J.E. Dyer

J.E. Dyer is a retired Naval Intelligence officer who lives in Southern California, blogging as The Optimistic Conservative for domestic tranquility and world peace. Her articles have appeared at Hot Air, Commentary’s Contentions, Patheos, The Daily Caller, The Jewish Press, and The Weekly Standard.

Politics

J.E. DyerNovember 13, 2017
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Two key questions in the ‘Roy Moore’ fracas

Luke 6:37-38.
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National Security

J.E. DyerNovember 10, 2017
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Ninety-nine years

The torch.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerNovember 10, 2017
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Football Follies 2017: NCAA Week 11

A big weekend for the Bigs.
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Politics

J.E. DyerNovember 9, 2017
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To the maps: Why the 2017 election result in Virginia has little to do with Trump

Trump Derangement syndrome: don't misoverinterpret the wrong things.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerNovember 8, 2017
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Cruz: Dems blocked 2013 bill addressing system shortfalls that let TX shooter buy a gun

Foresight -- and hindsight.
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Politics

J.E. DyerNovember 7, 2017
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Election 2017: Democrats win governorships in Virginia, New Jersey *UPDATE*

As expected.
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National Security

J.E. DyerNovember 7, 2017
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Obscure Iranian ‘admin’ move with military clarifies regime’s intentions

Interesting times.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerNovember 6, 2017
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Armed citizen pursued TX church shooter;UPDATE: 2nd man who confronted shooter ID’d, new info on shooter’s violence record

Guys with guns: one good, one bad.
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National Security

J.E. DyerNovember 5, 2017
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Cry havoc: Iran completes land bridge to Syria; all hell starts breaking loose

Interesting times.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerNovember 4, 2017
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Comprehensive recusal by Jeff Sessions would be the best reason to replace him

When recusal is refusal, it's time to replace.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerNovember 3, 2017
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Football Follies 2017: NCAA Week 10 (BEDLAM!!!)

Getting tight.
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Politics

J.E. DyerNovember 2, 2017
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The Trump phenomenon is breaking the Alinsky model in pieces

Breaking the chains of ridicule and rule-tending requires an inexplicable immunity to them.
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Media

J.E. DyerNovember 1, 2017
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Russian Facebook trolls organized protest attended by thousands

Get over it. Americans can handle this.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerOctober 31, 2017
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Why everyone should want the Mueller probe shut down immediately

Bad probe, going way off track.
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Politics

J.E. DyerOctober 30, 2017
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An extraordinary timeline: DNC, Fusion, Hillary, Trump, Dossier, CrowdStrike, hirings, payments, and the 2016 primaries

Oh, the times.
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Politics

J.E. DyerOctober 28, 2017
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Be clear on this: No GOP actor funded what we know as the ‘Steele dossier’

The straight skinny (as we know it now).
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Foreign Affairs

J.E. DyerOctober 28, 2017
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Catalonia in the vanguard of an emerging structural problem for the international order

Be careful what you wish for.
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Politics

J.E. DyerOctober 27, 2017
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Revealed: Original funder of oppo research on Trump

Piece of the puzzle.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerOctober 26, 2017
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Football Follies 2017: NCAA Week 9 (Unleash the pig!)

A bronze pig, some Buckeyes, some Nittany Lions, and a Horned Frog or two.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerOctober 26, 2017
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Democrat has new Obamacare fix, and it’s absolute genius

One born every minute?
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerOctober 26, 2017
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Hmm: Soros-funded group goes after Hillary, DNC with FEC complaint about dossier contract

Hung out to dry?
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Media

J.E. DyerOctober 24, 2017
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Non-exploding bombshell: Clinton campaign, DNC paid for ‘Trump dossier’

Unexploded ordnance.
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Politics

J.E. DyerOctober 24, 2017
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‘On safari in Trump’s America,’ progressive listening team fails to register biggest lesson of all

Selective hearing: still a problem.
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National Security

J.E. DyerOctober 22, 2017
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Turning point: Iran’s influence in Iraq tipping to dominance

Danger close.
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National Security

J.E. DyerOctober 20, 2017
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MSM try to turn ambush of Special Forces in Niger into ‘Trump’s Benghazi’

One of these things is not like the other.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerOctober 20, 2017
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Football Follies 2017: NCAA Week 8

Creepy shillelagh shenanigans.
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National Security

J.E. DyerOctober 19, 2017
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Video of the Day: John Kelly sets media straight on Rep. Wilson and condolence calls to military families

Marine speaks his mind.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerOctober 17, 2017
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BOMBSHELL: Same officials coming after Trump knew Russian bribery scheme may have involved Clintons, BEFORE 2010 uranium deal

Collusion.
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Social Issues

J.E. DyerOctober 17, 2017
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California wildfires, and the dog that wouldn’t leave his flock of goats

Nobility beyond words.
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Media

J.E. DyerOctober 16, 2017
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Facebook decides it needs employees with national security clearances to spot trolls

The surreal is strong with this one.
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National Security

J.E. DyerOctober 16, 2017
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Iran’s retaliatory move creates pretext for peremptory establishment of Kurdish state

Interesting times.
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Media

J.E. DyerOctober 15, 2017
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Congress upset: Facebook and Twitter both deleted data from ‘Russian troll’ accounts

Smoke, mirrors, and deleted data.
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National Security

J.E. DyerOctober 13, 2017
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As Iran speech looms, Trump blunts scurrilous, destabilizing smears about his fitness with a single tweet

Tweets and the man.
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Quick Takes

J.E. DyerOctober 12, 2017
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Football Follies 2017: NCAA Week 7 (Shootout! Edition)

Shootout.
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Media

J.E. DyerOctober 10, 2017
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NFL meltdown blows the dam on MSM’s centralized media model

The house divided against itself is not the one you think.
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Law and Government

J.E. DyerOctober 9, 2017
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California officially loses it: Spreading HIV, misgendering the elderly, and a lawsuit over the contraception mandate

Making thermonuclear war on parody.
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