Howie
@howitzer203.bsky.social
War, Politics, History BA, UMD '15, lift heavy things. Opinions are my own. RTs/ likes are not endorsements or confirmation. Contractor Fella #WeAreNAFO
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Howie
@howitzer203.bsky.social
· Feb 3
I made this handy diagram to explain that I am clearly a DoD contractor fella.
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Sky is yellow at night, it’s all just smoke and explosions, I’m assuming this is the art of the deal
April 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Sky is yellow at night, it’s all just smoke and explosions, I’m assuming this is the art of the deal
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The clearest formulation of the Trump administration pitch to the average American I can articulate is:
"You should accept an indeterminate but significant amount of economic pain short term, and higher prices and less choice long term, in order to live in a country that has more factories in it."
"You should accept an indeterminate but significant amount of economic pain short term, and higher prices and less choice long term, in order to live in a country that has more factories in it."
a 'your possessions and money don't actually matter' approach is sure to work with Americans, a public notoriously amenable to sacrificing for the greater good, as Jimmy Carter's second term attests.
April 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The clearest formulation of the Trump administration pitch to the average American I can articulate is:
"You should accept an indeterminate but significant amount of economic pain short term, and higher prices and less choice long term, in order to live in a country that has more factories in it."
"You should accept an indeterminate but significant amount of economic pain short term, and higher prices and less choice long term, in order to live in a country that has more factories in it."
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“Entire neighborhoods were conquered” is the kind of thing the crazy guy on the street corner says. It’s divorced from reality. Yet there are millions of people who legitimately believe it and panic at the idea of going into a city because they think Tren de Aragua is lurking around every corner.
March 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
“Entire neighborhoods were conquered” is the kind of thing the crazy guy on the street corner says. It’s divorced from reality. Yet there are millions of people who legitimately believe it and panic at the idea of going into a city because they think Tren de Aragua is lurking around every corner.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Our units, Security Service of Ukraine, on the night of March 20 struck Engels airfield in Saratov region of Russia. A fire, explosions and secondary detonation of ammunition were recorded in the area of the airfield liveuamap.com/en/2025/20-m...
March 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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After leaving the Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention (Ottawa Convention), Poland plans to mine the borders to Russia and Belarus. The Polish Ministry of Defense sees no alternative, in light of current events.
March 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
After leaving the Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention (Ottawa Convention), Poland plans to mine the borders to Russia and Belarus. The Polish Ministry of Defense sees no alternative, in light of current events.
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News: Zelensky tells me @FT tonight on zoom it was NOT all 4 of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants he and Trump were talking about US owning but “the one under temporary [Russian] occupation,” referring to Zaporizhzhia plant, that the US could potentially control if it is able to be “recover[ed].”
March 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
News: Zelensky tells me @FT tonight on zoom it was NOT all 4 of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants he and Trump were talking about US owning but “the one under temporary [Russian] occupation,” referring to Zaporizhzhia plant, that the US could potentially control if it is able to be “recover[ed].”
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State Department statement on the Ukraine talks today:
March 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
State Department statement on the Ukraine talks today:
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NEW: Among the work jammed up by the Trump administration's freeze on government purchase cards is genealogy research that the Army sees as essential to identify the remains of soldiers who went missing in combat.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
March 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
NEW: Among the work jammed up by the Trump administration's freeze on government purchase cards is genealogy research that the Army sees as essential to identify the remains of soldiers who went missing in combat.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Thank you for your support. 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Thank you for your support. 🇺🇦
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you can tell the people trying to gut the government have never had a real job because they landed on "one micromanaging email" as the thing that would break regular people
February 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
you can tell the people trying to gut the government have never had a real job because they landed on "one micromanaging email" as the thing that would break regular people
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The White House says Elon Musk is not administrator of DOGE and that he’s merely a Senior Advisor to President Trump.
Incredible but not surprising.
Reminds me of the movie Casino when DeNiro played a Casino boss but said he was food and beverage manager to avoid scrutiny.
Incredible but not surprising.
Reminds me of the movie Casino when DeNiro played a Casino boss but said he was food and beverage manager to avoid scrutiny.
February 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The White House says Elon Musk is not administrator of DOGE and that he’s merely a Senior Advisor to President Trump.
Incredible but not surprising.
Reminds me of the movie Casino when DeNiro played a Casino boss but said he was food and beverage manager to avoid scrutiny.
Incredible but not surprising.
Reminds me of the movie Casino when DeNiro played a Casino boss but said he was food and beverage manager to avoid scrutiny.
