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Dad | Founder & President, Elevation Global Strategies @Elevation_Live | Live Conversations & Video Content | Fmr: Defense One, Politico, NBC/MSNBC 🌴😎⛷️
Joined January 2009
THIS JUST IN:.Everything is changing. The world. The media. The audience. It's time for something new. .
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Resignations. In any normal world Walz, Gabbard, Ratcliffe, Hegseth at minimum should be offering their immediate resignations. They've been in public office less than two months and already have violated their oaths, endangered national security, potentially criminally.
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Coup?! I cover wars. Militaries. Actual coups. Where citizens violently rise up and kill each other for power over each other. This is alarmingly irresponsible language, even for Fox. Inflammatory. Baseless. Dangerous.
Fox News throwing the c-word around with the kind of carelessness I've only ever seen in the Middle East
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JUST IN: UK military intelligence says so many Russian troops are dying by the Ukrainian resistance that it's likely struggling to conduct offensive operations and is seeking replacements. .
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It’s not funny or acceptable or honorable or manly. Will Smith’s attack (over a joke) was unhinged and violent and also a crime: assault.
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Pentagon contractor Elon Musk laughs about the idea of assassinating the vice president (the potential next commander in chief.).
Elon Musk: “Nobody has even bothered to ki!l Kamala because it’s pointless. HAHA. What do you achieve? Nothing, you just bought another puppet”. Beyond disgusting.
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Justice Dept is bringing the thunder. "People are going to shocked" with stories still to come out. It will be harder for Republicans to minimize and deflect what the FBI and DOJ just said was possibly the largest investigation in its history.
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Commander in Chief Biden spent this Sunday 1) at church, 2) at his Army veteran son’s grave (it’s the anniversary of his death), 3) and then giving a Mem Day speech at Veterans Memorial Park near the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
Joe Biden ignored the Rolling To Remember rally today. Not surprised. I guess if there’s no young girls to flirt with from the stage he’s no longer doing events.
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I've covered a lot of SOTU's. Biden is owning this chamber.
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I tested positive for Covid on Monday. It sucks. I’m double vaxxed. Home with all the flu-like symptoms, exhausted and can’t smell or taste. Not serious, but not fun. Get the shots. Stay masked. Consider limiting close-quarter events. I let my guard down and am paying the price.
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Trump now singing God Bless America, written by Ирвинг Берлин, an immigrant Russian Jew also known as Israel Beilin, and later known as Irving Berlin. He arrived at age 5 with his parents, fleeing the pogroms. Luckily, border control didn't separate him from his parents.
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I've met a lot of fighter pilots over my years on this beat. They're among the most polite, professional, and respectful of all service members. Not one talked to me the way this Sen. McSally insulted this journalist. No Senator ever has, either, come to think of it.
I'm a fighter pilot, I call it like it is and that's what I did today.
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UPDATE: Former Navy Secretary Mabus, to me: "Either you become a full fledged defender of Trump, regardless of the harm to the military, or you lose your job. Evidently no one is allowed to tell the truth if it conflicts with what Trump is saying."
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Trump has never visited the troops he commands in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria or any war zone. #MemorialDayWeekend
Who’s going to give back the young and beautiful lives (and others) that have been devastated and destroyed by the phony Russia Collusion Witch Hunt? They journeyed down to Washington, D.C., with stars in their eyes and wanting to help our nation. They went back home in tatters!.
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So, Trump talked to Erdogan, and Netanyahu. but not the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Tell me more about how anthem kneeling disrespects the military.
Trump didn't bother to invite Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dunford to the Syria meeting and kept him in the dark until after the decision was made. #FFS @karendeyoung1 reports.
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Southwest Airlines. Full flight. Only middle seats left. Here comes a worried young solo mom with twin toddler girls. All the way to the back. Nobody offers to move. Flight attendant has to ask for volunteers. Three hands in one row pop up. 🙋🏻♂️ @USArmy soldiers in ACUs. Atta boys.
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NEW: Trump orders the military's legendary independent newspaper @starsandstripes to stop publishing on Sept. 30. Shutdown plan due by Sept. 15. @USATODAY has the Pentagon memo: via @usatoday.
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We're hours into the worst US Navy disaster in years - 7 missing - yet no word from @realDonaldTrump. Tweeting about himself and Hannity.
