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Keep Calm and Load Sabot

@FoggyBottomLine

Politics, Economics, and Other Silly Things. Old Army photo does not mean the US Army or Department of Defense endorses the opinions expressed here.

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John Podhoretz
John Podhoretz@jpodhoretz·
@davidaxelrod so maybe you should be calling your friends on the Democratic side of the aisle and excoriating them for keeping DHS unfunded. Just a thought. You seem to think this is happening like it's a natural disaster.
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David Axelrod
David Axelrod@davidaxelrod·
Really hard to blame TSA agents for bailing. They have to feed their families. So when you get to the front of the security lines, don't take your frustrations out on THEM, even if they're grumpy. The folks who are still on the job deserve our profound thanks. And paychecks!
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Keep Calm and Load Sabot@FoggyBottomLine·
Here's a clip from our latest podcast on the Iran War about US strategic failure and the need for a diplomatic solution, even though we'll get worse terms than we would have without the bombing.
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Keep Calm and Load Sabot@FoggyBottomLine·
The comments on my contribution suggest that some of ya'll don't know what "progressive" means. It's not about "gender lobotomies" on kids, whatever that is. It's also not about castrating effeminate boys or letting male sex offenders in a room with female inmates. It's about breaking the corporate power that's made a few people rich (including Congresscritters through insider trading) but most of us poor. It's about fighting for racial and gender justice. It's about protecting workers from wage slavery. It's about making sure we don't go to war just because someone gets offended or to make defense contractors richer than they already are. But keep on thinking that trans athletes are the real problem.
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Keep Calm and Load Sabot@FoggyBottomLine·
@Noahpinion @ScottGreenfield You might find that Dems are unpopular because they are not progressive enough. Too corporate, too pro-Israel, refusing to fight as hard as MAGA Republicans for their values and policies.
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@elonmusk Why don't you go back to South Africa and fix things there? This is your advice to other immigrants, after all.
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Elon Musk
Elon Musk@elonmusk·
No voter ID, especially when combined with mail-in ballots, means the system is engineered to make fraud impossible to prove. Everyone knows that you can barely get through your week without showing ID for the most banal activities, like shopping at Costco. The only reason to ban ID is to hide massive voter fraud.
Katie Miller@KatieMiller

The reality is there's mass amounts of cheating in our elections. Just because there's an engineered lack of data, does not mean there isn't data to the contrary. The new CBS/YouGov poll shows that 80% of Americans support Voter ID including 80% of black Americans & 77% of Hispanic Americans. Yet why is it that Congress seems so intractable to wanting to pass a such a popular policy?

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Keep Calm and Load Sabot@FoggyBottomLine·
Trump has started yet another war in the Middle East, and it looks like it may come back to haunt him politically. @ElectionYoda and I break it down in the latest Two Crusty Old Combat Soldiers with a Microphone episode. youtu.be/NPra1-joS4w
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Freedom Firefly
Freedom Firefly@FreedomShe36668·
This should be a wake up call to the US citizens and politicians that were opposing an attack on this regime. This is what they are doing at their weakest point, imagine what would've happened if they were given a chance to improvs their ballistic missile capabilities and develop nuclear weapons. #ThankYouTrump#ThankYouNetanyahu
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Faytuks Network
Faytuks Network@FaytuksNetwork·
Iran has directly or indirectly attacked 15 different countries or their military forces: – 🇮🇱 Israel – 🇺🇸 United States (bases) – 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates – 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia – 🇶🇦Qatar – 🇰🇼Kuwait – 🇯🇴 Jordan – 🇮🇶 Iraq – 🇧🇭Bahrain – 🇴🇲Oman – 🇸🇾 Syria – 🇨🇾 Cyprus – 🇫🇷 France (Camp de la Paix, UAE) – 🇮🇹 Italy (in Kuwait) – 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (in Cyprus)
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Keep Calm and Load Sabot@FoggyBottomLine·
Foggy Bottom Line Media delivers sharp, fact-driven political analysis for serious, engaged Americans—liberal, conservative, and independent—who care about how democracy actually works. Hosted by R. Stanton Scott and election expert Scott Konopasek, the podcast cuts through election misinformation, voter fraud claims, gerrymandering debates, the SAVE Act controversy, voter suppression tactics, and the mechanics of U.S. elections with real-world experience and historical context. From presidential elections and voting machine security to voter roll purges, campaign strategy, constitutional norms, and threats to democratic legitimacy, Foggy Bottom Line offers civil but unflinching conversations grounded in data—not conspiracy. If you’re looking for thoughtful political commentary, election integrity analysis, and serious discussion about the future of American democracy without partisan hysteria, subscribe and join the conversation at Foggy Bottom Line Media. Latest episode on YouTube here: youtu.be/RLxtsIpsE8I #Elections #Politics #ElectionFraud #electionsecurity #votersuppression #voting
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Mila Joy
Mila Joy@Milajoy·
When was the exact moment in America when everything started going downhill? I say when Barack “Barry” Obama was elected.
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Keep Calm and Load Sabot@FoggyBottomLine·
This week's episode of Two Old Combat Soldiers with a Microphone is up on YouTube. Check it out and don't forget to subscribe! Trump and his team complained so loudly about a stolen 2020 election, hundreds of his followers stormed the Capitol to stop the Electoral Vote count, causing a riot that led to deaths on both sides and demonstrated that MAGA supporters quite happily refuse to comply with law enforcement instructions. They demonstrated a willingness to use violence against law enforcement officers if necessary to protect their understanding of their rights. The Harris campaign conceded peacefully, and no one on the left has violently protested the election result that made Trump President again, but that doesn't mean some on the left don't question the result. Many liberals might rather believe Trump stole the election than believe that so many Americans wanted him back. Scott and I briefly discuss some of the claims made by both sides, and then discuss why the possibility of changing the result of a US election by interfering with voting machines or mailed ballots is close enough to zero that it might as well be zero. He shares his decades of experience and training to let viewers know more about how election systems work, why they're not vulnerable to the hacking (a word we both hate in this context), and why we can trust the results, even when we lose. This doesn't mean a faction can't influence the results on other ways. Next week, we'll dig into what that might look like, including an analysis of the SAVE Act. youtu.be/syLfGKy7Whg
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Keep Calm and Load Sabot@FoggyBottomLine·
The first episode of Foggy Bottom Line Media's "What (the) Right Looks Like podcast show is up on YouTube. To kick it off I read and comment on Army Orientation Fact Sheet #64, a discussion guide on fascism printed by the US Army in March 1945. Future shows will feature analysis of the right wing movement using primary sources like videos, essays, reports, and policy documents. Check it out and let us know what you think. youtu.be/dix6Z_I8FGk
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Mickey Kaus
Mickey Kaus@kausmickey·
Pretty amazing how Trump turned the Epstein scandal, mainly a Democratic scandal (Clinton, Mitchell, RIchardson, Ruemmler, Hoffman etc.) into an issue that may help the Democrats in the midterms.
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All of this. See our podcast on the subject: youtu.be/RERkM0amMjI?si…
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Gene Trevino@GenoVeno73

LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT If you value facts, pay attention. 1) As of January 2026, 35 states require voters to present an ID containing a photograph in order to vote **AT THE POLLS** on Election Day. The remaining states do not require voters to present ID in order to vote **AT THE POLLS** on Election Day. But EVERY STATE requires some form of verification to vote **DURING REGISTRATION.** EVERY State has voter registration processes that establish a voter's identity and eligibility before Election Day either through presenting an ID during registration, or through the DMV, or through the Social Security Administration, or some other method like passports. 2) BOTH the Illegal Immigration Reform & Immigrant Responsibility Act and 18 U.S.Code § 611 state that it is unlawful for a NONCITIZEN to vote in federal elections. According to the Brennan Center For Justice: Voter fraud, and fraud incident rates, are between 0.0003% and 0.0025%. Non-citizen voter fraud accounted for 0.0001%. 3) There's a federal resource data base implemented in 1987 administered by U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services, called the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (or SAVE) for the purposes of verifying that voter registration applicants are citizens. SAVE was originally intended to verify eligibility for government benefits, such as Medicaid. SAVE is not a database of people who are U.S. citizens, but it will show a person's immigration or citizenship status. 4) According to the Heritage Foundation regarding election conduct, as of October 2024, their data shows only 77 confirmed cases of noncitizens voting from 1999-2023 (about 3 per year on average). That's 77 noncitizens voting in the span of 24 years. A study conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice found that out of 23.5 million votes cast across 42 jurisdictions in the 2016 general election - there were approximately only 30 instances of noncitizens casting votes. 5) The National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993 ordered states to register voters at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and agencies where Americans apply for public benefits — and those offices are REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW to hand over registration forms along with application papers. Meaning, a noncitizen cannot simply register to vote without going through the process and being discovered and vetted. 6) This NVRA system automatically registers eligible U.S. citizens to vote or updates their existing registration when they apply for or renew a driver's license, instruction permit, or state-issued ID card through the Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV). NVRA registration *ONLY* occurs if the applicant provides DMV with documentation affirming U.S. citizenship (U.S. birth certificate, passport, or naturalization certificate) during the license application or renewal. DMV reviews the documents from current and previous transactions to verify this. If no such proof is provided, the applicant's information is NOT forwarded to the Secretary of State's office for voter registration. _________________________________ ALL OF THIS to simply say — voter fraud is extremely rare and non-citizen voter fraud is practically non-existent. That's not to say it never happens. But that IS TO SAY that it happens on such a minuscule scale that it would never effect the outcome of ANY election. With that said.... The SAVE Act is just Trump's and Republicans attempt to influence upcoming elections with their scare tactics and immigrant boogeyman. It's a voter suppression bill and voter intimidation/influence attempt. And the very fact that they are trying to pass the SAVE Act before the November midterms only proves this point.

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Keep Calm and Load Sabot@FoggyBottomLine·
This week's episode of Two Old Combat Soldiers with a Microphone is now up on the Foggy Bottom Line Media YouTube Channel. This is the first in a series of shows covering US elections, how they work, and whether we can be confident that they are secure. Thanks to @ElectionYoda for sharing his expertise on this! Check us out, subscribe, and let us know what you think. youtu.be/RERkM0amMjI
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DonkConnects ♻️™@donkoclock·
BREAKING: MAGA in full meltdown mode over this Super Bowl ad 😡 It would be a shame if you shared it and it went Viral 💙💙💙 Drop a 💙 for the bravery of Epstein survivors!
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There is an excellent chance that the cameras were not deployed for enforcement because of the two-hour delay. Flashing Wink-O-Matic lights and the existence of a camera does not mean the camera is turned on. In the event someone made a mistake and deployed them despite the delay, it's very easy to void any tickets issued during that two-hour period, either before mailing or before payment is made. They can also refund payments made if not caught in time. Of course, if you don't speed through a school zone you don't have to worry about it. So slow the heck down.
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Tim Anderson
Tim Anderson@AssocAnderson·
Speed camera shenanigans
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