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Iraq War vet. Former intelligence community Russia then counterterrorism analyst. Now: middling flak. MI —> MT —> WA. Warren-Occupy core. Social justice warrior. Opinions, quirks mine. Words: LA Times, Foreign Policy, Newsweek. Face: MSNBC, Al Jazeera

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04.08.2025 05:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Guys, Washington state is legit fair. Montana too. They fight over the fairness. It’s fantastic.

04.08.2025 02:06 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

The gold standard of government statistics is somehow not … golden enough? He wants HUGE numbers. Not these ACTUAL numbers.

04.08.2025 02:05 — 👍 32    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

The.
Worst.

03.08.2025 18:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I bumped a steady diet of Talking Heads cassettes on my Walkman in high school walking down the halls. Good times.

03.08.2025 18:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

*Heavy bold underline italicized sarcasm font*

03.08.2025 17:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
NYT headline that Trump’s move echo a “authoritarian playbook.” A headline that could have been run during the 2016 campaign and has been evergreen ever since.

NYT headline that Trump’s move echo a “authoritarian playbook.” A headline that could have been run during the 2016 campaign and has been evergreen ever since.

News to me! 😩

03.08.2025 17:48 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

Good lord. Bill Maher is an oracle? An orifice maybe.

02.08.2025 23:58 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No wonder Trump is such a fan. Russia redux.

01.08.2025 05:08 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Don’t put it in a dishwasher!

01.08.2025 04:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
01.08.2025 04:01 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

yawns

01.08.2025 03:34 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Every team looking for a QB is making calls. That was a great performance.

01.08.2025 03:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Never mind it doesn’t happen in literally 100,000 other neighborhoods.

01.08.2025 02:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Well that won’t dominate the news coverage that night. Gotta compensate for the downturn by hyping the one murder in some random neighborhood!

01.08.2025 02:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It’s HIS job, y’all.

01.08.2025 02:12 — 👍 18    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

Wait, what? He got traded?

01.08.2025 00:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Preview
a man in a suit is sitting next to a bear costume . Alt: a man in a suit is sitting next to a bear costume .

Hmmmmmmmmm

31.07.2025 20:41 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

TrashStros!

31.07.2025 20:26 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Now random song lyrics I can do:

🎶 … so back on up
cause you know we're bout to rip shit up
Gimme the microphone first, so I can bust like a bubble
Compton and Long Beach together, now you know you in trouble
Ain't nuttin but a G thang, baaaaabay! 🎶

31.07.2025 20:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Pretty cool to watch.

31.07.2025 20:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is why I don’t do maths.

31.07.2025 20:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ah shoot I missed the first one.

31.07.2025 20:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

They ended cancer research for this.

31.07.2025 19:45 — 👍 2885    🔁 1174    💬 87    📌 28

>Laura Loomer is running American national security

31.07.2025 18:25 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nice!

31.07.2025 18:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Exactly this.

31.07.2025 14:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Once again we see, while Trump is uniquely awful, his awfulness is often built on stuff that was completely unnecessary that prior executives did. The foundation for Trump’s authoritarianism is built on the imperial executive of presidents of both parties.

31.07.2025 13:57 — 👍 16    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
Follow @jamespmanley.bsky.social. Seriously. Photo of his profile.

Follow @jamespmanley.bsky.social. Seriously. Photo of his profile.

One of my fave Twitterati is here! Jim Manley, former Harry Reid senior staffer and brilliant political and all around mind. So glad!

31.07.2025 03:45 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

So glad to see you here.

31.07.2025 03:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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