“Deep State” Diaries
@ltorgana.bsky.social
Insights from the shadows. Too tired to fight. Too stubborn not to. Mostly here for the non-MSM info to get thru the next four🤞years. Professional human animal behaviorologist.
Anonymously my 💭 alone.
https://dsdiary1.substack.com?r=4r6pqa&utm_medium=ios
Anonymously my 💭 alone.
https://dsdiary1.substack.com?r=4r6pqa&utm_medium=ios
Not ok to put service members in position to have to wonder if their orders are legal.
This too was a trust- and norms-based boundary this team seems committed to busting through.
youtu.be/ULWRcyk0o-o?...
This too was a trust- and norms-based boundary this team seems committed to busting through.
youtu.be/ULWRcyk0o-o?...
Military personnel seek legal advice on whether Trump-ordered missions are lawful
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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November 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Not ok to put service members in position to have to wonder if their orders are legal.
This too was a trust- and norms-based boundary this team seems committed to busting through.
youtu.be/ULWRcyk0o-o?...
This too was a trust- and norms-based boundary this team seems committed to busting through.
youtu.be/ULWRcyk0o-o?...
Spooling out of their minds over un-PC posts and symbol wars is exactly why Dems will truly struggle to get out of their own way.
I don’t care if he even wins, this is the way. Be real. And talk to EVERYONE - which inevitably means you will piss off some.
youtu.be/GLEftvgSBJs?...
I don’t care if he even wins, this is the way. Be real. And talk to EVERYONE - which inevitably means you will piss off some.
youtu.be/GLEftvgSBJs?...
Graham Platner Holds Town Hall Amid Controversies Around Alleged 'Nazi' Tattoo And Past Online Posts
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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October 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Spooling out of their minds over un-PC posts and symbol wars is exactly why Dems will truly struggle to get out of their own way.
I don’t care if he even wins, this is the way. Be real. And talk to EVERYONE - which inevitably means you will piss off some.
youtu.be/GLEftvgSBJs?...
I don’t care if he even wins, this is the way. Be real. And talk to EVERYONE - which inevitably means you will piss off some.
youtu.be/GLEftvgSBJs?...
Gonna need a lot more of this kinda guy if we’re ever going to change anything around here: youtu.be/KDasII8os-s?...
Feels like another plug for “Vets for Public Service” too.
Feels like another plug for “Vets for Public Service” too.
Trump Doesn’t Give a Damn About Workers (w/ Dan Osborn) | The Bulwark Podcast
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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August 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Gonna need a lot more of this kinda guy if we’re ever going to change anything around here: youtu.be/KDasII8os-s?...
Feels like another plug for “Vets for Public Service” too.
Feels like another plug for “Vets for Public Service” too.
Not sure if I’m mortified or grateful that this tech bro who has been so influential in our modern politics came online to reveal to the world what an absolute freak he is…
youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?...
youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?...
A.I., Mars and Immortality: Are We Dreaming Big Enough? | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
YouTube video by Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
youtu.be
July 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Not sure if I’m mortified or grateful that this tech bro who has been so influential in our modern politics came online to reveal to the world what an absolute freak he is…
youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?...
youtu.be/vV7YgnPUxcU?...
I’m not saying I want the military in charge or anything — but I will say Caine’s deft navigating through this forced politicized performance gave me a shred of hope that there’s at least SOME adults in the room…
www.youtube.com/live/5VkS6Rv...
www.youtube.com/live/5VkS6Rv...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth June 26 Pentagon Press Conference
YouTube video by WBFF FOX45 Baltimore
www.youtube.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I’m not saying I want the military in charge or anything — but I will say Caine’s deft navigating through this forced politicized performance gave me a shred of hope that there’s at least SOME adults in the room…
www.youtube.com/live/5VkS6Rv...
www.youtube.com/live/5VkS6Rv...
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Live screen grab.
June 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Live screen grab.
