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Eye Opening
Author: TriSec
Date: 10/21/2025 09:18:48
Good Morning.
Most of you are aware of my usual source here: Military.com Daily News.
There's a rather stunning story on the front page today, although not quite above the fold.
Of course, the ones they enumerate are all military strongmen seizing power from a legitimate government.
But the fact that a staid, conservative military source in the United States would even consider printing such a story speaks volumes to me.
What are they trying to telegraph?
Most of you are aware of my usual source here: Military.com Daily News.
There's a rather stunning story on the front page today, although not quite above the fold.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Weeks of nationwide Gen Z protests in Madagascar sparked by power and water shortages escalated and led to a military coup that forced President Andry Rajoelina into exile. Army officer Col. Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as the new leader of the Indian Ocean nation.
The colonel is not the first in history to rise from the barracks to the presidential palace.
Here are five other famous military leaders who followed a similar trajectory.....
Of course, the ones they enumerate are all military strongmen seizing power from a legitimate government.
But the fact that a staid, conservative military source in the United States would even consider printing such a story speaks volumes to me.
What are they trying to telegraph?
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Raine on 10/21/2025 15:50:21
Raine on 10/21/2025 15:50:21
Another day, another Republinazi story.
He is nominated for the Office of Special Counsel.
Using an Italian slur for Black people, Ingrassia wrote a month earlier in the group chat seen by POLITICO: “No moulignon holidays … From kwanza [sic] to mlk jr day to black history month to Juneteenth,” then added: “Every single one needs to be eviscerated.”
He is nominated for the Office of Special Counsel.
Comment by Raine on 10/21/2025 17:07:54
Raine on 10/21/2025 17:07:54
Trump: "I'm letting everybody build their own power plant so they'll become like an electric utility in addition to AI."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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