David Burbach 🇺🇸🌹
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Prof. National Security and International Relations. Space security, civil-military relations. Cats, science, photography for fun. Providence RI; Oregon at heart! Personal views ONLY; no govt resources used. Assoc Ed @TNSR.org
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David Burbach 🇺🇸🌹
@dburbach.bsky.social
· Oct 19
My pinned tweet through Presidents of both parties: Sen. Leahy reminds an appointee that federal employees swear an oath to the Constitution, not of personal loyalty to any one man or woman.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlSI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlSI...
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This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is almost word for word what xenophobes in the 1930s and 1940s said about Miller's Jewish ancestors and relatives. He's so hateful he couldn't possibly recognize that of course.
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
Not the first case of ICE or CBP refusing to accept tribal ID or threatening to deport [sic] native americans 🤬🤬🤬
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Not the first case of ICE or CBP refusing to accept tribal ID or threatening to deport [sic] native americans 🤬🤬🤬
I don't know enough to know how big a deal thie is / how long to repair, but potentially significant
Russia's Baikonur launch pad has suffered damage (possibly major) after a Soyuz launch today-- putting in doubt Russia's ability to do manned launches to the ISS. Roscosmos says there's some damage, inspections ongoing.
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I don't know enough to know how big a deal thie is / how long to repair, but potentially significant
Driving because we're visiting friends in northern Vermont
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Driving because we're visiting friends in northern Vermont
Finally stopped by the Schilling brewery in Littleton NH, which makes excellent German and Czech beers. Middle of a drive so could only have a taster of a super fresh unfiltered Pilsner, but stocked up on cans
November 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Finally stopped by the Schilling brewery in Littleton NH, which makes excellent German and Czech beers. Middle of a drive so could only have a taster of a super fresh unfiltered Pilsner, but stocked up on cans
Thought experiment: January 2021 we tell all our Afghan interpreters and security forces and etc none of them will get refugee status - they're staying in Afghanistan forever. How does this affect the next eight months of US withdrawal?
"we should have screwed over all the locals we recruited to help us" should work out great next time we're in a conflict.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thought experiment: January 2021 we tell all our Afghan interpreters and security forces and etc none of them will get refugee status - they're staying in Afghanistan forever. How does this affect the next eight months of US withdrawal?
What a profoundly un-American sentiment. I'm thankful that my country has, generally, kept our Army off our streets.
Pirro: "These Guardsmen and all who are here to protect the District are the line that separates a civilized society from a barbaric one."
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What a profoundly un-American sentiment. I'm thankful that my country has, generally, kept our Army off our streets.
"we should have screwed over all the locals we recruited to help us" should work out great next time we're in a conflict.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"we should have screwed over all the locals we recruited to help us" should work out great next time we're in a conflict.
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This interview with Any Lucia Belloza is heartbreaking but everyone should read it. These are the lives our country is destroying.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
![“I was so happy when I got there [to Babson],” Lopez Belloza said. “I was just living the college life — going to events, going everywhere ... everything there was really great. I really loved the school."
She and her father also had a special shared aspiration. With her business degree, Lopez Belloza was going to help her father open his own tailor shop, they hoped.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u6ajzyiqzkzbppp2x2y7fpfu/bafkreib33kpkgmvas4z6avgq62styxbzrzuawjufqyddtoynqgbiwnhtzy@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This interview with Any Lucia Belloza is heartbreaking but everyone should read it. These are the lives our country is destroying.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
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The NSF social sciences program has funded some of the best research I’ve seen, especially at the PhD level. There really isn’t another country in the world with the equivalent funding capacity to fill this gap, and the damage from this choice will be felt for a long time.
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The NSF social sciences program has funded some of the best research I’ve seen, especially at the PhD level. There really isn’t another country in the world with the equivalent funding capacity to fill this gap, and the damage from this choice will be felt for a long time.
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Oregon's Attorney General and Portland area DAs just told the feds they'll prosecute excessive force by federal agents in the state—citing evidence from the trial that shut down Trump's National Guard plan for Portland.
Oregon to Feds: Rein in Your Officers or We'll Prosecute
Prosecutors in Oregon are warning the US justice department to rein in federal agents who’ve repeatedly used excessive force on protesters, immigrants and even local police. A joint letter from Oregon...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Oregon's Attorney General and Portland area DAs just told the feds they'll prosecute excessive force by federal agents in the state—citing evidence from the trial that shut down Trump's National Guard plan for Portland.
