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@freedomfry

Wife. Mom. Huge geek, both policy & pop culture. Former mil-foreign policy staffer, now a trailing DOS spouse.

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Proud alum of the top name on the list. Also amused as hell that so many Jesuit universities are joining AU.

14.02.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it is some consolation to me to believe in hell.

14.02.2026 02:52 πŸ‘ 325 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

05.02.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 15314 πŸ” 4644 πŸ’¬ 445 πŸ“Œ 250

our country was founded by outlaws

25.01.2026 05:18 πŸ‘ 2293 πŸ” 249 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 0
Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.

Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most ignorant and unfit of any throughout the dominions.

Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.

10.01.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 6598 πŸ” 2320 πŸ’¬ 84 πŸ“Œ 88

the sense of incredulity and comic revulsion i get every time i see a cybertruck in the wild has not been reduced by even a single degree in all the time they’ve been on the street

17.11.2025 01:41 πŸ‘ 1454 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 21

My parents are in Milford, died-hard GOP, and think JD Vance is a slimy little weirdo.

05.11.2025 01:36 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm really glad to see all the folks stepping up to try to resource the loss of SNAP but also billionaires could just pay taxes.

27.10.2025 14:56 πŸ‘ 446 πŸ” 127 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6

These protests are proving to be pretty popular as far as protests go. I do wish less of our conversation was we said/they said with Republicans and more of it was "y'all are the minority, shut up and think about your choices"

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20.10.2025 17:38 πŸ‘ 119 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

‼️ this is one of the reasons why the Musk shutdown of USAID broke me, like

Congress said 'we're allocating these funds to save lives'

a random asshole with too much money and unresolved bitterness about the end of Apartheid said 'no you're not'

so the funding disappeared??

and people are dying??

16.10.2025 02:19 πŸ‘ 2221 πŸ” 605 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 3

That’s $5 billion more than the entire annual USAID budget. All to one country. To rescue one friend of the president’s.

15.10.2025 21:43 πŸ‘ 3275 πŸ” 1300 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 24

Because I am an Internet Old, that's the same stupidity my username came from.

19.06.2025 01:59 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of hyper-polarized Americans are going to find out the hard way that just because they [like/don't like] whoever is in the White House, other countries have their own imperatives and existential economic threats will be reacted to accordingly.

04.03.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 1297 πŸ” 154 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 13
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Exclusive: Fired US government workers with top security clearances were not given exit briefings, sources say Some U.S. government workers with top security clearances fired in mass layoffs overseen by Elon Musk in recent weeks were not given standard exit briefings and advised on what to do if approached by foreign adversaries, four sources told Reuters.

Exclusive: Some US government workers with top security clearances fired in mass layoffs overseen by Elon Musk in recent weeks were not given standard exit briefings and advised on what to do if approached by foreign adversaries, four sources told Reuters reut.rs/4h2A55r

04.03.2025 15:14 πŸ‘ 1294 πŸ” 504 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 51

Truly cannot drive five minutes through suburban Maryland without being assaulted by Scotiabank and RBC. Wait.

04.03.2025 14:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Farming, famously an industry where you can change your products and business plan with one month's notice.

03.03.2025 19:20 πŸ‘ 346 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 2

old Soviet joke for our times:

Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.

Guy says: β€œlooking for an obituary.”

Vendor says β€œthose are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”

Guy says: β€œnot the one I’m looking for.”

03.03.2025 00:54 πŸ‘ 43917 πŸ” 10273 πŸ’¬ 285 πŸ“Œ 336

She was the second youngest of ten, so that might've been her rationale, too!

03.03.2025 00:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My great aunt was quite elderly and cranky when they started the sign of peace in Vatican II. My dad says that when her neighbor turned to shake hands, she looked him dead in the eye and went "absolutely not."

02.03.2025 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

02.03.2025 16:55 πŸ‘ 54155 πŸ” 37064 πŸ’¬ 2031 πŸ“Œ 3070
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We tried to quantify the impact of abrupt PEPFAR cuts. The results startled even us A peer reviewer questioned the premise of our study into the potential impact of abruptly ending PEPFAR funding. Then it happened.

www.statnews.com/2025/03/01/p...

"We report that eliminating PEPFAR would lead to 601,000 HIV-related deaths and 565,000 new HIV infections in South Africa alone over 10 years. These are the projections for just one country."

Across 55 countries, >20 million people get HIV treatment via PEPFAR.

01.03.2025 19:42 πŸ‘ 587 πŸ” 269 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 20

If you are pro Putin and anti-NATO, you are not an American patriot. You are a Russian asset.

28.02.2025 21:35 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.

EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.

On @therecordmedia.bsky.social

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28.02.2025 20:07 πŸ‘ 8490 πŸ” 4909 πŸ’¬ 894 πŸ“Œ 1606

Tate is like Trump in this sense: the most grotesque thing is not that he exists, but that he’s hugely popular, and what that says about us as a species.

28.02.2025 01:18 πŸ‘ 5766 πŸ” 1084 πŸ’¬ 155 πŸ“Œ 34

WELL GEE GUYS I WONDER HOW THAT HAPPENED

27.02.2025 23:39 πŸ‘ 59 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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”Fuck offβ€œ

NDP MP Charlie Angus had some choice words for convoy livestreamer Chris Dacey after Dacey and his gang of far-right activists followed Angus around at a pro-Ukraine protest outside the Russian Embassy in Ottawa this afternoon

27.02.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 1244 πŸ” 291 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 73
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Judge Rules Trump Officials Must Testify in DOGE Data Lawsuit Read more here.

NEW: In a lawsuit challenging DOGE’s access to sensitive governmental information, a federal judge orders Trump administration officials to testify under oath to reveal the extent of DOGE’s access to private data.

27.02.2025 22:35 πŸ‘ 1409 πŸ” 356 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 28
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