Charles Short

Pre-maga Republican since 1978. Defense, Foreign Policy, and Former Soviet Area interests. The best days for the US and our allies are still ahead of us.

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

As with the UK, so the US too.

[Al Carns @AlistairCarns]

A few things happening at once that people should connect.

Russia is now linked to the arson attacks on the Prime Minister's house and car last year. Shocker.

And we all saw what happened the moment that story broke. Our feeds flooded with a different story about who the men were and why they did it.

That's the operation. The arson is one half. The disinformation campaign is the other.

Flood the zone, muddy the water, get the country shouting at itself instead of asking who is behind it.

And at the same time, a chunk of the accounts pushing Scottish independence on X went dark the night Israel hit Iran's nuclear sites.

Ask yourself why. Why would hostile states be interested in sowing division across the country?

This is exactly what I mean when I say defence is the thread underneath everything now.

Again, it isn't tanks on a border. It's an arson attack on the PM's front door and state-sponsored disinformation campaigns in the replies. It's the argument about breaking up our country being run out of Tehran.

This is why resilience matters. And it's bigger than just factchecking a tweet. It's energy we can rely on. Industry we actually own. Institutions that are rock solid. Communities that don't split and fracture the moment someone pushes them. A country that is built to take a punch.

That's the job now.

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

Especially bad things.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

When Marco Rubio is silent and JD Vance is all over the media, you know bad things are happening

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@NewReaganCaucus Like this is the only thing that won’t?

He’ll be lucky to escape the prison that he richly deserves.

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@SkylarSkye3 Because flouride and good dental care.

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@tarosac1990 If you don’t tip 20% for good service, you failed the honor test.

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@Mpolymer Loons and amateurs are ruling us.

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@NewReaganCaucus @KenGardner11 What a maroon.

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@PureMichigan Lake Leelanau.

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

HahahhahHhahha

[Romi Bean @Romi_Bean]

This Frenchman describing Buc-ee’s is the only thing you need today

(IG: Erosbrousson)

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@tanpukunokami Totally normal.
Built around fun, not fear.
A skill game to enjoy.
Family fun, enjoyed together.

Shot hand-thrown clay targets from a hand trap with a Remington 1100 in 28 gauge. Dad threw the targets. Mom cheered us on. I was 10.

I hit 7/10. I’ll never forget it.

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@rima_medUA WICTU4: Supplying mid-sized generators to power Ukraine civilian relief: see us on Facebook at WICTU4, donate at https://t.co/G9XcilBjEE

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@visionergeo Says the Russian bot account

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@TheCinesthetic He just structured the show like Bob Newhart did.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Here are 10 things the EU and European countries could do right now to help Ukraine:

1. Seize frozen Russian state assets and use them to fund Ukraine.
2. Expand weapons aid and joint procurement, including artillery, drones, ammunition, and air defense systems.
3. Supply more long-range missiles (SCALP, Taurus) and remove restrictions on strikes against military targets inside Russia.
4. Deploy European troops to western Ukraine for training, logistics, maintenance, and air defense, freeing up Ukrainian forces for the front.
5. Crack down on sanctions evasion networks and tighten enforcement.
6. Intensify action against Russia's shadow fleet through inspections, sanctions, and port restrictions.
7. Create a Patriot coalition to provide more air defense systems and interceptors.
8. Launch a European lend-lease (PURL) program with long-term financing for weapons and industrial cooperation.
9. Lower the Russian oil price cap and ban remaining Russian LNG imports.
10. Commit to a postwar European peacekeeping and security presence to deter future Russian aggression.

By doing this, we could accelerate Russia's total collapse, but the biggest constraints for these actions are political will and speed.

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@generalkellogg @Biz_Ukraine_Mag If anything, this just makes people fight harder.

It might be an interesting comparison to see how the London Blitz has compared to the extended pounding Kyiv has faced.

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@ChristineEM2000 @DallasDucar But now they’ll discover Florida weather and none of them will ever leave!

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@BohuslavskaKate IKR? I had to do a double-take too!

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@StephenM Let people make money and build out gen capacity on the cheap until we get nuclear built.

Now go do something positive for the nation, like resigning.

[Charles Short @CharlesShort]

@po_po__2 Well, we did start it here. In Texas.

[Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter]

This is for the folks insisting there was no taxpayer funding used to put on this event.