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Jason "Red5" Lyall
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Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Diversity and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 7h
"The beatings will continue until morale improves"
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 8h
State capitalism FTW
Trump’s assault on US defence industry puts investors on edge
President demands curbs to shareholder returns and pay but also holds out prospect of military spending bonanza
www.ft.com

Reposted by Stephan Lewandowsky, Brendan Nyhan, Aaron Sojourner , and 5 more

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 9h
I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Reece Jones, Nina Jankowicz , and 37 more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d
i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 3d
This afternoon, retired Army general Stanley McChrystal spoke at the retirement ceremony hosted by HRC for six trans service members who were forced out under Trump’s ban.

“I shouldn’t have to be thanked for being here. First off, we shouldn’t be here. This shouldn’t be happening.”

Full remarks:

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 3d
This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
www.gofundme.com

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d
This could be you, me, any one of us.
mc2x.bsky.social Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social · 4d
"She said she felt as if the ICE agents were untrained, inexperienced and didn’t know what they were doing. Heller said the driver was being told to leave but also being instructed to stop at the same time, then the man "just fired" his gun."
nbcnews.com NBC News @nbcnews.com · 4d
"They carried her body out, just like by her limbs, they didn’t even have a stretcher," a witness says. "She was carried out like a sack of potatoes."

Reposted by Adam Wellstead, Erol Akçay, Anne Norton , and 2 more

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 4d
Minneapolis.
Demonstrators at the January 7, 2026, evening vigil for Renee Nicole Good. A tall flag reads "Fuck ICE."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"

Reposted by Jason Lyall, Dunlap

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Mónica C. Camacho @mc2x.bsky.social · 4d
"She said she felt as if the ICE agents were untrained, inexperienced and didn’t know what they were doing. Heller said the driver was being told to leave but also being instructed to stop at the same time, then the man "just fired" his gun."

Reposted by Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Steve Peers , and 11 more

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Laminariales @kelpkelpkelp.bsky.social · 4d
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
murdered woman's glove compartment filled with stuffed animals

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d
Abolish ICE.
langdongrant.bsky.social Langdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 4d
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.

Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d
www.amazon.com/Divided-Armi...
Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)
Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics) [Lyall, Jason] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Divided Armies: Inequality and Battlefield Performance in Modern War (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)
www.amazon.com

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Langdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 4d
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.

Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 19d
So good
paulscheer.com Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com · 19d
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.

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Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com · 19d
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20d
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:

is.gd/paU8Ko

(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 20d
Trump administration abruptly recalls over two dozen career ambassadors (all of whom had been appointed by Biden)
Trump administration abruptly recalls over two dozen career ambassadors
A senior State Department official called it a bid to ensure adherence to the “America First” agenda while others called it a devastating blow to America’s diplomatic corps.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 20d
"If not entirely successful," NPR? Musk and his DOGE minions are responsible for the deaths of 100,000s of people around the world. They should be in jail

Reposted by Jason Lyall

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NPR @npr.org · 20d
The Department of Government Efficiency effort was one of the most consequential and controversial – if not entirely successful – changes the Trump administration made in 2025. n.pr/49mmmWd
The DOGE mindset is still central to the Trump administration's agenda as 2025 ends
The Department of Government Efficiency effort was one of the most consequential and controversial – if not entirely successful – changes the Trump administration made in 2025.
n.pr

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 23d
A remarkable, and sad, sign of the times: a rescue fellowship for 14 US-based early career scholars whose career has been blocked by political pressure
duncanbell.bsky.social Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 23d
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."

uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 23d
The old "I'm just following orders" defense
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d
Rubio on former colleagues who say he's abandoned his principles: "There's things people can say do in private that they can't in public...but at the end of the day, the person the people elected POTUS is Donald J Trump. That's who they elected. My job is to implement the president's foreign policy"

Reposted by Jason Lyall

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d
Rubio on former colleagues who say he's abandoned his principles: "There's things people can say do in private that they can't in public...but at the end of the day, the person the people elected POTUS is Donald J Trump. That's who they elected. My job is to implement the president's foreign policy"

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, David R. Miller, David Darmofal

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 23d
I'd like to see journalists investigate the companies/guys that are doing this work. Who are they? Do they know this is illegal? Are they worried about being held responsible for defacing a federal building? How did they get the letters so fast, given that the "decision" was only made yesterday?

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Winnifred R. Louis, Michael A. Clemens , and 16 more

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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 23d
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."

uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Stephen M. Walt, Nina Jankowicz , and 14 more

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Jonathan L. Fischer @jonfischer.bsky.social · 23d
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 23d
Every year my tiny Vermont town (pop:4,500) hosts a nativity “parade” that follows Mary & Joseph down Main Street from the town hall to inn (where they are turned away) to a nearby barn. High school seniors play all the parts, while the whole town turns out. Just in case you need some holiday cheer

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 24d
Yeah, the article says that UNC-CH athletics will be short $50 million next year due to rising NIL costs, etc and that it may have to seek greater "institutional support" (it got $21.4 million this year). Seems bad.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 24d
I thought this was an interesting article about the state and sources of UNC's athletics funding. Seems like the business model is changing.
UNC’s Risky Belichick Math
An Assembly analysis finds UNC football has already set aside millions of dollars to bolster incoming head coach Bill Belichick and the team.
www.theassemblync.com