Just a reminder that
@DevinCow
only had about 2,000 followers until Devin Nunes tried to sue it for $250 million.
Now, at over 600,000 followers, it has more followers than Devin Nunes.
@michaeldweiss
Good summary. A few things to add:
- US 2k-4k was assessed as low confidence.
- 7k-9k KIA would probably also leave behind 15k-20k WIA, MIA, and POW.
(Also, good piece on Wagner)
@Redpainter1
@patriottakes
One vial of J&J is enough to immunize five people. The video ends with him saying "I got a full vial this time", suggesting he's done this more than once.
"Fake accounts tied to intelligence services in China, Iran and Russia had directed thousands of tweets at Mr. Trump, according to a Times analysis of propaganda accounts suspended by Twitter."
WSJ: All three of Russia's main intelligence services (SVR, FSB, and GRU) ran fake news sites and phony social media accounts to spread misinformation about Pfeizer and Moderna vaccines in an attempt to undermine confidence in them.
via
@WSJ
Many of the details in this story are tragic. The Marine Corps Commandant said that his work hours (5:30 am to 11:30 pm) were "not sustainable". He was performing double-duty as both the
#1
and
#2
Marine officer, given holdups of GO confirmations...
As the official spokesperson of the United States of America, I would like to say to
@NATO
Thanks for supporting us in Afghanistan and invoking Article 5 to help defend the American homeland after 9/11.
#NATOSummit
President Trump kicked off his meetings on a contentious note. He called allies “delinquent” for failing to spend enough on their own defense and attacked Germany as a “captive” of Russia because of its energy dealings.
FSB arrests the commander of the 🇷🇺 Black Sea fleet vice admiral Igor Ossipov. Obviously for the bad weather and an accidental fire on board of Moskva. 8th general out of commission by 🇺🇦 action in this war.
This new trend of using funerals and eulogies to deliver political messages is really quite disgusting.
Sympathy from death as means to sway public opinion is next level corrupt.
Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves.
Never make fun of slow runners or people who aren’t that great at the gym. They did much more than those who stayed on the couch all day.
Pace them, coach them...just be kind.
Struggling with weight isn’t a partisan issue and insulting anyone for it is juvenile.
I post my workout everyday because I want that one person struggling to know that I am still the fattest guy at the gym...
But today was my 32nd straight day at the gym.
Fuck the haters.
Two people were arrested after a traffic stop of a stolen car revealed the two had a rattlesnake, radioactive uranium, and an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe.
I hate to say it, but the Russian campaign wouldn't be so effective if Americans didn't eagerly lap it up. We care more about whether or not someone stands or kneels during an NFL game than issues which genuinely affect Americans and our allies abroad.
WATCH: Florida state Rep. Elizabeth Porter dismisses Florida shooting survivors calls for increased gun control.
"Do we allow the children to tell us that we should pass a law that says no homework?"
#Zakharova
: The Normandy landings were not a game-changer for the outcome of WWII and the Great Patriotic War. The outcome was determined by the Red Army’s victories – mainly, in Stalingrad and Kursk. For three years, the UK and then the US dragged out opening the second front
“We have to hold on through this lonely Christmas. We have to hold on through this gray season. The sun is coming; spring is on its way, and with it will come more vaccines, economic recovery, and eventually a return to normalcy.” —
@MollyJongFast
Nearly 300 students from Afghanistan’s Institute of Music have made it safely out of Afghanistan, many of them girls. Great work on the part of everyone who helped make this happen!
This is interesting: A Chinese government-owned company is a major shareholder in Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group (FSG).
FSG is alleged to have been involved in a plan to illegally provide helicopters to the LNA in Libya.
Heart goes out to
@joshscampbell
this week. Josh is a CNN reporter and a Naval Reservist who’s covering two mass shootings in two days at US Navy bases.
President
@GeorgeHWBush
visits troops in the Persian Gulf for Thanksgiving in 1990. Regardless of your party, this was a class act visit. Eating with service members and placing one's support of the troops over partisan political gain.
Much has been made about the US military's renewed focus on Russia.
But at the end of the day, Russia achieved with bots and hackers what it never could with tanks.
Our best weapons are an informed citizenry and a free and independent press.
Utah mayor Brent Taylor, a National Guardsman who was killed in Afghanistan this weekend, wrote this in his last Facebook post.
People risked their lives during elections in Iraq and Afghanistan. Don't take democracy for granted...get out and vote.
Sailors aboard
@TheRealCVN71
cheer CAPT Brett Crozier, who was relieved by Navy officials after a memorandum warning of the effects of
#COVID19
among the ship’s crew was leaked to the media.
Looks like Mueller is slapping another charge on Paul Manafort as well as three charges on Konstantin Kilimnik (formerly “Person A”), a longtime Manafort aide suspected of having ties to the GRU.
Profile of Kilimnik from two days ago:
"Much has and will be written about McCain’s military courage, his patriotism, his famed bipartisanship and his unimpeachable personal decency. His long-standing position on Russia deserves a special tribute."
Wow. Leaked data from the Oath Keepers shows that at least 160 alleged members registered with the militia using official US military or government email accounts.
So I've been hearing a lot of complaints that a parade doesn't contribute to readiness. But what if we all showed up for the parade and people stood on the side of the street giving us flu vaccines? Maybe a booth where I can update my DD93 and SGLI at the end of the march!
Three of our NATO allies just died in Afghanistan.
The only time NATO has invoked Article 5 was in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, and it is the basis for NATO involvement in Afghanistan.
"American intelligence officials informed senators and their aides in recent weeks that Russia had engaged in a yearslong campaign to essentially frame Ukraine as responsible for Moscow’s own hacking of the 2016 election." via
@julianbarnes
@AllMattNYT
“His father gave up everything to escape from communism, an overbearing government, anti-Semitism and the painfully narrowed opportunities that Jews faced in the Soviet Union. Alexander
#Vindman
grew up in Brooklyn, determined to be as American as can be.”
Here’s why recognition of the LPR and DPR matters. Both self-proclaimed republics claim territory currently occupied by the 🇺🇦 Army. If 🇷🇺 recognizes the two, it can claim to be intervening to remove 🇺🇦 and protect the sovereignty of the two republics.
In our interview airing on
@CNNSotu
at 9 am ET, in response to criticism from
@mittromney
that Trump team was willing to accept help from Russia, Trump attorney
@RudyGiuliani
says there’s “nothing wrong” with a campaign accepting help from Russia. Tune in —