Emily Elledge

USMC, USNA : All views expressed are my own. RT articles that I have already enjoyed or will keep open in my browser for an extended period of time.

[No One Left Behind @n1leftbehind]

“These are allies of the United States who risked their lives when we were fighting in Afghanistan. They are currently in hiding, the Taliban know who they are, they’re under death threat.” @jonstewart spoke with @n1leftbehind chairman @philipmcaruso about our mission.

[The Problem With Jon Stewart @TheProblem]

We’re back with an all-new episode this Friday, "Allies: Friends Without Benefits." Stream the full episode starting November 4 on @AppleTVPlus.

[Lucas Tomlinson @LucasFoxNews]

BREAKING: Afghan President Ghani has fled the country. “That’s it. It’s over,” U.S. official says

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

“O’Connor, who had breast cancer in the 1980s, advised Ginsburg to schedule chemotherapy for Fridays, so that she would have the weekend to recover for oral arguments. Neither woman missed a day on the bench.” ⁦@JeffreyToobin⁩ on RBG in 2013: https://t.co/kgWr58lKti

[jack rem @jackremmington]

I’m obSESSED with this weapon. Not sure a single lyric was right, a lyrical king

[Emily Elledge @EmElledge]

The Narrative Experiment That Is the Marvel Cinematic Universe https://t.co/TFcEJyglVg

[Emily Elledge @EmElledge]

@emilynussbaum Brooklyn. It was fantastic. I brought a whole meal with me.

[C.J. Chivers @cjchivers]

To become disillusioned you must earlier have been illusioned. - Paul Fussell, from "How I got irony in the infantry."

[Emily Elledge @EmElledge]

For research purposes...

[Dr Leah Broad @LeahBroad]

Well it's mid-week and freezing cold, so here's a thread of composers as biscuits.

1. J. S. Bach, Chocolate Leibniz. Basically cannot go wrong with this biscuit.

[Emily Elledge @EmElledge]

My family all got an Ancestry DNA kit for Christmas. Cant wait to learn how we are all related.

[Emily Elledge @EmElledge]

Beautiful piece of writing about those most magical places. https://t.co/ezstnq3IHr

[Emily Elledge @EmElledge]

@TheAcademy Good man disenchanted by Senate

[Shane Harris @shaneharris]

So, me and @juliaioffe got picked up by a spy. In an Uber. Maybe. https://t.co/nGKO7sJ16w

[Emily Elledge @EmElledge]

I'm going to stop my *failed* attempt at KonMari-ing those books now...
Why you should stop feeling bad about all those books you buy and don’t read @entrylevelrebel https://t.co/Z4v5DULcrt via @Inc

[Small Wars Journal @smallwars]

On civilian-military relations @smallwars - The Danger of Military Partisanship by LTC Jim Golby (@jimgolby) - Societies and governments have failed to maintain the balance between liberty and security. It is not something we should take for granted. - https://t.co/oepvRGWdqz

[NYT At War @NYTimesAtWar]

American commanders say they are tuning out Trump’s comments and concentrating on Defense Secretary Mattis’s newest defense strategy, which focuses more on potential threats from Russia and China, and less on terrorism https://t.co/jzmiARNlIh

[Elliot Ackerman @elliotackerman]

I wrote this for @thedailybeast for Memorial Day https://t.co/yTXiwwiy5B

[Dusty @DustinGiebel]

The new Wes Anderson film looks bad

[Modern War Institute Editor @MWI_editor]

Clear-cut military victories will become increasingly rare in the future. That means we need to change the way we think about conflict and competition. https://t.co/aSMr8Kulxk

[Elliot Ackerman @elliotackerman]

“If you think the mission your country keeps sending you on is pointless or impossible & that you’re only deploying to protect your brothers and sisters in arms ... then it’s not the Taliban or ISIS that’s trying to kill you, it’s America." @PhilKlay https://t.co/XCKWMeSwek