@RadioFreeTom Tom Nichols

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Social topic influence tom #265, in the 10.12%, war #2057, this is #1829, military #2565, the world 4.17%, business #1671, history 3.57%, education 3.57%, army #2100

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"For people just catching up here's everything I've written about Pete Hegseth in @TheAtlantic all gifted here for your reading pleasure. He's unqualified and unfit for his post. and /1 https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/01/the-hegseth-hearing-was-a-national-embarrassment/681315/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweP4X0qakca6raolEC5UXgM4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:30Z 670.4K followers, 109.4K engagements

"The Russian leader has gotten the world he wished forand its threatening to crush him. (Putin as a few of us including @LawDavF pointed out for years is a terrible strategist and abysmal long-term planner.) https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/02/putin-trump-world-order/685988/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweKOzotTmJL2KN-p7kK1iO38&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/02/putin-trump-world-order/685988/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweKOzotTmJL2KN-p7kK1iO38&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"
X Link 2026-02-14T03:00Z 670.4K followers, 111.2K engagements

"This administration hates the military. But if hes not going to run the defense department he might as well go ahead and do something like this"
X Link 2026-02-13T23:41Z 670.4K followers, 94.9K engagements

"I no longer believe official 9/11 story. Two paper passports did not burn and were found on the rubble but it was so hot WTC7 burned down across the street. Nonsense. It's time to look for who gained from 9/11. Our government doesn't work for us. They've been lying whole time. I no longer believe official 9/11 story. Two paper passports did not burn and were found on the rubble but it was so hot WTC7 burned down across the street. Nonsense. It's time to look for who gained from 9/11. Our government doesn't work for us. They've been lying whole time"
X Link 2026-02-14T03:49Z 670.4K followers, 77.3K engagements

"Today is Netfix premier day for "A House of Dynamite." Here's what I wrote about it (and you should see it) https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/10/this-movie-makes-nuclear-war-feel-possible/684657/gift=_IXYI0Wrwnxuvm7JZ0fMfK2E-Rbj_olbKZjkPdHfvPI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2025/10/this-movie-makes-nuclear-war-feel-possible/684657/gift=_IXYI0Wrwnxuvm7JZ0fMfK2E-Rbj_olbKZjkPdHfvPI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"
X Link 2025-10-24T16:26Z 670.5K followers, 79.4K engagements

"Like watching children play-acting. Welcome to the War Department. https://t.co/Cdlm7LLT3V Welcome to the War Department. https://t.co/Cdlm7LLT3V"
X Link 2025-11-14T05:43Z 670.5K followers, 1.8M engagements

""I have no idea what they analyzed." Anyone who's ever had an MRI can tell you that they're not fun and that you are left in no doubt about why you're getting one. If any other POTUS said this it would be 25A time Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding. Reporter: Was it your brain Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed but whatever they analyzed they analyzed it well. https://t.co/ZBHMjJdNVD Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding. Reporter: Was it your brain Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed but whatever they analyzed they analyzed it well."
X Link 2025-11-15T16:38Z 670.4K followers, 259.8K engagements

"Hes just still mad that his Stonehenge monument was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf. Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial https://t.co/aqLCEzsuRW Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial https://t.co/aqLCEzsuRW"
X Link 2026-01-31T16:49Z 670.4K followers, 41.5K engagements

"@byrdshouse "I just need you to find [-----] more followers""
X Link 2026-02-01T02:24Z 670.4K followers, 11.4K engagements

"Trump folks grunting at me about Taiwan: Please direct your questions to Bridge Colby who just gave a speech in Seoul about how "we acknowledge and respect China's proud history" while never mentioning Taiwan"
X Link 2026-02-01T02:50Z 670.4K followers, 109.7K engagements

"Really sticking it to the elites and the globalists Four days before Trumps inauguration lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed a deal w/the Trump family to buy a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500M according to documents & people familiar. The buyer paid half up front steering $187M to Trump family Four days before Trumps inauguration lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed a deal w/the Trump family to buy a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500M according to documents & people familiar. The buyer paid half up front steering $187M to Trump family"
X Link 2026-02-01T15:55Z 670.4K followers, 72.3K engagements

"Trump says he worries about "nuclear" as the world's biggest problem but he's letting the last major arms treaty - one even the Russians want - lapse. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/trump-nuclear-weapons-treaty/685856/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweLikzeC8TQ_wJ1FORU1wrr8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/trump-nuclear-weapons-treaty/685856/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweLikzeC8TQ_wJ1FORU1wrr8&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"
X Link 2026-02-03T14:41Z 670.4K followers, 57.9K engagements

"I was right about Vance five years ago. I was perhaps even too generous. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/moral-collapse-jd-vance/619428/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweJFlNXobqPrl-O89b3o1WOA Vance: There was a moment in the Oval Office I wasn't even in there but Trump was talking to Kaitlan Collins. Trump says 'Why don't you ever smile' And it's actually like so perceptive. Have some fun. https://t.co/UGv5QPehg9 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/moral-collapse-jd-vance/619428/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweJFlNXobqPrl-O89b3o1WOA Vance: There was a moment in the Oval"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:49Z 670.4K followers, 49.8K engagements

"Yes sure he's fine Trump: I hate even talking about ICE. [--] people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity. Host: But it was [--] Americans who died Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters Host: The waters Trump: The waters where we knock out boats https://t.co/BPTA7MBMeE Trump: I hate even talking about ICE. [--] people out of tens of thousands and you get bad publicity. Host: But it was [--] Americans who died Trump: We have the smallest trucks. We've been very tough on the waters Host: The waters Trump: The waters where we knock out boats"
X Link 2026-02-05T03:03Z 670.4K followers, 255K engagements

"Good choice. That never goes wrong "Miller rarely leaves a written trail of his orders using Signal an encrypted voice and text-messaging app to communicate." https://t.co/IlsuQevHXP "Miller rarely leaves a written trail of his orders using Signal an encrypted voice and text-messaging app to communicate." https://t.co/IlsuQevHXP"
X Link 2026-02-05T03:55Z 670.4K followers, 88.3K engagements

"Normally one might think that an ambassadors job is to find out why another government is mad at us and help smooth it over instead of jumping in like a partisan fighter on a talk show. Dear Mr. Prime Minister Im assuming your thoughtful and well-articulated message was sent to me by mistake because surely you intended it for the Speaker of the Sejm Wodzimierz Czarzasty whos despicable disrespectful and insulting comments about President Trump @POTUS Dear Mr. Prime Minister Im assuming your thoughtful and well-articulated message was sent to me by mistake because surely you intended it for"
X Link 2026-02-05T20:03Z 670.4K followers, 79.3K engagements

"A deeply moving Christian reflection Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible . the first time they https://t.co/KpExEgj3fg Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast: "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible . the"
X Link 2026-02-05T20:10Z 670.4K followers, 215.7K engagements

"And what lesson perhaps could be drawn from this i voted for the first time in [----] as a single issue voter crypto president how can i not vote for that sounds great not even a year later & he has destroyed the single issue i cared about fuck you trump i voted for the first time in [----] as a single issue voter crypto president how can i not vote for that sounds great not even a year later & he has destroyed the single issue i cared about fuck you trump"
X Link 2026-02-06T00:55Z 670.4K followers, 68.8K engagements

"This is idiotic and ugly behavior from any American but especially an ambassador to one of our allies @_kaminskikacper @USAmbPoland @POTUS Should we take all our soldiers and equipment with us @_kaminskikacper @USAmbPoland @POTUS Should we take all our soldiers and equipment with us"
X Link 2026-02-06T00:58Z 670.4K followers, 86.2K engagements

