Founder & CEO of https://xitter.cf/t.co/rlteLqhtTe Army Veteran. American. Live free or die.

Washington DC
Joined June 2010
Yesterday, I took my family to Arlington National Cemetery to visit my friends, Garrett Slaughter and Captain John Ryan Dennison Memorial. They are buried in Section 60, also known as "The Saddest Acre in America," because many who are buried there died young after 9/11. One mother had a lawn chair, with flowers on either side, pulled right up to the headstone of her son, a Marine. It looked like she had been sitting there all day. A family of four with two teenage daughters wept over another grave nearby. For my part, I felt an overwhelming wave of sorrow as I approached Garrett's grave with my daughters and my son. We put flowers on his grave. I told my children a few funny stories about our time together at Vanderbilt, Ranger School, and then in the Army. And then, we walked to Ryan's grave and spent some time with him. Ryan was a bright light full of positivity and passion wherever he went. I miss my friends... Shortly before D-Day, 2nd Lieutenant Jack Lundberg wrote a letter to his family that began, "Now that I am actually here, I see my chances of returning to you all are quite slim, therefore I want to write this letter now while I am yet able." He went on to write, "We of the United States have something to fight for — never more fully have I realized that. There just is no other country with comparable wealth, advancement, or standard of living. The U.S.A. is worth a sacrifice!" He was killed a few weeks later. But, his spirit -- the resolute determination to protect a nation based on freedom no matter the cost. That remains. It's why I'm so proud of Garrett and Ryan even while I am devastated I'll never watch them play with my kids.
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Meet our Veterans Employment Symposium speaker: @Blake_Hall, Co-Founder and CEO of @IDme. Blake knows what it means to lead and to adapt. He served as an Army Ranger and led a reconnaissance platoon in Iraq. After his service, he built ID.me into a digital identity platform trusted by more than 174 million people and government agencies nationwide. We’re excited for Blake’s talk at this year’s Veterans Employment Symposium on November 5. "The Future Belongs to the Adaptable" will dive into what he's learned about building a lasting career at a time when technology and the economy keep changing, and why the skills veterans developed in uniform are exactly what the future calls for. 📅 Thursday, November 5, 2026 📍 HSBC's US Headquarters , New York City Veterans and service members transitioning to civilian life, this track is for you – and it's free. Join us and take your next step. 🎟️ Register here → rsvp.theworldsbest.events/_5… #GotYour6
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Incredible work by @shl on this app. 🔥 We are tracking some UX issues with passkeys and password managers tied to web views. Our team is working on it.
Introducing the official IRS app!
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I love leading teams who have the grit to see missions that matter through to the end. If you want to help people and keep Americans safe, we are hiring at @IDme.
ID.me has become a $2 billion business that allows individuals securely prove their identity online. Blake Hall's initial idea was to make it easier for veterans to access discounts and other benefits. The company has verified over 90 million identities, among them first responders, educators and, yes, 7.3 million veterans. Read more about veterans taking on the tech boom: forbes.com/sites/monicahunte… Photo: Aaron Kotowski for Forbes
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250 years of showing the world how everyone wins when humans are free to dream, dare greatly, and enjoy the benefits of winning if you can succeed despite the odds. Happy birthday America🇺🇸 🦅🎇
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Ridiculous red card. What a joke.
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Our inaugural class of National Security Fellows proved that radical collaboration between academia and real-world leadership is a force multiplier. As they conclude their time with the Institute, we celebrate the immense value @julianbarnes, Shelly Bruce, @Blake_Hall, Admiral Michael Gilday, and @AnneMilgram brought to our campus. From analyzing asymmetric threats on stage at the #AsnessSummit, to exposing sophisticated foreign influence operations in the press, to guiding @VanderbiltU students from decorated military service to tech entrepreneurship—their collective impact has been profound. They have set a flawless standard for what this fellowship can achieve. We are deeply grateful for their dedication this past year and wish them the very best in their next chapters.
