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Evangelical Christian. Husband. Father. Impatiently awaiting unconceived grandchildren. Reagan conservative. Proud constitutionalist dissident. Geezer. Curmudgeon. Cat daddy. Charter 12. I "bash" everybody.

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Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 14d

"To ensure that America's best days are ahead, we must apply the timeless principle of liberty to the challenges of the 21st century." www.freedomconservatism.org/p/freedom-co...

Freedom Conservatism: A Statement of Principles

To ensure that America's best days are ahead, we must apply the timeless principles of liberty to the challenges of the 21st century.

www.freedomconservatism.org

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 3m

"Russia may begin to mobilize members of Russia’s active reserve on a rolling basis to sustain its combat operations in Ukraine." understandingwar.org/research/rus...

Warning: The Kremlin is Preparing to Mobilize Reservists on a Rolling Basis to Fight in Ukraine for the First Time

Russia may mobilize active reservists gradually to sustain its war in Ukraine but is unlikely to launch a large-scale call-up.

understandingwar.org

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 7m

"The Kremlin removed some restrictions on using Russian reservists in combat, allowing the Kremlin to employ reservists in its war in Ukraine." understandingwar.org/research/rus...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 13, 2025

The Kremlin removed some restrictions on using Russian reservists in combat, allowing the Kremlin to employ reservists in its war in Ukraine.

understandingwar.org

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 11m

"The ceasefire agreement does not address key outstanding issues between Hamas and Israel, such as Hamas’ disarmament, a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and future governance in the strip." understandingwar.org/research/mid...

Iran Update, October 13, 2025

Hamas and Israel have continued to implement the October 9 ceasefire agreement, published by ISW and AEI's Critical Threats Project.

understandingwar.org

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 16m

"[T]he boys are likely to succeed on their religious discrimination and free speech claims, as the School Board’s actions constitute textbook violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments.” www.nationalreview.com/corner/loudo...

Loudoun County Defends Its Indefensible Decision | National Review

The public school district in Virginia, which suspended boys who protested the presence of a girl in the boys’ locker room, is not backing down.

www.nationalreview.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 20m

"The only question about [Red] China’s dangerously dominant position in the rare earth market — which it first briefly weaponized against Japan in 2010 — is how and when it uses it." www.nationalreview.com/2025/10/chin...

China’s Rare Earth Dominance Must End | National Review

Ending the West’s dependency on China in this area will be expensive, but it is a price that we will have to pay.

www.nationalreview.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 23m

"The Georgia congresswoman has been increasingly restless with Trump. What does it mean for MAGA’s future?"

Nothing. She's expendable, just like everybody else in MAGA.

The Leader is all. That's how authoritarian personality cults work. www.thebulwark.com/p/what-is-go...

What Is Going on Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Brain?!

The Georgia congresswoman has been increasingly restless with Trump. What does it mean for MAGA’s future?

www.thebulwark.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 27m

"[H]ow Trump has broken every source of resistance that once held him back — from corporate America to Congress — and why cowardice, fear, and fatigue have left him acting untouchable." www.thebulwark.com/p/they-stopp...

They Stopped Fighting. Now Trump Thinks He's Untouchable.

Sam Stein and Sarah Longwell take on how Trump has broken every source of resistance that once held him back — from corporate America to Congress — and why cowardice, fear, and fatigue have left him a...

www.thebulwark.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 30m

"Glenn Beck’s bizarre claim that FBI agents showed up at his house to 'investigate Antifa,' and the [MAGA] fantasy world that takes him seriously." www.thebulwark.com/p/three-fbi-...

Three FBI Agents Walk Into Glenn Beck’s Living Room...

Tim Miller, Sam Stein, and Will Sommer take on Glenn Beck’s bizarre claim that FBI agents showed up at his house to “investigate Antifa,” and the right-wing fantasy world that takes him seriously.

www.thebulwark.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 33m

"[T]he immigration fallout, the absurd smear of the 'No Kings' protests, and cracks forming in the MAGA world as Trump’s tactics backfire."

Eh, I'll believe that last part only when I see it.

And even then, it could be A.I. www.thebulwark.com/p/tim-miller...

Tim Miller: Cracks May Be Appearing in Trumpworld

Tim Miller joins MSNBC to talk about the immigration fallout, the absurd smear of the “No Kings” protests, and cracks forming in the MAGA world as Trump’s tactics backfire.

www.thebulwark.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 35m

Nothing happened to "true conservatism," @jvl.bsky.social. It's the same Reagan/constitutional conservatism that it's always been.

It was simply betrayed and abandoned by the Republican Party in favor of Trumpie neo"progressive" fascism.

And you know it. www.thebulwark.com/p/elian-gonz...

Elián González, Trump, and What Happened to “True Conservatism”

Toward a quantum theory of politics.

www.thebulwark.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 40m

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 44m

“MAGA may be fine with this. But we liked it when America was a magnet for Nobel laureates, not a place they wanted to flee.” www.lemonde.fr/en/science/a...

