JD Simkins
@jdsimkins.bsky.social
Executive editor, Military Times & Defense News. Would rather be outside.
The DOJ does what?
DOJ fingers Kristi Noem as the person who made the call to defy a court order and send detainees to a concentration camp in El Salvador. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Noem made decision to continue deportation flights to El Salvador, justice department says
Justice department maintains that Trump administration didn’t violate judge’s order to return flights to US
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The DOJ does what?
Glad the secretary of defense is taking the time to hold the line ... about awards ... on Twitter ... while Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is overseas discussing peace proposals surrounding a Russian invasion about to enter its fourth year. Great job, everyone
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Glad the secretary of defense is taking the time to hold the line ... about awards ... on Twitter ... while Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is overseas discussing peace proposals surrounding a Russian invasion about to enter its fourth year. Great job, everyone
Does Sean Parnell even have a job anymore since the defense secretary is now, seemingly, just a Pentagon spokesperson?
Driscoll meets with Russians in Abu Dhabi about Ukraine peace plan
Driscoll meets with Russians in Abu Dhabi about Ukraine peace plan
The Army secretary is speaking to Russian officials on Tuesday without Secretary of State Marco Rubio or other U.S. negotiators.
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Does Sean Parnell even have a job anymore since the defense secretary is now, seemingly, just a Pentagon spokesperson?
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The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
DID YOU AUTHOR THE 28-POINT PEACE PLAN?!
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
DID YOU AUTHOR THE 28-POINT PEACE PLAN?!
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The irony of these people complaining about the invented dangers of immigrants and then welcoming brain pollution from overseas hustlers.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The irony of these people complaining about the invented dangers of immigrants and then welcoming brain pollution from overseas hustlers.
Can't think of many books throughout history that sound less interesting than Olivia Nuzzi's upcoming memoir, "Please give me more attention"
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Can't think of many books throughout history that sound less interesting than Olivia Nuzzi's upcoming memoir, "Please give me more attention"
This virus is horrendous in national security journalism, where too many journos enjoy perpetual self-aggrandizing while reporting about literal life and death
Becoming famous is the height of achievement in national political journalism today. That's why so many prominent journalists think she's so skilled and amazing.
this insistence that she is some preternatural journalistic talent is going to drive me insane
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This virus is horrendous in national security journalism, where too many journos enjoy perpetual self-aggrandizing while reporting about literal life and death
Love that instead of using congressional measures to fight the legalities surrounding certain military actions, these people are just like, "Hey, 19-year-old PFC, don't be a puss and say no."
The Democratic lawmakers said that members of the military can and must refuse illegal orders by their superiors. n.pr/3XGEu6C
Trump says Democratic lawmakers' video is 'seditious behavior, punishable by death'
The Democratic lawmakers said that members of the military can and must refuse illegal orders by their superiors.
n.pr
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Love that instead of using congressional measures to fight the legalities surrounding certain military actions, these people are just like, "Hey, 19-year-old PFC, don't be a puss and say no."
Been an indisputable surge in white nationalism in recent years, but yesterday's Coast Guard news felt, in too many ways, like gotcha journalism. Responses coming immediately after publication, immediate update of language, all of it
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Been an indisputable surge in white nationalism in recent years, but yesterday's Coast Guard news felt, in too many ways, like gotcha journalism. Responses coming immediately after publication, immediate update of language, all of it
A Marine veteran who died of cancer on the eve of the Corps’ 250th birthday won his battle for benefits for his surviving sons and was awarded medical retirement Monday by the Board for Correction of Naval Records.
Marine veteran wins battle for burn pit-related medical retirement
Kevin Lloyd, a Marine veteran who died of cancer on the eve of the Corps’ 250th birthday, won his battle for benefits for his surviving sons.
www.militarytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A Marine veteran who died of cancer on the eve of the Corps’ 250th birthday won his battle for benefits for his surviving sons and was awarded medical retirement Monday by the Board for Correction of Naval Records.
Rubio: We’re running out of things to sanction in Russia
You're getting warmer, Marco
You're getting warmer, Marco
Rubio: We’re running out of things to sanction in Russia
What else do you guys want, sighs top U.S. diplomat.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Rubio: We’re running out of things to sanction in Russia
You're getting warmer, Marco
You're getting warmer, Marco
The Nordic and Baltic countries are teaming up to pay for a $500 million United States military support package of weapons and munitions for Ukraine www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
Nordic and Baltic countries team up to fund US arms for Ukraine
Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. is no longer spending any money on Ukraine, “now they pay us through NATO.”
www.defensenews.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Nordic and Baltic countries are teaming up to pay for a $500 million United States military support package of weapons and munitions for Ukraine www.defensenews.com/global/europ...
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If Trump’s fascism is so bad, why aren’t the students protesting? We asked three right-wing oligarchs who bullied their alma maters into enforcing total bans on freedom of assembly on campus.