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Blake Hall retweeted
“…estimated total 900,000 fake degrees are still out there.. attached to real people.. working real jobs.. inside real companies and real hospitals that verified nothing.” Anyone defrauding the program should be an instant exit.
🚨 stop scrolling.. do you understand what this fake degree ring actually means to your life.. because most people only think about visa fraud as a paperwork problem.. those 100,000 seized certificates weren't for desk jobs.. they were for medicine.. nursing.. engineering.. IT.. fields where a fake credential doesn't just steal a job.. it puts someone in a hospital treating your family.. and here's the part nobody's connecting.. 100,000 seized is 10% of the estimated total.. 900,000 fake degrees are still out there.. attached to real people.. working real jobs.. inside real companies and real hospitals that verified nothing.. a former US consular officer who processed 51,000 H-1B applications in Chennai said 80 to 90% of the applicants she saw used fraudulent documentation.. a 2008 USCIS audit found more than 13% of already-approved H-1Bs were fraudulent.. that was 18 years ago.. the program kept running.. Manav Bharti University sold 36,025 fake degrees while issuing only 5,455 real ones.. this has been running since at least 2010.. this isn't a printer in a back room.. it's a supply chain.. fake seals.. fake holograms.. fake transcripts.. 22 universities.. multiple states.. an estimated 1 million documents worldwide.. your doctor might have one of these degrees.. the system worked for the forgers.. just not for you. I'll keep you updated. Turn on notifications. 🚨
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Blake Hall retweeted
It’s been almost two months since President Trump took the bold step of officially forming the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. We’ve already uncovered tens of billions of dollars in defrauded taxpayer money, prosecuted dozens of fraudsters, and stopped billions in suspicious payments. And we’re just getting started. So why has it taken the federal government until now to finally tackle fraud? Because Andrew Ferguson and I are taking a new approach. Here’s how.
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Blake Hall retweeted
Hello Julia, sans aucune ironie, c'est top que tu prennes le temps de te renseigner. Mais le problème quand on lit Marx aujourd'hui, c'est qu'on prend pour acquis sa prémisse de départ, alors qu'elle a été démontée scientifiquement il y a plus de 150 ans. Toute la pensée de Marx repose sur la théorie de la valeur-travail. L'idée que la valeur d'un bien vient de la quantité de travail nécessaire pour le produire. Si tu acceptes cette prémisse, alors oui, tout son raisonnement tient. Le capitaliste "vole" la plus-value du travailleur, l'exploitation est mathématique, la révolution est inévitable. Sauf qu'en 1871, trois économistes (Menger en Autriche, Jevons en Angleterre, Walras en Suisse) découvrent indépendamment la même chose : la valeur n'est pas objective, elle est subjective et marginale. Un verre d'eau dans le désert vaut une fortune. Le même verre à côté d'une rivière ne vaut rien. Le travail incorporé est identique. Donc le travail ne détermine pas la valeur. C'est le consommateur qui valorise un bien selon son utilité marginale dans un contexte donné. Exemple concret : tu peux passer 1000 heures à tricoter un pull moche que personne ne veut. Selon Marx, ce pull a énormément de valeur (beaucoup de travail incorporé). Selon la réalité, il ne vaut rien. Parce que personne n'en veut. À l'inverse, Bernard Arnault crée des milliards de valeur non pas parce qu'il "exploite" mais parce qu'il a su anticiper et organiser des désirs humains à grande échelle. La valeur est créée par la coordination, pas extraite par le vol. Cette découverte (la révolution marginaliste) a invalidé tout l'édifice marxiste. Pas pour des raisons idéologiques, pour des raisons scientifiques. C'est pour ça que plus aucun département d'économie sérieux au monde n'enseigne Marx comme un cadre d'analyse valide. On l'enseigne en histoire de la pensée. Maintenant, le truc important. Si ton intention en lisant Marx c'est d'aider les pauvres (c'est une intention noble), alors tu vas être surprise par ce qui suit. Regarde les chiffres de la Banque mondiale. En 1820, 90% de l'humanité vivait dans l'extrême pauvreté. Aujourd'hui, moins de 