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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 4h

Just to be sure, those involved in the chat were between the ages of 18 and 35, which makes them… *checks notes * … adults. Old enough to vote, old enough to join the military, old enough to get married and have kids, and old enough to have influence in this country.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

JD Vance when people makes jokes about Charlie Kirk: "call their employer."

JD Vance when Republican staffers say "I love Hitler" and fantasize about throwing political opponents in gas chambers: "that's what kids do...we're not canceling kids because they did something stupid."

Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 1d

Furlough Day XV:

Evidence of the government shutdown is becoming more visible as some park visitors damage resources and do so with impunity.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 1d

Take a seat.

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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 2d

Same!! At least it’s kept me busy during the shutdown 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 2d

Furlough Day XIV:

The office may be shut down, but the work never stops.

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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 2d

The only Italians I’m celebrating today.

Great Nonni.

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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 3d

Furlough Day XII:

It was a pleasure working alongside friends as we led members of The General Meade Society of Philadelphia through an overview of the 1862 Maryland Campaign!

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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 6d

Furlough Day IX:

Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 7d

We’re all tired, yinz.

Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 7d

Furlough Day VIII:

A morning of aimlessly meandering along the rolling battlefield landscape.

Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 8d

Furlough Day VII:

It’s soup season.

Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 10d

Kudos to my old friend and mentor Eric A Jacobson for spearheading such an operation; without whom I would not be in the position I am today.

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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 10d

The successful battlefield reclamation and historical interpretation that has developed since my departure serves as a gold standard, to say the least.

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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 10d

Furlough Day VI:

This is a view I never thought I’d enjoy in my lifetime; open ground on Carter Hill.

Before beginning the trek home from Tennessee we stopped by the battlefield of Franklin, where I cut my teeth in the world of public history many years ago.

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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 12d

Some of the Black freedmen who constructed Negley enlisted in the United States Colored Troops less than two years later, and fought for freedom in its shadow.

Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 12d

Government Shutdown/Furlough Day IV:

From atop the remains of Fort Negley, a panoramic view of the sprawling 1864 Nashville battlefield, with Peach Orchard Hill in the distance. (Yes, Negley is named after a Yinzer.)

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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 14d

Government Shutdown Day II:

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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 15d

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 15d

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Rich Condon @richcondon.bsky.social · 15d

“No more beardos. The era of rampant and ridiculous shaving profiles is done.”

-Pete Hegseth claiming facial hair’s incompatibility with warrior ethos