Mike Coté
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Writer/podcaster | History, 📚, geopolitics, Great Powers | Words @NRO @FDRLST @ProvMagazine | To be weak is to invite war; to be strong is to prevent it.
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The progressive attacks on the Supreme Court are getting more intense - and desperate - by the day. The bogus Alito flag stories are perhaps the perfect example of this ridiculous trend.
My latest:
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This is straight-up lying. What he's saying is totally false. The numbers in Syria, Yemen, Myanmar, Sudan, & Ethiopia have all dwarfed the Gaza total.
What's the motivation here outside of plain old antisemitism?
“We are witnessing a killing of civilians that is unparalleled and unprecedented in any conflict since I have been Secretary General”- UN chief
@antonioguterres
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I was reading a review of Ridley Scott's Napoleon in Slate & came across this whopper of a historical misrepresentation.
If you genuinely think the Reign of Terror was "counter-revolutionary," you're a fool. It was, if anything, the apotheosis of the Revolution itself.
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Have you read even a single work of history? Are you literate?
are there a lot of wars where one side can turn off their enemy’s water and electricity and close their borders?
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This is why Europeans fail to understand geopolitics. They think the ability to trade across oceans relies on international law. In reality, it relies on American seapower.
International law is a farce & always has been. It rests on the credible promise of force, nothing more.
I'm actually genuinely shocked by the amount of Americans who commented on this 👇 saying it was perfectly normal for the US not to be bound by international law, and arguing for "America first" as if there was some sort of opposition between international law and American
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@nut_history
I was at this game & it'll forever be seared into my memory. Just an incredible experience that ignited a city's spirit when we needed it most. Truly magical.
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@eigenrobot
The acceptance of the heritability of IQ only overlaps with eugenics if you place a higher moral value on being more intelligent. I think these folks are freaked out about it because they do indeed think that way.
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@KamalaHarris
"Equitable treatment means we all end up at the same place."
This, historically, has meant that everyone (but for party elites) has the same incredibly low standard of living. That impoverished life comes with a heaping side of death, destruction, & totalitarianism.
I'll pass.
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@AOC
It's not Islamophobia because we think you're a Hamas PR agent, too. And Cori Bush. And Ayanna Pressley.
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How brazen? This brazen.
How brazen do you have to be to make over $1 million in a single year, and then not file taxes?
Rich tax cheats thought they could get away with it. No more. Thanks to IRS funding Democrats secured, the ultra-rich is being held accountable.
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Woodrow Wilson was easily the worst president of the 20th century & probably ever.
He started the income tax, resegregated the federal government, & attacked civil liberties. He joined WWI too late to prevent mass death, but early enough to horribly screw up the peace. He sucks.
Next Saturday, February 3, marks 100 years since the death of President Woodrow Wilson. No US president has suffered such a calamitous collapse in reputation from peak to now. In the issue of the Atlantic that ships Monday, I argue the case for uncancelling Wilson.
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Worst foreign policy president of my lifetime, bar none. I think he's very close to eclipsing Carter here, if he hasn't already.
And to think people thought that the last guy betrayed our allies! Trump couldn't hold a candle to this raging dumpster fire.
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: President Biden tells
@ErinBurnett
that if Israel invades the city of Rafah, the U.S. will stop supplying it with artillery shells, bombs for fighter jets and other offensive weapons
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@visegrad24
@ScooterCasterNY
This currently has a better chance of permanent statehood than Palestine does.
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@JMillzDC
@JStein_WaPo
You make $180k a year. Pay your bills.
Amazing. Media Matters VP who, according to the group’s Form 990, makes $180k a year, is mad that a targeted debt relief program won’t do much for her.
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<whispers>
They're all the Xi variant.
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Just was talking to my wife about the absurdity that is BCE/CE dating versus the traditional BC/AD nomenclature. The idea is to de-emphasize Christianity, but it uses the same year numbering scheme. When does the common era start, guys?
In meme format, it's this:
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This just shows you haven't been paying attention. ISIS-K has been ramping up attacks for the past year or so, hitting Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, & now Russia. They only "re-emerged from nowhere" if you get all your news from politics-obsessed loons on Twitter.
Just four days after Barack Obama made a "surprise" visit to 10 Downing Street to meet with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, ISIS suddenly re-emerges from nowhere and allegedly kills more than 40 people in Moscow.
It’s more than just a coincidence.
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Yes, this is the former head of the NSA & CIA stating that Americans should be forcibly disarmed because of mass shootings. And unfavorably comparing us to Serbia, an ethnonationalist state.
So much for the oath to protect & defend the Constitution of the United States!
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I've seen this more & more from the isolationist set, framing the US as the aggressor here ("war *against* Russia).
Ukraine is defending its sovereign territory from a foreign invader. We are aiding in that defense. That isn't "operationally coordinating a war against Russia."
