Andy Hall
@maritimetexas.bsky.social
Maritime, naval, and military history guy, occasional author. Texas Marine Archaeological Steward. Iconoclastic tendencies. Opinions mine, not my employer's.
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Andy Hall
@maritimetexas.bsky.social
· Feb 27
“America is great because it is good. If America ceases to be good, it will also cease to be great.”
— de Tocqueville
— de Tocqueville
“My boss says I’m not allowed to tell you, your honor.“
This likely will not (and should not) end well for that attorney.
This likely will not (and should not) end well for that attorney.
MORE: Under questioning by the judge, prosecutor Tyler Lemons said that he’s under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether there is a declination memo recommending against the prosecution of Comey
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“My boss says I’m not allowed to tell you, your honor.“
This likely will not (and should not) end well for that attorney.
This likely will not (and should not) end well for that attorney.
Yep.
The political media's muted reaction to this story is an incredible "frog in boiling water" moment.
Any person in any business or organization would be immediately fired for this. No questions, no process. Just out on your ass.
Any person in any business or organization would be immediately fired for this. No questions, no process. Just out on your ass.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Yep.
Corrupt, sure, but also comically on-brand for someone who spells his name as “KA$H.”
www.rawstory.com/alexis-wilki...
www.rawstory.com/alexis-wilki...
Kash Patel accused of 'clear abuse' as elite FBI swat team assigned to protect girlfriend
FBI Director Kash Patel’s country music singer girlfriend has a security detail made up of elite federal agents, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.Performer Alexis Wilkins is being ...
www.rawstory.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Corrupt, sure, but also comically on-brand for someone who spells his name as “KA$H.”
www.rawstory.com/alexis-wilki...
www.rawstory.com/alexis-wilki...
My next big purchase:
November 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My next big purchase:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CIw...
Antichef making the abomination that is a turducken.
People outside the US might not realize that under US maritime law, you are legally forced to consume an entire turducken on every single holiday.
Antichef making the abomination that is a turducken.
People outside the US might not realize that under US maritime law, you are legally forced to consume an entire turducken on every single holiday.
The Three Day Turducken
YouTube video by ANTI-CHEF
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epstein’s estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
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I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
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I've been on the road so I'm behind the times—but if you wanted to destroy US science, I can think of no more expedient action.
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I've been on the road so I'm behind the times—but if you wanted to destroy US science, I can think of no more expedient action.
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
Blatant unconstitutionality aside, fuck this backwards forwards and sideways.
www.science.org/content/article/u-s-congress-considers-sweeping-ban-chinese-collaborations
I can go online and order up some business cards with my name and the title, “Secretary of War.“
And I will have exactly the same legal claim to that title that Pete Hegseth does. (Which is exactly none.)
And I will have exactly the same legal claim to that title that Pete Hegseth does. (Which is exactly none.)
November 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I can go online and order up some business cards with my name and the title, “Secretary of War.“
And I will have exactly the same legal claim to that title that Pete Hegseth does. (Which is exactly none.)
And I will have exactly the same legal claim to that title that Pete Hegseth does. (Which is exactly none.)
Excited to come home this evening to find authors’ copies of the new winter 2025 issue of The Civil War Monitor with my and Tom Oertling’s article, “Ericsson’s Other Folly,” about the obstruction-clearing rafts he designed for the April 1863 attack on Charleston.
#NavalHistory
#AmericanCivilWar
#NavalHistory
#AmericanCivilWar
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Excited to come home this evening to find authors’ copies of the new winter 2025 issue of The Civil War Monitor with my and Tom Oertling’s article, “Ericsson’s Other Folly,” about the obstruction-clearing rafts he designed for the April 1863 attack on Charleston.
#NavalHistory
#AmericanCivilWar
#NavalHistory
#AmericanCivilWar
Boebert has enough skeevy trash in her own background that this has extortion written all over it.
NEW: Trump, Blanche, Bondi and Patel are going to meet with Boebert. Maybe they’re going to pressure her to remove her name from the discharge petition? www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/p...