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JUST IN: Trump opens UN speech saying, "In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country" to which then entire UN general assembly LAUGHS OUT LOUD at the president of the United States.
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BREAKING: Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia — my JCC where my kids went to preschool — spray painted with 19 swastikas overnight. Police say incident captured on security cameras but culprits still unknown. I’m sickened.
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All summer, I couldn’t get my 15-year old out of bed before 11am. But @arsenal opens at 730am and.
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This is a lie. If a reporter donates to a political campaign they would be fired. There are actual rules and ethics.
The irony of the media attacking actual troops for supporting @realDonaldTrump, their Commander in Chief, but having no problem with 95% of their colleagues donating to Hillary while pretending to be unbiased is why no one trusts the media.
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I feel you, father who charged at the USA gymnastics doc. We all feel you.
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Wait. Trump canceled the entire new FBI headquarters project so he could make more money from his hotel across the street??.
.@realDonaldTrump intervened in plans to turn the FBI HQ across the street from his luxury hotel into a construction zone, then invoked executive privilege to block inspector general from learning what he said in meetings.
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US intelligence leaders were able to:.- find the most wanted terrorist leader.- on the other side of the earth,.- positively ID him.- kill him.- with no Americans on the ground.- via a technological miracle. Ignore the Twitter hacks. This is like finding Eichmann. Take the win.
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BREAKING: Why doesn't Mattis quit? Why did he serve? I just asked him. Here's what he said to us minutes ago, on record at the Pentagon:
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Mark Hamill wields LASER sword and armor-piercing firearms, space fighter jet w megabomb, kills 10,000s of security professionals and innocent contractors aboard security outpost - TWICE! - despite advocating for gun control. What do you have to say for yourself, @HamillHimself?.
Jamie Lee Curtis wields firearms in new 'Halloween' movie despite advocating for gun control
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JUST IN: Open Letter to Gen. Milley: "If Donald Trump refuses to leave office at the expiration of his constitutional term, the United States military must remove him by force, and you must give that order." Commentary by @DrJohnNagl & Paul Yingling
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Nobody’s gonna put out shot glasses or empty chairs for these five sailors. There’s no politics in it. But you should know they died serving this nation, too.
We are deeply saddened by the loss of five Sailors and those injured following the MH-60S helicopter tragedy off the coast of Southern California. We stand alongside their families, loved ones, and shipmates who grieve. 👉
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JUST IN: Biden at the Pentagon says, "I'm the first president in 40 years, I'm told, who had a son or a daughter serve in a war zone," and pledges "a responsible end to wars that have dragged on for far too long."
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World: This is Putin’s fault. Putin: This is Ukraine’s fault. Trump Republicans: This is Biden’s fault!.
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NBC and CNN with multiple independent sources have now backed up ABC’s reporting that there is raw US intel spotting the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, all the way back in November, despite official denials.
New: U.S. spies had raw intel hinting at health crisis in China in November, sources tell NBC News
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"Russia is redeploying forces from as far afield as its Eastern Military District, Pacific Fleet and Armenia. It is also increasingly seeking to exploit irregular sources such as Private Military Companies, Syrian and other mercenaries." - UK defense attaché to the US embassy.
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SCOOP: The Pentagon will not host a traditional Armed Forces Farewell tribute to President Donald Trump; first time since Ronald Reagan. It’s a shame, but not a surprise. // Pentagon Won’t Throw Traditional Farewell Ceremony for Trump @DefenseOne
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I care about the royal wedding. We need the joy, the love, the humanity. Prince Harry is an avid advocate for wounded warriors, including w the wonderful Invictus Games. Not many public leaders like him stateside. Looking forward to the next gen pageantry. Also, this.
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Armed heckler? Man came to a peaceful political rally tried to stir trouble and incite violence and then PULLLED A GUN, threatened to kill “everyone.” Thats no heckler. That’s a terrorist.
Armed heckler arrested at 'Keep Families Together' rally
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They've closed the Washington Monument due to threats from right-wing American extremists. Not al-Qaeda. Not the Taliban. Not ISIS. American right-wing extremists.
JUST IN: Washington Monument closed until Jan. 24, National Parks Service says, citing "credible threats to visitors and park resources.". "Groups involved in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the US Capitol continue to threaten to disrupt the 59th presidential inauguration on Jan. 20."
