Hope Hodge Seck
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Freelance journalist, full-time mom of 3, BQ marathoner. Formers: Managing editor @Militarydotcom , VP @MilReporters , @IrregWarfare Ed. Director.
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I first spoke with Evan Wright when working on a Generation Kill retrospective that remains one of my favorite stories to have worked on. He was warm and thoughtful and deeply empathetic to the Marines he wrote about. 1/2
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I've had Marines get angry at me for saying this, but I believe that in Generation Kill,
@evanscribe
effectively disproved the notion that closely controlling access and pushing forward a curated or sanitized narrative is the right way to tell the military's story.
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We reconnected just recently when he reached out with kind words about another story. His empathy and penchant for righteous indignation again flavored our conversation. He was an idealist and a person of strong convictions and a brilliant writer. I’m shocked and sad he’s gone.
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As a
@washingtonpost
freelancer I’m so grateful to be able to tell stories like this one. And working with top-in-class editors like Susan Levine,
@adegrandpre
and
@hankstuever
has been among the greatest privileges of my life. Days like this remind me why I love this work.
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Today’s the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul amid the U.S. military’s departure. It’s much easier to mark victory dates, but we owe it to the people who did what our country asked of them to remember and learn from anniversaries like this one.
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I am so sad for the journalists I admire greatly at these publications. This is a big blow for the whole military journalism community.
URGENT🚨 Our statement on today's layoffs of members of our newsroom:
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I was hoping for badly needed data here, but The Lancet literally put the most recent estimate from the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health into a calculator and multiplied it by five. We know exactly as much as we did before.
The Lancet - the most prestigious medical journal in the world - conservatively estimates that the death toll in Gaza could be 186,000 or more.
That’s 8% of the population.
I repeat my longstanding call for the UK government to immediately end all arms sales to Israel.
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For Mother’s Day, I executed a perfect one-take parallel parking job and forced my children to compliment it
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When I was in college, I got made fun of for using the word “moot” too often in class. I’m not sure why I’m sharing this now, though, as it’s no longer relevant or applicable.
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Apropos of nothing, I hear the two year old shout from the other room:
“I cleaned up, Mom! Don’t worry about it!”
On a scale of 10, how worried should I be?
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Today my five year old looked me square in the eye and said, “I am teaching you patience.”
It’s always creepy when your kids break the fourth wall like that.
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I keep forgetting to bring my electron microscope to these slide presentations
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Facebook: The unhinged ranting of family members
Twitter/X: The unhinged ranting of people you find interesting
LinkedIn: The unhinged ranting of colleagues, "momtrepreneurs," random Baby Boomers, and HR professionals you don't know. LinkedIn is Dante's take on social media
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5 y o insisted on bringing the 4-foot flag he made with a dowel to walk around D.C.
Everyone is eyeballing us like we’re about to launch a protest, but he’s just repping team Make Flags Great Again.
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My five year old just asked me how drone helicopters can fly without anyone in the cockpit and I did my best to act chill as I broke out my presentation and visual aids.
Being able to explain stuff you know about to curious kids is an underrated reason for having kids, IMHO
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Out with family at an event this evening and a little boy I've never met stops in front of me.
"It's nice to see someone else wearing a watch," he said.
Naturally, I demanded to see his timepiece and spent five minutes admiring it.
That kid is a legend in the making.
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Literally The Americans
The children of Anna and Artem Dultsev, the Russian deep cover spies returned home as part of the prisoner exchange, didn’t know they were Russian until their plane took off for Moscow for the swap, the Kremlin says. They don’t speak Russian, so Putin greeted them in Spanish.
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I hope they talk about Haditha at the Defense Information School. Willing to bet it's never mentioned. Covering up evil and lying about it = complicity with evil.
General Michael Hagee, the USMC commandant, bragged about keeping the Haditha photos secret. “The press never got them, unlike Abu Ghraib,” he said.
Cowardly. Cowardly. Cowardly.
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My two and a half year old just asked me, “Are you in charge?”
What have I been doing wrong or right
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JD Vance sure has come a ways since he was a ComCam lance corporal posting press releases on DVIDS.
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I did not know this
The 'compound' in 'military compound' is not related to the word that means "something formed by a union of elements or parts."
It's folk etymology from the Malay word 'kampung' meaning "group of buildings, village."
