Joe Cirincione
@joecirin.bsky.social
I've been working on national security in Washington for over 40 years. Government, think tanks and philanthropy. Now retired, I still write, lecture and do media interviews. And I'm still learning. On Substack at: joecirincione.substack.com
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Joe Cirincione
@joecirin.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Joseph Cirincione - Foreign Policy for America
www.fp4america.org
After 13 years and more than 53K followers, I am moving from the wreck of Twitter over to BlueSky. I feel better already.
Nice to begin anew. I do nuclear policy and national security. Here’s a bit about me from one of the great groups I work with in DC. #NukeSky www.fp4america.org/joseph-cirin...
Nice to begin anew. I do nuclear policy and national security. Here’s a bit about me from one of the great groups I work with in DC. #NukeSky www.fp4america.org/joseph-cirin...
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My position has been clear and is unchanged: I will not vote for one more dime to fund Trump's lawless DHS.
I voted NO.
I voted NO.
January 30, 2026 at 11:31 PM
My position has been clear and is unchanged: I will not vote for one more dime to fund Trump's lawless DHS.
I voted NO.
I voted NO.
Frozen Tidal Basin
January 31, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Frozen Tidal Basin
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Where the hell is the "Board of Peace?”
Over 500 Palestinians have been killed since the “ceasefire.” This comes days after the IDF itself admitted the Palestinian death toll is over 70,000.
The use of American taxpayer-funded weapons makes us complicit.
Stop the slaughter.
Over 500 Palestinians have been killed since the “ceasefire.” This comes days after the IDF itself admitted the Palestinian death toll is over 70,000.
The use of American taxpayer-funded weapons makes us complicit.
Stop the slaughter.
Israeli strikes kill over 30 in Gaza, health ministry says, in deadliest day in months | CNN
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 31 people on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the highest day’s death toll in over two months.
www.cnn.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Where the hell is the "Board of Peace?”
Over 500 Palestinians have been killed since the “ceasefire.” This comes days after the IDF itself admitted the Palestinian death toll is over 70,000.
The use of American taxpayer-funded weapons makes us complicit.
Stop the slaughter.
Over 500 Palestinians have been killed since the “ceasefire.” This comes days after the IDF itself admitted the Palestinian death toll is over 70,000.
The use of American taxpayer-funded weapons makes us complicit.
Stop the slaughter.
Join The Public Theater along with artists, elected officials, and community leaders, as we read seminal texts from the founding of our nation…as a living call to action.” publictheater.org/productions/...
THE PEOPLE'S FILIBUSTER
publictheater.org
January 31, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Join The Public Theater along with artists, elected officials, and community leaders, as we read seminal texts from the founding of our nation…as a living call to action.” publictheater.org/productions/...
When I was doing a congressional investigation into problems with the Patriot missile, we asked the Army for after action reports from the Gulf War. They showed up at my door with twenty-five boxes of mostly useless stuff and a sliver of solid data.
That’s what Trump’s DOJ did today.
That’s what Trump’s DOJ did today.
January 31, 2026 at 3:49 AM
When I was doing a congressional investigation into problems with the Patriot missile, we asked the Army for after action reports from the Gulf War. They showed up at my door with twenty-five boxes of mostly useless stuff and a sliver of solid data.
That’s what Trump’s DOJ did today.
That’s what Trump’s DOJ did today.
You know things are bad when Trump has to release the Epstein files to distract from the streets of Minneapolis.
January 30, 2026 at 8:42 PM
You know things are bad when Trump has to release the Epstein files to distract from the streets of Minneapolis.
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What is it about the brave protesters and monitors in Minnesota that has changed what America (and apparently Trump) thinks about ICE's thuggish tactics?
@ElieNYC.bksy.social on why the change.
bit.ly/Click-2-Listen
YouTu.be/G1U4u1QufDY
@ElieNYC.bksy.social on why the change.
bit.ly/Click-2-Listen
YouTu.be/G1U4u1QufDY
January 28, 2026 at 9:18 PM
What is it about the brave protesters and monitors in Minnesota that has changed what America (and apparently Trump) thinks about ICE's thuggish tactics?
