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Michael Robinson
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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · Nov 27
🎥In honor of the 82nd anniversary of Casablanca's US release, some of the great (and real-life) things about the classic film🧵

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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · 3d
ok that’s enough internet for today

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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 3d
Airman indicted in plot to take over Haitian island, enslave population trib.al/lWEoZT2
Airman indicted in plot to take over Haitian island, enslave population
Two Texas men, one who joined the Air Force to learn combat skills, wanted to seize an island off of Haiti to turn its women into sex slaves.
trib.al

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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · 4d
Duuuuude

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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · 4d
🎬 Casa-versary this Thanksgiving week, refreshing a thread on the impact of refugees on production, the film’s message, and the kind of propaganda we need again
eclipticevader7.bsky.social Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · Nov 27
🎥In honor of the 82nd anniversary of Casablanca's US release, some of the great (and real-life) things about the classic film🧵

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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · 5d
the one that got away

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 5d
What the actual fuck are we doing here
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 5d
Important dissention on the legality of strikes
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com

Reposted by Michael D. Robinson, Anne Norton

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 10d
65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 11d
Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵
Racial Resentment Among White Americans by Birth Year and Demographics This figure presents the same four-panel layout (education, gender, geography, religion) but for White Americans from birth years 1940 to 2000. Education panel: A pronounced divide shows non-college Whites with substantially higher resentment across all cohorts, increasing sharply for older birth years. College-educated Whites rise more modestly but remain distinctly lower, especially among younger cohorts. Gender panel: Male and female trendlines rise together, with women slightly higher in mid-century cohorts. Younger cohorts of both genders start lower and climb with age. Geography panel: Regional lines separate clearly: the South is highest in resentment, followed by the Midwest. The West and Northeast show lower levels, with the Northeast consistently at the bottom. All regions slope upward toward older cohorts. Religion panel: Protestants show the highest resentment, peaking among mid-century cohorts. Catholics sit in the middle. Non-affiliated Whites show the lowest resentment, especially among younger respondents, with a small rise among mid-century generations. The figure notes CES 2024 data with GAM-smoothed trendlines.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 13d
Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
Trump’s Insane Pentagon Name-Change Likely to Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion
Changing signage and stationary alone for the Department of Defense would cost at least a billion dollars.
trib.al

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 13d
Unreal. Many of us have had elderly relatives be misled by Fox, but none of them have the power to deploy the military inside our own country.

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Sam Biddle @sambiddle.com · 14d
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here

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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · 26d
gotta keep reading

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Mind Titan @porgus.bsky.social · 27d
Tech guys will read LOTR precisely once when they're 13, think it's all about the noble forces of the West against the wicked hordes of the East while missing all the subtect, and get sucked into the same kind of wartime totalitarianism/propaganda that Tolkien cautioned against.

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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 27d
Some discussion recently on the use of NDAs in the military

My thoughts in the @thebulwark.com

www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...
Why Commanders Don’t Sign NDAs
Existing rules and laws applying to military secrecy are sufficient—and asking officers to sign NDAs is deeply inappropriate.
www.thebulwark.com

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 28d
I curtsey my thanks for this high praise, @peterlucier.bsky.social!
peterlucier.bsky.social 🥧🍁 Peter Peter Pumpkin Pie Eater 🥧🍁Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 28d
Happy Publication Day and congratulations to Dr. @kschake.bsky.social !

A brilliant scholar of civ-mil relations, her prose is joyful and well crafted, and her narrative, compelling.

This is a foundational, urgently needed text. I cannot recommend more strongly.

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The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States
Amazon.com: The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States eBook : Schake, Kori: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com

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🥧🍁 Peter Peter Pumpkin Pie Eater 🥧🍁Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 28d
Happy Publication Day and congratulations to Dr. @kschake.bsky.social !

A brilliant scholar of civ-mil relations, her prose is joyful and well crafted, and her narrative, compelling.

This is a foundational, urgently needed text. I cannot recommend more strongly.

www.amazon.com/State-Soldie...
The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States
Amazon.com: The State and the Soldier: A History of Civil-Military Relations in the United States eBook : Schake, Kori: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com

Reposted by Michael D. Robinson, Jacob T. Levy

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 28d
BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
www.independent.co.uk

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Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 29d
Sharing this recent podcast by me on how civil-military relations (ideally) should work in liberal democracies.

See here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsma...

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Michael Robinson @eclipticevader7.bsky.social · 29d
Not only has Ireland elected a woman president before, they were the first country to elect back-to-back female presidents (Mary Robinson 1990-1997 and Mary McAleese 1998-2011).
suekirk.bsky.social Sue Kirk @suekirk.bsky.social · Oct 26
And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.

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Sue Kirk @suekirk.bsky.social · Oct 26
And people say the British press doesn't know anything about Ireland. They got this scoop, didn't they.

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · Oct 12
In between are those who argue that profoundly immoral and illegal orders shouldn't be obeyed, but if one area that shouldn't be the basis of disobedience is political disagreement. See this excellent article by @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social @mzmargulies.bsky.social @eclipticevader7.bsky.social
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What Discord Follows: The Divisive Debate over Military Disobedience
In The Soldier and the State, Samuel Huntington tells a story of a German officer in World War II who strongly believed his government was wrong, but also
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