Puddleglum
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"Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie"
Introducing the youngling to Star Wars tonight
a young man in a white robe stands in front of a cloudy sky
ALT: a young man in a white robe stands in front of a cloudy sky
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Introducing the youngling to Star Wars tonight
New National Security Strategy has an unprecedented partisan tone, glazes Trump, is replete with dog whistles to white nationalists on the alt right, downplays Russian threats to global stability, and propagates a dangerous ideology that the western hemisphere “belongs” the the USA.
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
New National Security Strategy has an unprecedented partisan tone, glazes Trump, is replete with dog whistles to white nationalists on the alt right, downplays Russian threats to global stability, and propagates a dangerous ideology that the western hemisphere “belongs” the the USA.
This is without a doubt, a war crime.
BREAKING: The Pentagon knew a September boat attack in the Caribbean left survivors but still launched follow-on strike to sink the vessel, AP sources say.
Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is without a doubt, a war crime.
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BREAKING: The Pentagon knew a September boat attack in the Caribbean left survivors but still launched follow-on strike to sink the vessel, AP sources say.
Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
BREAKING: The Pentagon knew a September boat attack in the Caribbean left survivors but still launched follow-on strike to sink the vessel, AP sources say.
This piece is is responding to a poorly conceived argument about how the profession could adapt to service under various authoritarian models. The original piece completely missed the mark while this one addresses the real questions and issues at stake.
The profession of arms derives legitimacy from the system it serves. What happens when that system changes?
The Soldier in the Illiberal State is a Professional Dead End
The American political system today is indeed in crisis. Government function is in doubt, the administration has politicized and weaponized a previously
warontherocks.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This piece is is responding to a poorly conceived argument about how the profession could adapt to service under various authoritarian models. The original piece completely missed the mark while this one addresses the real questions and issues at stake.
Leave it to this SECDEF to find a way to commit war crimes without even an official war 🙄
November 29, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Leave it to this SECDEF to find a way to commit war crimes without even an official war 🙄
That fact that the President and his minions are losing their shit over soldiers being encouraged to *checks notes* refuse ILLEGAL orders - which they are already duty bound to disregard - is quite telling.
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
That fact that the President and his minions are losing their shit over soldiers being encouraged to *checks notes* refuse ILLEGAL orders - which they are already duty bound to disregard - is quite telling.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
If we give him $230 million will he take his spray tan and all the ilk of his administration and just leave the country and never come back? Might be worth it.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump says he'd have final say on money he seeks over past federal investigations into his conduct
President Donald Trump says the federal government owes him “a lot of money” for prior Justice Department investigations into his actions and insists that any decision on a payout would “have to go ac...
apnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If we give him $230 million will he take his spray tan and all the ilk of his administration and just leave the country and never come back? Might be worth it.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Not a conspiracy theorist, but if this mtg of GOFOs does have some sinister purpose (beyond the ridiculous political theater & inappropriate partisan hate speech), Trump’s presence means the mtg will be secured by armed federal agents whose loyalty to the Constitution seems increasingly in doubt.
September 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Not a conspiracy theorist, but if this mtg of GOFOs does have some sinister purpose (beyond the ridiculous political theater & inappropriate partisan hate speech), Trump’s presence means the mtg will be secured by armed federal agents whose loyalty to the Constitution seems increasingly in doubt.
“The value of a virtue is sometimes most obvious in the presence of extreme vice. The contrast helps illuminate our cause. After all, truth is more beautiful when it dispels a lie, and love is at its most potent when it confronts hate.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk, Jimmy Kimmel and the Future of Free Speech in America
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
“The value of a virtue is sometimes most obvious in the presence of extreme vice. The contrast helps illuminate our cause. After all, truth is more beautiful when it dispels a lie, and love is at its most potent when it confronts hate.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
So much disgustingly wrong with this statement 😡
So much disgustingly wrong with this statement 😡
September 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
So much disgustingly wrong with this statement 😡
So much disgustingly wrong with this statement 😡
Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
Opinion | Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Ukraine Diplomacy Reveals How Un-American Trump Is www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
Trump’s Domestic Deployments Are Dangerous. For the Military. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Domestic Deployments Are Dangerous. For the Military.
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trump’s Domestic Deployments Are Dangerous. For the Military. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/o...
Like old dogs, they have buried their spines and forgotten where they hid them.
Still 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗 from the Pentagon’s top leaders.
An unofficial adviser to President Trump, far-right political activist Laura Loomer chastised Army Secretary Dan Driscoll over a social media post recognizing Florent Groberg, a decorated soldier who backed Hillary Clinton in 2016.
August 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Like old dogs, they have buried their spines and forgotten where they hid them.
DHS/ICE training deficiencies and inexperience have already led to reckless action and heavy handed tactics. This rapid expansion of Trump’s Brown Shirts will only exacerbate the issues.
The agency responsible for carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda says it has already made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 people as it ramps up hiring following the passage of legislation earlier this month giving the agency a massive infusion of cash.
ICE says it has made tentative job offers to more than 1,000 as hiring ramps up
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has made over 1,000 tentative job offers as it ramps up hiring.
bit.ly
August 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
DHS/ICE training deficiencies and inexperience have already led to reckless action and heavy handed tactics. This rapid expansion of Trump’s Brown Shirts will only exacerbate the issues.
“Orange man proves he is too emotionally unstable for Presidency”
There ya go, NYTimes. Fixed it for you.
There ya go, NYTimes. Fixed it for you.
August 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“Orange man proves he is too emotionally unstable for Presidency”
There ya go, NYTimes. Fixed it for you.
There ya go, NYTimes. Fixed it for you.
The most unqualified SECARMY ever now thinks he knows who is qualified to teach cadets about cyber security.
July 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The most unqualified SECARMY ever now thinks he knows who is qualified to teach cadets about cyber security.
Utterly horrific. Such a betrayal of our national ideals and long-espoused morals.
“Leon was granted political asylum in 1987 after surviving torture at the hands of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s regime, according to his granddaughter, Nataly, who asked that her surname not be used because she fears U.S. government retribution against her and her relatives.”
July 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Utterly horrific. Such a betrayal of our national ideals and long-espoused morals.
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
www.nytimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