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FORCE PROTECTION? West Point had no idea, is now forced to recall 1000 graduating cadets for Trump's surprise speech. "Everyone is leery about bringing 1,000 cadets into the New York metropolitan area for a ceremony,” she added. “It’s definitely a risk.”
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Trump just cause an unfathomable amount of disruption and cost to the US Air Force and other services by his last minute refusal of the codel's travel. Truly immeasurably but enormous man hours, intelligence assets, vehicle 7& aircraft allocations, prep, security. Stunning.
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This 👏 is 👏 what 👏 people 👏 wanted. Did you watch the campaign? Did you watch the RNC? It’s not a shock. It’s not a surprise. It’s not out of bounds. It’s not more extreme than what was advertised at every single rally. It was all laid bare for every voter to know.
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The military has spent years and millions trying to educate its force to take #TBI seriously and remove stigma. Then Trump says something like this.
When asked about the 11 U.S. servicemen injured in the Iran airstrikes, President Trump told @weijia he didn't "consider them serious injuries relative to other injuries I've seen."
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French President @emmanuelmacron laid a white rose on the tomb of Pierre L’Enfant, the military engineer who served with Lafayette & Washington and later designed much of Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. (📸: pool)
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JUST IN: Sen. Warner says Trump violated oath of office. “For the President of the United States to stand next to Vladimir Putin. and side with Putin over America’s military and intelligence leaders is a breach of his duty to defend our country against its adversaries."
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Lloyd Austin literally ran a war in a desert. Chuck Hagel still carries shrapnel from Vietnam in his body. What an ignorant comment, or just typically provocative despite reality, which is the Fox way.
Pete Hegseth’s opening statement that he’ll deliver to Senate Armed Services this morning. Says he doesn’t have “a similar biography to Defense Secretaries of the last 30 years,” but argues “it’s time to give someone with dust on his boots the helm.”.
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This is new. Unplanned protest amassing down Pennsylvania Avenue. Never seen anything like this in my 20 years in DC.
Outside Trump Hotel, heading toward the Capitol. Never seen this kind of thing in DC. Crowd keeps coming & coming, growing bigger & bigger.
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That far off scream you’re hearing is Jim Mattis somewhere in the upper northwest woods. .
Exclusive: 2 months after declaring all US troops are leaving Syria, President Trump wrote to members of Congress that he now agrees "100%" with keeping a military presence in Syria.
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My friend’s sister is on a ventilator in an ICU in Florida dying from COVID right now. But the governor. .
Ron DeSantis showing up at today’s Trump super spreader event in Sanford with no mask and no social distancing is a smack in the face to the 15,000 Floridians who have died under his incompetence.
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Fox calls out Biden’s faith. Good luck with that.
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FBI Director: White supremacists are a bigger threat than antifa. He finally says it out loud to Congress after Republicans press him to support their political play to give cover to Trump on Antifa, and Dems counter-press him on white supremacists.
@RepSlotkin presses Wray to give numbers providing a proportional sense of the threat of white supremacist violence versus other domestic terrorism threats. Wray doesn’t & but eventually says that white supremacist violence is “the biggest chunk” of domestic terrorism.
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This was considered a sacred line.
AP NewsBreak: The U.S. Army has moved in recent weeks to discharge dozens of immigrant recruits and reservists who enlisted through a program that promised them a path to citizenship.
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“Only” more than 100 ISIS have escaped. Remember the outrage when Obama traded five al-Qaeda terrorist for Bo Bergdahl? Five.
Exclusive: U.S. Defense Secretary @EsperDoD says that "of the 11,000 or so detainees that were in prisons in northeast Syria, we’ve only had reports of a little bit more than a hundred that have escaped. So right now we have not seen this big prison break that we all expected."
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To be so stupid to not understand that using Signal to discuss combat ops, much less ANY government business at all, is not a mistake. It's an impeachable mistake. But Trump owns the Congress and federal LEOs, so we'll kick and scream and this too likely will just. go away.
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In other private military contractor news: . NEW: A Private Company Has Evacuated 6,500 People From Ukraine // Global Guardian is now evacuating Ukrainians who work for Western companies and their families. @DefenseOne .
