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Justin L.'s avatar

The fact that this list doesn't include Columbus Day is telling.

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DANA's avatar

Oh I didn’t even notice that! FFS

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Brandy's avatar

You are doing what everyone really wants. I think you are much more valuable than people who have "authority." You don't even try to spin your stuff. You just inform. Keep doing what you're doing. Also, thank you for telling us how the process is designed. They basically want to gatekeep and life moves too fast for that in 2025. For the record, I don't need a woman's appreciation day. I certainly don't want them to spend taxpayer money for celebratory stuff. Just keep us safe. That's all I care about from the military.

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Shahid Buttar's avatar

Our military is too busy (e.g., crashing helicopters into commercial airliners and losing track of their own fighter planes) to do anything useful. https://open.substack.com/pub/shahidbuttar/p/anybody-seen-a-fighter-plane?r=97w99&utm_medium=ios

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Ken Klippenstein's avatar

yeah. insane.

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Night Owl's avatar

There’s a couple of repeated paragraphs above. Just FYI. I figure you’ll catch this soon but might as well mention it.

Keep up the great work.

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Ken Klippenstein's avatar

Sigh. Need some rest. Thanks though.

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Night Owl's avatar

Get some rest. We need you healthy!

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Clif Brown's avatar

It's always good to know you are on the case(s). Trump is using the battle axe approach and is going to find the courts will tie him down as securely as was Gulliver, the courts being the last defense of we the people. The secret of success in politics has been finesse in what is given out to the public hiding a knife fight behind the scenes. Trump doesn't know the word finesse. He will find out that the bull in the china shop may do some serious wrecking but is soon stopped.

A reminder that he was elected by only 27% of the American electorate. The other 73% will not react kindly to MAGA being stuffed down their throats.

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William Greene's avatar

Appreciate the heart attack, my email cut off at "Military Declares War..."

Great article tho. Thanks for your work.

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Clayton Eskew's avatar

Being first with a story gets you the win but not necessarily the credit that should go with it. Tough call when you are trying to grow a reader base but still meet your obligations as a journalist. Either way, you consistently bring power to account and that's why I follow you on every platform.

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Ashe's avatar

Thanks for posting the actual letter! It looks like they are observing federal holidays, but not every single observance that’s been added to the calendar by various groups. I have read elsewhere, that Hegseth is into unity and bides by the military phrase “I only see green.“ This: “I can say that I’ve done what I set out to do: respect the intelligence of my readers by not denying them access to what I know or showing them the documents to see for themselves.” Love it!! Thanks, Ken! Shahid and Brandy are right—keeping Americans safe should be the focus everyday.

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StanleyTwoBrix's avatar

I love ya, Ken, but you don't want to publish bullshit like the Steele Dossier, either.

You are in a dangerous place - underfunded, undermanned, and stories ignored by the stenographers coming out your ears - but if you publish ONE THING wrong, it's all the corporate media will talk about. They will try and destroy your credibility.

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Michael A's avatar

Exactly. Trust and credibility is hard to build and easy to break.

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Michael A's avatar

ESPECIALLY in the eyes of the MSM

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John Landre's avatar

Excellent work Ken!

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tecolote42's avatar

Excrement Heads

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Rachel Cousins's avatar

Great article!

"Legacy media" never gives credit to reporting by independents, which is more than impolite. It's stealing. It's plaigarism, because MSM subscribers think they are getting original reporting.

They do it because they think they can. Substack is going to have to pony up and keep some lawyers on retainer on behalf of all the investigative reporters on the platform. Scare 'em with legal exposure.

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Larez121's avatar

Thanks for informing us and not filtering like the mainstream media does. Keep it up!

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thestatelottery's avatar

I'll continue to shit on their nationalist holidays regardless. Juneteenth is greater than any pageantry they bolster anyway.

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Justin Lewis's avatar

Love that headline. 😍

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Jimbo Jimmerman's avatar

Thank you for continuing to report the way you do!

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