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Nothing hits harder than a chicken nuggie stolen from your child's lunch plate when you've run 13 miles and then consumed only caffeine all morning
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Tonight, celebrating an intangible journalism win. Never give up on a good story.
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Also: if you’ve never encountered Generation Kill, go watch it and read the book. They’re well worth your time.
I first spoke with Evan Wright when working on a Generation Kill retrospective that remains one of my favorite stories to have worked on. He was warm and thoughtful and deeply empathetic to the Marines he wrote about. 1/2
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday; the regular crowd shuffles in
—Me, walking into Harris Teeter for a single slice of chocolate cake
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We made it out of 4H embryology with one hatchling. I’m calling him Dejjaajj.
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All the Olympics ads for products that outsource creative work to AI have me reflecting on the Samuel Johnson quote I incessantly repeat to my students: “What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.”
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5-year-old: “Mom, how expensive is it to visit the lands and the worlds?”
Despite my best efforts my kids have apparently gotten wise to the existence of Disney parks
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As a final assignment for the two classes I taught this year, I had my high school-aged students write a short essay about what they learned in the class and how it challenged or surprised them. I just read all the essays ... and now I need to find a quiet place to cry. 💗
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Mitt Romney, once again, manages to find notes of truth and grace
Romney with a verrrry different statement on Biden than the rest of his party
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Tired of the sniping about military bona fides. One of my grandfathers was drafted and petitioned a chaplain to intervene so he get married instead of deploying to Korea. The other was a mustang career officer with a Bronze Star. They're buried in the same veterans cemetery.
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My two year old calls soldiers “Army boys” and between that and his love for “chichen nunnets,” he is rapidly becoming my favorite child.
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“Mom, why did the United States and France go to war after the Revolution?
… Are you looking it up on Google?!?”
Well, this humiliating day has finally come
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It’s not often you encounter someone with a story they’re dying to tell that you’re also quite eager to hear
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Secret 2024 goal: to feed more people than I ever have before
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On a walk tonight, I overheard one high school girl tell another, “I listen to earwax extraction ASMR to help me fall asleep.” I feel like I should write a short story about this
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You know how we intuitively order adjectives a certain way in English? Like the old, blind, white dog?
I wonder how many nights of sleep were lost over the ordering of "Penetrating Affordable Autonomous Collaborative Killer."
And, did they get it right?
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Scoped out our primitive campsite … and immediately booked a hotel room so Irene could rest in peace
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Went to a used curriculum sale, somehow came out with this
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My youngest is standing next to me, sniping pieces of Cinnamon Toast Crunch off the top of my bowl of oatmeal while somehow also lecturing me about my nutritional choices. It’s amazing to be two.
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Quick, is Oppenheimer a good July 4 movie? It’s coming up in the queue
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I sat down with the leaders of the new Afghanistan War Commission this week and learned why they believe veterans are at the heart of their mandate.
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Love the research phase of an article, when I go hunting for some comprehensive information on an obscure topic, am relieved to find an interesting-looking story from a few years ago, then shocked to see my byline on it. My mind is a sieve.
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Schoolhouse Rock has nothing for this, but it’s still a good watch
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In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee …
If life was measured in pounds of pasta salad brought to potlucks, I’m living it to the fullest
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At Panera and just saw a middle school boy get what we used to call an "around the world" from the soda fountain, with some of every flavor, including Lipton iced tea, diet Pepsi and Bubly. The kids are all right.
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Anyone have good recommendations for fun kid-friendly experiences in the DMV for less than $20/head? I found out the bowling alley by me wants like $130 for a lane and I am clutching all my pearls
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Something I'm learning about America: It's easier to get a staffer at a doctor's office to braid your hair or take your sister to prom than give you an itemized bill for a service you're paying for in cash.
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The old fogey in me is not loving all these Olympics ads for AI-generated work product
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I’ve spent the last four days in Israel. You can’t go anywhere without seeing reminders of October 7 and the missing hostages — it’s constantly present. This is in Ben Gurion airport.
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I impulse-bought what I can only describe as a casual ball gown from a Chinese drop-shipping company and, having worn it around today, can report I’ve seamlessly entered my tradwife era
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What I wouldn’t give to hear either candidate in this race say, “Here’s what we got wrong the first time. Here’s what we learned. Here’s how we’d do better.”
