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Author: Robert Farley

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The Golden Fleet?

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On December 24, 2025
Battleships, apparently. The Trump-class “battleships” (probably designated BBG, or “guided missile battleship”) would displace some 35,000 tons and carry a variety of advanced weapons. The arsenal would include a rail gun, hypersonic missiles, nuclear cruise missiles, a 128-cell vertical launch system (VLS), 5″ guns, and defensive lasers. A flight...

This is Fine

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On December 19, 2025

Welp. One of Kentucky’s largest bourbon producers apparently is pausing whiskey production at the end of the year. Jim Beam, which is one of the largest makers of American whiskey.

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Building Without A Foundation

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On December 18, 2025
Pete Hegseth is trying to do something that can't really be done without the support of Congress: It’s worth our while to listen to ideas that could modify institutional structures created under vastly different geopolitical conditions. But there’s a problem. Goldwater-Nichols was a significant revision...

Reiner

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On December 17, 2025

The absolute horror show of American politics has made it difficult for me to come to grips with the absolute horror show of the passing of Rob and Michelle Reiner..

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War and Peace

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On December 17, 2025
As Scott has alluded, we are effectively at war with Venezuela: President Trump on Tuesday ordered a “complete blockade” on sanctioned oil tankers going to and from Venezuela, an escalation of his administration’s monthslong pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, the leader of Venezuela. “Venezuela is...

Burn!

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On December 16, 2025

This used to be a decent country. The 12- and 13-year-old students scowled at the burning pile of comic books outside St. Rita’s Parochial School in Louisville. Several leaned over.

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