Spencer Ackerman
@attackerman.bsky.social
Journalist & author of REIGN OF TERROR: HOW THE 9/11 ERA DESTABILIZED AMERICA & PRODUCED TRUMP, contributor to Zeteo. Sometimes I write comics too. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for ‘natsec’ journalism: https://www.forever-wars.com
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Israel has bombed Lebanon once every 4 hours on average since a “ceasefire” took effect in late November 2024, according to ACLED, an independent conflict monitor.
Israel attacking Lebanon every 4 hours on average: Research
LONDON: Israel is attacking Lebanon at a rate equal to one strike every four hours despite the reaching of a ceasefire more than a year ago, new data has shown. ACLED, the independent conflict monitor...
www.arabnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Israel has bombed Lebanon once every 4 hours on average since a “ceasefire” took effect in late November 2024, according to ACLED, an independent conflict monitor.
Any journalist who has not at least once committed reckless disregard of leadership is not to be trusted.
It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Any journalist who has not at least once committed reckless disregard of leadership is not to be trusted.
"Katz also said Israel would establish Jewish settlements in northern Gaza to replace settlements that were dismantled when Israel pulled its troops and civilians out of the enclave in 2005."
Israel Won’t Leave Gaza, Will Build Settlements, Defense Minister Says
Israel Katz’s statements are at odds with President Trump’s multiphase peace plan for the enclave.
www.wsj.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Katz also said Israel would establish Jewish settlements in northern Gaza to replace settlements that were dismantled when Israel pulled its troops and civilians out of the enclave in 2005."
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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
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Free Planet's a big swing; an effort to create something rich & complex with literary aspirations.
That's why it's so very gratifying to receive such generous praise from Pulitzer Prize-winning author @attackerman.bsky.social.
Free Planet Vol 1 available NOW.
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That's why it's so very gratifying to receive such generous praise from Pulitzer Prize-winning author @attackerman.bsky.social.
Free Planet Vol 1 available NOW.
www.forever-wars.com/the-first-tr...
The First Truly Free Planet: A Q&A
FREE PLANET writer Aubrey Sitterson talks to FOREVER WARS about what comes after the revolution–allegorically speaking
www.forever-wars.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Free Planet's a big swing; an effort to create something rich & complex with literary aspirations.
That's why it's so very gratifying to receive such generous praise from Pulitzer Prize-winning author @attackerman.bsky.social.
Free Planet Vol 1 available NOW.
www.forever-wars.com/the-first-tr...
That's why it's so very gratifying to receive such generous praise from Pulitzer Prize-winning author @attackerman.bsky.social.
Free Planet Vol 1 available NOW.
www.forever-wars.com/the-first-tr...
Something different today at FOREVER WARS: a colloquy on freedom. Featuring @aubreysitterson.com of the groundbreaking sci-fi comic FREE PLANET! If you're still in need of a holiday gift for the weird far left obsessive in your life, FP vol. 1 is ready for your order!
The First Truly Free Planet: A Q&A
FREE PLANET writer Aubrey Sitterson talks to FOREVER WARS about what comes after the revolution–allegorically speaking
www.forever-wars.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Something different today at FOREVER WARS: a colloquy on freedom. Featuring @aubreysitterson.com of the groundbreaking sci-fi comic FREE PLANET! If you're still in need of a holiday gift for the weird far left obsessive in your life, FP vol. 1 is ready for your order!
“We would not be asking whether neoliberalism was, in fact, over…we would proceed from the stipulated premise that it had ended. This was a convenient but analytically catastrophic choice, as it forced participants to ignore the durable continuities…” — exactly the same as the “end of the 9/11 era.”
I wrote about a conference marking the culmination of tens of millions of dollars of philanthropic spending to transcend neoliberalism. lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“We would not be asking whether neoliberalism was, in fact, over…we would proceed from the stipulated premise that it had ended. This was a convenient but analytically catastrophic choice, as it forced participants to ignore the durable continuities…” — exactly the same as the “end of the 9/11 era.”