"@ArnoldBogis I just replaced Adobe with another program; I was hesitant to do it for years because I thought of PDF as something that belongs to Adobe like assuming that all tissues are Kleenex"
X Link 2026-02-06T01:20Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Tough guys MEMPHIS: Memphis Safe Task Force (U.S. marshal) caught KICKING A PUPPY 😳 as they arrested a guy for a drug warrant He was harmless. Theres no reason he shouldve done that. @GovBillLee this is what were paying $1 Million a day for🤔 Full: https://t.co/LBWvBRegVv https://t.co/RGNqnR2RyC MEMPHIS: Memphis Safe Task Force (U.S. marshal) caught KICKING A PUPPY 😳 as they arrested a guy for a drug warrant He was harmless. Theres no reason he shouldve done that. @GovBillLee this is what were paying $1 Million a day for🤔 Full: https://t.co/LBWvBRegVv https://t.co/RGNqnR2RyC"
X Link 2026-02-06T05:43Z 670.4K followers, 50K engagements

"If you're one of the people who still says "this is what I voted for" I guess the only answer is: I believe you. President Trump posted a video including imagery depicting former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes https://t.co/7HF45aioPh President Trump posted a video including imagery depicting former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes https://t.co/7HF45aioPh"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:00Z 670.4K followers, 109.5K engagements

"She's shocked just shocked This is gross and racist. The President should delete it and apologize. The clip with the Obamas is the last [--] seconds of a minute long clip on voting machines being hacked so maybe Trump didn't watch it til the end. Maybe he didn't even post it himself. If that's the case This is gross and racist. The President should delete it and apologize. The clip with the Obamas is the last [--] seconds of a minute long clip on voting machines being hacked so maybe Trump didn't watch it til the end. Maybe he didn't even post it himself. If that's the case"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:47Z 670.4K followers, 87.6K engagements

"That John Barron surprised he hasn't been fired by now A senior adviser to Florida gubernatorial candidate Rep. @ByronDonalds tells me that Donalds' team called the White House about the video depicting the Obama's as monkeys and learned that a staffer let the president down #flapol A senior adviser to Florida gubernatorial candidate Rep. @ByronDonalds tells me that Donalds' team called the White House about the video depicting the Obama's as monkeys and learned that a staffer let the president down #flapol"
X Link 2026-02-06T19:10Z 670.4K followers, 98.8K engagements

"Really testing the "no one in this Cabinet can ever get fired" theory. But at least Trump supporters now know that they were right about an elite cabal of people doing terrible things and hiding it. They just zeroed in on the wrong elites. According to legal documents and emails Epstein and Lutnick did business together and Lutnick vacationed on Epsteins island LONG AFTER Lutnick claims they parted ways and after LONG AFTER Epstein was a known sex offender. According to legal documents and emails Epstein and Lutnick did business together and Lutnick vacationed on Epsteins island LONG AFTER"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:49Z 670.4K followers, 207.4K engagements

"What a pathetic thing to do. These programs in part exist for the same reason as the post-Vietnam War College curricula: So that military strategists and advisers would be on a more equal footing with the civilians they served. This disempowers not helps the military. Making military dumber: Pentagon cuts ties with Harvard University ending all military training fellowships and certificate programs. https://t.co/xMX3bCLmB6 Hormone Hegseth only has use for dumb warriors who dont know about the world and cant think for themselves. Making military dumber: Pentagon cuts ties with Harvard"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:03Z 670.4K followers, 89.8K engagements

"VADM Stansfield Turner knew why education was important for military officers: Making military dumber: Pentagon cuts ties with Harvard University ending all military training fellowships and certificate programs. https://t.co/xMX3bCLmB6 Hormone Hegseth only has use for dumb warriors who dont know about the world and cant think for themselves. Making military dumber: Pentagon cuts ties with Harvard University ending all military training fellowships and certificate programs. https://t.co/xMX3bCLmB6 Hormone Hegseth only has use for dumb warriors who dont know about the world and cant think for"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:06Z 670.4K followers, 39.2K engagements

"Professors often call such students maze-bright. They can negotiate tests and jump through hoops but they lack creative thinking or curiosity. @RadioFreeTom He probably tested really well in standardized and objective tests and may have a very good memory. He is devoid of any intellectual curiosity or insight. He has no moral character. @RadioFreeTom He probably tested really well in standardized and objective tests and may have a very good memory. He is devoid of any intellectual curiosity or insight. He has no moral character"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:13Z 670.4K followers, 51.9K engagements

"Look what you made us do The Left has never figured it out in ten years. It was never about Trump whether he was a good guy or anything like that. It's THEM. They are the reason Trump is in power and they can't deal with that. The Left has never figured it out in ten years. It was never about Trump whether he was a good guy or anything like that. It's THEM. They are the reason Trump is in power and they can't deal with that"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:57Z 670.4K followers, 72K engagements

"Geez Id unfollow a guy like that @RadioFreeTom People like Tom Nichols exemplify the armchair warriors of today because they never got their fat ass off the couch to actually serve this country but have plenty to say to those who did. They enjoy the freedoms those folks helped provide without lifting a finger themselves. @RadioFreeTom People like Tom Nichols exemplify the armchair warriors of today because they never got their fat ass off the couch to actually serve this country but have plenty to say to those who did. They enjoy the freedoms those folks helped provide without lifting a"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:40Z 670.4K followers, 31.8K engagements

"@byrdshouse I think it depends on the job. I had a white collar job and it was grinding me down. I might have worked part-time at various things after tho"
X Link 2026-02-08T03:49Z 670.4K followers, 19K engagements

"@ianbremmer @AGDugin When the Vulcans see our first warp drive signature tomorrow Ian you'll change your mind"
X Link 2026-02-08T04:36Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Let me explain something to the masses. People like Tom Nichols cant help themselves. The super smug and highly credentialed academic elite that never let you forget how much smarter they are than you. Military experts on paper. They never take responsibility for decades of Let me explain something to the masses. People like Tom Nichols cant help themselves. The super smug and highly credentialed academic elite that never let you forget how much smarter they are than you. Military experts on paper. They never take responsibility for decades of"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:26Z 670.4K followers, 46K engagements

"I can't verify if this is true but if it is this officer must have been an awesome addition to any seminar @sarahadams @RadioFreeTom So true. I was counseled multiple times at both Staff College and War College for challenging the curriculum lack of Professor qualifications laziness of my fellow students. Both of those years were wasted. @sarahadams @RadioFreeTom So true. I was counseled multiple times at both Staff College and War College for challenging the curriculum lack of Professor qualifications laziness of my fellow students. Both of those years were wasted"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:02Z 670.4K followers, 63.8K engagements

"@ThinGinFiend I appreciate that. My view that he's a terrible person wouldn't be my business if he were a private citizen. But I think he's utterly unfit for any Cabinet position especially DEFSEC. That's my view not only as someone who worked for years in natsec but as an American citizen"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:11Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Is it worse than showing disrespect to a decorated veteran and POW like John McCain even after he died or calling America's war dead "losers and suckers" Asking for millions of friends. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/ @RadioFreeTom a guy who never served day one talking shit about someone who did [--] combat deployments. You are a fucking academic who never did any heavy lifting in your career. Maybe you should have raised your right hand and served. Being a professor is not the same as serving"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:35Z 670.4K followers, 58.7K engagements

"I left DC [--] years ago to return to teaching in the boonies of New Hampsire and have been living on lobster rolls and steamed clams by the shores of the Narragansett since the late 1990s Does anyone really doubt that Never-Trump "Conservative" Tom Nichols is a loyalist deep state puppet D.C. is chock-full of them b/c OF COURSE it is. https://t.co/Z6I2wSF69w Does anyone really doubt that Never-Trump "Conservative" Tom Nichols is a loyalist deep state puppet D.C. is chock-full of them b/c OF COURSE it is. https://t.co/Z6I2wSF69w"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:38Z 670.4K followers, 26.2K engagements