Where did all the self-proclaimed Second Amendment defenders vanish to now that martial law’s come knocking?
apnews.com/live/immigra...
apnews.com/live/immigra...
Live updates: Marines have been deployed to LA in response to immigration protests
The Pentagon is expected to formally deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles in the coming hours to help National Guard members respond to immigration protests.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Where did all the self-proclaimed Second Amendment defenders vanish to now that martial law’s come knocking?
apnews.com/live/immigra...
apnews.com/live/immigra...
Live Update: Trump and Musk Attack Each Other in Remarkable Break
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I f’in love that the GEN (ret.) with 700 tons more real world macho shit to stand on says attacking DEI in the Force is for chumps:
youtube.com/shorts/dG9cD...
youtube.com/shorts/dG9cD...
Hegseth's focus on DEI in the military is "a distraction," Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal says #shorts
YouTube video by Face the Nation
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May 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I f’in love that the GEN (ret.) with 700 tons more real world macho shit to stand on says attacking DEI in the Force is for chumps:
youtube.com/shorts/dG9cD...
youtube.com/shorts/dG9cD...
All that chaos just to learn what the OG USDS and @alt18f.bsky.social already knew? Geezus.
May 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
All that chaos just to learn what the OG USDS and @alt18f.bsky.social already knew? Geezus.
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DOGE hasn’t delivered on its promise of greater efficiency in part because the gov is nothing like a social media company. We discuss how *actual* gov efficiency operates with someone who had been steeped in the work, former gov software engineer, Greg Novick.
The DOGE debacle, part 1
A former USDS engineer on why government systems can’t be updated with a “full rewrite”
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
DOGE hasn’t delivered on its promise of greater efficiency in part because the gov is nothing like a social media company. We discuss how *actual* gov efficiency operates with someone who had been steeped in the work, former gov software engineer, Greg Novick.
Thanks, Donald P, for the shout out that the vast majority of Feds you’ve met are hard working true believers in public service. Curious how many of the supposed alternative you’ve encountered 🤨
youtu.be/3WnHsdChjBY?...
youtu.be/3WnHsdChjBY?...
Elon Musk introduces DOGE team's 'Big Balls'
YouTube video by Fox News
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May 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Thanks, Donald P, for the shout out that the vast majority of Feds you’ve met are hard working true believers in public service. Curious how many of the supposed alternative you’ve encountered 🤨
youtu.be/3WnHsdChjBY?...
youtu.be/3WnHsdChjBY?...
“It’s sort of, how much pain is the Cabinet and the Congress willing to take?” Musk said... “It can be done, but it requires dealing with a lot of complaints.”
Gee - Who would have thunk— except EVERY Fed suffering Congressional grift in their budgets for decades.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/b...
Gee - Who would have thunk— except EVERY Fed suffering Congressional grift in their budgets for decades.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/b...
Elon Musk finally meets the press and compares himself to Buddha | CNN Business
After dodging interviews with outlets he perceived as unfriendly, Musk sat down with about a dozen mainstream news reporters in the West Wing’s Roosevelt Room to reflect on his time in the Trump admin...
www.cnn.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“It’s sort of, how much pain is the Cabinet and the Congress willing to take?” Musk said... “It can be done, but it requires dealing with a lot of complaints.”
Gee - Who would have thunk— except EVERY Fed suffering Congressional grift in their budgets for decades.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/b...
Gee - Who would have thunk— except EVERY Fed suffering Congressional grift in their budgets for decades.
www.cnn.com/2025/05/01/b...
O m f-ing GAWD.
Why does it feel like Rubio’s grabbing crap out of the “liberal democratic world order” yard sale just before it gets tossed into the trash bin of whatever hellscape they’re driving us toward..?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
Why does it feel like Rubio’s grabbing crap out of the “liberal democratic world order” yard sale just before it gets tossed into the trash bin of whatever hellscape they’re driving us toward..?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
Marco Rubio, Secretary of Everything
The former senator from Florida is now the head of four government bodies. He has outdone Henry Kissinger and even Xi Jinping, China’s leader, who has only three titles.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
O m f-ing GAWD.
