Jason Kikta
@kikta.net
// Somehow a CTO
// JHU SAIS @alperovitch.institute adjunct
// @istorg.bsky.social adjunct sr tech advisor
// Former USCYBERCOM/CNMF
// Retired US Marine Corps
// Personal views and invective
// JHU SAIS @alperovitch.institute adjunct
// @istorg.bsky.social adjunct sr tech advisor
// Former USCYBERCOM/CNMF
// Retired US Marine Corps
// Personal views and invective
I actually gasped
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I actually gasped
With all the sloppiness of the expansion to build out the Brownshirts, I guarantee you they have terrible gear accountability.
So not only are they blowing taxpayer dollars on unnecessary crap, but they are going to take it home when inevitably fired/disbanded and use it for their militias.
So not only are they blowing taxpayer dollars on unnecessary crap, but they are going to take it home when inevitably fired/disbanded and use it for their militias.
Looks like huxwrx flow, If it’s the titanium version they’re $1600 a pop
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
With all the sloppiness of the expansion to build out the Brownshirts, I guarantee you they have terrible gear accountability.
So not only are they blowing taxpayer dollars on unnecessary crap, but they are going to take it home when inevitably fired/disbanded and use it for their militias.
So not only are they blowing taxpayer dollars on unnecessary crap, but they are going to take it home when inevitably fired/disbanded and use it for their militias.
We were all better off when CentCom was in a converted warehouse and just as much a backwater as SouthCom
Remember when we did the Sulemani strikes, which was probably a throwaway COA? Remember centcom has never once in their entire existence learned a lesson, and are almost guaranteed to brief a plan that involves wholesale bombing of everything.
This is super worrisome. I'd bet that any "strikes" would be relatively limited and symbolic -- or at least not a sustained bombing campaign as in Libya.
In that case, they wouldn't topple the regime AND they'd tar the protests with the brush of collaboration with America. Worst of both worlds
In that case, they wouldn't topple the regime AND they'd tar the protests with the brush of collaboration with America. Worst of both worlds
January 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM
We were all better off when CentCom was in a converted warehouse and just as much a backwater as SouthCom
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Kind of wild there has been almost no coverage of the fact that the federal government unleashed chemical weapons against literal kids *at school*.
workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...
workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...
January 10, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Kind of wild there has been almost no coverage of the fact that the federal government unleashed chemical weapons against literal kids *at school*.
workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...
workdaymagazine.org/minneapolis-...
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The best way to understand ICE officers is that they’re all the kind of guy who watches Heat and thinks Waingro is the man
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The best way to understand ICE officers is that they’re all the kind of guy who watches Heat and thinks Waingro is the man
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there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school
January 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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"Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them."
(Published Oct. 2025)
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them."
(Published Oct. 2025)
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:00 AM
"Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them."
(Published Oct. 2025)
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them."
(Published Oct. 2025)
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Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
January 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Black people five years ago: you know, they can kill anyone they want to out there
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
Everybody today: hot damn, did you know they can kill anyone they want to out there?
“…the panel found that in many cases Border Patrol officers were discharging their weapons out of frustration, rather than to guard their safety. It also suggested that officers were purposely placing themselves in front of moving vehicles, and then shooting at them.”
www.npr.org/sections/the...
www.npr.org/sections/the...
www.npr.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
“…the panel found that in many cases Border Patrol officers were discharging their weapons out of frustration, rather than to guard their safety. It also suggested that officers were purposely placing themselves in front of moving vehicles, and then shooting at them.”
www.npr.org/sections/the...
www.npr.org/sections/the...
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If you ever need someone to tell you how they are “the admiral’s right hand” constantly, but can’t remember to put their weapon on safe, you can count on the SEALs
one of the stranger joys of the internet is being able to peek into the subcultures with their jargon and stereotypes that you are only barely aware of and be a kind of fly on the wall. my latest example of this is military people talking shit on SEALs
January 6, 2026 at 2:26 AM
If you ever need someone to tell you how they are “the admiral’s right hand” constantly, but can’t remember to put their weapon on safe, you can count on the SEALs
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wild that we’re gonna retroactively forfeit the cold war because jamaica estates’ grossest failson loves the word “BIG” but doesn’t under mercator projection
January 5, 2026 at 11:25 PM
wild that we’re gonna retroactively forfeit the cold war because jamaica estates’ grossest failson loves the word “BIG” but doesn’t under mercator projection
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
You can tell Op JUST BECAUSE wasn’t done by SEALs because no one has secured movie rights and a book deal yet
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM
You can tell Op JUST BECAUSE wasn’t done by SEALs because no one has secured movie rights and a book deal yet
So… was this done under Title 10, 18, or 50?
January 4, 2026 at 12:14 AM
So… was this done under Title 10, 18, or 50?
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Does ICE know that Maduro is here?
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Does ICE know that Maduro is here?
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New Campaign Ribbon just dropped
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
New Campaign Ribbon just dropped
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Banana Wars 2: Electric Boogaloo
January 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Banana Wars 2: Electric Boogaloo
Holding Maduro aboard IWO is cruel and unusual. Hope he likes the smell of fuel oil and sadness.
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Holding Maduro aboard IWO is cruel and unusual. Hope he likes the smell of fuel oil and sadness.
I have zero sympathy for anyone executing plainly illegal orders
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 AM
I have zero sympathy for anyone executing plainly illegal orders
I wrongly assumed that a fellow bald man was acquainted with the idea of just taking the L and moving on
January 3, 2026 at 5:32 AM
I wrongly assumed that a fellow bald man was acquainted with the idea of just taking the L and moving on