Some thoughts from me on the latest AI security testing farrago substack.com/@ciaranmarti...
Control. Ownership. Perspective.
Three lessons from the latest AI cyber security testing problems
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Kori Schake
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Leads AEI’s foreign and defense team, author of The State and the Soldier, contributing writer at The Atlantic. 2025-2026 Kissinger Chair at the Library of Congress. Californian. https://www.aei.org/profile/kori-schake/
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump administration has detained more than 50 spouses, parents of US troops in immigration crackdown, AP review finds. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/mili...
AP Exclusive: Trump's immigration crackdown has detained more than 50 military spouses and parents
An Associated Press investigation reveals that President Donald Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops.
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"The Army has used up 'virtually all' of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, raising concerns about the military's readiness for future conflicts"
EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about th...
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I was recently in DC. I can't begin to tell you how offensive it is to see the NG deployed there. www.npr.org/2026/08/04/n...
A veteran was detained by the National Guard in her front yard. Now she's suing
Military veteran and D.C. resident Anna King has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the Idaho National Guard, saying three guard members assaulted her while detaining her in front of her home.
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The U.S. committed to it in the 1778 treaty with France, in 1780 treaty with the Dutch Republic, and supported Russia’s First League of Armed Neutrality.
Goldstein@goldstein.latinsky.app · 2d ago250 years? Really? What was the first time the US committed to freedom of navigation? (Sorry, I'm a trivia nerd)
💯 He was the model for Courtney Massengale in Once An Eagle.
Zach Dorfman@zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 2d agoMacArthur did not care about the lives of the people serving under him. it was all for his own glory.
If enacted, would overturn 250 years of American commitment to freedom of navigation.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump on Strait of Hormuz tolls: "If anybody is gonna charge, we'll charge. We have total control." (Trump moments ago said he's negotiating with Iran to reopen the strait ... )
The fact that the stated goal of the solicited ideas is to "pressure and punish Iran" further goes to show what I've been saying all along: this admin sees the path to victory purely in attritional and punitive terms. 1/2
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 3d agoA senior officer in US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) intelligence branch emailed a broad group of military analysts seeking “new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran.” A second source indicated a similar request went out the prior week.
Great suggestions for you, @hoosierhomer.bsky.social, from @giselledonnelly.bsky.social, author of Empire Imagined —>
Giselle Donnelly@giselledonnelly.bsky.social · 3d agoWayne knows. Francis Jennings (Ambiguous Iroquois Empire,The History and Culture of Iroquois Diplomacy, etc.) should be taken with a grain of salt, Daniel Richter (The Ordeal of the Longhouse, Beyond the Covenant Chain), Timothy Shannon (Iroquois Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier), and more.
“Chopin, played simply, devastates the heart.” Thank you, @philklay.bsky.social
Phil Klay@philklay.bsky.social · 3d agoI love Louise Erdrich so much.
Def. Sec. Pete Hegseth promised it "would be the most transparent administration ever.” As the US-led war against Iran enters its sixth month, the offering to the public is less information about the conflict and its direction, even as the costs continue to mount. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
Trump administration calls itself the most transparent. Yet few details of the Iran war have been shared.
The Trump administration is offering the public less information about the Iran war and its direction, even as the costs continue to mount.
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2 AUGUST 1776, PHILADELPHIA: “The declaration of independence being engrossed and compared at the table was signed by the members”: Most Signers of the Declaration of Independence sign it today. Benjamin Rush describes the atmosphere as a “pensive and awful silence.”
When you are defeated in the sense of “unable to achieve your goals” but not defeated in the sense of “unable to continue military operations” then you are perpetually “headed for defeat” until you decide to end it. That’s how you get forever wars.
Gen. Alexus Grynkewich sent written notification to senior Pentagon officials saying that without another Navy destroyer he will be forced to choose defense of the United States “homeland” over that of Israel, reports @DanLamothe wapo.st/4fQywc5
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New profile picture found, @simonjones.bsky.social!
Simon Jones@simonjones.bsky.social · 6d agoProtective visor to prevent eye injuries submitted by Drs. Landret & Polack, evaluated February 1917. Recommend for field trials & adopted. I believe that this is Aron Polack modelling it. Source: www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/media/FR...
The issue here isn't the Reflecting Pool (which seems trivial). The issue is the President ordering his subordinates to arrest and prosecute an innocent man on completely fabricated pretences in order to cover for his own corrupt contracting deal.
AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 5d agoThe US Justice Department dropped its case against a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, saying the hurried renovations ordered by President Donald Trump had been botched. ➡️ u.afp.com/SrvP
This Ukrainian comment on the US handover of leadership of the Security Assistance Group is quietly devastating. The US is now so unreliable as a partner for Ukraine that it is better for Washington to step back from leading this military support effort. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
The planner in CENTCOM that had been forgetting to add the word “decisive” to the CONOP slides this whole time.
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whether it proves “decisive” depends on the results; more bombing unlikely to change the deadlock.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 5d agoUS Central Command (CENTCOM) has prepared a large-scale operation in the form of a decisive two-week bombing campaign should Trump choose escalation to break the deadlock in the Middle East, two sources confirmed.-NYP
Don’t lose sight of how insane and destructive to US interests this Greenland thing is.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoGRUBER: I made a prediction that before you left office, Greenland would be under our operational control. TRUMP: You'll be right. They want to do something. Greenland is important from our standpoint, not theirs. You should make that bet.
That Scouting is allowing its policies to be dictated by the Pentagon should be an embarrassment to its leaders apnews.com/article/scou...
Scouting America drops diversity initiatives from event after pressure from the Pentagon
One of Scouting America’s biggest gatherings has eliminated dedicated spaces for gay youth, women and scouts of color as the organization faces pressure from the Pentagon to pull back diversity effort...
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Faced with a more transactional and unilateral presidency in Washington, western nations are forging new partnerships to steward the US-led world order through geopolitical turbulence. How America’s allies can preserve the West | @wdjames.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/notebook/how...
How America's allies can preserve the West
Faced with a more transactional and unilateral presidency in Washington, western nations are forging new partnerships in an effort to steward the US-led world order through a time of geopolitical turb...
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@wsj.com has been excellent in tracking Trump administration corruption.
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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The German government is working on a plan on what to do if regions vote in extreme-right AFD governments which may not allow NATO troop movements or may otherwise want to impede defence policies and Russia deterrence. www.n-tv.de/politik/Sorg...
Sorge vor AfD-Wahlerfolgen - Bund arbeitet an Nato-Notfallplan
Im September werden in Sachsen-Anhalt und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern neue Landtage gewählt. In Umfragen liegt die AfD klar vorn. Die Sorge vor einem Wahlerfolg führt in Berlin laut einem Bericht zu konkre...
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Broke: Civil Service Woke: Troops to Teachers Bespoke: Troops to Truck Drivers.
Rudman's image of DOD as an "avaricious shark" that "slurps up" IC capabilities is gonna live in my head for a long time.
Zach Dorfman@zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 6d agoDeclass 9/11 documents are incredible: "DoD is an 'avaricious shark' and tries to grab everything it can," said former Senator Warren Rudman. "DCI Tenet is very frustrated by it but will not say so publicly. The 'giant sucking sound' is the sound of DoD 'slurping up IC functions,'" said Rudman."
Bad news: The 30-year Treasury yield hit a 19-year high today. 🚨🚨🚨 America's going to have to pay more for its colossal debt, which will soon hit $40 trillion. Interest already tops $1T a year and is growing rapidly. Latest GOP/WH plans would increase the deficit. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Treasuries Jolted as Fed Hold Trims September Hike Bets
US bond traders lowered their expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its next meeting after officials kept their benchmark steady on Wednesday, while 30-year Treasury yield...
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In 2026 so far, the Trump admin has bombed: —Iran—14,000+ strikes; 1 JSOC mission —Somalia—strikes on 66 days —Caribbean/E. Pacific—31 strikes —Iraq—strikes on 26+ days —Syria—strikes on 18 days —Arabian Sea—9 strikes —Nigeria—strikes on 3 days; 1 JSOC raid —Venezuela—strikes on 2 days; 1 JSOC raid
Wesley Morgan@wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 7mo agoYear-end tally of Trump admin combat actions in 2025: —Yemen—1,000+ strikes* —Somalia—140+ strikes, 1 ground raid** —Syria—78+ strikes, 3 ground raids*** —Iran—3 B-2 strikes —Iraq—1 strike —Nigeria—1 set of TLAM strikes —Caribbean—11 strikes —Eastern Pacific—20 strikes —Venezuela—1 known CIA strike