Reconstructionist
@unavaleable.bsky.social
alt history, legislative politics, american studies, and reconstruction | lots of typos | he/him | views my own, normal disclaimers | Double Victory (DVTL) is my book / worldbuilding project | opinions my own, etc normal disclaimers
It's kinda remarkable how this DOD is fully willing to play hardball and pull plugs but usually with the stupidest logic you can possibly put together
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It's kinda remarkable how this DOD is fully willing to play hardball and pull plugs but usually with the stupidest logic you can possibly put together
I think the fact that we're basically looking at Bush 08 bubbling up before year one is even wrapped is what makes this period fundamentally different to the cycle we've seen with Bush and Trump I
it's still Year One guys
I don't think MAGA is dead but it certainly seems to be in its dying throes, its Blitzkrieg on democracy from earlier this year has stalled out and the internal contradictions of its fragile coalition that is only held together by a shared rapaciousness and cruelty are ensuring its days are numbered
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I think the fact that we're basically looking at Bush 08 bubbling up before year one is even wrapped is what makes this period fundamentally different to the cycle we've seen with Bush and Trump I
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I don't think MAGA is dead but it certainly seems to be in its dying throes, its Blitzkrieg on democracy from earlier this year has stalled out and the internal contradictions of its fragile coalition that is only held together by a shared rapaciousness and cruelty are ensuring its days are numbered
Alex Jones: “I’m seriously inches away from not supporting Trump anymore”
MAGA is dead
MAGA is dead
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I don't think MAGA is dead but it certainly seems to be in its dying throes, its Blitzkrieg on democracy from earlier this year has stalled out and the internal contradictions of its fragile coalition that is only held together by a shared rapaciousness and cruelty are ensuring its days are numbered
Actually thinking about it, DVTL FFG-62 probably gets rebaselined in 2025 but not canceled because all of the redesign work would basically be done and at that point pulling the plug doesn't actually do anything but restart the clock to deliver a new medium-ish surface combatant
Basically unsure if First Sino forces OpNav to kill FFG(X) or forces them to unfuck it. Post war rebaselining or terminating seem kinda equally likely, but unclear if FFM could actually avoid getting schwacked because they're a clusterfuck
God, I think I might have to rework the Boat Lore
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Actually thinking about it, DVTL FFG-62 probably gets rebaselined in 2025 but not canceled because all of the redesign work would basically be done and at that point pulling the plug doesn't actually do anything but restart the clock to deliver a new medium-ish surface combatant
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District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
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My clients are almost exclusively AI companies and I don't interact with AI enough to say it "dominates our world"
Only Republicans have a plan for A.I., David Byler writes. “Democrats, at best, have concepts of a plan. And if they want to stay relevant in 2028, they need to plan carefully now,” he says.
Opinion | A.I. Dominates Our World. Why Don’t Democrats Have a Plan?
To stay relevant for 2028, the party needs to figure one out.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My clients are almost exclusively AI companies and I don't interact with AI enough to say it "dominates our world"
i've never had a cheesecake i'd take over my dad's apple pie tbh
I get a lot of hate for this view and in turn I'd only ask if you've ever had a pie as good as a typical cheesecake. The answer is no, you have not. Cheesecake invalidates the whole pie category. Hell, regular cake barely survives the cheesecake onslaught on the strength of carrot cake alone.
The dirty secret of pies is that they have the lowest ceiling potential of all sweets. Your best pie is merely fine. Your median pie is bad.
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
i've never had a cheesecake i'd take over my dad's apple pie tbh
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I'll give it this, "bronzed face all chiseled angles" is some champion-level "technically correct" work
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I'll give it this, "bronzed face all chiseled angles" is some champion-level "technically correct" work
Basically unsure if First Sino forces OpNav to kill FFG(X) or forces them to unfuck it. Post war rebaselining or terminating seem kinda equally likely, but unclear if FFM could actually avoid getting schwacked because they're a clusterfuck
God, I think I might have to rework the Boat Lore
Rip FFG(X)
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Basically unsure if First Sino forces OpNav to kill FFG(X) or forces them to unfuck it. Post war rebaselining or terminating seem kinda equally likely, but unclear if FFM could actually avoid getting schwacked because they're a clusterfuck
God, I think I might have to rework the Boat Lore
Rip FFG(X)
Going to wait for @gigansprogress.bsky.social to reference pee dee eff on what this means, but it sounds bad for the Navy so I'll give it a provisional "el oh el".
