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Dana Milbank @danamilbank.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Washington Sun rises today. I hope you’ll join our orbit. The Sun aims to do nothing less than reinvent the newspaper for the digital age — and to prove that there is a market in the capital region for local news and sports coverage. washingtonsun.com/perspectives...

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Dana Milbank: The Washington Sun Rises Today. I Hope You’ll Join Our Orbit.

My boss, Tim Grieve, posted a photo on X last week of a shipment of office chairs that had just arrived at the Arlington, Virginia, headquarters of our new publication, The Washington Sun. “It's fun t...

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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

“Good will is never better than the intelligence and reasonableness that it implements.” Bernard Lonergan, SJ (from the book Insight)

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

“The subordination of the political point of view to the military would be contrary to common sense, for policy has declared the war; it is the intelligent faculty, war only the instrument, and not the reverse.” -Carl v Clausewitz

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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Marshall said of World War II "I doubt there was any one thing, except the shortage of LSTs, that came to our minds more frequently than the political factors."

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Zach Ota @zachota.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Every conflict where we translated military success into long-term success was because we had warrior-diplomats who brought together all elements of national power to do so.

General George C. Marshall, future Secretary of State.

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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

On July 22, 1950 a little known FSO on the State Department policy planning staff named George Butler wrote a 24 point memo almost describing verbatim every inflection point in the Korean War in the coming months. So why did his insights have so little influence over policy? My first piece of 2026⬇️

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George H. Butler and the Limits of Being Right

The 38th Parallel Paper and the Failure of Strategic Restraint in Korea

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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

You want a military tradition worth venerating? We took immigrants who grew up in rough neighborhoods and the culture of football and ran through the SS like shit through a goose.

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Michael Peterson @madpadre.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Bunch of Canadian plough jockeys and lobster fishermen in uniform in Normandy weren’t that impressed with those Nazi fucks either. Mostly the SS were good at shooting POWs and being blown apart by 25 pdrs.

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Tony Stark @tonystark.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

My Second Breakfast co-host and SF vet Justin McIntosh and I teamed up this week to write an article on effective military training vs performative lethality: “You can’t be lethal if you’re dead from stupid.” open.substack.com/pub/breaking...

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We Love Training

Understanding Performance vs the Performative

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Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Polish and Dutch fighters, directed by Italian early warning aircraft, German air defenses on alert. Dutch PM: “I’m glad that Dutch F35 fighter jets were able to provide support. The Netherlands stands shoulder to shoulder with our NATO ally Poland.” Common defense working as designed.

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Jim Rodgers @jimrodgers97.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

He would be murdered a few days later on 20 Aug 1965. It happened when he took a shotgun blast meant for a 17 year old black girl. However, it is on the day of his arrest for marching for civil rights in Alabama, 14 Aug, that Jonathan Daniels is recognised by the US Episcopalian church as a martyr.

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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I've mentioned this before but commanders in ukraine will tell you they want more 155 and tubes if given the choice between that and more drones drones of many types clearly are useful on the battlefield but as a complement to heavy metal, not a replacement for it

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Ellen Nakashima @ellenwapo.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

NEW: How a little-known Japanese American battalion freed Jews from a Nazi death march 80 years ago. Some of the soldiers had been in relocation camps in the U.S. In Europe, they helped liberate prisoners on a Dachau death march. Their example resonates today. wapo.st/44x0Ig6

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How a little-known Japanese American battalion freed Jews from a Nazi death march

They were Japanese American soldiers, part of a storied military unit that faced down prejudice and suspicion to fight Adolf Hitler’s armies in Europe.

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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

It occurs to me that the Pope has almost certainly been to Wawa. Weird.* *If you don’t know Philly, please just ignore.

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Mike J @mikejason.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

"Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." ---that Jesus guy everyone is going to celebrate tomorrow.

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 09/04/2025

Happy Appomattox Day to all who celebrate and I expect each and every one of you to celebrate.

Meme showing the Confederate flag ("show me the real confederate flag", a white flag ("I said the real Confederate flag"), and ashes (Sherman saying "perfection").

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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Russia is destroying Ukraine’s present while denying the country its future. Only justice will give every Ukrainian family the peace of mind they need to rebuild their lives. Extract from my speech at #EPlenary ↓

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Florence Gaub @florencegaub.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Don’t forget that NATO Defense College is hiring a researcher / curriculum planner - deadline 14 April. www.ndc.nato.int/download/for...

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 18/03/2025

Georgetown has put together resources for federal workers who may be facing a transition in jobs. These include various seminars and workshops, as well as tuition scholarships providing a discount on many master's programs and certificates. Please spread the word to anybody who might benefit.

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Federal Workforce Transition Resources - Georgetown Graduate School

The Georgetown Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is offering resources to assist in federal workforce transitions. Check out our career seminars to learn more.

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