@ElieNYC.bksy.social on why the change.
bit.ly/Click-2-Listen
YouTu.be/G1U4u1QufDY
@ElieNYC.bksy.social on why the change.
bit.ly/Click-2-Listen
YouTu.be/G1U4u1QufDY
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It'll be the biggest protest in American history because people are going to make it the biggest protest in American history. Nokings.org has all the info you need for 3/28, and more ICE watch trainings coming next week!
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 AM
It'll be the biggest protest in American history because people are going to make it the biggest protest in American history. Nokings.org has all the info you need for 3/28, and more ICE watch trainings coming next week!
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After Nixon’s Kent State (and before that, Jackson State) massacre, Crosby, Still, Nash & Young recorded the powerful protest song, “Ohio.”
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 10:58 PM
After Nixon’s Kent State (and before that, Jackson State) massacre, Crosby, Still, Nash & Young recorded the powerful protest song, “Ohio.”
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
After Nixon’s Kent State (and before that, Jackson State) massacre, Crosby, Still, Nash & Young recorded the powerful protest song, “Ohio.”
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 10:58 PM
After Nixon’s Kent State (and before that, Jackson State) massacre, Crosby, Still, Nash & Young recorded the powerful protest song, “Ohio.”
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
Today, one of the most highly regarded popular singers in America dropped this modern anthem. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w
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thank you to the folks at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists for allowing me to question the premise this year
The Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight. Does Anyone Care?
The Doomsday Clock, a symbol of how close humanity is to destroying itself, has moved from 89 seconds to 85 seconds, four seconds closer to “doomsday.” That is the closest the Clock has ever been to m...
www.404media.co
January 28, 2026 at 3:51 PM
thank you to the folks at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists for allowing me to question the premise this year
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@joecirin.bsky.social really nailed one of the big risks that it's hard to wrap your mind around when talking about the possible end of the world in 2026
January 28, 2026 at 3:52 PM
@joecirin.bsky.social really nailed one of the big risks that it's hard to wrap your mind around when talking about the possible end of the world in 2026
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The way that political violence backfires is when it prompts more people to get involved. Now is the time for action.
January 26, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The way that political violence backfires is when it prompts more people to get involved. Now is the time for action.
Worse than ignorant. This is a blatant lie.
This is the head of the absurdly named Golden Dome claiming that there are no technical challenges to nation missile defense. It's just a matter of rapidly manufacturing the interceptors. Complete nonsense. Golden Dome will never work, let alone by 2028.
This is the head of the absurdly named Golden Dome claiming that there are no technical challenges to nation missile defense. It's just a matter of rapidly manufacturing the interceptors. Complete nonsense. Golden Dome will never work, let alone by 2028.
Guetlein bleeding credibility here: “By the summer of ‘28 we will be able to defend the entire nation against ballistic missiles as well as other generation aerial threats...” spacenews.com/golden-dome-...
Golden Dome is forcing the Pentagon to confront missile defense economics
Golden Dome is forcing the Pentagon to confront missile defense economics Golden Dome is forcing the Pentagon to confront missile defense economics
spacenews.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Worse than ignorant. This is a blatant lie.
This is the head of the absurdly named Golden Dome claiming that there are no technical challenges to nation missile defense. It's just a matter of rapidly manufacturing the interceptors. Complete nonsense. Golden Dome will never work, let alone by 2028.
This is the head of the absurdly named Golden Dome claiming that there are no technical challenges to nation missile defense. It's just a matter of rapidly manufacturing the interceptors. Complete nonsense. Golden Dome will never work, let alone by 2028.
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J Street has directly and intentionally aligned their work with the anti-authoritarian protests growing in America. It is a model for how those concerned with arms control and national security issues should merge their efforts with this powerful movement.
A rabbi arrested protesting ICE.
A Torah portion about darkness and light.
This op-ed connects Jewish memory, moral courage and the urgent need to resist state violence. Worth your time. Worth sharing.
A Torah portion about darkness and light.
This op-ed connects Jewish memory, moral courage and the urgent need to resist state violence. Worth your time. Worth sharing.
I'm a rabbi arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. The Book of Exodus shows us how this ends
Amid Minneapolis ICE protests, nearly 100 clergy members were arrested. One rabbi among them sees a deep biblical precedent for this time.
forward.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:33 PM
J Street has directly and intentionally aligned their work with the anti-authoritarian protests growing in America. It is a model for how those concerned with arms control and national security issues should merge their efforts with this powerful movement.
