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It’s the lookmaxxing kid.

They Fought for the C.I.A. in Afghanistan. In America, They’re Living in Fear.

Since 2022, Matthieu Aikins and I have been investigating the CIA’s Afghan surrogate commandos, known in Afg as the Zero Units but officially called the CTPTs by the CIA. These units’ existence has been publicly known since 2010, but their relationship with the CIA is still an official secret...

Pantless firefighters. I fully support this decision.

This is a bad take. You can’t counter far right narratives on a platform that is designed to amplify only those narratives. Politicians should set the example.

And journalist should get off of it too.

I like how this article tackles Department of War vs Department of Defense.

The U.S. Attorney statement mentions Department of War which is then clarified in the article: “using the administration’s nickname for the Department of Defense.”

Reports indicate the young man killed at Mar-a-Lago is Austin Tucker Martin, 21, of Cameron, North Carolina

Everyone really needs to be following this account.

Its focus is dispelling Russian disinformation regarding Ukraine but it’s helpful for recognizing and understanding why we’re seeing similar historical revisionism in the U.S.

Like this, for example:

CoreCivic Better the public good. Facility Leader: Jason Streeval, Warden Jason Streeval was named Warden at the Stewart Detention Center in August 2025, after serving as Warden at the Adams County Correctional Center. He joined CoreCivic in June 2024 after a robust career in the corrections profession with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Warden Streeval joined the BOP in 1998 and most recently was the Warden at the U.S. Penitentiary in Lee County, Virginia. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminology/Sociology and earned a Master's of Science degree in Criminal Justice, both from Indiana State University Terre Haute.

The Warden would like to be known for his work.

Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web Three hacktivists tried to find a workaround to Discord’s age-verification software. Instead, they found its frontend exposed to the open internet.

Oops. Turns out Persona, Discord’s age-verification service, was secretly screening selfies against government watchlists AND accessible by the feds. It's backed by Peter Thiel.

“The state wants to see everything. The corporations want to see everything. And they've learned to work together.”

Glass ceiling breaker.
Fighter.

Welcome to BlueSky
@ajcampbellma.bsky.social.

A dashboard of all the lawsuits
the Massachusetts AG has filed against Trump:

www.mass.gov/info-details...

Time to make a new email address that says getitfrompalantir@…

‘No one deserves this’: Beaverton father dies after deportation to Mexico A Beaverton family is grieving after the father, who was detained and deported by ICE, has now died.

“They threw my dad out like an animal, and now I have no dad.”

“They left a 20-year-old girl without a father going to school, they left two sons who just wanted to spend time with their dad, my children aren’t going to have a grandpa, my sister doesn’t have anyone to walk her down the aisle.”

‘No one deserves this’: Beaverton father dies after deportation to Mexico A Beaverton family is grieving after the father, who was detained and deported by ICE, has now died.

This 53 year old man who lived in my neighborhood w/no criminal record & who had been in the US for 30 years, was detained and thrown into a cold cell for days, caught pneumonia and COVID there and deported.

He finally died.

I am so angry.
www.kptv.com/2026/02/21/n...

Flipped on Netflix this morning and, as I searched, the promo for the Epstein documentary autoplayed.

There was Virginia Giuffre. It was chilling to hear what she then said considering (the former) Prince Andrew’s arrest yesterday.

“You took our freedom. Now we’re going to take yours.”

Our government again murdered more civilians in the Eastern Pacific yesterday, did it in your name, and there’s hardly a mention of it on this site.

Lead sponsor of a pending bill (2025) to rename the Visitor Center at Acadia National Park after George Mitchell. Sen. Collins also a sponsor.

Mitchell was named by Virginia Giuffre in a 2016 deposition as the Senator she was trafficked to by Epstein. He’s mentioned in the 1/30 tranche 300 times.

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...

Silence your phone, put the dogs out and the kids down for a nap. Then curl up and read this article/-it’s a long one, but very good.

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Silverio Villegas González

Will, who cares. There’s no issue here. People complain about everything. Let it go. So what if the article features you, that’s fine too.

You joined your neighbors in protecting your community, shared footage important for people to see and were profiled which gave perspective. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Trump’s NSF pick is a stranger to its research community Jim O’Neill will need to build ties, say former agency leaders

US science is being turned over to Peter Thiel, who will kill it. Trump installed one longtime Thiel lieutenant as his science advisor. Now another Thiel lieutenant, Jim O'Neill, will head NSF. Both are the least-qualified ever, with NO science training. They're picked because they serve Thiel. 1/

In Trump’s world, look to the middle powers for hope The U.S. may have abandoned its role in leading a rules-based system. But there is every reason to hope that others will take up the leadership mantle now.

Arguments that the rules-based order is dead, to paraphrase Mark Twain, are greatly exaggerated. The US-led Pax Americana is dead—by suicide. But Europe and other middle powers can preserve, reform, and advance it on their own. www.politico.eu/article/look...

Citing NATO, the ban was rejected.

South Dakota Is Buzzing About Kristi Noem’s Future Some Republicans hope that she stays out of the Senate primary.

NEW: South Dakota Republicans abuzz with possibility that Kristi Noem will leave DHS to challenge Mike Rounds in primary. Trump aides have been advised to keep her on until after March filing deadline. Noem team denies plans. A mystery poll.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Looks like they uploaded the wrong thumbnail photo to their social media scheduling tool. The article displays the correct one when you open it.

In which the legendary CIA officer Jim "Mad Dog" Lawler and I survey the damage Trump's wrecking ball is wreaking on the national security of the United States.

Like the brevity here. Read the transcript but hope the podcast delves deeper on this what to do portion. It doesn’t feel like enough given the circumstances.

“Don’t mourn—organize.”

“We have until the November elections to turn the tide.”

A briefing, prepared for Andrew by UK officials when he was a trade envoy and reported by the BBC, was said to have been forwarded to Epstein in December 2010 and includes a list of "high-value commercial opportunities" in Helmand province.

Why was former prince Andrew arrested – and what happens now? Mountbatten-Windsor, who was a trade envoy between 2001 and 2011, is in custody as police search addresses

“The documents also appeared to show that Andrew forwarded Epstein information on investment opportunities in gold and uranium in Afghanistan.”

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Reminded of that lesson every time I see that Beto t-shirt in my drawer.

Peace. Out.

As they say…