Jeffrey Vagle
@jvagle.me
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Jeffrey Vagle
@jvagle.me
· Nov 10
"I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I WILL HOLD."
-- 1LT Clifton Cates, Message to Battalion Headquarters, 19 Jul 1918, Battle of Soissons
-- 1LT Clifton Cates, Message to Battalion Headquarters, 19 Jul 1918, Battle of Soissons
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do a good deed for Thanksgiving paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Help a Broke Labor Reporter Take Off Thanksgiving
I’d love to take some time off for the holidays, but these past few weeks, Payday Report has been in a fundraising drought.
paydayreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
do a good deed for Thanksgiving paydayreport.com/help-a-broke...
Get those private jet flights in while you can.
KASH PATEL ON FIRING WATCH, THIS IS NOT A DRILL, REPEAT KASH PATEL ON FIRING WATCH
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Get those private jet flights in while you can.
An entire city's worth of power and water was used to generate a handful of rather pathetic lines about hipsters and corduroy.
I'm pretty sure Elon's not a genius, folks.
I'm pretty sure Elon's not a genius, folks.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
An entire city's worth of power and water was used to generate a handful of rather pathetic lines about hipsters and corduroy.
I'm pretty sure Elon's not a genius, folks.
I'm pretty sure Elon's not a genius, folks.
Please read this story by @willbunch.bsky.social of Maj. Hugh Thompson's heroic actions which prevented U.S. troops from continuing their massacre at My Lai. When Thompson testified before Congress, SC Rep. Rivers said that Thompson should be the only one punished.
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.
www.inquirer.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Please read this story by @willbunch.bsky.social of Maj. Hugh Thompson's heroic actions which prevented U.S. troops from continuing their massacre at My Lai. When Thompson testified before Congress, SC Rep. Rivers said that Thompson should be the only one punished.
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
(I'm a long time member of Team Sheridan)
As usual, Phil Sheridan was in the thick of it. At the base of the ridge, he lifted a whiskey flask to toast the rebs watching from above. “Heres to you” he yelled. A cannonball landed nearby spraying him with dirt and debris. “That’s damn ungenerous,” he cried “I shall take those guns for that” (12
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
(I'm a long time member of Team Sheridan)
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The concept for jury trial was laid out in the *Magna Carta*
The UK has gone from "We need to enshrine the right to jury trial in a British Bill of Rights" to "We need to abolish jury trial" in the space of about 3 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The concept for jury trial was laid out in the *Magna Carta*
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We are over $45,000. 👊
If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
How do we feel? It's time—you knew this was coming—drop a GIF showing your mood in the replies
If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
How do we feel? It's time—you knew this was coming—drop a GIF showing your mood in the replies
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
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November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We are over $45,000. 👊
If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
How do we feel? It's time—you knew this was coming—drop a GIF showing your mood in the replies
If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
How do we feel? It's time—you knew this was coming—drop a GIF showing your mood in the replies
Service members should not be required to follow illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Service members should not be required to follow illegal orders.
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this is a twofer. they're going to demand auto execs explain why their cars are so expensive, without saying "tariffs" - so they'll blame things like child alerts, in order to continue risking some of the more horrific deaths that can be experienced
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
this is a twofer. they're going to demand auto execs explain why their cars are so expensive, without saying "tariffs" - so they'll blame things like child alerts, in order to continue risking some of the more horrific deaths that can be experienced
Look, pretty much everything you need to know about Greg Bovino can be seen in his deliberate choices in uniform and appearance.
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Look, pretty much everything you need to know about Greg Bovino can be seen in his deliberate choices in uniform and appearance.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Dammit.
Dammit.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Dammit.
Dammit.
I'm in the middle of reading @catherinebracy.com's excellent World Eaters on how VCs are killing the tech economy, and this paper will fit in here nicely.
🚀 I’ve just released a new working paper on SSRN that tells a different story of how corporate law shapes the startup and VC landscape.
🧵 Thread
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🧵 Thread
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November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I'm in the middle of reading @catherinebracy.com's excellent World Eaters on how VCs are killing the tech economy, and this paper will fit in here nicely.
Hegseth's most recent idiocy has put me in mind of a story from OCS. Late one night/early one morning, during our night land nav exercises, I was among a dozen or so other candidates from my platoon who had just successfully finished our lanes, and were instructed to wait for the others. /1
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hegseth's most recent idiocy has put me in mind of a story from OCS. Late one night/early one morning, during our night land nav exercises, I was among a dozen or so other candidates from my platoon who had just successfully finished our lanes, and were instructed to wait for the others. /1
These folks are doing critical work in these times. Please consider supporting them.
I want to talk a bit about one specific project we will get off the ground if we're able to meet our goal and hire full time staff. We have been calling it The Reconstruction Papers. It will be a collection of essays focused on a positive, practical vision for the country gofund.me/29ce4ead3
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
These folks are doing critical work in these times. Please consider supporting them.
The publisher of the Pentagon Papers has been reduced to its "What's the deal with airplane peanuts?" stage of regression.
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The publisher of the Pentagon Papers has been reduced to its "What's the deal with airplane peanuts?" stage of regression.
Anthony gets mail.
I missed Bonecrusher Bob. It’s been a year or two since he’s written.
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Anthony gets mail.
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"Ira" has worked for the last 50 years CAs fields. "I'm proud of the work I do cultivating the land. My hard work brings produce like these heads of fresh lettuce to people's tables. Without farm workers, consumers won't have fresh vegetables." #WeFeedYou
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Ira" has worked for the last 50 years CAs fields. "I'm proud of the work I do cultivating the land. My hard work brings produce like these heads of fresh lettuce to people's tables. Without farm workers, consumers won't have fresh vegetables." #WeFeedYou
Alan "It was just a massage, and I kept my underwear on the entire time" Dershowitz
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Alan "It was just a massage, and I kept my underwear on the entire time" Dershowitz
Thinking of @radiofreetom.bsky.social's The Death of Expertise for some reason.
One man -- Marco Rubio -- serves this country as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State.
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thinking of @radiofreetom.bsky.social's The Death of Expertise for some reason.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
Any list of “masculine values” must contain, at their core, things like trustworthiness, friendliness, courtesy, and kindness, which the Scout Oath requires, but are anathema to the guys in this administration.
Is it a 'masculine value' to melt down about some new fake shit every week?
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Any list of “masculine values” must contain, at their core, things like trustworthiness, friendliness, courtesy, and kindness, which the Scout Oath requires, but are anathema to the guys in this administration.
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Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years