@robertmcmillan.bsky.social
Retired DoD 47 years. USN 1974-1978, Gunner’s Mate. USAFR 1980-1999, Flight Control System Specialist and Flight Engineer, SMSgt. DoD Quality Assurance Specialist, ISO Auditor.
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DTE is building a data center in the Detroit suburbs that will tie up resources. When asked to share contract details, DTE and it's clients broke the law and redacted most of the it.
January 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
DTE is building a data center in the Detroit suburbs that will tie up resources. When asked to share contract details, DTE and it's clients broke the law and redacted most of the it.
Blue Water submits $10 billion bid for Citgo parent www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Blue Water submits $10 billion bid for Citgo parent
Blue Water Acquisition Corp said on Friday that it submitted an offer valued at $10 billion for the parent of Venezuela-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum, which includes a $3.2 billion settlement proposal...
www.reuters.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Blue Water submits $10 billion bid for Citgo parent www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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I went up to the Hill to ask Mike Johnson what he thought of Trump usurping Congress's powers to invade and occupy Venezuela. He said this was the first he was hearing of the invasion and thus he couldn't comment on it.
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
I went up to the Hill to ask Mike Johnson what he thought of Trump usurping Congress's powers to invade and occupy Venezuela. He said this was the first he was hearing of the invasion and thus he couldn't comment on it.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), run by Oz and his boss, RFK Jr., will no longer require physicians to report vaccination rates.
Instead, they plan to start having doctors report if they’ve discussed “alternative” vaccine schedules.
Instead, they plan to start having doctors report if they’ve discussed “alternative” vaccine schedules.
CMS to stop requiring states to report childhood vaccination levels
www.cidrap.umn.edu
January 4, 2026 at 10:37 PM
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), run by Oz and his boss, RFK Jr., will no longer require physicians to report vaccination rates.
Instead, they plan to start having doctors report if they’ve discussed “alternative” vaccine schedules.
Instead, they plan to start having doctors report if they’ve discussed “alternative” vaccine schedules.
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FLASHBACK — TAPPER: “Would the world be better off with Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi in power?”
TRUMP: “100%! 100%! We have to rebuild our country… We have 19 trillion in debt.”
Trump makes the case against what he just did.
TRUMP: “100%! 100%! We have to rebuild our country… We have 19 trillion in debt.”
Trump makes the case against what he just did.
January 4, 2026 at 6:44 PM
FLASHBACK — TAPPER: “Would the world be better off with Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi in power?”
TRUMP: “100%! 100%! We have to rebuild our country… We have 19 trillion in debt.”
Trump makes the case against what he just did.
TRUMP: “100%! 100%! We have to rebuild our country… We have 19 trillion in debt.”
Trump makes the case against what he just did.
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Comer: "You're gonna see the Trump administration continue to freeze funds until Democrat governors do like what the Republican governors are doing: they're complying with the federal government, with the Trump administration."
January 4, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Comer: "You're gonna see the Trump administration continue to freeze funds until Democrat governors do like what the Republican governors are doing: they're complying with the federal government, with the Trump administration."
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WASHINGTON: we left clear instructions against factions, standing armies, and in support of individual liberties against state intrusion? How did you all manage to cock this up?
FRANKLIN: aha, see here! ‘Twas a new type of nobility, not borne by blood but purchased with capital!
FRANKLIN: aha, see here! ‘Twas a new type of nobility, not borne by blood but purchased with capital!
January 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
WASHINGTON: we left clear instructions against factions, standing armies, and in support of individual liberties against state intrusion? How did you all manage to cock this up?
FRANKLIN: aha, see here! ‘Twas a new type of nobility, not borne by blood but purchased with capital!
FRANKLIN: aha, see here! ‘Twas a new type of nobility, not borne by blood but purchased with capital!
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🇺🇸🇻🇪 Trump Threatens Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez
"If she doesn't do the right thing, she's going to pay a very high price, probably higher than Maduro," the US president said in an interview with The Atlantic.
"If she doesn't do the right thing, she's going to pay a very high price, probably higher than Maduro," the US president said in an interview with The Atlantic.
January 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
🇺🇸🇻🇪 Trump Threatens Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez
"If she doesn't do the right thing, she's going to pay a very high price, probably higher than Maduro," the US president said in an interview with The Atlantic.
"If she doesn't do the right thing, she's going to pay a very high price, probably higher than Maduro," the US president said in an interview with The Atlantic.
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For the past year I've had the feeling that the Trump administration's primary goal is the creation of content, and I expanded upon it here in the wake of our excursion in Venezuela
The Trump-Flavored Content Administration
Understanding the administration as a content mill
cooperlund.medium.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
For the past year I've had the feeling that the Trump administration's primary goal is the creation of content, and I expanded upon it here in the wake of our excursion in Venezuela
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Source: kam.lt/en/lithuania...
Lithuania is purchasing 100 Swedish CV90 MkIV infantry fighting vehicle, according to the State Defence Council | LR Krašto apsaugos ministerija
Institucija, atsakinga už krašto apsaugai ir gynybai skirtų finansų valdymą, bendradarbiavimą su užsienio valstybėmis gynybos srityje, karinio rezervo rengimą, mobilizacijos planavimą.
kam.lt
January 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Source: kam.lt/en/lithuania...
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We may see efforts to indict the leaders of Cuba, Colombia, maybe even Mexico so that Rubio can say this again.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We may see efforts to indict the leaders of Cuba, Colombia, maybe even Mexico so that Rubio can say this again.
