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Jack Dando

@jackdando.bsky.social
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Survey Wizard • Natsec/CWMD policy • Sociology MA GMU• Meme Warfare Analyst • DC • Lawyer in 2030

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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love my electric bike!
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Spongebob Squarepants Squidward Tentacles
ALT: Spongebob Squarepants Squidward Tentacles
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I went to one of these schools. Can confirm, they suck.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If anything, courts should give less deference to national security claims than other state interests because it’s such a vital area ripe for abuse it needs to be checked.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Micahel Scott: Everybody Stay Calm!
ALT: Micahel Scott: Everybody Stay Calm!
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ah the old hostage playbook. The next dem pres could take credit for solving it like Reagan did lol.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh hey! My article got published 👀 If you're interested in the future (or non-future) of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, check it out!
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Weird how they don't ALLOW the sailors on the USS Lincoln to interviews. Maybe service members should be allowed to have their 1st amendment rights.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Can I say I still don't get why AI employees are scared of a chatbot that writes emails?
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Starting a thread of some of the quotes in my commonplace book: (1/x) “Unhappy is the land that breeds no hero! No, Andrea....unhappy is the land that needs a hero.” ― Bertolt Brecht
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The soldiers were sitting outside a Popeye’s on H St when an argument started about whether the soldiers’ hairstyles followed Army regulations. One witness said that Mitchell told the soldier he was arguing with that he would “slap the Jackson 5 out of you.” www.cnn.com/2026/09/08/p...
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Dispute over hair length leads to soldier pulling gun on fellow guardsman, police say | CNN Politics
A member of the Georgia National Guard assigned to the task force patrolling Washington, DC, is facing assault and gun charges after he was accused of pulling his firearm on a fellow soldier during an...
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bruh imagine being sentenced by a judge who is applying for a job with the administration, when the president said publicly twice that you should get the death penalty and the judge threw out the case for it being unlawful command influence and used that writing sample for the job!
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Court overturns 2023 ruling that wiped Bowe Bergdahl’s conviction
The court ruled that only the military justice system — not civilian courts — has jurisdiction to reverse the conviction.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Since we have a Labor Day, we also need a new federal holiday Capital Day, where we celebrate why Capital deserves 47.2% of economic output.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Whether it’s Hegseth’s DoD secretly paying influencers to post culture war content or Mamdani’s office doing normal coms procedures, both sides are engaged in questionable PR practices. @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Extending deployments is a key part of exploiting the all-volunteer force! www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
wsj.com
Hegseth Extends Mideast Deployments Into 2027, Escalating Strain on Troops
The move is part of an open-ended military strategy designed to give President Trump options in the Iran war.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🗣️MBA slander www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
aeaweb.org
Eclipse of Rent-Sharing: The Effects of Managers’ Business Education on Wages and the Labor Share in the US and Denmark
(Forthcoming Article) - We provide evidence that CEOs with a business degree reduce wages and the labor share in the US and Denmark. Firms appointing business managers are not on differential trends a...
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The West Point grit study is so funny to me because you're telling me the most predictive characteristic for graduation at the "put up with a lot of bs" academy is willingness to put up with a lot of bs? I'm shocked. But is this characteristic what we want to be selecting based on?
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If I was a billionaire, I would simply choose to not look like an egg
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The thing that really gets me, is that not only are they not resigning, they won't even speak about what happened to the public after they're fired! I think that shows a much deeper rot. How is the public supposed to exercise civilian control if they have no information?
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Things like this show why soldiers 1A rights should be protected by the courts. This midshipman like many other service members have had family members sent to concentration camps and they're not allowed to speak about it. The public needs to know what's going on to exercise civ control.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
From Anthropic's successful lawsuit: "The empty invocation of national security is not a blank check to punish and retaliate against government critics." INJECT THIS INTO MY VIENS storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
CBRN and combat medic soldiers responded to Covid and saved more American lives than any other MOS since like the Civil War send tweet
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
a fine addition to my “abolish West Point“ file
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Got a last minute ticket to #IntelSummit26 👹
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
She was supposed to outlive him!
