JD Simkins
@jdsimkins.bsky.social
Executive editor, Military Times & Defense News. Would rather be outside.
Rubio: We’re running out of things to sanction in Russia
You're getting warmer, Marco
You're getting warmer, Marco
Rubio: We’re running out of things to sanction in Russia
What else do you guys want, sighs top U.S. diplomat.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Rubio: We’re running out of things to sanction in Russia
You're getting warmer, Marco
You're getting warmer, Marco
The Nordic and Baltic countries are teaming up to pay for a $500 million United States military support package of weapons and munitions for Ukraine www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
Nordic and Baltic countries team up to fund US arms for Ukraine
Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. is no longer spending any money on Ukraine, “now they pay us through NATO.”
www.defensenews.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Nordic and Baltic countries are teaming up to pay for a $500 million United States military support package of weapons and munitions for Ukraine www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
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If Trump’s fascism is so bad, why aren’t the students protesting? We asked three right-wing oligarchs who bullied their alma maters into enforcing total bans on freedom of assembly on campus.
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If Trump’s fascism is so bad, why aren’t the students protesting? We asked three right-wing oligarchs who bullied their alma maters into enforcing total bans on freedom of assembly on campus.
If "getting politics out of our teaching of history" is similar at all to, say, the way the DOD in early 2025 discussed "getting politics out of the military," it just means "we want it flooded with the politics that make us feel good"
Counterpoint: Teaching history is inherently and always political.
In San Antonio, Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai, the county's elected top administrator, decried Patrick's “gross political interference.”
"We need to get politics out of our teaching of history. Period,” he said in a statement Friday.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
"We need to get politics out of our teaching of history. Period,” he said in a statement Friday.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
October 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If "getting politics out of our teaching of history" is similar at all to, say, the way the DOD in early 2025 discussed "getting politics out of the military," it just means "we want it flooded with the politics that make us feel good"
Got "yearns for the mines" into a headline today. Time to retire. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
The Army yearns for the mines, reopens WWII-era critical mineral site
A gold mine in Idaho that once churned out critical minerals for the U.S. “Arsenal of Democracy” during WWII has been resurrected in a new Army initiative.
www.militarytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Got "yearns for the mines" into a headline today. Time to retire. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Sean Parnell's statement on the "Next Generation of the Pentagon Press Corps"
October 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Sean Parnell's statement on the "Next Generation of the Pentagon Press Corps"
People, myself included, have covered up FAR more innocuous tattoos simply because the art sucks and what was thought to be badass as a 20-year-old is, in fact, not.
It's wild to go that long without covering THAT up
It's wild to go that long without covering THAT up
The crazy thing is that Platner could have absolutely survived the tattoo thing had he gotten it removed/covered up whenever it is that he first learned what it meant, showing him growing and learning and yadda yadda, etc. But instead he just hoped it'd never come up? Come on, dude.
Graham Platner to @daveweigel.bsky.social:
"How do you expect to win back men when you go back through somebody’s Reddit history and just pull it all out and say: ‘Oh, my God, this person has no right to ever be in politics?’"
DSCC Chair Gillibrand: “It’s up to the voters of Maine to decide.”
"How do you expect to win back men when you go back through somebody’s Reddit history and just pull it all out and say: ‘Oh, my God, this person has no right to ever be in politics?’"
DSCC Chair Gillibrand: “It’s up to the voters of Maine to decide.”
October 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
People, myself included, have covered up FAR more innocuous tattoos simply because the art sucks and what was thought to be badass as a 20-year-old is, in fact, not.
It's wild to go that long without covering THAT up
It's wild to go that long without covering THAT up
One game into an 82-game season and ESPN is debating whether it's time to panic. The intelligence rot at ESPN should be studied by future generations
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
One game into an 82-game season and ESPN is debating whether it's time to panic. The intelligence rot at ESPN should be studied by future generations
Notable, coming from the Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oc...
‘He lost us’: Generals, senior officers say trust in Hegseth has evaporated
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has lost the trust and respect of some top military commanders, with his public “grandstanding” widely seen as unprofessional and the personnel moves made by the former ...
www.washingtontimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Notable, coming from the Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oc...
