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Retired officer, USAF; retired support contractor @ DOD; now just busily retired! Liberal Democrat. News junkie. Refugee from Post News.

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Antifa expert flees US for Europe after death threats: interview

Mark Bray, a US university professor and expert on the loosely organized left-wing Antifa movement says he has fled the country after receiving death threats, amid President Donald Trump's crackdown o...

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Local military families turn to food pantries as government shutdown enters day 9

The Armed Services YMCA Food Pantry in Harker Heights has seen a 34% increase in military families seeking assistance since the government shutdown began.

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Plenary Power: The Final Step in Trump’s American Autocracy

How the Insurrection Act could become the 21st-century Enabling Act, with six justices and the GOP standing by…

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Kaye and I had dinner last night with a fellow resident of Falcons Landing who had a personal tie to GEN McArthur - motivating me today to listen again to McArthur's most famous speech: Duty, Honor, Country. McArthur's message is as relevant today as it was in 1962: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lafP...

DUTY HONOR COUNTRY

YouTube video by West Point - The U.S. Military Academy

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October 10, 2025

All of President Donald J.

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Another 'No Kings' Protest Against Trump Policies Planned In Reston

A second round of "No Kings" protests will include events along the sidewalks of major streets in Reston and Herndon.

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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

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Update from the war zone in Portland.

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We’re All Socialists — But Only Trump Acts Like a Communist

As Americans lose faith in capitalism, Trump’s economic nationalism looks less like free enterprise and more like state control…

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Musk's Tesla Faces New Probe Into Crashes Involving Self-Driving Feature He Boasted About

The new investigation covers 2.9 million vehicles.

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The Latest iPhone Feature Will Actually Make You Safer Against Scams — If You Turn It On

This iPhone update is actually useful, but you need to turn it on yourself.

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Satire (But it could happen!)

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Trump Rallies Angry Supporters Outside Nobel HQ in Oslo

“If you want to win the Nobel Peace Prize, you’ve got to fight like hell.”

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Trump Says Some People ‘Don’t Deserve to Be Taken Care Of’ During Shutdown

President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that some federal workers “don’t deserve to be taken care of” during the ongoing government shutdown, signaling that his Administration is open to denying b...

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Ukraine's long-range drone strikes are punishing the industry fueling Russia's war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is facing a gas shortage and has tapped into its "rainy day" diesel reserves.

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Indicting People Who Lied to Congress Would Overcrowd Prisons, Experts Warn

The result would be mass incarceration on an unprecedented scale.

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