The Other McCain

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In The Mailbox: 07.03.25

Posted on | July 4, 2025 | No Comments

— compiled by Wombat-socho

For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two o’clock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in position behind the rail fence, the guns are laid and ready in the woods and the furled flags are already loosened to break out and Pickett himself with his long oiled ringlets and his hat in one hand probably and his sword in the other looking up the hill waiting for Longstreet to give the word and it’s all in the balance, it hasn’t happened yet, it hasn’t even begun yet, it not only hasn’t begun yet but there is still time for it not to begin against that position and those circumstances…- William Faulkner

Silicon Valley et Hamas delenda sunt.

Lewis Armistead leading his brigade to Cemetery Ridge as part of Pickett’s Charge.

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BattleSwarm: More Iran Strike Followup
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CDR Salamander: Shipbuilding – Patience or Despair?
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The Lid: California Cities Canceling July 4th Events Because They Care More About Illegals Than America
Legal Insurrection: Sean Duffy to States – ‘Roads are for Safety, Not Politics’, Waffle House Takes Its Egg Surcharge Off the Menu, Trump Admin Investigating George Mason University Over Allegations of Antisemitism, Blue State Governor Seemingly Sacrifices Landmark Environmental Rule on Altar of Presidential Ambitions, and SCOTUS Overturns District Court Defiance Of Prior Ruling, Decries Sotomayor’s “Provocative Language”
Matt Taibbi: Explosive New CIA Report Details Russiagate Fraud
Outkick: Boxing Association Calls For Imane Khelif To Return Olympic Gold Medal, Dodgers’ Max Muncy Provides Injury Update After Scary Collision, Cleveland Guardians Pitcher’s Bizarre Pitches Prompt Gambling Investigation, Placed On Paid Leave, The Athletics New Stadium In Las Vegas Is Already In Serious Financial Trouble, and Was Sydney Sweeney Invited To Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez’s Wedding Because Of Her ‘Enormous Breasts?’
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Shot In The Dark: Violating The Laws of Physics
The Political Hat: Magna Carta And The Birth Of The Rule Of Law
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Victory Girls:Hakeem Jeffries – Fighting Battles On Behalf Of The American People #OBBB
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