"Also when it comes to nuclear stuff I've fought as many nuclear wars as anyone in the military.* *I did not write that zinger but I can't remember who did @tm3716 @Schwalm5132 @RadioFreeTom "You can't comment on football unless you've played in the NFL" is what dumb former players say when smart people critique the game and these people's awful takes. It's a lazy silly argument. @tm3716 @Schwalm5132 @RadioFreeTom "You can't comment on football unless you've played in the NFL" is what dumb former players say when smart people critique the game and these people's awful takes. It's a lazy silly"
X Link 2026-02-08T20:06Z 670.4K followers, 19K engagements

"@TmthyPatrick @DataRepublican @data_republican "PS: I've been reading you for years but didn't know this" :)"
X Link 2026-02-08T20:07Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"At NWC we sometimes had people whose detailers told them that the year in Newport was to "reconnect with family" and sail and golf. Education like anything else is something that only returns what you put into it. @RadioFreeTom Its not a lot of reading if you dont do it. My experience at USACGSC was not rigorously academic. Nobody stayed after 3pm. Best year of my life The primary focus was on family life. There were a few try hards trying to be selected for SAMS. For real warriors a nice holiday. @RadioFreeTom Its not a lot of reading if you dont do it. My experience at USACGSC was not"
X Link 2026-02-08T20:58Z 670.4K followers, 20.1K engagements

"Busted @RadioFreeTom Correct communist scum always plays the long game. You are a useless twat btw. @RadioFreeTom Correct communist scum always plays the long game. You are a useless twat btw"
X Link 2026-02-08T21:00Z 670.4K followers, 21.5K engagements

"@JoeReynolds2020 @TheAtlantic I dont follow hockey"
X Link 2026-02-08T23:06Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Yeah imagine trashing your own country in a place like say Helsinki while youre standing next to the president of one of the most repressive regimes in the world. Bullshit. You dont go overseas REPRESENTING America wearing an American uniform in a fierce competition against other countries - some with the worst human rights records on earth - and bash the US. Only leftists are defending this. Despicable. Bullshit. You dont go overseas REPRESENTING America wearing an American uniform in a fierce competition against other countries - some with the worst human rights records on earth - and bash"
X Link 2026-02-09T00:10Z 670.4K followers, 337.2K engagements

"Im not sure who this guy was yelling at on board ship but I usually didnt get officers until they were [--] or above Nichols is exactly the kind of narrow educated-but-not-intelligent narcissistic professor that when we got a smart kid out on the ship wed ask: who the F taught you to stick your head that far up your own ass Nichols is exactly the kind of narrow educated-but-not-intelligent narcissistic professor that when we got a smart kid out on the ship wed ask: who the F taught you to stick your head that far up your own ass"
X Link 2026-02-09T00:14Z 670.4K followers, 74.2K engagements

"Always nice to have support @InfiniteBliss89 @RadioFreeTom Tom's resilience is legendarymust be all those years navigating tough debates. Republicans might try but egos like his are built to last What's your take on the latest exchange @InfiniteBliss89 @RadioFreeTom Tom's resilience is legendarymust be all those years navigating tough debates. Republicans might try but egos like his are built to last What's your take on the latest exchange"
X Link 2026-02-09T00:23Z 670.4K followers, 23.2K engagements

"Mostly because they know Im right about Hegseth and well just about everything. Also some of them hate that I have great hair even at my age. @RadioFreeTom Why are these people so virulently angry at.you Complete with a never ending collection of ad hominems. @RadioFreeTom Why are these people so virulently angry at.you Complete with a never ending collection of ad hominems"
X Link 2026-02-09T00:27Z 670.4K followers, 67.4K engagements

"No firsthand knowledge of the war colleges I couldve sworn I was getting paychecks for something related to those Well @RadioFreeTom is indeed a "pusillanimous" coward and intellectual defective that has no first-hand knowledge of the war colleges has blocked those who do as he is so so "brave" and is stupid enough to go to war with @DataRepublican @CynicalPublius and others. Idjit. Well @RadioFreeTom is indeed a "pusillanimous" coward and intellectual defective that has no first-hand knowledge of the war colleges has blocked those who do as he is so so "brave" and is stupid enough to go to"
X Link 2026-02-09T02:30Z 670.4K followers, 26.1K engagements

"Curious about which war college this person attended and what experience supports this evaluation @RadioFreeTom Whether you like Pete or not war colleges are to produce yes men. They reward consensus and conformity more than real change improvements or disruption. And lets not forgettheres a difference between teaching something and actually doing it. A big one. You were clearly @RadioFreeTom Whether you like Pete or not war colleges are to produce yes men. They reward consensus and conformity more than real change improvements or disruption. And lets not forgettheres a difference between"
X Link 2026-02-09T02:37Z 670.4K followers, 58.2K engagements

"Dresses I can assure you that this is not something we controlled in professional military education @RadioFreeTom No actually its because youre a pompous self-satisfied fraud who presumes to know who is and is not qualified to be secretary of defense and whose most vital role is to help build a military that is lethal efficient and dedicated solely to fighting and conclusively @RadioFreeTom No actually its because youre a pompous self-satisfied fraud who presumes to know who is and is not qualified to be secretary of defense and whose most vital role is to help build a military that is"
X Link 2026-02-09T03:05Z 670.4K followers, 29.6K engagements

""I don't know who you are what you do what you've done what a war college is what they do how they operate or what they teach. But you said something bad about Pete Hegseth so now I have to lose my mind and claim that war colleges are communism.""
X Link 2026-02-09T03:19Z 670.4K followers, 172.2K engagements

"This AI summary is incorrect. I did not criticize Hegseth's lack of PME. He's unfit because of his shallow character his lack of experience his poor judgment his adolescent temperament and his multiple screw-ups"
X Link 2026-02-09T03:28Z 670.4K followers, 36.6K engagements

"Because education is kind of the generic stand-in for a lot of the status anxiety and overall resentment about life dissatisfaction that forms the core of a large part of Trump's base. @RadioFreeTom @infantrydort Curious why is the Hegseth warrior class so anti-learning What are they afraid of @RadioFreeTom @infantrydort Curious why is the Hegseth warrior class so anti-learning What are they afraid of"
X Link 2026-02-09T03:40Z 670.4K followers, 43.8K engagements

"I retired from DOD three years ago @RadioFreeTom You Tom Nichols is the real narcissist panicking over the "old guard" losing power and the military getting "turned into a real army again"an elitist who is an out-of-touch academic/Ivy type pushing "wokeism" and institutional softness and resenting Hegseth's combat experience @RadioFreeTom You Tom Nichols is the real narcissist panicking over the "old guard" losing power and the military getting "turned into a real army again"an elitist who is an out-of-touch academic/Ivy type pushing "wokeism" and institutional softness and resenting"
X Link 2026-02-09T03:41Z 670.4K followers, 29.7K engagements

"@amyrosethielen It's always been a streak in American democracy as Richard Hofstadter wrote more than [--] years ago"
X Link 2026-02-09T04:09Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"(Victor Davis Hanson did not serve in the military and has no experience in the defense or natsec world.) @infantrydort @instapundit They need more Victor Davis Hanson and less Tom Nichols. @infantrydort @instapundit They need more Victor Davis Hanson and less Tom Nichols"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:39Z 670.4K followers, 35.8K engagements

