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#USNavy #veteran. Colorado resident. Moved over from Twitter to Bluesky #standwithukraine. Rest In Peace Eddie. Yeon-Ja is my new fur daughter
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· Dec 30
2025 was a year where personally I went through loss of a beloved family member and I got to welcome in a new family member. In April our beloved Eddie passed away from heart failure. I grieved him every day. But in September we were able to welcome Yeon-ja in our family and home. She is so blessed.
No matter what we on this platform think about Donald Trump, we should wish for the safety of our sailors serving out there. I was a sailor on a ship in the Persian Gulf when Iran would send their P3 aircraft and speedboats out of nowhere. Just imagine a drone heading rapidly toward your ship.
A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. https://to.pbs.org/4aaaJRx
U.S. military says it shot down Iranian drone that 'aggressively' approached an aircraft carrier
A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday, threatening to ramp up tensions ...
www.pbs.org
February 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
No matter what we on this platform think about Donald Trump, we should wish for the safety of our sailors serving out there. I was a sailor on a ship in the Persian Gulf when Iran would send their P3 aircraft and speedboats out of nowhere. Just imagine a drone heading rapidly toward your ship.
I think it will likely happen if there are no major changes.
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I think it will likely happen if there are no major changes.
I just woke up to reading this. WTF is happening to my country?
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I just woke up to reading this. WTF is happening to my country?
This is what I've been saying.
“.. Rodríguez has taken ‘no steps to diminish Iran, China or Russia’s considerable influence .. We’ve traded one dictator for another.’”
@washingtonpost.com 🇻🇪
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
@washingtonpost.com 🇻🇪
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 29, 2026 at 9:28 PM
This is what I've been saying.
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"I was in Afghanistan after 13 years of war—long after the exciting newness wore off and as domestic political opposition raged—and we still had Czech, Lithuanian, and Polish special forces, as well as conventional Australian, British, Bulgarian, Canadian, and Romanian units with us in Kandahar."
COMMENTARY: Our allies passed your test, Mr. President. Would we? | A former U.S. infantryman responds to Trump’s amnesiac take on Afghanistan.
Our allies passed your test, Mr. President. Would we?
A former U.S. infantryman responds to Trump’s amnesiac take on Afghanistan.
buff.ly
January 28, 2026 at 9:18 PM
"I was in Afghanistan after 13 years of war—long after the exciting newness wore off and as domestic political opposition raged—and we still had Czech, Lithuanian, and Polish special forces, as well as conventional Australian, British, Bulgarian, Canadian, and Romanian units with us in Kandahar."
Any other person working in government pulling that shit would have been placed on administrative leave immediately.
January 27, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Any other person working in government pulling that shit would have been placed on administrative leave immediately.
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By "reflexively defending these shooters before the blood is dry, the administration is signaling a new American reality.... In a functioning democracy, a state-involved killing [occasions a] moment of forensic neutrality [pending investigation].... In a regime state, this pause is nonexistent."
In Trump's 'Dual State,' Dissenters Face Extrajudicial Executions, Loyalists Enjoy Protections
America's system of justice has fundamentally broken because the regime believes it can justify attacks on citizens via lies rather than in a court of law
www.theunpopulist.net
January 25, 2026 at 11:32 PM
By "reflexively defending these shooters before the blood is dry, the administration is signaling a new American reality.... In a functioning democracy, a state-involved killing [occasions a] moment of forensic neutrality [pending investigation].... In a regime state, this pause is nonexistent."
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"The White House and DHS frequently validate their work by pointing to the killers they’re taking out of the country, outsiders who’d killed Americans. It would be a more effective argument if they weren’t defending the outsiders they brought into Minneapolis who did the same thing"
I wrote about Alex Pretti's death, asking a specific question: What is the point?
