Genie: okay you got three wishes Me: I want to go back in time to when I was 20 so I can tell myself that in the future you will be a Bill Kristol liberal Genie: okay…that’s kinda weird…you got two more..

The VCs bros have convinced themselves they are on some moral crusade. They will be behind the scenes trying to cling to power in the midterms and beyond. Side note, they are also the biggest bunch of dorks

Until justice can properly be served, these people need to be mocked relentlessly for being the biggest bunch of pussies to have ever taken the oath to defend the constitution

I would hope that I had the courage to act the way he did in that situation I would hope that strangers had the courage to act the way he did if I were the one being shoved to the ground He died because we’ve allowed the most cowardly fucks imaginable to have unchecked power

Fourth or fifth crisis of the day. No big deal

Rightwing Twitter freaking out after finding out that isolationism can mean everyone else does isolationism too.

Who could have seen this coming? Screaming at every other country for months, extorting them, telling them we are going to go after their jobs and economy bc it’s in our benefit to do so, and this is their thanks? Smh

Heritage Americans punching the air right now

“For the families of Danish soldiers who died in the American-led campaign against the Taliban, their country’s partnership with the United States is not an abstraction. Denmark’s loyalty to America brought Sophia Bruun to Afghanistan, and it ended her life.”

The thing is, since the 1700s Denmark has defended Greenland, and China and Russia do not have the capability to capture it even if they want to.

There are few dumber aspect to miltwitter than the ribbons on generals debate. But as always, Dale makes it look easy.

If this is true, I have a ton of faith in JSOC to hold the line 💪 lol

“What if she had something in the car?” “The body/car wasn’t cleared, that’s why they couldn’t let a doctor giver her aid” These dudes have mush for brains. It’s sad but dangerous

Self hating faux intellectual conservatives are the absolute worst. They truly believe they are making some high minded academic argument when in reality they are just finding the longest way possible to say “I hate myself and I am very dumb”

Went on CBS Eyes on Vets to discuss Operation Absolute Resolve. cms.megaphone.fm/channel/CBS7...

Bill Ackman discovers wealth distribution (from poor to rich) and does NOT like it. Luckily for him, this famously only happens in the credit card industry.

Remember when Biden tried to forgive some loans? And people shit their pants? Good times.

I wonder what the results will be…

The High Side is where @seandnaylor.bsky.social and I publish investigative journalism about the special ops and intel community including some of if not the most in-depth reporting on: -JSOC/CIA Omega Teams -The Maduro raid -CIA sabotage ops in Russia -Havana Syndrome thehighside.substack.com

Religious radicals who carry weapons and conflate their own sense of morality with the law in an attempt to gain power for their tribal affiliations Now tell me who I’m describing…

Credit where credit is due. Good dude move.

Saw this video on Twitter and the MAGA comments are hilarious. Spiraling that someone with a Ranger tab doesn’t agree with them. “Stolen valor” “probably a POG” “not in batt” “no way a Ranger would think that” They truly live in the most depressing bubble

I love how he’s describing most foreign aid stipulations, especially for defense yet all the rubes are clapping like seals. Weird they didn’t feel the same about Ukraine…

NGB has been a willing participant thus far, but this is one of the more direct confrontations between a TAG and NGB (potentially) How big army and DOD responds + what their mission will be (actively deter ICE?) is going to be key

I know the gut reaction from the cult is to laugh at the libz and say it’s 4D chess etc etc But I wonder what happens when he says he wants to give each Greenlander 500k or a sovereign wealth fund etc? Sidenote: If Dems can’t run on that then I’m not sure they deserve to win

It’s honestly hilarious that Dems will hem and haw about DC statehood or court expansion while the other side is trying to collect territories like Pokémon

*seinfeld voice* How hard is it to find a boat?

Heritage Americans who want America first (isolationist) policies and have live free or die tattoos want to know what’s the big deal with annexing another country and forcing their people to become our serfs???

My cynical take is most won’t care/will like it -they will rationalize it They think norms and international laws are fake but will be very upset when their passport doesn’t get them into every country or people stop buying their stuff. They want the status quo but forgot what got us the status quo

Between things like IMET, WHINSEC and MFO mission, there are tons of Colombian and US Soldiers actively serving side by side right now. Gotta be weird.

Early 2000s vibes are back baby “If you don’t support the war, you don’t support the troops!”

Again, there is a really good chance that the entire plan was to get Maduro and then nothing else. And it was only during the press conference, once Trump said we are going to run the country, did boots on ground or running the country become an option. How the public reacts will be key though.

Along these lines, it’s amazing how the American public assumes that oil companies are all jockeying to get gas prices lower As if supply was the issue and if only we had more, the benevolent oil companies could really compete to give us the best deal vs just colluding to keep things status quo

Excited to see how Bari and the team over at CBS finds a way to make the news more palatable for lizard brain dudes like this Sidenote: it’s gotta be so tiresome to have to be constantly on guard against the woke lefts attempt to make TV shows you don’t like

There is a good chance there’s no actual plan and the press conference was the first time boots on ground was discussed and now they’re waiting to see how the public reacts But I’m sure Erik Prince and his kind are making lots of phone calls and promises “You don’t need Soldiers…”

Got some details about the intelligence preparation of the battlefield done during the run up to the Maduro op. thehighside.substack.com/p/bold-delta...

Twitter is full of vetbros having their “Mission Accomplished” moments after declaring the regime change complete with no boots on ground or KIA I’m sure they will be the first to admit they were wrong when the time comes

Chuds on Twitter claiming this regime change took 45 mins as Maduros VP assumes the Presidency Runner up dip shit argument is that this somehow will make Russia and China want to play ball

He said “good luck and Godspeed” Oh really? He did? Fuck, what a good dude. Seriously, where does he think of this? Wow, what an interesting little tidbit General! These guys are such cucks

“We attacked their sovereignty” lol

More so, the American public has confirmed time and time again that as long as you have minimal casualties, it’s okay. Congressional approval or public notification is irrelevant. Operational success is secondary to cool videos and minimal casualties

If there truly ends up being no casualties and they have more helicopter videos released then I truly feel like most people will not care. We are doomed. In fact, I think this will end up being a net positive for him given how ineffective congress is.

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

We are beyond that. The question now is: if China invaded Taiwan right now, would we even object?

The thing is, for most people, this is far more patronizing. These people will read hours and hours of Reddit threads on conspiracies or try to connect the dots from a thousand TikTok videos. They aren’t dumb, they just don’t want to believe the truth. They want to be told it’s someone’s else fault

The coolest part of the “Heritage American” folks is how they tell everyone that things like slavery or segregation happened so long ago and that they shouldn’t feel ashamed for the sins of their ancestors but also think citizenship should be based on those same ancestors

Sidenote: at what point does the Warrant Officer corp stand up and say, if not me then who?

Am I a boomer for hating this?

Unpopular hot take: the veteran community knows damn well that disability ratings are considered fair game when it comes to fraud, waste and abuse…so maybe we should save some of the righteous indignation (It’s very bad what happened and should be investigated - both can be true)