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Sean D. Naylor

@seandnaylor.bsky.social

Co-founder of @thehighside.bsky.social; author of "Not a Good Day to Die" and "Relentless Strike;" previously a staff writer at Army Times, Foreign Policy and Yahoo News; other work in The New York Times and Newsweek.

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E Jones@eofchi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The new reality is that Iran now has control of the Strait & will continue to control it This unprovoked attack for Israel has cost the US enormously: shredded diplomatic credibility & control lost over an essential strategic area, as well as also likely forced the US military out of its Gulf bases

FRANCE 24 English@en.france24.com · 4mo ago

🔴 As part of its 10-point proposal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran is pushing for ongoing control over the vital Strait of Hormuz. Read more in our explainer: https://go.france24.com/TlS

Mike@forbesmm.bsky.social · last wk.

“Ah, an email from the Secretary in the inbox, I wonder what important strategic guidan— oh. Okay.” (made by nine line, because of course it is)

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The High Side@thehighside.bsky.social · last wk.

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The High Side@thehighside.bsky.social · last wk.

Another great endorsement by a paid subscriber to The High Side. A short thread of Amazon Associates links to books by @jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social and @seandnaylor.bsky.social follows. (In other words, buy them here and you help The High Side.) Thanks for your support, Jim.

The High Side@thehighside.bsky.social · last wk.

Yesterday's @nypost.com "exclusive" article about a possible raid to grab Iran's nuclear material nypost.com/2026/07/25/w... cited, but didn't link to, "a report from a report from plugged-in independent outlet The High Side." Our story is here: thehighside.substack.com/p/iran-wmd-r....

Exclusive | US mulls plan to snatch enriched uranium from Iran’s nuclear facilities: ‘most sophisticated op in history’

Special Operations Forces are waiting in the wings near Iran ready to launch the “most sophisticated operation in military history,” which could see thousands of troops on the ground storming nucle…

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randy r. potts@thephatic.bsky.social · 11mo ago

the speed of this is pretty amazing; Moscow's press and major events weren't doing this even 10 years into Putin's rule

Ben Rothenberg@benrothenberg.bsky.social · 11mo ago

More news breaking at Bounces about Donald Trump's visit to the US Open men's final. The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance. Read more here: www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...

Jack Murphy@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 3w ago

I write stuff like this story about a CIA proxy coming off the rails and people totally just shrug it off while raging about MK Ultra or what the fuck ever else as if that even matters at this point. Serious case of vapor lock. thehighside.substack.com/p/extrajudic...

Extrajudicial killing in Kenya reveals CIA's covert role in global counterterrorism operations

Kenya’s Rapid Response Team commandos were sure they had got their man, shooting suspected terrorist Fuad Abubakar Manswab dead as he tried to flee the apartment they had just broken into.

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Jack Murphy@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 3w ago

When people think about the CIA, they exclusively think of the pre-Church Committee CIA as if that is the same agency sixty years later. It's impossible to talk them out of the Oliver Stone shit they were raised on.

Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social · 3w ago

It is telling that the Trump administration refuses to release the OLC memo that serves as the legal permission slip for the boat strikes.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

COONS: Why has 'the most transparent dept' refused to release the OLC opinion that justifies the 66 strikes the military has conducted on boats in the Caribbean that have killed more than 220? BLANCHE: We made the head of OLC available to explain that to you. That's extraordinarily transparent.

Jack Murphy@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · 4w ago

“I don’t think this operation has been done before, even in a training environment,” said the former defense contractor, adding that if the facility itself was buried in rubble, JSOC would probably just completely destroy what remained with explosives rather than try to dig out the fissile material.

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Wesley Morgan@wesleymorgan.bsky.social · last mo.

Good @thehighside.bsky.social report on the “HEU raid” bandied about on TV this spring as if it would be a quick, easy thing. Key: JSOC has trained for versions of this for years—but *not* for a version where the target facilities have been pulverized first. Yet JSOC generals still pushed for it.

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Jack Murphy@jackmurphyrgr.bsky.social · last mo.

New High Side article out today about the JSOC 0400 counter-WMD mission, and the proposed plan to snatch highly enriched Uranium out of Iran. thehighside.substack.com/p/iran-wmd-r...