Rich Abott
@readerrabott.bsky.social
Navy/Missile Defense reporter at Defense Daily
Scifi/comics/IR/nuke nerd. Unsurprising NYC Food opinions.
Listens to too many podcasts.
Scifi/comics/IR/nuke nerd. Unsurprising NYC Food opinions.
Listens to too many podcasts.
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Angering all the right people. And Hanania running to Yglesias like a grade school kid snitching on classmates is pitch perfect.
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Angering all the right people. And Hanania running to Yglesias like a grade school kid snitching on classmates is pitch perfect.
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The Federalist, the Epoch Times, OAN, a reporter for the Turkish newspaper Akşam, three individuals from Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency, two Turkish freelancers, a reporter for the Australian; an Afghan freelancer; and AWPS News, the India Globe and a blog called USA Journal Korea
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The Federalist, the Epoch Times, OAN, a reporter for the Turkish newspaper Akşam, three individuals from Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency, two Turkish freelancers, a reporter for the Australian; an Afghan freelancer; and AWPS News, the India Globe and a blog called USA Journal Korea
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the list of outlets/journalists that have gone along with the new pentagon policy is, I'm sorry, extremely funny
October 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
the list of outlets/journalists that have gone along with the new pentagon policy is, I'm sorry, extremely funny
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great stuff, extremely serious people
honestly hard to justify engaging with them at all, much as one would not engage with the comments section of your average blog
honestly hard to justify engaging with them at all, much as one would not engage with the comments section of your average blog
So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
great stuff, extremely serious people
honestly hard to justify engaging with them at all, much as one would not engage with the comments section of your average blog
honestly hard to justify engaging with them at all, much as one would not engage with the comments section of your average blog
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the graphic here does a great job of illustrating why prices have not risen exactly as much as tariffs have, but are stepping up over time
Donald Trump has pushed US tariffs on foreign goods to the highest level since before the second world war.
Here is a look at the progression of Trump's tariffs: https://on.ft.com/3U52cYB
Here is a look at the progression of Trump's tariffs: https://on.ft.com/3U52cYB
July 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
the graphic here does a great job of illustrating why prices have not risen exactly as much as tariffs have, but are stepping up over time
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"The microwave sensors, unlike traditional satellites, peer beneath the clouds, giving a three-dimensional MRI-like glance inside hurricanes, a sort of night-vision goggles for hurricane forecasters."
If you think I've forgotten about the hurricane satellites, think again. The Navy is permanently unplugging them this week, on the brink of the busiest stretch of the season. There's so much more to this story, and I have the latest scoop. ⬇️
Navy Set to Unplug Critical Hurricane Satellites this Week
Abrupt termination of satellite data by U.S. Department of Defense sends forecasters scrambling for a fix on the brink of the busiest stretch of the hurricane season
michaelrlowry.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"The microwave sensors, unlike traditional satellites, peer beneath the clouds, giving a three-dimensional MRI-like glance inside hurricanes, a sort of night-vision goggles for hurricane forecasters."
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I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
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And when the fifth circuit decides that the order is valid because it's staffed with fanatical incompetents, and scotus refuses cert, we'll have the ✨ delightful✨ situation where your citizenship status might change depending on what state you're in, just like in slave days! Aah, the nostalgia!
The upshot of this decision, for now, seems to be exactly the crazy patchwork scenario we were warned about:
- the lower-court injunctions continue to protect the parties (immigrant orgs, individuals and 22 states) from Trump's EO
- the EO can (and will) be enforced in the other 28 states
- the lower-court injunctions continue to protect the parties (immigrant orgs, individuals and 22 states) from Trump's EO
- the EO can (and will) be enforced in the other 28 states
June 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
And when the fifth circuit decides that the order is valid because it's staffed with fanatical incompetents, and scotus refuses cert, we'll have the ✨ delightful✨ situation where your citizenship status might change depending on what state you're in, just like in slave days! Aah, the nostalgia!
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This is just straight-up white-nationalist, Great Replacement stuff -- I can't believe troops are applauding
TRUMP: Los Angeles would be burning today, just like their houses were burning months ago. Generations of Army heroes did not shed their blood on distant shores only to watch our country be destroyed by invasion ... as commander in chief, I will not let that happen
FORT BRAGG TROOPS: *Hurrrraa!*
FORT BRAGG TROOPS: *Hurrrraa!*
June 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This is just straight-up white-nationalist, Great Replacement stuff -- I can't believe troops are applauding
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There is a very simple way to use AI constructively without being a dupe: Ask it for its sources and see if they say what it claims. Not rocket science, but lots of people just ... don't do this. Which suggests they are not checking the sources on other resources they use.
