"As then-Acting Secretary of War Robert Shaw put in his report to Congress on the 1908 bill, 'As a result of the initial expenditure [under the Dick Act] the organized militia is now fairly well clothed, armed, and equipped for active military service.'”
"Beyond these modernizations, the Dick Act also represents the first statutory usage of the name 'National Guards' to refer to the state militias. Id. at 333–34 (1988).
"Responding to these concerns, Congress passed the Dick Act. Among its innovations, the Dick Act authorized substantial funding for professional equipment (Section 3) and training by federal regular forces (Section 20). ...
"E.g., President Roosevelt, address to Congress (December 3, 1901)(commenting that the existing laws governing the organization of the militia were “obsolete and worthless”); ... .
Judge Perry's order against the federal use of National Guard units from other states in Illinois illuminates the question, "What is a militia for purposes of the Second Amendment?". storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Today, we have a president who does the complete opposite. He shuts out expertise, ignores intelligence briefings, and surrounds himself with loyalists who reinforce his own misinformed instincts.
"The takeaway for any leader was clear — engineer argument, not agreement. When everyone around you nods too early, it’s a warning sign, not a triumph.
"By the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy had learned the lesson. He demanded dissent. He forced his team to present competing views, from the hawks to the diplomats, and structured the process to avoid premature consensus.
"At the Bay of Pigs, President John F. Kennedy was boxed in by a room full of like-minded advisers who reinforced each other’s flawed assumptions. The invasion failed disastrously, a textbook case of groupthink." politicalwire.com/2025/10/09/w...
I know Mike Johnson says there is nothing for the House to do but there is.
You see by law a budget was supposed to be in place by Sept 30th, but Rs haven’t passed one. The reason? There isn’t a GOP budget. They haven’t even started working on one. This is what the House should be doing FFS!
"Yet even as the outrage machine churns, the broader reality of America moves in the opposite direction — a nation where cultures mix, languages blend, and artists like Bad Bunny thrive.
"From 'Happy Holidays' controversies to performative fury over Cracker Barrel and Mr. Potato Head, the pattern is always the same: turn trivial cultural shifts into existential threats, then claim victimhood.
"Whether the trigger is a holiday greeting, a corporate logo, or a Netflix show, outrage is the fuel that keeps the movement unified and its media ecosystem thriving.
"But the backlash [against Bad Bunny's appearance at the Super Bowl] also illustrates something deeper about the modern right. Grievance is its organizing principle." politicalwire.com/2025/10/08/b...
"A year ago, Maslov said, there would have been about 50 of them, including several right over our heads. That changed when Ukraine gained the ability to take them out with cheap attack drones."
"Maslov’s screen showed 30 little boxes, each of them a camera feed or a live map. One revealed a dozen little yellow dots hovering near the front line: enemy reconnaissance drones.
