@randy605.bsky.social
Retired USAF 83-03, Cubs, Bears, Norwich City, FC Kaiserslautern
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1. Azerbaijan hasn't been at war with Albania. Trump confuses Albania with Armenia. But he wants credit, a Nobel Prize, for ending a war in which he can't identify the parties.
2. The Fox hosts are too ignorant or too sycophantic to correct him.
3. Imagine if Biden had said this.
2. The Fox hosts are too ignorant or too sycophantic to correct him.
3. Imagine if Biden had said this.
Donald Trump again confused Armenia with Albania in a recent interview, saying he ended the war between Azerbaijan and Albania. The actual conflict was between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh, not involving Albania.
September 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM
1. Azerbaijan hasn't been at war with Albania. Trump confuses Albania with Armenia. But he wants credit, a Nobel Prize, for ending a war in which he can't identify the parties.
2. The Fox hosts are too ignorant or too sycophantic to correct him.
3. Imagine if Biden had said this.
2. The Fox hosts are too ignorant or too sycophantic to correct him.
3. Imagine if Biden had said this.
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
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Air Force One is being called Panda Express, due to the orange chicken on board.
May 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Air Force One is being called Panda Express, due to the orange chicken on board.
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GENERAL MCCHRYSTAL: “I think people are bothered by the lack of seriousness (at the Pentagon under Hegseth) — it’s a team. No one in the military cares if you’re trans. They want to get the job done. And what best defends us is EVERYBODY.”
May 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
GENERAL MCCHRYSTAL: “I think people are bothered by the lack of seriousness (at the Pentagon under Hegseth) — it’s a team. No one in the military cares if you’re trans. They want to get the job done. And what best defends us is EVERYBODY.”
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“What happened? You helped elect Donald Trump you fucking moron” - @timmiller.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“What happened? You helped elect Donald Trump you fucking moron” - @timmiller.bsky.social
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A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
A Pentagon-wide email recently went out warning about Signal's vulnerability
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warns against using the Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
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“'It feels like veterans are being personally attacked by Elon Musk,' said one veteran in the ad. 'I did not put my life on the line for some tech bro billionaire from South Africa to come in here and try to destroy our country,' said another."
www.thebulwark.com/p/veterans-g...
www.thebulwark.com/p/veterans-g...
Veterans Group Wants to Make Elon the Supervillain of the Midterms
A new ad campaign from VoteVets goes after vulnerable House Republicans by turning the spotlight on DOGE.
www.thebulwark.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“'It feels like veterans are being personally attacked by Elon Musk,' said one veteran in the ad. 'I did not put my life on the line for some tech bro billionaire from South Africa to come in here and try to destroy our country,' said another."
www.thebulwark.com/p/veterans-g...
www.thebulwark.com/p/veterans-g...
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We have spent trillions to posture against Russia over the years.
Now we have a chance to send them into the ash heap of history by supporting Ukraine.
It’s a good deal, unless you want Russia to win, in which case god help you
Now we have a chance to send them into the ash heap of history by supporting Ukraine.
It’s a good deal, unless you want Russia to win, in which case god help you
March 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
We have spent trillions to posture against Russia over the years.
Now we have a chance to send them into the ash heap of history by supporting Ukraine.
It’s a good deal, unless you want Russia to win, in which case god help you
Now we have a chance to send them into the ash heap of history by supporting Ukraine.
It’s a good deal, unless you want Russia to win, in which case god help you
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Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
March 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
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Everyone who is a political appointee in defense that still works for the Trump admin is, as of today, morally bankrupt
March 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Everyone who is a political appointee in defense that still works for the Trump admin is, as of today, morally bankrupt
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Perfect
February 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Perfect
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America is under a bloodless terror attack for the benefit of a foreign country. Perhaps this article sheds some light as to who.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow
In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.
www.politico.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
America is under a bloodless terror attack for the benefit of a foreign country. Perhaps this article sheds some light as to who.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
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If you support this, you’re an awful human being
February 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If you support this, you’re an awful human being
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"USAID is worth every penny. I wish I could say the same for the Department of Defense, which spends money on a scale USAID could only dream of, and often with more waste." ICYMI Will Selber: www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...
USAID Kept My Troops Safe in Afghanistan
If not for American aid, we would have faced more enemies and won fewer friends.
www.thebulwark.com
February 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"USAID is worth every penny. I wish I could say the same for the Department of Defense, which spends money on a scale USAID could only dream of, and often with more waste." ICYMI Will Selber: www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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For a quick sugar high to “own the libs,” the attempts to shutter USAID would do long term damage that couldn’t be reversed for a generation. My latest:
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
The Case For USAID
It does us, and others, a world of good
adamkinzinger.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
For a quick sugar high to “own the libs,” the attempts to shutter USAID would do long term damage that couldn’t be reversed for a generation. My latest:
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-case-f...
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Super Bowl
USAID
Save Foreign Aid
USAID
Save Foreign Aid
February 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Super Bowl
USAID
Save Foreign Aid
USAID
Save Foreign Aid
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See how much NIH funding is in your state www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
February 8, 2025 at 12:57 AM
See how much NIH funding is in your state www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
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Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?
February 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?
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There’s an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda. There’s an outbreak of Marburg’s disease in Tanzania. Thousand of American diplomats leaving their posts abruptly. We just look so weak and a bit nuts. Foreign policy is hard, but this is just a very big early blunder.
February 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
There’s an outbreak of Ebola in Uganda. There’s an outbreak of Marburg’s disease in Tanzania. Thousand of American diplomats leaving their posts abruptly. We just look so weak and a bit nuts. Foreign policy is hard, but this is just a very big early blunder.
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Ayanna Pressley: "Elon Musk is a Nazi nepo baby."
February 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Ayanna Pressley: "Elon Musk is a Nazi nepo baby."
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As China continues to give money and projects to countries to gain influence, we are shutting down our agencies that do that.
China is eating our lunch and Trump is the reason. Sorry folks, if you don’t see it you don’t understand how the world works. Period
China is eating our lunch and Trump is the reason. Sorry folks, if you don’t see it you don’t understand how the world works. Period
February 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
As China continues to give money and projects to countries to gain influence, we are shutting down our agencies that do that.
China is eating our lunch and Trump is the reason. Sorry folks, if you don’t see it you don’t understand how the world works. Period
China is eating our lunch and Trump is the reason. Sorry folks, if you don’t see it you don’t understand how the world works. Period
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Stay strong, US!
February 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Stay strong, US!