#Civilian

David Fickling

davidfickling

To be honest I find this sort of comment quite annoying. World War II was incredibly psychologically damaging to millions.The fact that it wasn't worse is because few troops spent

Scott Paul

ScottTPaul

Big #Yemen news today: President Biden pauses arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE. Important detail: this will cover "billions" in Trump admin sales. That means not just the recently

NC "Facebook Delenda Est" Steve

TCFKA_NCSteve

1/ Just a thread about the idiom "last ditch" and it's meaning for tomorrow. A huge number of our idioms are the relic of conscripted and press-ganged soldiers and sailors

St. John Barned-Smith ⚔️

stjbs

At least 243 people have signed up to speak at this committee meeting, which my colleagues @jaspscherer and @dylmcguinness is covering. (I'll be following along too)https://twitter.com/HOUPublicSafety/status/1276165090501431296 Chair @A

Ray Martin

Raymartin55

A thread .... We knew it would be bad. It’s been a body blow that has literally floored some of us. Some have admitted themselves to care. Partners don’t know

Cdn Refugee Lawyers

CARLadvocates

The recent case of Ibrahim Toure should signal to the government (@BillBlair) that CBSA oversight legislation is more necessary than ever. THREAD At Mr. Toure's hearing, CBSA produced a

R

ReturnedRedux

An often overlooked and now purposely obfuscated event that largely informed the policy of Japanese internment at the start of WW2 was the Niʻihau incident. It’s not taught in any

Mohammed Elnaiem

m_elnaiem

@libcomorg, I risked my life for the revolution in Sudan. Thats why I take what Ben Norton writes personally. For those with the patience to understand the complexity of Sudanese

Nic Maclellan

MaclellanNic

Sixty one years ago, France conducted its first atmospheric nuclear test, codename Gerboise Bleue. This was the first of four tests held in the Sahara desert at #Reggane, Algeria. As

Christopher Schmidt

crschmidt

Several of these milestones focus on the fact that crime in Cambridge are at record lows--but the number of people employed by the police department are at a record high.Instead

@amuse

amuse

BREAKING: The FBI has arrested #BlackLivesMatter self-described anti-fascist John Sullivan for leading the charge during the insurrection at the Capitol. Sullivan goaded the first casualty of the event to

GOP Eating Their Own

DelendaGOPEst

Stepping back from the ledge - a thread. The military and veterans have been mythologized far too long. All are infallible heroes regardless of their service record. 1/ Yet on

Tribute, District 4

ASimplePatriot

If I was an authoritarian regime & wanted to commit bioweapon attack I’d: test it out & inflict it upon my people first, then make sure other countries were infected,

Still Here

kristenmchugh22

We're maybe, and I mean MAYBE, five years out from a massive crisis of premature death of people under 40 that will collapse social security, the federal tax base, and

James

agoodfireburns

I just wanted to share a couple of excerpts from the US Military's counter-insurgency field manual which are particularly relevant at this time. Won't be a long thread, but one

Jamel Campbell-Gooch

nashvillered

A People’s timeline: The last 4 years of “criminal justice reform” in Nashville (thread): In 2016 a coalition consisting of @gideonsarmyunited @NoExceptionsPr1 @nashnaacp and other Black-led groups released a 200-page

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