@RussCanRead

National security enjoyer. 1st place in Dixie Classic Fair art contest 2001. Views expressed mine alone.

 Washington, D.C.
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By decree of his excellency General George Washington, commander in chief of the Continental Army, on this July 4th, in honor of our Independence Day: Americans are to refrain from all blackpilling, squabbling, complaining and mogging (exceptions made for mogging Europeans). All good citizens shall be expected to be merry, patriotic, andof a general happy temperament. Criticism of size and quantity of fireworks displays, aircraft flyovers, and food and alcohol consumption shall not be accepted and offenders will be shot.
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Matt Ridley
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You see that dip in global life expectancy in the 1950s? That was caused by one man, Mao Zedong. Mbappe should have apologised only for not being ruder about him.
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Apparently this needs to be said, but the UN is basically a debate club. It’s not a sovereign nation and its properties do not have sovereign status like an embassy. The UN HQ in NYC is lessee and is still under the laws of the USA.
PassBlue
@pass_blue23h
Mike Waltz, US envoy to UN, is confused as he shouts at Cuban diplomats, saying: "This is America!" but the UN is international territory: UN 101
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The UN headquarters district remains US territory under the 1947 Headquarters Agreement, where federal, state and local US law applies except as otherwise provided; the agreement grants inviolability but does not transfer sovereignty to the UN. en.wikisource.org/wiki/UN-US_Hea… treaties.un.org/doc/Publicatio… history.state.gov/historicaldocu…
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Sadly, this kind of thing was only a matter of time.
Thomas P. Sullivan@Sully4Assembly16h
Earlier today, the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero in Manhattan was defaced with graffiti. I wear on my wrist the names of over a hundred friends and colleagues who lost their lives in the attacks twenty five years ago. 1/2
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Mayor Cherelle L. Parker@PhillyMayorOct 27
Philadelphia is preparing to become the first city in the nation to offer this mortgage model, with lower interest rates, no private mortgage insurance, and credit scores as low as 620.
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This whole Jay Z situation is fascinating. Dude gets paid millions to manage the halftime show and just decides to do it himself. Does he pay himself? Does he do it for free? I have so many questions.
Defiant L’s
@DefiantLsOct 27
JAY-Z is officially headlining the Super Bowl LXI halftime show. He is set to take over the stage in February 2027 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

JAŸ-Z headlines #AppleMusicHalftime

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SVP: “And here’s Jay Z with the choice for the Super Bowl halftime show…” Jay Z:
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Amy Swearer
@AmySwearerOct 26
Ya'll, this is nuts. Hundreds - that's right, HUNDREDS - of armed robberies between 2022 and 2024 weren't real. They were staged by the "victims" as part of a massive immigration fraud scheme to secure U-visas for themselves and their families. cwbchicago.com/2026/10/buckt…

Bucktown clerk was shot during staged robbery tied to nationwide immigration fraud scheme - CWB...

A suburban Chicago man who organized hundreds of fake armed robberies to help people fraudulently obtain U.S. immigration visas has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. But one of the...

cwbchicago.com
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Sly is absolutely correct. Nepotism only became a bad word in the last 60 years or so. We are biologically hardwired to give our offspring every advantage in life. It’s a literal survival mechanism. To deny it is to deny our nature.
The Telegraph
@TelegraphOct 26
The actor, who plays the lead role and serves as executive producer on the series, said that it was “of course nepotism”, adding it was incumbent on him to ensure his children “have every advantage” in life. 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
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At this point we just need to assume every government subsidized program is fraud until proven otherwise.
Polymarket
@PolymarketOct 25
JUST IN: California rehab operators accused of supplying illegal drugs to recovering addicts to keep them hooked & collect over $210 million from insurers.
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Sean Davis
@seanmdavOct 24
Barack Obama was horrible in a million different ways, but he doesn’t get anywhere near the hate he deserves for destroying the used car market for an entire generation. 15-year-old cars with 150,000 miles that should be selling for $3,000 are going for $15,000. It’s abominable. Pure destruction and thievery.
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Ah yes, there’s the Carolina Panthers I know.
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The Iranian economy is in shambles, the country has Great Depression levels of unemployment, inflation is over 100%, oil exports and revenue have dropped to $0, the Iranian Rial has collapsed over 60% of its value vs the Dollar since March, almost its entire navy has been sunk, virtually the entire upper echelons of the government were decapitated in the opening salvo of the war, and there now appears to be a growing rebellion against the central government in Balochistan. In what universe does this put Iran in a stronger strategic position now than in January?
Disclose.tv
@disclosetvOct 24
NOW - Obama says that Iran is "in a stronger strategic position now than before the war started."
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You have to understand that for the average person “history” began with WW2 and anything before that is more like fantasy lore fanfic that they’re not quite sure is canon.
World Insights
@World_Insights1Oct 24
Top 20 Worst Dictators in History
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Locations of Uganda and Ethiopia are switched even though the leaders are correct share.google/bTcu2SAk3Z5NYL…
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Just watched The Deer Hunter for the first time in years. A stark reminder of just how badly the blue collar working class was betrayed in our country.
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Again, this is obviously not organic. European domestic security officials have much broader powers than Americans. Leverage it, find the network, disrupt it.
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@visegrad24Oct 24
Masked rioters stormed the Colosseum in Rome today. The riots have spread from France to Italy, Belgium and since today also Spain
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None of this is organic. Why we can’t detect and disrupt the networks responsible with the tools we have available in 2026 is baffling.
Visegrád 24
@visegrad24Oct 24
BREAKING: Riots have broken out in Brussels: The rioters are building barricades on the streets that they are likely to set on fire
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It’s depressing how quickly things can change for the worse.
Nostalgia
@NostalgiaFolderOct 23
New York City in the year 2000
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Gm boys, Good day to be KEEN on Fellowship of the Ring
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Blows my mind that we discovered a nearly limitless source of power 75 years ago and there are still people who say no thanks.
Crémieux
@cremieuxrecueilOct 23
This is just sad.
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This is exactly what happened in South Africa ten years ago. It starts with private security (now a major business in SA) and ends with neighborhood compounds surrounded by barbed wire fences.
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@visegrad24Oct 23
The Paris police have advised shopkeepers to hire private security ahead of tomorrow’s large street protests and expected looting. They say they can’t be everywhere
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