Gray Flannel Man
@grayflannelman.bsky.social
Husband, father, businessman. Fan of the Stoics though not always so stoic myself.
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Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17
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Imagine seeing news travel in a flash w/the telegraph
Imagine seeing electricity for the 1st time
Imagine seeing the internet for the 1st time
Imagine seeing US democracy failing wholesale
MASSIVE changes
Some seen w/in our lifetimes.
If you're reading this, you're seeing the last one
#RESIST
Imagine seeing electricity for the 1st time
Imagine seeing the internet for the 1st time
Imagine seeing US democracy failing wholesale
MASSIVE changes
Some seen w/in our lifetimes.
If you're reading this, you're seeing the last one
#RESIST
June 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Imagine seeing news travel in a flash w/the telegraph
Imagine seeing electricity for the 1st time
Imagine seeing the internet for the 1st time
Imagine seeing US democracy failing wholesale
MASSIVE changes
Some seen w/in our lifetimes.
If you're reading this, you're seeing the last one
#RESIST
Imagine seeing electricity for the 1st time
Imagine seeing the internet for the 1st time
Imagine seeing US democracy failing wholesale
MASSIVE changes
Some seen w/in our lifetimes.
If you're reading this, you're seeing the last one
#RESIST
Again, Trump is the arsonist looking for applause for putting out a fire he started.
A reminder of how the number of centrifuges in Iran soared after Trump’s 2018 JCPOA withdrawal.
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Again, Trump is the arsonist looking for applause for putting out a fire he started.
1/ Here’s the line of questioning I hope the MSM takes when WH officials or R’s come on their shows and insist that POTUS had to launch this strike:
1) Iran wasn’t within weeks of having a nuclear weapon. Netanyahu has been saying this for decades (roll tape).
1) Iran wasn’t within weeks of having a nuclear weapon. Netanyahu has been saying this for decades (roll tape).
June 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
1/ Here’s the line of questioning I hope the MSM takes when WH officials or R’s come on their shows and insist that POTUS had to launch this strike:
1) Iran wasn’t within weeks of having a nuclear weapon. Netanyahu has been saying this for decades (roll tape).
1) Iran wasn’t within weeks of having a nuclear weapon. Netanyahu has been saying this for decades (roll tape).
Great thread:
🧵 I often talk about VDA, Verification, Deliberation, Accountability, as the core functions that make democracy possible. But to understand what’s gone wrong, we need to look at how those functions have changed.
June 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Great thread:
Great thread right here that contextualizes the far right.
The paper this Nazi law student in Florida won a prize for makes an argument that's only a sharper, & more explicit version of the history of the founding taught at Christian Nationalist schools like Hillsdale College, and which will inform Trump's 250th celebration. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...
A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.
www.nytimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Great thread right here that contextualizes the far right.
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WATCH — @underwood.house.gov : “Elderly will lose Medicaid. Nursing homes will close. What are people supposed to do? They don’t care… there’s no way to sugarcoat it - it will be devastating for our communities.” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
June 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
WATCH — @underwood.house.gov : “Elderly will lose Medicaid. Nursing homes will close. What are people supposed to do? They don’t care… there’s no way to sugarcoat it - it will be devastating for our communities.” #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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Elon Musk and DOGE broke numerous aspects of Social Security delivery
Rather than fix the damage, the Trump administration has simply stopped reporting the data
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Rather than fix the damage, the Trump administration has simply stopped reporting the data
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Social Security stops reporting call wait times and other metrics
The changes are the latest sign of the agency’s struggle with website crashes, overloaded servers and long lines at field offices amid Trump cutbacks.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Elon Musk and DOGE broke numerous aspects of Social Security delivery
Rather than fix the damage, the Trump administration has simply stopped reporting the data
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Rather than fix the damage, the Trump administration has simply stopped reporting the data
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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THIS JUST HAPPENED: Brad Lander walked through the fire, got burned, and came back with a fucking gasoline can.
ICE arrested him — now he’s escorting migrants right past them, again. Most politicians wouldn’t show up. He showed out.
ICE arrested him — now he’s escorting migrants right past them, again. Most politicians wouldn’t show up. He showed out.
June 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
THIS JUST HAPPENED: Brad Lander walked through the fire, got burned, and came back with a fucking gasoline can.
ICE arrested him — now he’s escorting migrants right past them, again. Most politicians wouldn’t show up. He showed out.
ICE arrested him — now he’s escorting migrants right past them, again. Most politicians wouldn’t show up. He showed out.
Can we get a little more attention to this story please?
WH Personnel Chief "Gor, 38, is reportedly from Malta. However, an official there could not confirm his birthplace, and Gor declined to provide it to the Post besides to say it was not Russia"
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-vetti...
WH Personnel Chief "Gor, 38, is reportedly from Malta. However, an official there could not confirm his birthplace, and Gor declined to provide it to the Post besides to say it was not Russia"
www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-vetti...
Trump's Vetting Official Hasn’t Been Fully Vetted for His Own Security Clearance
Sergio Gor has not turned in the required form for a permanent security clearance, according to the New York Post.
www.thedailybeast.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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“I’m here today because this is something I can do against Trump. I lived during the Nazi time in Germany and they put me in a concentration camp,” he told interviewer Shannon Powell, co-founder of Indivisible Westchester. “Trump is trying to imitate Hitler. That’s what I’m afraid of.”
A Holocaust Survivor on Why Standing up to Authoritarianism Matters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“I’m here today because this is something I can do against Trump. I lived during the Nazi time in Germany and they put me in a concentration camp,” he told interviewer Shannon Powell, co-founder of Indivisible Westchester. “Trump is trying to imitate Hitler. That’s what I’m afraid of.”