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SCOTUS's mission to create a permanent Black & brown underclass is once again succeeding beyond Strom Thurmond's wildest dreams
Post-SCOTUS rule removing race/ethnicity as a factor in admissions, at Johns Hopkins:
first year enrollment for 2023-> 2025:
Asians 25.6 -> 45.1%
Blacks 9.8 -> 4%
Hispanics 20.8 -> 10.1%
Whites 18.3 -> 21%
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/12/16/j...
first year enrollment for 2023-> 2025:
Asians 25.6 -> 45.1%
Blacks 9.8 -> 4%
Hispanics 20.8 -> 10.1%
Whites 18.3 -> 21%
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/12/16/j...
Johns Hopkins freshman class shows impact of Supreme Court admissions ruling
Two years after the Supreme Court effectively ended race-conscious college admissions nationwide, Johns Hopkins University has seen a significant change in the racial makeup of its freshman student…
www.baltimoresun.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
SCOTUS's mission to create a permanent Black & brown underclass is once again succeeding beyond Strom Thurmond's wildest dreams
MY 4-YEAR OLD: *calmly, while coloring a picture of the Grinch* If baby grinches die, we can eat them. If they’re clean. That’s ok
December 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
MY 4-YEAR OLD: *calmly, while coloring a picture of the Grinch* If baby grinches die, we can eat them. If they’re clean. That’s ok
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Hegseth repeatedly misled the public about this strike.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean. https://to.pbs.org/4pZJb8p
Hegseth says he won't publicly release video of boat strike that killed survivors in the Caribbean
Hegseth said that members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee would have an opportunity this week to review the video, but did not say whether all members of Congress would be allowed to ...
to.pbs.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Hegseth repeatedly misled the public about this strike.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
The boat was headed for Suriname, not the U.S.
It wasn't carrying fentanyl.
The survivors didn't "radio for backup."
This strike was illegal, and Hegseth is trying to cover up what happened by refusing to release video.
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Fascinating difference with the way they treated a man who was actually in Al-Qaeda and has killed more people than a natural disaster
December 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Fascinating difference with the way they treated a man who was actually in Al-Qaeda and has killed more people than a natural disaster
The world's shittiest newspaper, the @nypost.com, dishonestly scandalizes Ramzi Kassem, a civil-liberties hero. What this article doesn't say is that Kassem negotiated a guilty plea & cooperation deal for the "al-Qaeda terrorist" in the headline.
Sell the paper to a real New Yorker.
Sell the paper to a real New Yorker.
Exclusive | Zohran Mamdani eyeing lawyer who defended al Qaeda terrorist for top City Hall job: source
Ramzi Kassem, a CUNY law professor who defended Al Qaeda terrorists, is being tapped by Zohran Mamdani to become one of his highest ranking aides: sources
nypost.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The world's shittiest newspaper, the @nypost.com, dishonestly scandalizes Ramzi Kassem, a civil-liberties hero. What this article doesn't say is that Kassem negotiated a guilty plea & cooperation deal for the "al-Qaeda terrorist" in the headline.
Sell the paper to a real New Yorker.
Sell the paper to a real New Yorker.
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Amnesty International described a punishment "box" at the Florida immigrant detention camp.
@attackerman.bsky.social noted how it echoed a CIA black site torture tool.
I tracked down two former inmates who said they saw it with their own eyes.
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
@attackerman.bsky.social noted how it echoed a CIA black site torture tool.
I tracked down two former inmates who said they saw it with their own eyes.
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
Two Former ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Inmates Allege Migrant Detainees Were Confined in a Tiny ‘Box’ at Times
Their accounts match recent reports from Amnesty International describing the conditions at the detention facility as “torture.”
www.notus.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Amnesty International described a punishment "box" at the Florida immigrant detention camp.
@attackerman.bsky.social noted how it echoed a CIA black site torture tool.
I tracked down two former inmates who said they saw it with their own eyes.
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
@attackerman.bsky.social noted how it echoed a CIA black site torture tool.
I tracked down two former inmates who said they saw it with their own eyes.
@notus.com:
www.notus.org/immigration/...