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JD Vance says we captured Maduro because of cocaine.
Does he seriously think Americans forgot that Trump just pardoned a former Honduran president convicted in the U.S. for flooding the country with over 400 tons of cocaine?
Does he seriously think Americans forgot that Trump just pardoned a former Honduran president convicted in the U.S. for flooding the country with over 400 tons of cocaine?
January 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
JD Vance says we captured Maduro because of cocaine.
Does he seriously think Americans forgot that Trump just pardoned a former Honduran president convicted in the U.S. for flooding the country with over 400 tons of cocaine?
Does he seriously think Americans forgot that Trump just pardoned a former Honduran president convicted in the U.S. for flooding the country with over 400 tons of cocaine?
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❗️The 🇷🇺Russian Federation has begun to install MANPADS on its Shahed drones.
The missile is launched by a Shahed pilot, who controls it from the territory of the Russian Federation.
The missile is launched by a Shahed pilot, who controls it from the territory of the Russian Federation.
January 4, 2026 at 4:46 PM
❗️The 🇷🇺Russian Federation has begun to install MANPADS on its Shahed drones.
The missile is launched by a Shahed pilot, who controls it from the territory of the Russian Federation.
The missile is launched by a Shahed pilot, who controls it from the territory of the Russian Federation.
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"Trump desperately wants to be that hero, someone history can never forget. He's currently remembered as a failure president, our very worst. He's twice impeached. He's a convicted felon. But he wants to be a great man, a hero." A desperate Trump is a madman:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
Trump is or is becoming the Leviathan
And it's really not good
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:17 PM
"Trump desperately wants to be that hero, someone history can never forget. He's currently remembered as a failure president, our very worst. He's twice impeached. He's a convicted felon. But he wants to be a great man, a hero." A desperate Trump is a madman:
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
Trump is or is becoming the Leviathan
And it's really not good
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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That means that if the polis doesn't defend itself from the corrupt actions of its corrupted people, then the government itself crumbles--decays into corruption.
There is much at stake.
There is much at stake.
January 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
That means that if the polis doesn't defend itself from the corrupt actions of its corrupted people, then the government itself crumbles--decays into corruption.
There is much at stake.
There is much at stake.
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And I know those words are used differently in typical political discourse, but I'm talking about political languages that emerge though political theory. To say it without the terms:
We need both a rights-based and an obligation-based political discourse.
We need both a rights-based and an obligation-based political discourse.
January 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
And I know those words are used differently in typical political discourse, but I'm talking about political languages that emerge though political theory. To say it without the terms:
We need both a rights-based and an obligation-based political discourse.
We need both a rights-based and an obligation-based political discourse.
“The socialization of education, family life, religion and the military also sustains communal values and loyalty, sometimes even after the corruption of the political process.
The final corruption of the state involves the failure of the citizenry to support these primary structures voluntarilv.”
The final corruption of the state involves the failure of the citizenry to support these primary structures voluntarilv.”
January 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
“The socialization of education, family life, religion and the military also sustains communal values and loyalty, sometimes even after the corruption of the political process.
The final corruption of the state involves the failure of the citizenry to support these primary structures voluntarilv.”
The final corruption of the state involves the failure of the citizenry to support these primary structures voluntarilv.”
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Trump was always a threat to the republic. This thread is about how Trump corrupts those around him, turning even well-meaning people into his authoritarian goons.
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Using threats of force and intimidation is a classic strategy of demagogues. It's how authoritarians take over nations and retain power. It has always been one of Trump's signature rhetorical strategies.
January 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Trump was always a threat to the republic. This thread is about how Trump corrupts those around him, turning even well-meaning people into his authoritarian goons.
bsky.app/profile/jenm...
bsky.app/profile/jenm...
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When Venezuela nationalized their oil companies in 1976, there were no American operations in that country. None. Venezuela stole zero from the USA.
January 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
When Venezuela nationalized their oil companies in 1976, there were no American operations in that country. None. Venezuela stole zero from the USA.
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MAGA's supposed "anti-interventionism" is actually pro-pillage and pro-plunder.
Trump says Venezuela's oil wealth "goes also to the United States of America in the form of reimbursement for the damages caused us by that country"
January 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
MAGA's supposed "anti-interventionism" is actually pro-pillage and pro-plunder.
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The idea that Trump-MAGA are "anti-interventionist" is based on a confused reading of their hatred of multilateralism and international law and institutions. I argued this during Iran bombing debate (h/t @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social):
newrepublic.com/article/1969...
newrepublic.com/article/1969...
January 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The idea that Trump-MAGA are "anti-interventionist" is based on a confused reading of their hatred of multilateralism and international law and institutions. I argued this during Iran bombing debate (h/t @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social):
newrepublic.com/article/1969...
newrepublic.com/article/1969...
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Thank God Latin America is Delta’s domain.
Otherwise we’d already have fifteen new SEAL podcasts, sponsorship deals, newly launched protein powders, and a social media catfight about who it was that yoinked Maduro out of bed.
Otherwise we’d already have fifteen new SEAL podcasts, sponsorship deals, newly launched protein powders, and a social media catfight about who it was that yoinked Maduro out of bed.
January 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Thank God Latin America is Delta’s domain.
Otherwise we’d already have fifteen new SEAL podcasts, sponsorship deals, newly launched protein powders, and a social media catfight about who it was that yoinked Maduro out of bed.
Otherwise we’d already have fifteen new SEAL podcasts, sponsorship deals, newly launched protein powders, and a social media catfight about who it was that yoinked Maduro out of bed.