TT
@tathompsonks.bsky.social
Tech, national security, and public policy with a side of aviation, sports, and hot takes
Views are my own.
Views are my own.
Pinned
TT
@tathompsonks.bsky.social
· Jan 26
I've seen a lot of "what can I do to stop this" over the last few days.
I want to take a minute to talk about how you engage with your Member of Congress to create change.
Tldr: Call. Don't email, don't tweet, don't fax, don't write. Call.
I want to take a minute to talk about how you engage with your Member of Congress to create change.
Tldr: Call. Don't email, don't tweet, don't fax, don't write. Call.
1) These statements trigger me for their unprofessionalism.
2) These individuals getting here were a priority of *both* parties
3) If the report is accurate, *his own administration* admitted him
2) These individuals getting here were a priority of *both* parties
3) If the report is accurate, *his own administration* admitted him
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
1) These statements trigger me for their unprofessionalism.
2) These individuals getting here were a priority of *both* parties
3) If the report is accurate, *his own administration* admitted him
2) These individuals getting here were a priority of *both* parties
3) If the report is accurate, *his own administration* admitted him
Reposted by TT
You know who hasn’t cowered in the face of terrible violence and changed what they believe?
Minnesota Democrats, who saw one of their own actually get gunned down by a pro-Trump lunatic.
These people are cowards.
Minnesota Democrats, who saw one of their own actually get gunned down by a pro-Trump lunatic.
These people are cowards.
“He isn’t worried about Trump’s political wrath; he doesn’t plan to run for reelection.
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
His fear of speaking out is much more personal: ‘I’d rather my house not get firebombed’”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Fear Taking Hold Among Indiana Republicans
“I’d rather my house not get firebombed.”
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 AM
You know who hasn’t cowered in the face of terrible violence and changed what they believe?
Minnesota Democrats, who saw one of their own actually get gunned down by a pro-Trump lunatic.
These people are cowards.
Minnesota Democrats, who saw one of their own actually get gunned down by a pro-Trump lunatic.
These people are cowards.
Reposted by TT
As many, many former counterterrorism analysts and officials said was the danger. Not spiking the ball. Just saying, professionals saw this potential and said don’t go this route. The administration chose a different path.
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 AM
As many, many former counterterrorism analysts and officials said was the danger. Not spiking the ball. Just saying, professionals saw this potential and said don’t go this route. The administration chose a different path.
Reposted by TT
Trump was at his West Palm Beach golf course when the National Guard shooting took place.
Trump has already spent $70 million of taxpayer money on golfing in less than a year as president.
If this pace keeps up, he will spend $300 million playing golf by the time his second term ends.
Trump has already spent $70 million of taxpayer money on golfing in less than a year as president.
If this pace keeps up, he will spend $300 million playing golf by the time his second term ends.
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Trump was at his West Palm Beach golf course when the National Guard shooting took place.
Trump has already spent $70 million of taxpayer money on golfing in less than a year as president.
If this pace keeps up, he will spend $300 million playing golf by the time his second term ends.
Trump has already spent $70 million of taxpayer money on golfing in less than a year as president.
If this pace keeps up, he will spend $300 million playing golf by the time his second term ends.
Reposted by TT
Reposted by TT
Just a reminder that a lot of great staffers for Republicans fought like hell to get many refugees in during the administration.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump calls for reinvestigation of all Afghan refugees who entered under Biden admin after National Guard shooting.
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Just a reminder that a lot of great staffers for Republicans fought like hell to get many refugees in during the administration.
Reposted by TT
I just rewatched SHATTERED GLASS (and reread the article, which being by Buzz Bissinger is great) and it's really a portrayal of a very specific moment - that brief period when people didn't realize that the internet let everyone factcheck, but before rampant shamelessness.
Honestly the combination of the alleged source betrayals and secret recordings and the way this has rolled out has just fundamentally fucked us all in a way that’s bigger than the Stephen Glass scandal by a significant margin, and I think everyone is grappling with that in real time
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I just rewatched SHATTERED GLASS (and reread the article, which being by Buzz Bissinger is great) and it's really a portrayal of a very specific moment - that brief period when people didn't realize that the internet let everyone factcheck, but before rampant shamelessness.