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This is how you do it, kids. A great journalist asks a straightforward question. When condescending-toned spokeswoman tries deflect and find escape in calling on a planted fake "reporter" from OANN, the actual journal keeps asking for a real answer. Well done, @Yamiche.
Yamiche: Why won’t the President give this widower peace and stop tweeting about this conspiracy involving his wife?
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JUST IN: Taliban spokesman tells @AymanMSNBC live on air they told the US they would not attack Americans. Says won't block anyone who wants to leave. "We will not punish them. will not pose arrest to them, their property, or their life. they are welcome (to go). ".
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My parents dog died unexpectedly this summer, which really sucked. Today, they brought home this little chunk of pure awwwwwwww wook at himmmmmm schmooosh face
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I’d like to see pictures of you completing DOD’s required cybersecurity awareness training. Or just, ya know, reading a book.
Kicked off the day alongside the warriors of SDVT-1 at @JointBasePHH. These SEALs are the tip of the spear, masters of stealth, endurance, and lethality. America’s enemies fear them—our allies trust them. Proud to spend time with America’s best.
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JUST IN: FBI has seized back pipeline ransom funds from DarkSide's bitcoin wallet. Lisa Monaco: "Today we turned the table on Dark Side". US now going after "the entire ecosystem.".
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This is the first time I can recall an American president CREATING the hostage situation and then abandoning the hostage.
BREAKING: In a White House meeting with Trump, El Salvador's president says he won't release a wrongly deported Maryland man back to the U.S.
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Wanna feel old? 👇.
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I remember when I was growing up no Jews were allowed to be members at the Country Club of Orlando. I know because our family was one of the first. No Blacks, either. No women, either.
Do you remember when you were growing up, do you remember how simple life was, how easy it felt? It was about faith, family, and country. We can have that again, but to do that, we must vote Joe Biden out. #RTM2023.
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Last night was incredibly emotional. I wish I could share a clear picture to brag about my now adult son graduating HS, but Twitter is so full of threats toward journalists. So here, for the rest of you who have followed me for years, a proud dad moment:
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We also won WWII with the AP reporting alongside allied troops at D Day. This is their photo. Let the press back in.
Defense Secretary Hegseth: “We won World War II with seven four-star generals. We have 44 today.” @FoxNewsSunday.
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Spicer just named the Navy SEALs wife on national TV. You might want to send some force protection over there, @DeptofDefense. @CENTCOM.
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Protestors after the Nats game unfurl a banner. "Impeach Trump Resist"
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Macron is GOING THERE. He just gave a huge rebuke to the entire Trumpian world view of America First and the rise of nationalism, and warned of the fall of international organizations. ENTIRE CONGRESS GAVE A STANDING OVATION.
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I’m just sickened and heartbroken. Not the first time. This building was tagged with Nazi “SS” lightning bolts recently. But this beats all. All the “globalist” and “Soros” code wording matters. All the alt right infowar snake oil selling matters. All the permissiveness matters.
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Proof Elon Musk is pushing his agenda? @NPR gets labeled “state-affiliated media” which is bogus. @starsandstripes, which is actually owned by the US government, is ignored.
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Trump said Kim Jong Un “really was excellent to these people.”.They were hostages. One was in hard labor. One hadn’t seen daylight in a while, Pence said. Really excellent.
What a difference a few weeks make. From ridicule of Kim Jong Un to praise: "We want to thank Kim Jong-un, who really was excellent to these three incredible people," said @POTUS overnight on the tarmac at @JBA_NAFW.
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Trump has taken over VOA, Radio Free Europe, etc. planting loyalists, firing critical journalists. He can't do that with Stripes so he's just. zeroing out the budget. Congress didn't act, didn't take Trump/Esper's attacks on Stripes seriously, just shook their fists.
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This is wonderful.
That time John Lewis, then 76-years-old crowd surfed on the Stephen Colbert Show.
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Wow. That's what a leader sounds like. 🇺🇸 👏👏👏👏
"If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect--then you need to get out."-Lt. Gen. Jay B. Silveria, Superintendent @AF_Academy
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Every NATO head of state has congratulated Biden except Turkey's dictator Erdogan and the leaders of Slovenia (Melania Trump's original home country). That's 27 treaty allies.
We are up to 3 Senate Rs congratulating Biden:. Susan Collins.Murkowski .Romney.
