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Alex Halpern

@halpernalex.bsky.social

Expert generalist. Oregonian. Act locally. Views expressly my own.

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There’s no way this doesn’t get dramatically worse for everyone

03.03.2026 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

We might be when we run out of interceptors tbh

03.03.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™ƒ

03.03.2026 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to AFSCME!

02.03.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not for nothing but I’m pretty sure the ship has sailed on regional stability

02.03.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The only good thing about war with Iran is that John Bolton has to watch them fuck it up and can’t participate.

28.02.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feature not a bug

28.02.2026 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Radicalizing a new generation of terrorism is exactly what the doctor ordered for global peace and stability.

28.02.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Five GOP representatives could switch sides and start ending this today. Five people.

28.02.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I guess the only genuine upside is that in the history of crazy dictators it has always been their foreign adventures that have tipped the scale towards their collapse.

28.02.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Escalatory consequences, who could have guessed except everyone even remotely familiar with the history of the region

28.02.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At least they didn’t make a show of trying to manufacture consent?

28.02.2026 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We never could have done this under some sissy department of defense, but the department of WAR can mar it happen

28.02.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well at least we are led by serious, strategic thinkers who would never take us to war without an answer for every contingency, a grand strategy for concrete victory conditions, and and an exit plan.

28.02.2026 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

We just can’t have nice things

26.02.2026 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not too shabby!

25.02.2026 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so gross I cannot watch any more of it

25.02.2026 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Buddy we should!

25.02.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You really think someone would do that? Just go on television and tell lies?

25.02.2026 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It still feels like watching a poorly written dystopian movie

25.02.2026 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Still early!

25.02.2026 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

How’s it going

25.02.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Rich thank you for your service to our great country

24.02.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is actually insane

23.02.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think he means me!

22.02.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The people that will support this are the same people that were in the Tea Party in 2012 and that is just bonkers.

21.02.2026 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m not an expert in diplomacy or anything but it seems to me that bombing your opponent to influence negotiations is not likely to move the needle toward compromise.

20.02.2026 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Super weird that agencies that have never had difficulty recruiting top tier candidates are all of a sudden struggling to fill their ranks, just very strange

19.02.2026 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™ƒ

19.02.2026 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everything is the worst

19.02.2026 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0