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Sometimes it takes a white South African immigrant to prove the American dream is still very much alive

@evefairbanks you are an arrogant imbecile.

This is the most perfectly uncanny piece of AI-assisted writing I've seen--and a great tutorial on how to identify AI text. The OP is a captain! But the tell for AI isn't rhythm, wording, or fact errors. It’s that problems with *all these elements* exist equally & at once. (1/7)

English major gets 1,800 likes on a post accusing a license master mariner of using AI because “it's basically impossible for a modern aircraft carrier's hangar bay to flood dangerously thanks to heeling” You don’t need a master’s license to look at this gif and understand: If a ship makes a high speed emergency turn in 25-foot seas, any compartment not battened down is getting water in it. She is an idiot but of course the real reason for this hit piece is because I said nice things about @PeteHegseth

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Did this post trigger a staffer immune response so severe my phone kept ringing until 2:53 a.m.? Were there veiled threats to tank maritime legislation, strip NDAA provisions I care about, and slow-roll future maritime appointments for friends like @HungCao_VA? Is the Pope Catholic? I owed one staffer who reached out a serious favor, so I moved the post to subscribers only. They call it the Blob for a reason. She didn’t ask for it to be deleted. He definitely didn’t want it deleted. But the message from the powers that be was clear: leave it up, and there would be consequences. Who ordered the takedown? Nobody will say. I could have called out her former boss @SenatorCantwell until the cows came home and absolutely nothing would have happened. But name one mid-level staffer who’s built a fiefdom blocking literal life-saving appropriations at sea? All hell breaks loose, and rogue waves start crashing across the decks. Our elected officials don’t run the Senate. A handful of very powerful staffers do. And guess what? It’s not just the Senate. These staffers are embedded across the administration as political appointees too. That’s the price any new administration pays to get its appointees confirmed, federal judges included. That’s how the Blob reaches into all three branches and touches everything. The worst part? The best staffers get poached by K Street. What’s left behind is a small handful of true patriots (yes, some staffers are excellent), and a much larger group who either stayed behind because they love power or aren’t offered jobs anywhere else.

@RepShriThanedar half ounce Fetus? You know what that is, right? A HUMAN BEING.

My favorite kind of abortion is the kind that's safe, legal, accessible, and none of your damn business to regulate. And no amount of fearmongering by describing what goes on to a half-ounce fetus with no consciousness, self-awareness, or feeling of pain is going to change that.

Backing vocals sung before the main vocal was ingenious 🎤🎸

@bungarsargon White nationalism is not "right" The GOP does not campaign with nazis Charlie Kirk kicked white nationalists out of his events Democrats campaign with Hasan and defend antifa The data is all fake

Read his Manifesto. Cole Allen is @JoJoFromJerz Cole Allen is @mmpadellan Cole Allen is @briantylercohen Cole Allen is @mehdirhasan Cole Allen is @cenkuygur Cole Allen is @keitholbermann Cole Allen is @maddow Cole Allen is @TheRickWilson Cole Allen is @TheDemocrats

