Michael
@choirboy.bsky.social
Living on the central Oregon coast. Barbershop singer and amateur radio operator.
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Our country and world is less safe. Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief for telling the truth.
Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Our country and world is less safe. Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief for telling the truth.
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NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
August 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
It certainly looks like it.
August 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It certainly looks like it.
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Welcome back to MAGA Summer School! Today's lesson: De-woking global warming!
August 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Welcome back to MAGA Summer School! Today's lesson: De-woking global warming!
Finally wrestled my account back from a hijacker. I didn't expect it to be so difficult.
July 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Finally wrestled my account back from a hijacker. I didn't expect it to be so difficult.
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Senior Pentagon officials on Sunday described in detail the U.S. military operation targeting three Iranian nuclear sites, but could not immediately say whether Iran still retained the ability to make a nuclear weapon.
Pentagon Details Multipronged Attack on Iranian Nuclear Sites
B-2 stealth bombers, fighter aircraft and submarine-launched cruise missiles struck Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan during “Operation Midnight Hammer.”
trib.al
June 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Senior Pentagon officials on Sunday described in detail the U.S. military operation targeting three Iranian nuclear sites, but could not immediately say whether Iran still retained the ability to make a nuclear weapon.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that Trump’s decision to drop the bombs in Iran “is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
“He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations,” she added.
“He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations,” she added.
Democrats in Congress decry Trump’s Iran strikes as unconstitutional
The 1973 War Powers Act and the Constitution both give Congress—not the president—the power to declare war.
www.motherjones.com
June 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that Trump’s decision to drop the bombs in Iran “is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
“He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations,” she added.
“He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations,” she added.
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From @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“In Trump’s first term, we were told: Don’t normalize him. In his second, the task is different: Don’t believe him,” our columnist Ezra Klein says.
“In Trump’s first term, we were told: Don’t normalize him. In his second, the task is different: Don’t believe him,” our columnist Ezra Klein says.
Opinion | Don’t Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
From @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“In Trump’s first term, we were told: Don’t normalize him. In his second, the task is different: Don’t believe him,” our columnist Ezra Klein says.
“In Trump’s first term, we were told: Don’t normalize him. In his second, the task is different: Don’t believe him,” our columnist Ezra Klein says.
Don’t Believe Him www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
Opinion | Don’t Believe Him
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Don’t Believe Him www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
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Every word of this is a damn lie.
December 11, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Every word of this is a damn lie.
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I got to talk with Dr. Susan Lacy, a plaintiff in the huge trans rights Supreme Court case going to oral argument on Weds. Here's what the case could mean—for trans folks *and* for states' power to restrict sex-specific forms of healthcare (birth control, IVF) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This Supreme Court case could change everything for trans rights.
US v. Skrmetti could slow the wave of anti-trans laws—or tell policymakers it's "open season."
www.motherjones.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:42 PM
I got to talk with Dr. Susan Lacy, a plaintiff in the huge trans rights Supreme Court case going to oral argument on Weds. Here's what the case could mean—for trans folks *and* for states' power to restrict sex-specific forms of healthcare (birth control, IVF) www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Seems logical.
Here’s a crazy idea. Let’s make sure the proposed new FBI Director can pass an FBI Background Check.
December 2, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Seems logical.