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Paul Szoldra

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🇺🇸 Marine infantry vet, military acronym hater, etc. | Founder @duffelblog.com | Ex-national security editor @insider.com & @taskandpurpose.com

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · Dec 3

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 2d

National Guard troops have been deployed away from their normal jobs and families to "...in one instance last week, [collect] foul balls from a youth baseball practice." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

JB Pritzker Has Had It With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 2d

Your DoD moment of zen lol

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 4d

They need to be protected at all costs

Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 4d

Meal Team 6 is on the ground in Chicago

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 5d

Hard to compete with this.

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 8d

painfully obvious that Kash Patel wears Grunt Style and Affliction shirts on the weekends

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 9d

reddit occupied government

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The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9d

Very Trump-era story.
1. The sword has no meaning for Charles, but matters for the Eisenhower Museum.
2. Illegal for the museum to give away US property!
3. Trump makes no distinction between personal/public property.
4. The person who did the right thing was fired.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

After Declining to Give Trump a Sword for King Charles, a Museum Leader Is Out

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 9d

The AUMF... the forever war gift that keeps on giving presidents a blank check to kill anybody they want www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

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Dark Laughter @darklaughtertdb.bsky.social · 10d

On the other hand, Hegseth has reinforced the US military's historical role as a place where a middle-aged divorced alcoholic who likes to PT and scream at people can hold a job more prestigious than being a personal trainer.

Marine Corps Times @marinecorpstimes.bsky.social · 10d

Professors of military history say Hegseth’s actions — and plans for more — are a reversal of the role the American military has often played.

Hegseth’s style counters military’s history as engine of social change

Professors of military history say Hegseth’s actions — and plans for more — are a reversal of the role the American military has often played.

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 10d

Qatar giving him a $400 million plane certainly paid off. www.militarytimes.com/global/midea...

Trump signs executive order vowing to defend Qatar

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order pledging to defend Qatar, including using U.S. military action if necessary.

www.militarytimes.com

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 10d

His dig at being an infantry officer and not going to Ranger School was hilarious and wonderful.

“His dream world is the world of Ranger school (from which he never graduated), not the actual world of complex military operations involving land, air, sea, space, and cyberspace.”

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 10d

immediately leaks, ofc

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Pentagon plans widespread random polygraphs, NDAs to stanch leaks

The Pentagon is planning to require thousands of uniformed and civilian officials to sign nondisclosure agreements and submit to random polygraph testing.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 11d

Thank you Spotify. Finally, I can have live in peace

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 11d

The Secretary of Defense was lecturing military leaders about the warrior ethos when he should have been ensuring military pay was exempted from the government shutdown.

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Duffel Blog @duffelblog.com · 12d

New in the @duffelblog.com shop. It even comes in military green, so you can wear it under your uniform during Operation Ending Freedom in a city near you. shop.duffelblog.com/products/ope...

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 12d

if the generals could actually say what they thought: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQCU...

"Everyone Is Now Dumber" - Billy Madison

YouTube video by just scrolling by ツ

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 12d

good lord, pretty sure Hegseth hit at least 3 out of 5 bullet points with his rambling speech, all the while thinking he's George Patton www.duffelblog.com/leaked-agend...

Leaked agenda outlines schedule for generals’ meeting at Quantico

Generals brace for height/weight checks, essay contests, and trial by combat

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 12d

link to the story: www.duffelblog.com/master-strat...

Master strategist Pete Hegseth to gather all U.S. military leaders in same place at same time

Defense secretary insists meeting is secure because it’s on Google Calendar as “Private”

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13d

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 13d

That the NSA catfished him on Facebook by contacting him while pretending to be actress Michele Rodriguez, whom Chansley identifies as “my celebrity crush”

Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 13d

That “all radio stations and most of their DJ’s are a part of the intelligence community”

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 13d

The claims in Chansley’s suit include: That the NSA surveilled Chansley daily using the Patriot Act as he was writing a “2nd Declaration of Independence”

Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 13d

This is one of the funniest things I’ve ever read www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...

QAnon Shaman says he's rightful president, sues Trump for $40 trillion

In a rambling complaint, Jacob Chansley claims DJs are spies, that the NSA stole his work for a Batman movie and more.

www.phoenixnewtimes.com

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Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 15d

Good for you, Brad. Great quote

Paul Szoldra @paulszoldra.com · 15d

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