Giselle Donnelly
@giselledonnelly.bsky.social
I’m an author, musician, gardener, blissfully married trans woman. Emerita fellow in foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
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> winter 25-26: joint patrols
> summer 2026: advisor teams
> fall 2026: “as MPD stands up, we stand down”
> 2027: The Year Of The Police
> FY2028 Posture Statement: “we are turning a corner in the DC AOR”
> summer 2026: advisor teams
> fall 2026: “as MPD stands up, we stand down”
> 2027: The Year Of The Police
> FY2028 Posture Statement: “we are turning a corner in the DC AOR”
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
> winter 25-26: joint patrols
> summer 2026: advisor teams
> fall 2026: “as MPD stands up, we stand down”
> 2027: The Year Of The Police
> FY2028 Posture Statement: “we are turning a corner in the DC AOR”
> summer 2026: advisor teams
> fall 2026: “as MPD stands up, we stand down”
> 2027: The Year Of The Police
> FY2028 Posture Statement: “we are turning a corner in the DC AOR”
Where does he get his material?
This is a man who presided over a govt currently kidnapping innocent immigrant + refugee children & families, putting them in horrific prisons, and then deporting them to dangerous places.
Sometimes the hypocrisy is too much to bear.
Sometimes the hypocrisy is too much to bear.
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Where does he get his material?
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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“Without a plan for terminating a war in Taiwan, Washington would risk repeating the pattern of U.S. strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan that many Trump officials critiqued: winning the first battle but losing the war,” argues @zackcooper.bsky.social.
How War in Taiwan Ends
Even if deterrence fails, America could thwart China.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
“Without a plan for terminating a war in Taiwan, Washington would risk repeating the pattern of U.S. strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan that many Trump officials critiqued: winning the first battle but losing the war,” argues @zackcooper.bsky.social.
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The fact that the president is focused on remodeling the White House while Stephen Miller commands his security forces makes me think the proper analogy isn't so much Caligula as it is Tiberius and Sejanus.
October 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The fact that the president is focused on remodeling the White House while Stephen Miller commands his security forces makes me think the proper analogy isn't so much Caligula as it is Tiberius and Sejanus.
Today’s moment of Dartmoor zen….
October 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Today’s moment of Dartmoor zen….
Not everything sucks.
October 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Not everything sucks.
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I missed this over the summer, but it is such an important piece!
”If NATO forces were to pursue massed UAS at the expense of rebuilding stocks of these traditional fires, Russian forces would find it significantly easier to mitigate UAS lethality than they have up to now in Ukraine.”
”If NATO forces were to pursue massed UAS at the expense of rebuilding stocks of these traditional fires, Russian forces would find it significantly easier to mitigate UAS lethality than they have up to now in Ukraine.”
NATO Should Not Replace Traditional Firepower with ‘Drones’
Over-reliance on uncrewed aerial systems or ‘drones’ is leading to significant problems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and is not something Western militaries should attempt to replicate
www.rusi.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I missed this over the summer, but it is such an important piece!
”If NATO forces were to pursue massed UAS at the expense of rebuilding stocks of these traditional fires, Russian forces would find it significantly easier to mitigate UAS lethality than they have up to now in Ukraine.”
”If NATO forces were to pursue massed UAS at the expense of rebuilding stocks of these traditional fires, Russian forces would find it significantly easier to mitigate UAS lethality than they have up to now in Ukraine.”
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This is it. Very glad to see this full-throated welcome to queer people — and recognition of trans people’s history — from Zohran Mamdani in the closing month of his campaign and on National Coming Out Day.
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is it. Very glad to see this full-throated welcome to queer people — and recognition of trans people’s history — from Zohran Mamdani in the closing month of his campaign and on National Coming Out Day.
Now she knows what a bathroom ban is like….
Noem says in the video that "we" were about to make some arrests. Then she complains that Illinois state leaders "don't have the backs of law enforcement" because they wouldn't let her in.
Not quite. They wouldn't facilitate her law enforcement cosplay propaganda video. And good on them for it.
Not quite. They wouldn't facilitate her law enforcement cosplay propaganda video. And good on them for it.
Kristi Noem is mad they wouldn’t let her in to use the restroom in Illinois today.
October 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Now she knows what a bathroom ban is like….
So calming. Amazing that this could be a single.
October 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
So calming. Amazing that this could be a single.
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The Administration’s political correctness is eroding trust within the military. Important reporting from @samfellman.bsky.social
Inside the anti-'woke' revolt that has American troops in its crosshairs
Trump vowed to banish 'woke.' Now, the culture wars are infiltrating the military and spreading paranoia among American troops
www.businessinsider.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Administration’s political correctness is eroding trust within the military. Important reporting from @samfellman.bsky.social
Shout out to JVL: Hegseth’s screed yesterday was “gender-affirming care.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The “Department of War” Is Designed to Fight American Citizens
How to resolve the tension between "lethal war-fighting warriors" and "no more wars" isolationism.
open.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Shout out to JVL: Hegseth’s screed yesterday was “gender-affirming care.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
For your entertainment: newrepublic.com/article/2011...
The Military Summit: Hegseth’s Lethality Meets Trump’s Enemy Within
There’s a reason they sat there in stony silence: What Trump and Hegseth said they wanted Tuesday is anathema to military leaders.
newrepublic.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
For your entertainment: newrepublic.com/article/2011...
Resigning is not the honorable thing. Getting fired is.
Or honor your oath and fight back.
Hegseth: "If the words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink, they you should do the honorable thing and resign."
September 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Resigning is not the honorable thing. Getting fired is.
He was clearly expecting - look at that smirk! - this to be a concluding applause line. But…crickets.
The lack of response from the audience speaks volume. They understand that this kind of chest-beating is no replacement for developing capabilities fitted with coherent strategy.
This is the cringiest MF on the planet. He’s actually saying this to our most senior military officers from around the world.
September 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
He was clearly expecting - look at that smirk! - this to be a concluding applause line. But…crickets.
Pete Hegseth is no George C. Scott.
September 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Pete Hegseth is no George C. Scott.
Another frozen conflict: the front line between Armenia and Cambodia hasn’t moved in months.
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Another frozen conflict: the front line between Armenia and Cambodia hasn’t moved in months.
Dems: How can you think about funding THIS government? There is no “the” government in the abstract, no more normal now. Screw your courage to the sticking place, for once.
September 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dems: How can you think about funding THIS government? There is no “the” government in the abstract, no more normal now. Screw your courage to the sticking place, for once.
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State AGs have released a video saying that they "will do whatever it takes" to protect trans people in their states.
While the message is admirable, they need to take the one step they have not yet:
Sue the hospitals that capitulate to Trump, violating state law.
While the message is admirable, they need to take the one step they have not yet:
Sue the hospitals that capitulate to Trump, violating state law.
"We Have Your Back:" A Message to Trans Students from State Attorneys General
YouTube video by National Women's Law Center
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
State AGs have released a video saying that they "will do whatever it takes" to protect trans people in their states.
While the message is admirable, they need to take the one step they have not yet:
Sue the hospitals that capitulate to Trump, violating state law.
While the message is admirable, they need to take the one step they have not yet:
Sue the hospitals that capitulate to Trump, violating state law.