@TrueSlazac Lefties love to act like they have the moral high ground, but their ideology is genuinely just fueled by hate. They hate anybody perceived to have more than them, in this case, landlords
@ChuckPfarrer I am a Hegseth hater, but this is a total misrepresentation of what happened. The new policy is that they won’t wear their rank on their uniform in an effort to make them more approachable to all ranks
As a good rule of thumb, if you actually
want to promote meritocracy and foster a warrior ethos, don’t fire one of the most capable leaders and warriors we have.
Here are some of the facts about Gen CD Donahue’s storied Army career. Hegseth is forcing him to retire with no explanation, sending shockwaves through the Army and Special Ops community where Gen Donahue is widely respected.
* Commander of Delta Force in Iraq and Syria during the ISIS fight
* Led the mission to capture the Benghazi planner in Libya
* Ordered to secure the Kabul Airport after a chaotic withdrawal; returned order to the airport; arranged for hundreds of evacuation flights saving tens of thousands of lives; was NOT in charge of security at Abbey Gate where Marines were in charge of securing that entrance to the airport where 13 Americans were killed by a suicide bomber
* coordinated military aid to Ukraine after the Russian invasion and knows more about lessons learned on the Ukraine battlefield and advances in drone warfare than any senior officer in the US military
* led humanitarian aid efforts as head of 82nd Airborne from post at Ft Bragg during NC floods two years ago
* stint as head of US Army Europe cut short and will require presidential waiver not to lose 4th Star and retirement benefits after Secretary Hegseth forced him to retire early, having not had his 4th Star for the requisite 3 years. He was 18 months into current assignment.
If you are asking “Why push back against anti-datacenter efforts?” I consider it a tragedy that anti-nuclear efforts largely strangled nuclear power in the US based on vibes, and I don’t want to see that happen to AI. Public opinion matters, and it shouldn’t be ceded unchallenged.
If you are asking “Why should I support AI efforts at all?” I believe we are in the midst of a transition more vibrant than the industrial revolution. Opinions formed a couple of years ago about the uselessness of AI are no longer valid. Millions of people and organizations are getting great returns from using it, and the demand for data centers is the market responding to the value signal. That is how progress is made!
@rwlesq Idk, we teach basic math, we teach reading comprehension, we teach research skills - education can definitely improve but at a point, some students just don’t care and won’t learn
@johnhawkinsrwn If you wanted to be 100% selfish in promoting US interests, the smart thing to do is to keep USAID. Foreign spending creates soft power that is used to advance our economic and military interests.
@KenGardner11 I would also like to see a Rubio presidency, but my concern is that if Trump is still alive, he will still have power over the party and will prevent an R prez in 2029 from reversing all of his stupid decisions, we may need a D to openly clean this up
REPORTER: What's stopping Iran from down the road rebuilding and restarting their nuclear program?
JD VANCE: First of all, they would have to get a lot of money in order to rebuild their nuclear program
@atrupar Iran is objectively stronger than they were in February - the Trump administration has made the world less safe by starting and failing to end this war
@mattyglesias Im genuinely shocked Trump had the courage to publicly sign a deal so objectively worse than the JCPOA - It makes sense he wouldn’t do it with the Iranians, but even a video of this surrender is crazy