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Brad Duplessis

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thrilled to see this out! I was fortunate to work w/a tremendous @rand research team on a sUAS project sponsored by 18th Airborne Corps. My focus was on maximizing the army's sUAS training ecosystem from the unit-level to institutional army. 1/

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Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (SUAS) in Divisional Brigades

The authors identified options for the Army to field and employ small uncrewed aircraft systems at the division, BCT and battalion levels to enhance fire support capabilities.

www.rand.org

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1h

brb. Going to write my magnum opus on the changing character of war.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 9h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 10h

Exactly

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 10h

What he is saying about RS for AD infantry LTs is BS. Not sure about ARNG but know that they run the pre-Ranger program w/highest success rate. BL: no one would care if Pete didn’t present himself as the embodiment of the wArRiOr EtHoS

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 10h

Memorize the oath!

Glaxton T. GuitarWolf @8stringandsushi.bsky.social · 12h

Hey @jimmyperezshetland.bsky.social what in the heehaw fuck is going on out there…

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 10h

Pete is out here playing Operator. We do not have a SECDEF.

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 13h

A lot of bad behavior because we could. Some units, many poorly trained, operated this way. In my experience, contractors were the worst

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 13h

Definitely non-lethal

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 13h

Believe bean bag, yes

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 13h

Yep

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 13h

Looks like it fires non-lethal rounds, likely bean bags.

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 13h

In actual combat — not this fake ass Stephen Miller wet dream — I would have destroyed any of my soldiers doing this to non-combatants. There is no gray area or fine line.

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 16h

Another incident of federal agents pointing guns at Chicago area residents.

Tweet from @laura_n_rod

Text: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

Photo: shows a federal agent in a truck pointing a gun

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 21h

To the undergrad who walked up to 3 people, 2 of whom were partners at a law firm,

Proceeded to introduce herself,

Describe her academic interests,

cold pitch us on an internship.

Let me say this:

Train your friends. That was bold and awesome. I’m hand carrying your ask to the Houston office.

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 17h

Luckily some hikers squared me away with how to say Sequim before I publicly embarrassed myself.

Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 17h

Just got caught up on that! What a colossal POS

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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 22h

This is rampant lawlessness

The law says what it says, and Russ Vought doesn't get to unilaterally change that

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.com

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 21h

Seems like if the administration had a strong legal theory for killing people in the Caribbean, they’d be willing to share it publicly.

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 21h

Good question from Senator Coons.

AG Bondi refuses to disclose what legal theory if any from DOJ justifies these premeditated killings in the Caribbean.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

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Dan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 21h

I know it's a tired genre, but this kind of shit would have been earth-shattering 10 years ago. In translation:
Senator: "Under what legal authority is the US military killing people in The Caribbean?"
Attorney General: "Fuck you." bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

COONS: How did you conclude that these strikes on boats in the open ocean are legal?

BONDI: I'm not going to discuss any legal advice that my department may or may not have issued

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1d

Those halcyon days of serfdom….

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1d

Dude continues to demonstrate his willful ignorance of American history and the Constitution he swore an oath to. Americans have birthright. THAT is what makes one different from a subject or a serf. FFS

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1d

The opposite of bullying is not sensitivity. It’s just being a decent human.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 1d

wtf is wrong with these people

NYT: A Campaign to 'Bring Back Bullying'

On social media, some are arguing that bullying deserves a second look. Trolling or not, the push seems to reflect a general turn away from sensitivity.

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 1d

Tragic news from Canada where the Canadian Supreme Court has gone from the official dress on the left to the one on the right

Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in bright red wooly gowns, with a beige trim. It looks sort of like a Santa robe

The Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in black gowns with a bright white kravat, and two thin red vertical lines on the side of the robe

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1d

Heading to AUSA next week. First time attending since I retired. Looking forward to the GOs on panels talk about MDO, LeThaLiTy, and the WaR DeParTmEnT while being too chickenshit to admit that the call is coming from inside the building.

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1d

I find national myths fascinating

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1d

I for one am looking forward to the Second Republic because this shit is whack

Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 1d

One might ask, how often have newly independent countries adopted our Constitution as a model since 1945 or so, though?

The Free Press @thefp.com · 1d

Newly minted democracies began to prevail across the globe after 1787, and they did so thanks largely to the political and cultural success of America’s Constitution, writes Akhil Reed Amar. “The modern democratic world,” Amar writes, “was ‘Made in America.’”

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Brad Duplessis @bradduplessis.bsky.social · 1d

Only slightly less cringe than “Let’s Go Brandon” gear. Toddler achievement level shit