Paul McLeary
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National Security for @politico. #BillsMafia also Signal: paulmcleary.40 @paulmcleary.bsky.social
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Joined August 2008
Reminder I am reachable encrypted apps Signal: paulmcleary.40 and Protonmail: paulmcleary@protonmail.com
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NEW: Ukraine's SBU releases a video they say shows an underwater drone hitting a Russian submainre in the Black Sea
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WATCH: Free Palestine supporters angrily try to force their way into a Chanukah celebration in Amsterdam, not even 24 hours after Jews were massacred at a Chanukah celebration in Australia.
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Heroic Jewish-Australian man says he stayed on top of his young son while the shooting went on & then gave first aid to a security guard who was shot next to him. He says he had just bought Hanukkah candles at the event and will now go home to light them “to keep the show going”
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@HedgeFundTips Tom Hayes on @FoxNews talking Santa Claus rally. Highlights 2026 expectations of a +13% rally. Tom expects rotation out of "Mag 7" into defensive, healthcare and energy sectors. See links to Tom's best ideas in thread:
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Nothing to see here, other than a State Department official meeting with a German neo-Nazi identified in leaked Russian documents as totally under the control of the Kremlin.
Mein Austausch mit Unterstaatssekretärin Sarah Rogers zur neuen nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie der Trump-Administration hat verdeutlicht, dass Washington einen starken deutschen Partner sucht, der bereit ist, Verantwortung zu übernehmen. Deutschland sollte durch eine
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Globalize the Intifada isn’t just a slogan
Jews were murdered in Sydney today for coming together to celebrate Chanukah on the beach, in the open, and with joy. It's time for our governments to wake up. This is what it means to “Globalize the Intifada.” It's time for Australia's government—and those in London, Paris,
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The Syrian government says the shooter who killed 3 Americans and wounded three others was a member of the Syrian security forces.
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A reminder that last year, @Aizenberg55 and I wrote an extensive exposé of Hamas’s human shield strategy and weaponisation of civilian infrastructure in Gaza, including hospitals. 283 footnotes of evidence. This strategy is unprecedented in warfare. https://t.co/554pEIvuAb
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Friedrich Merz plans to host a bigger Ukraine summit in Berlin on Monday, "most likely with Volodymyr Zelenskyy", Berlin Playbook reports. It's all about the peace plans — yet it's still unclear whether the U.S. comes. https://t.co/KXsKSyuNJI
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Chilling. Gaza doctor killed teenaged Israeli hostage at Shifa Hospital by injecting air into veins CCTV shows hostages taken to Gaza hospital. Hamas video shows Noa Marciano killed there by doctor @BBC @BBCWorld @bbcnews @SkyNews
bbc.com
Israel says the video - which the BBC has not verified - shows captives were taken to al-Shifa on 7 October.
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Europe ready to move out on Ukraine security guarantees UK defense secretary John Healy says, telling reporters in Washington that Europe is “ready to do the heavy lifting," and has 200 military planners from more than 30 nations working on it. https://t.co/DPNzhH0Pu9
politico.com
The president has yet to respond to the revised proposal, which suggests that both Russia and Ukraine would vacate a demilitarized zone in the Donbas.
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Harsche Worte vom US-Botschafter bei der EU, Andrew Puzder, zur EU und Deutschland: „Ökonomisch sind sie schwach … Deutschlands BIP pro Kopf liegt unterhalb von West Virginia … Deutschland sollte ein Machtzentrum sein. Aber sie verlieren Geschäft an China.“ (bei POLITICO 28)
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NEW: The Army Inspector General is launching a review of the Army’s compliance with DHA policies on patient protections and practitioner conduct, a defense official says, in the wake of allegations against Maj. Blaine McGraw, the gynecologist at Fort Hood accused of secretly
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News: The Pentagon did not initiate a routine investigation to assess whether classified info was compromised & potential damage to national security resulting from Hegseth’s disclosure of sensitive military plans on Signal, sources tell me & @halbritz. https://t.co/B6uUSGewgS
cnn.com
The Pentagon did not conduct a routine investigation into the impact of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s disclosure of sensitive military information in a group chat on Signal earlier this year and...
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Steve Bannon says US buildup in the Caribbean is “not the Monroe Doctrine 2.0, this is like the Monroe Doctrine 5.0." It puts “additional pressure on Maduro to surrender and do what Trump wants him to do, which is to go to Turkey, leave the country." https://t.co/jigFnN3Xf9
politico.com
The president told POLITICO on Monday that he wouldn’t rule out a ground invasion of the South American country.
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NEW: Ousted SOUTHCOM commander Adm. Alvin Holsey is retiring Friday, handing Southcom over to Air Force Lt. Gen. Evan Pettus who will be acting commander. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine will preside at a ceremony Friday morning.
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Europe must accelerate its rearmament in response to a stark shift in U.S. military doctrine, @RufoAlice said on Tuesday, calling Washington's new security strategy "an extremely brutal clarification" of its ideological posture. https://t.co/MEy8kKpl7g
reuters.com
Europe must accelerate its rearmament in response to a stark shift in U.S. military doctrine, a French government official said on Tuesday, calling Washington's new security strategy "an extremely...
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In the US, according to the latest Reagan Institute opinion poll, American respondents view Ukraine as an ally by a ratio of about 4:1. Conversely, American respondents view Russia as an enemy by a ratio of 4:1:
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