Amateurs talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics. Idiots talk testosterone.
Alagai 🇺🇲🇺🇦
@alagai.bsky.social
Burkburnett to the Bronx to Buffalo. Preserve democracy. Patriot. Retired microelectronics engineer. Grandmother. USAF Brat.
The Populist Left Has a Theory. We’re All About to Test It. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/o...
Opinion | Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right. (Gift Article)
Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.
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Read this. Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Author of Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Says Party Left Out Key Chapter (Gift Article)
A dispute over the chapter between the author and the Democratic National Committee has added to the party’s turmoil as it tries to look forward, not backward.
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Trump fails the A number one criterion I apply to any candidate for President of the United States: do I want that person to have the launch codes
The war in Iran has shown that Trump’s inability to perceive reality has become truly dangerous. Iran is a disaster, but Trump’s irrationality could create other, even more perilous situations. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The war in Iran has shown that Trump’s inability to perceive reality has become truly dangerous. Iran is a disaster, but Trump’s irrationality could create other, even more perilous situations. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s Irrationality Is Dangerous
The president’s recent rant is a sign of serious dysfunction in the Oval Office.
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“That’s not true”. My dad works in one of the largest hospitals in San Antonio, and he even said there were times their ICU was nearing full capacity. What a smack in the face to all the nurses, doctors, and first responders who got us through the worst of COVID.
RFK Jr: Trump wanted to end lockdowns. In Fauci's diary, he talks about how the president was calling him trying to get him to reopen the country BASH: The lockdowns were down by governors K: They cited Fauci B: Govs were hearing from hospitals that their ICUs were overrun K: That's not true
I can tell you right now that the hospital next door to me in New York had its hallways filled with patients, and a refrigerated trailer in back for the bodies.
If I was this stupid and incompetent, I would be out of a job... just saying.
I can’t believe we’re doing another cycle of pretending to have a deal with Iran. This is so stupid.
"Some people act like only way to support universal coverage as a goal is to support Medicare for All, as if anyone who doesn’t back M4A isn’t truly committed to universal coverage. That would surprise the likes of Ted Kennedy, legendary MA Dem senator who was the patron saint of universal coverage"
The ‘Medicare for All’ Test for Michigan Democrats
Haley Stevens wants to move legislation. Abdul El-Sayed wants to move the debate. But first, one of them has to keep the seat blue.
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So much this! It's not trivial. It's illustrative. And - It's relatable. Contrast this with J6ers convicted by juries not only pardoned, but depicted as persecuted by "lawfare".
So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
The White House plan to attract manufacturing businesses with a volatile regulatory environment, new arbitrary taxes (subject to change on a whim), and sending secret police to harass foreign workers has not led to more factory construction in the US. Why didn’t that work? I was told it would work.
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Rocky Balboa Training - Champion Scene
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Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
far and away I think the single most consequential failures of the 20th/21st century environmental movement was going anti-nuclear. to a great extent we literally chose climate change.
sometimes I think about how Germany could have one of the cleanest electricity mixes in the world if they simply didn’t shut down all their nuclear plants
OMG watch this. Pay attention to details too.
I hate admitting how good Iran’s LEGO videos are. The White House wishes they could.
Clarifying to see how a lot of “respect the troops” was always BS. They never meant it, never thought taking on risk for national service was honorable, just saw people serving the country as props, and “respect the troops” as a selective way to try to silence disagreement over foreign policy.
So Trump started the war, then stood over the flag-draped caskets of fallen service members and claimed they all agreed with his decision? That’s not honoring the dead; that’s using them as political props. The families deserve better.
Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18?
The Way We Were - Iconic Scene
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Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18?
Periodic reminder that Ukraine is one of our best allies. Between the intelligence sharing, capability sharing (drones, counter drone systems), and the fact they’re degrading the capability of one of our primary adversaries, anyone rooting against them looks even dumber now.
Everyone at all interested in the Maine Senate race listen to this great convo between Sarah Longwell and a Maine local newspaper man. Much about Collins' appeal, social class in Maine, etc etc app.thebulwark.com/t/media/late...
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but he has no contact with the outside world ...
Good
Love it. Not saying it should pass, but I love it.
Bipartisan ‘BRRRRT Act’ Introduced in U.S. Congress to Keep the A-10 Warthog in Service A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced legislation aimed at halting the retirement of the A-10 until a fully certified replacement is operational. Story: theaviationist.com/2026/07/23/b...
Excellent, detailed article. Yes, the GOP is hideously ideologically opposed to assuring medical care for all. Blame them, get them out of power, and stop blaming Dems perceived as not being radical enough.
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When the president makes statements about the war, they are full of wishful thinking, hyperbole, and outright lies. The public needs to demand the truth from Trump and Hegseth. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The American People Need the Truth About the Iran War
The president and the Pentagon are not being upfront about what has happened in more than 20 weeks of hostilities.
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@johnlaroe.bsky.social maybe check out the actual material someone has produced before going off all half-cocked appropos of nothing about what you think he said.
U.S. Mint Unveils Series Of Gold Coins Commemorating President’s Extramarital Affairs https://theonion.com/u-s-mint-unveils-series-of-gold-coins-commemorating-presidents-extramarital-affairs/