Mac William Bishop
@macwbishop.bsky.social
Just a poor wayfaring stranger, traveling through this world of woe.
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There’s a story which may well be apocryphal: at an art exhibition in the 1880s the Russian painter Vasily Vereshchagin took General Helmuth von Moltke (the elder) on a tour of the gallery.
There he led the general in front of his painting, “The Apotheosis of War,” (1871).
There he led the general in front of his painting, “The Apotheosis of War,” (1871).
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Using the U.S. Naval Institute's "Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet" as the authoritative reference, at 35,000 tons this is a "battleship" only in the realm of the imagination www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
Trump Announces New ‘Trump Class’ of Warships
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December 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Using the U.S. Naval Institute's "Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet" as the authoritative reference, at 35,000 tons this is a "battleship" only in the realm of the imagination www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...
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A colorful, revealing visit with the famous cartoonist and counterculture icon at his home in the South of France.
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'Paranoid, Loathsome, Neurotic': The Inimitable R. Crumb Looks Back
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December 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A colorful, revealing visit with the famous cartoonist and counterculture icon at his home in the South of France.
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Make Billy Mitchell Great Again
December 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Make Billy Mitchell Great Again
People are missing the bigger picture with regard to 60 Minutes, Bari Weiss & the CECOT story. Experienced TV news insiders know it’s not about including a statement from the admin, it’s about getting the timing right if you expect to win a FIFA News & Documentary Award statuette
December 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
People are missing the bigger picture with regard to 60 Minutes, Bari Weiss & the CECOT story. Experienced TV news insiders know it’s not about including a statement from the admin, it’s about getting the timing right if you expect to win a FIFA News & Documentary Award statuette
Your mom is getting a warrior dividend
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Your mom is getting a warrior dividend
That is extremely unfortunate. The original MBSM was for soldiers who stayed behind on guard duty while Pershing led a punitive expedition into Mexico against Pancho Villa in 1916-17, which failed to achieve its objective (capturing Villa), and ended in an ignominious withdrawal.
December 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
That is extremely unfortunate. The original MBSM was for soldiers who stayed behind on guard duty while Pershing led a punitive expedition into Mexico against Pancho Villa in 1916-17, which failed to achieve its objective (capturing Villa), and ended in an ignominious withdrawal.
Invading Venezuela over non-existent WMDs will let the current president crush the dreams of the “no more pointless foreign wars” crowd in the funniest way imaginable
December 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Invading Venezuela over non-existent WMDs will let the current president crush the dreams of the “no more pointless foreign wars” crowd in the funniest way imaginable
“It’s just autopsy room talk.”
December 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“It’s just autopsy room talk.”
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A more rational mind will see that pulling on any thread of this story unravels evidence of collective failures stretching across administrations.
But this White House is far more interested in crushing dissent, punishing critics, and sowing division.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
But this White House is far more interested in crushing dissent, punishing critics, and sowing division.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A more rational mind will see that pulling on any thread of this story unravels evidence of collective failures stretching across administrations.
But this White House is far more interested in crushing dissent, punishing critics, and sowing division.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
But this White House is far more interested in crushing dissent, punishing critics, and sowing division.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Many young Afghans who held elite positions working with the U.S. military are now adrift in America. They’ve been left to build a life on the margins of an uncaring society.
Read more from @macwbishop.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read more from @macwbishop.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Many young Afghans who held elite positions working with the U.S. military are now adrift in America. They’ve been left to build a life on the margins of an uncaring society.
Read more from @macwbishop.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read more from @macwbishop.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.
"The reality is that despite a variety of statements promising action at unspecified future dates, he has continued to treat Putin with deference. The Trump White House has taken no significant action against Russia to force a more equitable and lasting solution to the conflict."
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"The reality is that despite a variety of statements promising action at unspecified future dates, he has continued to treat Putin with deference. The Trump White House has taken no significant action against Russia to force a more equitable and lasting solution to the conflict."
Happy 250th Birthday, Marines.
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Happy 250th Birthday, Marines.
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“All of the rhetoric flying around about a potential return to testing is really disturbing,” Dr. Emma Belcher, president of the Ploughshares Fund, a nonprofit that works to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, tells @macwbishop.bsky.social.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“All of the rhetoric flying around about a potential return to testing is really disturbing,” Dr. Emma Belcher, president of the Ploughshares Fund, a nonprofit that works to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, tells @macwbishop.bsky.social.
