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I try and not ask for help in boosting. But please boost this. I am still reaching out in good faith that he prides himself on a kind Senator. But sending me an email weeks after I sent a heartfelt one, timed just after @realJeremyCarl withdrew his nomination with a literal request for me to follow Curtis on X, is rapidly changing those priors. @SenJohnCurtis please reach out to me. We can still fix this relationship.

@Williamfrie1 @SandyofCthulhu Happy to be mistaken, but my reading and such indicate the British had the first 'effective' tank and used it at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Not dunking on the French, their martial reputation has been unfairly maligned in pop culture, for sure.

@uptick222 @SandyofCthulhu The first effective tank were French and the oldest air force is also the French one

The British built the first true aircraft carrier (Argus). They built the first battleship (Dreadnought). They built the first useful torpedoes (Austria made some earlier, but they sucked). They built the first torpedo boats. They built the first destroyer (admittedly for sale to Spain). They built the first battle cruisers. They built the first torpedo plane. They created the first depth charges. They were the first navy to sink an enemy ship with an air-launched torpedo. They showed the Japanese how to attack Pearl Harbor by doing the same thing to Taranto in Italy. They invented radar (after which the USA ran with it). All dust in the wind now I guess, like Carthage.

This kind of bravery is why there is a concerted op against her from many “sides”. It is why anyone associated with her office is smeared. It is easy to get grifters and low iq types on board even within the admin based on bullshit. It’s almost as easy for the kind of intelligent and experienced powers that want her out to get the good but busy smarties on their side as well via somewhat more complicated ops and whisper campaigns. She’s one of the key people at higher levels actively trying to expose and push for the actual reform of the deep state in the admin that the voters wanted. And she needs to be given more power and support, not less.

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@MedievalScholar Lithuanian, wasn’t familiar with it, thanks for posting.

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Hey, @AGPamBondi, is this what the "most pro-Second Amendment Justice Department" should be doing?

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Every single assessment about morality, progress and possible outcome of the Iran war I read is 100% correlated with whether the author likes or hates Trump. It's pretty annoying

And THIS is where it was when it crossed the plate. Which is why it was called a strike. Sorry, I can’t let it go. 😁

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@TimothyEveland 1600s, the combination of stabbing and slashing with needed movement, with firearms deployed makes for the most complex manual of arms.

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