Opinion | The real reason Trump and MAGA are so quick to blame Minneapolis shooting victims
Philip Bump: Alex Pretti and Renee Good were immediately vilified — and their killings at the hands of the state justified — by the Trump administration and its supporters.
www.ms.now
January 25, 2026 at 10:50 PM
"The White House and DHS frequently validate their work by pointing to the killers they’re taking out of the country, outsiders who’d killed Americans. It would be a more effective argument if they weren’t defending the outsiders they brought into Minneapolis who did the same thing"
DO NOT even approve more funding
I am horrified to hear ICE murdered another person in Minneapolis this morning. This violence is wreaking havoc on our communities and it must stop. The President needs to remove these federal agents from our cities now.
Kristi Noem must resign and the dehumanizing policies must end immediately.
Kristi Noem must resign and the dehumanizing policies must end immediately.
January 24, 2026 at 11:24 PM
DO NOT even approve more funding
This is a coverup.
January 24, 2026 at 10:26 PM
This is a coverup.
That’s called a cover up. The federal government is covering up these crimes.
NEWS: Minnesota investigators just said they were unable to do any work on the scene where Border Patrol agents shot and killed a US citizen.
They even went so far as to obtain a search warrant, and DHS still blocked their access to the scene.
They even went so far as to obtain a search warrant, and DHS still blocked their access to the scene.
Minnesota Officials Say They’ve Been Blocked From Investigation Into Federal Agent’s Killing of a Minneapolis Resident
State officials said they took the unusual step of obtaining a search warrant for the scene but were still denied access by Department of Homeland Security officials.
www.notus.org
January 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM
That’s called a cover up. The federal government is covering up these crimes.
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The latest name engraved on our village war memorial died in Afghanistan.
He didn't die of bone spurs.
He didn't die of bone spurs.
January 23, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The latest name engraved on our village war memorial died in Afghanistan.
He didn't die of bone spurs.
He didn't die of bone spurs.
In Colorado, we haven't had a Republican governor elected in over 20 years. GW Bush was the last Republican presidential candidate who won Colorado in 2004. Our last GOP Senator, Cory Gardner lost in 2020. The reason: the GOP brand of being very far right wing is very toxic in the state.
Four of the busload of Republican candidates for Colorado governor debate tonight: a longtime legislator trying to pull her party back from the far right, a sheriff eager to help with deportations, a relative unknown, and a MAGA podcaster who calls for mass executions.
January 23, 2026 at 3:30 AM
In Colorado, we haven't had a Republican governor elected in over 20 years. GW Bush was the last Republican presidential candidate who won Colorado in 2004. Our last GOP Senator, Cory Gardner lost in 2020. The reason: the GOP brand of being very far right wing is very toxic in the state.
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When normalised by population size, the death toll of US troops in Afghanistan is broadly similar to that of four other countries, including the UK... and Denmark. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaliti...
January 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM
When normalised by population size, the death toll of US troops in Afghanistan is broadly similar to that of four other countries, including the UK... and Denmark. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaliti...
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Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the US’s call:
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Death toll in Afghanistan when NATO answered the US’s call:
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
- 453 Britons
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
“Stayed a little back, off the front lines “!
No one in the media will call him out over this lie or any of the others he spouts.
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Danish military veterans of U.S. wars are feeling betrayed by Donald Trump's threats against Greenland and criticism of Denmark.
Danish veterans of US wars feel betrayed by Trump’s threats against Greenland
www.stripes.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Danish military veterans of U.S. wars are feeling betrayed by Donald Trump's threats against Greenland and criticism of Denmark.
Imagine if they could have just said "we need more military bases in Greenland" instead of "we're going to take Greenland". That would have saved us all this fucking trouble with the NATO alliance.
According to the New York Times, the US, Denmark, and NATO are negotiating a framework to grant the US limited sovereignty over parts of Greenland. The arrangement would resemble the UK’s base agreements on Cyprus, allowing US military construction and operations. #Greenland
January 21, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Imagine if they could have just said "we need more military bases in Greenland" instead of "we're going to take Greenland". That would have saved us all this fucking trouble with the NATO alliance.