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I do not have a problem with ketamine as a therapeutic device, I do have a problem with some dickhead who takes ketamine piping up about people taking adderall. Mentioning his ketamine usage is completely acceptable, as it is germane to the discussion at hand.
February 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I do not have a problem with ketamine as a therapeutic device, I do have a problem with some dickhead who takes ketamine piping up about people taking adderall. Mentioning his ketamine usage is completely acceptable, as it is germane to the discussion at hand.
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Worth repeating: The administration is unilaterally cancelling spending from programs that have been funded by Congress, in agency after agency. This is a direct violation of the Impoundment Act. Yet here we are.
More on what's happening now at HUD and what employees are being told to expect. www.npr.org/2025/02/14/g...
HUD employees are bracing for what they hear will be 'drastic' staff cuts
As federal layoffs mount, sources say the Trump administration plans a 50% staffing cut at the federal housing agency. The moves come amid an affordable housing shortage and record high homelessness.
www.npr.org
February 15, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Worth repeating: The administration is unilaterally cancelling spending from programs that have been funded by Congress, in agency after agency. This is a direct violation of the Impoundment Act. Yet here we are.
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In addition to being civic degenerates these people are in every case infantile, sloppy and incompetent. Grand flourishes of performative cruelty followed by entitled pleas of "I don't know how to do this. Can you help?"
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:58 AM
In addition to being civic degenerates these people are in every case infantile, sloppy and incompetent. Grand flourishes of performative cruelty followed by entitled pleas of "I don't know how to do this. Can you help?"
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🚨 JUST IN: US rolls out > $6 Billion Arms sale to Israel :
1- Munitions, Guidance Kits, Fuzes, and Munitions Support and related equipment for an estimated cost of $6.75 billion
2- AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $660 million
1- Munitions, Guidance Kits, Fuzes, and Munitions Support and related equipment for an estimated cost of $6.75 billion
2- AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $660 million
February 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🚨 JUST IN: US rolls out > $6 Billion Arms sale to Israel :
1- Munitions, Guidance Kits, Fuzes, and Munitions Support and related equipment for an estimated cost of $6.75 billion
2- AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $660 million
1- Munitions, Guidance Kits, Fuzes, and Munitions Support and related equipment for an estimated cost of $6.75 billion
2- AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $660 million
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Murkowski says call volume to the Senate is now 40x higher than normal:
February 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Murkowski says call volume to the Senate is now 40x higher than normal:
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🚨BREAKING: Alliance for Retired Americans and two labor unions file lawsuit against Treasury Dept. to block disclosure of personal and financial information to Musk and DOGE.
Follow @democracydocket.com for details on this and every pro-democracy lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com
Follow @democracydocket.com for details on this and every pro-democracy lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
🚨BREAKING: Alliance for Retired Americans and two labor unions file lawsuit against Treasury Dept. to block disclosure of personal and financial information to Musk and DOGE.
Follow @democracydocket.com for details on this and every pro-democracy lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com
Follow @democracydocket.com for details on this and every pro-democracy lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com
What on earth is this performative BS? Musk broke into a Federal building and stole data and your here talking about Asylum claims?
February 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
What on earth is this performative BS? Musk broke into a Federal building and stole data and your here talking about Asylum claims?
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A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
@peterbakernyt.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A private citizen, with the backing of the President, illegally shut down a major government agency over the weekend and it is not on the front page of this morning's New York Times
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I made this handy diagram to explain that I am clearly a DoD contractor fella.
February 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I made this handy diagram to explain that I am clearly a DoD contractor fella.
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Chris Van Hollen says "this has nothing to do with making the US government more efficient and everything to do with aiding and abetting our adversaries, around the world."
February 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Chris Van Hollen says "this has nothing to do with making the US government more efficient and everything to do with aiding and abetting our adversaries, around the world."
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Don Beyer said about USAID, says it's no coincidence "that Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest man with billions of dollars of investment in China, is doing China's bidding."
February 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Don Beyer said about USAID, says it's no coincidence "that Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest man with billions of dollars of investment in China, is doing China's bidding."
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Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Private employees downloading personnel data on every federal employee and tax and social security data on every American onto private unsecured servers. Needless to say, completely illegal and subject to major prison sentences.
3/ different pieces fit together. There also seems to be a significant amount of downloading government data onto private servers, etc, totally outside any cybersecurity regime. Additionally it’s unclear to the people inside whether the people doing these things actually work for the US govt…
February 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Arguably the biggest national security breach in U.S. history. Private employees downloading personnel data on every federal employee and tax and social security data on every American onto private unsecured servers. Needless to say, completely illegal and subject to major prison sentences.