Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 2hdrive.google.com/file/d/1sV8S...drive.google.comSeapower - LAT.pdf 000
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 2hShips, overseas bases and alliances are expensive. Harder to see is what they bought: lower prices, reliable supply chains, export markets and influence. The Iran war is revealing the value of that investment. Latest in @latimes.com. PDF in replies. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: What America's naval power bought the worldThe Iran war has failed to protect one of America's most consequential interests: keeping global commerce moving. 110
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 16hSan Diego resident/veteran here. Red pockets, but Harris won the county 57–40 in 2024. Military presence doesn’t automatically mean local votes: service members can retain residency elsewhere. I’ve lived here on and off for 20+ years but voted in Maryland until I retired. 010
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Exactly. And what are we sustaining? Recovering oil volumes aren’t the same as restoring reliable commercial passage. The cost in forces and commitments elsewhere matters. So does how this status compares with what existed before the war. 020
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026They're going to tear it all down... www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comThe Pentagon is waging a war on critical thinkingA proposal to eliminate civilian tenure at military academies would weaken the minds and the might of America's future leaders. 0246
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sigh... www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comThe Pentagon is waging a war on critical thinkingA proposal to eliminate civilian tenure at military academies would weaken the minds and the might of America's future leaders. 040
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Credibility in war is cumulative. American denials of civilian harm carry weight only if we are equally willing to acknowledge when our forces are responsible. My first essay at The Harder Question: theharderquestion.substack.com/p/when-the-e...theharderquestion.substack.comWhen the Evidence Points Back at UsWhat civilian harm in Iran reveals about accountability, credibility and the obligations of American military power 011
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: How does a 3-year-old hire an immigration attorney?Lucy couldn't understand the words being spoken around her or the dangers she fled. Yet under the system we've built, she's the one required to answer to a judge. 023
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This probably makes a ton of sense if you have no idea how American democracy or governance works. 000
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026PDF for readers without access: drive.google.com/file/d/1vpUc...drive.google.comIran KIA Count - LAT.pdf 000
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Pentagon knows how many U.S. service members have died in the Middle East since President Trump began the war with Iran. The American public does not. My latest for the @latimes.com: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: How many Americans have died in the Iran war? The Pentagon won’t sayThe administration is waging war without congressional authorization while controlling what the public learns about its costs. 231
Reposted by Jon DuffyJim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Washington — The U.S. Army Reserve is examining whether it can provide the military's Southern Command with police forces, medical personnel and other support units within the next four months, according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News. www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-gro...cbsnews.comU.S. military lays groundwork for potential action around CubaSome units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News. 2618779
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Someone should write about that... 😏https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-08-17/iran-war-has-exposed-limits-of-u-s-militarylatimes.comContributor: The Iran war has exposed the limits of the U.S. militaryThe campaign has left U.S. forces vulnerable, has depleted critical weapons and has failed to establish control of vital waters. 141
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Tell me you don’t understand military leadership without telling me you don’t understand military leadership... Your personal torment is not a weapons system. The people entrusted to you are not instruments for working out your damage. That people eat this stuff up is embarrassing. 040
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026drive.google.com/file/d/1lE2w...drive.google.comEcuador - LAT.pdf 030
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026U.S. forces are fighting in Ecuador. Congress never authorized it, and Americans barely know it exists. The president cannot decide alone when America goes to war. My latest for @latimes.com. Thanks @nslayton.bsky.social, whose reporting led me here. PDF in replies. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: America is at war in … Ecuador?Trump has initiated and expanded another unconstitutional, open-ended combat campaign without congressional authorization. 2269
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026drive.google.com/file/d/1cLHb...drive.google.comTechnology Reversal - LAT.pdf 020
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Americans have already paid billions to move forward. Now we’re paying billions more to go backward. My latest in the Los Angeles Times on aircraft carriers, renewable energy and the cost of reversing technological progress. PDF in first reply. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: Trump is spending billions to reverse American progressThe Navy spent decades developing a technological leap to aircraft carrier launch systems. Now the president wants to revert to the equipment it replaced. 140
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Beyond how perverse this is as a policy, it's hard to fathom the depths of insecurity that would prompt them to do this. 181
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: How does a 3-year-old hire an immigration attorney?Lucy couldn't understand the words being spoken around her or the dangers she fled. Yet under the system we've built, she's the one required to answer to a judge. 010