In the event of a nuclear strike by Russia on the US, do you think any US policy actions/behaviors -- like subsidizing and operationally coordinating a war against Russia, trying to collapse Russia's economy, or demanding the overthrow of Putin -- could be seen in a similar light
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Two things:
1) The fact that the federal government couldn't function as it does now without Chevron is exactly why it should be overturned.
2) I always find it hilarious when legislators argue that others should do their job for them! Why are you a Senator?
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether it will overturn the Chevron doctrine—a 40-year-old doctrine that's critical to a functioning federal government.
Let me explain 🧵
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@jvplive
Israeli independence was declared in 1948. Israel's Holocaust remembrance day was set in 1959. Its Memorial Day was set in 1963. The first official "Nakba Day" was inaugurated by Yasser Arafat in 1998.
Now, tell me, which of these dates was deliberately chosen for effect, again?
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The people who constantly moan and bitch about "mUh FoReVeR wAr" don't know shit about war, history, or having concrete principles.
Wars generally don't end in two years. And people don't generally give up their homeland, identity, or existence without a serious fight.
@DavidSacks
My biggest concern is that there is no exit strategy, just a forever war where kids die in trenches from artillery or charging machine guns and snipers through minefields.
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A MacArthur "Genius", everybody.
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This is blatantly factually incorrect, and it's not even close.
1776-1865: 89 years
1866-2023: 157 years
Slavery existed longer in this nation longer than it hasn’t, and even the 13th Amendment doesn’t abolish slavery outright.
Let’s remember that as the folks try to gaslight us while our rights are being eroded.
This is bigger than Trump, Trumpism, 2016, 2020, or 2024.
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Starlink is potentially an incredible asset of American soft power. The ability to beam internet into countries around the world will do more for the cause of freedom than almost anything else I can imagine. The Great Firewall would crumble.
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BREAKING: My sleep schedule!
In real news, I'm a dad for the first time! Our daughter, Penelope Lee Coté, was born yesterday afternoon. She is a beautiful addition to our family & we are SO incredibly happy to welcome her to the world! I'm already smitten 😍
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@washingtonpost
The "Green" movement has always been anti-civilizational; that's why they attack art so often. Rejecting these tactics means rejecting their overall worldview, which is why we keep seeing this nonsense happen. Enough already.
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@billybinion
I knew the history of Dahomey going in (I study imperial history) & I was shocked at the blatant anti-history of the film. The total reversal of polarity was grotesque. I reviewed/debunked it, including many primary source references, here:
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This is an absolutely perfect microcosm of the Internet Intifada. Nearly all of those cities existed in the historical record for centuries before the Muslim Conquest. It's not like Jerusalem is a novel invention from 1948!
These people are ignorant & proud of it. Tough combo.
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@thehill
@SpeakerPelosi
This is an outright lie, especially when it comes to gas prices. Just shameless.
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You have mentioned the Israeli & American hostages precisely once this calendar year, in a statement falsely blaming Israel for deaths at an aid convoy. Yet you promote pro-Hamas narratives multiple times a day.
Israel doesn't need to & won't stop a thing they're doing. Cope.
I want a negotiated long term cessation of hostilities. I hope an agreement is imminent. But famine descending on Gaza, Israel needs to pause military operations - right now - in order to restore order and distribute humanitarian aid to prevent mass starvation.
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@ijbailey
@jessesingal
"What evidence do you have that there at predators in bathrooms?"
I mean...the rape?
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@redsteeze
If I didn't want my past as a sex pervert to be used against me, I simply wouldn't be a sex pervert.
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This framing is so blatantly anti-Israel & thus fails to actually explain what's happening. No mention of Hamas hostages, no mention of continued Hamas attacks, no mention of how Hamas has escalated to this point.
Western media has found its narrative comfort zone. Shameful.
As Israel's ground troops amass at the border with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, preparing for a probable escalation of the war ignited by Hamas' terror attack, the country hasn't pulled back on its aerial assault on Gaza.
Follow our live updates.
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There is no single person I want to hear from less on this issue than Barack Obama. His coddling of the Iranian regime is directly responsible for the predicament Israel is currently mired in.
Obama: “What Hamas did was horrific, and there is no justification for it. And what is also true is that the occupation, and what’s happening to Palestinians, is unbearable…
“You have to admit that all of us are complicit to some degree.”
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@bendreyfuss
My late aunt died of brain cancer in Canada. The only reason she was able to live for a year after her diagnosis was that she could pay out of pocket for actual care. If she didn't have the means, she would've died far sooner. Socialized healthcare isn't very good!
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Tucker is legitimately the same as a college Zoomer studying abroad in Florence or Barcelona who comes home & shits on the US.
World cities often look nice, especially in the tourist districts. The reality comes when you venture outside the friendly confines of the urban.
NEW: Tucker Carlson says Moscow, Russia is "nicer than any city" in the United States during a speech in Dubai.
Here comes the media meltdown round 2.
Tucker says traveling to other countries over the past week has been "radicalizing" for him.
"What was radicalizing, very
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So we're setting red lines on Israel, but not on Russia, China, Iran, the Houthis, Hezbollah, or Hamas. This White House is easily the worst at foreign policy in my lifetime. Bar none.
