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Galah70

@galah70.bsky.social
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Nats fan, Red Porch Regular, old retired soldier. Leans liberal.

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
After nearly two years of claims on Fox News that Trump’s deportation operations were targeting the “worst of the worst,” the administration acknowledged that it's attempting to go after every person it thinks is in the U.S. without authorization.
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Fox News has spent almost two years claiming Trump’s deportations are targeting “the worst of the worst.” The administration just contradicted that narrative.
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's a good day to google "Foxconn," "Wisconsin," "Trump," "2018," "13,000 jobs" and "didn't happen, didn't even come close"
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Otto von Biz Markie @donachaidh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
He sure has
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Stop Calling Us Warriors
If you’ve been in the Army longer than five minutes, you’ve probably been called “warrior” already. Or maybe “hero,” usually used sarcastically when referring to…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Abdul El-Sayed: "Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you've asked about a Twitch streamer ... their whole game is to make us fight culture wars so that we don't pay attention to the fact the president has made $2.2 billion ... "
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Ian Lahey @ilahey.com · 11/09/2026
Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops. #LifeAdvice
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
So 'blockade' as a legal thing in war has specific rules. There need to be specific military-related goods as contraband (you can't contraband food or medical supplies, for instance), and you need to give ships a chance to turn around. The latter basically requires using a surface fleet.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
VoteVets, Home of the Brave, and the Cultural Landscape Foundation have joined forces to fight to Stop Trump's Arch. A new video featuring Gold Star mother Karen Meredith, General (ret.) Paul Eaton, and landscape architect Charles Birnbaum is linked here. wapo.st/3UGfXAt
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Veterans and Democrats intensify fight against Trump’s planned arch
Opponents of the 250-foot triumphal arch project say it could disrupt military burials at Arlington, during construction and after its completion.
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Clearly, everything is fine and not a complete, avoidable mess
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Georgia 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦉 🌻 @georgiegeeez.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is exactly what we need from the press.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Absolutely yes.
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Brian Kerg @briankerg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My latest in @usniproceedings.bsky.social: "The warrior ethos is no longer a useful philosophy... While once that spirit offered some utility... the warrior ethos now is largely a stumbling block to the professional and ethical development of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines."
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Where Exactly Has the Warrior Ethos Gotten Us?
The Marine Corps should revive its traditional ethos, emphasizing professional competence, readiness, honor, courage, and commitment for the demands of modern warfare.
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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We’re talking here about Col. Josh Gaspard, who parachuted into Bashur during the 2003 invasion as a 2LT, then a year in Afg, then company command in surge-era Iraq. His Columbia degrees aren’t even in the “woke” social sciences, they’re in industrial engineering and engineering management systems.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Where's Mitch?
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Cool, we didn’t need that specially designated paratrooper respond-to-anywhere-in-the-world-with-no-notice capability anyways
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We have so much to thank Canada for - maple syrup - moose - hockey things - Insulin - the pacemaker - basketball - Pvt John A Huff of Ontario, who as a member of the 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment shot and killed Confederate General JEB Stuart at Yellow Tavern on May 11, 1864
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BK? @whitesox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
MLB posting a 9 minute compilation of right field assists to third base in honor of Dolly Parton. Because 9-5. Genius. youtu.be/IokVk0-XS8Y?...
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Throwin' 9 to 5! 9:25 of the GREATEST assists from right fielders to third basemen | MLB Highlights
YouTube video by MLB
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When your timeline is filled with queer folks and brown/Black people singing the praises of and loudly mourning a 1940s-Tennessee-born white Boomer lady, welp. She was pretty goddamn extraordinary, you can assume.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/08/2026
A series of firings and feuds initiated by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has left the Army essentially rudderless as it struggles to deal with the threat posed by cheap, deadly drones and missiles that have pounded U.S. bases in the Middle East.
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Hegseth’s Purge of Top Generals Leaves the Army Rudderless
The leadership vacuum comes as the Army is trying to adapt to a new kind of war dominated by deadly drones.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“Long live Stars and Stripes and the honorable service the paper has provided for decades to soldiers and to the nation.” luciantruscott.substack.com/p/stars-stri...