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ICE will not receive one more dime of taxpayer money from Senate Democrats.
Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov lays out how Senate Democrats are protesting the proposed DHS funding bill
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/not-a-dime-for-ice-lawlessness
Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov lays out how Senate Democrats are protesting the proposed DHS funding bill
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/not-a-dime-for-ice-lawlessness
Not a Dime for ICE Lawlessness
Sen. Van Hollen and the Senate Democrats Reject More DHS Funding.
contrarian.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:04 PM
ICE will not receive one more dime of taxpayer money from Senate Democrats.
Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov lays out how Senate Democrats are protesting the proposed DHS funding bill
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/not-a-dime-for-ice-lawlessness
Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov lays out how Senate Democrats are protesting the proposed DHS funding bill
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/not-a-dime-for-ice-lawlessness
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The only ways to "lower the temperature" in the conflict between this administration and the American people is for our government to stop murdering us, stop kidnapping innocent people, stop terrorizing our cities, stop serially violating the law and stop lying about what they are doing.
January 25, 2026 at 12:54 AM
The only ways to "lower the temperature" in the conflict between this administration and the American people is for our government to stop murdering us, stop kidnapping innocent people, stop terrorizing our cities, stop serially violating the law and stop lying about what they are doing.
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This is ok tho
January 24, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This is ok tho
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AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
AOC: "An ICE officer had violently pushed a woman to the ground and he had come over to help get her up and that is what precipitated this incident that very quickly led to an execution in the streets. What we are seeing here is a momentous pivotal moment for the United States."
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It is like a knife in my heart when I see what these thugs are doing to decent and loving people. He was trying to help a woman who had been violently pushed to the ground. And paid for that with his life, murdered by violent and vicious criminals masquerading as law-enforcement.
Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."
January 25, 2026 at 3:00 AM
It is like a knife in my heart when I see what these thugs are doing to decent and loving people. He was trying to help a woman who had been violently pushed to the ground. And paid for that with his life, murdered by violent and vicious criminals masquerading as law-enforcement.
This is a lawless administration. Trump is trying to consolidate an authoritarian regime, domestically and globally. We must learn from Minnesota and from the Greenland debacle. The only fight is the fight against Trumpian authoritarianism. The only response must be resistance.
January 25, 2026 at 12:34 AM
This is a lawless administration. Trump is trying to consolidate an authoritarian regime, domestically and globally. We must learn from Minnesota and from the Greenland debacle. The only fight is the fight against Trumpian authoritarianism. The only response must be resistance.
“How could Europeans ever rely on America as an ally if the American people could elect a man like Trump? How could they not view America as having gone from being their most important friend to being one of the greatest threats they face?“ Exactly. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/davos-was-...
Davos Was the Beginning of the End for Trump
It's all downhill for here for the America's aging mad king
davidrothkopf.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:37 PM
“How could Europeans ever rely on America as an ally if the American people could elect a man like Trump? How could they not view America as having gone from being their most important friend to being one of the greatest threats they face?“ Exactly. davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/davos-was-...
I’m sorry but all our straining to figure out why Trump focused on Greenland has left out the most obvious. It was a diversion from his refusal to release the Epstein files. Nothing has been released in weeks.
I fear that now that he has lived up to his TACO reputation, a new crisis will erupt.
I fear that now that he has lived up to his TACO reputation, a new crisis will erupt.
January 23, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I’m sorry but all our straining to figure out why Trump focused on Greenland has left out the most obvious. It was a diversion from his refusal to release the Epstein files. Nothing has been released in weeks.
I fear that now that he has lived up to his TACO reputation, a new crisis will erupt.
I fear that now that he has lived up to his TACO reputation, a new crisis will erupt.
Why are we spending $2 Trillion on new nuclear weapons we do not need? This is not an accident. Big Nuclear learned from Big Oil and Big Tobacco. Here's a part of our discussion. For the full story, go here: joecirincione.substack.com/publish/post...
January 23, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Why are we spending $2 Trillion on new nuclear weapons we do not need? This is not an accident. Big Nuclear learned from Big Oil and Big Tobacco. Here's a part of our discussion. For the full story, go here: joecirincione.substack.com/publish/post...