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Justin Rood
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Investigations, national security, music, funk & love. Formerly: ABC News, TPM, Insider, US Senate, CQ. Loves freedom.
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News: The Washington Post has suffered a cyber intrusion that compromised the emails of at least several reporters at the paper, including those on the national security and economic policy teams, according to people familiar with the matter.
June 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This is happening tomorrow. If folks are around, please come check it out.
September 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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@juddlegum.bsky.social is a very, very sharp observer of media and politics.

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How Axios rebranded conservative ideology as objectivity
The biggest lie in media is the one that it tells about itself.
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July 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I had a lot of fun last year both presenting at and attending this conference. Genuinely one of the friendliest crowds I’ve spoken in front of.

HOPE is decidedly not an academic conference, but so what? I can’t go this year in person but they have virtual tickets and I got one for $99.
July 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
If experience is any guide, in about 6 months we’re going to think these were the good old days.
June 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Not fucking this again. This is so dishonorable, in addition to being inhumane. This is the kind of thing that should be beneath us even at our worst.
An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
June 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
We made promises. Most Americans want to uphold them. This is a betrayal of an entire country.
WATCH: “I WAS AN INTERPRETER IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 3 YEARS.”

ICE grabs a man whose name they don’t even know at his immigration hearing, shackles him, expedites his removal.

Q: Why would anyone ever help our military again? — Trump is endangering and weakening our military.
June 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Had a tech bro tell me this morning that I need to go away and learn about the Trust Thermocline, to understand why emotive products like Twitter fail slowly then suddenly.

I pointed out I am fully aware of the Trust Thermocline. On account of being the chap who created it

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Breaching the Trust Thermocline Is the Biggest Hidden Risk in Business
Companies have no way back from a sudden loss of trust
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November 15, 2024 at 12:18 PM