Clay Copper
@claycopper.bsky.social
Fed defense university faculty, Security Cooperation pro, international relations, diplomacy, diverse democracy enjoyer, some boardgames, human
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Clay Copper
@claycopper.bsky.social
· Feb 15
My internal monologue is just a medley of the angry Kendrick bars
I would simply not post and tell my comms person to take the day
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I would simply not post and tell my comms person to take the day
This might be the best deal available, and fine. The deal's not worse next weekend, it's better-timed and gives you a chance to message with unity, to make clear what you stand for. How this happened, what's going on in the party, is destructive to the party, way more than where the issue dials are.
Honestly, what a leadership debacle. Obvs the shutdown has to end, and I think Dems did achieve some political wins, but tonight's chaos and disunity just pisses so much of that away. If it wasn't planned, it's awful leadership. If it was, it's wayyyy too cute and still pisses everyone off.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This might be the best deal available, and fine. The deal's not worse next weekend, it's better-timed and gives you a chance to message with unity, to make clear what you stand for. How this happened, what's going on in the party, is destructive to the party, way more than where the issue dials are.
I made a pizza last night. Alice Waters' focaccia recipe for the crust was awesome
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I made a pizza last night. Alice Waters' focaccia recipe for the crust was awesome
Honestly, what a leadership debacle. Obvs the shutdown has to end, and I think Dems did achieve some political wins, but tonight's chaos and disunity just pisses so much of that away. If it wasn't planned, it's awful leadership. If it was, it's wayyyy too cute and still pisses everyone off.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Honestly, what a leadership debacle. Obvs the shutdown has to end, and I think Dems did achieve some political wins, but tonight's chaos and disunity just pisses so much of that away. If it wasn't planned, it's awful leadership. If it was, it's wayyyy too cute and still pisses everyone off.
The timing on this climb down by a truly incompetent set of Dem appeasers is nuts. You have days of headlines upcoming this week about POTUS fighting in the courts to NOT PAY SNAP BENEFITS! Why would you bail the GOP out this week!!??
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The timing on this climb down by a truly incompetent set of Dem appeasers is nuts. You have days of headlines upcoming this week about POTUS fighting in the courts to NOT PAY SNAP BENEFITS! Why would you bail the GOP out this week!!??
A new Portugal. The Man album (Shish) is out and it's generally a lot. Feels extremely personal. Some weird, some epic, but definitely worth a listen. The opener, Denali, is a great welcome to the album. Knik is some of their best work, especially the guitar on the back half.
Portugal. The Man - Denali
YouTube video by Portugal. The Man
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A new Portugal. The Man album (Shish) is out and it's generally a lot. Feels extremely personal. Some weird, some epic, but definitely worth a listen. The opener, Denali, is a great welcome to the album. Knik is some of their best work, especially the guitar on the back half.
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I know Ryan Adams crashed out hard, but Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings turned Heartbreaker from an 8/10 to an 11, all time top tier album.
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I know Ryan Adams crashed out hard, but Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings turned Heartbreaker from an 8/10 to an 11, all time top tier album.
I'm interested in this one as a learning example. You're active duty, you're leading a team doing a key leader engagement in a county like Ghana. Goal is to build trust, create contacts, gain access. On the last day of a 3-day engagement you get gifted these. What do you do in the moment?
Kristi Noem was gifted a new hat and bag worth hundreds of dollars each on a taxpayer funded trip to Ecuador
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm interested in this one as a learning example. You're active duty, you're leading a team doing a key leader engagement in a county like Ghana. Goal is to build trust, create contacts, gain access. On the last day of a 3-day engagement you get gifted these. What do you do in the moment?
Just remembering that the conventional wisdom that was building in the minds of senior officers around me in March was that despite all that was going on, at least the guidance was clear and consistent.
I don't hear that much anymore. Lol.
I don't hear that much anymore. Lol.
So, uh, what exactly is our defense posture? Does anyone know what our China policy is? Will we have any generals to implement it?
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Just remembering that the conventional wisdom that was building in the minds of senior officers around me in March was that despite all that was going on, at least the guidance was clear and consistent.
I don't hear that much anymore. Lol.
I don't hear that much anymore. Lol.
And for this stupid, cringe FAFO horseshit to work in IR you should probably at least have some consistent signaling about what you as a nation consider to be Fucking Around worthy of Finding Out. Russia obvs doesn't see jerking Witkoff around or flying drones around Poland as Fucking Around.
I know most aren't following the weekly antics of our very fine SOW, but I imagine there aren't that many Americans who want to hear this gorilla chest-thumping about a wartime footing all the time. The motto of GWOT for 90% of Americans was, "You don't have to sacrifice anything! War is Free!"
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
And for this stupid, cringe FAFO horseshit to work in IR you should probably at least have some consistent signaling about what you as a nation consider to be Fucking Around worthy of Finding Out. Russia obvs doesn't see jerking Witkoff around or flying drones around Poland as Fucking Around.
I'm confused, a goldeneye is a duck right? Why not make the logo a duck? Why the weird eye?
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I'm confused, a goldeneye is a duck right? Why not make the logo a duck? Why the weird eye?
"Nazi scientists created exquisite technological marvels!!!"
