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Jason "Red5" Lyall

@jaylyall.bsky.social

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Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Diversity and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 9h

This is amazing!!!

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gretared @gretared.bsky.social · 11h

Tone does the work, color gets the credit feat. @jaylyall.bsky.social

Sketch of a winter wonderland of a snowbound stream with a fence in front

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 14h

"I've got 88 problems but Spelling'S not one of them"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Pete Hegseth's nameplate during today's cabinet meeting featured an unfortunate error.

(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 14h

Amen to that! Here’s another

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 14h

Scenes from my backyard winterland #VermontZen

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Pete Hegseth's nameplate during today's cabinet meeting featured an unfortunate error.

(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 16h

Whatever comes out of them, today's talks in Moscow are a diplomatic all-time low for the US. Incompetent, mercurial envoys trying to reset relations w one of the worst regimes in the world at the expense of the victim of unprovoked aggression and the security of America's best allies in Europe.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 17h

It's giving late-Brezhnev era vibes

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 17h

Trump appears to be sleeping as Sean Duffy talks during his Cabinet meeting

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 17h

Trump appears to be sleeping as Sean Duffy talks during his Cabinet meeting

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ reporting that Hegseth did give the spoken order to "kill them all" on the 2 Sept double-tap strike

"A Defense Department official on Monday provided a similar account to The Wall Street Journal and said Hegseth was the “target engagement authority,” the key figure who authorized the strike."

White House Defends Hegseth Over Strike on Alleged Drug Boat That Killed Survivors

An admiral who ordered the strike acted under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s authority, the White House press secretary said.

www.wsj.com

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 1d

The best time to get rid of Pete was at his Senate confirmation. The next best time is now.

Black Cloud Six @blackcloudsix.bsky.social · 1d

Tom Nichols (@radiofreetom.bsky.social) lays waste to the Crusader-tattoo wearing, PT log toting, fat shaming, beard hating, rules-of-war breaking, drunken (accused) murderer who squats at the head of history‘s most powerful military.

Gift article:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now

A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.

www.theatlantic.com

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Black Cloud Six @blackcloudsix.bsky.social · 1d

Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now

A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.

www.theatlantic.com

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 1d

probably sounds better in the original German

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

I assume she means everyone who isn’t white.

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 1d

“Combat decisions”

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

I assume she means everyone who isn’t white.

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 1d

That bump you just heard was ADM Bradley being thrown under the Trump bus

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

REPORTER: Does the administration deny that that second strike happened, or did it happen and the administration denies that Hegseth gave the order?

LEAVITT: The latter. Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes. He worked well within his authority and the law.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 1d

“we failed a veteran” is the ultimate story here and if I were a soldier currently being asked to do war crimes on Trump’s behalf I would consider this instructive

Suspect in National Guard attack struggled with 'dark isolation' as community raised concerns

Emails obtained by the Associated Press show that the Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House had been unraveling for years.

www.latimes.com

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, served in a CIA-backed Afghan force unit, known as the “Zero Units.”

His unit mate said Lakanwal sought help from a CIA program designed to aid unit veterans.

Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 1d

"There is more than a tinge of anti-intellectualism in the perception that social sciences and humanities have a negative effect on officer candidates"
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...

The U.S. Naval Academy Needs Civilian Faculty

Civilian faculty help provide midshipmen with a well-rounded education.

www.usni.org

Brian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social · 2d

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 2d

"So far this year, about one million of the three million Afghans living in Pakistan have been deported or forced to return to Afghanistan, a country where many have never lived and where jobs and affordable housing are scarce amid a worsening humanitarian crisis"

Fed Up With the Taliban, Pakistan Expels Masses of Afghans

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 2d

SOURCES: Michigan State is firing head coach Jonathan Smith, @theathletic.com has learned.

He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).

MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d

Exhibit A for the war crimes tribunal

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Devon Heinen @devonheinen.bsky.social · 4d

NEW via @washingtonpost.com:

"#DC police to begin patrolling with #NationalGuard after fatal attack
If enacted on a long-term basis, the change would significantly shift the way National Guard troops have worked with law enforcement in DC since their arrival."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...