Aaron Anderson
@scsugrad99.bsky.social
Foreign policy enthusiast and supporter of the post-WWII international security order. Baseball, hockey, and college wrestling fan. Proud SCSU alum.
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The Winding Road- Chase Noseworthy cover
YouTube video by Piper Anderson
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My daughter, Piper Anderson (violin), performing with the @shenandoahu.bsky.social CONTEMPO. She's really talented created/arranged the violin part to fit the music. Take a listen and subscribe to her YouTube for more!
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Always projection.
“Even more ironic about conservatives’ accusation is that *their own movement* has a much more extensive and documented history of paid protesting, agitation, and faux civic engagement.” www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Why conservatives think anti-ICE protesters are being paid
Explaining the Right is a weekly series that looks at what the right wing is currently obsessing over, how it influences politics—and why you need to know.
When Republicans are facing a public ...
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January 25, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Always projection.
Sending Bovino out there to do damage control is definitely a choice.
BASH: You said he wanted to 'massacre law enforcement.' It doesn't like like that
BOVINO: I believe the fantastic training our law enforcement partners have prevented any specific, ahhh, shootings of law enforcement. So good job by our law enforcement in taking him down before he was able to do it
BOVINO: I believe the fantastic training our law enforcement partners have prevented any specific, ahhh, shootings of law enforcement. So good job by our law enforcement in taking him down before he was able to do it
January 25, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Sending Bovino out there to do damage control is definitely a choice.
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MN Gun Owners Caucus: "Despite widespread speculation regarding intent, there has been no evidence produced indicating an intent to harm the officers. We are calling for a full & transparent investigation by both state & federal authorities."
HT @javimorillo.bsky.social
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January 25, 2026 at 1:32 PM
MN Gun Owners Caucus: "Despite widespread speculation regarding intent, there has been no evidence produced indicating an intent to harm the officers. We are calling for a full & transparent investigation by both state & federal authorities."
HT @javimorillo.bsky.social
gunowners.mn/press-releas...
HT @javimorillo.bsky.social
gunowners.mn/press-releas...
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"The Republican position now appears to be that you have a constitutional right to openly carry a gun in public, unless you do so while expressing a view that the government dislikes, in which case the secret police can shoot you to death on the spot" - @mjsdc.bsky.social
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This is one of the better pieces I saw today. But that’s because the theme is very similar to me as well.
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January 24, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"The Republican position now appears to be that you have a constitutional right to openly carry a gun in public, unless you do so while expressing a view that the government dislikes, in which case the secret police can shoot you to death on the spot" - @mjsdc.bsky.social
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AOC on Noem's lies: "They are asking you to give up your belief in your own senses and instead hand over your belief to anything they say ... look at it for yourself and what you will see is an innocent man being executed in the street."
January 24, 2026 at 11:02 PM
AOC on Noem's lies: "They are asking you to give up your belief in your own senses and instead hand over your belief to anything they say ... look at it for yourself and what you will see is an innocent man being executed in the street."
The federal government just executed someone for exercising his 1st and 2nd Amendment rights.
A DHS statement claimed “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers” with “a handgun” in the Alex Pretti shooting incident. A Bellingcat analysis of the footage appears to show that a gun was taken away from where Pretti was situated by an agent just before the first shot was fired.
January 24, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The federal government just executed someone for exercising his 1st and 2nd Amendment rights.
Narrator: He indeed could not, explain his healthcare plan.
Q: Can you explain how your healthcare plan will affect premiums?
TRUMP: It's a tremendous thing. It's called the great healthcare plan. And we're gonna get tremendous, uh, reductions through, uh, if you look at prescription drugs, they're gonna come down by numbers that have never been seen before
TRUMP: It's a tremendous thing. It's called the great healthcare plan. And we're gonna get tremendous, uh, reductions through, uh, if you look at prescription drugs, they're gonna come down by numbers that have never been seen before
January 19, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Narrator: He indeed could not, explain his healthcare plan.
history may not repeat, but it sure does rhyme
1/ Donald Trump isn't the first person to be given someone else's Nobel Prize medal. The last recipient of an unearned Nobel medal was none other than Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, at the instigation of Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM
history may not repeat, but it sure does rhyme
This is Putin's greatest dream...create derision within the NATO alliance.
NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies about Arctic security.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:02 PM
This is Putin's greatest dream...create derision within the NATO alliance.
good
Breaking news: Aldrich Ames, the CIA officer whose spying for Moscow was the most damaging breach in the agency’s history, reportedly causing the deaths of at least 10 recruited CIA or allied intelligence agents, died at 84.
Aldrich Ames, most damaging CIA traitor in agency history, dies at 84
He reportedly caused the deaths of at least 10 recruited CIA or allied intelligence agents.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:05 AM
good
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I can't believe we're getting The Stupid Bush Administration
January 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I can't believe we're getting The Stupid Bush Administration
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No, no one, me included, expects this to work. But we don't even try. We just yell at Democrats & pretend they can Do A Magical Unicorn as the minority party, exercising control of exactly <zero> institutions of the federal government. It's maddening. We can't focus as a country. Just incredible.
