Jason Dempsey
@jkdemp.bsky.social
Keep trying to be a 'former' scholar of civilian-military relations ... Author of Our Army: Soldiers, Politics, and American Civil-Military Relations. Former Army infantry officer. Into bikes-beer-coffee.
“The cartoon turtle is just one example in an avalanche of juvenile public messaging about those we kill.”
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What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
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What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
“The cartoon turtle is just one example in an avalanche of juvenile public messaging about those we kill.”
Always read @philklay.bsky.social
What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Always read @philklay.bsky.social
What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
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Artist: Bill Sanders. Milwaukee Journal, 1972
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Artist: Bill Sanders. Milwaukee Journal, 1972
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The Trump National Security Strategy is an act of vandalism against the things that actually make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The Trump National Security Strategy is an act of vandalism against the things that actually make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.
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This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
GD. Phil going appropriately deep.
Also:
“By this lust [for domination] Rome was overcome when she triumphed over Alba, and praising her own crime, called it glory.”
“By this lust [for domination] Rome was overcome when she triumphed over Alba, and praising her own crime, called it glory.”
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
GD. Phil going appropriately deep.
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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Someone should just stand outside the committee room with a big copy of this:
December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Someone should just stand outside the committee room with a big copy of this:
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Committing atrocities is a loyalty test and binds you together with others who have done the same, severing other bonds of care and loyalty.
The atrocity literature highlights this over and over.
The atrocity literature highlights this over and over.
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Committing atrocities is a loyalty test and binds you together with others who have done the same, severing other bonds of care and loyalty.
The atrocity literature highlights this over and over.
The atrocity literature highlights this over and over.
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The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
Getting the stenographers in line.
Pentagon abruptly calls a press conference for 11 am. Or, since hard-pass holders are now right-wing orgs & influencers, something orchestrated but flavored like a press conference: "For in-person attendance, this briefing is limited to invited press only. There is no Zoom call dial-in available."
December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Getting the stenographers in line.
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Kelly: “I was notified of a potential court-martial through a tweet by the Secretary of Defense…I think that says a lot about who Pete Hegseth is and what he cares about. He doesn't care about the law…He doesn't care about accountability. He cares about views on his Twitter account.”
December 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Kelly: “I was notified of a potential court-martial through a tweet by the Secretary of Defense…I think that says a lot about who Pete Hegseth is and what he cares about. He doesn't care about the law…He doesn't care about accountability. He cares about views on his Twitter account.”
A note for serving and retired officers: without accountability the idea of a ‘profession’ is meaningless.
Very strong piece by Jack Goldsmith:
“But there can be no conceivable legal justification for U.S. Special Operations Forces kill[ing] the survivors of a first strike on a drug boat off the coast of Trinidad who ‘were clinging to the smoldering wreck.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“But there can be no conceivable legal justification for U.S. Special Operations Forces kill[ing] the survivors of a first strike on a drug boat off the coast of Trinidad who ‘were clinging to the smoldering wreck.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A note for serving and retired officers: without accountability the idea of a ‘profession’ is meaningless.
Weakness masquerading as strength.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Weakness masquerading as strength.
Not really. I recognize this is a space where folks aren’t actually looking for nuance, but the history of these units is neither clean nor clear cut.
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Not really. I recognize this is a space where folks aren’t actually looking for nuance, but the history of these units is neither clean nor clear cut.
As an advisor to the Afghan Border Police in ‘12-13 we had several discussions at Chapman about what to do with the Afghans on these teams as the CIA withdrew. Estimate from their advisors was that 1/3 would side with the Taliban after we left.
Yeah. I received a copy of his NSU-03 ID badge this morning from
one of his former advisors—there’s no doubt about it.
one of his former advisors—there’s no doubt about it.
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
As an advisor to the Afghan Border Police in ‘12-13 we had several discussions at Chapman about what to do with the Afghans on these teams as the CIA withdrew. Estimate from their advisors was that 1/3 would side with the Taliban after we left.
“No one has benefited more and suffered less from the government than the inhabitants of Silicon Valley,”
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“No one has benefited more and suffered less from the government than the inhabitants of Silicon Valley,”
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
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Super excited that a new edited volume, Bend But Do Not Break, is coming out, edited by Jaron Wharton, @klkuzminski.bsky.social @jkdemp.bsky.social @mzmargulies.bsky.social Keith Carter, and @carriealee.bsky.social
And it’s apparently doing well on the amazons
And it’s apparently doing well on the amazons
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Super excited that a new edited volume, Bend But Do Not Break, is coming out, edited by Jaron Wharton, @klkuzminski.bsky.social @jkdemp.bsky.social @mzmargulies.bsky.social Keith Carter, and @carriealee.bsky.social
And it’s apparently doing well on the amazons
And it’s apparently doing well on the amazons
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
Don't forget to include any war-crimey turkeys or those that may have been wearing plate carriers on January 6th.
Breaking: Administration officials working overtime to find turkeys with sexual assault and crypto scam convictions so the President can pardon them
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Don't forget to include any war-crimey turkeys or those that may have been wearing plate carriers on January 6th.
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
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a new study finds that there is enough microplastic in your nads to make a little army guy. whats worse is that its the guy with the radio so he doesnt even have a gun. and he has a bunch of extra plastic along the seam on the bottom so he keeps falling over.
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
a new study finds that there is enough microplastic in your nads to make a little army guy. whats worse is that its the guy with the radio so he doesnt even have a gun. and he has a bunch of extra plastic along the seam on the bottom so he keeps falling over.
Fuck off @politico.com ‘fetch’ ain’t gonna happen.
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Fuck off @politico.com ‘fetch’ ain’t gonna happen.
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“Do you like bananas? Because we are going to fight a war for it”
November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“Do you like bananas? Because we are going to fight a war for it”
Outrage upon outrage.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Outrage upon outrage.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009