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Co-founder of @thehighside.bsky.social; author of "Not a Good Day to Die" and "Relentless Strike;" previously a staff writer at Army Times, Foreign Policy and Yahoo News; other work in The New York Times and Newsweek.

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Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

Palantir CEO promises that his technology will reduce educated women's economic and political power newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

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US has burned through β€˜years’ of munitions since start of Iran war Rapid depletion of stockpile including Tomahawk missiles raises pressure on Trump over cost of conflict

US has burned through β€˜years’ of munitions since start of Iran war ft.trib.al/Gil05rp

12.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 669 πŸ” 293 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 135
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Night of Camp David Night of Camp David [Knebel, Fletcher] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Night of Camp David

Published in 1965, this novel I'm reading is about what could happen in the President went crazy. In the book, he wants to unify America and Canada, by military force if need be.

www.amazon.com/Night-Camp-D...

11.03.2026 14:55 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.

07.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 7832 πŸ” 2456 πŸ’¬ 240 πŸ“Œ 62

Another sign of how broken the system is, this senator is trying to make promises that are not his to give in the first place.

11.03.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Q: You said the war is 'very complete.' But your defense secretary says 'this is just the beginning.' So which is it?


TRUMP: You could say both

09.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 4702 πŸ” 1430 πŸ’¬ 863 πŸ“Œ 957
They Came to Spy on America. They Stayed to Coach Little League. In the wake of the Cold War, some Soviet bloc spies decided their fake American lives weren’t so bad.

It’s no secret that investigative journalism is on life support. The economics of the profession, always shaky, have become increasingly untenable. If you enjoyed this, or any of my other work, and are looking for a full-time editor or writer, get in touch!

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

10.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Lambs to the slaughter’ (Part 1) How the CIA failed its officers in Cuba and the FBI failed them at home

The first part of our exclusive reporting on Havana Syndroe is here: thehighside.substack.com/p/lambs-to-t...

11.03.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was weird simply as a journalist to be told by colleagues that I'm writing about a UFO type conspiracy that doesn't exist. For people this actually happened to, it was soul crushing.

10.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Dozens killed as Israeli special forces raid Lebanese village in search of 40-year-old remains Overnight, one Israeli operation saw at least 41 people killed and 40 injured, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

Pretty serious allegation here. "Witnesses told the BBC that the Israeli soldiers had arrived disguised in Lebanese military fatigues and used ambulances with signs of Hezbollah's Islamic Health Organization."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

08.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 1758 πŸ” 841 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 151
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They Came to Spy on America. They Stayed to Coach Little League. In the wake of the Cold War, some Soviet bloc spies decided their fake American lives weren’t so bad.

NEW, from me: A secret chapter of Cold War history, told here for the first time. A deep cover Soviet Bloc spy living in America as the Berlin Wall fell. The shocking moves by a European intel chief. And the incredible CI chess games by FBI and CIA counterspies.

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

08.03.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History [Murphy, Jack] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History

We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History has 201 reviews at four and a half stars.

www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chap...

06.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

07.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 12411 πŸ” 4837 πŸ’¬ 551 πŸ“Œ 473

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them.

I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

05.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 9558 πŸ” 2763 πŸ’¬ 473 πŸ“Œ 112

Here’s a tidbit I couldn’t fit into the story: As the Berlin Wall was falling, FBI counterintelligence began to circulate a highly-classified bulletin about the intel activities of all the Warsaw Pact spy services, tracking their moves toward the West. The name of that bulletin?

β€œWinds of Change”

07.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

I promise you have never read a spy tale like this one. I’ve been waiting years to tell this story.

07.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
They Came to Spy on America. They Stayed to Coach Little League. In the wake of the Cold War, some Soviet bloc spies decided their fake American lives weren’t so bad.

NEW, from me: A secret chapter of Cold War history, told here for the first time. A deep cover Soviet Bloc spy in America at the end of the Cold War. The shocking moves by a European intel chief. And the incredible CI chess games by FBI and CIA counterspies.

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

07.03.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 256 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 25

Years ago my team at CNA did a review of the US use of proxies.

A pertinent finding: β€œPolicymakers & the US military should restrict the use of proxies to irregular warfare activities against states or other nonstate armed groups & avoid any temptations to use them as surrogate conventional armies”

06.03.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' In an interview with 'Time,' President Donald Trump acknowledged the possibility that Iran retaliates with attacks on U.S. soil, saying, 'We think about it all the time. We plan for it'

people.com/trump-says-i...

06.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Just a lie

04.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Sounds like Israeli SOF may be operating inside Iraq (presumably setting up FARPs and the like for aircraft that en route to/from Iran or ground launched munitions)β€”and some of them may have gotten into a shootout with Iraqi forces

04.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 172 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 13
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Ex-NSA leader, OpenAI board member calls out Anthropic-Pentagon fight "This is not a good space for our nation," Gen. Paul Nakasone said at a conference in the Bay Area.

Gen. Nakasone, former head of the NSA & an OpenAI board member, called out the Pentagon's move to designate Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" at a conference in Sausalito last night.

"This is not a good space for our nation."

more @axios.com:
www.axios.com/2026/03/03/n...

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who made this

02.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 11390 πŸ” 5199 πŸ’¬ 501 πŸ“Œ 479
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for β€œArmageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

What in the ever loving fuck is this shit? If this is true it means there is a literal god damn doomsday cult in the military.

jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-...

03.03.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5

Striking Hegseth press conference. In his effort to insist war is limited and bounded, he frames war aims almost entirely around Iranian missiles, essentially ignoring everything Trump has said about regime change. Naturally, he insults and belittles journalists who quote Trump's 4-5 weeks comment.

02.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 154 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0
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There are at least 10,000 Amcits in Qatar alone, and the US government is saying we are on our own

03.03.2026 06:28 πŸ‘ 1390 πŸ” 515 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 64

Hooo boy. There we go. It was about domestic surveillance after all.

01.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 1448 πŸ” 450 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 12

A core finding of my forthcoming book on the history of US CT in Afghanistan is that you cannot, in fact, just kill people you think are bad and have it all be fine πŸ™„

02.03.2026 03:26 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tune in next week for The Apprentice: Tehran!

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