Luther Ray Abel
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I'm delighted to share that I've joined National Review as the Nights & Weekends Editor.
Prepare for even more naval dominance, Midwestern hot-(dish)takes, and short stories.
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Good to see the press getting to what
@charlescwcooke
described an entire year ago.
A sr. Admin official describes briefing Biden to politico : “It’s like, ‘You can’t include that, that will set him off,’ or ‘Put that in, he likes that. It’s a Rorschach test, not a briefing. Because he is not a pleasant person to be around when he’s being briefed. It’s very
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Walz pisses me off bc he uses eval language in the real world. I was acting LPO for a day or two during Christmas stand-down....that didn't make me an LPO. I carried firearms as ship security during the Global War on Terrorism....that didn't make me a combat vet. Man's a shmuck.
Anyone can steal valor, no matter how long or gloriously he served. Claiming any feat, rank, or position that wasn't yours is stolen valor. Sorry. Simple as.
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He had the choice to deploy/attend school to cement the rank (E-9) or retire a rank lower and live with E-8 billing...he doesn't get to dip early and keep the rank. Gross.
They just announced Tim Walz as a “Command Sergeant Major” at the DNC.
Incredible. Still stealing valor.
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Reminder: Rebecca Kleefisch would have almost certainly beaten this scrub.
“I’m not going to sign an irresponsible
@WisGOP
tax cut that jeopardizes our state’s financial stability well into the future and the investments we need to be making today to address the real, pressing challenges facing [
#Wisconsin
],” tweeted
@GovEvers
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Mike Johnson:
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'Don't apologize for Americans being stupid; apologize for being an American who's so stupid he can't see just how good his life is and how much better he can make it yet.'
My latest for
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Holy nuts. The Air Force has experienced a 20-point decline in recruit applicants' medical readiness (81% '21, 69% '22, and 58% '23) after the DOD implemented the Genesis health records system.
[Stats provided by an Air Force spokesman.]
Updated
@NRO
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Unsatisfied with the widely held explanations for our recruiting woes, I went to recruiters to figure out what was going on. Their answers subordinated the prevailing hypotheses.
A longer report for
@NRO
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Discovered Narnia in the U.P. this weekend. Pretty sweet. Reepicheep says, "Suh dudes." (Narnia's pop culture references have a bit of lag time)
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If Political Commentary publications were Pokemon, according to Bing AI. Thanks to
@senatorshoshana
for the idea.
National Review (
@NRO
) to start—aggressively gentlemanly:
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Can't comprehend the average Midwestern downtown?
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Unsweetened iced tea is superior to its sweetened counterpart in taste and refreshment capabilities.
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Who could have foreseen this?
Gaza-based terrorists attack Israeli forces preparing for US pier
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@EverydayWarren
Morocco was super chill, fr. They even agreed not to pirate our vessels, unlike perfidious Tripoli.
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Hot take: Stephen King’s work is, by and large, inappropriate for school-age kids. Floridians can still purchase his books at most any retailer. I suggest starting with The Shining.
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@DominicJPino
Pick any interstate exit in Wisconsin and you'll discover the "French Farming Village Ideal." City planner claptrap example
#255
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Here we have the Commentary magazine (
@Commentary
) podcast.
@jpodhoretz
has to be top right, with
@AbeGreenwald
top left.
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Trump is sub-50 percent after the debate. He deserves neither charity from the pack nor the title of “presumptive nominee.”
My latest:
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NR has been discussing this since 2021. Biden's poor health was obvious then to anyone who's lived with declining family members. Congrats to the WSJ, but their piece was the aggregation of what conservative journalists have covered for years.
The real winners of the night?
@WSJ
's
@AnnieLinskey
&
@siobhanehughes
, who got so much crap for that story abt Biden's decline -- which the whole nation now sees for itself.
(I'm willing to bet a bunch Dems were telling those two the same story OTR, now that we know what we
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Californians should not be trusted with housing policy, just as Wisconsinites should not be trusted with establishing what constitutes reasonable alcohol consumption.
NEW: Harris will propose providing up to $25K in down payment support for 1st time homeowners, with more generous support for 1st generation homeowners, according to campaign official
She'll announce tomorrow in NC, along w/ her plan to ban corporate price-gouging on groceries
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Israel has a friendly colossus off its coast.