Why does it feel like Rubio’s grabbing crap out of the “liberal democratic world order” yard sale just before it gets tossed into the trash bin of whatever hellscape they’re driving us toward..?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
Why does it feel like Rubio’s grabbing crap out of the “liberal democratic world order” yard sale just before it gets tossed into the trash bin of whatever hellscape they’re driving us toward..?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
These two headlines back to back in my news feed - by AP FFS…
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May 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
These two headlines back to back in my news feed - by AP FFS…
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"The place to start ... is with what already works—or at least used to work, until Musk and DOGE destroyed it: the technology problem-solvers with more than decade of experience at the U.S. Digital Service and 18F."
Can we imagine a progressive version of DOGE? Almost: Here's how it would work
We can recover from Elon's chainsaw tactics — by making government more responsive, effective and democratic
www.salon.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"The place to start ... is with what already works—or at least used to work, until Musk and DOGE destroyed it: the technology problem-solvers with more than decade of experience at the U.S. Digital Service and 18F."
Ooo quelle surprise. Act like an anti-democratic kleptocratic developing country, bond market treats you like one.
apnews.com/article/trea... Freak sell-off of ‘safe haven’ US bonds raises fear that confidence in America is fading
apnews.com/article/trea... Freak sell-off of ‘safe haven’ US bonds raises fear that confidence in America is fading
Freak sell-off of ‘safe haven’ US bonds raises fear that confidence in America is fading
The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. gove...
apnews.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Ooo quelle surprise. Act like an anti-democratic kleptocratic developing country, bond market treats you like one.
apnews.com/article/trea... Freak sell-off of ‘safe haven’ US bonds raises fear that confidence in America is fading
apnews.com/article/trea... Freak sell-off of ‘safe haven’ US bonds raises fear that confidence in America is fading
My team and I used to call him “Pocket Square” bc he was by far the most polished of the goons Trump Show Season 1 brought out to beat us into policy submission.
But he definitely doesn’t deserve this.
But he definitely doesn’t deserve this.
Trump signs executive order for DOJ to investigate former White House official Miles Taylor
Former White House official Miles Taylor targeted by Trump executive order
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order targeting a former official in his first administration by stripping him of security clearances and ordering the Department of Justice to ...
www.independent.co.uk
April 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
My team and I used to call him “Pocket Square” bc he was by far the most polished of the goons Trump Show Season 1 brought out to beat us into policy submission.
But he definitely doesn’t deserve this.
But he definitely doesn’t deserve this.
I never know whether to laugh or cry when these guys fubar these up so bad.
if there's one thing Evangelical Christians know it's that having the state execute a beloved dissident always stops that dissident's message from spreading so yeah seeking the death penalty for Luigi Mangione seems smart
April 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I never know whether to laugh or cry when these guys fubar these up so bad.
These talking points are caca. 💩
I presume this means he can’t find any talented people to work for him.
Please stop trying to colonize other places till you can level this sh\*t up. Just embarrassing themselves (and the rest of us). 🤦🏼
youtu.be/0Q5tZJwoJuo?...
I presume this means he can’t find any talented people to work for him.
Please stop trying to colonize other places till you can level this sh\*t up. Just embarrassing themselves (and the rest of us). 🤦🏼
youtu.be/0Q5tZJwoJuo?...
Vance lands in Greenland as Trump reiterates desire to take territory
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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March 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
These talking points are caca. 💩
I presume this means he can’t find any talented people to work for him.
Please stop trying to colonize other places till you can level this sh\*t up. Just embarrassing themselves (and the rest of us). 🤦🏼
youtu.be/0Q5tZJwoJuo?...
I presume this means he can’t find any talented people to work for him.
Please stop trying to colonize other places till you can level this sh\*t up. Just embarrassing themselves (and the rest of us). 🤦🏼
youtu.be/0Q5tZJwoJuo?...