January 3, 2026 at 6:51 PM
No, no one, me included, expects this to work. But we don't even try. We just yell at Democrats & pretend they can Do A Magical Unicorn as the minority party, exercising control of exactly <zero> institutions of the federal government. It's maddening. We can't focus as a country. Just incredible.
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From Bob Woodward’s “Plan of Attack,” about the Iraq war:
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
From Bob Woodward’s “Plan of Attack,” about the Iraq war:
Hey @nytpitchbot.bsky.social, they beat you to both sides this!
Democrats in Congress on Saturday raised constitutional concerns and said that the Trump administration had misrepresented its goals in Venezuela, while Republicans cheered the operation that resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
Trump Did Not Seek Congressional Authorization to Capture Maduro
Democrats raised constitutional concerns and said the Trump administration had misrepresented its goals in Venezuela, while most Republicans cheered the action.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Hey @nytpitchbot.bsky.social, they beat you to both sides this!
This is why I tell people that toppling a regime is relatively easy for the US. It's putting the country back together that's difficult, b/c all of the factions -- even ones who supported the US effort -- fracture and pursue their own interests. Those interests don't always align to the US position.
Our military and intelligence pros are good at what they do. However, they rely on elected officials to insure that the policies they execute are wise. It remains to be seen. Our initial forays into Iraq and Afghanistan were impressive as well, but it is the longer run picture that matters.
Trump said President Maduro and his wife were placed on a ship, the USS Iwo Jima, to be taken to New York, and that they were removed from Venezuela by helicopter.
“They went by helicopter, a nice flight. I’m sure they loved it.” he told Fox & Friends.
“They went by helicopter, a nice flight. I’m sure they loved it.” he told Fox & Friends.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This is why I tell people that toppling a regime is relatively easy for the US. It's putting the country back together that's difficult, b/c all of the factions -- even ones who supported the US effort -- fracture and pursue their own interests. Those interests don't always align to the US position.
Spot on
Maduro is bad, his government has been bad, that’s not the point. There are multiple bad state leaders in the world.
The point is whether removal by force makes things better.
Whatever the goal—drugs? migration? conditions in Venezuela?—destabilization could make things worse.
The point is whether removal by force makes things better.
Whatever the goal—drugs? migration? conditions in Venezuela?—destabilization could make things worse.
January 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Spot on
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So like…now what? Is there a plan here exactly for what happens when you decapitate a government overnight?
Or is this just the “Jesus take the wheel” school of military planning?
Or is this just the “Jesus take the wheel” school of military planning?
January 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
So like…now what? Is there a plan here exactly for what happens when you decapitate a government overnight?
Or is this just the “Jesus take the wheel” school of military planning?
Or is this just the “Jesus take the wheel” school of military planning?
What's a little ethnic cleansing among friends?
Trump: "I heard that number today -- half of Gaza would leave. I've always said it. I said if they were given the opportunity to live in a better climate, they would move. We're helping the people of Gaza a lot. So is Israel, by the way."
December 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What's a little ethnic cleansing among friends?
And at the time, Italians were considered to be the bottom rung of people. As evidenced by Martin and many others changing to Anglo last names.
Who’s going to tell him that he was watching a show starring the sons of 2 immigrants?
December 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
And at the time, Italians were considered to be the bottom rung of people. As evidenced by Martin and many others changing to Anglo last names.
Completely expected, but good to have research data helping support what we always knew to be the case.
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
December 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Completely expected, but good to have research data helping support what we always knew to be the case.
If we were to provide Ukraine with the support they needed through the end of 2026, I think Russia would have to back down. Their economy is on the precipice of disaster.
Putin meant for this to be a show of strength but anyone who has been paying attention will see it for what it is: an act of desperation.
Time to double down on support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia; and relegate Putin to the ash heap of history alongside his beloved Soviet Union!
Time to double down on support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia; and relegate Putin to the ash heap of history alongside his beloved Soviet Union!
December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If we were to provide Ukraine with the support they needed through the end of 2026, I think Russia would have to back down. Their economy is on the precipice of disaster.
My daughter, Piper Anderson (violin), performing with the @shenandoahu.bsky.social CONTEMPO. She's really talented created/arranged the violin part to fit the music. Take a listen and subscribe to her YouTube for more!
youtu.be/0jBqGHGQHKw?...
youtu.be/0jBqGHGQHKw?...
The Winding Road- Chase Noseworthy cover
YouTube video by Piper Anderson
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My daughter, Piper Anderson (violin), performing with the @shenandoahu.bsky.social CONTEMPO. She's really talented created/arranged the violin part to fit the music. Take a listen and subscribe to her YouTube for more!
youtu.be/0jBqGHGQHKw?...
youtu.be/0jBqGHGQHKw?...
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."