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🎬 Casa-versary this Thanksgiving week, refreshing a thread on the impact of refugees on production, the film’s message, and the kind of propaganda we need again

the one that got away

What the actual fuck are we doing here

Important dissention on the legality of strikes

Those claiming Dems should retreat on racial justice aren't hard-headed realists, they're pushing against the electoral tide rather than leaning into it. The story of Gen Z isn't about racist backlash or red-pilled young men. It's the most racially progressive generation in American history. 🧵

I'd just like to point out that we spent an entire shipment of air defense interceptors' worth of money on new signs for a name change that isn't even legally the name of the DoD. Ukraine is currently experiencing rolling blackouts from Russian strikes, btw.

Unreal. Many of us have had elderly relatives be misled by Fox, but none of them have the power to deploy the military inside our own country.

Happy Publication Day and congratulations to Dr. @kschake.bsky.social ! A brilliant scholar of civ-mil relations, her prose is joyful and well crafted, and her narrative, compelling. This is a foundational, urgently needed text. I cannot recommend more strongly. www.amazon.com/State-Soldie...

I curtsey my thanks for this high praise, @peterlucier.bsky.social!

Sharing this recent podcast by me on how civil-military relations (ideally) should work in liberal democracies. See here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsma...

Not only has Ireland elected a woman president before, they were the first country to elect back-to-back female presidents (Mary Robinson 1990-1997 and Mary McAleese 1998-2011).

In between are those who argue that profoundly immoral and illegal orders shouldn't be obeyed, but if one area that shouldn't be the basis of disobedience is political disagreement. See this excellent article by @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social @mzmargulies.bsky.social @eclipticevader7.bsky.social 6/

🧵 I'm excited to share that my article "Democratic Backsliding and the Limits of Civilian Control of the Military" has been accepted @thejop.bsky.social. It answers the question "how ought militaries act when civilian leaders turn on democratic institutions?" 1/ #CivMilSky #PolTheory

While every administration has fired some military leaders, none has relieved so many, so early in their tenure, and in this dramatic fashion.

Folks we are watching the adjudication of some of the most important constitutional issues of federalism, executive discretion, and judicial review since the 19th c www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Grateful to @breakingdefense.com for running an excerpt from my book. Thank you, @aaronmehta.bsky.social 🙂

Happy to present a small excerpt from @kschake.bsky.social 's upcoming book, sure to be a masterpiece. breakingdefense.com/2025/09/can-...

Looking forward to getting my own copy of @kschake.bsky.social’s book, and this excerpt certainly whet’s the appetite. breakingdefense.com/2025/09/can-...

So, sending troops to Chicago or Baltimore would be much more complicated than either LA or DC. 🧵

I just received my first copy of the book!

I love the photo — it’s 1943, FDR in Morocco enroute to the Casablanca conference, being saluted by soldiers whose shadow you see, generals (including Patton and Devers) arrayed saluting both the president and soldiers, FDR’s hat and hand over his heart.

The irony here being if [right] were the Army’s actual position then [left] wouldn’t need to be said anonymously

Still not as bad as Microsoft Teams

🎥In honor of the 82nd anniversary of Casablanca's US release, some of the great (and real-life) things about the classic film🧵