Exclusive: Trump administration plans meeting over House effort to force release of all of DOJ’s Epstein files | CNN Politics
Top Trump administration officials were planning to meet Wednesday about an effort in the US House to force a vote on releasing Justice Department case files related to Jeffrey Epstein, according to m...
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Boebert has enough skeevy trash in her own background that this has extortion written all over it.
We’re doomed.
Kim Kardashian shares her frustration in a new TikTok after failing the California bar exam, calling out psychics who told her she’d pass.
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We’re doomed.
Happy 250 Birthday to the U.S. Marine Corps, the only military service founded in a bar (although I have my suspicions about Space Force).
"The First Recruits, December 1775," by Col. Charles R. Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret.).
#NavalHistory
#MarineCorps
"The First Recruits, December 1775," by Col. Charles R. Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret.).
#NavalHistory
#MarineCorps
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Happy 250 Birthday to the U.S. Marine Corps, the only military service founded in a bar (although I have my suspicions about Space Force).
"The First Recruits, December 1775," by Col. Charles R. Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret.).
#NavalHistory
#MarineCorps
"The First Recruits, December 1775," by Col. Charles R. Waterhouse, USMCR (Ret.).
#NavalHistory
#MarineCorps
I used to be ambivalent about the Epstein files, because I was (and remain now) skeptical that any prosecutions with result from their release. But Rs' (and it's almost exclusively Rs) determination to keep them hidden since January 20 tells me all I need to know about what's in them.
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I used to be ambivalent about the Epstein files, because I was (and remain now) skeptical that any prosecutions with result from their release. But Rs' (and it's almost exclusively Rs) determination to keep them hidden since January 20 tells me all I need to know about what's in them.
Lagniappe.
OMG. The site is literally called the Dunning Kruger Times.
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Lagniappe.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Here’s WHY she did it. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Here’s WHY she did it. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
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I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.
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I long for the day when more of the rich and powerful finally recognize what they call AI is just a crappy search engine that can make memes.
Dr Oz: "Whether you're Uber Eats or Uber itself or streaming videos, they benefit from AI supporting the system. Banks works better that way. We haven't brought those tools into medicine in a meaningful fashion."
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I long for the day when more of the rich and powerful finally recognize what they call AI is just a crappy search engine that can make memes.
Tonight's historic Galveston photo is of an unidentified woman and her dog on the beach at Galveston in 1936. The automobile carries a 1935 Nebraska license plate and sister, that's a LONG drive!
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November 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Tonight's historic Galveston photo is of an unidentified woman and her dog on the beach at Galveston in 1936. The automobile carries a 1935 Nebraska license plate and sister, that's a LONG drive!
Rosenberg Library G_51_FF001_002
Rosenberg Library G_51_FF001_002
During a press event today in the Oval, one of the administration officials standing behind the president collapsed.
This is Trump’s pathological indifference to the suffering or needs of others on full display.
This is Trump’s pathological indifference to the suffering or needs of others on full display.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
During a press event today in the Oval, one of the administration officials standing behind the president collapsed.
This is Trump’s pathological indifference to the suffering or needs of others on full display.
This is Trump’s pathological indifference to the suffering or needs of others on full display.
It’s grimly amusing because the same people who are voiding their bowels today over Mamdani and the horrible things he will supposedly do as mayor are exactly the same ones who hand-wave away Trump‘s egregious authoritarianism and disdain for the law because “that’s what people voted for.“
November 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It’s grimly amusing because the same people who are voiding their bowels today over Mamdani and the horrible things he will supposedly do as mayor are exactly the same ones who hand-wave away Trump‘s egregious authoritarianism and disdain for the law because “that’s what people voted for.“
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Nobody in New York is leaving New York after the results of today’s election because the thing New Yorkers like most in life is being able to complain about the things they hate about living in New York
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nobody in New York is leaving New York after the results of today’s election because the thing New Yorkers like most in life is being able to complain about the things they hate about living in New York