Mark Hertling

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13 August 2025 23:19

For the record, our division commander BANNED things called “presence patrols” in Iraq. “If you don’t have a specific task & purpose, your ‘presence’ doesn’t do anything.” National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC. A complete waste of soldier’s time & effort.

The New York Times

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13 August 2025 23:19

Thousands of people in Eastern Canada are under evacuation orders and thousands more have been warned to be on high alert as quick-moving wildfires burn out of control during what has become Canada’s second-worst wildfire season on record.

The Bulwark

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13 August 2025 23:19

For all the sanctimony about stopping the killing, the real message is (to paraphrase Melania Trump’s famous jacket), “We don’t care.”

Pop Base

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13 August 2025 23:19

Taylor Swift jokes about being on the ‘New Heights’ podcast: “You guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast. I think we all know that if there’s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens — it’s more of me.”