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If Trump’s fascism is so bad, why aren’t the students protesting? We asked three right-wing oligarchs who bullied their alma maters into enforcing total bans on freedom of assembly on campus.
If "getting politics out of our teaching of history" is similar at all to, say, the way the DOD in early 2025 discussed "getting politics out of the military," it just means "we want it flooded with the politics that make us feel good"
Counterpoint: Teaching history is inherently and always political.
In San Antonio, Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai, the county's elected top administrator, decried Patrick's “gross political interference.”
"We need to get politics out of our teaching of history. Period,” he said in a statement Friday.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
"We need to get politics out of our teaching of history. Period,” he said in a statement Friday.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...
October 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If "getting politics out of our teaching of history" is similar at all to, say, the way the DOD in early 2025 discussed "getting politics out of the military," it just means "we want it flooded with the politics that make us feel good"
Got "yearns for the mines" into a headline today. Time to retire. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
The Army yearns for the mines, reopens WWII-era critical mineral site
A gold mine in Idaho that once churned out critical minerals for the U.S. “Arsenal of Democracy” during WWII has been resurrected in a new Army initiative.
www.militarytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Got "yearns for the mines" into a headline today. Time to retire. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Sean Parnell's statement on the "Next Generation of the Pentagon Press Corps"
October 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Sean Parnell's statement on the "Next Generation of the Pentagon Press Corps"
People, myself included, have covered up FAR more innocuous tattoos simply because the art sucks and what was thought to be badass as a 20-year-old is, in fact, not.
It's wild to go that long without covering THAT up
It's wild to go that long without covering THAT up
The crazy thing is that Platner could have absolutely survived the tattoo thing had he gotten it removed/covered up whenever it is that he first learned what it meant, showing him growing and learning and yadda yadda, etc. But instead he just hoped it'd never come up? Come on, dude.
Graham Platner to @daveweigel.bsky.social:
"How do you expect to win back men when you go back through somebody’s Reddit history and just pull it all out and say: ‘Oh, my God, this person has no right to ever be in politics?’"
DSCC Chair Gillibrand: “It’s up to the voters of Maine to decide.”
"How do you expect to win back men when you go back through somebody’s Reddit history and just pull it all out and say: ‘Oh, my God, this person has no right to ever be in politics?’"
DSCC Chair Gillibrand: “It’s up to the voters of Maine to decide.”
October 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
People, myself included, have covered up FAR more innocuous tattoos simply because the art sucks and what was thought to be badass as a 20-year-old is, in fact, not.
It's wild to go that long without covering THAT up
It's wild to go that long without covering THAT up
One game into an 82-game season and ESPN is debating whether it's time to panic. The intelligence rot at ESPN should be studied by future generations
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
One game into an 82-game season and ESPN is debating whether it's time to panic. The intelligence rot at ESPN should be studied by future generations
Notable, coming from the Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oc...
‘He lost us’: Generals, senior officers say trust in Hegseth has evaporated
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has lost the trust and respect of some top military commanders, with his public “grandstanding” widely seen as unprofessional and the personnel moves made by the former ...
www.washingtontimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Notable, coming from the Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/oc...
This ends very poorly at the wrong house
WATCH: Masked men terrorize Alexandria family
Alexandria police are investigating after a group of masked men terrorized a home near Duke and South Jordan Streets Tuesday night.
wjla.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This ends very poorly at the wrong house
Shocked that the guy who championed the case of convicted murderer Clint Lorance would call our rules of engagement "stupid"
September 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Shocked that the guy who championed the case of convicted murderer Clint Lorance would call our rules of engagement "stupid"
You’d be shocked to learn that this blurb on the Harlem Hellfighters, which of course is filled with Hegseth adoration, leaves out any real discussion on racism, and suggests the most difficult obstacles the Hellfighters faced were shipping logistics on their way to France
September 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
You’d be shocked to learn that this blurb on the Harlem Hellfighters, which of course is filled with Hegseth adoration, leaves out any real discussion on racism, and suggests the most difficult obstacles the Hellfighters faced were shipping logistics on their way to France
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What the fuck
Witkoff delivered Russian medal from Putin to family of American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024 | CNN Politics
US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.
www.cnn.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
What the fuck
The most curmudgeon-y veteran sentiment I've ever received.
Salty, hard-charging reader upset that soldiers who heroically stopped an active shooter were not in proper uniform to receive recognition for stopping an active shooter
Salty, hard-charging reader upset that soldiers who heroically stopped an active shooter were not in proper uniform to receive recognition for stopping an active shooter
August 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The most curmudgeon-y veteran sentiment I've ever received.
Salty, hard-charging reader upset that soldiers who heroically stopped an active shooter were not in proper uniform to receive recognition for stopping an active shooter
Salty, hard-charging reader upset that soldiers who heroically stopped an active shooter were not in proper uniform to receive recognition for stopping an active shooter