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Jim Kessler

@ThirdWayKessler

Live free or die.

Washington, DC Katılım Nisan 2011
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Shaiel Ben-Ephraim
Shaiel Ben-Ephraim@academic_la·
I talked to two Israeli sources on why Iranian launches continue to increase, despite US-Israeli claims that they have destroyed almost all of the launchers. Here is what they said: 1) The 90–95% drop in volume claimed by CENTCOM earlier in the month was probably a temporary lull as Iran repositioned its remaining launchers into hardened sites. Independent satellite analysis suggests that a significant portion of the "80% destruction" claimed by the IDF actually hit high-fidelity decoys. 2) Despite fewer launchers, the lethality per strike has increased. Iran's shift to cluster warheads has allowed a single missile to impact multiple locations simultaneously, compensating for the lower volume of launches 3) Iran has successfully set up mobile, underground units able to fire at steady rates. Iran used that quiet period to move their remaining ~100-120 heavy launchers into "Super-Hardened" facilities 4) Iran is utilizing its Zolfaqar and Dezful road-mobile launchers. These units move from hardened tunnels to pre-surveyed launch spots, fire, and return underground in under 10 minutes, often before coalition drones can re-task for a strike. 5) Because these launching units are decentralized, it is very hard for US and Israeli intelligence to get info on them. Israel and the United States do not have an answer to this problem. That is why they are trying escalation on energy sources instead. But that is backfiring.
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Stefanie Feldman
Stefanie Feldman@StefFeldman·
Smart approach by @RahmEmanuel to endorse the Dignity Act immigration/border bill. Says he wld have written parts differently if he had the pen, but he wld work to get Dignity over the finish line. Rightfully acknowledges Biden Admin border failures. 1/ tinyurl.com/cdvmrzna
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Jim Kessler@ThirdWayKessler·
"Illinois delivered a cold shower to the progressive fringe in the Democratic Party. Every winner was a mainstream Democrat. A lesson Democrats always have to relearn is that mainstream beats extreme," I tell @steinhauserNH1 tinyurl.com/2x5s3xmp
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David French
David French@DavidAFrench·
I want to see the military open the Strait of Hormuz as quickly and painlessly as possible. I want to see the Iranian regime collapse and replaced by a democracy. But I can't blind myself to reality. This is not how our democracy should go to war. Trump is not the right man to lead our nation into battle. People I respect applaud Trump for his courage in taking on Iran. But I don’t see courage. I see recklessness. I see thoughtlessness. I see a man who plunged a nation into a conflict without fully comprehending the risks. I see a man full of hubris after achieving success in much more limited military engagements. And he’s now counting on two of the world’s most competent militaries to essentially bail him out. nytimes.com/2026/03/19/opi…
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Jim Kessler@ThirdWayKessler·
Sometimes an event will occur and people will forever remember where they were when it happened. This could be one of those moments. tinyurl.com/5fwc4hxf
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Dan Manatt
Dan Manatt@DanManatt·
@ThirdWayKessler See Jim? It’s not just because I worked for Marty Meehan that I’m annoying.
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Jim Kessler@ThirdWayKessler·
I may or may not have the Siena-Duke game playing in my office during working hours.
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Jim Kessler@ThirdWayKessler·
Do you strongly support Siena over Duke? Somewhat strongly? Or not too strongly at all? #SienaDuke
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Peter Baker
Peter Baker@peterbakernyt·
Denmark took the threat of a US invasion of Greenland so seriously that it sent blood supplies and explosives in January to blow up runways at civilian and military airports in case of attack. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/ac…
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"The Danish military sent explosives and blood supplies to Greenland in January as part of contingency planning for a US attack, as tensions with Donald Trump escalated over his push to take control of the Arctic island." Can't make this shit up. tinyurl.com/9dcy4wnd
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Benjy Sarlin
Benjy Sarlin@BenjySarlin·
Pro-Israel movement deciding to go all-in to stop this guy is real 2010s thinking. They're going to need to carve out space for liberal pro-Israel/anti-war voices to have any hope of containing further left. At this rate, they'll wish they had more Dan Biss types soon.
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Lou
Lou@_iamlougotti·
Who won the March Madness tournament when you graduated High School?? Me it’s North Carolina Tarheels
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