I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.

My brain every time Greenland is mentioned, regardless of context.

*perks up*

Sometimes you’ve just got to worry about mom

Not escaping the claim that the admin is made of five scheming vizier poasters in a trenchcoat.

Also, by their own standards, the cops protecting the Capitol on Jan 6 should have opened fire all over.

please accept this photo of a dog who's wearing a turtleneck and has just received a greenie

This whole thread is an incredible bit of litigation disaster tourism

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

These people wanted anyone who made a mean comment about Charlie Kirk to be punished

had to wait til i was at my laptop to properly reply

I FINALLY realized who Cignetti’s sideline pose reminded me of

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

A deleted tweet by a Toronto Sun national politics reporter.

how to join the maquis

Completely unfair to say Indiana's making Oregon look like Alabama. Oregon has a touchdown

" I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him. That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way. "

decided to bring this to life

jesus, they’re going to kill someone else while doing a three stooges routine

Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:

It’s important to always practice proper firearm safety: Gun pointed at another human in your dominant hand and your phone recording a YouTube short in the other.

Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."

i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs

You want to fix speeding? Cameras. Failure to stop at a light? Cameras. Parking violations? Parking enforcement clerks. Felonies? Investigations. Traffic stops are a *subterfuge search* that only create avoidable conflict between the citizenry and the armed state. Change my mind.

The criminal legal system is not set up for justice. And every day, someone learns this for the first time.

Okay but here me out

This is a crazy win from where we were three months ago

I don't think Vance is at all factoring in how damaging shit like this will be to his 2028 run.

lol. Lmao even.

AOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunity—and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street.

Jan 7 poll of 2,223 U.S. adults (+/-2.4 points) % who would support | oppose the U.S. using military force to take control of Greenland U.S. adults 8% | 73% Democrats 4% | 87% Independents 6% | 73% Republicans 15% | 60% today.yougov.com/topics/trave...

Because they like swords and can't read. Saved you a click

what u have to understand is that working on my novel, answering dms, and answering emails all cost 1 spell slot but posting? Posting is a cantrip

I know what this SCOTUS will do but you should still make them do it.

People lament that bluesky is all politics but we did seem to reinvent most of miltwitter absent some of the more crazy personas.

Also there are a ton of military members who don’t interact with combat arms at all due to their job. They may understand how parts of the military work (the bureaucracy of it all) which is also important, but it means they aren’t going to be useful in understanding problems like “terrain.”

The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made

Now this is how you write an obit for a guy you hate www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...

The good place. And Star Trek TNG.

I would add at least three books to this, though they aren’t about military action or military theory but more about the military and the law (which is a hot topic these days). “Obeying Orders” by Mark Osiel, “Court-Martial” by Chris Bray, and “Alpha” by David Philipps.

this is where i am at: THERE IS NO ONE ELSE. do you want to outsource your military policy to steven miller? no? how about the dc blob? also no? THEN LEARN WHAT THE FUCK HOW TO MILITARY www.breakingbeijing.com/p/there-is-n...

Tangential, but I keep seeing an anti-military thread w/ a decent number of flat-out lies, the gist being: "don't join the military it's evil" and I'm sort of dumbstruck. We need a military, and ideally we should have moral people staffing and running it. Don't cede control of that to shitty people!

On the 5th Anniversary of the failed January 6th insurrection attempt, we’re reminded how fragile democracy can be. We must remember the darkness of that day so it’s never repeated. As history is rewritten by some, we choose to speak the truth of what happened.

Yes, I see the 1984-style revisionist history of J6 right now on the White House website. No, I'm not going to comment.