State Department says that Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militiamen launched an “ambush on U.S. diplomats in Baghdad” yesterday

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Iran Thinks It's Winning the War -- as Trump Looks for a Way Out Despite the chest-thumping declarations of victory from Trump and Iran, there are only losers in this war — which may be far from over.

Tehran pushed hard to negotiate directly with Vance, who reportedly opposed the war in the first place, because they believe he'll behave more reasonably than many of his counterparts — most notably Witkoff and Kushner. My latest for @RollingStone on Iran: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

You are right and I am wrong

Notable about the Isfahan rescue mission: the reason all these JSOC forces were in place in the region—from both Delta and SEAL Team 6 as well as the Rangers—is because of a big JSOC surge a couple of weeks ago in preparation for the highly enriched uranium raid, if ordered. Normally JSOC keeps…

Ok this is a tangential point but calling it the “Isfahan rescue mission” is like saying you live in NYC when your house is in Newark

"Contact right, fire!"

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American Greatness, American Barbarism The Artemis II mission to the moon shows America's greatness. Donald Trump's war with Iran shows a country that is small, mean, and ugly.

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"It is the same origin point — the same research, technology, and investment — that leads us to the moon or to dead schoolchildren, slain at our hands. The final decision about war or peace may be made by our leaders, but ultimately it is our responsibility..."
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Wheels up all friendlies out. C130 got a wheel stuck in the sand at the FARP and a Delta element had to come in and blow it in place. Whole op sounds dicey as hell but they pulled it off.

“Look, I’m not gonna stand here entertaining these gotcha questions like ‘Why are we doing this,’ or ‘What is our goal,’ or ‘Is there any plan.’ You’ll have all the answers you need when and if we figure any of that out.”

Trump's Iran War Is Built on Lies and Fantasies Donald Trump has no clear objective in mind, let alone a plan to achieve an endgame in Iran. What is America even doing by attacking the nation?

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"This administration, which promised common sense and America First, vowed not to embark on namby-pamby woke crusades or get caught up in forever wars and nation-building. Instead, it is proving itself to have the most revisionist foreign policy in American history."

"The active shooter drill has been postponed due to inclement weather." Man, there's a folk song quality sentence.

Trump's 'Irreversible' American Carnage in Greenland Donald Trump's madcap quest to take over Greenland is yet another blow to the post-World War II global order that brought America prosperity.

“However one feels about the neo-liberal world order America has dominated for decades, you needn’t look too deeply into the historical record to understand that when established orders collapse, it means more war, greater economic hardship, and less freedom." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

'Multi-Layered Bullshit': Trump's Push for Greenland Makes No Sense Russian officials and state media are celebrating the Trump administration's efforts to take over Greenland as a blow to NATO.

‘Multi-Layered Bullshit’: Trump’s Push for Greenland Makes No Sense

The president’s bid to forcibly conquer Greenland is alienating allies and thrilling America’s supposed adversaries.

From the grammar community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the grammar community

There’s a whole thread on Reddit where people are questioning the “space before a question mark” thing and it’s funny as it blames everything from the French, to autocomplete, to Gen Z… so no real illumination www.reddit.com/r/grammar/co...

I use a lot of automated transcription and speech-to-text software for work and most programs have weird random quirks, to put it mildly

Not saying it’s def the answer but some speech-to-text programs or accessibility software will do this sometimes, esp if you have to instruct it to introduce punctuation

I love the people who get on social media and respond to a post with “You shouldn’t have said ABC, instead you should have said XYZ.” Like, no my dude. My account is where I write what I want to write, your account is where you write what you want to write.

You know what you did.

If you're implying that a large number of American voters are idiots... well buddy, all I can say is... yeah, there's actually a significant amount of evidence supporting that claim.

One of the things that really strikes home when you have a viral post on multiple social media platforms catering to different audiences is the sheer number of people on all sides of the political divide who share one thing in common:
They are absolute, unequivocal morons.

I will not pretend to be current every NG unit’s standard rifle. I knew most regular combat arms units in both Army and Marines were generally rocking M4A1s now, but otherwise…

Hmm. Ok. Well, I stand corrected if that’s the case now.

Subject-matter expert here. Most NG units have M4s, which have selective fire with semi-auto or 3-round burst modes. Only special ops tend to have M4A1 with heavier barrel and full auto option.

Klan Rally Sparks Violence at Denver King Celebration : Holiday: Protesters objecting to hate group's presence battle with police. Observances elsewhere are largely peaceful. Martin Luther King Day observances turned violent Monday when police, clad in riot gear, clashed with thousands of demonstrators protesting a Ku Klux Klan rally on the state capitol steps.

Hmm. I remember when the KKK marched in my hometown of Denver on MLK Day in 1992 and a crowd showed up to protest them and the DPD tear-gassed and attacked the anti-KKK protesters. I remember cuz I was there. www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

Dammit not the friggin’ zouaves discourse again

Skepticism is warranted regarding anything, especially on X! I do my best not to fall for disinformation, so I’m glad you promoted me to doublecheck