Prophet of the Grand Duchy

We take the long view. Save the Republic and the Imperium of Man. Go Bills!

[T_p_tio 🎈 @Txp_RBI_Xctuxl]

"A man doesn't ask the mountain to be shorter"

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

We appreciate @SecRubio's leadership here. The Pentagon appears inept when it comes to money appropriated for Ukraine, the Baltics and delivering on the President’s promise to send 5,000 troops to Poland. It’s crickets from DoD.
https://t.co/G030EyqYid

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

Another reason why Congress must vote yes to provide military aid to Ukraine and force tough sanctions on Russia.

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

There is a moment in every failing policy when the language gives the game away. The President supplied his on Wednesday. Asked in the Oval Office how he now defines the ceasefire he announced with Iran, he answered: “In that part of the world, ceasefire is when you’re shooting in a more moderate manner.”

That is not a ceasefire. That is a confession.

On the same afternoon he offered that definition, the Republican-led House he commands voted 215 to 208 to rein him in, passing a war powers resolution directing him to halt further hostilities against Iran. Four Republicans crossed the aisle to send it through. When a President’s own chamber votes to take the matches away, the fire is real. He dithered and bought the opposition at home and in Iran time to work against him.

Consider how we arrived here. On February 28, American and Israeli forces struck Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure in a coordinated operation that, for one clarifying moment, put the Islamic Republic back on its heels. It was a winnable fight. We had the initiative, the firepower, and the moral clarity that comes from confronting a regime that, as even the Speaker reminded the House, declared war on us forty-seven years ago. Then we punted.

What followed was not victory but a managed drift. A two-week ceasefire became open-ended. Talks collapsed without a deal. And while Washington congratulated itself on de-escalation, Iran did what Iran always does with a pause: it used the time. Tehran mined the Strait of Hormuz — the artery through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas moves — and effectively closed it. The Pentagon now tells Congress it could take six months to clear those mines. Twenty percent of the world’s energy supply is now held hostage by a regime we had on the ropes and chose to let up.

The drift has a body count. This week, Iran fired missiles and drones at Kuwait, Bahrain, and Iraq, striking American positions and civilian ones alike. A drone hit Kuwait’s international airport, killing a civilian and wounding dozens. Our Arab partners and the Israelis are left to absorb the blows of a war we started and declined to finish. That is the worst of both worlds: all the provocation, none of the resolution.

https://t.co/5KOv5NeVGN

[Virginia News Vanguard @VaNewsVanguard]

🚨ICYMI: Virginians are 'buying the living daylights' out of AR-15s and other soon-to-be illegal guns

“'They’re buying the living daylights out of ARs,'” said Karen Ballengee, owner of Southern Police Equipment (formerly Southern Gun World) in Chesterfield County. 'They're buying guns as fast as they can get their hands on them.'"

"Customers are looking for ARs, AR pistols and regular handguns with a threaded barrel to accept sound suppressors, Ballengee said."

"'This gun itself would be illegal,' Ballengee said, holding a semiautomatic rifle equipped with a pistol grip, 'and your grandfather's probably got 10 of them in his closet.'"

"Many gun manufacturers are giving Virginia stores priority shipping to help Virginians get the firearms they want before it's too late."

Archived version: https://t.co/K3HpYI3dsQ
RTD: https://t.co/U02ha6Eeei

[Marshal Bohemond ⚔️⛨ | Space Crusader Vtuber @HMBohemond]

>tfw the legendary artist who defined your billion dollar setting's style died but you have to milk the fact you're opening new hobby stores instead

[Pradheep J. Shanker, M.D. @neoavatara]

That moment when a Democrat Senator has more spine than the President.

[Lorgar Aurelian @Lorgarwasright2]

For me this is the piece of John Blanche’s art that really set the tone of 40K.

[Habitual Linecrosser @HLC_actual]

You haven’t the slightest idea how hilarious Americans would find this if yall tried

[Brigham's Burner @FiredUpCoug]

The US has one of the largest rail networks on Earth. We just use it for the part that still makes economic sense here: freight.

Passenger rail stopped being viable as a private business shortly after WWII.

Cars took short and medium trips. Airlines took long trips. Highways and airports got massive public investment.

By the 1960s, private railroads were losing money on passenger service, which is why Amtrak was created in 1970 (and it's been losing money ever since)

The US has tons of rail routes, and trains.

They’re just hauling cargo.

[31stCenturyCombat @faithandheresy]

The 3rd edition boxed set was my introduction to Warhammer 40K, rest in peace, John Blanche.

[Doc @WarsmithDoc]

I feel so awful that I break my silence and my break under these conditions, but I want to commemorate John Blanche. A huge inspiration to my painting style and my favorite artist. Here are some of my favorite pieces he did

We will never have another artist like him

[David Harsanyi @davidharsanyi]

Ignore Candace Owens. Putin’s Russia is a failing kleptocracy https://t.co/ww05Cf22IV

[Thor Odinson @Thor_Odinson]

John Blanche’s artwork is what first attracted me to Warhammer 40,000. The man was nothing short of brilliant, and I’m sorry to hear he passed. Rest in peace, Mr. Blanche. 😞

[🕯 Ser Smeeth 🕯 @AgentSmeeth]

For all those touched by the fact that in a fictional seeting an immortal god-king mourns the sufferings of his subjects.

Have I got news for you.

[Demetri @AsiaLens]

Rubio on the anniversary of Tiananmen 👇

[Jesus 40k Worldview @40kWorldview]

Godspeed, Mr. Blanche.

[The Late Knight Show @Knightly_Hist]

RIP to John Blanche

Even since before properly getting into Warhammer his masterful art was inescapable.

His work on the Ad-Mech has always had a chokehold on me.