#Military

Matt Yglesias is right that gun control is not a great issue for the Dems. But while he emphasizes the optics of the issue, I have a different argument: I
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I know people say video games desensitize us to violence, but:* I can't really watch real people or animals being beaten or even killed. When it's real it's not something
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In the midst of a long @ exchange about the patriotism thang, I think I've hit on my best available explanation for why the left can never win the game
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#Bolivia Lots of questions about whether if this was a coup or not seem to have ended in a part of the international audience accepting it as such because of
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7/ Then, it got real embarrassing. In April 2019, we tried to organize a kind of coup, but it became a debacle. Everyone who told us they’d rally to Guaido
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THREADFor @trapc45I never said this. Your inability to comprehend is making you argue with one of your own hallucinations.The reason you can't comprehend what I'm saying is cognitive rigidity and
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Hi. @abcnews I request a #FactCheck. I sm watching the television and a chap from @ASPI_org is talking about China again.How much of your coverage on China is provided by
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Because of the possible coronavirus exposure from his staffer, Pence chose not to attend Trump's meeting Saturday with military leaders at White House. One of joint chiefs who wasn't there,
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1/ Thanks to friends I was able to read the #Venezuela part of Bolton's book without having to give dime to that cretin. Some quick thoughts on it follow. 2/
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I know I retweeted this once without comment, but now I’m retweeting it again /with/ comment because this thread is a really good stepping off point to really asking yourself
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Listen up. I’m a former Intelligence Analyst for the United States Army, studied/trained in counter insurgency/terrorism, national security and psychological operations.With the #dcblackout, there is some scary stuff we should
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Without my consultation or written approval, I was bornhttps://twitter.com/johncardillo/status/1264594237154361344 I mean I'm being glib but likewhile I've moved left over the years I was never conservative to begin with, things
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Know that this is a war and has been a war on poor people, murdering, disappearing, repressing, and displacing poor people to make room for capitalist expansion. Lagos has been
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1/ If you're not a supporter of Trump, it's time to wake up to the fact that he is doing everything possible to sabotage the vote because he intends to
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If JK3 cared about the climate, he'd divest from fossil fuels.If JK3 cared about healthcare, he'd divest from big pharma.If JK3 cared abt income equality, he'd redistribute his own wealth.If
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In our armament trials we place overmuch stress on issues that are of marginal imp. For MBT ARJUN ATGM firing through gun has become a make or break issue. Whereas
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