Glonzo the Great and Powerful
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park ranger-bureaucrat in Darkest Nevada, telling stories about America's public lands. Volunteer EMT, wildfire PIO, Draymond stan, erstwhile racing flack, forever believing in the better angels of our nature. opinions are mine. 🏳️🌈
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National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.
This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
Posted without comment, the 2026 America the Beautiful Pass for national parks and public lands.
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Posted without comment, the 2026 America the Beautiful Pass for national parks and public lands.
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The Civil war is pretty incomparable in terms of the Types of Guy it mustered together
Brigadier General Charles Harker, leading a brigade of Illinoisans and Ohioans in Sheridan’s division tried to copy his commanding officer’s stunt but mounted a gun that had just been fired. The red-hot barrel scorched his ass so badly he couldn’t sit a horse for weeks (18
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Civil war is pretty incomparable in terms of the Types of Guy it mustered together
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Another USN program stopped short after massive overruns, incoherent design decisions, and changes in strategy. While the PLAN churns out DDGs by the dozen, the USN persists in its quest of the ideal how-so-tailored ship, a perfect metaphor of America’s decline. They’ll all be sunk by DF21s anyway
I applaud the Navy for innovatively streamlining their cancellation of boondoggles sooner in their lifecycle. Much improved over the LCS.
BREAKING: Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program, Considering New Small Surface Combatants — USNI News
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November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Another USN program stopped short after massive overruns, incoherent design decisions, and changes in strategy. While the PLAN churns out DDGs by the dozen, the USN persists in its quest of the ideal how-so-tailored ship, a perfect metaphor of America’s decline. They’ll all be sunk by DF21s anyway
the surface fleet in 20 years is going to be three Zumwalts (still with no guns), the four Fords we could build, a score of LCSes with Patriot TELs welded to the deck, and the prototype Flight XVI Burke, with the displacement of a fully-loaded Baltimore-class gun cruiser.
oh, and Old Ironsides. 🇺🇸
oh, and Old Ironsides. 🇺🇸
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...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
the surface fleet in 20 years is going to be three Zumwalts (still with no guns), the four Fords we could build, a score of LCSes with Patriot TELs welded to the deck, and the prototype Flight XVI Burke, with the displacement of a fully-loaded Baltimore-class gun cruiser.
oh, and Old Ironsides. 🇺🇸
oh, and Old Ironsides. 🇺🇸
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#OTD in 1863, 23,000 Union Troops storm Missionary Ridge in one of the all time epic charges in American military history decisively routing Confederate forces and opening the literal and symbolic “Gateway to the South” (1
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
#OTD in 1863, 23,000 Union Troops storm Missionary Ridge in one of the all time epic charges in American military history decisively routing Confederate forces and opening the literal and symbolic “Gateway to the South” (1
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New Paper: Presidential Control of the Civil Service.
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Presidential Control of the Civil Service
<p>Conventional wisdom treats the federal civil service as largely beyond the president’s reach. This Article challenges that assumption. Legal scholars too oft
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November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New Paper: Presidential Control of the Civil Service.
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Conventional wisdom holds that the civil service sits safely beyond the president's reach. Does it? (1) Not nearly as much as legal scholars think. (2) That's a problem for the execution of the law. 1/12
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Lord High Admiral is displeased and embarrassing himself.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Lord High Admiral is displeased and embarrassing himself.
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How would the average “law and order” supporter react to intensive unbiased enforcement of speed, red light, distracted driving, and DWI laws,
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
How would the average “law and order” supporter react to intensive unbiased enforcement of speed, red light, distracted driving, and DWI laws,
they ran into the small problem of Alcatraz being designated as a national park by Congress, which would require that the law be repealed, which lol.
but hey, some Trump people got a free Alcatraz tour out of it, so there's that.
but hey, some Trump people got a free Alcatraz tour out of it, so there's that.
Whatever happened to Trump "re-opening Alcatraz"
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
they ran into the small problem of Alcatraz being designated as a national park by Congress, which would require that the law be repealed, which lol.
but hey, some Trump people got a free Alcatraz tour out of it, so there's that.
but hey, some Trump people got a free Alcatraz tour out of it, so there's that.
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Fixed for the present age.
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Fixed for the present age.
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maybe it'll work this time
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
maybe it'll work this time
firing government employees because of their personal beliefs is the weapon of the enemy. we do not need it. we will not use it.
seriously, that's what Donald Trump wants to do. if you are on the left and you want to do the exact same thing Donald Trump wants to do, that is a sign you've lost it.
seriously, that's what Donald Trump wants to do. if you are on the left and you want to do the exact same thing Donald Trump wants to do, that is a sign you've lost it.
this is saying nothing of the absolutely deranged idea that he cannot be authentically anti-Zionist if he doesn't purge Zionists of all stripes from city government.