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Stars stripped
The big story that’s all over the place this afternoon is the firing of the editor of Stars and Stripes, the quasi-governmental semi-independent newspaper that is provided for free to service members ...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In the last 24 hours on different TV networks, Republicans in Congress blamed the cost of beef and housing on immigrants as well as the measles outbreak. Everything bad that happens in the country they are currently in charge of is caused by either immigrants or Biden.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Unspeakably disgraceful. Doris Miller was a mess attendant -- the only jobs open to Black sailors -- who won the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor. With this, and reports USN leaders are considering changing the design of aircraft carriers *because Trump said so* -- the Navy is dishonoring itself.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/08/2026
Todd Blanche Vows To Remain Fully Independent Of The Law theonion.com/todd-blanche-vows-to-r…
Todd Blanche Vows To Remain Fully Independent Of The Law
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Cartoon by Jeff Stahler
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Some anti-Trump Republicans still can’t believe how thoroughly Republicans have capitulated to Trump. Some pro-rule of law lawyers can’t believe that former colleagues are ok with lawlessness. Some former military can’t believe former colleagues are going along with Hegseth. It’s time to believe.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Your regular reminder Republicans in Congress fully support this.
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Historians may have played a decisive role last week in a judge's ruling that overturning a school board's decision to change the names of public school honoring Confederate generals ignored its impact on Black students. Historians matter. #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/what-the-h...
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What the Historians Proved in Shenandoah County, Virginia
Expert testimony from two historians helped overturn a school board's 2024 decision, and showed exactly why the profession still matters.
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
So September will be 25 years since 9/11 25 years from Pearl Harbor was 1966 which had…Massive civil unrest over racial discrimination/violence and police brutality, and an escalating war with no clear end in sight.
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I’m drunk, ergo, I’ve typed and deleted multiple posts about the state of the world and my profession I think this shows maturity so please clap Also Andrew Johnson was a lil bitch
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
For something that isn’t drunk, here’s the source material: angrystaffofficer.com/2025/09/08/t...
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The General Who Defied a President
Perhaps no period characterized chaos about the future of the Republic than the years 1866-1868. And perhaps no one individual did so much to save it in those years as the man who had labored so ha…
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Reckon it’s about that time of year
Opening credits to the 1993 movie “Gettysburg”
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
It’s weird - these people always assume that we unwashed masses are motivated only by profit. A good example of mirror imaging, since they can’t conceive of doing anything for free Me, I can hate injustice and bullies for free.
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
John Adams, July 3, 1776:
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Definitely Not Mark Lerner’s Burner Account @nationals.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Sitting through 2 rain delays to watch Acuna leave the bases loaded was taxing but hilarious.
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 22/05/2026
Bezos: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not going to help that teacher in Queens." Let's. Try.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/05/2026
Republicans support sending guns in the mail but what about mail-in ballots? @brendanhartnett.bsky.social went to Capitol Hill to ask some of them.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
9 years was not an excessive punishment. Peters was a county official who used someone else’s security badge to let a fellow election denier access the whole county's voting data. That is an extreme breach of public trust for the purpose of undermining our democracy; harsh deterrence is vital.
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Jared Polis did the right thing
Election denier Tina Peters committed serious crimes, but her prison sentence was too harsh.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
For years, Hungary's Viktor Orban gerrymandered his opposition out of power. But in the end, all the dirty tricks in the world couldn't save him from sinking approval ratings and massive voter turnout. There's a lesson here for us.
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
*stares in 20th Maine* Don’t make us come down there again
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
As SCOTUS was dismantling the Voting Rights Act today, I was leading a staff ride at Antietam, the single bloodiest day in American history and the campaign that permitted Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, beginning a century-long path to the VRA All of that feels incredibly fraught
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
What must it be like, as a leader of another country, seeing U.S. leaders act like a global energy supply crunch is a good thing because it’s created a backup at U.S. oil export facilities. The backup is bad, Pete! This stuff is supposed to run smoothly. A backup doesn’t mean they’re selling more.
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Dina 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 #TrumpIsNotMyPresident #Resist @dinochka.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Once again, an international embarrassment. He has degraded the US entirely, with his stupidity and lack of basic morality.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This is shameful
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
New guest post up on the ‘ol blog. Grateful for people who have the energy to write when I do not angrystaffofficer.com/2026/04/16/c...
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Citizen-Soldiers – not “Warriors”
In a recent prepared statement by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in which he cut the War Department’s ties and affiliation with his alma mater, Harvard University, he made s…
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Kevin Glew @coopincanada.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"I owe more to Canadians than they'll ever know. In my baseball career, they were the first to make me feel my natural self." -- Jackie Robinson #JackieRobinsonDay
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Honestly, having a Chicago pope is probably one of the strangest and most incredible points of intersectionality in history Going from Medicis to a guy who’s definitely eaten ballpark hotdogs defies Francis Fukiyama
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
books: the rectangle that can’t send you push notifications. Try: books.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Republicans in Congress support this. It’s that simple
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A note to ex pilots, SOF guys, etc: Maybe shut the fuck up about the intricacies of SERE training. It’s great that the WSO was able to escape and evade, but you don’t have to tell everyone how.
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