@RadioFreeTom

Staff writer at @TheAtlantic. Cat pics and bad music takes are at Bluesky. Speaker info: https://xitter.cf/t.co/qSETcC0Rt2

Newport, RI
Joined January 2012
Humiliating and dangerous: Trump has now finally just made America an ally of the Kremlin and is aiding Putin in his war against an American friend and partner. Shameful betrayal of a US friend, and pathetic submission to a US enemy. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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What film always lifts your spirits?
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I love Fallout 3
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This is called a shaping operation. We will see more of these in the lead up to the Afghan review from accts like his
Do you guys remember the “insurgent math” the generals taught us in GWOT? “If you kill an enemy, you’ll make 10 more.” Remember that? Another in a long list of points to make us practice “courageous restraint” and be reluctant to pull the trigger. What fascinates me is how full of shit they were. Because many of those retired leaders and the politicians they back today advocate for doing the EXACT opposite within the borders of their own country. They don’t all wish death. Some do. But the same principles apply to lawfare and harassment against people they disagree with. So why was “insurgent math” created to give compassion to 80IQ Taliban retards but the exact opposite is given to 100IQ+ innocent Americans who are far more dangerous when they get mad enough to band together? What even is this? Another stunning failure and hypocritical point of the War on Terror and the national lesson over the last 2 decades as a whole. There is a large number of influential “Americans” who’d rather bow to their enemies and put the boot to their own countrymen. They fear the wrong people. If they casually mention ruining the lives of innocent people simply because they disagree with them, then they have no fear. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. America is the greatest result of successfully insurgency in human history. This country literally has insurgency in its blood. That’s how we started. Stunning to believe some think it’s wise to poke that bear. The stupidity is off the charts. Truly.
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I really need the lyrics to this
"Small Cucumber" by Ekaterina Kmit, USSR TV, 1988
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Tom Nichols retweeted
Imagine telling somebody in 2014 that in the next decade Donald Trump would be in his second term as president and closing out the midterms talking about hunks every day
Trump: You have Darline and her very handsome husband. That’s a good looking husband.
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People can keep pretending that this isn’t a sign of something wrong, but it’s a sign of something wrong
Trump: As much as I can fall in love with a man, which isn't that much, I fall in love with Tim Scott.
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I almost choked on my Canadian wine gums when I saw the title of this
CNN montage of Trump talking about other men
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Tom Nichols retweeted
Something is off with Trump tonight. The gaffes, the glitches, the confusion are well beyond his usual.
Wow Trump is just making huge gaffes during this speech: They gave the wonderful peace prize, right? Does anybody know the name of that peace prize? They gave the Pulitzer Prize to a young lady
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Not so deep down, really
He’s angry because deep down he knows he’s being had and can’t deliver and it will cost him in a few weeks.
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Tom Nichols retweeted
“Calling Putin a humanitarian is like calling Hannibal Lecter a humanitarian, although there is more of a case to be made for Hannibal because he does, at least, subsist on people.” @petridishes on Steve Witkoff’s recent remarks to the Russian president: theatlantic.com/newsletters/…
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Tom Nichols retweeted
Trump blame Kyiv for the rise in energy prices while ignoring the real culprit, Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz He’s convinced himself that Ukraine’s refineries attacks are, in part, meant to undermine GOP’s midterm chances—and, by extension, Trump theatlantic.com/national-sec…
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So LGA is better, YYZ not so much. Grim. Also, hi Canada
Haven’t been to LGA in maybe a decade or more. Gotta say: Not bad at all
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Well, good to know who’s in charge, I guess
Incredible scoop by my @WSJ colleagues: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration. wsj.com/world/ukraine-starli…
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I never understood the appeal. I love hotels because they’re *not* someone’s house
It's hard to think of a service that's declined as much as Airbnb. To stay in someone's apartment, there's a good chance the bill will rival a Four Seasons resort and it probably comes with an extensive chore chart. There's almost zero reason not to stay in a hotel at this point.
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I find your lack of faith disturbing
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Tom Nichols retweeted
WHYYYYYY would Republicans double-down on this? They’re usually a lot better at this, so what are their internals showing them? Gotta turn out the child molestor vote? It’s inexplicable…
Vance: "And now the media and the Democrats in the state of Ohio are obsessed because, guess what? Vivek Ramaswamy had the audacity to run a TV commercial which calls it out like it is and calls Amy Acton a liar."
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Haven’t been to LGA in maybe a decade or more. Gotta say: Not bad at all
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Tom Nichols retweeted
The guy who said he was going to slice through bureaucracy to enable efficiency and lethality for the warfighter sure sounds like a bureaucrat hindering the warfighters
Asked about Ukraine's satellite service, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said there are "terms of service" that need to be complied with.
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Tom Nichols retweeted
WTF, Steve? Look up the definition of “humanitarian.” What an embarrassing and outrageous thing to say. You should go back to Ukraine and ask the families of the children Putin has kidnapped and murdered whether they agree your friend Putin is a “humanitarian.”
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Amazing.
Kudos to the camera man. He decided NOPE - ain’t letting him pull this shit. Not today. Not on my watch.
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