Anthony Nguyen
@anthonynguyen.bsky.social
Helping our friends and allies at work and in my spare time, relitigating the Vietnam War.
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The popular commentary on drones is too focused on "wow, cool drones!" rather than "why did the U.S. and partners fail to secure other, more effective forms of long-range fires for Ukraine?"
December 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The popular commentary on drones is too focused on "wow, cool drones!" rather than "why did the U.S. and partners fail to secure other, more effective forms of long-range fires for Ukraine?"
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Can you guys shut the fuck up about war and politics. Spotify Wrapped is out. There’s more important things going on
December 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Can you guys shut the fuck up about war and politics. Spotify Wrapped is out. There’s more important things going on
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Say it loudly! Say it proudly! @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social @usaidstopwork.bsky.social @wofava.bsky.social @anufh.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Say it loudly! Say it proudly! @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social @usaidstopwork.bsky.social @wofava.bsky.social @anufh.bsky.social
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When we stand for nothing but ourselves, why do we think anyone would stand with us?
September 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
When we stand for nothing but ourselves, why do we think anyone would stand with us?
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I really think that Dems should demand firing RFK Jr. as a condition to fund the government
his negative value over replacement cabinet member is undoubtedly the highest in the administration
his negative value over replacement cabinet member is undoubtedly the highest in the administration
September 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I really think that Dems should demand firing RFK Jr. as a condition to fund the government
his negative value over replacement cabinet member is undoubtedly the highest in the administration
his negative value over replacement cabinet member is undoubtedly the highest in the administration
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Market Garden wouldn’t have gone down like that if I was in charge. I would have gotten to Arnhem in time. I would have simply just gone faster.
Happy Market Garden to all who celebrate! I will be driving an entire corps of armor down one elevated road the entire length of The Netherlands in celebration.
September 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Market Garden wouldn’t have gone down like that if I was in charge. I would have gotten to Arnhem in time. I would have simply just gone faster.
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If you follow any group make it Friends of USAID on BlueSky or Instagram. This brilliant push for TIME Person of the Year is their idea. From ending smallpox to saving 91M lives their record shows why USAID deserves the cover. What an amazing idea worth amplifying.
@altusaid.altgov.info
@altusaid.altgov.info
September 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
If you follow any group make it Friends of USAID on BlueSky or Instagram. This brilliant push for TIME Person of the Year is their idea. From ending smallpox to saving 91M lives their record shows why USAID deserves the cover. What an amazing idea worth amplifying.
@altusaid.altgov.info
@altusaid.altgov.info
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how a lot of my people look right now
September 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
how a lot of my people look right now
YOU HAD ONE JOB
August 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
YOU HAD ONE JOB
I've honestly lost track of how many deadlines we've given Putin at this point
Trump on Putin: "I'm gonna make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today."
July 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I've honestly lost track of how many deadlines we've given Putin at this point
I wonder what Lohmeier would think of Merritt Edson and
Evans Carlson. Actually, you know what? I don't want to imagine that.
Evans Carlson. Actually, you know what? I don't want to imagine that.
Matthew Lohmeier was fired from command after appearing on a podcast where he alleged Marxist ideology is spreading through and undermining the military.
Anti-’woke’ former officer confirmed as Air Force undersecretary
Matthew Lohmeier was fired from command after appearing on a podcast where he alleged Marxist ideology is spreading through and undermining the military.
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July 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I wonder what Lohmeier would think of Merritt Edson and
Evans Carlson. Actually, you know what? I don't want to imagine that.
Evans Carlson. Actually, you know what? I don't want to imagine that.
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Last week, we warned of a coming anti-democratic backslide. Now, we see it happening.
A parliamentary vote, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s lawmakers, today took away the independence of Ukraine’s key anti-corruption bodies. Zelensky signed it into law the same day.
A parliamentary vote, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s lawmakers, today took away the independence of Ukraine’s key anti-corruption bodies. Zelensky signed it into law the same day.