Reposted by TT
This is what Trump is posting about as of 5 mins ago
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is what Trump is posting about as of 5 mins ago
Reposted by TT
Trump also posted about Venezuela after addressing the shooting
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump also posted about Venezuela after addressing the shooting
DC isn't safe so let's hold a random press conference outside haphazardly on some steps
Hegseth's demeanor is bizarre. He's almost on the verge of laughing while talking about the shooting of two National Guardsmen. He seems elated.
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
DC isn't safe so let's hold a random press conference outside haphazardly on some steps
Absolutely fucking unacceptable to be issuing statements before next of kin notifications.
Clown show from the top down. We're better than this.
Clown show from the top down. We're better than this.
CORRECTION: West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey walks back statement that both National Guard members were killed in shooting near White House. (This post corrects a previous post that stated the two members had died.)
Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says
Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known, according to a law enforcement official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.Emergency vehicles were seen responding to the area.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Absolutely fucking unacceptable to be issuing statements before next of kin notifications.
Clown show from the top down. We're better than this.
Clown show from the top down. We're better than this.
Terrible tragedy that should not have happened but this underscores why they shouldn't have been there to begin with.
That metro station is one of the most protected in the city (without the National Guard) due to its proximity to WH, Treasury, the mall, etc.
I'm so sorry for their families.
That metro station is one of the most protected in the city (without the National Guard) due to its proximity to WH, Treasury, the mall, etc.
I'm so sorry for their families.
National Guard personnel typically patrol Farragut West Metro Station where the shooting had occurred.-NYT
As in the shooter likely knew to go to that station, lending more to the theory this was a targeted attack.
As in the shooter likely knew to go to that station, lending more to the theory this was a targeted attack.
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Terrible tragedy that should not have happened but this underscores why they shouldn't have been there to begin with.
That metro station is one of the most protected in the city (without the National Guard) due to its proximity to WH, Treasury, the mall, etc.
I'm so sorry for their families.
That metro station is one of the most protected in the city (without the National Guard) due to its proximity to WH, Treasury, the mall, etc.
I'm so sorry for their families.
Shit.
There is a ground stop at National Airport.
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Shit.
Reposted by TT
Secret Service shut down 17th & Constitution, motorcade drove through, ambulance drove up on to the Mall, someone was loaded on to a chopper & flown off
Was a regular chopper, not a Marine Chinook, but still makes me think about people near or at the White House who would have USSS protection.
Was a regular chopper, not a Marine Chinook, but still makes me think about people near or at the White House who would have USSS protection.
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Secret Service shut down 17th & Constitution, motorcade drove through, ambulance drove up on to the Mall, someone was loaded on to a chopper & flown off
Was a regular chopper, not a Marine Chinook, but still makes me think about people near or at the White House who would have USSS protection.
Was a regular chopper, not a Marine Chinook, but still makes me think about people near or at the White House who would have USSS protection.
I'll note, too, that they were shot in a lower-crime part of the city and not the part we've seen a bunch of fed checkpoints.
Doesn't matter what the facts turn out to be. This is now pretext for further crackdowns on the Left and restrictions on civil rights.
I see it's about to be "wildly speculate in advance of actual information" o'clock here
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I'll note, too, that they were shot in a lower-crime part of the city and not the part we've seen a bunch of fed checkpoints.
Talking about Kentucky like it's a midnight flight into Baghdad
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Talking about Kentucky like it's a midnight flight into Baghdad
My dad is 86 and outside of a period of recovery from a stroke ~6 years ago, he has never taken a comprehensive cognitive test
Trump rages about New York Times story on age: ‘PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST’
Trump rages about New York Times story on age: ‘PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST’
The president, now 79, is the oldest person ever elected to the Oval Office.
dlvr.it
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My dad is 86 and outside of a period of recovery from a stroke ~6 years ago, he has never taken a comprehensive cognitive test
Reposted by TT
Reposted by TT
Reposted by TT
The docs also reveal the number of hours the FBI devoted to the project, which required some agents to work nights and weekends. The FBI paid personnel $851,344 in overtime for working on the Epstein files between March 17 and March 22.
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The docs also reveal the number of hours the FBI devoted to the project, which required some agents to work nights and weekends. The FBI paid personnel $851,344 in overtime for working on the Epstein files between March 17 and March 22.
Reposted by TT
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
Reposted by TT
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg