SOFREP Cartoon: U.S. Southern Command’s Pirate Upgrade
SOUTHCOM’s Pirate Upgrade. The mission is sus, but the fit is fire!
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ISIS Kills Two US Soldiers and an American Interpreter in Syria
News / by Guy D. McCardleGunfire cracked a routine engagement into chaos outside Palmyra, killing two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter and proving that even stripped of territory, ISIS still knows how to reach out and draw blood.
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From Medal of Honor to Mandatory Safety Briefs: The True Story of Pvt. Joe Snuffy
Entertainment / by Galen FriesA tired old NCO, explaining that Pvt. Joe Snuffy is both a real-deal WWII Medal of Honor badass and the eternal, cross-branch screwup whose chaos fuels every safety brief, empowers the E-4 Mafia, and keeps NCOs living on Motrin, Tums, and pure frustration.
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The Bolduc Brief: Analyzing the U.S. National Security Strategy Under the Trump Administration
Op-Ed / by Donald BolducTrump’s National Security Strategy isn’t isolationism, it’s a hard pivot toward a narrower, transactional worldview where borders and identity politics drive the threat picture, “Western civilization” becomes a tribal banner, and allies are left wondering if they’re partners or just the next line item to be renegotiated.
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SOFREP Cartoon: The Japan Factor Beijing Can’t Ignore
Editorial Cartoon / by Galen FriesJapan’s commitments to Taiwan may stay deliberately foggy, but every new missile battery on the Ryukyus and every long-range purchase order in Tokyo forces Beijing to price Japan into the opening moves, because the “Taiwan problem” stops looking like a solo raid and starts reading like an alliance-triggered brawl.
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Portable Morale: How Pin-Ups Went to War
Air Force / by Galen FriesPin-up art did not start in WWII, but the war turned it into a morale weapon. From magazine centerfolds to bomber noses, these images reminded troops what “home” looked like, gave crews unit identity, and rode shotgun as lucky charms. The women in the pictures and the women painting them were part of the wartime machine.
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Morning Brief: Grey Bull’s Venezuela Exfil, Peru’s K2 Tank Buy, and Ukraine’s Security Service Alpha Caspian Strike
News / by Galen FriesGrey Bull Rescue founder Bryan Stern exfiltrated Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in a donor-backed operation that treated high risk like routine. Meanwhile, Peru is buying K2 tanks and K808 armored vehicles from South Korea, and Ukraine’s SBU Alpha is linked in open-source reporting to a long-range drone strike claim against Russia’s Filanovsky Caspian oil infrastructure.
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Evening Brief: US SOUTHCOM Chief Retires Early, Germany Probes Laser Incidents, Kremlin Signals Postwar Security Grip on Donbas
News / by Guy D. McCardleUS SOUTHCOM shifts leadership as Russia tightens its grip on Donbas. Here’s what’s making headlines this Friday evening.
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What’s Wrong with America — Could it be the MAGA Cult?
Op-Ed / by Robert Bruce AdolphAmerica is not collapsing from outside pressure but hollowing itself out from within, trading shared civic responsibility for grievance, celebrity worship, and the comforting lies of a cult that mistakes cruelty for strength and ignorance for conviction.
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Black Buffalo Tobacco-Free Dip: Born in a Barn
Featured / by Guy D. McCardlePeople assume tobacco free dip is a lab trick, but Black Buffalo starts in a North Carolina barn, where cured leafy greens and disciplined handling set the texture, color, and moisture that make the ritual feel consistent for adults 21 and older.
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Battlefield Brothers and Broken Trust: When Forgiveness Is Just Surrender
Veteran Culture / by Tegan BroadwaterForgiveness without accountability isn’t grace at all; it’s the quiet surrender of your dignity to someone who never earned the right to receive it.
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The Bolduc Brief: Zelensky’s Stance – A Strong Commitment to Ukraine’s Sovereignty
Op-Ed / by Donald BolducZelensky’s refusal to trade away a single inch of Ukrainian soil is not stubbornness but the last solid line between a world of rules and a world where every dictator thinks they can redraw the map at gunpoint.
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Morning Brief: Trump Order Moves to Block State-Level AI Rules, Russia Claims Capture of Siversk, Thailand Dissolves Parliament
News / by Guy D. McCardleUS targets more Venezuelan tankers as Russia advances and Thailand dissolves Parliament. Here’s your Friday morning brief, December 12, 2025.