One thing I'm taking away from all the stories of people copying fake AI citations is how many people must be cribbing from Wikipedia in similar situations without ever checking its sources. Lots of pseudo-knowledge circulating because people are too uncritical/lazy to check it.
May 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
There is a very simple way to use AI constructively without being a dupe: Ask it for its sources and see if they say what it claims. Not rocket science, but lots of people just ... don't do this. Which suggests they are not checking the sources on other resources they use.
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🚨WOW. It turns out that a "Tren de Aragua gathering" the Trump admin said it broke up in March ... was just a BIRTHDAY PARTY.
None of the people arrested at the party seem to have any criminal record — and none have been charged criminally in the months since it happened.
Read the story below.
None of the people arrested at the party seem to have any criminal record — and none have been charged criminally in the months since it happened.
Read the story below.
June 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🚨WOW. It turns out that a "Tren de Aragua gathering" the Trump admin said it broke up in March ... was just a BIRTHDAY PARTY.
None of the people arrested at the party seem to have any criminal record — and none have been charged criminally in the months since it happened.
Read the story below.
None of the people arrested at the party seem to have any criminal record — and none have been charged criminally in the months since it happened.
Read the story below.
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someone tell alex thompson that he has a great chance to cover a president in mental decline if he wants to take it
April 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
someone tell alex thompson that he has a great chance to cover a president in mental decline if he wants to take it
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Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very bad.
Breaking News: The executive producer of “60 Minutes” said that he would resign from the long-running program because he had lost his journalistic independence.
Top Producer of ‘60 Minutes’ Quits, Saying He Lost Independence
The news program has faced mounting pressure from both President Trump and its corporate ownership at Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very bad.
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Mississippi Governor Declares April Confederate Heritage Month
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Mississippi Governor Declares April Confederate Heritage Month
Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 32-year-old tradition that began in 1993.
www.mississippifreepress.org
April 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Mississippi Governor Declares April Confederate Heritage Month
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
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Eliminating due process in order to imprison and deport people based on ethnic background and political views: famously good for Jews
BASH: What is the ADL doing to pressure the White House to give students who are being arrested due process?
GREENBLATT: We're not sort of public defenders for some of the Hamasniks on these college campuses, and I don't want to be
GREENBLATT: We're not sort of public defenders for some of the Hamasniks on these college campuses, and I don't want to be
April 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Eliminating due process in order to imprison and deport people based on ethnic background and political views: famously good for Jews
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i mean, this is a guy who shrugged off elon musk's seig heil. he's a clown
BASH: What is the ADL doing to pressure the White House to give students who are being arrested due process?
GREENBLATT: We're not sort of public defenders for some of the Hamasniks on these college campuses, and I don't want to be
GREENBLATT: We're not sort of public defenders for some of the Hamasniks on these college campuses, and I don't want to be
April 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
i mean, this is a guy who shrugged off elon musk's seig heil. he's a clown
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they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Just a couple of dudes who like sharing secret information for clout.
April 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just a couple of dudes who like sharing secret information for clout.
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nowhere in this article does the reporter note that the "distortion rule" Carr is trying to use here doesn't apply, and Carr is just completely making things up
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Takes Aim at Comcast Over Coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has taken aim at CNN and MSNBC over their coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's deportation.
variety.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
nowhere in this article does the reporter note that the "distortion rule" Carr is trying to use here doesn't apply, and Carr is just completely making things up
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This is deranged. Jan. 6 defendants were repped by one of the best public defender offices in the U.S. They were more likely to be released pretrial & got comparatively light sentences. SCOTUS threw out a bunch of convictions, which almost never happens. They got gold-plated due process!
April 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is deranged. Jan. 6 defendants were repped by one of the best public defender offices in the U.S. They were more likely to be released pretrial & got comparatively light sentences. SCOTUS threw out a bunch of convictions, which almost never happens. They got gold-plated due process!
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We're told the FDA is now making plans to end most of its routine food safety inspections
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
We're told the FDA is now making plans to end most of its routine food safety inspections
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
That oversight work would be effectively outsourced to state and local authorities, under this plan
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
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This letter is just freakishly incoherent and inappropriate. It’s what you would get if you put, like, Tim Pool or Ben Shapiro into a US Attorney’s chair, made them drink a quart of bourbon, and told them to get angry at something
1. This is so poorly written that the sentence that is -- I think -- supposed to convey a semi-veiled legal threat is incomprehensible.
2. I'm jealous of whichever lawyer gets to write the response.
2. I'm jealous of whichever lawyer gets to write the response.
April 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This letter is just freakishly incoherent and inappropriate. It’s what you would get if you put, like, Tim Pool or Ben Shapiro into a US Attorney’s chair, made them drink a quart of bourbon, and told them to get angry at something
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Now we know who the inspiration for Voldemort was.
April 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Now we know who the inspiration for Voldemort was.