Eclecticity

i used to think of russia as just a normal country having a bad decade. it took me years — and losing a home — to finally recognise a 500-year-old empire in it having a typical century. in my latest essay i explain what and how exactly changed my mind.

At the request of the U.S., Ukraine set up its Sky Map air defense system at Prince Sultan Air Base following the Iranian drone attack a U.S. base in Kuwait, which killed six American servicemen, and after another attack destroyed an E-3 Sentry aircraft in Saudi Arabia. Ukraine's TTPs helped the U.S. shoot down Shaheds ($20,000-50,000) without expending expensive munitions such as the Patriot interceptor ($6-$10 million).

I’m getting lots of Q about the reflecting pool these days, so here’s your view from the sky ✈️

PabloReports: Can I ask you about this $1.7 billion that Trump is proposing from the IRS for January 6th insurrectionists and pardoned fraudsters? Nehls: We had a very corrupt previous administration, so we’ve got to do everything to make it right. The previous administration was very, very corrupt. It violated many people’s civil rights. They have the right to have their day in court.

Mike Johnson: "The president has declared Operation Epic Fury to have concluded, and now we're working on the next project, which is getting the Strait of Hormuz open. We don't expect that to be a warfare activity, so to speak. So we've got to allow the administration time to negotiate these things. I don't think Congress needs to get in the way of the administration."