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
And people ask what’s the big deal if Trump nominees just do what the boss wants?!….
National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard was under oath when she told Congress in March that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon.
But now that Trump claims otherwise as he pushes to join Israel's attack, she says they're "on the same page" and claims the media misconstrued her testimony.
But now that Trump claims otherwise as he pushes to join Israel's attack, she says they're "on the same page" and claims the media misconstrued her testimony.
Trump Rejects US Spies Who Said Iran Wasn’t Building Nukes
President Donald Trump has dismissed the assessment of U.S. spy agencies that Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon before the conflict with Israel.
www.mississippifreepress.org
June 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
And people ask what’s the big deal if Trump nominees just do what the boss wants?!….
To paraphrase a Jesuit saying: “A world view that can’t stand up to the scrutiny of other ideas, is not a world view worth having.”
What's happening to libraries in Florida should frighten everyone.
Spurred on by Moms For Liberty, the AG is threatening librarians with felonies for stocking LGBTQ+ books and overruling established processes for removing "harmful" material.
It's a full on censorship campaign by the government.
Spurred on by Moms For Liberty, the AG is threatening librarians with felonies for stocking LGBTQ+ books and overruling established processes for removing "harmful" material.
It's a full on censorship campaign by the government.
As Hillsborough book battle unfolds, other districts wonder who’s next
Florida school boards are weighing the state’s push to bypass standard reviews to remove controversial books.
www.tampabay.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
To paraphrase a Jesuit saying: “A world view that can’t stand up to the scrutiny of other ideas, is not a world view worth having.”
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In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
Iran
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...
www.ricksteves.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
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Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
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Padilla: I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest. And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway repeatedly asking, why am I being detained? Not once did they tell me why. I pray you never have a moment like this
June 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Padilla: I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest. And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway repeatedly asking, why am I being detained? Not once did they tell me why. I pray you never have a moment like this
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"Trump's message is plain. If you commit violence in his cause, he will have your back...America in 2025 is making political murder easier. This is a choice, not fate." My column. www.ft.com/content/e172...
Return of the American assassin
The right has no monopoly on violent fantasy, but liberals are far less likely to own guns
www.ft.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"Trump's message is plain. If you commit violence in his cause, he will have your back...America in 2025 is making political murder easier. This is a choice, not fate." My column. www.ft.com/content/e172...
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Collins: "What did [Mike Lee] have to say?"
Sen. Tina Smith: "Honestly, I don't think this is a person who is used to being confronted. I don't think he's someone who is used to being challenged and I think he didn't quite know what to do."
Sen. Tina Smith: "Honestly, I don't think this is a person who is used to being confronted. I don't think he's someone who is used to being challenged and I think he didn't quite know what to do."
June 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Collins: "What did [Mike Lee] have to say?"
Sen. Tina Smith: "Honestly, I don't think this is a person who is used to being confronted. I don't think he's someone who is used to being challenged and I think he didn't quite know what to do."
Sen. Tina Smith: "Honestly, I don't think this is a person who is used to being confronted. I don't think he's someone who is used to being challenged and I think he didn't quite know what to do."
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The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
June 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence?
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue.
1/ A🧵on the danger.
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Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
June 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/
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Donald Trump and his fascist movement fetishize political violence and treat it like an acceptable form of discourse.
This is the result. These people want to kill their opposition. And they feel justified in doing so bc they exist in a conspiracy unreality.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is the result. These people want to kill their opposition. And they feel justified in doing so bc they exist in a conspiracy unreality.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democratic lawmaker killed and another wounded in Minnesota in apparently ‘politically motivated’ attacks
Governor Tim Walz was briefed on ‘ongoing situation’ in which Minneapolis-area state senator and representative were shot
www.theguardian.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Donald Trump and his fascist movement fetishize political violence and treat it like an acceptable form of discourse.
This is the result. These people want to kill their opposition. And they feel justified in doing so bc they exist in a conspiracy unreality.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is the result. These people want to kill their opposition. And they feel justified in doing so bc they exist in a conspiracy unreality.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Here’s how crazy our world is: a sitting US Senator was manhandled and arrested for asking a question at the press conference held by a Cabinet member who has appeared in front of his subcommittee 6 times and that s not the worst thing that happened today
June 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Here’s how crazy our world is: a sitting US Senator was manhandled and arrested for asking a question at the press conference held by a Cabinet member who has appeared in front of his subcommittee 6 times and that s not the worst thing that happened today
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HERE IS A THING that EVERY American can do:
1. Call your Senator.
2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator."
3. Call other Senator, repeat
1. Call your Senator.
2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator."
3. Call other Senator, repeat
Hey @reptedlieu.bsky.social - the person directing agents to detain @padilla.senate.gov is Bill Essayli. Bill Essayli MUST NOT be confirmed as the US Attorney for the Central District of CA Essayli points to ice to arrest Padilla www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler) on Threads
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski: “I’ve seen the clip. It's horrible. It is shocking at every level. It's not the America I know."
www.threads.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
HERE IS A THING that EVERY American can do:
1. Call your Senator.
2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator."
3. Call other Senator, repeat
1. Call your Senator.
2. Say the following: "I am requesting that you place a hold on the nomination of Bill Essayli as U.S. Attorney for the Central District of CA for directing federal agents to assault a U.S. Senator."
3. Call other Senator, repeat
This!
Every elected Republican should be asked if they think the president has the power to send in military in to “liberate” a state or city from its elected government.
June 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This!