At least we know Biden doesn't exactly have the best results with red line enforcement.
“The defense of Israel is still critical,” President Joe Biden tells Jonathan Capehart. “But there's red lines that if he crosses…cannot have 30,000 more Palestinians dead.”
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The good thing about this absurd ICJ decision is that it shows the world just how much of a farce "international law" really is.
Sorry, but sovereign nation-states don't allow random bureaucrats to micromanage their military campaigns.
This is legally binding for Israel. If they do not comply with this order, it is clear that any arms transfer to Israel is illegal.
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Besides the fact that this very obviously isn't white phosphorus, white phosphorus isn't even banned under international law.
That doesn't stop idiot "human rights" organizations from constantly promoting this smear against American & Israeli forces.
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@wil_da_beast630
So much of the woke movement, from the courts to the antiracism of academia, revolves around the unwillingness to do multivariate analysis. Race is the only factor that matters to them.
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Lol, lmao even. This White House can't even throw our allies under the bus properly. Serves them right.
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@TheDemocrats
The American flag should fly alone on our government buildings. Adding flags like this only diminishes the profound message of the Stars & Stripes.
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Ireland isn't even in NATO. It certainly isn't our "closest ally in the EU."
There was absolutely no reason of statecraft that required Biden to spend this long in Ireland. It's really patently absurd.
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How about "shall not be infringed"? Seems like it's the more important phrase, & you clearly don't understand it.
We need to define terms. I suggest we begin with “well regulated.”
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@mtracey
The US is helping to coordinate Ukraine’s defense. Framing it as a "war against Russia" without so much as a mention of the country that was, you know, invaded, is deliberately misleading. But you know that. That's why you chose the phrasing you did & have been at this all day.
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We need a complete & total shutdown of History PhD programs until we can figure out what the hell is going on.
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Japanese fascism was an idea, and we did this to it.
State Department: "It’s something that we have learned in the United States in our long history with counterterrorism, that you cannot defeat an idea on the battlefield."
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
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66 million years ago, an asteroid smashed into Earth, killing the dinosaurs en masse. That triggered the events that led to this idiot tweet being posted.
Damn you, asteroid! Damn you all to Hell!
4 years ago, Trump's reckless order led to the assassination of an Iranian general, triggering events that have killed 3 US Troops.
Let’s be clear:
@POTUS
Biden is measured and ALWAYS values Troop safety, while Trump shows NO regard for consequences.
ELECTIONS MATTER.
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What a fucking dolt you are.
If Argentina's economy collapses any further, it'll basically turn into a black hole. Imagine honestly thinking that Milei will make the economic situation in Argentina *worse*! I'm sure you adored the Kirchners though...
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@jessesingal
Freedom of speech is the historic (and present) outlier, not the norm. It takes effort to keep our incredible liberties in the face of the human tendency to prohibit speech and limit information.
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This is just so incredibly perfect as an encapsulation of modern journalism.
Completely misunderstand basic math in the most overconfident way possible, claim others are the illogical ones, & present yourself as the smart person who figured it out - while being entirely wrong.
Very good example of how illogical betting markets are.
When betters on PredictIt bet on individual states, they add up to Democrats winning the Senate.
When straight up asked who they think is going to win the Senate, more people just bet on Republicans instead.
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@NPR
I'm sorry, but the Declaration of Independence was a radical liberty document, even at the time. Stop projecting modern conceptions onto the past. If you contend that America is uniquely bad, I'll ask one thing: compared to what?
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"Holistic regulatory attempt to deal with climate change"
Translation: "unelected progressive bureaucrats making arbitrary policy that isn't supported by the public & has never been put to a vote of the legislature"
The decision is a bad omen for environmentalists and seems to reject any holistic regulatory attempt to deal with climate change.
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Dropping the atomic bombs was not only defensible, but actively good. It saved millions of Japanese lives, ensured that the nation wasn't divided à la Korea, & deterred the USSR, at least for a time. Second-guessing this in 2023, when we have the historical record, is ludicrous.
1. As we watch
#Oppenheimer
, we should also reflect on the rest of the story. The bombs he built indiscriminately killed and injured hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. Our government has never apologized and has never said we won’t do it again.
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You know, usually when someone tells you something so incendiary & you can't confirm it, you don't publish the story anyways. And to take the word of accused terrorists without corroboration is even worse.
Modern journalism is no better than partisan gossip.
“I was sexually harassed” in Israeli prison, Abbasi said, adding he also witnessed guards sodomize his cellmates with truncheons.
NBC News has not been able to corroborate his allegations.
My story on prisoner abuse in Israel, with
@Mo_Abbas_Tweets
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Yes, that paragon of clean warfighting, the <checks notes> Soviet Union?
"How else could we have fought the Nazis?"
Prof. Mearsheimer: "Well, if you look at how the Soviets fought, who were basically responsible for defeating the Nazis... there were no bombings of cities, no dropping of nuclear weapons."
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