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The US's bloodiest battlefield in 2025 wasn't Venezuela. It was Somalia, writes @attackerman.bsky.social
The Largest and Bloodiest U.S. Battlefield in 2025? Somalia
At least 87 drone strikes, raids and other U.S. military engagements have hit Somalia this year, by far the most ever. And it's likely an undercount
www.forever-wars.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The US's bloodiest battlefield in 2025 wasn't Venezuela. It was Somalia, writes @attackerman.bsky.social
Wrote a bit about this:
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Wrote a bit about this:
Another US airstrike in Somalia happened yesterday, near Kismayo. AFRICOM released no casualty figures or other information beyond saying it "targeted" al-Shabaab. This is by my count the 87th strike or series of strikes announced by AFRICOM this year, by far the most ever in a year in Somalia.
www.africom.mil
December 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Another US airstrike in Somalia happened yesterday, near Kismayo. AFRICOM released no casualty figures or other information beyond saying it "targeted" al-Shabaab. This is by my count the 87th strike or series of strikes announced by AFRICOM this year, by far the most ever in a year in Somalia.
This is an exquisite piece about something I know absolutely nothing about. Worth paying @ettingermentum.bsky.social
How a Swedish Video Game Company Accidentally Molded the American Right
A history on grand strategy games and far right radicalism, coming from an actual grand strategy gamer.
www.ettingermentum.news
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is an exquisite piece about something I know absolutely nothing about. Worth paying @ettingermentum.bsky.social
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House members who voted for the $901 billion military bill received four times as much money from military contractors as those who opposed it.
www.stephensemler.com/p/congress-i...
www.stephensemler.com/p/congress-i...
December 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
House members who voted for the $901 billion military bill received four times as much money from military contractors as those who opposed it.
www.stephensemler.com/p/congress-i...
www.stephensemler.com/p/congress-i...
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Spencer ain't kiddin'!!!!! This is some crazy shit!!!!!
Who wants to read one of the most racist and antisemitic memos in the history of the FBI?
The Time The FBI Tried To Get Meir Kahane's Jewish Fascists To Murder Black Panthers
Picture it: New York City, 1969. COINTELPRO is in full swing. And the special agent in charge of the New York field office has an idea
www.forever-wars.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Spencer ain't kiddin'!!!!! This is some crazy shit!!!!!
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"Picture it," writes @attackerman.bsky.social: "New York City, 1969. COINTELPRO is in full swing. And the special agent in charge of the New York field office has an idea."
The Time The FBI Tried To Get Meir Kahane's Jewish Fascists To Murder Black Panthers
Picture it: New York City, 1969. COINTELPRO is in full swing. And the special agent in charge of the New York field office has an idea
www.forever-wars.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Picture it," writes @attackerman.bsky.social: "New York City, 1969. COINTELPRO is in full swing. And the special agent in charge of the New York field office has an idea."
Who wants to read one of the most racist and antisemitic memos in the history of the FBI?
The Time The FBI Tried To Get Meir Kahane's Jewish Fascists To Murder Black Panthers
Picture it: New York City, 1969. COINTELPRO is in full swing. And the special agent in charge of the New York field office has an idea
www.forever-wars.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Who wants to read one of the most racist and antisemitic memos in the history of the FBI?
They used to pretend that AI would detect cancer early and now it’s “don’t you want to make yourself into Pluto while he fucks Goofy”
It's a whole new world for Mickey, Simba, Stitch and more as Disney brings hundreds of its characters to Sora, the short-form video platform from OpenAI, as part of a three-year licensing agreement. n.pr/44ph9KC
Billion-dollar OpenAI deal allows users to make content with Disney characters
It's a whole new world for Mickey, Simba, Stitch and more as Disney brings hundreds of its characters to Sora, the short-form video platform from OpenAI, as part of a three-year licensing agreement.
n.pr
December 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
They used to pretend that AI would detect cancer early and now it’s “don’t you want to make yourself into Pluto while he fucks Goofy”
Come out for this! Let’s do something good for our seniors. Also it’s going to be cold, you’ll want soup
Big news, NYC! @jdebbiel.bsky.social and @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social will be joining @wendyxu.bsky.social for the @comixaction.com event at Chinatown Soup this Friday! RSVP today!!!
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December 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Come out for this! Let’s do something good for our seniors. Also it’s going to be cold, you’ll want soup
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"The takedowns and restrictions began in October and targeted the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts of more than 50 organisations worldwide ... in what appears to be a growing push by Meta to limit reproductive health and queer content across its platforms."
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"The takedowns and restrictions began in October and targeted the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts of more than 50 organisations worldwide ... in what appears to be a growing push by Meta to limit reproductive health and queer content across its platforms."