🇺🇸 Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. - George Orwell
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“Conservative” and “liberal,” as well as “progressive,” are adjectives that have been converted into nouns. But adjectives modify something else. That means the questions that must be addressed if bias is to be avoided include what it is someone is trying to conserve, in what ways whether we are liberal is to be judged, and what is to be considered progress.” - Gary Galles
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“Two things were clear at the end of Hegseth’s speech: First, the secretary has no real idea what goes on in war colleges. Second, Hegseth is very angry that the war colleges are not incorporating his personal political vendettas into their curricula.”
An unserious speech from an unserious person, but with a fair amount of civil-military damage in the mix. Hegseth's nickname around the Pentagon is "Dumb McNamara," and he went the distance to earn that one today at the Naval War College.
theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
ShesWithBruce retweeted
He’s even breaking the law when he’s trying to defend himself from breaking the law.
Pete Hegseth's recent social media video praising Trump and promoting himself is an ethics mess.
It was produced by the Pentagon, and violates the ban on using federal funds for propaganda, the anti-lobbying statute, and potentially also the Hatch Act.
washingtonpost.com/national-…
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This is not true at all. Vietnam and GWOT were extensively covered in the courses I took.
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SecDef plans to end a 189-day drought of Pentagon press briefings tomorrow to talk about his potential impeachment. He last took q's from the reporters at the Pentagon on May 5
Meanwhile, USS Spruance (DDG-111) is on day 354 of her current deployment in support of the Iran war
LIVE: @SecWar Speaks to the Press in Newport, R.I. xitter.gq/i/broadcasts/2nQBWklKR…
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At this point we're one announcement away from appointing the winner of a Call of Duty tournament as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
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It may not be official recognition but it helps the terror regime gain unearned legitimacy every time any nation talks to them
We must do better
France's Foreign Ministry said Paris's technical talks with the Taliban over the deportation of Afghan asylum seekers do not constitute recognition of the group. Pascal Confavreux a ministry spokesman stressed that France has no plans to recognise the Taliban.
afintl.com/en/202611068393
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For months, White House chief of staff Susan Wiles raised concerns about Pete Hegseth's management of the Pentagon, personal disputes, and habit of self-promotion, according to numerous people familiar with the matter.
With her gone, Hegseth quickly posts this meme of him and Miller:
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Voters: "We hated all that Nazi shit."
Trump: (turning big dial that says "Nazi" all the way up while looking back for approval)
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Another red flag most are ignoring: Corruption was a top issue for voters.
The level of in-your-face self-enrichment going on has been unprecedented, and no amount of deflection or ignoring it is going to fix that damaging perception.
It has to stop.
If Vietnam still brings up this much anger and pain, imagine how it’s going with GWOT.
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The fortunes of a few at the expense of many
Which is how all identity populism movements end up. Every time. Without exception.