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IHOP is blasting early aughts bops. It may be the hottest club in the DMV
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Today I introduced my middle child to the time honored art of dashboard cookie baking
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"So are we fathoms from victory?"
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In disbelief. What amazing news
NEWS: Russia has released American journalist Evan Gershkovich and U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.
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That terrifying moment when you start laughing at something stupid and then you’re crying and then you realize if you don’t bail hard you’re going to be sobbing uncontrollably
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The uncle of a close personal friend of mine is a Ukrainian medic. He was gravely wounded a few days ago by Russian fire while evacuating soldiers.
For those who’ve been seeking a way to help, consider contributing to Andriyy’s care.
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This is exactly like Sunday school, where the answer is always Jesus
To summarize my time at a Marine School:
"The answer is an amphibious assault, now what is your question?"
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Count me in.
I would love to see (and I would vocally support) any initiative by defense reporters to engage with DINFOS on topics like this. If we can’t get DINFOS to host it, there’s nothing stopping us from putting it together ourselves.
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What I said: “There’s the FBI building.”
What my toddler heard: “There’s the ice cream house.”
The trust issues are not always my fault
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Honored to have worked on this story.
After questions from
@washingtonpost
, Hulu, National Geographic & Disney erase the Emmy-winning film, "Retrograde," from all platforms. Some congressmen & vets call the film a "Taliban target list." w/
@HopeSeck
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After his release from Taliban custody, the interpreter said the man told him: “They showed me Retrograde Movie and said you have worked with foreign forces and also worked in the movie. … They found me through Retrograde Movie.”
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The wildest timeline
Violence is not the way to go. Give peace a chance.
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Do I have to subscribe to a higher Netflix tier to see the fun version of Bridgerton everyone is talking about? The one I saw had very little plot, moved agonizingly slowly and predictably, and was rife with nonsense
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Six episodes in to the
@NewYorker
podcast about the Haditha killings by 3/1 Marines. It's a devastating listen. Most difficult are the present-day admissions, justifications, and excuses by the former Marines and their leaders.
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Seems like another black eye for the military justice enterprise
BREAKING:
@Secdef
Lloyd Austin yanks plea deals for 9/11 terror attack mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, 2 others
@DeptofDefense
memo released tonight also relieves the official in charge of the military commissions of her oversight in the case
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When I’m wealthy, I’m going to have a whole wardrobe just for New England cabin-wear. I can’t wait.
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Political reporters: I don’t care if one candidate is “giving grandpa vibes” and the other “gives you the ick.” This serves American voters not at all. Figure out how to be tough on candidates you like. If they’re as great as you think, they can take it.
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"This is the financial toll, in addition to the mental toll, the moral injury.’ That’s not free, because that comes at a cost, and the veterans felt obligated to pay, where the government didn’t.”
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Really enjoyed moderating this heavy-hitter panel on developing the future workforce today.
Our next panel, 'Developing the Future Workforce', is live! Hear how federal agencies are paving the way for a more inclusive future with a skilled tech workforce.
#WomenTechLeaders24
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Appalling
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This is last minute, but can we move the Olympics up so they start tonight?
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With due respect to Bridgerton, it was really HomeStarRunner who pioneered the “King of Town” concept
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I was one of a couple of reporters to travel to Afghanistan with Patel and acting SecDef Chris Miller in December 2020. The whole thing had fever dream qualities. No clearer on what to make of this guy now than I was then.
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The death of Twitter has been greatly exaggerated
I just want to personally thank
@JDVance
for knocking me out of the position of the worst Donald Trump hire. I didn’t think it would happen but here we are and I am grateful. 🙏
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IHOP's app is pretty terrible, but I've got 11 Pancoins that are burning a hole in my Stackholder Account. That's Friday night settled
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Some weeks I find myself sending a lot of cold queries. Always interesting to find the edges of my risk/rejection tolerance.
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Last night I declared this “hot theology summer,” and after some reflection, I’ve decided I’m full-on leaning into it.
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Going broke rebuying the makeup I forget to stash in my gym bag before covering events in DC. But I will keep doing it because this sea hag is tired and it shows
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I’ve been to this cemetery. Glad these stories are being told.
Airing this Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on
@NBCNewsNow
: Baby Heaven: The Buried Stories of Camp Lejeune.
Mothers detail their heartbreak after their children were exposed to contaminated water at the military base.
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