🚨 @SECNAV Issues Guidance Putting the Navy Bureaucracy on Notice In the 15 months since @POTUS issued his COVID reinstatement executive order, the lawyers, leaders, and our service branches have attempted to slow-roll, resist, and minimize the response required by @SECWAR. Mr. Hung Cao, has changed all that while putting the resistors on notice with a single - and powerful - message to the force. This message cuts through the bureaucracy in ways we have not seen in many years. While the guidance is great for those harmed, the message serves as a much more significant indicator to the force that Mr. Cao is here to act boldly, to prioritize principle over bureaucratic consensus, and to destroy the status quo. As you recall, the military executed a rapid and herculean effort to discharge service members as quickly as possible over the COVID-19 mandates. Many of those discharged over the COVID-19 mandates were given only days to move out of base housing before being unceremoniously (and involuntarily) discharged. The Institution grants serious offenders (even alleged murderers) months to properly walk through all legal processes so that their Constitutional rights are protected. But for those who could not take a COVID-19 shot, these legal standards and constitutional principles were thrown out the window while the bureaucracy moved at speeds that it had never moved before. After being ordered to reverse these discharges in January of 2025, subordinate military commanders had somehow lost that once readily-available rapid-response capability. Now, 15 months after the reinstatement executive order, the bureaucratically-induced struggle session was finally ended within the Navy by decisive action from Mr. Hung Cao. The services had attempted to minimize restoration to only those who could demonstrably prove they were INVOLUNTARILY discharged for not taking the shot. This meant that only about 8000 service members had the potential of receiving backpay, service credit time, back bonuses, advancements, promotions via special selection boards, or repayment of incurred medical expenses. However, by our estimates over 90,000 service members left “voluntarily” via either coercion, letting their contracts expire, resigning, or being denied requests for reenlistment. If the bureaucracy had their way, none of these individuals would have had access to those additional benefits of reinstatement. For the Navy, Mr. Cao reversed this narrow interpretation, stating that even those who “resigned or departed from service upon the expiration of their service commitment solely due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate” are eligible for these benefits so long as they provide a documented “demonstration of the unjust nature of their discharge.” Mr. Cao then lists numerous ways a service member can prove the injustice. The government added insult to injury in 2021 and 2022 by attempting to recoup bonuses from the service members they were kicking out. I had a friend who had received $70k as a department head signing bonus, except that after denying his religious accommodation, they then refused to allow him to execute his PCS orders to his department head job. They then claimed that my friend was in breach of contract for not executing his orders (which our leaders themselves precluded), and then slapped a $70k debt on him that they sent to collections after he had processed out. The lawyers and subordinate leaders in the Pentagon resisted a reversal of this policy, but again, Mr. Cao is having none of that. In his message he stated that “Service Members unjustly discharged… who were required to repay unearned portions of their bonus, incentive pay or similar benefit upon discharge, and who are NOT seeking reinstatement, may be entitled to discharge of debt.” The Board for the Correction of Naval Records (BCNR) attempted to interpret the guidance from POTUS and SECWAR as narrowly as possible. They issued nearly 100% denials, in whole or in part, of the first batch of COVID-19 reinstatement requests after the executive order. Mr. Cao is not putting up with this narrow approach that directly contradicts commander’s intent. In his message, Mr. Cao has directed that “in reviewing requests for reinstatement and/or relief for negatively impacted current or former service members, the Board for the Correction of Naval Records (BCNR) should EXERCISE BROAD DISCRETION, consistent with references and this ALNAV.” Furthermore, Mr. Cao is holding the BCNR accountable to report their decisions to all proper entities, to the newly established COVID CELL, and to the petitioners themselves. He also stated that any full or partial denial of a COVID-related BCNR request would be subject to review by ASN (M&RA), Mr. @benkohlmann, for final action. Of significance for COVID cases, the BCNR can no longer hide behind long processing times that often extend longer than 18 months. Mr. Cao has directed that the BCNR “provide bi-weekly reports to the DON COVID Reinstatement and Reconciliation Task Force (R2TF) of the status of requests for relief”… which will “include docket number, petitioner’s name, service, current or pre-discharge rank and active or reserve status, discharge date and characterization” and the dates throughout the process for all BCNR actions from petitioner submission until final adjudication. Last, but by no means least, is the care that Mr. Cao is directing our leaders to have for the service members that they had harmed. With the same speed and precision that they were coerced, abused, and discharged, the bureaucracy must now hand-walk each case through the reinstatement process. Mr. Cao directed that “the Navy and Marine Corp will ensure concierge treatment of all current and former service members who seek a return to service and record reconciliation.” He uses the word concierge 4 times in his message to emphasize the importance of the individual care that must be taken with each of our brothers and sisters in arms. He also directed that “this streamlined, expedited process will include a warm handoff at each stage until the reinstated Service Member receives applicable reimbursements, advancement or promotion, and ultimate duty station or reserve unit assignment.” It is not hard to decipher the significance of the concierge treatment during the reinstatement process or why this treatment is so intentionally directed by Mr. Cao. After Biden-era leaders (the vast majority of whom are still in service) violated constitutional rights by participating in rubber stamped denials of thousands of religious, administrative, and medical accommodation requests, the concierge treatment of the very same harmed service members is more than poetic justice… It is an overt demonstration that for the United States Military, just as it is with each individual, true repentance is the only path to redemption.” See the full message here: mynavyhr.navy.mil/Portals/55/Mes…

Gotta love Keith-

@according2_taz I loved Yankee Wally, dear Sadie. May she rest in peace.

I’m really sad to hear that Sadie has passed away. She was a huge voice in the ‘MEGXIT’ crowd under the name of Yankee Wally, not just on Twitter but also YouTube. She became an incredible friend to me through some really awful times, and yet all the while, she was being savagely attacked herself, by people not worth a mention. She was an incredibly funny and witty woman, who made many people laugh including myself. She never cared what anyone thought and spoke true to what she believed. No matter what was thrown at her, she’d still find a way to make others smile. I feel very grateful to having known her. Rest in peace friend, you will be sorely missed and always remembered. ❤️

@bsw_35630 I am so very sorry for your loss.

I am heartbroken, had emergency with our big girl collapsed last night and we went home with meds and this morning, she's gone. My precious girl is gone. I love you sweet girl. RIP Julia Roberts Wigginton 4/29/2026

Super cool.

Plump plums and glossy cherries overflow their bowl as the copper pitcher catches the last warm light, while white daisies lean close in quiet celebration of ripened sweetness and golden hour glow. 🍒🌼

U.S. Route 163 leading into Monument Valley ☁️🌵

Sunlight pouring through the forest canopy turning trees, moss, and air into gold for a fleeting moment of calm.

I so love @mattvanswol

@ellad3vi Alternately, when you claim to be a "socialist" try to insult the Secretary of War's wife for wearing an inexpensive dress people are likely to notice you are petty AND a bit of a hypocrite.

Every South African will understand this… This is what I love most about America