The War Bird
@harminsky.bsky.social
Absolutely deranged, bouncing wildly from THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS to NatSec to YIMBY to US politics. I also take requests for song parodies about geopolitics, but do not take requests to stop.
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You mean look up the questions.
May 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
You mean look up the questions.
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DOGE was not a failure. Its purpose was to use the completely fabricated claim of “efficiency” to irreparably annihilate vast amounts of federal government infrastructure, which it did instantly, violently, and in ways we will not see the full repair of in our lifetimes.
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
DOGE was not a failure. Its purpose was to use the completely fabricated claim of “efficiency” to irreparably annihilate vast amounts of federal government infrastructure, which it did instantly, violently, and in ways we will not see the full repair of in our lifetimes.
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man I wish perjury were a crime
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
man I wish perjury were a crime
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
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reminder that Donald Trump said on the record that he partied with his buddy Jeffrey Epstein and women “on the younger side” and yet we’re pretending like the natural of their relationship is some big mystery
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
reminder that Donald Trump said on the record that he partied with his buddy Jeffrey Epstein and women “on the younger side” and yet we’re pretending like the natural of their relationship is some big mystery
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matty arrived here because of negative polarization but i do not think it is a coincidence that every one of corporate think tank guys suddenly started churning out “here’s why the democrats shouldnt support renewables” right as the utility scale solar and offshore wind $/mw dipped below gas
yes. a LLM with the capability to search the web would have searched the web before making any of these claims
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
matty arrived here because of negative polarization but i do not think it is a coincidence that every one of corporate think tank guys suddenly started churning out “here’s why the democrats shouldnt support renewables” right as the utility scale solar and offshore wind $/mw dipped below gas
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sure is a shame we didn't have an independent DOJ for 4 years to look into these extremely damning and very public allegations of rape and sex trafficking by a sitting member of Congress
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
sure is a shame we didn't have an independent DOJ for 4 years to look into these extremely damning and very public allegations of rape and sex trafficking by a sitting member of Congress
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In 2017, the sitting president had Thanksgiving with his old friend who had been convicted of sex crimes with a minor.
And we’re only learning about this now?
And we’re only learning about this now?
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
In 2017, the sitting president had Thanksgiving with his old friend who had been convicted of sex crimes with a minor.
And we’re only learning about this now?
And we’re only learning about this now?
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How many of the people who wrote variants of 'Has MeToo gone too far' editorials for our remaining major newspapers sent or received email from mr epstein
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
How many of the people who wrote variants of 'Has MeToo gone too far' editorials for our remaining major newspapers sent or received email from mr epstein
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The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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Irish antimilitarism is funny because the core premise is that Ireland‘s history of British exploitation is exactly why defense of Ireland‘s airspace and sea lanes should be mostly outsourced to the United Kingdom.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Irish antimilitarism is funny because the core premise is that Ireland‘s history of British exploitation is exactly why defense of Ireland‘s airspace and sea lanes should be mostly outsourced to the United Kingdom.
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Tim Kaine telling voters he was lying when he said he cared about healthcare and that was just something he said to get morons to vote for him and that this is all just a silly inter-office spat with my cubemate
Tim Kaine calls the intra-party divide over ending the shutdown without Obamacare subsidies a “minor league issue” in an interview w/ Katy Tur
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Tim Kaine telling voters he was lying when he said he cared about healthcare and that was just something he said to get morons to vote for him and that this is all just a silly inter-office spat with my cubemate
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i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
like this is basically it, the melts melted under pressure
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
i think the argument the cavers should’ve made/should make is “i couldn’t let people starve - we made a run thinking they would fold on aca, but trump really is that psychotic”
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
that’s an argument i think people could respect, but the won’t even make it
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
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schumer offering up an extremely reasonable and popular compromise only for senate republicans to answer "eat shit" while johnson puts the house on paid vacation for another week while critical supports start failing and fed workers run out of reserves is politics. this is how politics work.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
schumer offering up an extremely reasonable and popular compromise only for senate republicans to answer "eat shit" while johnson puts the house on paid vacation for another week while critical supports start failing and fed workers run out of reserves is politics. this is how politics work.
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One of these jobs is for a large-headed brainless muppet to engage in pointless spectacle for the entertainment of drunk, braying, red-hatted fans and its masters in Washington, and one of these jobs is Racing President.
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
One of these jobs is for a large-headed brainless muppet to engage in pointless spectacle for the entertainment of drunk, braying, red-hatted fans and its masters in Washington, and one of these jobs is Racing President.
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It's annoying to keep having to point this out, but the actual DNC has been behind Mamdani ever since he won the primary, which you wouldn't know by reading some posts on here.
November 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's annoying to keep having to point this out, but the actual DNC has been behind Mamdani ever since he won the primary, which you wouldn't know by reading some posts on here.
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"wife mad at you? d.e.i." is gonna be kicking around in my head for a minute
Obama: They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and D.E.I. For every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? D.E.I.. Wife mad at you? D.E.I..
November 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"wife mad at you? d.e.i." is gonna be kicking around in my head for a minute
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This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.
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Just like if Dems caved, it would be clear that they could have gotten the same deal at the beginning and saved everyone the pain, the same will be true if republicans do this.
Trump: “…BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE STONE COLD “CRAZY,” THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE “NUCLEAR OPTION,” GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Just like if Dems caved, it would be clear that they could have gotten the same deal at the beginning and saved everyone the pain, the same will be true if republicans do this.
The trav'ler said:
There's a pedestal in the desert
On which these words appear "oh
I'm Ozymand'ias King of Kings
Look upon my works and despair, ye mighty"
There's a pedestal in the desert
On which these words appear "oh
I'm Ozymand'ias King of Kings
Look upon my works and despair, ye mighty"
Now this is a story all about how
A shattered visage lies half sunk with a frown
And I’d like you to look at that pedestal there,
It says “Look on my works ye mighty and despair.”
A shattered visage lies half sunk with a frown
And I’d like you to look at that pedestal there,
It says “Look on my works ye mighty and despair.”
There once was a king, Ozymand
Who bragged about all he’d command.
Trying to fill his foes with fright he
Said “Look on my works, ye mighty!”
But now it’s all trunkless legs and sand.
Who bragged about all he’d command.
Trying to fill his foes with fright he
Said “Look on my works, ye mighty!”
But now it’s all trunkless legs and sand.
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The trav'ler said:
There's a pedestal in the desert
On which these words appear "oh
I'm Ozymand'ias King of Kings
Look upon my works and despair, ye mighty"
There's a pedestal in the desert
On which these words appear "oh
I'm Ozymand'ias King of Kings
Look upon my works and despair, ye mighty"