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Chris Bolan

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Professor Emeritus U.S. Army War College, Stategic Studies Institute

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 55m
🧵 about the 🧵!!!!
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 39m
"For the first time Latin Americans prefer China to America" 😯 share.google/goisArSJORZI...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 23h
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
CRUZ: Do you have any evidence whatsoever to believe that I and 20% of Republicans in the Senate will engage in destruction or tampering with evidence or intimidation of potential witnesses? JACK SMITH: No. We had powerful evidence that Donald Trump and his associates would
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 17h
This memo is incoherent. Curriculum at the service academies, as well as all the PME school houses, is dictated by congressional mandates, Service requirements, & the Officer Military Education Program (OPMEP) & enlisted equivalent. The schools have to regularly demonstrate they're in compliance.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h
More than 100 Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians and soldiers in the West Bank on Monday, preventing the Israeli military from enforcing a court order to ensure a Palestinian family that fled violence could return to their home.
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Israeli Settlers Stop Soldiers From Returning Palestinians to Their Home
The Supreme Court had ordered the military to ensure a West Bank family that fled violence could go back. But settlers blocked the effort, with the authorities accused of not doing enough to confront them.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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EM Simpson @emsetc.bsky.social · 18h
DoD: oh no, what about mah industrial base?? Also, DoD: oh you can definitely double down on your 6th gen fighters with one company
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Chris Bolan @chrisbolan.bsky.social · 18h
🤡🤡🤡🤡
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 18h
they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????
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Chris Bolan @chrisbolan.bsky.social · 18h
Good thread 👇
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 18h
Trump signed as President of the Unites [sic] States.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22h
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 21h
Awful: The Supreme Court just let Trump's third-country deportations move forward. Still a shot at stopping them later but unlikely. Reminder: If Dems win power, they can and should defund both the white-nationalist Office of Remigration and third-country deportations, as I argue in this piece:
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Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · 21h
The law and order party, folks
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Chris Bolan @chrisbolan.bsky.social · 18h
Would be nice to have a president who could think at least one step ahead to anticipate potential consequences of his actions.
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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 20h
“In cruelty will I seek out my fame.” “Henry VI, Part 2”
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David Burbach 🇺🇸 @dburbach.bsky.social · 20h
Bad decision for military education, and personally my sympathy to the academy Assistants who made life decisions on a rug just yanked out from under them out of spite
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20h
Yep.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 19h
Year-on-year, the U.S. trade deficit in goods has gotten bigger, not smaller, despite Trump’s tariffs. foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Trump’s Global Tariffs Are Likely to Fail in Court (Again)
Despite having a better legal foundation than past attempts, these duties may also be struck down.
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 23h
Hegseth on this is following project 2025. The GOP doesn't want the military to be able to engage in critical or strategic thinking.
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Chris Bolan @chrisbolan.bsky.social · 22h
this also guarantees that the military will be less effective in interagency discussions as expertise narrows to purely tactical military matters
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Steve Saideman @smsaideman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
this is a terrific statement.
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Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We found immigration courts have issued more than 10,000 removal and voluntary departure orders each month for immigrant minors — nearly four times the rate as Trump’s last term. With legal representation disappearing that pace could accelerate www.propublica.org/article/unac...
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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.
A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the firs...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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V @vp511.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
LMFAO
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Democrats don't have any income" is an insane statement, but it's also an admission that he sees the money collected by the United States government as his personal piggy bank, to be raided as he sees fit.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Free Press bravely challenging the orthodox belief that film criticism should involve watching the film.
A headline from Bari Weiss’s The Free [sic] Press:

“Hold Your Applause for the New Gaza Documentary

There may yet be hard truths in 'NAZA,' including evidence of Israel's systemic failures. But the reporting around it treats flimsy claims as proof of criminality.”

First line: “i haven't seen the film,”
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tho I actually like this post better. IMO, one smart response to these ads is to taunt GOP MoCs that Trump is still sitting on mountains of $$ and instead using taxpayer dollars to remind voters what a corrupt asshole he is.
The inept White House political propagandists are using our money on government-sponsored campaign TV ads for the sinking GOP. The latest commercial tries to rally the dwindling MAGA base by reminding them that Trump once posed as a fighter against warmongers and a corrupt political establishment, but the recycled ad just sharply reminds everyone that the lying Trump is the war-maker-in-chief and presides over the most corrupt presidential administration in U.S. history. You can’t use our tax dollars to fool us.
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NEW: The Trump admin is airing *another* taxpayer-funded political ad, & this time, it's from his 2024 campaign.

