Michael Evans
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Editorial Director at National Security Archive. FOIA enthusiast. Colombia specialist. Bluegrass guitarist. He/Him nsarchive.gwu.edu
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"The heroic excavators of government secrets" - Author Stephen Kinzer on 40 years of the National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/01/o...
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Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well
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She is an empty suit, of course. And an absolute nasty piece of cornbread.
She is also, to my somewhat trained ear, absolutely, positively terrified here. She is either intimidated by the process or deeply anxious about her relationship with her boss. Or both.
But she is terrified.
She is also, to my somewhat trained ear, absolutely, positively terrified here. She is either intimidated by the process or deeply anxious about her relationship with her boss. Or both.
But she is terrified.
The question for Baghdad Bondi was, how many of Epstein’s co-conspirators and pedophiles have you indicted or investigated?
Answer: The Dow is over $50K.
Answer: The Dow is over $50K.
February 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
She is an empty suit, of course. And an absolute nasty piece of cornbread.
She is also, to my somewhat trained ear, absolutely, positively terrified here. She is either intimidated by the process or deeply anxious about her relationship with her boss. Or both.
But she is terrified.
She is also, to my somewhat trained ear, absolutely, positively terrified here. She is either intimidated by the process or deeply anxious about her relationship with her boss. Or both.
But she is terrified.
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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This is some genuinely psycho shit...
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is some genuinely psycho shit...
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
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Rep. Jayapal: "Attorney General Bondi…will you turn to [Epstein's survivors] and apologize for what your DOJ has put them through?"
Pam Bondi: *refuses to answer*
Pam Bondi: *refuses to answer*
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Rep. Jayapal: "Attorney General Bondi…will you turn to [Epstein's survivors] and apologize for what your DOJ has put them through?"
Pam Bondi: *refuses to answer*
Pam Bondi: *refuses to answer*
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Swalwell plays Bondi a clip of Kash Patel *lying under oath* about how many times Trump's name appears in the Epstein files
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Swalwell plays Bondi a clip of Kash Patel *lying under oath* about how many times Trump's name appears in the Epstein files
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Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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how many times are they going to ask this thing if it's alive and get scared when it says yes
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
how many times are they going to ask this thing if it's alive and get scared when it says yes
JFC, this is so embarrassing.
wow -- Bondi throws a fit in response to Nadler's question about how many of Epstein's co-conspirators, if any, she's investigating, aggressively pointing at him and yelling. The hearing then devolves into chaos and Raskin and Bondi start yelling at each other.
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
JFC, this is so embarrassing.
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Apropos of nothing much, a reminder that Nixon’s Attorney General served 19 months in prison.
February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Apropos of nothing much, a reminder that Nixon’s Attorney General served 19 months in prison.
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My two cents:
If the government actually wanted effective, large-scale declassification of docs in the public interest, it would empower the National Declassification Center (housed at the National Archives) to declassify OTHER agency records, like those that belong to the CIA, FBI etc.
If the government actually wanted effective, large-scale declassification of docs in the public interest, it would empower the National Declassification Center (housed at the National Archives) to declassify OTHER agency records, like those that belong to the CIA, FBI etc.
February 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
My two cents:
If the government actually wanted effective, large-scale declassification of docs in the public interest, it would empower the National Declassification Center (housed at the National Archives) to declassify OTHER agency records, like those that belong to the CIA, FBI etc.
If the government actually wanted effective, large-scale declassification of docs in the public interest, it would empower the National Declassification Center (housed at the National Archives) to declassify OTHER agency records, like those that belong to the CIA, FBI etc.
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Tulsi Gabbard shut down her nakedly partisan directors initiative group late last year.
The group, which touted declassification of docs in the public interest as a main goal, succeeded in releasing a grand total of...215 pages of documents.
What an epic waste of time and resources.
The group, which touted declassification of docs in the public interest as a main goal, succeeded in releasing a grand total of...215 pages of documents.
What an epic waste of time and resources.
Declassified Strategic Implementation Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism from the Biden Administration | Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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February 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Tulsi Gabbard shut down her nakedly partisan directors initiative group late last year.
The group, which touted declassification of docs in the public interest as a main goal, succeeded in releasing a grand total of...215 pages of documents.
What an epic waste of time and resources.
The group, which touted declassification of docs in the public interest as a main goal, succeeded in releasing a grand total of...215 pages of documents.
What an epic waste of time and resources.
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U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported. n.pr/46HdbOo
U.S. unexpectedly adds 130,000 jobs in January after a weak 2025
U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported.
n.pr
February 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported. n.pr/46HdbOo
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And … now ban is lifted?
February 11, 2026 at 2:08 PM
And … now ban is lifted?
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Kind of wild that this jobs report is being framed so positively when it also says this “the annual benchmark revisions sharply lowered estimates for job growth in earlier months. The new estimates show that the U.S. economy added just 181,000 jobs in 2025, down from the earlier estimate of 584,000”
Update from Ben Casselman
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Kind of wild that this jobs report is being framed so positively when it also says this “the annual benchmark revisions sharply lowered estimates for job growth in earlier months. The new estimates show that the U.S. economy added just 181,000 jobs in 2025, down from the earlier estimate of 584,000”
"Now there are no boats."
Trump: "By knocking out those boats, we have dropped drugs, fentanyl, about 33%. Now we're gonna start on land. We had to do the boats first because they would go immediately to the boats. Now we're gonna him them on land. We're gonna hit them very hard on land."
February 11, 2026 at 2:03 PM
"Now there are no boats."
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in fact you do not have to show your ID when you board a train in the united states, you only need to show your ticket (which can be purchased without an ID)
Markwayne Mullin defends "show me your papers": "If you're here legally, there's nothing to hide. Most people already are walking around with a government-issued ID, meaning your Real ID or your driver's license. If you go board a train here, you gotta show your ID."
February 11, 2026 at 1:59 PM
in fact you do not have to show your ID when you board a train in the united states, you only need to show your ticket (which can be purchased without an ID)
Got to meet bluegrass legend Alice Gerrard last night at Politics & Prose. Her records with Hazel Dickens are among my favorite bluegrass albums ever.
February 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Got to meet bluegrass legend Alice Gerrard last night at Politics & Prose. Her records with Hazel Dickens are among my favorite bluegrass albums ever.
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If the Democrats came out against judicial warrants we would never hear the end of it.
Mullin: "When you start talking judicial warrants -- it would be basically making every arrest, even if its a traffic stop, that's like making judicial warrants only possible to arrest somebody w/ a DUI. It's same concept as having judicial warrants for arresting someone entering country illegally"
February 11, 2026 at 1:07 PM
If the Democrats came out against judicial warrants we would never hear the end of it.
FAA Closes Air Space Over El Paso, Texas for ‘Special Security Reasons’
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FAA issues 10 day flight restrictions in Texas: "special security reasons"
The NOTAM was issued from February 11 down at the southern U.S. border with Mexico.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM
FAA Closes Air Space Over El Paso, Texas for ‘Special Security Reasons’
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Why am I not surprised to learn that ICE has imported its policing tactics from Central America?
RON JOHNSON: In Central America, if you become a police chief, the drug cartels send you a DVD w/ a video of your family going to church or school...that's what ICE agents are facing
SORKIN: But these people are allowed to protest
J: They want their activists to dox them & put families at risk
SORKIN: But these people are allowed to protest
J: They want their activists to dox them & put families at risk
February 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Why am I not surprised to learn that ICE has imported its policing tactics from Central America?
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.