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Patrick Simpson

patrickLSimpson

#TrumpRussia #MoneyLaundering #Resist This is just the beginning of the story of Ed Lozansky and how he has.....infiltrated our political system.https://thesternfacts.com/how-one-man-influenced-the-republican-partys-transformation-into-the-

Tom Nichols

RadioFreeTom

So, here's the thing. The "mission" is "prevent the use of nuclear weapons against the United States." The problem is endless scenario planning about warfighting use, which is ludicrous but

J.D. Morancy

solarrsystem

So it’s time to talk about living on the planet Venus, but in the most unconventional way: cloud cities in its upper atmosphere. I'm going to talk about Venus as

Bilal Hafeez

bilalhafeez123

I’ve just got to 2,000 followers on Twitter. Not 200K, not 20K but 2K. Not a great result for six years. But at least I have expertise on how to

David Mullins

pdavidmullinsjr

1) How Russian Intelligence May Have Initially Ensnared Michael FlynnTime permitting, I will be posting a thread this afternoon detailing the subtle enticements that may have initially led Flynn astray.

Medal Men

medal_men

Today would have been my Oma’s 103rd birthday. She was a Nachrichtenhelferin des Heeres or “Blitzmädel” - Army Signals Auxiliary. Here is a thread on her service in WW2 @DanHillHistory

Mujib Mashal

MujMash

1. "DOHA, Qatar — They are here to end their fathers’ war."On both sides of negotiations with Taliban are nearly a dozen children of men who played key roles in

Eddie Van Halen Stan Account ⛏

EnverVanHalen

The dictatorship of the proletariat is the power of the working class estabished after a socialist revolution. It must have its aim be the building of socialism. Socialism isn’t a

Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ

CalibreObscura

Why open source images can be rather revealing to arms ID nerds:South of #Kirkuk: ISIS targets "gatherings of Shiites" with a rather new mortar, rather similar to existing Yugo-derived designs.

Michael McFaul

McFaul

A great conversation with @NPRKelly just now helped me crystallize some thoughts on Russia and the West. In the spirit of twitter, written without nuance. Comments welcome. THREAD 1/ Conventional

Ram

SocialChartered

Today's thread is on Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict. Lets go. Before we go into the conflict, have a look at this map of Transcaucasia or South Caucasia where this is happening. The

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/7Very interesting piece on the gradual and imperfect transition (“GDP adoption in China was an experimental – and ultimately unsuccessful – process of translation”) in China from the Soviet-invented Material

Zach Weinersmith

ZachWeiner

Some morning thoughts on space politics:So, whenever I post something about the Moon landings being almost entirely a political move, I get lots of (polite!) people telling me that of

#rebuildtheworld

d01230oom

Part 2 - High Altitude WarfareThe high altitude atmosphere makesLadakh an inhospitable and sparsely populated land, yet one that Pakistan/China has sought tocontrol. During the Kargil War. The Indian Army

Matthew Petti

matthew_petti

HISTORY THREADThis is Monte Melkonian, the strangest, most interesting man of the late Cold War.His story took him from suburban California through the Vietnam War, the Iranian Revolution, the Lebanese

Stephen Schwartz

AtomicAnalyst

OTD in 1961, the Soviet Union tested the largest-ever thermonuclear bomb—a 50-Mt RDS-220 (originally designed for 100 Mt). The device, later dubbed "Tsar Bomba" in the West, was dropped by