"What a coincidence. Finishing up something I'm writing about Hegseth and he's right across the bay from me today. INBOX: "Reed Statement on Secretarys Hegseth Arsenal of Freedom Tour Stop at Quonset" https://t.co/JKJWwN4ZGE INBOX: "Reed Statement on Secretarys Hegseth Arsenal of Freedom Tour Stop at Quonset" https://t.co/JKJWwN4ZGE"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:40Z 670.3K followers, 25.3K engagements

"Smart We're saving money by paying overtime to defense workers to sit through a speech from Hegseth no one wanted to hear. https://theintercept.com/2026/02/07/pete-hegseth-speech-overtime-pay-maine-biw/ https://theintercept.com/2026/02/07/pete-hegseth-speech-overtime-pay-maine-biw/"
X Link 2026-02-09T21:04Z 670.4K followers, 18K engagements

"Dressing in civilian clothes in seminar dates back to the early 1970s when VADM Turner wanted students to talk to each other as peers without reference to rank so that you didn't have officers just saying "well as the colonel here just said." It was a smart decision. @CynicalPublius @RichUSA82 @RadioFreeTom Big thought: What's the uniform worn at the senior service colleges Like every day unless there's an exception It ain't the dress uniform It ain't any service uniform It's business attire. So. what are they training for What mindset are they trying to get @CynicalPublius @RichUSA82"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:03Z 670.4K followers, 33.5K engagements

"Yep And a fact: The reason war colleges give an MA is that the students demanded it. They did not want to spend a year hearing guys telling sea stories and get a Certificate of Seat Warming. They wanted actual academic instruction and a degree. @CrispinBurke @RadioFreeTom AND maintain specific elements of curriculum to preserve accreditation under the current model. @CrispinBurke @RadioFreeTom AND maintain specific elements of curriculum to preserve accreditation under the current model"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:24Z 670.4K followers, 22K engagements

"@Jeff_Leader Yes we had uniform days but we also had guys who wanted to come to class wearing all their patches and it had exactly the effect Turner feared it would: lots of guys exchanging stories instead of attending to the matters at hand"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:26Z 670.3K followers, [---] engagements

"(well also the Superior Service Medal in 2022) @nine14six @RadioFreeTom Tom Nichols has no record of active military service. He's a civilian academic who received the Navy's Meritorious Civilian Service Medal in [----] for his work in strategy and policy. @nine14six @RadioFreeTom Tom Nichols has no record of active military service. He's a civilian academic who received the Navy's Meritorious Civilian Service Medal in [----] for his work in strategy and policy"
X Link 2026-02-09T22:31Z 670.4K followers, 17.8K engagements

"I drove a taxi @djq_quinn @RadioFreeTom The guy has never had a real job in his life and has achieved exactly nothing of any importance whatsoever. Hes an armchair quarterback masquerading as an expert. @djq_quinn @RadioFreeTom The guy has never had a real job in his life and has achieved exactly nothing of any importance whatsoever. Hes an armchair quarterback masquerading as an expert"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:16Z 670.4K followers, 22K engagements

"@RadioFreeTom Buddy I have a B.A. in Economics & Spanish as well as two Masters degrees. There is nothing about the MAGA movement that is credential-based or credential-envy-related. Your assessment is faux-analysis solely adopted to ensure you can continue to live in your contrived reality. @RadioFreeTom Buddy I have a B.A. in Economics & Spanish as well as two Masters degrees. There is nothing about the MAGA movement that is credential-based or credential-envy-related. Your assessment is faux-analysis solely adopted to ensure you can continue to live in your contrived reality"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:44Z 670.4K followers, 17.5K engagements

"Sorta like now @RadioFreeTom So you got paid for giving your opinion on world events to people who didn't want to listen to you. @RadioFreeTom So you got paid for giving your opinion on world events to people who didn't want to listen to you"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:45Z 670.4K followers, 18.6K engagements

"@Bob_Janke Holy crap didn't know that about Mayfield. True story: I was T-boned at an intersection by a heroin dealer fleeing the cops after he kidnapped and raped a minor. Escaped death by inches in the intersection. Never looked at life the same way after that"
X Link 2026-02-10T02:19Z 670.3K followers, 29.7K engagements

"All you need to know about Hegseth and Harvard: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/pete-hegseth-attack-on-harvard/685945/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweOYVBq-bI_KwUA5LuRg8zTM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/pete-hegseth-attack-on-harvard/685945/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweOYVBq-bI_KwUA5LuRg8zTM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"
X Link 2026-02-10T02:36Z 670.4K followers, 23.6K engagements

"When I got to NWC only about [--] percent of the Navy's admirals had been to any war college prompting Congress to finally hold up promotions. (Also many NWC guys tried to warn about LCS; we later made a case study out of what a bad idea it was) But hey lethality ;) @ColonelTowner Naval war college has produced generations of Admirals who cannot run ship programs. The Navy wanted the LCS liked two designs ran with it and they both failed. Zumwalt class was stillborn. Ford is still teething. Constellation class is toast. Failed peacocks @ColonelTowner Naval war college has produced generations"
X Link 2026-02-10T02:45Z 670.4K followers, 34.8K engagements

"Because saying this stuff totally isn't bananas and you'd completely nod and not worry about your grandpa if he sent you texts like this President Trump now threatening to stop the Gordie Howe Bridge which would connect Windsor Ontario & Detroit Michigan unless the US is fully compensated for everything we have given Canada https://t.co/blieRAkQts President Trump now threatening to stop the Gordie Howe Bridge which would connect Windsor Ontario & Detroit Michigan unless the US is fully compensated for everything we have given Canada https://t.co/blieRAkQts"
X Link 2026-02-10T02:48Z 670.4K followers, 80.3K engagements

"I've been through this argument before back when I first started teaching"
X Link 2026-02-10T03:03Z 670.3K followers, 15.8K engagements

"I have endured many insults but the idea that I would criticize Fallout [--] is a bridge too far @Snakeeater36 Tom was a mid-wit who went on TV claiming a video game (Fallout 4) was bad because it might make people think post nuclear apocalypse would be fun. He also trained high ranking officers. @Snakeeater36 Tom was a mid-wit who went on TV claiming a video game (Fallout 4) was bad because it might make people think post nuclear apocalypse would be fun. He also trained high ranking officers"
X Link 2026-02-10T04:00Z 670.4K followers, 39.5K engagements

"@DeanxRiley Al"
X Link 2026-02-10T05:12Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Minutemen 4Ever @RadioFreeTom Careful Fallout [--] is divisive and there is no right path forward here @RadioFreeTom Careful Fallout [--] is divisive and there is no right path forward here"
X Link 2026-02-10T18:18Z 670.4K followers, 23K engagements

""I will say whatever I need to say to keep riding on this plane" .@VP: It's just very simple: Greenland is very important to the national security of the United States of America. If we're going to be on the hook for protecting this massive land mass I think it's only reasonable for the United States to get some benefit out of that. https://t.co/Btwu9bzhzg .@VP: It's just very simple: Greenland is very important to the national security of the United States of America. If we're going to be on the hook for protecting this massive land mass I think it's only reasonable for the United States to"
X Link 2026-02-10T21:10Z 670.4K followers, 79.9K engagements

"@donaldc58 We gave them the MA to stop them from doing that; they were taking NWC credits and then doing extra work to get the MA"
X Link 2026-02-10T22:43Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"LOL Tom you are a caricature unto yourself. Wisdom is what wins battles. Wisdom is the combination of Knowledge and Experience. Knowledge is not synonymous with Education and education is not synonymous with college. Your pretentious self aggrandizing position on Education is LOL Tom you are a caricature unto yourself. Wisdom is what wins battles. Wisdom is the combination of Knowledge and Experience. Knowledge is not synonymous with Education and education is not synonymous with college. Your pretentious self aggrandizing position on Education is"
X Link 2026-02-11T03:07Z 670.4K followers, 42.1K engagements

