Rules-based Order Enjoyer
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International security | democratic backsliding | occasional exasperation
International security | democratic backsliding | occasional exasperation
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Also, given that they sat there doing BDA for 40 minutes, what possible rush were they even under that they needed to conduct another strike.
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Also, given that they sat there doing BDA for 40 minutes, what possible rush were they even under that they needed to conduct another strike.
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Yeah, this is a pretty unambiguous war crime.
I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Yeah, this is a pretty unambiguous war crime.
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What's changed is that the Court has become more transparent in its corruption. There's not even an argument here beyond the implicit one which is: how do you expect us to hold the House without those seats?
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What's changed is that the Court has become more transparent in its corruption. There's not even an argument here beyond the implicit one which is: how do you expect us to hold the House without those seats?
‘Tis the season for Cotton’s semi-annual bloodlust celebration.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
‘Tis the season for Cotton’s semi-annual bloodlust celebration.
I see yall reading that cursed PDF…
December 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I see yall reading that cursed PDF…
Any state with the capacity to down Russian UAVs in their airspace should down Russian UAVs in their airspace on sight.
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Any state with the capacity to down Russian UAVs in their airspace should down Russian UAVs in their airspace on sight.
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So, according to Adm. Bradley, we’re supposed to believe that two people clinging to life on a foundering vessel were “continuing the drug mission” and *had* to be dispatched by a second strike…
Himes just saw the full video:
Himes just saw the full video:
December 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So, according to Adm. Bradley, we’re supposed to believe that two people clinging to life on a foundering vessel were “continuing the drug mission” and *had* to be dispatched by a second strike…
Himes just saw the full video:
Himes just saw the full video:
Everyone is 12 Theory undefeated
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Everyone is 12 Theory undefeated
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Once again, "imagine getting to place a side bet on your kids soccer game" is an indicator of severe levels of degeneracy and in a healthier/more functional society, we would nuke these ppl & their entire business model from orbit
Oh, no it’s even worse than that. I was in a pitch meeting for one of these that said “imagine getting to place a side bet on your kid’s soccer game”. Their plan was to bet on people completing everyday activities
Fuckin people watching Netflix making prop bets on what minute of the episode we’re first gonna see Vecna. People betting on whether it’s gonna be a Toyotathon commercial or an Activia commercial. Just a little QR code in the bottom corner of every show asking you to bet on everything.
December 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Once again, "imagine getting to place a side bet on your kids soccer game" is an indicator of severe levels of degeneracy and in a healthier/more functional society, we would nuke these ppl & their entire business model from orbit
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4+ years of ridiculous hype around “Defense Tech”,
and none of the VC-backed celebrities field a system worth a solitary damn,
but the USAF somehow has Task Force Temu Shahed forward deployed and ready for war.
and none of the VC-backed celebrities field a system worth a solitary damn,
but the USAF somehow has Task Force Temu Shahed forward deployed and ready for war.
US sends 1-way attack drones to the Middle East
The U.S. military has deployed its first squadron of one-way attack drones to the Middle East. They were reverse-engineered from Iran’s Shahed drone.
abcnews.go.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
4+ years of ridiculous hype around “Defense Tech”,
and none of the VC-backed celebrities field a system worth a solitary damn,
but the USAF somehow has Task Force Temu Shahed forward deployed and ready for war.
and none of the VC-backed celebrities field a system worth a solitary damn,
but the USAF somehow has Task Force Temu Shahed forward deployed and ready for war.
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The commonality of both Signalgate and 'kill em all' is that he's an unqualified drunk who plays with people's lives out of an emotional need to look cool and manly in front of the SOF guys he never joined when he served.
Breaking news: The Pentagon’s top watchdog found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated security protocols meant to protect U.S. troops by using a personal device to share sensitive operational details on the messaging app Signal.
Watchdog finds Hegseth violated Pentagon protocol in ‘Signalgate’ affair
The Defense Department inspector general finds Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Pentagon protocol in use of Signal to share highly sensitive U.S. attack plans, according to officials who have s...
wapo.st
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The commonality of both Signalgate and 'kill em all' is that he's an unqualified drunk who plays with people's lives out of an emotional need to look cool and manly in front of the SOF guys he never joined when he served.
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@jamellebouie.net telling it like it is:
"there is only so much one can do with parchment barriers and institutional arrangements. No matter how well you design a political system, responsible government is not possible in the absence of civic virtue among either the people or their leaders"
"there is only so much one can do with parchment barriers and institutional arrangements. No matter how well you design a political system, responsible government is not possible in the absence of civic virtue among either the people or their leaders"
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
@jamellebouie.net telling it like it is:
"there is only so much one can do with parchment barriers and institutional arrangements. No matter how well you design a political system, responsible government is not possible in the absence of civic virtue among either the people or their leaders"
"there is only so much one can do with parchment barriers and institutional arrangements. No matter how well you design a political system, responsible government is not possible in the absence of civic virtue among either the people or their leaders"
“Then more jarringly about a letter tattoo he had for many years that resembled a fast food logo”
December 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“Then more jarringly about a letter tattoo he had for many years that resembled a fast food logo”
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I will give an *extremely* limited defense of this in that a congressional stock trading ban probably should be coupled with a significant bump in congressional pay.
