Mark Affleck
@flick131.bsky.social
USAF RET (24 yrs), Cornhusker at heart, NC by choice. Married animal wrangler: 3 dogs, 6 cats, 3 guinea pigs & a turtle. 65 & just getting started!
Representative Andrew Garbarino, Republican of New York and the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, formally requested that the heads of ICE, Customs and Border Patrol, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services testify at a full hearing.
this is a sea change
this is a sea change
January 25, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Representative Andrew Garbarino, Republican of New York and the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, formally requested that the heads of ICE, Customs and Border Patrol, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services testify at a full hearing.
this is a sea change
this is a sea change
Democrats are being killed and it’s scrubbed clean by language. Call it an “incident,” “operation,” or “unrest,” but people with Democratic beliefs are dying and no one names it. If they were MAGA, it’d be screamed as political murder.
January 24, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Democrats are being killed and it’s scrubbed clean by language. Call it an “incident,” “operation,” or “unrest,” but people with Democratic beliefs are dying and no one names it. If they were MAGA, it’d be screamed as political murder.
Oh he’s getting advice from the Kremlin
January 20, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Oh he’s getting advice from the Kremlin
Remember this when Greenland comes up:
Christopher Steele, a former MI6 officer, warned in 2016 of Russian cultivation, kompromat risks, and exploitation of Trump’s vulnerabilities. Separately, U.S. intel confirmed Russia interfered to help him. Weakening NATO serves Putin’s long-stated goal.
Christopher Steele, a former MI6 officer, warned in 2016 of Russian cultivation, kompromat risks, and exploitation of Trump’s vulnerabilities. Separately, U.S. intel confirmed Russia interfered to help him. Weakening NATO serves Putin’s long-stated goal.
January 19, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Remember this when Greenland comes up:
Christopher Steele, a former MI6 officer, warned in 2016 of Russian cultivation, kompromat risks, and exploitation of Trump’s vulnerabilities. Separately, U.S. intel confirmed Russia interfered to help him. Weakening NATO serves Putin’s long-stated goal.
Christopher Steele, a former MI6 officer, warned in 2016 of Russian cultivation, kompromat risks, and exploitation of Trump’s vulnerabilities. Separately, U.S. intel confirmed Russia interfered to help him. Weakening NATO serves Putin’s long-stated goal.
Heroism Isn’t Wisdom
Shawn Ryan:
Great at spotting corruption everywhere except where would cost him his audience.
tactical brilliance keeps getting mistaken for strategic
why does he point sideways never upward? Trump
Trump conflicts & self-dealing archive
www.propublica.org/series/trump...
Shawn Ryan:
Great at spotting corruption everywhere except where would cost him his audience.
tactical brilliance keeps getting mistaken for strategic
why does he point sideways never upward? Trump
Trump conflicts & self-dealing archive
www.propublica.org/series/trump...
January 18, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Heroism Isn’t Wisdom
Shawn Ryan:
Great at spotting corruption everywhere except where would cost him his audience.
tactical brilliance keeps getting mistaken for strategic
why does he point sideways never upward? Trump
Trump conflicts & self-dealing archive
www.propublica.org/series/trump...
Shawn Ryan:
Great at spotting corruption everywhere except where would cost him his audience.
tactical brilliance keeps getting mistaken for strategic
why does he point sideways never upward? Trump
Trump conflicts & self-dealing archive
www.propublica.org/series/trump...
Title: Military Must Refuse Illegal Orders — Every Dem Should Say It
Body: It should not fall to a few brave Democrats to say the obvious. Every Democrat should say it: the military must refuse illegal orders. What are they going to do investigate everyone? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Body: It should not fall to a few brave Democrats to say the obvious. Every Democrat should say it: the military must refuse illegal orders. What are they going to do investigate everyone? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
January 15, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Title: Military Must Refuse Illegal Orders — Every Dem Should Say It
Body: It should not fall to a few brave Democrats to say the obvious. Every Democrat should say it: the military must refuse illegal orders. What are they going to do investigate everyone? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Body: It should not fall to a few brave Democrats to say the obvious. Every Democrat should say it: the military must refuse illegal orders. What are they going to do investigate everyone? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Chaos is the tool. Force is the answer.
The Insurrection Act is coming.
The Insurrection Act is coming.
January 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Chaos is the tool. Force is the answer.
The Insurrection Act is coming.
The Insurrection Act is coming.