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Escalating an arms race that could bring about Armageddon is only part of the reason Trump’s push to resume nuclear weapons testing is terrifying.
The Devastating Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Tests
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November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Escalating an arms race that could bring about Armageddon is only part of the reason Trump’s push to resume nuclear weapons testing is terrifying.
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“I’ll keep it real simple. This administration is taking the U.S. down a road to authoritarianism,” Ethan Wilson, a 42-year-old veteran of the war in Iraq, told @macwbishop.bsky.social at Saturday’s No Kings rally.
America Is 'Worth Fighting For' Say Protesters at 'No Kings' Rally
In the largest protests against Trump's administration and policies to date, participants express fear and loathing at America’s political trajectory.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“I’ll keep it real simple. This administration is taking the U.S. down a road to authoritarianism,” Ethan Wilson, a 42-year-old veteran of the war in Iraq, told @macwbishop.bsky.social at Saturday’s No Kings rally.
EXCLUSIVE: Photo of the girlfriend of the founder of Antifa resisting arrest, shortly before being taken into custody
October 10, 2025 at 5:08 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Photo of the girlfriend of the founder of Antifa resisting arrest, shortly before being taken into custody
“…the troubled country’s supreme leader has asked loyalist governors to deploy regional military forces to opposition strongholds and provide support for the central government’s internal security paramilitaries, as they seek to quash growing protests.”
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
“…the troubled country’s supreme leader has asked loyalist governors to deploy regional military forces to opposition strongholds and provide support for the central government’s internal security paramilitaries, as they seek to quash growing protests.”
[Authoritarian police state arrives]
Me: [simply outruns it in a quarter mile]
Me: [simply outruns it in a quarter mile]
October 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
[Authoritarian police state arrives]
Me: [simply outruns it in a quarter mile]
Me: [simply outruns it in a quarter mile]
Finishes watching “A Bridge Too Far.” Amazon autoplays “Terminal List: Dark Wolf.” Voiceover says “…but when you ask a SEAL…” Cuts to commercial peddling Jocko’s energy drinks. Chucks computer off balcony. Begins researching virus that will destroy humanity. It is time.
October 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Finishes watching “A Bridge Too Far.” Amazon autoplays “Terminal List: Dark Wolf.” Voiceover says “…but when you ask a SEAL…” Cuts to commercial peddling Jocko’s energy drinks. Chucks computer off balcony. Begins researching virus that will destroy humanity. It is time.
“…so Thulsa Doom is portrayed by James Earl Jones as an ancient wizard from Atlantis, with a snake cult in honor of Set. But in the original stories, Thulsa Doom is an undead necromancer with a skull for a head, and it’s actually Thoth-Amon who is a high priest of Set, and uses a giant snake to…”
October 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
“…so Thulsa Doom is portrayed by James Earl Jones as an ancient wizard from Atlantis, with a snake cult in honor of Set. But in the original stories, Thulsa Doom is an undead necromancer with a skull for a head, and it’s actually Thoth-Amon who is a high priest of Set, and uses a giant snake to…”
The trailer for Mstyslav Chernov’s new film “2000 Meters to Andriivka,” which will premiere at Film Forum NYC on July 25th, and elsewhere August 1st. Chernov is doing incredible work documenting the war in Ukraine. H/T Tetyana Denford, who worked on the translations.
July 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The trailer for Mstyslav Chernov’s new film “2000 Meters to Andriivka,” which will premiere at Film Forum NYC on July 25th, and elsewhere August 1st. Chernov is doing incredible work documenting the war in Ukraine. H/T Tetyana Denford, who worked on the translations.
There is absolutely no reason for domestic U.S. law enforcement personnel to be dressed like military personnel. Period. (Screenshot from MacArthur Park in LA, original video here: x.com/cardon_brian...)
July 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
There is absolutely no reason for domestic U.S. law enforcement personnel to be dressed like military personnel. Period. (Screenshot from MacArthur Park in LA, original video here: x.com/cardon_brian...)
Boy, the GOP and Democratic establishments must be quaking in their boots to have someone as politically astute, charismatic, and immune to criticism as Elon Musk starting a new political party.
July 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Boy, the GOP and Democratic establishments must be quaking in their boots to have someone as politically astute, charismatic, and immune to criticism as Elon Musk starting a new political party.