A Moral Nation There is a great deal of ink being spilled now on the strategic failures of a war with Iran, how it failed to achieve its stated objectives, how it rattled the Strait, spiked prices, and left the regime more entrenched than before.

A Moral Nation does not go with MAGA.

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On Shame By Daniel Addison Barkhuff

How I really feel:

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On Kharg Island In fighting, the casual observer fantasizes the bold stroke: a slick submission out of nowhere, a blistering left hook to the chin, or the wartime seizure of terrain so central that everything else co...

On Hegseth and Kharg:

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Sugaring I spent the entirety of yesterday (Saturday) sugaring.

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On Duty Robert Mueller is gone now, and the temptation will be to measure impact in headlines: Special Counsel, Russia, Trump, testimony, outcomes.

Donald no one will ever write something like this about you.

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A Letter To Those At War And those about to be

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ICE agents did not detain their target in operation that led to chaotic standoff - VTDigger Federal authorities said Thursday that a person detained Wednesday after a standoff at a South Burlington home was not the person identified in a warrant they had obtained to make an arrest.

ICE caused my kids' school to go on lockdown, and boy, I feel so much safer that they almost arrested a day laborer.

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ICE activity in South Burlington draws protesters and police to neighborhood - VTDigger As of early Wednesday afternoon U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had a home surrounded on Dorset Street and a crowd of protesters had gathered.

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Hey Guys, I use AI! And so does everyone

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Desecration Of The Hallowed

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On Morality People are essentially good.

My latest:

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The Political Industry Is About To Die I'm serious

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Choose Duty Most of the choices that shape your life don’t announce themselves as important.

About small decisions and duty.

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How a Startup is Using AI to Streamline Opposition Research The startup Civly is betting that AI can streamline the often-arduous, weekslong process of compiling opposition research

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Daniel Barkhuff (@dbarkhuff) I’m about to spend an hour and a half-writing how little of a shit I give about the Kennedy Center. Trump can name it “The Apprentice Fred Trump Marla Maples Central Park 5 Center of Excellence.” I...

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Civly.ai had this 30 minutes after the Files dropped. If you're a Democrat who wants to go on offense, finally, Civly is how you do it.

So Here's What I've Been Up To civly.ai

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Cowardice And My Rage

Good god.

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Goodbye To A Frogman He is about ten years older than me, which in the Teams is not a small thing.

Welp. This is whats going on. Better dude than me.

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NEWS:

Survivor Lisa Phillips backs request by Reps. Khanna and Massie for judge to appoint a special master to release the Epstein files.

"I have no confidence that the Department of Justice, already 30 days late in complying with the Act with no end in sight."

Trump And why we can't keep up

We need to move faster.

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We Can Choose On Martin Luther King Jr.

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We Fell For It Nothing hardens the tribe like disdain

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Grace And Time

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First Reports Are Always Wrong Like many of you, I clicked on the news just now.

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I Resolve Every New Year, I return to: This Is Water.

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Not Losing Is Winning

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