Following years of work by the PIDB, a collection of key 9/11 documents has just been released, including a summary of the information presidents received in the lead-up to the attack. Thanks to @realDonaldTrump for making this happen and supporting further transparency.
I remember vividly sitting in big bean bag chairs at the USO watching the first half of @AlabamaFTBL vs @auburn in the 2010 Iron Bowl while I was in Iraq. Auburn fans crying as the Tigers were being thrashed by my Crimson Tide. Didn’t get to see the 2nd half from my CHU…
Before Wi-Fi in your CHU, before FaceTime, before everyone carried a smartphone… There was the MWR INTERNET & PHONE CENTER.
This was probably the most emotionally dangerous building on the entire FOB.
You'd wait 45 minutes for a computer, log in, open Yahoo Mail, and then wait some more.
And wait some more. "LOADING…" you'd finally get one email from home, only for the dude running the place to yell, “YOU GOT FIVE MINUTES LEFT!” 😂😂😂
And the phone booths were even better. You'd stand in line forever, clutching an AT&T calling card like it was classified material. Finally calling home:
“Hey, babe, it's me.”
3-second satellite delay.
“What?”
“I SAID IT'S ME.”
“What?”
“NEVER MIND.”
Meanwhile, somebody three booths down would be having the loudest deployment breakup in GWOT history, and 15 dudes in line would be pretending they couldn't hear every single word.
And God help you if a COMMS BLACKOUT happened. Suddenly, everybody knew. Nobody asked questions.
If you experienced the early-GWOT internet café/phone center, you probably have a story to tell.
👇 WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THESE PLACES?
@Boots_N_Chutes@DropzoneBrief
Space Academy almost certainly a lock for Huntsville, the congressional math (committee assignments, below) for at least this Congress mean the Alabama delegation will likely have the leverage:
It came y'all... My 1st wig! Tomorrow I test it on the court. This is my feminine era glow up, did I slay? If y'all don't "yassss queen" you're transphobic. I really don't understand all the hatred, I just want to play some hoops with my fellow ladies. 💅🏽
Royce White for U.S. Senate MN 2026
WNBA #LetHerPlay
I’m going to go out in a limb here and predict Enes breaks every record in the WNBA in year one. She truly is going to make a spectacular women’s basketball player.