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John Herlig

@jherlig.bsky.social

:: sailor / writer / human :: vagabond :: i like some people

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Did the November gales come early on the Bay? Southbound on a pretty (and cold and bouncy) delivery. Miami awaits!

11.11.2025 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What's happening with Jimmy Kimmel is about politics and power.

19.09.2025 01:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20900    ๐Ÿ” 6370    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 756    ๐Ÿ“Œ 356
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Ok, I might be a fan hahaha.

09.05.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey, @blindboyboatclub.bsky.social which episode was it where you spoke about responding vs. reacting? I'd love some help finding that, I'd like to send it to a friend. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

27.04.2025 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Princess! ๐Ÿ˜

18.04.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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John Herlig on Substack In 2002 Mansoor Adayfi, then 18 years old, was sold to the CIA by Afghani drug lords, tortured in secret prisons, and shipped to Guantanamo. In 2022 I was honored to let Mansoor tell his story. I als...

In 2022 I interviewed Guantanamo survivor Mansoor Adayfi @mansooradayfi441.bsky.social as well as former US Counterintelligence officer Mark Fallon @markfallon.bsky.social.

This link should work even if you don't have a Substack account.

substack.com/@jherlig/not...

18.04.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oooh, I'm famousโ€”that's me and my Ugo Messenger bag!! And that bag is some of the best money I've ever spent. ๐Ÿฅฐ

24.03.2025 12:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This was the best part of my day. ๐Ÿ˜Œ

08.03.2025 00:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(1/3) It needs repeating: in 1994, Ukraine was persuaded to give up its nuclear weapons to Russia in return for the US, the UK, and Russia guaranteeing Ukraineโ€™s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

04.03.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76332    ๐Ÿ” 22762    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1771    ๐Ÿ“Œ 978
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Trump administration rethinking Guantรกnamo immigrant detention plan amid cost issues and power struggles Trump still wants to use the base for detention, but a scaled-down version is the likeliest outcome, sources said.

Though administration officials have consistently said the people being sent to #Guantรกnamo are the โ€œworst of the worst,โ€ 51 of the 178 were considered to be non-criminal, meaning they had committed no crime other than being present in the United States unlawfully. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

05.03.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Friday-Night Massacre at the Pentagon Trumpโ€™s purge started with his firing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.

Listen to @radiofreetom.bsky.social!

"Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government."

22.02.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5792    ๐Ÿ” 2532    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 308    ๐Ÿ“Œ 137
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Washington Post backs out of โ€˜Fire Elon Muskโ€™ ad order The Washington Post this week backed out of a โ€œFire Elon Muskโ€ advertising order that was to run as a wrap on some of its Tuesday editions, according to the advocacy group Common Cause.ย  The group โ€ฆ

What a disgrace.

Bezos and the newspaper he has destroyed should be grateful that anyone thinks itโ€™s still worthwhile to buy ad space from them.

*This* is how democracy dies.

17.02.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14062    ๐Ÿ” 3859    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 835    ๐Ÿ“Œ 326

Well said. โ˜บ๏ธ

18.02.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I smell a trip to Maxwell's in the air... ๐Ÿ™‚

18.02.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
WaPo quote: โ€œA Washington Post review of Kennedy's public appearances found he also promoted these centers as particularly beneficial for
Black youth.
"Every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, on SSRIs, benzos which are known to induce violence and those kids are going to have a chance to go somewhere and get re-parented, to live in a community where there'll be no cellphones, no screens. You'll actually have to talk to people," Kennedy said in a June 2024 episode of the 19Keys online showโ€

WaPo quote: โ€œA Washington Post review of Kennedy's public appearances found he also promoted these centers as particularly beneficial for Black youth. "Every Black kid is now just standard put on Adderall, on SSRIs, benzos which are known to induce violence and those kids are going to have a chance to go somewhere and get re-parented, to live in a community where there'll be no cellphones, no screens. You'll actually have to talk to people," Kennedy said in a June 2024 episode of the 19Keys online showโ€

Even the most disturbing RFK Jr. headline always manages to have a detail inside creepier than you could have imagined. Iโ€™m sorry, did you just say Black kids should have a chance to get โ€œre-parentedโ€???? Gift link wapo.st/4hW2xGI

17.02.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9058    ๐Ÿ” 3139    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 780    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1101
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You cannot possibly be accepting this trash, can you? What's next, 'I only hit you because I love you!"?

16.02.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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jherlig.substack.com/p/the-mornin... A little piece on me encountering a Nazi salute in public.

16.02.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I โ™ก her so much. ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐Ÿ”ฅ

14.02.2025 04:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ugo โ€” boat show โœ”๏ธ
Hat โ€” boat show โœ”๏ธ
Polarized clip-ons โ€” boat show โœ”๏ธ
Bracelet โ€” boat show โœ”๏ธ

14.02.2025 04:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dear god they keep finding new lows. Or maybe they are new highs?โ€”of coupdom.

Please read this. Please?

14.02.2025 04:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Crockett: While he was stopping moneyโ€ฆ somehow the only money that didnโ€™t stop was the money going to his organization. I donโ€™t know you can have him be watchdog as well as the guy living off of the government. If you want to talk about government welfare, it looks like Elon Musk

12.02.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13653    ๐Ÿ” 4194    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 301    ๐Ÿ“Œ 261

Happy birthday, Jeremy!!

13.02.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Where's my face?? ๐Ÿ˜†

13.02.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember when Google's motto was "Don't Be Evil"?

13.02.2025 00:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nailed it. ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

13.02.2025 01:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

[insert standard doomsday caption here]

They know no "low" or "smarmy" that is too "low" or too "smarmy" and I wish they would all f*ck off and stop r*ping our country in broad daylight.

12.02.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow. What a POS.

12.02.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My solution is better than yours.

11.02.2025 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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