Christopher Rosche
@christopherrosche.bsky.social
Writer foraging for truth. Recovering Intel analyst, Senate staff, Washington correspondent. Words are powerful; choose wisely | Researching Disinformation | Writing my first novel | Ghost
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I've clung to grim belief that 1968 would be darkest year I'd see in US. Horrific assassinations. Real (not show) military occupation in DC. Tet and MyLai. 'Police Riot' in Chicago. Nixon/Agnew.
Not so certain any more. Back then 2 parties still functioned. A prez could resign for "good of nation"
Not so certain any more. Back then 2 parties still functioned. A prez could resign for "good of nation"
August 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I've clung to grim belief that 1968 would be darkest year I'd see in US. Horrific assassinations. Real (not show) military occupation in DC. Tet and MyLai. 'Police Riot' in Chicago. Nixon/Agnew.
Not so certain any more. Back then 2 parties still functioned. A prez could resign for "good of nation"
Not so certain any more. Back then 2 parties still functioned. A prez could resign for "good of nation"
Just under half of us didn’t read a book for fun in 2023.
Why so few Americans read for pleasure
The decline in Americans’ leisure reading comes as attention spans are shrinking and print book sales are in decline.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Just under half of us didn’t read a book for fun in 2023.
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
August 20, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
Your implacable sense of right and wrong is admirable, but I'm afraid it's rather out of fashion at the moment. The truth is, there is no right and wrong any longer. There is only power and money. And more often than not, one begets the other."
April 27, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Your implacable sense of right and wrong is admirable, but I'm afraid it's rather out of fashion at the moment. The truth is, there is no right and wrong any longer. There is only power and money. And more often than not, one begets the other."
What are these tech Bro’s up to? A must read.
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
What are these tech Bro’s up to? A must read.
“When our leaders abandon character… It accelerates decay. It tells people that principles are optional, that decency is weakness, that rules are for fools. It fosters a culture of fear...”
“There is no magic cure for fear. But there is an antidote: rules,” Gen. Stanley McChrystal writes.
Opinion | Gen. Stanley McChrystal On Fear
America has always known fear. But today’s fear is different. It has been cultivated.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“When our leaders abandon character… It accelerates decay. It tells people that principles are optional, that decency is weakness, that rules are for fools. It fosters a culture of fear...”
What about her emails?
Waltz and staff used Gmail for government communications, officials say
Trump’s national security adviser is trying to manage his way out of a crisis. But new revelations about his team’s operational security are piling up in the inbox.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
What about her emails?
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Listen everyone. I’ve see classified stuff before. This in the Atlantic is the kind of stuff that gets the highest classification.
I had to have TS clearance to hear the names of the people we targeted in Iraq when i was with TF16 and 17. And still some names were withheld until op was over….
I had to have TS clearance to hear the names of the people we targeted in Iraq when i was with TF16 and 17. And still some names were withheld until op was over….
March 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Listen everyone. I’ve see classified stuff before. This in the Atlantic is the kind of stuff that gets the highest classification.
I had to have TS clearance to hear the names of the people we targeted in Iraq when i was with TF16 and 17. And still some names were withheld until op was over….
I had to have TS clearance to hear the names of the people we targeted in Iraq when i was with TF16 and 17. And still some names were withheld until op was over….
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A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
March 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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“Several Defense Dept officials expressed shock that Mr. Hegseth had put American war plans into a commercial chat group. They said that having this type of conversation in a Signal chat group itself could be a violation of the Espionage Act, a law covering the handling of sensitive information.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed war plans in an encrypted group chat that included a journalist two hours before U.S. troops launched attacks against the Houthi militia in Yemen, the White House said on Monday, confirming an account in the magazine The Atlantic.
Read more: nyti.ms/4c4CueW
Read more: nyti.ms/4c4CueW
March 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
“Several Defense Dept officials expressed shock that Mr. Hegseth had put American war plans into a commercial chat group. They said that having this type of conversation in a Signal chat group itself could be a violation of the Espionage Act, a law covering the handling of sensitive information.”
February 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.
February 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If you’ve ever taken the oath to uphold the Constitution, this is the time to live up to it.
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This could be true.
February 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This could be true.
Trump Officials Attack German Consensus on Nazis
Eighty years after American soldiers liberated Dachau, top German officials this weekend all-but accused Mr. Vance — and by extension, President Trump — of boosting a political party that many Germans consider to be dangerously descended from Nazism.
Eighty years after American soldiers liberated Dachau, top German officials this weekend all-but accused Mr. Vance — and by extension, President Trump — of boosting a political party that many Germans consider to be dangerously descended from Nazism.
Vance and Musk Attack German Consensus on Nazis and Speech
Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Trump Officials Attack German Consensus on Nazis
Eighty years after American soldiers liberated Dachau, top German officials this weekend all-but accused Mr. Vance — and by extension, President Trump — of boosting a political party that many Germans consider to be dangerously descended from Nazism.
Eighty years after American soldiers liberated Dachau, top German officials this weekend all-but accused Mr. Vance — and by extension, President Trump — of boosting a political party that many Germans consider to be dangerously descended from Nazism.
The most important 15 minutes you could spend this week. Why flooding the zone could backfire.
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 5, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The most important 15 minutes you could spend this week. Why flooding the zone could backfire.
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If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
January 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Advice from Gary Panter
January 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Advice from Gary Panter
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social media is the last greyhound bus of the night from Las Vegas back to Los Angeles
January 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
social media is the last greyhound bus of the night from Las Vegas back to Los Angeles
As mutual toleration disappears, politicians grow tempted to abandon forbearance and try to win at all costs. This may encourage the rise of antisystem groups that reject democracy’s rules altogether. When that happens, democracy is in trouble.
January 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
As mutual toleration disappears, politicians grow tempted to abandon forbearance and try to win at all costs. This may encourage the rise of antisystem groups that reject democracy’s rules altogether. When that happens, democracy is in trouble.