Seth Hettena
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National security journalist, author, dad | Send me tips on Signal @ seth_hettena.11
San Diego, California
Joined January 2015
The Islamic Republic's survival strategy appears to be shut down the Internet, cut the phone lines, shoot people in the streets and broadcast clips of Tucker Carlson on television.
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This is history in the making. Thousands of Iranian freedom fighters refuse to be governed by the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.
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@P_Kallioniemi Identifying top disinformation spreaders on X is subjective and varies by source. Based on 2024-2026 reports from diverse outlets (Science, Reuters, CCDH, NY Post, Pew), frequently cited accounts include: 1. elonmusk 2. realDonaldTrump 3. RobertKennedyJr 4. RealAlexJones 5.
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@FmrRepMattGaetz @grok Maybe if I spent more time at shady parties with monied insiders I would’ve won. I heard you’d know a bit about that. You’ve always been a dick by the way. Grifting off your daddy like a suckling little doggie. When I first met you in the panhandle I knew you were a piece of
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ICYMI: What happened in Venezuela over the weekend? And what should we be watching for next? Experts from @CSISAmericas, @CSISDefense, and @CSISEnergy unpacked the U.S. operation, regional implications, and more. Watch the discussion here: https://t.co/NksRLEE8LF
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More astonishing public comments from the Danish PM on Greenland. “I believe one should take the American president seriously when he says that he wants Greenland. But I will also make it clear that if the US chooses to attack another NATO country militarily, then everything
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Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that if Donald Trump were to attack the Danish island of Greenland that would mean the end of the NATO alliance.
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The capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro—one of the Cuban intelligence services’ most valuable charges—punctured the unit’s aura of invincibility
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Hegseth's Pentagon continues to punish an opposition politician for making factual statements, by weaponising the military justice system. Serious damage being done to rule of law & apolitical status of the military here. "The department has initiated retirement grade
Six weeks ago, Senator Mark Kelly — and five other members of Congress — released a reckless and seditious video that was clearly intended to undermine good order and military discipline. As a retired Navy Captain who is still receiving a military pension, Captain Kelly knows he
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Pentagon to demote Sen. Kelly from retired Navy rank as captain, but stops short of threatened trial -
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Senator Mark Kelly and other Democratic lawmakers urged troops to refuse any illegal orders.
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🚨⚡️ Can Venezuelan air defenses repel a U.S. airstrike? 🇻🇪✈️🇷🇺 Venezuela's skies are protected by a layered network of Russian S-300 missiles, mobile Buk systems, and more than 5,000 shoulder-fired rockets. The myth of American air dominance has been shattered by outdated
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Update: The Coast Guard has now suspended the search. Those who abandoned their vessels are presumably now lost at sea. https://t.co/nClScC5QFC
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ALAMEDA, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for the reported people in the water approximately 400 nautical miles southwest of the Mexico/Guatemala border Friday. Despite extensive
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Something I think is grossly under appreciated, at any large hospital the OB staff is successfully delivering babies daily that just a few generations ago would have resulted in the death of the mother or child or both.
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What a scene. Pete Hegseth puts on makeup to shake the hand of the Ukrainian defense minister. The Ukrainian says please just tell me what the policy is. Hegseth refuses to answer and only nods, hoping to look good on TV for Trump. https://t.co/W5cVYFPjt7
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Woeful gaps in disclosure in this new statement. 1) No details about where this occurred-- not even a body of water. 2) It says a search and rescue effort was initiated, but includes no details about what has happened in the roughly 24 hours since. 3) How many survivors?
On Dec. 30, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted kinetic strikes against three narco-trafficking vessels traveling as a convoy. These vessels were operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence
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Resulta que muchas lanchas atacadas con misiles, como está pasando en las incautaciones.que hacemos en Colombia o, con ayuda nuestra fuera de Colombia, no llevaban cocaína sino cannabis. Problema paradójico: en EEUU, en muchísimas partes es legal. Y el Congreso de Colombia no
Restos de lanchas atacadas llegan al Caribe colombiano; víctimas serían pescadores pobres. Indicios de cannabis, no de otras drogas. En EE. UU el cannabis es legal en varios estados. Urgen políticas basadas en DDHH y cooperación con respeto mutuo.
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The @WSJ refuses to be intimidated by Trump. The headline does not do this story justice. Gift link:
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Mar-a-Lago sent an 18-year-old spa worker on a house call to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003. She complained to her bosses that Epstein pressured her for sex.
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Boebert's response: President Trump decided to veto a completely non-controversial, bipartisan bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously. Why? Because nothing says “America First” like denying clean drinking water to 50,000 people in Southeast Colorado, many of whom
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A reporter who pleaded guilty in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot now claims the FBI arrested the wrong confessed pipe bomber and is covering up ... something. He has never apologized for falsely accusing a Capitol Police officer (using bogus "gait analysis") in a story later retracted.
You really only have two choices regarding Brian Cole as the alleged J6 pipe bomber: 1 - Trump’s DOJ/FBI - fully aware of Cole’s mental disability - coerced him into a confession without an attorney present. As such, the entire case should be thrown out. Or… 2 - Kash, Dan,
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The plaque still hasn't been hung It was required under law to be hung on west front of Capitol by mid-2023 Congressional leadership has not responded to our inquiries about it
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