"@mikenelson586"
X Link 2026-02-11T03:17Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Not only is Joe an old friend and a decorated officer but when we were in the Soviet Union together back when he was a colonel and I was a young academic he rousted me out of my room every morning and made me run around the deck of a Soviet ship with him for exercise. @sarahadams @RadioFreeTom Sarah career thinkers and career doers need to learn from one another. I served for [--] years but I also went Ivy and became an academic. War Colleges help tactical-level heroes grow into strategic thinkers who can see the big picture. We need warriors and Tom Nichols too. @sarahadams @RadioFreeTom Sarah"
X Link 2026-02-11T03:23Z 670.4K followers, 80.7K engagements

"In [----] @josephcollins77 and were delegates to a meeting in the USSR with the Soviets. (We were there to talk arms control.) The meetings took place on a boat on the Dniepr. Joe couldn't go for his morning run so he made me to run with him in circles on a boat. @RadioFreeTom How are [--] Americans on a Soviet ship during the Cold War I thought you were working from a embassy or consulate. https://t.co/198ctAHwzE @RadioFreeTom How are [--] Americans on a Soviet ship during the Cold War I thought you were working from a embassy or consulate. https://t.co/198ctAHwzE"
X Link 2026-02-11T04:19Z 670.3K followers, 33.2K engagements

"Me and Colonel Joe @josephcollins77 running in circles on a Soviet boat in [----]. Needless to say I didn't bring workout stuff because I didn't expect some Army fanatic to make me run around all morning with him Not only is Joe an old friend and a decorated officer but when we were in the Soviet Union together back when he was a colonel and I was a young academic he rousted me out of my room every morning and made me run around the deck of a Soviet ship with him for exercise. Not only is Joe an old friend and a decorated officer but when we were in the Soviet Union together back when he was a"
X Link 2026-02-11T04:22Z 670.4K followers, 37.8K engagements

"@wanerious @josephcollins77 he did a Crazy Joe"
X Link 2026-02-11T04:23Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"My trip to the USSR with @josephcollins77 made big news"
X Link 2026-02-11T04:29Z 670.4K followers, 12.1K engagements

"@josephcollins77 @jimvoor @kuki_2_ I couldn't believe that I talked my way into a polling station in Ukraine and watched them count votes. Probably a handful of foreigners saw something like that at that time. Winds of change and all that"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:10Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Mayor Bates: It runs in some of the families. Colonel Bella: to his aide This community is indeed fortunate to have a shepherd like him. Mayor Bates: Well I just want to see this thing through Colonel NEW: Speaker Johnson just told me he believes the [--] Democrats who participated in the disobey illegal orders video should be indicted. Comes after a grand jury rejected the attempt by federal prosecutors. I think that anytime you're obstructing law enforcement and getting in https://t.co/CwfIxquzxu NEW: Speaker Johnson just told me he believes the [--] Democrats who participated in the disobey"
X Link 2026-02-11T16:21Z 670.4K followers, 39.3K engagements

"Fair @RadioFreeTom Tom youre a pompous SOB who is more clever than smart but you have been done well by your enemies who are so appalling that you look awesome by comparison. Well done. @RadioFreeTom Tom youre a pompous SOB who is more clever than smart but you have been done well by your enemies who are so appalling that you look awesome by comparison. Well done"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:33Z 670.4K followers, 25.9K engagements

""Why won't you debate any of these guys" This is why. If you know anything about the military - as a civilian or a serving member - you know this is not correct and arguing about it about it is a waste of minutes of your life that you will never get back. @infantrydort @RadioFreeTom It was a War College Graduate who decided to put JAG officers in the chain of command that repeatedly denied fire support to troops under fire in Afghanistan and Iraq for over a decade. US servicemen died repeatedly to JAG OFFICER enforced Artillery rules of engagement. @infantrydort @RadioFreeTom It was a War"
X Link 2026-02-12T03:33Z 670.4K followers, 45.7K engagements

"Hearty agree New rule: Any student who quotes "The End of History" without actually reading it fails. New rule: Any student who quotes "The End of History" without actually reading it fails"
X Link 2026-02-12T13:05Z 670.4K followers, 33.8K engagements

"@bgfalconfan I can multitask but I dont bother with more friendly or pop culture conversation conversations over here because this place is just full of lunatics"
X Link 2026-02-13T22:43Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"@RadioFreeTom Do you know you guys are unbearably smug I bet youre one of the geniuses who still hasnt figured out its money driving politics. You probably think politicians arent controlled by the donors. You guys have a childs understanding of politics and think youre sophisticated. @RadioFreeTom Do you know you guys are unbearably smug I bet youre one of the geniuses who still hasnt figured out its money driving politics. You probably think politicians arent controlled by the donors. You guys have a childs understanding of politics and think youre sophisticated"
X Link 2026-02-14T14:54Z 670.4K followers, 20.1K engagements

"@RadioFreeTom I doubt Bill Watterson would approve of you using his artwork to ridicule the biggest crime of the cabal of PDFfiles that run the West when they knowingly allowed the 9/11 attacks to happen at the hands of their own allies to get Americans to die in the desert for Israel. @RadioFreeTom I doubt Bill Watterson would approve of you using his artwork to ridicule the biggest crime of the cabal of PDFfiles that run the West when they knowingly allowed the 9/11 attacks to happen at the hands of their own allies to get Americans to die in the desert for Israel"
X Link 2026-02-14T14:57Z 670.4K followers, 14.5K engagements

""the right people voting to elect the right leaders" Sorta like how the right people were elected to go to the Party Congresses and elect the right Central Committee in Moscow Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting electing the right leaders to lead this country." https://t.co/p6v6u1Nyhj Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting electing the right leaders to lead this country." https://t.co/p6v6u1Nyhj"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:42Z 670.4K followers, 90.7K engagements

""A new ruling from the Trump administration says that when the sun disappears at night we dont know where it goes. All remaining top scientists have been taken from their positions and tasked with getting to the bottom of this." https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/trump-administration-science-climate-change/686008/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweFvohVXg6WtC78zTkdzOXbY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"
X Link 2026-02-14T21:51Z 670.4K followers, 92.7K engagements

"Immediately if not sooner @DataRepublican @RadioFreeTom Tom Nichols has no business educating the best and brightest in our country. Remove him from the Naval War College and every other military institution immediately. Tom Nichols is a net negative to the United States. @DataRepublican @RadioFreeTom Tom Nichols has no business educating the best and brightest in our country. Remove him from the Naval War College and every other military institution immediately. Tom Nichols is a net negative to the United States"
X Link 2026-02-15T02:44Z 670.4K followers, 40.6K engagements

"Bannon reportedly carried that book around with him in the White House which suggests that he either didn't read it or didn't understand it like so many people who use the expression @RadioFreeTom It always amazes me that most people now use the phrase "the best and the brightest" literally when Halberstam was using it ironically. @RadioFreeTom It always amazes me that most people now use the phrase "the best and the brightest" literally when Halberstam was using it ironically"
X Link 2026-02-15T02:59Z 670.4K followers, 68.4K engagements

"This is the United States not Russia. Our law-enforcement officers are our fellow citizens. They are not masked strangers hiring themselves out as goons to the government. Emmer: On masks its a nonstarter and If you can identify who these officers are what are you trying to do Intimidate them https://t.co/ln8CRwQb1O Emmer: On masks its a nonstarter and If you can identify who these officers are what are you trying to do Intimidate them https://t.co/ln8CRwQb1O"
X Link 2026-02-16T20:35Z 670.4K followers, 116.8K engagements