Editorial: Zelensky just betrayed Ukraine's democracy — and everyone fighting for it
Editor’s note: This editorial has been updated to reflect the fact Zelensky signed the bill into law on the evening of July 22, as shown on the Parliament's website.
Last week, we warned of a coming ...
kyivindependent.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Last week, we warned of a coming anti-democratic backslide. Now, we see it happening.
A parliamentary vote, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s lawmakers, today took away the independence of Ukraine’s key anti-corruption bodies. Zelensky signed it into law the same day.
A parliamentary vote, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s lawmakers, today took away the independence of Ukraine’s key anti-corruption bodies. Zelensky signed it into law the same day.
Andrew was a fantastic guy. He will be missed deeply.
CSIS mourns the loss of our Chief Communications Officer, Andrew Schwartz. For 20 years, he led with vision and integrity, shaping how CSIS engaged the world. His leadership, mentorship, and legacy in strategic communications will have a lasting impact
Full Statement: www.csis.org/analysis/mem...
Full Statement: www.csis.org/analysis/mem...
July 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Andrew was a fantastic guy. He will be missed deeply.
100% Newsom is a bad person who should never get within ten feet of the presidency.
However, he is a useful attack dog and his sole focus re: national politics from now until the election should be to debate, attack, and humiliate republicans in public forums
That should be his only role
However, he is a useful attack dog and his sole focus re: national politics from now until the election should be to debate, attack, and humiliate republicans in public forums
That should be his only role
if you're mad at a trans person for saying they won't vote for Gavin Newsom
too damn bad! this is our lives! it's not a purity test when it's our lives. of course we're a one issue voter, it's our lives
you could just not nominate Newsom! but everyone knows the risk of that now, you have no excuse
too damn bad! this is our lives! it's not a purity test when it's our lives. of course we're a one issue voter, it's our lives
you could just not nominate Newsom! but everyone knows the risk of that now, you have no excuse
July 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
100% Newsom is a bad person who should never get within ten feet of the presidency.
However, he is a useful attack dog and his sole focus re: national politics from now until the election should be to debate, attack, and humiliate republicans in public forums
That should be his only role
However, he is a useful attack dog and his sole focus re: national politics from now until the election should be to debate, attack, and humiliate republicans in public forums
That should be his only role
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“Those who served in USAID, the Foreign Service and the diplomatic corps were anything but soft.” - Retired 4-star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Soft power for a tough world
America needs more than tanks and aircraft carriers.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
“Those who served in USAID, the Foreign Service and the diplomatic corps were anything but soft.” - Retired 4-star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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CFR should do an event where fired State/USAID employees present on what they were working on before they got fired to drive home the point to the rest of the broader community of interest that this stuff is now all uncovered risk.
July 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
CFR should do an event where fired State/USAID employees present on what they were working on before they got fired to drive home the point to the rest of the broader community of interest that this stuff is now all uncovered risk.
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If you follow myself or any number of defense posters, you’d know CENTCOM is something of a meme. But there comes a point when meme becomes reality, sucking in resources in pursuit of increasingly pointless and dubious objectives all the while very real threats continue to fester. My latest⬇️
America’s Kwantung Army
Iran, Civil-Military Relations, and the Strategic Vortex of CENTCOM
secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If you follow myself or any number of defense posters, you’d know CENTCOM is something of a meme. But there comes a point when meme becomes reality, sucking in resources in pursuit of increasingly pointless and dubious objectives all the while very real threats continue to fester. My latest⬇️
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Really sick of extremely online leftists treating USAID like it was a little thought experiment instead of a real if flawed thing whose sudden death at the hands of Trump is currently killing hundreds of thousands of people.
The Great Sage lowered their head. "You can't do international aid without also funding the Khmer Rouge and trying to overthrow countries. You idiot. You absolute oaf."
