National security enjoyer. Former head of TSA Public Affairs, DHS Director of Speechwriting, Journalist. Views expressed are mine and correct.
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Why do you think people said that girls have cooties? It’s an acronym COOTIES: Chinese Overseas Operative Trained in Espionage & Statecraft.
They’ve been warning people about spies since childhood.
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Memphis Mayor Paul Young confirming @elonmusk’s statement that Memphis is booming because of the data centers:
“This year was $54 million in taxes generated. Last year about $25 million — it was the second-largest taxpaying property in Shelby County.”
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“You have a responsibility to look beyond your pocketbook.”
I am warning everyone right now, we are going to lose the entire Untied States of America in 2028 if the GOP messaging does not take a 180 degree turn and run in the other direction.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum blames the midterm results on selfish voters who were unwilling to "suffer financially for a higher good": "Nobody likes to do it, but we all suffer." peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch…
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Honestly, if you haven‘t been „warned“, „bashed“ or honeypotted by the Chinese Government and/or the Chinese Communist Party at least once in your career, perhaps you are not so good at your job and should consider doing something lighter and nicer for a living. Like gardening.
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BONES attributed to Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, kept since 1098 in Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, were STOLEN from their reliquary inside the basilica, then DESTROYED.
The suspect, arrested at his home, admitted to SMASHING the display case protecting the reliquary, then stealing its contents, BURNING the bones and CRUSHING them out of a “desire to destroy.”
(Source: L'Est Républicain)
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Can any dune book reader explain why anyone would choose to become a navigator in Dune?
In the world of Dune, navigators are barely human anymore. They spend years immersed in highly concentrated spice gas, causing their bodies to mutate severely until they resemble strange fish-like creatures. So, why would anyone accept such a terrible price?
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Republican groups lost $1.1 billion in midterm Senate races while Democrat groups only lost $12 million, despite spending just over half of that of Republicans, at $677 million.
The massive funding differential between Republicans and Democrats had little impact on the decisions of voters at the ballot box.
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you should not cheat on your wife and you should especially not cheat on your wife with a chinese spy imo
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Did backing the war help candidates?
Not with most voters. 44% said a candidate’s support for the war on Iran made them less likely to vote for that person. Only 13% said more likely.
Democrats were the most opposed (76% less likely). Independents leaned the same way, 43% to 5%. Republicans were the one group where it helped, 32% to 13%, though 40% said it didn’t make much difference.
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Pentagon prepares US military bases for all-out war scenario: 'That world is gone'
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DSA demands new Dem leadership during NYC victory lap after midterms blowout: ‘We’re calling the shots’ trib.al/wSKqeVI
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This is a solved problem with already existing classics:
> Tom Clancy
> Michael Crichton
> Matt Christopher
> Louis L’Amour
> JRR Tolkien
> Isaac Asimov
> Jack Landon
Don’t over complicate it.
Retvrn.
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Oh no, it looks like more CCP Confucius Institutes are back to Canada with different names.
While participating in #CIIE in Shanghai at the invitation of @GAC_Corporate, #uOttawa advanced its international academic network and signed three partnership initiatives:
- Shandong University
- SISU
- China Social Sciences Press
@CanadaTrade
ALT Group of five people standing behind a table with Canadian and Chinese flags.
ALT A signing ceremony scene with five people. Two individuals are seated at a table, signing documents. The table has Canadian and Chinese flags. The background features a red display.
ALT A signing ceremony scene with seven people. Two individuals are seated at a table, signing documents. The table has Canadian and Chinese flags. The background features a red display.
ALT A group of people in formal attire are standing together at an indoor event. They are wearing name badges and lanyards, and some are smiling. The setting appears to be a trade show or exhibition, with booths and signage in the background, including banners and a sign for CIIE.
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JUST IN: Houston police will stop notifying ICE when encountering undocumented immigrants during routine traffic stops.
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“Man, I wish I were doing something exciting right now.”
— Tolkien at the Somme, apparently
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Life Was Unexciting. His Work Is Anything But.
D.J. Taylor’s new book is part biography and part critical study of the writer behind “The Lord of the Rings.” nytimes.com/2026/11/05/books… via @NYTimesBooks
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This seems a strange way to describe someone who fought at the Somme, who lost nearly all his closest friends in battle, who drank the nectar of ancient poetry with C. S. Lewis, who wholly & irrevocably re-invented the fantasy genre.
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Married men ID Republican by 8 pts.
Unmarried women ID Democratic by 24 pts.
Marital status > gender in partisanship: the marriage gap (20 pts) is bigger than the gender gap (12 pts).
NB: This is 2020s GSS data for adults 25-55; we don’t yet have data on marriage from this week’s election.
