As a Marine Corps Veteran, Pete Hegseth’s nomination is deeply personal to me. His divisive rhetoric, lack of expertise, and disregard for core military values—merit, professionalism, and mission readiness—make him dangerously unfit to lead our Armed Forces. 🧵 (1/6)

I cannot think of a better metaphor for America right now than the Washington Post's mission statement changing from “Democracy Dies in Darkness” to “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”

To LA County wildfire survivors:

If you get a “not approved” letter from FEMA, don’t stop there – it doesn’t mean you’re out of options.

FEMA might just need more info, like insurance details or proof of residence.

Need help? Call 800-621-3362 or visit fema.gov/drc

Many thanks to readers for pointing me to this. It confirms that the four accounts I blocked over the last two days were all disbots—disagreement bots—programmed to stiffly, politely, but somewhat unreasonably disagree with benign assertions. A foreign op is possible, yes, but also a commercial one.

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Fact. It will. It’s why I’ve been referring to President elect Musk.

In the past 24 hours, Joe Biden secured a ceasefire deal in Lebanon and deal that brought three wrongfully detained Americans home in advance of Thanksgiving.

That’s leadership.

remember: be kind to all the grocery workers this week (and every week), because they are dealing with horrors beyond your comprehension

Controlling the media is an authoritarian move.

I can’t tell you how different it is on X now after so many people have left. I have always followed mostly right-wing accounts because I cover them, and they are running out of people to pick fights with. So they’re just mostly fighting with each other.

Weird how black women with Harvard degrees and twenty years of experience are called "DEI hires," but some random dude on Fox News is expertly qualified to run the Department of Whatever.