Trump says in the ad: "We will demolish the deep state, expel the warmongers from our government... We will rout the fake news media..."

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Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please stop referring to China as a "5000 year old civilization" as an analytical point. Imposes continuity and coherence where there is none.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History from @adamtooze.bsky.social adamtooze.substack.com/p/the-bigges...
A table titled, Average annual infrastructure spending as percentage of GDP.

It has six circles showing percentage of GDP spent on each tech: 
Canals .66%
Railroads 2.24%
Electrification .5%
Highways 1.13%
Telecom and fiber 1.1%
AI 3.63%
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not enough is said about how Trump views United States dollars as HIS own money
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump last week touted "one of the Biggest and Most Beautiful Events to take place in many years, the arrival at the White House of the Highly Respected President of China, Xi Jinping, and his beautiful wife, Madam Peng." The U.S. switched sides.
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 28/09/2026
He says this with a straight face as gas reaches $4.50/gal, diesel reaches $6.50/gal, mortgage rates soar over 7%, grocery costs are rising, and Americans’ sentiments towards the economy are the lowest they’ve been since the Great Recession.
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North Dakota Monitor @northdakotamonitor.com · 28/09/2026
The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress. By @jennifershutt.bsky.social of @statesnewsroom.com buff.ly/DPXkDaZ
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Trump administration revokes $810M approved by Congress for refugee aid and more • North Dakota Monitor
The Trump administration has, once again, infuriated lawmakers from both political parties by using a controversial maneuver to cancel funding previously approved by Congress.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Joe Scarborough: It’s important we now have documentation that the Republican Party has corrupted itself to this degree. Republicans now support the Centralized State stealing taxpayers’ money to run ads for their political party.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026
"it certainly sounds like the US government through the DFC is being used leverage a deal for business pals of the Trump family." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/us-ta...
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US Tax Dollars Now Used to Secure Deals for Trump Family Cronies
This has gotten very little attention, as far as I can tell....
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Chris Bolan @chrisbolan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
for the wealthy, everything is free
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 27/09/2026
The Finance Minister of Israel, who is also a deputy defense minister and the military governor of the-illegally occupied West Bank, calls for Israel to "go to war" in the West Bank, annex 70% of Gaza, and annex all of Lebanon south of the Litani River.
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Smotrich: Israel must ‘go to war’ in West Bank, ‘do there what we did in Gaza’
Finance minister also calls on Israel to annex 'at least' up to the ceasefire line in Gaza and the Litani River in Lebanon to make enemies 'pay a price' for Oct. 7 and ensuing wars
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is about as upset as a NYT reporter is allowed to get:”An admission that the American president offered to sell arms to China is extraordinary.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says
President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Upon rewatch this is worse than a soft call. It’s so bad! bsky.app/profile/scot...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a normal administration counterintelligence agents at the FBI would be investigating this photo. In this administration, the FBI director is in the photo.
Michael Weiss: Why, that’s Ali Abdelaziz is on the far left. Manages a lot of Russian, Belarusian and Chechen MMA fighters including Khamzat Chimaev, who is close to Kadyrov. Abdelaziz was an FBI informant until the Bureau dropped him because they suspected he was a double agent. Looks like Ka$h (far right) has forgiven and forgotten. These MAGA weddings are Mos Eisley cantinas for counterintelligence.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
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Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“I’ve heard people dismiss Trump’s mendacity with a shrugging “they all lie,” but we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar.”
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thanks, John Roberts.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What's a good way to visualize how the AI boom/bubble is propping up the economy? Ah, thanks.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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A post by fredesque (@FredTaming) on X.com featuring the text "[pulling paper out of hat] "clams" [pulling 2nd paper out of hat] "with Hepatitis A"" above a reshared news post from FactPost (@factpostnews) stating "The FDA has announced a recall of clams due to possible contamination with hepatitis A.", accompanied by photos of RFK Jr. and open clams.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Don’t. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers (Or. Online). Democrats talk about faith & religion as founding pillars of their beliefs all the time. They’ve been doing it forever, but at least since Jimmy Carter. It’s just that some aren’t Christian, & the Christians aren’t all white conservative men.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
An “error” affecting 200K registered Texas voters. A new partisan gerrymander. In the state with one of the lowest turnout rates and some of the most competitive elections. Coincidence?
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