*taps mic* Ahem THE US MILITARY IS NOT APOLITICAL, IT IS NONPARTISAN. BY ITS VERY EXISTENCE IT IS POLITICAL. Please disseminate to the highest levels because they still aren’t getting it That is all. Carry on.

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Hi from Kyiv. It’s 00:14 am in Ukraine and Russian drones in direction of Kyiv region detected . Explosions have been reported in Kyiv region . City of Fastiv is under drone attack. Already 5 Russian bombers in Ukraine’s air space detected .

Yeah, this is a pretty unambiguous war crime.

NEW: The IG report on SignalGate is out. Hegseth sent classified information out on an unclassified Signal chat and put our troops in harms way. Hegseth says he retroactively "declassified" it so it doesn't count. You can read the findings here: media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...

Explaining the “fog” of war…the reality of Clausewitz. My latest in the @thebulwark.com

The Pentagon inspector general says Hegseth’s Signal use endangered U.S. troops and missions and the department still lacks a secure messaging platform. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Oh and on the subject of public schools trying to get out of educating special needs kids... When my husband was a hospital social worker he had a patient whose family was being told by their school district that they should probably disenroll their kid and look for a specialized private school.

Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using “Juno” in an ICE arrest video: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

Last week, WCK teams arrived in Sitio Dipontian, a tribal community in the Philippines impacted by Typhoon Uwan. Our teams served members of this community who had lost access to food and water because of the storm. Visit wck.org/relief/typho... for more info. #ChefsForPhilippines

Satellite Imagery xkcd.com/3173/

It’s important to note from a military perspective that if a subordinate is about to give an unlawful order & his senior knows about it, it’s also a requirement for the senior official to stop him from executing it. And then counsel/discipline him. So there’s that, too.

If I need to describe Ukrainians with one video today, it might be this one: this is Dnipro, after Russia bombed the city. Attack might’ve damaged this car. But it didn’t damage its spirit ✊💃🏻

Putin has ordered the creation of a "security zone" along the Ukrainian border in the area of responsibility of Russia’s "North" grouping. In effect, this signals plans to expand control over border areas in Kharkiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions.

Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.

My world of dark arts has intersected with the mycologists several times

He is keeping poorer families out of these professions. It’s modern day red-lining.

Following a series of Russian provocations the EU is discussing possible countermeasures such as cyberattacks on key Russian infrastructure, sudden NATO exercises near Russia’s borders, and information operations aimed at Russian citizens. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Russia may have just lost its only active launch pad for manned space missions. After today’s launch of Soyuz MS-28 from Baikonur, which sent three crew members to the ISS, the service platform at Launch Pad 31 appears to have been severely damaged by rocket exhaust.

Wanna see what a real traitor looks like? Here you go. Witkoff is advising Russia how to get they want at the expense of both the United States and Ukraine.

BREAKING: Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have appeared on state television saying they have seized power in the country.

Serhiy Tyshchenko, a combat medic from Ukraine’s 30th Mechanized Brigade, spent an unbelievable 471 days in the same trench near Vasyukivka, Donetsk region. Cut off from the outside world with three fellow soldiers, they were shielded only by bags of clay from Russian FPV drones.

This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.

May she rest in power 🙏🏽 www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...

F/A-18 has showed up, further north, making this the 6th F/A-18, 2x E-2s and 1x B-52 Big show of force right now

UPD 4 peopel killed ,17 wounded by Russian attack on Kharkiv tonight

X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand. The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 31 Ukrainians jailed in Belarus on criminal offences, it was reported on Saturday, the latest step in Minsk’s effort to thaw relations with the West.

The SecState explanation of the essence & origin of the 28 pt plan presented to Ukraine BY THE US is a strong indicator of the lack of competence of those representing our nation in these efforts. Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.

US Secretary of State admits that the "28 point plan" for peace in Ukraine was a Russian document. From Sen King: "The leaked 28-point plan, which, according to Sec Rubio, is not of the administration's position--it is essentially the wish list of the Russians."-PBS

Here is my read of the "peace plan" and how Kirill Dmitriev played the American media to force this thing into being -- with an incompetent White House scrambling to make it seem like this was somehow coordinated and well-planned. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...

Ukraine is rejecting Trump’s plan right now at the UN Security Council. ⬇️

Some thoughts on the Ukraine peace process. My latest in @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/ukraine-ru...

Completely agree. The fates of Ukraine and Europe are linked. European security system will be destroyed without Ukraine.

This isn’t just a ‘war of words’ between China and Japan. It’s Japan officially acknowledging that Taiwan = Tokyo’s red-line, and China testing it.

That sounds like a pretty serious escalation.

More footage has emerged from Ternopil following the strike. The death toll has climbed to 25, including 3 children. An additional 73 people were injured, among them 15 children.

Ukrainian channels report that Russia has once again launched aircraft and is currently attacking with Kinzhal missiles.

at least tomorrow is friday

The Ukrainian Air Force reported on the overnight attack. Shot down: 442/476 Shahed and other type drones 34/40 Kh-101 cruise missiles 7/7 Kalibr cruise missiles 0/1 Iskander-M ballistic missile 7 missiles and 34 UAVs have hit 14 locations, and debris from shot down ones fell in 6 locations.

RIP @burgerbecky.bsky.social Rebecca Heineman and thanks for all the wonderful games 😢

WCK’s Gaza teams work together to ensure every meal is prepared to the highest standards possible. Across our #ChefsForGaza operation, quality control is a shared responsibility. Each day, our teams keep kitchens safe and clean while working to prepare as many meals as possible for families in need.

Chinese Type-039C Yuan class submarine together with unidentified creature, possibly Godzilla? ... not a photoshop.

A Chicago day care employee detained by immigration agents has been released, her attorneys say. Diana Santillana Galeano was detained last week at Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center.

It feels horrifying and nauseating to see the videos of Russian soldiers entering (what is left) of Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in the fog like some macabre mash of Mad Max and White Walkers from Game of Thrones and then brain remembers it’s not a movie these white walkers are very real and winter is

Sometimes there is so much news or info to take in that all you really can do is sit and watch. 🍿

BREAKING: Grijalva has signed the Epstein Files discharge petition. It doesn't appear that Mace or Boebert have removed their names.

Adelita Grijalva is FINALLY sworn in and is now officially a member of Congress