Gerry Doyle
@mgerrydoyle.bsky.social
Bloomberg News Global Defense Editor. Novelist, aviation geek, bartender, dad. Ex-NYT, Reuters. Grew up in Midwest, moved to Mideast. Views my own. Wrote a fun book about Chinese missiles: https://tinyurl.com/2p94pay6
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We’ve covered lots of losing local teams on the back page of this paper.
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
January 23, 2026 at 8:23 PM
We’ve covered lots of losing local teams on the back page of this paper.
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
just make dowsing rods, they're cheaper
CBP is looking for "quantum sensors" that it can use to detect fentanyl in cars. AI also obviously involved somehow some way. from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
CBP Wants AI-Powered ‘Quantum Sensors’ for Finding Fentanyl in Cars
US Customs and Border Protection is paying General Dynamics to create prototype “quantum sensors,” to be used with an AI database to detect fentanyl and other narcotics.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:29 PM
just make dowsing rods, they're cheaper
I really am not That Guy, honest, but this protest is deliberate civil disobedience, no? blocking access to the airport? so most likely not a first amendment thing
another day, another mass violation of Americans' First Amendment right to assembly
As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I really am not That Guy, honest, but this protest is deliberate civil disobedience, no? blocking access to the airport? so most likely not a first amendment thing
I mean this is not a journalism show, but the french military is probably the best-equipped and most experienced in europe, they have a robust domestic defense industry (dassault, airbus, knds, etc) and of course
nuclear weapons
nuclear weapons
Rep. Greg Steube: "You see Macron and the French sending troops to Greenland. I would love to see the US military up against French troops in Greenland, because it would not last very long. It would be a very small skirmish ... we don't care about what Macron and the French want."
January 23, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I mean this is not a journalism show, but the french military is probably the best-equipped and most experienced in europe, they have a robust domestic defense industry (dassault, airbus, knds, etc) and of course
nuclear weapons
nuclear weapons
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I could have sworn that editorials and protests were protected speech under the first amendment. I stayed fully awake through con law www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
D.H.S. Cited Foreign Students’ Writings and Protests Before Their Arrests
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
I could have sworn that editorials and protests were protected speech under the first amendment. I stayed fully awake through con law www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
stay fros-- wait no
January 23, 2026 at 11:32 AM
stay fros-- wait no
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Europe is ready to get back to work with the US, wary, frustrated and knowing it can’t trust an ally it’s relied on for decades
Europe Returns Focus to Ukraine After Fractious Week With Trump
Europe is ready to get back to work with the US, wary, frustrated and knowing it can’t trust an ally it’s relied on for decades.
bloom.bg
January 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Europe is ready to get back to work with the US, wary, frustrated and knowing it can’t trust an ally it’s relied on for decades
this goes well beyond alarming I think
January 23, 2026 at 10:52 AM
this goes well beyond alarming I think
ok but I would go see this movie
Inspector Clouseau will return in Avengers Doomsday
January 23, 2026 at 10:51 AM
ok but I would go see this movie
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The National Park Service dismantled exhibits about slavery at the President’s House Site in Independence National Historical Park, provoking a lawsuit from Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration.
The slavery exhibits at the President’s House have been removed following Trump administration push
President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed.
www.inquirer.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:46 AM
The National Park Service dismantled exhibits about slavery at the President’s House Site in Independence National Historical Park, provoking a lawsuit from Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration.
it is (sigh) worth noting that the u.s. did invoke article 5 after 9/11, and its nato allies stepped up and died in the middle east
nato would I'm pretty sure reject the idea that u.s. borders are a collective defense situation. they aren't even a u.s. defense situation
nato would I'm pretty sure reject the idea that u.s. borders are a collective defense situation. they aren't even a u.s. defense situation
President Donald Trump openly mused about invoking NATO’s collective defense obligation to place allied troops along the US-Mexico border, a suggestion that, even if not meant seriously, represents another volley of rhetoric aimed squarely at European allies.