After decades of service to our country, a career that started as a Navy pilot and finished as a three star admiral, I was removed from my position without cause.
I still have more to give, more to fight for, more work to do — and I am not done serving.
Join my team at nancylacore.com
I still have more to give, more to fight for, more work to do — and I am not done serving.
Join my team at nancylacore.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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2/The risk that fighting in the northeast will significantly imperil the US mission to combat ISIS remains high unless negotiations or Kurdish operations can slow the pace of government advance towards Kurdish-majority areas.
January 20, 2026 at 4:08 AM
2/The risk that fighting in the northeast will significantly imperil the US mission to combat ISIS remains high unless negotiations or Kurdish operations can slow the pace of government advance towards Kurdish-majority areas.
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NEW: The United States’ framework for sustaining success against ISIS in northeastern Syria is collapsing.
Read more from the January 19 Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate01...
Other Key Takeaways:
Read more from the January 19 Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate01...
Other Key Takeaways:
January 20, 2026 at 4:08 AM
NEW: The United States’ framework for sustaining success against ISIS in northeastern Syria is collapsing.
Read more from the January 19 Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate01...
Other Key Takeaways:
Read more from the January 19 Iran Update: isw.pub/IranUpdate01...
Other Key Takeaways:
In just one year the world order that I was born in, grew up in, spent my adulthood in, and served my country in is unraveling before my very eyes.
❗️Denmark cancels participation in Davos amid escalation around Greenland — Bloomberg
Representatives of the Danish government were invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos but will not attend the event, organizers have confirmed.
Representatives of the Danish government were invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos but will not attend the event, organizers have confirmed.
January 19, 2026 at 8:21 PM
In just one year the world order that I was born in, grew up in, spent my adulthood in, and served my country in is unraveling before my very eyes.
If we had an actual president who doesn’t have vendetta against his political opponents and governs like a real American president, Trump’s words would have more credibility within the United States and other countries.
Trump told POLITICO it’s “time for new leadership in Iran,” accusing Khamenei of destroying the country through violence and fear. The remarks followed Khamenei’s online attacks blaming Trump for unrest. #Iran
January 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
If we had an actual president who doesn’t have vendetta against his political opponents and governs like a real American president, Trump’s words would have more credibility within the United States and other countries.
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Trump just placed a tariff on most of the EU of 10% that will increase to 25% in June unless they agree to sell him Greenland.
This is mad king shit.
This is mad king shit.
January 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Trump just placed a tariff on most of the EU of 10% that will increase to 25% in June unless they agree to sell him Greenland.
This is mad king shit.
This is mad king shit.
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Shia militias from Iraq are pouring into Iran in support of the Islamist regime. Together with Basij militia and the IRGC they are striking down the popular uprising of the Iranian people against the Islamic state. This is supported by mercenaries from Afghanistan and Pakistan.
January 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Shia militias from Iraq are pouring into Iran in support of the Islamist regime. Together with Basij militia and the IRGC they are striking down the popular uprising of the Iranian people against the Islamic state. This is supported by mercenaries from Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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The Iranian people have been abandoned by a US government that may have been persuaded by its Qatari and Saudi allies not to intervene. The situation could be different if Germany, Europe's central power,didn't take a similarly weak stance against the Ayatollahs as it does against Russian terrorists
WATCH: Trump claims killing of Iran protesters 'has stopped' even as Tehran signals executions ahead
The U.S. president’s claims, which were made Wednesday with few details, come as he’s told protesting Iranians in recent days that "help is on the way."
www.pbs.org
January 15, 2026 at 6:07 AM
The Iranian people have been abandoned by a US government that may have been persuaded by its Qatari and Saudi allies not to intervene. The situation could be different if Germany, Europe's central power,didn't take a similarly weak stance against the Ayatollahs as it does against Russian terrorists