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Over the last decade, Trump has consistently insulted and mocked US troops.
His defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has made clear that he sees service members as props in his endless battle to win culture war accolades from Nazi bloggers and right-wing talking heads.
The fact that real men and women are experiencing mental health crises and are dying in service of their ill-informed and vindictive whims doesn’t trouble Trump or Hegseth.
It should more than worry everyone e…

"Suckers and losers" as policy
The plight of the USS Lincoln lays bare Trump's disdain for the troops.

“Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran issue”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy5dzk0ryzdo
Bomb it with what? Raw sewage from the USS Abraham Lincoln?

Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran issue
The president also told Fox News the US had a direct backchannel with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - something it denies.

Admiring an old slide deck from Ben O'Steen @… when he was Tech Lead at BL Labs. From typical research quests to patterns in working with open data: explore first, then transition into investigation and completion mode

On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US military was preparing to replace the USS Lincoln with the USS George Washington,
as concerns mount over the conditions aboard the Lincoln.
Reports by the Navy Times and Stars and Stripes this week described shortages of supplies and water as well as plumbing problems,
low morale and deteriorating mental health among the Lincoln’s roughly 5,000 sailors,
and further reported that there had been multiple attempts…

US navy veterans and military health experts express concern over USS Abraham Lincoln sailors
Prolonged deployment is coupled with reports of water shortages, plumbing issues and attempts to jump overboard

Gig tonight at the Lincoln Park Zoo Ball was in question due to the air quality. They are moving forward, so here we go

Numismatist alert!
I just found this very old penny in my pocket because it *stuck to my headphone case's magnetic clasp*
Wait, you say. Isn't ol' Abe supposed to be copper (or copper and zinc)?
Apparently not in 1943!

Film and TV advocates and execs visited Washington, DC, on Wednesday to lobby for a federal production tax credit, ahead of an election recess for the US House (Katie Kilkenny/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Netflix, Universal Chiefs Descend On D.C. to Capitalize on Trump Tax Credit Momentum
Ted Sarandos and Donna Langley along with SAG-AFTRA president Sean Astin and more execs convened in Washington to lobby Congress to push through an incentive this year.

From the Barn to the Litter-Robot: Seven Things Nobody Tells You About Cats Anymore
When I was a boy in Lincoln, the contract with a cat was short enough to fit on a matchbook....
https://bolesblogs.com/2026/07/17/from

Kennt ihr noch dieses Gefühl, wenn einem so richtig langweilig ist? Ursula von der Leyen schon und sie möchte es für Kinder zurückbringen. 🧠
Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11454865?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.m…

The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln’s supply problems began soon after the first day of the war, as Iranian missiles and attack dronesfell on a Navy base in Bahrain.
The Iranian attack, retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli assault on Tehran, destroyed much of the base.
And as it went up in smoke, so did a major logistics hub that the Navy has relied on for decades.
The Navy needed a Plan B to continue feeding the sailors working around the clock to keep warplanes flying…

Navy and USS Lincoln’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War
Diego Garcia, a tiny island 2,200 miles from the Gulf of Oman, took over as the Navy’s logistics hub after Iran damaged a base in Bahrain.