"Youre out Tom. @RadioFreeTom One of the greatest actors of our time passed today at his home in The Plains Virginia -- Robert Duvall. https://t.co/suB49sDlKK @RadioFreeTom One of the greatest actors of our time passed today at his home in The Plains Virginia -- Robert Duvall. https://t.co/suB49sDlKK"
X Link 2026-02-16T21:10Z 670.4K followers, 18.9K engagements

"Greenland is safe; we're invading Antarctica Be a warrior embrace the penguin. https://t.co/64Fq7REgsZ Be a warrior embrace the penguin. https://t.co/64Fq7REgsZ"
X Link 2026-01-24T02:48Z 670.4K followers, 865K engagements

"The pathetic stunt of trying to rename the DOD: His embarrassing "look at me" jamboree in front of [---] GO/FOs /5 https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/hegseth-meeting-military-security-risk/684402/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweGvTz8KT2zG6YSwVLHJYKTM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/defense-war-cringe-department/684112/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweHh7EPGu-n_WkG8FUv2jhqY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:31Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"RT @DanLamothe: As noted in this story there are human beings serving the nation caught in the middle here:"
X Link 2026-02-14T01:13Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"@wrbpkjbgps 👍A crucial experience both for you and your fellow students in a military composed of citizen-soldiers"
X Link 2026-02-14T01:15Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"RT @RobGeorge: Under Secretary"
X Link 2026-02-14T02:51Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"RT @bstarrreports: @NatashaBertrand So two questions for Pete Hegseth [--]. Why are you against diversity of thought [--]. Watch the troops lea"
X Link 2026-02-14T02:52Z 670.4K followers, [--] engagements

"RT @MarkHertling: Agree with Ambassador @McFaul on this"
X Link 2026-02-14T03:47Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"RT @Mpolymer: Where is the CJCS on this Norm busting behavior goes unchecked"
X Link 2026-02-14T15:02Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"RT @pepel_klaasa: So the US Army personnel is not allowed to attend. MIT I am sorry at this point I have no other explanation to wha"
X Link 2026-02-14T16:26Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Hegseth is exactly the kind of narrow educated-but-not-intelligent narcissistic springbutt kind of officer faculty always dreaded getting in a War College seminar"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:08Z 670.4K followers, 553.4K engagements

"@BaronVnOttomatc Congress makes the law"
X Link 2026-02-14T23:20Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous"
X Link 2026-01-21T14:47Z 670.4K followers, 2.2M engagements

"I wonder how many of these people have ever attended any of our war colleges know anything about them or know why they exist at all. More to come. @RadioFreeTom Hello Mr. Nichols Your takes have been predictably idiotic for years. Up until today I had dismissed you as just another forgettable Atlantic opinion hack. alongside with Anne Applebaum architect of Biden's "Soul of the Nation" speech that branded half the country as https://t.co/cis0L3phiz @RadioFreeTom Hello Mr. Nichols Your takes have been predictably idiotic for years. Up until today I had dismissed you as just another forgettable"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:41Z 670.4K followers, 453.4K engagements

"The urgent need to replace him: His shameful excuses for Signalgate: /6 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/pete-hegseth-signalgate-unqualified/685145/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweB8UBYvlWz24orCmjxszuwI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/pete-hegseth-pentagon-department-defense/685098/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweEYN70_XVwJd65ie9D4Lj3E&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:31Z 670.4K followers, 14.3K engagements

"By the way I not only taught at the Naval War College but I was inaugural faculty and an adjunct at the U.S. Air Force School of Strategic Force Studies where I gave lectures on occasion at the nuke school in New Mexico"
X Link 2026-02-08T19:45Z 670.4K followers, 48.6K engagements

"@infantrydort Just curious: Did you attend a war college (Which one)"
X Link 2026-02-08T20:57Z 670.4K followers, 328.6K engagements

"Hegseth among others is using the school as a punching bag to express the generic social anxiety and status-based resentment that drives much of the MAGA movement. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/pete-hegseth-attack-on-harvard/685945/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweE4rSKVKjXDyt5cH1wVKyKo https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/pete-hegseth-attack-on-harvard/685945/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweE4rSKVKjXDyt5cH1wVKyKo"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:02Z 670.4K followers, 79.2K engagements

"You are receiving this broadcast as a dream. We are transmitting from the year [--] [--] [--] [--]. You are receiving this broadcast in order to alter the events you are seeing. Enemies of America have been put on notice. https://t.co/hfvI7FMnAa Enemies of America have been put on notice. https://t.co/hfvI7FMnAa"
X Link 2026-02-10T03:54Z 670.4K followers, 61K engagements

"This is seriously the sign of an unhealthy man. Trump: "So I put on a 30% tariff which is very low. I got an emergency call from I believe the prime minister of Switzerland. She was very aggressive . I didn't really like the way she talked to us so instead of giving her a reduction I raised it to 39%." https://t.co/covIESz4u2 Trump: "So I put on a 30% tariff which is very low. I got an emergency call from I believe the prime minister of Switzerland. She was very aggressive . I didn't really like the way she talked to us so instead of giving her a reduction I raised it to 39%.""
X Link 2026-02-11T01:08Z 670.4K followers, 172.4K engagements

"Resentment and status envy certainly do take up a lot of time but it would probably be good if someone was actually running the defense department in the meantime This will be immediately appealed. Sedition is sedition Captain. This will be immediately appealed. Sedition is sedition Captain"
X Link 2026-02-12T20:59Z 670.4K followers, 68.7K engagements

"Sure how hard can it be Stephen A. Smith to @CBSSunday airing Feb. 15: "I will confess to you I'm giving strong consideration to being on that debate stage for 2027" and running for the Democratic nomination. "I've got this year coming up [----] to think about it to study to know the issues." Stephen A. Smith to @CBSSunday airing Feb. 15: "I will confess to you I'm giving strong consideration to being on that debate stage for 2027" and running for the Democratic nomination. "I've got this year coming up [----] to think about it to study to know the issues.""
X Link 2026-02-13T23:39Z 670.4K followers, 52.3K engagements

"I was not a professor of war I was a professor of national security studies at a war college and the last ship I hoped didn't get built was the LCS a mistake so costly that we turned it into a war college case study. @RadioFreeTom A professor of war hoping ships wont get built - succinct status of our current War College thinking @RadioFreeTom A professor of war hoping ships wont get built - succinct status of our current War College thinking"
X Link 2026-02-14T01:18Z 670.4K followers, 90.3K engagements

"This might be the first time in years that I have agreed with this guy about anything RIP Bud Cort who had a tough life. But it must be said. HAROLD AND MAUDE is one of the creepiest movies ever made and people seem to think its charming or something. I have found this inexplicable for half a century. RIP Bud Cort who had a tough life. But it must be said. HAROLD AND MAUDE is one of the creepiest movies ever made and people seem to think its charming or something. I have found this inexplicable for half a century"
X Link 2026-02-14T03:27Z 670.4K followers, 50.9K engagements

"Yes. And in addition the reason the Naval War College moved to a civilian + military mode of instruction (under Turner in the early 1970s) was to empower the military put them on a better footing with civilian strategists and avoid another Vietnam. @jeffjacobs79 @RadioFreeTom "the Army turned out just fine" If anything the Army turned out better. As leaders moved up they had the experience and knowledge that not every national security issue could be solved by the Army. Know the goal and have an exit plan wasn't around in the 60s. @jeffjacobs79 @RadioFreeTom "the Army turned out just fine""
X Link 2026-02-14T03:28Z 670.4K followers, 35.7K engagements

"@RadioFreeTom Say something worthy of attention and people just might. Instead of welcoming Cenk for waking up to truth you post a childish meme telling everyone you have a low IQ. Thanks for revealing yourself. @RadioFreeTom Say something worthy of attention and people just might. Instead of welcoming Cenk for waking up to truth you post a childish meme telling everyone you have a low IQ. Thanks for revealing yourself"
X Link 2026-02-14T14:56Z 670.4K followers, 15.8K engagements