Sherman rocket launcher tank
Sherman rocket launcher tank
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"Nazi scientists created exquisite technological marvels!!!"
Sherman rocket launcher tank
Sherman rocket launcher tank
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With apologies to the CQ stans on here
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
With apologies to the CQ stans on here
Gen CQ Brown is back, baby, and he's got something to say about the colors of money in War on the Rocks.
The Profession is absolutely fine, why do you ask?
The Profession is absolutely fine, why do you ask?
The Pentagon, Congress, and industry need to function as one team, or risk falling behind, writes Gen. (ret.) CQ Brown, Jr.
Racing Against Time: Realizing a True Defense Industrial Enterprise
In November 2015, I was five months into commanding the air campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Operation Inherent Resolve was in full
warontherocks.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Gen CQ Brown is back, baby, and he's got something to say about the colors of money in War on the Rocks.
The Profession is absolutely fine, why do you ask?
The Profession is absolutely fine, why do you ask?
Absolute failure to read history aside, this paragraph argues that Congress actually has a role if a president decides to unilaterally send the nation into a war of choice, but that it actually doesn't because defunding a war in progress is politically untenable.
Flawless logic from the WSJ
Flawless logic from the WSJ
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Absolute failure to read history aside, this paragraph argues that Congress actually has a role if a president decides to unilaterally send the nation into a war of choice, but that it actually doesn't because defunding a war in progress is politically untenable.
Flawless logic from the WSJ
Flawless logic from the WSJ
"OH SO YOU SUPPORT A BRUTAL DICTATOR BC YOU DON'T WANT THE PRESIDENT TO UNILATERALLY PROSECUTE AN ILL-CONCEIVED WAR OF CHOICE IN A COUNTRY WITH 100 OTHER CHALLENGES, LED BY A TEAM OF TOTAL MORONS WHO INCAPABLE OF BASIC OPSEC?"
Guys, he's losing. Have a minimum level of self respect.
Guys, he's losing. Have a minimum level of self respect.
Conservative intellectualism has completely collapsed. Accuse Senate Dems of failing to address the "merits" of a half-baked intervention in Latin America while they simply dismiss out of hand the challenges inherent in regime change. Net positive immigration in the wake of a violent intervention!?
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"OH SO YOU SUPPORT A BRUTAL DICTATOR BC YOU DON'T WANT THE PRESIDENT TO UNILATERALLY PROSECUTE AN ILL-CONCEIVED WAR OF CHOICE IN A COUNTRY WITH 100 OTHER CHALLENGES, LED BY A TEAM OF TOTAL MORONS WHO INCAPABLE OF BASIC OPSEC?"
Guys, he's losing. Have a minimum level of self respect.
Guys, he's losing. Have a minimum level of self respect.
I thought these two were related and we were threatening to raid Nigeria for provisions like the Grande Armée.
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I thought these two were related and we were threatening to raid Nigeria for provisions like the Grande Armée.
How much trade does Alito think goes on between two countries facing "an imminent threat of war?"
READ THEORY
READ THEORY
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
How much trade does Alito think goes on between two countries facing "an imminent threat of war?"
READ THEORY
READ THEORY
Foreign Affairs excited to break into the "What the Actual Fuck Are You Talking About" genre: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Case for Trump’s Second-Term Foreign Policy
Peace through strength is delivering stability and security.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Foreign Affairs excited to break into the "What the Actual Fuck Are You Talking About" genre: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
JD Power and Associates also awards Donald J Trump its highest rating in the categories of Big Hands, Ending Wars, Mental Acuity, Handsomeness, and Presidenting.
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
JD Power and Associates also awards Donald J Trump its highest rating in the categories of Big Hands, Ending Wars, Mental Acuity, Handsomeness, and Presidenting.
Yeah, at least a few people rn in the White House looking for the East Wing assembly instructions
So I just got the tap on my shoulder, the New Jersey 40th legislative district, which has never elected a democrat in the history of the state, is currently too close to call whyy.org/articles/new...
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Yeah, at least a few people rn in the White House looking for the East Wing assembly instructions
Just gonna go ahead and post this one again:
a man in a suit and tie says " this is your time their time is done it 's over "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " this is your time their time is done it 's over "
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Just gonna go ahead and post this one again:
CIA EXTENDS ELECTORAL STREAK WITH STATEMENT WIN ON HOME TURF
They called it! Abigail Spanberger won the Virginia gubernatorial race!
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
CIA EXTENDS ELECTORAL STREAK WITH STATEMENT WIN ON HOME TURF
WaPo call me I'm a prognosticator and you need a token ResistLib
Free Markets, Free People, Free Virginia amirite?
Free Markets, Free People, Free Virginia amirite?
Fairfax County fabricating claims as we speak.
I think it'll be a Spanberger wipeout tho. Too many feds, too much anger, and too meh of a GOP candidate.
I think it'll be a Spanberger wipeout tho. Too many feds, too much anger, and too meh of a GOP candidate.
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
WaPo call me I'm a prognosticator and you need a token ResistLib
Free Markets, Free People, Free Virginia amirite?
Free Markets, Free People, Free Virginia amirite?
My entire day has basically been this meme repeated every 90 minutes, but this post was pretty fucking funny.
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
My entire day has basically been this meme repeated every 90 minutes, but this post was pretty fucking funny.