Of course advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period
So are we still more upset about Diverse, but qualified, yet presumed unqualified hires, than DUI hires?
(Asking for anyone who cares about US National Security)
Pete Hegseth needs to go for the safety of the United States & the allies that we still have.
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So the Republican Party has historically blocked:
-Paid sick leave
-Paid family & medical leave
-Universal childcare
-Universal pre-K
-Expanded Child Tax Credit
-Programs to support reproductive health
And they're wondering why more people aren't having children?
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Serious question. Kristi Noem was pictured with a Rolex in El Salvador, and got 3k in cash stolen.
She has been on a govt salary for years.
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There’s a term in psychology called habituation: the way we stop noticing things we see often. A painting on the wall. A familiar view. Even a person’s kindness.
The brain filters the predictable to save energy. But in doing so, it risks filtering out what makes life feel full.
Not everything that becomes familiar should be forgotten.
Sometimes, attention is an act of love.
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I don't know if anyone at Substack sees things this way, but the task they have cut out for themselves is to create a profitable business that supports a patronage economy. The big, team-written Substacks operate differently, but I think that for most of us, we don't want readers to think like customers. I know that once my paywall goes up, I won't offer much of a value proposition at $5/month when there is so much content online that you can read for free. Or you can pay $20 and get a great ebook by a known author, as opposed to my 4,000 words and a few photos. Realistically, I am looking for readers who will tip me on recurring basis just because they like the cut of my jib. $5 won't even buy a gallon of gas in LA these days, but throw enough tips into the jar and maybe I can devote enough time to writing so that I can keep you entertained reliably and consistently.
Therefore, Substack's core business is to play broker between writers and reader-patrons. They're part of a new patronage economy, a democratized version of the old institution of aristocratic patronage, that includes Kickstarter, Patreon, Buy Me a Coffee and Ko-fi, all of which work toward a similar goal. They will only make money doing what they do if they can convince a lot of people that supporting content creators is not the same as shopping for laundry soap.
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There's another Hegseth scandal, senior military officials told me
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