"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/06/silence-generals/683106/gift=otEsSHbRYKNfFYMngVFweNG05FElk9JocFwJgcyo8M0&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share The silence of the Generals of the @18thAirborne and @82ndABNDiv continue to bring shame to these historic units. Trump continues to give these off the rails political speeches at Fort Bragg because he knows he will receive no pushback from the leadership. Absolutely disgraceful"
X Link 2026-02-14T15:02Z 670.4K followers, 29.5K engagements

"What's a guy gotta do The most smug insufferable people on this website: https://t.co/x8ozT0ugH1 The most smug insufferable people on this website: https://t.co/x8ozT0ugH1"
X Link 2026-02-14T16:28Z 670.4K followers, 26.9K engagements

"The point - aside from dumping civil-military traditions dating back to Washington - is the Commander in Chief is encouraging military people to cheer and support his partisanship - which they are expressly and legally prohibited from doing. I don't know who needs to hear this but POTUS is not subject to Army policy or the UCMJ. I don't know who needs to hear this but POTUS is not subject to Army policy or the UCMJ"
X Link 2026-02-14T22:02Z 670.4K followers, 61.2K engagements

"@mikenelson586 The strong invest the weak take out loans"
X Link 2026-02-16T15:05Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"We should never have allowed the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln to be submerged in a meaningless "Presidents Day.""
X Link 2026-02-16T15:40Z 670.4K followers, 20.5K engagements

"Uh huh @RadioFreeTom They're deporting cartel thugs. The cartels routinely target the families of law enforcement officers who oppose them. Don't act like you don't understand this. You understand it fine. You don't want ICE to take on the cartels for some reason. If you were honest you'd tell us @RadioFreeTom They're deporting cartel thugs. The cartels routinely target the families of law enforcement officers who oppose them. Don't act like you don't understand this. You understand it fine. You don't want ICE to take on the cartels for some reason. If you were honest you'd tell us"
X Link 2026-02-16T21:14Z 670.4K followers, 32.5K engagements

"The only good thing in this madness is that these ships will never get built Trump: The new battleship that we have which I helped design. I want that ship to look gorgeous. Forget about stealth. They design ugly equipment for stealth. We design great looking equipment also stealth. https://t.co/TrIGNoOd7G Trump: The new battleship that we have which I helped design. I want that ship to look gorgeous. Forget about stealth. They design ugly equipment for stealth. We design great looking equipment also stealth. https://t.co/TrIGNoOd7G"
X Link 2026-02-13T21:37Z 670.4K followers, 141.5K engagements

"I realize that saying "you should understand the allusion you're using" enrages people but it's still good advice. If you're going to invoke the Peloponnesian War to make your point about.whatever this is. then you should understand you know the Peloponnesian War. Watching a credentialist like Tom Nichols trying to pull an "ackshually" against men who are literally in the business of war takes me back to fearing that Obama really did burn out what was left of the winner ethos established among our officer corps during WW2 faltered Watching a credentialist like Tom Nichols trying to pull an"
X Link 2026-02-16T23:46Z 670.4K followers, 21.3K engagements

"And more about political life in America and how the US political system works which is often something officers don't want to think about. (Good information to have if you're dealing with strategy procurement or anything more than operations.) Afghanistan was not lost for lack of courage or warfighting capability but for want of coherent political end-state. If anything we should be teaching more politics at war colleges. This is the exact wrong lesson learned. Afghanistan was not lost for lack of courage or warfighting capability but for want of coherent political end-state. If anything we"
X Link 2026-02-17T02:55Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Afghanistan was not lost for lack of courage or warfighting capability but for want of coherent political end-state. If anything we should be teaching more politics at war colleges. This is the exact wrong lesson learned"
X Link 2026-02-17T00:14Z 30K followers, 18.5K engagements

"This is why @3YearLetterman has been an inspiration to generations of young people who without him would have financed waterbeds"
X Link 2026-02-17T02:51Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Indeed. Although after years of teaching I'm still amazed that people think they're going to read Thucydides (or The Republic or Clausewitz) without someone to help guide them through it. That scene in Good Will Hunting made a lot of dumb people feel smart but it's a fantasy. @RadioFreeTom I mean my guy would also be better off taking Will Huntings advice and hit up his public library and paid $1.50 in library fines. @RadioFreeTom I mean my guy would also be better off taking Will Huntings advice and hit up his public library and paid $1.50 in library fines"
X Link 2026-02-17T02:49Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"@RadioFreeTom I mean my guy would also be better off taking Will Huntings advice and hit up his public library and paid $1.50 in library fines"
X Link 2026-02-17T02:42Z [---] followers, [----] engagements

"RT @swd2: This is exactly why Jesus flipped those tables"
X Link 2026-02-17T02:33Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"This is exactly why Jesus flipped those tables Greenwood: This is the God Bless The USA Bible. This is something everybody needs in their home. https://t.co/Cssy8ByG86 Greenwood: This is the God Bless The USA Bible. This is something everybody needs in their home. https://t.co/Cssy8ByG86"
X Link 2026-02-16T20:30Z 21.5K followers, 314.3K engagements

"Greenwood: This is the God Bless The USA Bible. This is something everybody needs in their home"
X Link 2026-02-16T19:23Z 714.8K followers, 552.5K engagements

"RT @ianbremmer: trump deserves credit for this decisiondriving more free trade and globalization around the world"
X Link 2026-02-17T02:31Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"trump deserves credit for this decisiondriving more free trade and globalization around the world. EXCLUSIVE: The EU and a 12-nation Indo-Pacific bloc are opening talks to explore forming one of the largest global economic alliances multiple people with knowledge of the talks told POLITICO. Canada's Mark Carney is spearheading the discussions. 🔗 https://t.co/govYQA0m9Y https://t.co/aw0oi9ogdX EXCLUSIVE: The EU and a 12-nation Indo-Pacific bloc are opening talks to explore forming one of the largest global economic alliances multiple people with knowledge of the talks told POLITICO. Canada's"
X Link 2026-02-17T00:14Z 925K followers, 72.4K engagements

"EXCLUSIVE: The EU and a 12-nation Indo-Pacific bloc are opening talks to explore forming one of the largest global economic alliances multiple people with knowledge of the talks told POLITICO. Canada's Mark Carney is spearheading the discussions. 🔗 https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-and-indo-pacific-blocs-eye-major-new-trade-pact/ https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-and-indo-pacific-blocs-eye-major-new-trade-pact/"
X Link 2026-02-16T12:07Z 406.9K followers, 1.9M engagements

"New from me in @TheAtlantic: "Young people who voted for Trump have said that they believed him during the campaign when he promised to 'build the greatest economy in the history of the world.' Now they say they feel duped and let down." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/gen-z-trump-red-wave/686006/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/gen-z-trump-red-wave/686006/"
X Link 2026-02-16T19:57Z 158K followers, 77.3K engagements

"Not since James Bond have we had an American who wakes up every morning to fight our enemies with swagger the holy scripture and sex appeal which is why we honor President Trump on this #PresidentsDay. https://t.co/YURwO7v1V8 Not since James Bond have we had an American who wakes up every morning to fight our enemies with swagger the holy scripture and sex appeal which is why we honor President Trump on this #PresidentsDay. https://t.co/YURwO7v1V8"
X Link 2026-02-16T23:53Z 670.4K followers, 14.9K engagements

"RT @micyoung75: Ty Cobb is not a Resistance pundit. He was Trumps own White House lawyer during Mueller in the West Wing defending him i"
X Link 2026-02-16T23:51Z 670.4K followers, [----] engagements