9%. Cette chute historique ne s'est PAS produite dans les pays qui ont appliqué Marx. Elle s'est produite dans les pays qui ont libéralisé leur économie. Chine post-1978, Vietnam post-1986, Inde post-1991, Pologne post-1989. À chaque fois qu'un pays libéralise, des centaines de millions de gens sortent de la pauvreté en une génération. À chaque fois qu'un pays applique Marx (URSS, Cambodge, Corée du Nord, Venezuela), c'est la famine et les goulags. Ce n'est pas une opinion, c'est l'expérience la plus massive jamais menée en sciences sociales. Plusieurs milliards de cobayes humains, sur un siècle. Donc paradoxalement, si tu aimes vraiment les pauvres, la position la plus cohérente n'est pas d'être marxiste. C'est d'être pour la liberté économique. Parce que c'est empiriquement la seule chose qui a jamais sorti massivement les gens de la misère. Pour creuser, je te recommande trois lectures qui vont changer ta vision : "La Loi" de Frédéric Bastiat (court, lumineux, gratuit en ligne) "La Route de la Servitude" de Hayek "Économie en une leçon" de Henry Hazlitt Bonne lecture, et vraiment chapeau de chercher à comprendre plutôt que de rester dans tes certitudes. C'est rare.
Depuis tout à l'heure je me renseigne sur les idées de Karl Marx sincèrement je n'arrive pas à comprendre comment on peut être pour le capitalisme et même plus généralement être de droite
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Blake Hall retweeted
Meet Joan Rodriguez-Vogel, Special Assistant to the CEO at @IDme. After 12 years on Capitol Hill, Joan now supports our Founder and CEO @Blake_Hall keep priorities moving and follow-through strong—so @IDme can stay focused on keeping people safe online while making it easy to access benefits and essential services. We’re proud to spotlight team members like Joan who help make that impact possible.
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Blake Hall retweeted
🚨 Here is the full 40 minutes of my crew and I exposing California fraud, Minnesota was big but California is even bigger... We uncovered over $170,000,000 in fraud as these fraudsters live in luxury with no consequences. Like it and share it, the fraud must STOP. We ALL work way too hard and pay too much in taxes for this to be happening. These fraudsters have been able to defraud American taxpayers for years without any pushback from the public and politicians. It is time to EXPOSE IT ALL and end America's fraud crisis.
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The Iranian women’s national football team refused to sing the anthem of the Islamic Regime. Tonight. At the opening match of the Asian Cup. In front of the entire world. So, to all liberal Western women: Watch and learn. THIS is what real feminism looks like.
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Blake Hall retweeted
M Street and Wisconsin in Georgetown taken over by a large crowd of celebrating Iranians, chanting USA USA … not what I was expecting during my run today.
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It’s 1 AM in Iran right now and everyone is out in the streets celebrating. Iranians deserve a life with freedom. 🦁 xitter.cf/Tarikh_Eran/status/202…
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HAPPENING NOW: In Ottawa, en route to the US Embassy chanting thanks to the USA. Immense happiness today for Iranian Canadians, who came here to flee a tyrannical regime, who now feel hope for their loved ones back in Iran.
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"Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei..." - President Donald J. Trump
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American forces are bombing Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) bases in Iraq. This is a good thing. In 2007, Qais Khazali, a KH leader and Iranian proxy, kidnapped and executed American soldiers, including Captain Brian Freeman. He was bragging about his role only several months ago. Like many other terrorist leaders, we caught Qais — then released him. There was no justice for the Americans he executed. It’s long past time we settle the score. I hope that day is today.
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Those of us who fought in Iraq remember what Iran did to kill and maim our friends. Today, their families get some measure of justice. Now, it is up to the young people of Iran to take their country back.
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