*US NAVY CURTAILS FRIGATE PROGRAM TO TWO VESSELS FROM SIX
*US NAVY CURTAILS FRIGATE PROGRAM TO TWO VESSELS FROM SIX
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
God, I think I might have to rework the Boat Lore
Rip FFG(X)
Going to wait for @gigansprogress.bsky.social to reference pee dee eff on what this means, but it sounds bad for the Navy so I'll give it a provisional "el oh el".
*US NAVY CURTAILS FRIGATE PROGRAM TO TWO VESSELS FROM SIX
*US NAVY CURTAILS FRIGATE PROGRAM TO TWO VESSELS FROM SIX
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Rip FFG(X)
Dawg
Rush Hour 4 is reportedly a go at Paramount – after Trump intervened on behalf of the movie.
Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring the franchise back to the big screen
Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring the franchise back to the big screen
Rush Hour 4 in the works at Paramount after reports of Trump intervening
Brett Ratner, accused of sexual misconduct by several women, will bring his hit franchise back to the big screen
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Dawg
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Also: General Thomas gave a hard-ass quote. “Mix em up. I’m tired of states’ rights” is an all-timer
April 27, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Also: General Thomas gave a hard-ass quote. “Mix em up. I’m tired of states’ rights” is an all-timer
What if we made government where all the principals are insider threats
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
What if we made government where all the principals are insider threats
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Viziers on overdrive
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Viziers on overdrive
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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 7:51 PM
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Real
Generic Ballot Polling:
🔵 Democrat: 46%
🔴 Republican: 36%
High Point / Nov 14, 2025
🔵 Democrat: 46%
🔴 Republican: 36%
High Point / Nov 14, 2025
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Real
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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has just announced that she is not running for reelection.
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has just announced that she is not running for reelection.
This is both bad and also basically guaranteed to backfire
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is both bad and also basically guaranteed to backfire
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this is obviously intended to chill dissent but i think it's going to backfire on them. what the lawmakers said was just directly true. and trying to get them for it is just going to raise their profile and the salience of what they said!
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
this is obviously intended to chill dissent but i think it's going to backfire on them. what the lawmakers said was just directly true. and trying to get them for it is just going to raise their profile and the salience of what they said!
Yeah the real intra admin fight about DOGE was that department heads didn't want someone pissing in the vegetable patch (same stuff is still going on with Vought and OMB)
This is partly true but moreso DOGE teams have become fully part of the departments they were integrated with and are very much alive and a part of normal processes now
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Yeah the real intra admin fight about DOGE was that department heads didn't want someone pissing in the vegetable patch (same stuff is still going on with Vought and OMB)
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This is partly true but moreso DOGE teams have become fully part of the departments they were integrated with and are very much alive and a part of normal processes now
The "DOGE is gone" articles are clickbait but this one gets it closer to the truth: DOGE is not gone, it just claims to have "no centralized leadership" anymore -- in other words, its leadership is hiding in an attempt to avoid blame.
DOGE no longer has ‘centralized leadership’ under White House tech team, personnel head says
The team that was altered to house DOGE — formerly the U.S. Digital Service — is also still doing its own technology work across agencies.
www.nextgov.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is partly true but moreso DOGE teams have become fully part of the departments they were integrated with and are very much alive and a part of normal processes now
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Threatening someone with a uniform inspection is the most POG shit I've ever heard in my life.
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Threatening someone with a uniform inspection is the most POG shit I've ever heard in my life.
Dawg he really is just a toxic terminal O-4 larping as S/D
When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Dawg he really is just a toxic terminal O-4 larping as S/D
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A good rule of thumb, i forget who said it but someone on here, is that if your protest relies on having to explain it after the fact then it is a failure
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A good rule of thumb, i forget who said it but someone on here, is that if your protest relies on having to explain it after the fact then it is a failure