@barthj.bsky.social
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They had to go Obama era just to find a crowd shot that wasn’t just a sea of phones. But if you zoom in you can see the Obama sign to the left of “with.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:41 PM
They had to go Obama era just to find a crowd shot that wasn’t just a sea of phones. But if you zoom in you can see the Obama sign to the left of “with.”
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China holds military drills around Taiwan as warning to 'separatist forces'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
China holds military drills around Taiwan as warning to 'separatist forces'
The drills come days after the US announced the sale of one of its largest weapons packages to Taiwan.
www.bbc.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:53 AM
China holds military drills around Taiwan as warning to 'separatist forces'
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The film #AHouseOfDynamite ends before the bomb hits Chicago, where @bulletinatomic.bsky.social is based. They asked me to describe what it would happen to the Windy City, so I dropped 20 KT and 4 MT bombs using @wellerstein.bsky.social's Nuke Map. (Hint: it's bad.)
thebulletin.org/2025/11/vide...
thebulletin.org/2025/11/vide...
Video: What to know about nuclear weapons
In this video, Jeffrey Lewis explains why it is so incredibly difficult to convey the size and destructive force of nuclear weapons.
thebulletin.org
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The film #AHouseOfDynamite ends before the bomb hits Chicago, where @bulletinatomic.bsky.social is based. They asked me to describe what it would happen to the Windy City, so I dropped 20 KT and 4 MT bombs using @wellerstein.bsky.social's Nuke Map. (Hint: it's bad.)
thebulletin.org/2025/11/vide...
thebulletin.org/2025/11/vide...
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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NATO will increase its presence in the Baltic Sea with “new assets,” including at least one frigate, in response to recent drone incidents over Denmark - Reuters
September 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NATO will increase its presence in the Baltic Sea with “new assets,” including at least one frigate, in response to recent drone incidents over Denmark - Reuters
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The Fujian, China's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier expected to be commissioned in 2025, was spotted this week by Japan sailing for the first time in the East China Sea. (from @brianmcelhiney.bsky.social & @keishirkoja.bsky.social)
Japan’s navy spots newest Chinese aircraft carrier sailing for first time in East China Sea
The Fujian, China’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, passed through the Taiwan Strait on its way to the South China Sea for tests and training.
www.stripes.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The Fujian, China's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier expected to be commissioned in 2025, was spotted this week by Japan sailing for the first time in the East China Sea. (from @brianmcelhiney.bsky.social & @keishirkoja.bsky.social)
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📖 Pulitzer Prize–winner Tim Weiner joins NPR’s Greg Myre to talk "The Mission: CIA in the 21st Century"
🗓 Sept 9, 7pm ET
📍 Hayden Center, Arlington, VA, or on YouTube
➡️ Reception + book signing after!
REGISTER: signup.e2ma.net/signup/20085...
Seats are limited—don’t miss it!
🗓 Sept 9, 7pm ET
📍 Hayden Center, Arlington, VA, or on YouTube
➡️ Reception + book signing after!
REGISTER: signup.e2ma.net/signup/20085...
Seats are limited—don’t miss it!
August 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
📖 Pulitzer Prize–winner Tim Weiner joins NPR’s Greg Myre to talk "The Mission: CIA in the 21st Century"
🗓 Sept 9, 7pm ET
📍 Hayden Center, Arlington, VA, or on YouTube
➡️ Reception + book signing after!
REGISTER: signup.e2ma.net/signup/20085...
Seats are limited—don’t miss it!
🗓 Sept 9, 7pm ET
📍 Hayden Center, Arlington, VA, or on YouTube
➡️ Reception + book signing after!
REGISTER: signup.e2ma.net/signup/20085...
Seats are limited—don’t miss it!
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The economic historian in me is thinking about hobos and boxcars
The economic historian in me is intrigued by watching one era end and another begin, it appears...
April 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The economic historian in me is thinking about hobos and boxcars
I hate to ask but is that because there are no plans to continue having elections?
Our look at how the Trump administration is systematically dismantling the government teams that have stopped Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and others from meddling in US elections: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/b...
With @julianbarnes.bsky.social @stevenleemyers.bsky.social
With @julianbarnes.bsky.social @stevenleemyers.bsky.social
Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
The Trump administration has reassigned or forced out several dozen government employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in U.S. elections at multiple agencies, according to current...
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I hate to ask but is that because there are no plans to continue having elections?
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The AP must refuse this but more importantly the rest of the White House Correspondents Association should back them.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office."
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press
The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs
www.ap.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The AP must refuse this but more importantly the rest of the White House Correspondents Association should back them.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.
Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
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Kash Patel secretly directs the gutting of the FBI -- before the Senate acts to confirm him. The votes of four GOP senators could stop him. Will they protect and defend the FBI national-security and intelligence divisions Patel has vowed to destroy? Don't bet on it. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
static01.nyt.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Kash Patel secretly directs the gutting of the FBI -- before the Senate acts to confirm him. The votes of four GOP senators could stop him. Will they protect and defend the FBI national-security and intelligence divisions Patel has vowed to destroy? Don't bet on it. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
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Not a single Republican senator stood against Gabbard -- ignoring the law requiring the director of national intelligence to have deep national-security experience. She has none. She represents the disastrous rise of misplaced power, and a danger to the United States. www.axios.com/2025/02/10/t...
Tulsi Gabbard's intel chief nomination clears key Senate hurdle
Senators voted to limit debate on Gabbard's nomination, paving the way for a final vote later this week.
www.axios.com
February 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Not a single Republican senator stood against Gabbard -- ignoring the law requiring the director of national intelligence to have deep national-security experience. She has none. She represents the disastrous rise of misplaced power, and a danger to the United States. www.axios.com/2025/02/10/t...
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In strongly worded statement, the American Bar Association calls on attorneys to defend the rule of law against a barrage of illegal acts by the Trump administration. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
The ABA supports the rule of law
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...
www.americanbar.org
February 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
In strongly worded statement, the American Bar Association calls on attorneys to defend the rule of law against a barrage of illegal acts by the Trump administration. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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I teach students whose life goal is to work at CIA one day.
It’s been difficult explaining the events of the last three weeks.
Explaining that they could one day be outed by a bunch of traitorous incompetents is not something I ever imagined needing to cover.
It’s been difficult explaining the events of the last three weeks.
Explaining that they could one day be outed by a bunch of traitorous incompetents is not something I ever imagined needing to cover.
"The C.I.A. sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last 2 years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force, in a move that former officials say risked the list leaking to adversaries."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
C.I.A. Sends White House an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees
The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I teach students whose life goal is to work at CIA one day.
It’s been difficult explaining the events of the last three weeks.
Explaining that they could one day be outed by a bunch of traitorous incompetents is not something I ever imagined needing to cover.
It’s been difficult explaining the events of the last three weeks.
Explaining that they could one day be outed by a bunch of traitorous incompetents is not something I ever imagined needing to cover.
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The FBI special agent in charge of the New York field office joins the Resistance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency
James E. Dennehy, the highly-respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said the F.B.I. was in a “battle of our own.”
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The FBI special agent in charge of the New York field office joins the Resistance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...
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How is there not a single Democrat Senator or Representative who has stepped up over an entire weekend where Elon Musk is clearly unwinding American democracy inside US govt buildings???
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
How is there not a single Democrat Senator or Representative who has stepped up over an entire weekend where Elon Musk is clearly unwinding American democracy inside US govt buildings???
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Trudeau makes the best case against Trump and MAGA (and of course tariffs) that I've heard since the election. I don't know if we can pretend at this point that our countries have the same values. youtu.be/PnvyrKvo-2w
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces Canada's response to U.S. tariffs – February 1, 2025
YouTube video by cpac
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trudeau makes the best case against Trump and MAGA (and of course tariffs) that I've heard since the election. I don't know if we can pretend at this point that our countries have the same values. youtu.be/PnvyrKvo-2w
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1/I understand legit debate re: #DEI & whether pendulum swung too far, too quickly.
But what happened today at @NSAGov's @NatCryptoMuseum is unacceptable. Trump Admin new DEI policy disgraces cryptological historical trailblazers & icons in community.
See two covered areas? https://
But what happened today at @NSAGov's @NatCryptoMuseum is unacceptable. Trump Admin new DEI policy disgraces cryptological historical trailblazers & icons in community.
See two covered areas? https://
February 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
1/I understand legit debate re: #DEI & whether pendulum swung too far, too quickly.
But what happened today at @NSAGov's @NatCryptoMuseum is unacceptable. Trump Admin new DEI policy disgraces cryptological historical trailblazers & icons in community.
See two covered areas? https://
But what happened today at @NSAGov's @NatCryptoMuseum is unacceptable. Trump Admin new DEI policy disgraces cryptological historical trailblazers & icons in community.
See two covered areas? https://
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What comes next? Purges of the intelligence community.
February 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
What comes next? Purges of the intelligence community.
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lol
The Fraternal Order of Police, the largest police union in the country, just released a statement rescinding their endorsement of President Trump due to his pardoning of Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
Police union that endorsed Trump condemns Jan 6 pardons—"Dangerous message"
The Fraternal Order of Police union said those who assaulted officers during the 2021 Capitol riot should serve their full sentences.
t.co
January 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
lol