Russ Read

National security enjoyer. 1st place in Dixie Classic Fair art contest 2001. Views expressed mine alone.

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

By decree of his excellency General George Washington, commander in chief of the Continental Army, on this July 4th, in honor of our Independence Day:

Americans are to refrain from all blackpilling, squabbling, complaining and mogging (exceptions made for mogging Europeans).

All good citizens shall be expected to be merry, patriotic, andof a general happy temperament.

Criticism of size and quantity of fireworks displays, aircraft flyovers, and food and alcohol consumption shall not be accepted and offenders will be shot.

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

Blows my mind that we discovered a nearly limitless source of power 75 years ago and there are still people who say no thanks.

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

This is just sad.

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

This is exactly what happened in South Africa ten years ago.

It starts with private security (now a major business in SA) and ends with neighborhood compounds surrounded by barbed wire fences.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

The Paris police have advised shopkeepers to hire private security ahead of tomorrow’s large street protests and expected looting.

They say they can’t be everywhere

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

@Glenn_Diesen If they can make you think twice about family affection they can make you do anything.

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

To those who seek to create positive change in Cuba - now is the time.

The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete partnership with the CIA.

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

This is action is indistinguishable from North Korea.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: UK police arrest 15 y/o boy, seize his devices, & collect his DNA after he posted photo of a local politician edited to look like a rabbit.

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

@Polymarket Yookay doing their best North Korea impression.

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

Why would praying over a world leader ever be perceived as an insult to the Pope unless the Pope sees himself as in conflict with said world leader?

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

NEW: A group of Catholic bishops prayed over President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday, 12 days before the midterm elections, at a meeting organized by an official at the Heritage Foundation.

A senior Vatican official called it “a highly inappropriate meeting and an insult to Pope Leo XIV.”

In April, Trump called the pope “terrible for Foreign Policy,” and Vice President JD Vance warned that Leo should “be careful” when he talks about theology. https://t.co/VLBSOIOlBR

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

Good riddance! Getty images are worse than Somalian pirates.

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

BREAKING: Getty Images officially files for bankruptcy

[JD Vance @JDVance]

The American Dream doesn’t belong to Wall Street. It belongs to the American people.

Thanks to President Trump and Scott Bessent, families don’t have to worry about getting out-bid on their dream homes by private equity barons. And we’re making those same big investors give financial support to families buying their first homes.
https://t.co/nahsQMaZMH

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

Preventable crime.

[Kyle Orton @KyleWOrton]

#France: one person has been murdered and four wounded in a drive-by shooting in Paris at several sites, including a playground. Mayor says, "It is a miracle that there were not more victims". One suspect arrested. Counter-terrorism police investigating. https://t.co/agK8XG6cYw

[UnveiledChina @Unveiled_ChinaX]

Taiwan’s government networks are being attacked 2.6 million times a day. Six weeks before a national election, its intelligence chief just named Beijing’s playbook.

Taiwan’s National Security Bureau told lawmakers that Chinese-linked cyberattacks on government systems averaged 2.58 million per day in the first nine months of 2026. July alone hit 185.6 million detected attempts, more than the entire first quarter. The NSB says it can’t rule out that the surge was groundwork for interfering in the November 28 local elections.

Disinformation is climbing too. Suspicious accounts pushed more than 2.5 million false or disputed posts from January to September, up about 48% from last year. The themes: energy, food safety, national defense, and individual candidates. Most of it ran on Facebook, boosted by content farms, AI-generated video and audio, and coordinated comment flooding.

NSB Director-General Tsai Ming-yen outlined six tactics Beijing is using to “precisely interfere”:

1. Illegal financial support for chosen candidates or groups
2. Low-cost trips to China for targeted supporters
3. Discounted flights so Taiwanese in China can come home to vote
4. Disinformation, including AI-generated content
5. Illegal underground betting markets
6. Cyberattacks to steal election intelligence

The bureau says it is monitoring nearly 100 suspected cases and aims to refer them to prosecutors before voters go to the polls.

Taiwan has seen this before and mostly held up. But the tools are getting faster, cheaper, and harder to trace.

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

The Church of England, like many Protestant denominations, thought embracing modernity would save them.

In reality, it has been their downfall.

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

The Church of England is “heading for financial disaster” because of net-zero targets and slavery reparations, a report has warned.

🔗:https://t.co/BgYXmCF6ED

[Pope Respecter @poperespecter1]

New Vatican Document on Evangelism acknowledges the challenges of "the aggressive expansion of Islamist groups" and terrorism in wake of many violent attacks against Christians particularly in Africa.

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

I don’t think it’s about school funding.

[Olmo Blanco @rebonico]

📽️ PARÍS: Manifestantes intentaron entrar por fuerza bruta a la histórica sede de la Gendarmería. Desde el interior, la policía rocía gas pimienta y lanza granadas aturdidoras.

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

Keep the Atlanta Falcons away from the Polish border and Czechoslovakia.

[Atlanta Falcons @AtlantaFalcons]

New PFP 👀

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

It was always optics.

[New York Post @nypost]

Mamdani has signed 1 law in 10 months - because his 'obsessed' staff is focused on 'becoming a content farm' https://t.co/1w8RfjGQKt

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

@FoxyFoxalot @WarintheFuture lol what? Attacking the comparison is my rebuttal.

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

@TomPietrycha It’s a very effective way at degrading society.

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

Alex Cooper is in no small part responsible for the degeneracy of today’s society. She has brought incredible sorrow to the lives of thousands of people.

[Ezydu @ezradulis]

"Call Her Daddy" host Alex Cooper & actress Sophia Bush: if a woman is questioning whether she can do better than her current husband, "the answer is always yes."

"This idea that it's too late or you're too old, or who are you to want more, that's patriarchy. That is crazy."

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

@FoxyFoxalot @WarintheFuture Regardless of what you think of Musk’s decision, comparing a space borne satellite internet service to a ww2 era aircraft is nonsensical.

We’re talking about apples and oranges.

[Russ Read @RussCanRead]

Tough enough to beat the British empire. Not tough enough for grandma’s hug.

[Europa.com @europa]

🇮🇪 The Irish state has published an advert discouraging grandparents from hugging their grandchildren, as part of a campaign designed to promote "consent".