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: The Iran war has exposed the limits of the U.S. militaryThe campaign has left U.S. forces vulnerable, has depleted critical weapons and has failed to establish control of vital waters. 060
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026drive.google.com/file/d/19vQ-...drive.google.comFighting Limits - LAT.pdf 020
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The Iran consensus: civilian strategy failed, but military performance was brilliant. The evidence says otherwise. Iran did not overpower the U.S. military; it exposed the limits of how the U.S. prefers to fight. My latest for @latimes.com. PDF in first reply. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: The Iran war has exposed the limits of the U.S. militaryThe campaign has left U.S. forces vulnerable, has depleted critical weapons and has failed to establish control of vital waters. 131
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026drive.google.com/file/d/1VbEu...drive.google.comCritical Thinking - LAT.pdf 000
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Military schools should develop officers who can question flawed assumptions and tell senior leaders unwelcome truths. Politically sanitized schools may produce more compliant officers. They will not produce better leaders. (PDF in first reply) www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comThe Pentagon is waging a war on critical thinkingA proposal to eliminate civilian tenure at military academies would weaken the minds and the might of America's future leaders. 374
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026drive.google.com/file/d/1meFF...drive.google.comDC Guard - LAT.pdf 000
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026What tells the military its mission is complete? The Pentagon's answer: Jan. 20, 2029. A political end date is no military objective. My latest in the @latimes.com. PDF in the first reply: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: Why are 4,000 National Guard still patrolling Washington?Military missions, especially ones conducted within the U.S., require continuing justification, not just continuing authorization. 110
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Absolutely shameful thing for the president to post. 020
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026drive.google.com/file/d/1p5Em...drive.google.comHegseth High-T - LAT.pdf 010
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026America is at war. Pete Hegseth is focused on beards and hormones. Military standards should measure excellence, not whether someone fits a particular image of what a warrior looks like. My latest in @latimes.com. PDF in first reply: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: America is at war. Pete Hegseth is focused on beards and hormones.The Defense secretary is working to replace military standards rooted in mission with standards that reflect his personal image of the American warrior. 142
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: The Trump administration continues killing without answersLegislators have finally begun to recognize the dangers of unchecked executive force. 000
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026drive.google.com/file/d/1pXSc...drive.google.comIran War Cost - LAT.pdf 010
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The administration wants Congress to pay for a war it never authorized, while refusing to say what that war actually cost. Oversight keeps faith with people a nation sends in harm's way. Americans deserve a straight account. New in the LA Times. PDF in first reply. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: Why won’t Trump just tell us what the Iran war cost?The administration owes Americans a serious accounting of what has been lost and what future spending is supposed to fix. 252
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026drive.google.com/file/d/1hU18...drive.google.comAccountability Pattern.pdf 010
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The Trump administration continues killing without answers. When the government uses lethal force, it does not get to answer only to itself. That is exactly what this administration is trying to do. My latest in the LA Times. Pdf in the first reply. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: The Trump administration continues killing without answersLegislators have finally begun to recognize the dangers of unchecked executive force. 231
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026I agree with Story’s concern, but I’m less inclined to start with “does this work?” than with the threshold question: what lawful authority permits it? The U.S. charged Guerrero Flores in federal court. Then the military killed him. I don’t see how that is lawful. 000
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 21/06/2026www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: U.S. military leaders are enabling Trump’s lawlessnessThe president abused his power in the killing of Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores. Worse, the military did nothing to stop him. 000
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 20/06/2026www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: Why Trump is manufacturing a new crisis in CubaFor more than 60 years, the U.S. has tried to pressure Cuba’s leadership into breaking. The regime has endured. 031
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026drive.google.com/file/d/1REz8...drive.google.comMilitary leaders are enabling - LAT.pdf 000
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 16/06/2026The U.S. charged Héctor Guerrero Flores in federal court. Then the military killed him. The president is abusing military power. Senior military leaders are helping make it possible. My latest in the Los Angeles Times. PDF in the first response. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...latimes.comContributor: U.S. military leaders are enabling Trump’s lawlessnessThe president abused his power in the killing of Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores. Worse, the military did nothing to stop him. 131
Jon Duffy @joncduffy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026drive.google.com/file/d/1rwKE...drive.google.comHegseth promotion interference.pdf 042