I do not think I will take your commitment to ending genocide seriously if you're also running around agreeing with the MAGAs that murdering hundreds of thousands of people by suddenly withdrawing US aid (which is happening right now) is a *good* thing.
June 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Really sick of extremely online leftists treating USAID like it was a little thought experiment instead of a real if flawed thing whose sudden death at the hands of Trump is currently killing hundreds of thousands of people.
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A well-known memorial in Washington pays tribute to the US service members who lost their lives in the Vietnam War, but few memorials honor the Vietnamese who fought with them, or those who came to the US after. A new project by Vietnamese Americans in Boston aims to do just that.
bit.ly/3Fo5YIY
bit.ly/3Fo5YIY
The ‘1975’ project helps Vietnamese refugee families open up about their past - The World from PRX
This year marks a half-century since the end of the Vietnam War. A well-known memorial in Washington, DC, pays tribute to the US service members who lost their lives in that war, but few memorials hon...
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June 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A well-known memorial in Washington pays tribute to the US service members who lost their lives in the Vietnam War, but few memorials honor the Vietnamese who fought with them, or those who came to the US after. A new project by Vietnamese Americans in Boston aims to do just that.
bit.ly/3Fo5YIY
bit.ly/3Fo5YIY
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very struck by the fact that whenever i use this image people will show up to tell me that it is gross and immoral
when they could just skeet "i am addicted to losing" and save us all some time
when they could just skeet "i am addicted to losing" and save us all some time
April 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
very struck by the fact that whenever i use this image people will show up to tell me that it is gross and immoral
when they could just skeet "i am addicted to losing" and save us all some time
when they could just skeet "i am addicted to losing" and save us all some time
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Bad times for the State Department lead to bad times for the rest of us.
April 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Bad times for the State Department lead to bad times for the rest of us.
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Why did the Biden Admin only send 33 Abrams to Ukraine? Or 1 Patriot battery and waiting for so long for a 2nd before just stopping? What about underrequesting funding for the largest land war in Europe since WW2? The US was spending more on Afghanistan yearly ($107B) at peak than Ukraine.
April 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Why did the Biden Admin only send 33 Abrams to Ukraine? Or 1 Patriot battery and waiting for so long for a 2nd before just stopping? What about underrequesting funding for the largest land war in Europe since WW2? The US was spending more on Afghanistan yearly ($107B) at peak than Ukraine.
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if you ask a liberal what their military policy is they'll say "we should cut the defense budget." if you ask a liberal what kind of military we ought to have they'll look at you blankly. i don't say this with any joy. it's a problem we need to confront!
Oy. One of the consistent failures of the left I'm seeing is the failure to understand that our efforts to create a peaceful world have failed and we now need the military again, damn it.
BTW, this "peace at any price" propaganda used to be Soviet.
BTW, this "peace at any price" propaganda used to be Soviet.
March 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
if you ask a liberal what their military policy is they'll say "we should cut the defense budget." if you ask a liberal what kind of military we ought to have they'll look at you blankly. i don't say this with any joy. it's a problem we need to confront!
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Counterpoint: you have a right to self defense. If you want to, buy, learn to use, and own guns. defector.com/dont-buy-a-g...
Don't Buy A Gun, Even If It Comes In Rainbow | Defector
A lot of fear in this country is directly caused by guns. According to the CDC, there were over 48,000 firearm-related deaths in the U.S. in 2022, and the specific way in which a gun can kill you—with...
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March 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Counterpoint: you have a right to self defense. If you want to, buy, learn to use, and own guns. defector.com/dont-buy-a-g...
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You, angry, agitated: I’m going to become the joker
Me, calm, serene: I have already been the joker for some time now
Me, calm, serene: I have already been the joker for some time now
March 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
You, angry, agitated: I’m going to become the joker
Me, calm, serene: I have already been the joker for some time now
Me, calm, serene: I have already been the joker for some time now