'Let's defend science against anti-knowledge efforts'

OP-ED. Echoing the American protest movement against Donald Trump's policies, a collective of prominent French figures is calling on citizens and scientists to join the 'Stand up for Science' movement...

www.lemonde.fr

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 58m

"Living [forcibly] in the world the [dictator] dreams up." www.thebulwark.com/p/is-he-lyin...

Is He Lying or Crazy? Does It Matter?

Living in the world the president dreams up.

www.thebulwark.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 1h

"Pete Hegseth’s proposed restrictions would harm the people whom both the military and the press are meant to serve." www.thebulwark.com/p/locking-do...

Locking Down the Pentagon Press Is Dangerous

Pete Hegseth’s proposed restrictions would harm the people whom both the military and the press are meant to serve.

www.thebulwark.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 1h

"News outlets including the Associated Press, CNN, the New York Times....NPR, Reuters, the Washington Post, and the Washington Times [and even state propaganda hacks like Newmax] refused to agree to the [Trump]agon’s new press policy." www.axios.com/2025/10/14/p...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon's new press rules

The Pentagon said reporters would need to sign a pledge committing to its rules in order to maintain their press credentials.

www.axios.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 1h

The White House officially made lumber, cabinets, and furniture even more expensive than it had made them already.

Remember: Only Democrats raise taxes. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/b....

www.nytimes.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 1h

"Russia launched 96 drones on Monday night, striking central Ukraine and the city of Kharkiv, injuring an undetermined number of people." www.kyivpost.com/post/62022

Russia Bombs Kharkiv Hospital Area, Injures Civilians, Launches 96 Drones Across Ukraine

Russia bombed Kharkiv late Monday, hitting a hospital area and injuring civilians, as air defenses battled a massive overnight drone attack involving 96 UAVs across Ukraine.

www.kyivpost.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 1h

"Netanyahu was not in attendance." www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Netanyahu declines invite to peace summit in Egypt because of tonight’s Simchat Torah holiday

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www.timesofisrael.com

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Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 1h

"[T]he agreement is the opposite of victory.” www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Member of Netanyahu’s party to boycott Trump’s Knesset speech, arguing his deal is an ‘illusion’

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www.timesofisrael.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 1h

"Hamas has killed at least 33 people in the Gaza Strip since Friday, reportedly in an effort to secure the region in the event the ceasefire collapses." www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Hamas said to kill over 30 Gazans as terror group moves to reassert its grip on Strip

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www.timesofisrael.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 1h

Remember the good old days when the first cardinal rule of handling terrorists was that you did not negotiate with them, because that just encourages, incentivizes, and begats more terrorism?

Good times, good times. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1....

Trump and world leaders meet in Egypt on future of Gaza as Israel celebrates return of hostages

President Donald Trump departed Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, after meeting with world leaders at a summit to discuss the future of Gaza. In an address to Israel’s Parliament to celebrate the ret...

www.washingtonpost.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 1h

"As [regime-enforced anti-vaxxism] grow[s], some practices see value in working with shot skeptics, rather than refusing to treat them."

i.e. "First, do no harm" -even if the patient is determined to harm themselves AND others. thedispatch.com/article/pedi...

How a Pediatrician Earns Trust in a Time of Vaccine Doubt

As vaccine fears grow, some practices see value in working with shot skeptics, rather than refusing to treat them.

thedispatch.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 2h

"The DO[R] has turned into Donald Trump’s boutique law firm. Does the attorney general care?"

No.

As Super Chicken used to say to Fred the Lion, "[She] knew the job was dangerous when she took it."

In Bondi's case, it's only dangerous if she *doesn't* do it. thedispatch.com/article/pam-...

How Much Humiliation Will Pam Bondi Endure?

The DOJ has turned into Donald Trump’s boutique law firm. Does the attorney general care?

thedispatch.com

Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 2h

"North Koreans are fighting alongside Russians, and so are Cubans. Here is a story from RFE/RL (our combination of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty). How do Cubans wind up in Ukraine? RFE/RL reports on their recruitment, shining a light on dark corners." www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukr...

Who’s Recruiting Cubans To Fight In Ukraine? A Travel Agent In Provincial Russia For One.

Thousands of Cubans have been recruited to travel to Russia—and many have ended up fighting in Ukraine, possibly under false pretenses. A 41-year-old, multi-lingual travel agent from Russian provincial city is among those involved in a shady recruitment network, Systema found.

www.rferl.org

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Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 2h

"The evil that Russia and its allies are perpetrating on the Ukrainians cannot be summed up in one story. But if it could, this might be it." english.nv.ua/amp/ukraine-...

Former POW loses his child in overnight Russian attack - video

A man who recently returned home after three years in Russian captivity was severely injured in Russia’s mass attack on Zaporizhzhya, his seven-year-old son was killed, local media outlet wrote o...

english.nv.ua