower, especially among younger cohorts. Gender panel: Male and female trendlines rise together, with women slightly higher in mid-century cohorts. Younger cohorts of both genders start lower and climb with age. Geography panel: Regional lines separate clearly: the South is highest in resentment, followed by the Midwest. The West and Northeast show lower levels, with the Northeast consistently at the bottom. All regions slope upward toward older cohorts. Religion panel: Protestants show the highest resentment, peaking among mid-century cohorts. Catholics sit in the middle. Non-affiliated Whites show the lowest resentment, especially among younger respondents, with a small rise among mid-century generations. The figure notes CES 2024 data with GAM-smoothed trendlines.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 14
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"

Reposted by Michael D. Robinson

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · Nov 12
Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
Trump’s Insane Pentagon Name-Change Likely to Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion
Changing signage and stationary alone for the Department of Defense would cost at least a billion dollars.
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Reposted by Michael D. Robinson, David R. Miller, Pádua Fernandes

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Nov 12
Unreal. Many of us have had elderly relatives be misled by Fox, but none of them have the power to deploy the military inside our own country.

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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · Nov 11
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here