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Fake candidates, meant to steal votes from Democrats, mysterious funding traced to a UPS box. crazy story. // Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark money
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TODAY: TWO of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are sidelined due to COVID. Navy’s Adm. Gilday is quarantining after being near a positive family member and National Gaurd chief is awaiting a third confirmation to double check a positive result.
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LOL - Gen Wes Clark’s cell phone starts ringing mid interview so he throws it across the room. @GeneralClark @jimsciutto @CNN
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SCOOP: No vax? Your Army career is over. Biden's Army secretary signed orders that US soldiers who continue to refuse the vaccine will be barred from re-enlistment, promotion, and other benefits -- and yes, that includes the Oklahoma National Guard.
EXCLUSIVE: Army to Begin Forcing Out Soldiers Who Refuse COVID Vaccine, Including Guardsmen | From @TaraCopp
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And for his (nearly) final act, the president once again throws the entire US intellience, military, and national security community under the bus. America has been attacked. Trump defends Russia, instead. Again.
The Cyber Hack is far greater in the Fake News Media than in actuality. I have been fully briefed and everything is well under control. Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority chant when anything happens because Lamestream is, for mostly financial reasons, petrified of. .
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Your dad is a compulsive liar. —.Abraham Lincoln.
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander. — Abraham Lincoln.
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Wow. This is stunning. House members pull a stunt to 1) undermine the nonpartisan intelligence community and b) break the law? What’s the penalty for unauthorized entry into a classified meeting in a SCIF?.
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Three of Fox News’s most popular TV actors (Ingraham, Hannity, Kilmeade) directly texted the White House chief of staff believing they were empowered to immediately change the behavior of the president of the United States. Tell me more about the liberal elite media.
—@Liz_Cheney reads texts sent by Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Brian Kilmeade, and Donald Trump Jr. to Mark Meadows during the insurrection, imploring him to get Trump to do something.
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Wow, I missed the tweet where Wikileaks blames the Jews. But then David Duke stepped in.
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Pentagon's spokeswoman Sabrina Singh just said if Ukraine moves on Crimea, the US would support. "That includes an operation in Crimea. That is a sovereign part of their country and they have every right to take that back." Not a new stance from DOD, but a firm restatement.
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Fun fact: the slowest moving object on earth is a Subaru Forester pulling out of a Trader Joe’s parking space.
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Capt. Crozier is being fired for embarrassing Navy leadership and scaring folks into action. Modly just made that clear, make no mistake about it.
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“He was the most intellectually honest person I ever met. He was anti-ideology, anti-camp — he was open minded. …He was constantly adjusting his world view.” - @RichardHaass on Colin Powell.
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Yanks are tweeting nothing but gun violence stats the entire game:.
Every day, more than 110 Americans are killed with guns, and more than 200 are shot and injured.
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President Trump's son just called for "total war" on Americans who oppose his father's reelection.
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I’ve seen this with my own eyes, flying to Beijing at night on a SecDef Gates trip. Creepy and powerful to see IRL. I remember thinking: my god, the entire country is a prison. All those people. #Olympics
This is the Korean Peninsula at night. The bottom, awash in light, is the free and democratic South. The North is in complete darkness save for a pinprick of light in Pyongyang. Keep the darkness in mind while watching the North's Olympic charm offensive
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JUST IN: "We don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator." - Gen. Milley's voice cracks as he loudly praises the Constitution in his retirement speech at Fort Myer just now.
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I see lots of questions, so I'll just add that every administration has tried to or threatened to fuck with Stripes, cut its budget. The political press secretaries can't stand they can't control it's content and turn it into a pro-White House rag.
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Find yourself a partner who looks at you the way that @ladygaga looks at a United States Marine.
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It’s stunning the Trump administration hid the details of the deal they signed until after it was signed basically. Zero press conferences in Washington. After 18 years, Trump just committed to a total withdrawal by next April. No WH announcement. No Pentagon briefing.
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They fired all the inspectors general for a reason.
Trump explains that he's empowered Elon Musk to police his own conflicts of interest and acknowledges that might work to his financial advantage
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I appreciate Congress's renewed urgency for Afghanistan oversight responsiblities. Just give me a minute to pull up 10,000 photos of completely empty Congressional hearings on Afghanistan for the past 10 years or so since about the time Petraeus left. .
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