Visiting friends, guest cat Julius.
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Visiting friends, guest cat Julius.
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Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
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this is an insane response for basically any shooter profile and motivation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration orders 500 more National Guard members to Washington after shooting, Hegseth says.
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this is an insane response for basically any shooter profile and motivation
New NDS to drop: Strategy of Soybeans
uhhhhhh
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
New NDS to drop: Strategy of Soybeans
Routine disclaimer that my posts here are personal, no government resources are used
My pinned tweet through Presidents of both parties: Sen. Leahy reminds an appointee that federal employees swear an oath to the Constitution, not of personal loyalty to any one man or woman.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlSI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlSI...
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Routine disclaimer that my posts here are personal, no government resources are used
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It's sort of ironic because Halligan screwed up prosecuting a fake crime, likely because of inexperience (and malice).
Willis was very experienced and she screwed up a real, serious crime because she thought she could get away with sleeping with her subordinates.
Willis was very experienced and she screwed up a real, serious crime because she thought she could get away with sleeping with her subordinates.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It's sort of ironic because Halligan screwed up prosecuting a fake crime, likely because of inexperience (and malice).
Willis was very experienced and she screwed up a real, serious crime because she thought she could get away with sleeping with her subordinates.
Willis was very experienced and she screwed up a real, serious crime because she thought she could get away with sleeping with her subordinates.
A democracy where a coordinated effort by national leaders of one party to subvert an election outcome does not lead to any real consequences is a democracy unlikely to last long
Judge dismisses Georgia criminal case against Donald Trump
Judge dismisses Georgia criminal case against Donald Trump
It was the last remaining prosecution he faced over his efforts to subvert the 2020 election.
dlvr.it
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A democracy where a coordinated effort by national leaders of one party to subvert an election outcome does not lead to any real consequences is a democracy unlikely to last long
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It sure seems like Vance leads a faction that is enamored of 🇷🇺's cultivated cultural conservative "soft power", reflexively anti-Atlanticist, and stupid enough to think that wedging 🇷🇺-🇨🇳 is a) realistic and b) worth trashing our relationship with the world's third largest economy.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It sure seems like Vance leads a faction that is enamored of 🇷🇺's cultivated cultural conservative "soft power", reflexively anti-Atlanticist, and stupid enough to think that wedging 🇷🇺-🇨🇳 is a) realistic and b) worth trashing our relationship with the world's third largest economy.
Flew Midwest between Kansas City and DC a number of times when I was teaching in Leavenworth. MD-80s (ok, 717) with 2x2 seating instead of typical 2x3 and comfy. Really liked it. And yeah, they couldn't make it work long term.
Kimberly-Clark grew their employee shuttle into a premium carrier with leather seats and lots of room. It went bust because people would rather pay less to be crowded and miserable. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest...
Midwest Airlines - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Flew Midwest between Kansas City and DC a number of times when I was teaching in Leavenworth. MD-80s (ok, 717) with 2x2 seating instead of typical 2x3 and comfy. Really liked it. And yeah, they couldn't make it work long term.
Wow. I don't have a strong opinion other than my instinctive doubt of anything where the promise is we'll do something else faster and cheaper because New Ways Of Doing Business along with a helping of Tech Buzzword Of The Day.
That said, sometimes it works
That said, sometimes it works
BREAKING: Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program, Considering New Small Surface Combatants — USNI News
news.usni.org/2025/11/25/n...
news.usni.org/2025/11/25/n...
Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program - USNI News
The Navy is walking away from the Constellation-class frigate program to focus on new classes of warships the service can build faster, Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced Tuesday on social me...
news.usni.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Wow. I don't have a strong opinion other than my instinctive doubt of anything where the promise is we'll do something else faster and cheaper because New Ways Of Doing Business along with a helping of Tech Buzzword Of The Day.
That said, sometimes it works
That said, sometimes it works
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As always, Drudge shows how the press would cover Trump if Trump were a Democrat and/or they weren't afraid of him.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
As always, Drudge shows how the press would cover Trump if Trump were a Democrat and/or they weren't afraid of him.