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For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. Galatians 5:13
United States Katılım Ekim 2012
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.@POTUS: If our Republican majorities stand up for our priorities, the American people will stand with us. We have to be STRONG. We can't let these THUGS on the other side of the aisle push us around — because what they're doing right now is WRONG.
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Nah I lied, I'm doing one more post. My last tour in Afghanistan was in 2012, COP Connolly, Nangarhar.
Doing some lame advisory mission to an Afghan battalion that couldn't fight itself out of a wet paper bag.
Anyway, it's here I met LTG Dan Bolger. I've never seen a general like him before or since. What do I mean by that?
When he visited my team, he wasn't on some feel good tour. He was on a quest for absolution. I'll be honest, as a young captain it completely shocked me.
He wanted to talk about why we were losing. And he was really REALLY reflective about it. I remember asking him "Well why do you think we aren't winning sir?"
I'll never forget the way his face changed into some thousand yard stare. He says in the most blunt and forceful way possible without skipping a beat "Because we refuse to kill enough, and we've stayed too long."
That shocked me. Because that's the sh*t I've been saying forever along with others. But then I realized he was just like us. Very little difference.
He wasn't in charge of the war. He was largely an observer too. Helpless to do anything about it but reflect on why it was going so poorly.
He was genuine. He was REAL. I did not detect a single subversive vibe from him at all. He was morally injured just like the rest of us.
And he carried it with him the same way. You can't fake that sh*t. So wherever you are General, thanks for being a real one. You are the rarest of exceptions to your peers.

InfantryDort@infantrydort
Blessed be the GWOT era general who admits his faults openly. Humble. Willing to let the country learn from what he failed at. Blessed be that general. Find him for me, so that I may honor his rarity properly. For all the world to see.
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The Senate filibuster—that infamous tool for delaying or killing bills with endless debate—is not in the Constitution. Not a single word.
It started by accident in 1806. Vice President Aaron Burr, while presiding over the Senate, suggested cleaning up the rulebook by dropping the “previous question” motion (a simple-majority tool to end debate that both chambers had used). The Senate agreed, thinking it was redundant.
No one realized at the time that this would create unlimited debate with no easy way to stop it. Prolonged talking marathons emerged in the 1830s–1840s as senators exploited the change to block legislation. Cloture (to end debate) wasn’t added until 1917.
What began as a minor housekeeping tweak became a powerful minority veto that the Founders never designed or mentioned. The Constitution gives each chamber the power to set its own rules—but this one wasn’t part of the original plan.
Thoughts on whether it still serves the Senate well today?

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@SenateGOP You have a 53-47 majority. I'm not interested in blaming the Democrats.
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🚨#BREAKING: The ONLY Republican running for Mecklenburg County (Charlotte NC) District 1 has just dropped out of the race...
...AFTER NOT A SINGLE PERSON WAS ARRESTED FOR FIRING SHOTS AT HIS HOME WHILE HIS WIFE AND KIDS WERE INSIDE!!!!!
Local police CONFIRMED the attack was targeted specifically at Aaron Marin.
Bullet holes can be seen in trees, cars, mailbox, and his kid's basketball hoop. Marin's ENTIRE FAMILY was forced to leave their home and Aaron says they live in, "constant fear." He says his kids no longer even feel safe to play outside.
CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN WHY ZERO MAINSTREAM MEDIA OUTLET COVERING THIS??????!!!!!!
REPUBLICANS ARE LITERALLY BEING SHOT AT AND THERE IS SILENCE FROM THE MEDIA!!!!!!
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE?!!!!!!
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WTH is wrong with you? You don’t come out of a classified briefing and then post on what may have been discussed. You should not be allowed in any more briefings. You’re a menace.
Rep. Nancy Mace@RepNancyMace
Just walked out of a House Armed Services briefing on Iran. Let me repeat: I will not support troops on the ground in Iran, even more so after this briefing.
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