American, Texan, Father, former USAF F-16 pilot & NASA Astronaut. Trying to bring some common sense and happiness down here to Earth. intro.co/TerryVirts
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Remind your Congressmen and Senators- it has been almost 4 months since Trump began his War of Whim against Iran. The War Powers Act requires Congressional approval within 60 days.
They are blatantly disregarding the law and flaunting our Constitution.
Congress- DO YOUR JOB.
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Now that Elon is a trillionaire, I wonder if he would give a little bit of his wealth to help feed the millions of the world's poorest people that he put at risk of starvation when he destroyed USAID?
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Unqualified DNI candidates, cancelling mail-in-ballots, pulling significant US forces out of NATO, etc.
These are not normal; they are deviant, and normalizing deviance led to 2 shuttle accidents at NASA.
Let’s make sure it doesn’t crash our democracy:
substack.com/@terryvirts/not…
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The law that created the position of Director of National Intelligence: "Any individual nominated for appointment as Director of National Intelligence shall have extensive national security expertise."
It seems that Mr. Clayton has no national security experience.
Jun 11
Trump just announced he's going to nominate this Clayton guy to be his new DNI
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We're bombing Iran. We're not bombing Iran.
The only thing we can be sure of is that some folks are profiting off this whiplash.
Jun 11
🚨 President Donald J. Trump on cancelled scheduled strikes against Iran.
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Join me tomorrow June 12th at 3pm ET / 12 pm PT for a live Ask Me Anything: open.substack.com/live-strea…
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SpaceX is much more than a rocket company, and it’s going public tomorrow. Check out my piece on the largest IPO in history: substack.com/@terryvirts/not…
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Jun 9
NASA named the crew for Artemis III today.
Check out my Substack about this exciting mission:
open.substack.com/pub/terryv…
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Jun 7
When I was a fighter pilot we would never have tolerated such thin-skinned whining and detachment from reality.
And yet he is MAGA's idol.
Trump stormed out of his interview with Kristen Welker after she challenged his false claims.
The orange buffoon then launched into a rant about America being a “third-world country” and how Welker, ABC, and everyone else are “crooked.”
What a deranged, weak, pathetic man. Yet MAGA thinks this is what an alpha looks like. Lol.
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"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you."
- Eisenhower to the troops on the eve of D-Day
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82 years ago today American forces joined our allies to invade Fortress Europe on the beaches of Normandy, marking the beginning of the end for Hitler.
Respect and gratitude to those brave men who sacrificed so much to defeat evil.
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SpaceX is going public next week- check out my analysis here:
terryvirts.substack.com/p/sp…
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Almost all of the Neville Chamberlain Caucus (Republicans) joined forces with Ilhan Omar today and voted against supporting Ukraine.
It sure would be a shame if they heard from their constituents about this.
BREAKING: The House of Representatives passed legislation authorizing military aid for Ukraine and new sanctions on Russia.
Eighteen Republicans and Independent Rep. Kevin Kiley joined Democrats in supporting the measure, which was brought to the floor through a discharge petition led by Rep. Gregory Meeks.
The bill passed 226-195. Rep. Ilhan Omar was the only Democrat to vote against it.
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“Normalization of war crimes” is exactly what this administration is doing.
Jun 4
The press scrum around Candace Owens says a lot about the world we live in.
Four years ago, I was facing a Russian death sentence after the destruction of Mariupol. Today, people who have never lived through the war are helping rehabilitate those responsible for it.
The normalization of war crimes should concern us all.
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What it’s like to be in Dnipro today under a drone attack.
youtube.com/shorts/HBdg3kTal… via @YouTube
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Who would’ve thought!? US companies are not paying their taxes now that Trump is allowing them to move profits to overseas tax havens. Shocking.
nytimes.com/2026/05/29/busin… via @NYTimes
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Great news- the House just moved the Ukraine Support Act forward to the next step.
Every single Texas Republican voted against.
I have no idea how they will explain to their grandkids why they support Putin and not Ukraine.
@TXRandy14 @RepBrianBabin
thehill.com/homenews/house/5…
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All but 4 Republicans voted against today's Iran War Powers Resolution.
The GOP stands for:
- Yet another forever war
- Making everything more expensive
- Making the Middle East much more dangerous
- Destroying America's global reputation
cnn.com/2026/06/03/politics/…
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