Trump Muses About Asking NATO to Help Protect US Southern Border
President Donald Trump openly mused about invoking NATO’s collective defense obligation to place allied troops along the US-Mexico border, a suggestion that, even if not meant seriously, represents another volley of rhetoric aimed squarely at European allies.
bloom.bg
January 23, 2026 at 9:41 AM
it is (sigh) worth noting that the u.s. did invoke article 5 after 9/11, and its nato allies stepped up and died in the middle east
nato would I'm pretty sure reject the idea that u.s. borders are a collective defense situation. they aren't even a u.s. defense situation
nato would I'm pretty sure reject the idea that u.s. borders are a collective defense situation. they aren't even a u.s. defense situation
yeah, look... this all seems self-evident to me, but you can't simultaneously say "we are the bad guys and only the bad guys" and also say we should fight the bad guys
either america has good stuff worth fighting for or it doesn't. if you think it doesn't then there's nothing to oppose, is there
either america has good stuff worth fighting for or it doesn't. if you think it doesn't then there's nothing to oppose, is there
You can point out the flaws while also having the dream and aspirations still be a thing. Pointing out that we aren’t living up to them is good, but saying they have no meaning whatsoever is just plain insulting to a lot of the dead who fought and died for them. Like MOST of Arlington Cemetery.
I very much disagree with @whstancil.bsky.social on this - how are you going to oppose ICE and the Trump administration if you don't understand that this *is* indeed who you are as a nation and that what we're seeing today is the culmination of a long history of American violence? 1/
January 23, 2026 at 9:39 AM
yeah, look... this all seems self-evident to me, but you can't simultaneously say "we are the bad guys and only the bad guys" and also say we should fight the bad guys
either america has good stuff worth fighting for or it doesn't. if you think it doesn't then there's nothing to oppose, is there
either america has good stuff worth fighting for or it doesn't. if you think it doesn't then there's nothing to oppose, is there
oh
APNewsAlert: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — #Iran’s top prosecutor says Trump's claim that Tehran halted execution of 800 protest prisoners ‘is completely false’.
January 23, 2026 at 9:35 AM
oh
I have never seen an anime production that has impressed me as much as akira did and does. the art, the story and the music are indelible
January 23, 2026 at 9:08 AM
I have never seen an anime production that has impressed me as much as akira did and does. the art, the story and the music are indelible
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Wow I wonder what happened in 2016. Don’t worry, the headline and first paragraphs will definitely not tell you.
And I remember how the airports were plastered in “Britain: open for business!” posters right after Brexit.
www.ft.com/content/66eb...
And I remember how the airports were plastered in “Britain: open for business!” posters right after Brexit.
www.ft.com/content/66eb...
UK consumer confidence marks 10 years without a positive reading
GfK index rose by 1 point to minus 16 in January, up from a low of minus 23 in April 2025
www.ft.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Wow I wonder what happened in 2016. Don’t worry, the headline and first paragraphs will definitely not tell you.
And I remember how the airports were plastered in “Britain: open for business!” posters right after Brexit.
www.ft.com/content/66eb...
And I remember how the airports were plastered in “Britain: open for business!” posters right after Brexit.
www.ft.com/content/66eb...
remember when all we had to worry about were massed tank formations pouring into the fulda gap
simpler times, happier times
simpler times, happier times
January 23, 2026 at 8:44 AM
remember when all we had to worry about were massed tank formations pouring into the fulda gap
simpler times, happier times
simpler times, happier times
even the cool sunglasses can't hide the fact that f is superior to c in human terms tho
I will not be taking questions at this time
I will not be taking questions at this time
Stolen on IG and couldn’t find the original author of this meme, if you recognize yourself please receive my applause
January 23, 2026 at 8:30 AM
even the cool sunglasses can't hide the fact that f is superior to c in human terms tho
I will not be taking questions at this time
I will not be taking questions at this time
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Danish Radio reports that the Danish and allied forces deployed to Greenland were sent to deter the US, they were armed with live ammunition in case there was an actual attack, and their deployment was sped up due to unspecified developments. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Danmark var klar til kamp: Her er ordren til de danske soldater i Grønland
Ordren blev udstedt så sent som i sidste uge. Hvis Grønland mod forventning blev angrebet, stod danske soldater klar med skarp ammunition.
www.dr.dk
January 23, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Danish Radio reports that the Danish and allied forces deployed to Greenland were sent to deter the US, they were armed with live ammunition in case there was an actual attack, and their deployment was sped up due to unspecified developments. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
it did not, in fact, feel like that
For a few hours this week, it felt like the world and all its horrors stopped with one subject taking over the internet: Brooklyn Peltz Beckham. https://cnn.it/4qKHJa7
January 23, 2026 at 8:29 AM
it did not, in fact, feel like that
you get a nuke. and you get a nuke. and you get a nuke! EVERYONE GETS A NUKE!
January 23, 2026 at 8:10 AM
you get a nuke. and you get a nuke. and you get a nuke! EVERYONE GETS A NUKE!
it's difficult to remember, but there was in fact a time when you could wake up and the news would not be stupid
January 23, 2026 at 7:59 AM
it's difficult to remember, but there was in fact a time when you could wake up and the news would not be stupid
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this