Retired engineer. Grateful for the American experiment in self-government and rule of law. Long may it last.
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Walter Appling retweeted
Thank you Col.
Jun 13
🚨 SHAMEFUL ERASURE! This corrupt Trump administration ordered the Air Force to scrub the historic achievements of Retired Col. Nicole Malachowski — the FIRST female Thunderbird pilot in 2006! 🔥😡
Pete Hegseth's DEI purge is wiping out documented military history to feed fragile egos. Her legacy is NOT a political slogan — it's FACT! Stop the cover-up!
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Walter Appling retweeted
I wrote that Hegseth is an unserious cornball, but remember, Trump is the least manly president ever to set foot in the Oval Office:
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Walter Appling retweeted
As I said (and this story confirms) Trump is keeping the tarp up.
His spun-glass ego can't handle this. Meanwhile, we're losing a war, gas is still expensive, and some guys are gonna kick each other on the South Lawn. *golf clap*
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The business of AI is facing four harsh realities
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Walter Appling retweeted
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This is really dangerous: an FBI raid on voter registration group ms.now/news/ohio-pro-democra…
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Trump's pending Iran deal is bitter pill for Netanyahu
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It makes sense that a party of postliberals, paranoiacs, and grifters would believe that any election it loses has been rigged against it.
But Trump-era Republicans don’t actually believe that. The mass psychosis that followed the 2020 presidential race remains the exception.
—NC
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Pauline’s Revenge
On the Pratt fall in L.A.’s mayoral race.
—Nick Catoggio
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Walter Appling retweeted
Money matters more than blood.
Jun 13
Just months after Russian drones rained on the city, in Dubai, the Burj Khalifa tower celebrates the filth and squalor of the most disgusting sack of shit country on earth for "Russia Day".
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Walter Appling retweeted
Why does he keep repeating this silliness?
We literally marched into Germany. Soviets has to take the Reichstag.
And the Japanese had to suffer two atomic bombs.
There was no negotiated settlement. They both basically unconditionally surrendered ultimately.
Jun 12
JD Vance:
If you go back to WW2 or every major conflict in human history, they all ended with some kind of negotiation.
Community note
World War II ended with unconditional surrenders by Germany on May 8, 1945, and Japan on September 2, 1945, rather than negotiation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconditi… archives.gov/milestone-docu… nationalww2museum.org/war/topics/end…
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Walter Appling retweeted
RFK never has evidence of anything.
BREAKING: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly has enough evidence to convince any jury in America, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the CIA killed his uncle, John F. Kennedy.
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Trump wasn’t dragged into war by Benjamin Netanyahu. He went willingly because his grandiosity convinced him he would be the man who finally plucked the Khomeinist thorn from America’s side.
Trump was in control of events when the fighting started. But not anymore.
-Nick Catoggio
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Calling the Shots
America loses control of the Iran war.
—Nick Catoggio
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Walter Appling retweeted
Again, I feel the need to mention that Trump has a personal financial stake in a company our Secretary of State is not just promoting but entering into agreements with
Rubio: Proud to launch a new Sports Diplomacy partnership with UFC and grateful to host Dana White for the signing of our MOU.
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I’m reluctant to say that a fantasist as stuporous as the president has been mugged by reality, but the fact that he’s straining to end the war without further hostilities suggests he’s now less deluded about the military’s capabilities than much of his boomer cohort is.
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Walter Appling retweeted
When Peter Navarro makes a crackpot claim that 100% of tariff incidence is paid by foreign countries, the econ profession rightfully mocks him.
When Gabriel Zucman makes a crackpot claim that 100% of corporate tax incidence is paid by shareholders, he gets the Clark medal.
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By tantalizing the White House with concessions on nukes while drawing red lines around Hezbollah, the Khomeinists functionally enlisted Trump as a partner against Israel in protecting their conventional capabilities. — Nick Catoggio
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Finishing the Job
What would that mean in Iran?
—Nick Catoggio
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Walter Appling retweeted
And don’t forget the stock he bought!
Wait, is this for real? Trump spent $60 million of our taxpayer funds to host a UFC fight and then is selling UFC coin to line his family’s pockets. The Trump corruption swamp is a mile deep. cnn.com/2026/06/09/politics/…
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We think authenticity is the fullest expression of individuality, and we’ve lost the ability to identify what actually constitutes authenticity. Some people are authentic fools, or bullies, or narcissists. Defying conventions for attention is not authenticity, it’s play-acting
JG
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