'The USS Gerald R. Ford was designed to defy missile attacks while ceaselessly launching aircraft. The strike group it sails with has the capability to alter the complexion of continents.'
My latest
@NRO
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@varifrank
@iowahawkblog
Absolutely. Child deaths (per 100k) due to wrecks have been halved in the last 20 years because of improved automotive safety. Shoutout to
@volvocars
and
@Saab
for their work on that front.
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Also
@charlescwcooke
in the stands.
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Natan has spoken out against the royal family and must be brought to heel. The monarchy is God-touched, inviolate.
-Very serious right-wingers
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Jason with a reasoned and gentlemanly column concerning the Disney/DeSantis kerfuffle.
For
@NRO
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Modern academics should do their homework before abusing Melville's work.
And bearded sailors have to stick up for one another (not like that). My latest
@NRO
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Removing throw pillows, real plates, and tchotchkes from the equation does wonders for reducing household labor.
the 2022 federal Time Use Survey found U.S. women spend more than twice as much time on household work than men *even when they are single or do not have children*
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@davereaboi
Some commenters here don't realize the piece is satirically written from a soy-sipping progressive's viewpoint. I actually meant this passage to be complimentary to the weightlifting conservative bunch as well as the running faction. Cheers to all!
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Anyone can steal valor, no matter how long or gloriously he served. Claiming any feat, rank, or position that wasn't yours is stolen valor. Sorry. Simple as.
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I'm just proud of the humanities faculty managing to count that high.
UW-Madison faculty: “1-2-3-4, we won’t fund this f*cking war.”
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One of the best feelings as a kid was earning access to the advanced novels (especially the hardcovers) that had been physically and metaphorically out of reach.
Research data from 160,000 adults in 31 countries concludes that a sizeable home library gave teens skills equivalent to university graduates…
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@mattyglesias
Experiences will vary.....high ceiling, subterranean floor. The art museum and a river cruise are musts.
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“Wisconsin governor endangers girls while pandering to vocal minority.”
BREAKING: I just vetoed Republicans’ anti-LGBTQ bill to ban trans and gender nonconforming kids from participating in school sports teams that align with their gender identity.
LGBTQ kids deserve our love and respect and support just like any other kid.
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The 'Best Coffee Cup in Conservatism' has been crowned. Con readers deserve only the best mug to pair with their daily bread of punditry.
Our competitors:
@Commentary
@NRO
@thedispatch
@LawLiberty
@ManhattanInst
Below are the unimpeachable findings 🧵1/
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The conflict of our age. "The VP wars raged across the Dakotas until nothing was left (which only took a few hours)."
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Not a word is out of place in
@charlescwcooke
's latest for
@NRO
. An authoritative piece of column-craft:
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My latest
@NRO
magazine feature is all about cows, family farms adapting to market changes, and Wisconsin's peerless countryside culture. If you've never touched a teat, this one is for you.
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Mercy. Haley's speech was typical campaign spin, while Trump's was a hissy fit/struggle session.
'Those who champion Trump are addicts to ego who have given up on America’s ordered strength, its economic dynamism, and the possibility of adult leadership.'
Nikki Haley’s speech was classless and dishonest. She deserved Donald Trump’s rebuke. She keeps claiming victory when she loses. She gave her statement early to spin her media advocates. She stands for nothing but her own self-aggrandizement. There’s no reason for any Republicans
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"I have very little patience for those who are pretending that Joe Biden was ever anything other than a lightweight braggart with a pool shark’s smile and the lung capacity of Harry Houdini."
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All hail Supreme Leader. He has blessed our miserable provincial selves with asphalt, girders, and striping machines. We exist only through his benevolent infrastructure.
Wow. These goofy signs are REQUIRED as part of the funding!
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@summerw07043354
@LoganDobson
On deployments, our only "live tv" viewing was via the Armed Forces Network. The AFN news channel would rotate hourly between Fox, CNN, NBC News, and PBS/NPR. If military members all clustered for the Fox hour, that was from choice, not force.
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A wild game ruined by a miserable forward and her caravan of haters and supporters.
Let this be the end of it.
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Jail. The answer is jail.
The shoplifting surge is real,
@mffisher
writes. People think it’s okay to steal—and no one knows how to stop them.
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Turning wrenches and producing oxygen while sweating and swearing....it'd be a bizarre thing to pretend.
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Proud to work for
@NRO
.
Is it okay to be patriotic in Lafayette Square?