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I just broke up with the Army over text. "It's not me, it's you." 💔
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Somehow I missed that Chris LaNeve who was commander of the 8th Army in Korea said at the inaugural ball, “Congratulations on your victory as the 47th president of the United States … Welcome back, Mr. President.” and he's now acting CoS of the army. #civmilsky thedispatch.com/article/wats...
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The Military and Politics Don’t Mix
Service members shouldn’t be criticizing—or fawning over—politicians and military leaders.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
My parents tried this and I turned out woke so idk
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Chat, I'm pretty sure I'm going to put in my request to leave the reserves. The army's retention is so dumb and I'm not going to let it screw up my life goals. I might write something about my experience idk.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I'm going to law school because I want to spend my days checking other people's writing for citing fake court cases.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Pulitzer-winning cartoonist SGT Mauldin was called an “unpatriotic anarchist“ by General Patton for making fun of combat shaving requirements. Some things never change!
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
ROTC is harder than service academies because ROTC cadets have to do their own laundry. Send tweet.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If only we let service members exercise their first ammendment rights this could all be solved and voters could exercise their judgement to control the military with more clarity!
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Army retention is so dumb. I am currently trying to be retained. I got an email saying "we want to keep your expertise!" I called the number listed on their flyer. An automated voice answered and said leave a message and also, don't because our inbox is full.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
They should also keep Ulichi Freedom Shield because I did it one year and it was cool
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It really is so vile that the military restricts service members first amendment far above national security exceptions and the courts allow that. It gives politicians a free ride to lie about them and chokes civilian control of the military. You’re sure they’re fine? Let them speak to the press!
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’ve seen enough. Rename Fort Pickett to Fort Hefner who was stationed there and continued to serve his country by reporting Epstein.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
You know who will be in charge before the 2030 Census and could do the exact opposite to destroy red representation? Maybe they should do that 🤷‍♂️
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Exploiting the All-Volunteer Force, one might say mars.gmu.edu/bitstreams/7...
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I just had the misfortune of reading Douglas MacArthur‘s farewell speech at West Point because I saw it was required reading in Texas. I don’t know the irony didn’t kill him on the spot.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Welcome to the USMA DELENDA EST team, administration 😌
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Has anyone wrote a "Coddling of the American Mind" about the right?
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The American government has been running grocery stores for 201 years and the sky has not fallen. Public option for grocery proposals are unfairly compared to the USSR. I wrote an article about this history as a response to the "consumer socialism trap" Atlantic piece.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"War has never been free; it has only recently been made to appear so." This is actually a continuation of the GWOT status quo pioneered by Bush. The issue isn't the way the appropriations are done, it's who's running the DoD. www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
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Epic Fury's Hidden Bill: The Case for a War Tax and a National Defense Trust Fund
War is not free; it has only recently been made to appear so. The United States is paying for Epic Fury in future readiness rather than present taxes.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Adding this example to my “the military hates being held accountable by the courts (read civilians) and resists judges orders“ file. The judicial branch needs to claim and enforce its role in civilian control of the military.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I see the administration has hopped on the abolish the academies train 😂 that’s one way to do it! www.foxnews.com/politics/wok...
foxnews.com
'Woke' military academies targeted in new blueprint for sweeping warfighting overhaul
A conservative group urged Congress to codify Trump administration military academy reforms, proposing sweeping changes to admissions and curricula.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A dozen eggs are $.66 at the commissary right now btw
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Virginia could pull a Hawaii and remove corporations ability to spend in elections.
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Why Populists Love Dead Soldiers and Hate Live Officers direct.mit.edu/isec/article...
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Why Populists Love Dead Soldiers and Hate Live Officers
Abstract. Right-wing populist leaders often seem to love soldiers (especially fallen ones) and the trappings of military life. But their love affair with the military rarely endures. This article expl...
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New sociologist in the Senate! Darline Graham the junior senator from SC has a bachelor's in sociology!
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Jack Dando @jackdando.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hots and Cots and other military apps were using foreign code and that data is being used to target soldiers. 👀 www.wired.com/story/apps-m...
wired.com
Apps Marketed to US Troops Are Shipping Chinese and Russian Code
A first-of-its-kind analysis found more than one in eight apps built for US service members carried foreign code—some from firms in nations the Pentagon designates as adversaries.
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