Authoritarian regimes:
Interpret failure as insufficient force, not flawed strategy
Double down on repression when challenged
Externalize blame (NATO, CIA, traitors, decadence)
Historical pattern:
Failure means more violence, not less.
Interpret failure as insufficient force, not flawed strategy
Double down on repression when challenged
Externalize blame (NATO, CIA, traitors, decadence)
Historical pattern:
Failure means more violence, not less.
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Authoritarian regimes:
Interpret failure as insufficient force, not flawed strategy
Double down on repression when challenged
Externalize blame (NATO, CIA, traitors, decadence)
Historical pattern:
Failure means more violence, not less.
Interpret failure as insufficient force, not flawed strategy
Double down on repression when challenged
Externalize blame (NATO, CIA, traitors, decadence)
Historical pattern:
Failure means more violence, not less.
This didn’t appear out of nowhere it was inherited.
When David Duke, George Wallace, and Strom Thurmond claimed civil rights oppressed whites, it was called racism.
When Donald Trump says it, it’s called politics.
Same ideology.
New messenger. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
When David Duke, George Wallace, and Strom Thurmond claimed civil rights oppressed whites, it was called racism.
When Donald Trump says it, it’s called politics.
Same ideology.
New messenger. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
January 14, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This didn’t appear out of nowhere it was inherited.
When David Duke, George Wallace, and Strom Thurmond claimed civil rights oppressed whites, it was called racism.
When Donald Trump says it, it’s called politics.
Same ideology.
New messenger. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
When David Duke, George Wallace, and Strom Thurmond claimed civil rights oppressed whites, it was called racism.
When Donald Trump says it, it’s called politics.
Same ideology.
New messenger. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
January 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
This is exhausting
January 12, 2026 at 2:15 AM
This is exhausting
DOJ Probe of Fed Chair Is Political Intimidation Not Accountability
This isn’t oversight it’s a warning shot. A DOJ probe aimed at an independent Fed chair without a clear crime weaponizes law enforcement to enforce obedience. That’s intimidation. Democracies rot when power punishes independence.
This isn’t oversight it’s a warning shot. A DOJ probe aimed at an independent Fed chair without a clear crime weaponizes law enforcement to enforce obedience. That’s intimidation. Democracies rot when power punishes independence.
January 12, 2026 at 1:50 AM
DOJ Probe of Fed Chair Is Political Intimidation Not Accountability
This isn’t oversight it’s a warning shot. A DOJ probe aimed at an independent Fed chair without a clear crime weaponizes law enforcement to enforce obedience. That’s intimidation. Democracies rot when power punishes independence.
This isn’t oversight it’s a warning shot. A DOJ probe aimed at an independent Fed chair without a clear crime weaponizes law enforcement to enforce obedience. That’s intimidation. Democracies rot when power punishes independence.
He’s throwing spaghetti at the wall: claiming he can order $200B bond buys he doesn’t control, rewrite Fed policy, and magically lower rates. It’s campaign theater, not economics. Even if tried, it would spike home prices not fix affordability.
January 10, 2026 at 6:43 PM
He’s throwing spaghetti at the wall: claiming he can order $200B bond buys he doesn’t control, rewrite Fed policy, and magically lower rates. It’s campaign theater, not economics. Even if tried, it would spike home prices not fix affordability.
Same quantum laws, different scales.
21-cm radio light maps hydrogen, galaxies, and dark matter across the universe.
632-nm red light measures atoms with extreme precision in the lab.
From cosmic structure to atomic detail one rulebook explains everything.
21-cm radio light maps hydrogen, galaxies, and dark matter across the universe.
632-nm red light measures atoms with extreme precision in the lab.
From cosmic structure to atomic detail one rulebook explains everything.
January 8, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Same quantum laws, different scales.
21-cm radio light maps hydrogen, galaxies, and dark matter across the universe.
632-nm red light measures atoms with extreme precision in the lab.
From cosmic structure to atomic detail one rulebook explains everything.
21-cm radio light maps hydrogen, galaxies, and dark matter across the universe.
632-nm red light measures atoms with extreme precision in the lab.
From cosmic structure to atomic detail one rulebook explains everything.
Animals are easier than people. No hidden agendas, no emotional landmines, no ego management. Just trust, routine, honesty. They respond to presence, not performance. That clarity is peace. Humans could learn a lot from them.
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Animals are easier than people. No hidden agendas, no emotional landmines, no ego management. Just trust, routine, honesty. They respond to presence, not performance. That clarity is peace. Humans could learn a lot from them.