We were determined to find out.
After pro-Hamas protesters vandalized statues in Lafayette Square, we decided to send a small group to honor a statue. |
@RichLowry
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'Never despair. But if you can’t manage that — as, often, I cannot — then power through regardless. To do otherwise is to hand the advantage to those who are already strong, loud, and overconfident.'
@charlescwcooke
has it right:
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The Left had better start policing itself if it wants to maintain its political future. What a disgraceful spectacle.
Did Columbia make things better or worse yesterday?
Protestors remained late into the night, chanting “intifada revolution” and dancing:
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The retvrn-architecture accounts have been real quiet ever since the celestial Tennessee pyramid received God rays.
My uncle Ted took this photo in Memphis last night.
It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
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The Midwestern middle class attaches social status to getting the cheapest-possible car for one's kid. If you're not pulling up to high school in your grandpa's old fabric-topped Buick LeSabre he sold you for a dollar, then who even are you?
If you grow up normal and middle class there’s nobody in your life who will tell you to buy a cheap car you can afford in cash. Literally not one person.
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"Charlie Cooke privately considers becoming an AK man after publicly insisting on the superiority of the AR platform's modularity, per key allies."
I hope my “key allies” wouldn’t immediately leak my thoughts to the New York Times in a crisis.
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@StrategicTrends
"U.S. carrier conquering dragon lair"....bosuns went a bit crazy with the decals up front
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Young journos: If the piece/tweet feels borderline, let it sit a day and reread. If you're still uncertain, DM me and I'll review it. Don't ruin your prospects by publishing edgelord trash.
To all my fellow aspiring politicos, I repeat a warning my mentor has repeatedly impressed upon me; learn from the tragedies of those you watched go astray in real time. Recognize what happened to them and make a better choice.
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Bait, but I’ll bite.
im supportive of everyone having a hobby but there is no cool way to smoke a cigar. it always looks really dumb I'm sorry
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$859 billion in debt, and "there are at least 26 high-speed railway stations in China that are not in operation, and eight of them have never been used."
Central planners and high-speed rail are an ineffective and ruinously expensive combination.
China high-speed rail operator forced to hike fares as debt balloons
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"Toby Keith achieved what only the best country singers do: providing the songs that come to mind when fighting, loving, or saying goodbye."
Me
@nro
honoring a most American man.
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"Doug for Dogs, Dogs for Doug" could be heard howling across the Badlands.
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The G.I. Bill halved Vance's law school bill—a good deal. Those, like TNR, who cast this as a gotcha don't seem to understand that the G.I. Bill isn't guaranteed and is effectively deferred compensation to offset the meager pay received while serving.
I found this unreported story where JD Vance, then named James Hamel, repeatedly praises the GI Bill:
“There are no law school scholarships,” Hamel said. “The truth is, if it was not for the Yellow Ribbon Program I would not be going to law school.”
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Man couldn’t swing an Ed.D., the most bogus doctorate outside of journalism. Maybe he didn’t want to upstage Jill Biden.
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The European mind can’t even comprehend meeting defense-spending obligations.
The European mind cannot comprehend this
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Respectfully disagree. The Navy has long been the place for disenfranchised young men to develop themselves away from a failed public-ed system. The higher testing standards ensure these recruits aren’t scrubs.
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About sums up the state of the GOP. Geldings on parade.
NASHUA, NH - “You must really hate her,” TRUMP says to
@votetimscott
, noting
@NikkiHaley
appointed him to the Senate but “you endorsed me.” SCOTT responds to Trump; “I just love you.”
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An entire stadium grateful that she's not the nominee.
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@rkylesmith
Pretty sure the enlisted needed our chief's permission to attend sick-call, let alone undergo elective surgery and miss muster/oil-wiping.
Privacy doesn't exist in the military.
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It's true. Working around the schedules of an MIA SecDef and a woolgathering POTUS can really mess with punctuality.
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The Grand Tour’s finale was sublime. I will miss it and Jeremy, Richard, and James terribly.
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Breaking: Team National Review just won Bible trivia this morning at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran in Brainerd, Minnesota.
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Wisconsin's winter near Holy Hill. As classically beautiful as anywhere on Earth.
PC: My Wisconsin Photography
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Turning 30
Pros: Wisdom and toothlessness
Cons: Never again appearing as a guest on the
@youngamericanz
podcast hosted by
@jackbutler4815
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