Rep. Roger Williams defends members of Congress trading stocks: "I think we gotta be careful that we don't limit Congresspeople to where they can do nothing ... from a financial standpoint, it's not easy being up in Congress."
December 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I will give an *extremely* limited defense of this in that a congressional stock trading ban probably should be coupled with a significant bump in congressional pay.
Hegseth was an infantry captain who earned a CIB and two Bronze Stars. But he has no senior military experience and, more importantly, no experience running anything remotely comparable to the Pentagon’s massive bureaucracy and budget.
Has he actually seen any combat?
December 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Hegseth was an infantry captain who earned a CIB and two Bronze Stars. But he has no senior military experience and, more importantly, no experience running anything remotely comparable to the Pentagon’s massive bureaucracy and budget.
They’re acting like they’re hunting bin Laden in Tora Bora while red-coded normies I know are joking about canceling Caribbean fishing trips because they perceive the administration’s recklessness.
Markwayne Mullin defends Hegseth: "If there was a second strike, it wouldn't be to just simply take out the survivors. It's because there was still a threat or opportunity for them to run."
December 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
They’re acting like they’re hunting bin Laden in Tora Bora while red-coded normies I know are joking about canceling Caribbean fishing trips because they perceive the administration’s recklessness.
Escorting Pete to the bus stop:
Reporter: Do you support the second strike?
Trump: I still have not gotten a lot of information because I rely on Pete. I wasn’t involved. I hear the gentleman that was involved in that was extraordinary. I will let Pete speak about it.
Trump: I still have not gotten a lot of information because I rely on Pete. I wasn’t involved. I hear the gentleman that was involved in that was extraordinary. I will let Pete speak about it.
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Escorting Pete to the bus stop:
Imagine a small fleet of well-armed ISR 737s.
Does this mean anything? Who knows. Worth keeping an eye on based on the admin’s regional bloodlust? Absolutely.
Does this mean anything? Who knows. Worth keeping an eye on based on the admin’s regional bloodlust? Absolutely.
Six US Navy P-8A Poseidons heading to the Caribbean. Several have now turned off their transponders.
December 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Imagine a small fleet of well-armed ISR 737s.
Does this mean anything? Who knows. Worth keeping an eye on based on the admin’s regional bloodlust? Absolutely.
Does this mean anything? Who knows. Worth keeping an eye on based on the admin’s regional bloodlust? Absolutely.
“People would be horrified” if video of the boat double tap were released.
Hegseth, today:
Hegseth, today:
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“People would be horrified” if video of the boat double tap were released.
Hegseth, today:
Hegseth, today:
Treasury Secretary acknowledges Russian incursions into NATO borders and the thought that our treaty allies might invoke Article 5 apparently never crosses his precious mind.
"Will sell weapons — or will stop selling weapons when we decide that it's enough of the killing and Europe must just capitulate."
December 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Treasury Secretary acknowledges Russian incursions into NATO borders and the thought that our treaty allies might invoke Article 5 apparently never crosses his precious mind.
Most politically engaged people I know work demanding jobs (without the staff, briefings, or perks of the Speaker’s office) yet still manage to keep up with major national events.
RAJU: If defenseless survivors were killed, would that constitute a violation of the laws of war?
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
MIKE JOHNSON: I'm not going to prejudge any of that. I was pretty busy yesterday. I didn't follow a lot of the news.
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Most politically engaged people I know work demanding jobs (without the staff, briefings, or perks of the Speaker’s office) yet still manage to keep up with major national events.
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Now juxtapose Hegseth's vile little cartoon with this line from the Post report on the latest horror:
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Now juxtapose Hegseth's vile little cartoon with this line from the Post report on the latest horror:
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
"If the video of the blast that killed the two survivors on Sept. 2 were made public, people would be horrified, said one person who watched the live feed."
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For this situation specifically, Bradley was the only one in the entire chain who could have refused at essentially zero risk to himself. So no, he shouldn’t get credit for saying “but Pete told me to” when it all comes out.
December 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
For this situation specifically, Bradley was the only one in the entire chain who could have refused at essentially zero risk to himself. So no, he shouldn’t get credit for saying “but Pete told me to” when it all comes out.
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Anyone who treats violence perpetrated by the state as a joke should be nowhere near decisions regarding the use of force.
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Anyone who treats violence perpetrated by the state as a joke should be nowhere near decisions regarding the use of force.