This ends very poorly at the wrong house
WATCH: Masked men terrorize Alexandria family
Alexandria police are investigating after a group of masked men terrorized a home near Duke and South Jordan Streets Tuesday night.
wjla.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This ends very poorly at the wrong house
Shocked that the guy who championed the case of convicted murderer Clint Lorance would call our rules of engagement "stupid"
September 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Shocked that the guy who championed the case of convicted murderer Clint Lorance would call our rules of engagement "stupid"
You’d be shocked to learn that this blurb on the Harlem Hellfighters, which of course is filled with Hegseth adoration, leaves out any real discussion on racism, and suggests the most difficult obstacles the Hellfighters faced were shipping logistics on their way to France
September 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
You’d be shocked to learn that this blurb on the Harlem Hellfighters, which of course is filled with Hegseth adoration, leaves out any real discussion on racism, and suggests the most difficult obstacles the Hellfighters faced were shipping logistics on their way to France
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What the fuck
Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024 | CNN Politics
US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.
www.cnn.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
What the fuck
The most curmudgeon-y veteran sentiment I've ever received.
Salty, hard-charging reader upset that soldiers who heroically stopped an active shooter were not in proper uniform to receive recognition for stopping an active shooter
Salty, hard-charging reader upset that soldiers who heroically stopped an active shooter were not in proper uniform to receive recognition for stopping an active shooter
August 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The most curmudgeon-y veteran sentiment I've ever received.
Salty, hard-charging reader upset that soldiers who heroically stopped an active shooter were not in proper uniform to receive recognition for stopping an active shooter
Salty, hard-charging reader upset that soldiers who heroically stopped an active shooter were not in proper uniform to receive recognition for stopping an active shooter
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A conflict between two Americans: one, a West Point grad, combat vet, Rhodes Scholar, expert and academic. The other… a woman banned from Uber because she was too abusive to Muslim drivers.
Guess who wins.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
Guess who wins.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
A Fight Over a West Point Job Reveals Two Visions of America Under Trump
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A conflict between two Americans: one, a West Point grad, combat vet, Rhodes Scholar, expert and academic. The other… a woman banned from Uber because she was too abusive to Muslim drivers.
Guess who wins.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
Guess who wins.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
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If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
![[quoting a tweet by fractalcounty that reads, “today I learned that there are actual people irl who get genuinely upset if they catch you using chatgpt. like they view it as a serious moral failing in certain circles”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihjvnz2ttxl7z4a2b3a4kylubobgvqxmjhwz6yuetuztzoc4g2s4y@jpeg)
August 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
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NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows
A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.
newrepublic.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming.
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
We obtained the memo:
newrepublic.com/article/1987...
Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service in 2022 as Ukraine retook territory from Russia
Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia
A previously unreported order by Elon Musk to cut satellite communications over a portion of Ukraine disrupted a counteroffensive by Kyiv in the autumn of 2022. Reuters investigated the billionaire's order and its implications for countries increasingly reliant on his Starlink internet service.
www.reuters.com
July 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service in 2022 as Ukraine retook territory from Russia
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A prominent school leader in Winooski and United States citizen is speaking out after he spent hours in Border Patrol custody after returning to the country from a visit to Nicaragua.
Winooski superintendent speaks out following hourslong interrogation at Texas airport
"They said that I do not have rights, that my constitutional rights don't matter at a port of entry and that I should stop talking about rights," Chavarria said.
www.mynbc5.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
A prominent school leader in Winooski and United States citizen is speaking out after he spent hours in Border Patrol custody after returning to the country from a visit to Nicaragua.
South Park giving Donald Trump the old Saddam Hussein animation and voice treatment
July 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
South Park giving Donald Trump the old Saddam Hussein animation and voice treatment
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The immensity of this reporting cannot be overstated.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
NEW: On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
www.propublica.org
July 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The immensity of this reporting cannot be overstated.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
"The Washington Redskins name is absolutely not offensive. I saw a poll once."
July 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"The Washington Redskins name is absolutely not offensive. I saw a poll once."
Never seen someone more committed to looking like an 80s movie villain
June 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Never seen someone more committed to looking like an 80s movie villain
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KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.
Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting him
In a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen violently detaining a Santa Ana father before forcing him into…
ktla.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.