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(Un)Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · 3d

Folks, we’re in Frank Fukuyama’s magazine

www.persuasion.community/p/hegseths-d...

Hegseth’s Dangerous Obsession With Lethality

The “warrior ethos” is no way to run an army.

www.persuasion.community

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · 6d

As usual for Jack Watling, this is a fabulously data & evidence-rich paper on what the Ukrainian battlefield looks like today. A pivotal role for drones & ground robots—but also for tanks, armour & artillery, each coming into its own at different moments in an assault www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 5d

We’re currently spending an entire military aid package to Ukraine’s worth of money on a fucking ballroom.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 5d

Trump raises the price of the ballroom to $350 million

(It changed from $200 million, then $300 million, now $350 million within the course of a few days)

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 4d

You guys ever get the feeling that nothing good was gonna happen?

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Placeholder @notaterrornerd.bsky.social · 4d

if you've enjoyed 25 years of "unwinnable wars in the desert" get ready for our new feature "unwinnable wars in the jungle"

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 4d

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Francis Fukuyama @frankfukuyama.bsky.social · 4d

Hegseth’s Dangerous Obsession With Lethality
www.persuasion.community/p/hegseths-d...

Hegseth’s Dangerous Obsession With Lethality

The “warrior ethos” is no way to run an army.

www.persuasion.community

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

Per court filing, a federal immigration agent pointed a gun at a U.S. citizen protesting and told him “bang, bang,” and “you’re dead liberal.” From a weekend Loevy civil rights firm filing

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino.

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations.

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there.

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results.

Official statement to
@FoxNews
via
@TriciaOhio
:

"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 1d

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André Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 24d

À paraître la semaine prochaine : un très très bon bouquin collectif, nourri de l’historio la plus récente, dont l’importance politique à l’heure actuelle n’a sans doute pas besoin d’être soulignée

B Roger-Lacan, Nouvelle histoire de l’extrême droite

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Antoine Bourguilleau @abrgll.bsky.social · Sep 28

Le saviez vous? La France rayonne a l'étranger depuis jeudi et est citée en exemple dans toute la presse internationale pour le bon fonctionnement de ses institutions et de sa justice. Il n'y a qu'en France qu'on trouve autant de voix pour s'en indigner

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 25

Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libya trial

Former French president cleared of other charges in relation to alleged pact with Gaddafi regime The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a trial in which he and aides were accused of making an alleged corruption pact with the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to receive funding for the 2007 French presidential election campaign. But Sarkozy was was acquitted of three other charges, including passive corruption and illegal campaign financing. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · Sep 24

WORD

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · Sep 24

Their track record on identifying messages and slogans etched onto bullets is pretty poor, so this should be taken with an ocean full of salt.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 24

FBI official: "What I can share with you is that early evidence we're seen from rounds that were found near the suspected shooter contain messages that are anti-ICE in nature. Again, this is just the most recently example of this type of attack."

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · Sep 24

With some useful clarifications
www.politico.eu/article/nato...

Finger on the trigger: How NATO is responding to Russia’s airspace violations

NATO is a defensive alliance, which makes it very cautious about responding with force to Russia’s provocations.

www.politico.eu

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · Sep 23

complicating this is the fact that generals loyal to Bolsonaro would have acted on his orders to execute on a coup had the CIA not gotten involved
foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/20/b...

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Command.Control.Coffee @abucole.bsky.social · Sep 22

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“Great Power Competition” is Over, We Lost By Stepping On Our Own Dicks

To my friends doing strategic competition, just stop.

open.substack.com

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · Sep 22

Hey! I did it! I wrote about national security! The thing I allegedly write about!

othermeans.substack.com/p/going-down...

Going Down in Flames

National Security in the Trump Era

othermeans.substack.com

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · Sep 23

Liberal Democracy remains very much worth defending

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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · Sep 21

CAS is no longer about platforms but TTPs; a well-trained JTAC is more important than the platform characteristics. The A-10 debate is nonsense.

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · Sep 21

there's been a multi-day meltdown over on the everything app on F-35 vs A-10 and this is an accurate distillation of the whole stupid thing

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · Sep 16

We could have been providing military aid to Ukraine. We could have been building our partnerships in the Pacific. We could have strengthened Europe’s defense industrial base. We could have helped build state capacity in South America.

What a fucking disaster this has all been.

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Docteur Bagarre @docteurbagarre.bsky.social · Sep 16

Oui mais avons nous besoin de gens qui savent traduire le latin, quand l'avenir c'est que l'IA le fasse...

Entendu la semaine dernière.

Padre Pio @padrepio.bsky.social · Sep 16

Des années qu'on répète que l'extrême-droite s'attaque à l'université, marquée de près par la droite et le centre. Tout en chialant contre la cancel culture pendant qu'on vitrifie les postes et les budgets.

www.lemonde.fr/campus/artic...

Chasse aux « wokes » : comment les polémiques de ces dernières années ont épuisé les universitaires

Coupes de subventions, cabales médiatiques… En France aussi, les universitaires sont attaqués par des forces conservatrices. Au point de créer un climat d’usure et d’autocensure dans les campus et les...

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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · Sep 16

I assume the main problem is trying to update the storyline to reflect all the new AI military contractors and running into legal issues with the Tolkien estate because they're all named after Middle Earth bullshit.

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Nicolas Henin 🇪🇺💙💛 @nicolashenin.net · Sep 15

Pour comprendre et expliquer certaines franges du spectre politique, notamment aux USA mais pas seulement, il faut des journalistes spécialisés dans les bas fonds des internets.

Le traitement de l'arrestation d'un jeune de l'Eure membre du groupe 764 avait été très léger.

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