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
firing government employees because of their personal beliefs is the weapon of the enemy. we do not need it. we will not use it.
seriously, that's what Donald Trump wants to do. if you are on the left and you want to do the exact same thing Donald Trump wants to do, that is a sign you've lost it.
seriously, that's what Donald Trump wants to do. if you are on the left and you want to do the exact same thing Donald Trump wants to do, that is a sign you've lost it.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Winter in the sky islands of the Mojave.
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Winter in the sky islands of the Mojave.
this whole 🧵 is very much worth reading.
A theory about vibes:
Human beings are deeply social creatures. Our need for a legible social order is rooted almost as deeply in our brainstem as our need for basic physical security. We need -- not want, need -- to understand who's in charge, who are allies, who are enemies, *how things work*.
Human beings are deeply social creatures. Our need for a legible social order is rooted almost as deeply in our brainstem as our need for basic physical security. We need -- not want, need -- to understand who's in charge, who are allies, who are enemies, *how things work*.
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
this whole 🧵 is very much worth reading.
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people who hate the government for failing to help too many people, and people who hate the government for helping too many people, in fact do not have much in common
this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
people who hate the government for failing to help too many people, and people who hate the government for helping too many people, in fact do not have much in common
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this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
The historical reality is that in 1940, fully 45 percent of American families squatted on chamber pots and emptied them into outhouses in the morning, because their homes did not have indoor plumbing.
America was a vastly poorer country in 1939. Nostalgia is just that; nostalgia.
America was a vastly poorer country in 1939. Nostalgia is just that; nostalgia.
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The historical reality is that in 1940, fully 45 percent of American families squatted on chamber pots and emptied them into outhouses in the morning, because their homes did not have indoor plumbing.
America was a vastly poorer country in 1939. Nostalgia is just that; nostalgia.
America was a vastly poorer country in 1939. Nostalgia is just that; nostalgia.
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The super cool AI use case for a middle aged trillionaire is you could take a pic of a fellow party guest and Grok will spew clever vulgar insults about the person's appearance? Jfc what a sad stunted man he is.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The super cool AI use case for a middle aged trillionaire is you could take a pic of a fellow party guest and Grok will spew clever vulgar insults about the person's appearance? Jfc what a sad stunted man he is.
understand the sentiment, but it's important to be realistic about what a Dem majority Congress can and can't do.
They can attach policy riders to budget bills and dare Trump to veto them. They can run 24/7 investigative hearings and subpoena everyone.
They cannot *stop* Trump from running ICE.
They can attach policy riders to budget bills and dare Trump to veto them. They can run 24/7 investigative hearings and subpoena everyone.
They cannot *stop* Trump from running ICE.
if there's a reason to keep up the "tribunals for all involved" discourse one such reason it is to put in stark relief how far away some of the Dem politicking is from the mood on the ground
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
understand the sentiment, but it's important to be realistic about what a Dem majority Congress can and can't do.
They can attach policy riders to budget bills and dare Trump to veto them. They can run 24/7 investigative hearings and subpoena everyone.
They cannot *stop* Trump from running ICE.
They can attach policy riders to budget bills and dare Trump to veto them. They can run 24/7 investigative hearings and subpoena everyone.
They cannot *stop* Trump from running ICE.
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Trump didn’t read before posting:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Trump didn’t read before posting:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
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To be fair, it was a plausible theory at first, not so much that racism was *actually* sublimated class anxiety but that telling people that their racial animus was actually sublimated class anxiety might persuade them to let the racial animus go. But the theory just hasn’t delivered any big wins.
Every 2-4 years, a bunch of left-wing populists have the brilliant thought “Hey, what if people’s resentment of social minorities is actually just sublimated resentment for capitalist elites?” and then we get to spend 2-4 years once again learning that no, it’s very much the reverse
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
To be fair, it was a plausible theory at first, not so much that racism was *actually* sublimated class anxiety but that telling people that their racial animus was actually sublimated class anxiety might persuade them to let the racial animus go. But the theory just hasn’t delivered any big wins.
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They should definitely keep putting this highly relatable down-to-earth dude worth $600 million in front of cameras to keep explaining to all the dumb poors that the economy is good, actually. He's got the magic touch.
WELKER: Inflation has gone up. It's at 3% now up from 2% in April when the tariffs were imposed--
BESSENT: No, no no no. So, inflation hasn't gone up. The one thing we're not gonna do is do what the Biden administration did and tell the American people they don't know how they feel
BESSENT: No, no no no. So, inflation hasn't gone up. The one thing we're not gonna do is do what the Biden administration did and tell the American people they don't know how they feel
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
They should definitely keep putting this highly relatable down-to-earth dude worth $600 million in front of cameras to keep explaining to all the dumb poors that the economy is good, actually. He's got the magic touch.
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DOGE was both an operational and moral failure. But please remember this, next time someone implies that a team of "innovators" with no respect for public sector employees will quickly solve social challenges by working around or bypassing "the bureaucracy." It's more common than you think.
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
DOGE was both an operational and moral failure. But please remember this, next time someone implies that a team of "innovators" with no respect for public sector employees will quickly solve social challenges by working around or bypassing "the bureaucracy." It's more common than you think.