Ken Palla

Online Security Specialist-personal views

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

What a disgrace if this came from Trump post.

[Maj. (Ret.) Richard Ojeda @Ojeda4America]

As a Retired US Army paratrooper, pictures like these hit hard. Trump never had the courage to pick up a rifle and man a post when he was called to serve.

Yet he has the nerve to promote AI pictures like this showing him wearing things like Parachutist badges, and rows of ribbons he never had to courage to obtain. Anyone who has ever served should be pissed at garbage like this.

His father paid a doctor’s note so he wouldn't have to serve. But remember that for every one of the draft deferments, someone else had to go in his place.

A pure disgrace.

[Maj. (Ret.) Richard Ojeda @Ojeda4America]

As a Retired US Army paratrooper, pictures like these hit hard. Trump never had the courage to pick up a rifle and man a post when he was called to serve.

Yet he has the nerve to promote AI pictures like this showing him wearing things like Parachutist badges, and rows of ribbons he never had to courage to obtain. Anyone who has ever served should be pissed at garbage like this.

His father paid a doctor’s note so he wouldn't have to serve. But remember that for every one of the draft deferments, someone else had to go in his place.

A pure disgrace.

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

I am sure this is the type of story DoW does not want to get out. Shows poor organization.

[Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes]

Navy families evacuated from Bahrain face "uncharted territory" amid bureaucratic confusion: One active-duty Navy spouse said the family fell into a gap in the military’s evacuation policies and has paid nearly $40,000 out of pocket. https://t.co/wg1c5fIMJQ

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

Very sad day at the Stars and Stripes. They lost their independence. What is DoD thinking?

[Lara Korte @lara_korte]

Today, I was informed that the Department of Defense is firing me for insubordination after I told a CBS reporter that I work for Stars and Stripes – not the Pentagon, not any administration, and not any policy maker.

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

This response is political nonsense.

[Sean Parnell @SeanParnellASW]

"Open Letter to Our Stakeholders" by @StarsAndStripes Military Deputy to the Publisher Captain William Urban

"We may never be able to have the same impact for our service members digitally that our paper had during World War II in a vastly different media environment, but I also believe that we can do better—that we must do better for our most important constituency, the men and women who make up the U.S. Armed Forces.

My vision for the future of Stars and Stripes is simple: More eyeballs on our content and more impact on our service members while maintaining the highest standard of professional journalism with the credibility that comes with editorial independence."

https://t.co/rAQTQVPlmQ

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

Just like what the scammers do.

[Forbes @Forbes]

Israel’s Palantir Rival Is Selling $1 Million Spy Vans To U.S. Cops

Cognyte, which sells technology to snoop on phone locations largely in Israel and Europe, is making inroads in America by tricking out trucks with spy tech.
Read more: https://t.co/WOIz1DZduY

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: CNN just aired a devastating montage of all the times that Donald Trump accused others of using their public office to make money. Donald Trump's net worth has almost tripled since he took office. Everything he accuses others of is an open admission.

[The Lead CNN @TheLeadCNN]

Jake Tapper's 10-minute report on how Trump's fortune has exploded since he returned to office, and that only captures part of the full picture

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

@SpencerGuard what about in the West Bank?

[John Spencer @SpencerGuard]

To be very clear: reality is very different from the rhetoric. The IDF takes extraordinary measures to mitigate civilian harm in Lebanon. In fact, as in Gaza, it employs more civilian harm mitigation measures than any military in past or current operations.

The IDF issues evacuation warnings through multiple channels including text messages, phone calls, voicemails, flyers, radio, television, and social media. It operates dedicated civilian harm mitigation cells, tracks civilian presence through drones, cell phone data, and other ISR capabilities, and uses rigorous targeting processes that include legal reviews and proportionality assessments for any planned strikes. Legal reviews at lowest tactical level, and with the ability (which happens often as well as command decisions not to strike based on all context) to override commander decisions, unlike any other military.

In southern Lebanon, these measures are particularly effective because civilians can move away from military objectives and active combat areas.

Even in Beirut, the IDF has repeatedly provided warnings identifying specific buildings that will be struck and when. The warnings have proven so reliable that Lebanese citizens and journalists have set up cameras in advance to record the strikes. When targeting Hezbollah senior leaders, command meetings, or other military objectives in densely populated areas such as Dahiyeh (the Hezbollah controlled neighborhood of Beirut), the IDF relies on precision-guided munitions, small diameter munition (warheads with less explosives), and other low collateral damage munitions, detailed intelligence, and other methods designed to limit collateral damage while achieving the legitimate military objective.

There is also no equivalency. Israel does not intentionally target civilians. Hezbollah is a U.S.-designated terrorist organization whose strategy includes deliberately attacking civilians. Hezbollah launches rockets, missiles, and drones at civilian communities in northern Israel (daily, despite any cease fires), targeting homes, schools, businesses, and civilian infrastructure.

One side conducts legal reviews, proportionality assessments, civilian warnings, and precision strikes against military objectives. The other is a international designated terrorist group that intentionally places military assets among civilians while deliberately targeting civilians.

[Garry's List @garryslist]

In 1960, California’s Master Plan built the greatest public university system on earth with a simple division of labor: community colleges for access, Cal States for broader competitive range, UCs for PhD training and frontier research.

Then came the 2022-2027 Multi-Year Compact.

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis https://t.co/AuRuruC5rO

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

@FrankLuntz it sounds like you believe this.

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

Insider reporting from an unnamed White House official says the Iran deal is “95% done.”

The remaining 5% of negotiations are focused on Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz and turning over all nuclear material.

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

Just dumb

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Most green-card applicants will need to go abroad to apply for permanent residency at an American consulate, rather than filing from within the U.S. as they do now, the Trump administration announced Friday. https://t.co/mTQSCLMRUK

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

Way to go Eva!

[Eva Velasquez @ITRCCEO]

This recognition is a testament to the impact of the entire @IDTheftCenter team.🗽 I am honored to be included in this year’s @okta's Identity 25 list and to continue providing a voice for those impacted by identity crimes. Full press release here: https://t.co/1ZYYCJKAqF

[U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops @USCCB]

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Just War Doctrine.

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

It is not about the open border. It is about taking Hispanics and other, who have not committed crimes, off the streets and deporting them

[CSPAN @cspan]

Border czar Tom Homan, to question on Trump feud with Pope Leo XIV: "I'm speaking for myself, a lifelong Catholic. I wish they'd stay out of immigration…If they understood the atrocities that happen on an open border, I think their opinion would change."

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

There just has to be a dumb idea every day and here is the one for today.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said customs officials could stop processing international travelers at major US airports in 'sanctuary cities' that have declined to cooperate with the Trump administration's hardline immigration crackdown https://t.co/bsWEw5aY9Q

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

ICE releases Army soldier’s newlywed wife arrested at military base - ABC News. ###Actions like this removal make the Republican Administration look so wrong. https://t.co/sRZKhpOoed

[Ken Palla @PallaKen]

So smart on the part of the UK. Too bad the US skipped this lesson.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

DW: Ukrainians bring a lot of expertise in UK. They are showing the British how they operate drones.

"Our partners have a certain understanding of drones, but they have not encountered them. They don't fully understand how drones affect the battlefield, how intense it is.” 1/

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

The first astronaut in history to speak French while en route to the moon — Canada’s very own @astro_jeremy 🇨🇦