"Ty Cobb is not a Resistance pundit. He was Trumps own White House lawyer during Mueller in the West Wing defending him in real time. Now he is on national TV saying three current cabinet officials Bondi Noem and Hegseth have overseen war crimes helped execute American citizens and are unfit for office full stop. His word for the remedy is impeachment. That is not partisan chatter. It is a five alarm warning from someone who has seen how this operation treats power behind closed doors and still chose to speak out. When the lawyer who once had your back now looks at the body count and the"
X Link 2026-02-16T03:31Z 11.1K followers, 206.3K engagements

"Ty Cobb said the officials have overseen "war crimes" supervised "the execution of American citizens" and are "unfit for office." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/former-white-house-lawyer-ty-cobb-bondi-noem-hegseth-should-be-impeached_n_6990ba02e4b01c7b6eaf857cd_id=11514375&ncid_tag=tweetlnkushpmg00000067&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=us_main https://www.huffpost.com/entry/former-white-house-lawyer-ty-cobb-bondi-noem-hegseth-should-be-impeached_n_6990ba02e4b01c7b6eaf857cd_id=11514375&ncid_tag=tweetlnkushpmg00000067&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=us_main"
X Link 2026-02-15T00:40Z 10M followers, 224.2K engagements

"Watching a credentialist like Tom Nichols trying to pull an "ackshually" against men who are literally in the business of war takes me back to fearing that Obama really did burn out what was left of the winner ethos established among our officer corps during WW2 faltered somewhat in 'Nam but roared back with Schwarzkopf. We used to be a military which prided itself on beating the enemy. But when guys like Nichols inform the objectives and opinions of the officer corps winning is the last thing on anyone's mind. Optics individual career advancement cozying up to the majority (D) party etc."
X Link 2026-02-16T23:02Z 12K followers, 30.6K engagements

"I'm glad you mastered one of the greatest books in history as an undergrad but the point of senior PME is to develop strategic thinking not to keep re-learning operations. (That's one of the differences between training and education.) @RadioFreeTom Pffffft. Studied it as an undergrad. Moved on to things with more operational relevance. @RadioFreeTom Pffffft. Studied it as an undergrad. Moved on to things with more operational relevance"
X Link 2026-02-16T23:34Z 670.4K followers, 16.9K engagements

"@RadioFreeTom Pffffft. Studied it as an undergrad. Moved on to things with more operational relevance"
X Link 2026-02-16T23:00Z [----] followers, 17.9K engagements

"RT @HeathMayo: An upstanding member of the Republican Party. The GOP elevates and celebrates people like this. It gleefully kicks out and c"
X Link 2026-02-16T23:15Z 670.4K followers, [---] engagements

"An upstanding member of the Republican Party. The GOP elevates and celebrates people like this. It gleefully kicks out and censures people like John McCain Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney. Why be on a team like this If they force us to choose the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one. If they force us to choose the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one"
X Link 2026-02-16T20:20Z 83.6K followers, 36.4K engagements

"If they force us to choose the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one"
X Link 2026-02-15T22:24Z 113.3K followers, 26.1M engagements

"I admit that I have already cleaned out my office at the Naval war College"
X Link 2026-02-16T23:11Z 670.4K followers, 12K engagements

"Which is one reason George C Marshall thought that everyone should study it @RadioFreeTom @byrdshouse Usually when US military officers read Thucydides theres a very obvious analogy between the Delian League as the US/NATO/Asian democracies and the Pelopennesians as the Warsaw Pact/China/etc. @RadioFreeTom @byrdshouse Usually when US military officers read Thucydides theres a very obvious analogy between the Delian League as the US/NATO/Asian democracies and the Pelopennesians as the Warsaw Pact/China/etc"
X Link 2026-02-16T23:00Z 670.4K followers, 17.7K engagements

"@RadioFreeTom @byrdshouse Usually when US military officers read Thucydides theres a very obvious analogy between the Delian League as the US/NATO/Asian democracies and the Pelopennesians as the Warsaw Pact/China/etc"
X Link 2026-02-16T22:55Z 14.7K followers, 18.9K engagements

"cough well the supper clubs we can let go but the other problem is that while the Spartan Army was excellent the fear of internal security problems meant that they were always afraid to stray too far from home. Sparta was in decline because of its system and army. @RadioFreeTom Sparta formed a partnership with Greeces old enemy Persia. Spartiates were given land by the state. They didnt work the land because they had slaves do it for them. The Spartiates spent their time cracking down on slaves and playing with their boyfriends at the supper clubs. @RadioFreeTom Sparta formed a partnership"
X Link 2026-02-16T22:37Z 670.4K followers, 14.8K engagements

"@RadioFreeTom Sparta formed a partnership with Greeces old enemy Persia. Spartiates were given land by the state. They didnt work the land because they had slaves do it for them. The Spartiates spent their time cracking down on slaves and playing with their boyfriends at the supper clubs"
X Link 2026-02-16T22:31Z [---] followers, 16.1K engagements

"I didn't "attack." I noted that you don't understand the historical example you used. I also noted that you could have been saved from such a mistake by studying the Peloponnesian War at the U.S. Naval War College. be me invite Tom to debate Tom attacks unsurprised.jpg mfw https://t.co/ECcQ7CGeYh be me invite Tom to debate Tom attacks unsurprised.jpg mfw https://t.co/ECcQ7CGeYh"
X Link 2026-02-16T22:33Z 670.4K followers, 27.2K engagements

"be me invite Tom to debate Tom attacks unsurprised.jpg mfw https://x.com/radiofreetom/status/2023509811384709555s=46 https://x.com/radiofreetom/status/2023509811384709555s=46"
X Link 2026-02-16T21:33Z 74.9K followers, 29.2K engagements

"@RadioFreeTom At least we know youre 100% certified partisan hack now. Thanks for the good back and forth. 🙄 @RadioFreeTom At least we know youre 100% certified partisan hack now. Thanks for the good back and forth. 🙄"
X Link 2026-02-16T22:19Z 670.4K followers, 19.1K engagements

"@RadioFreeTom At least we know youre 100% certified partisan hack now. Thanks for the good back and forth. 🙄"
X Link 2026-02-16T22:13Z 74.9K followers, 18.3K engagements

"Imagine my grief @RadioFreeTom I changed my mind. Ive assessed youre just a smug partisan hack whos past his expiration date on apolitical matters like this. Let the record show I tried. @RadioFreeTom I changed my mind. Ive assessed youre just a smug partisan hack whos past his expiration date on apolitical matters like this. Let the record show I tried"
X Link 2026-02-16T22:12Z 670.4K followers, 20.8K engagements

"@RadioFreeTom I changed my mind. Ive assessed youre just a smug partisan hack whos past his expiration date on apolitical matters like this. Let the record show I tried"
X Link 2026-02-16T22:03Z 74.9K followers, 23.6K engagements

"Also the Spartans made a deal w/Greece's worst enemy the Persians handing over Greeks in the east to get money and advantage for their attempt to dominate the rest of Greece. (Poor choice.) I suppose that does explain why people who admire this administration admire Sparta. @RadioFreeTom I guess he doesn't know that Thebes smashed Sparta's vaunted 'ethos' into the dust of history with a little forethought and innovation. @RadioFreeTom I guess he doesn't know that Thebes smashed Sparta's vaunted 'ethos' into the dust of history with a little forethought and innovation"
X Link 2026-02-16T22:11Z 670.4K followers, 15.9K engagements

"@RadioFreeTom I guess he doesn't know that Thebes smashed Sparta's vaunted 'ethos' into the dust of history with a little forethought and innovation"
X Link 2026-02-16T22:05Z [--] followers, 19.7K engagements

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