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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 14h

And some types of political posturing are really best ignored.

Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 14h

Generally speaking, if you’re going to launch an undercover operation — I’m looking at you, Attorney General Paxton — you don’t announce it with a press release. In fact, the whole point of an undercover operation…you know what? Never mind. Some types of stupid cannot be fixed.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 1d

On the contrary. The kids love it, and the parents compliment it, too.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know, but he does still sleep in our bedroom, where this is the view from the window.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 2d

🎶 It’s the most wonderful time of the year 🎶

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 4d

"It's like an erosion of constitutional norms-themed Mad Libs." Michael Feinberg, former FBI assistant special agent in charge, remarks on how everyone at the FBI has pre-emptively composed their resignation letters.

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Hill Center @hillcenterdc.bsky.social · 2d

Devlin Barrett and @michael-feinberg.bsky.social were @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social's guests last August. So much breaking news since then. You can catch them LIVE at @hillcenterdc.bsky.social on Wed: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/at-iss...

You can watch Jon's ep: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3kn...

At Issue: The Politicization of the F.B.I. Featuring New York Times F.B.I. and DOJ correspondent Devlin Barrett and Former F.B.I. Agent Michael Feinberg

Hill Center launched its new public affairs discussion series At Issue in April. The series examines the many critical issues we are faced with today. The New York Times recently published an…

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 3d

This morning’s mood. I have no idea what made the JAMC want to discover Americana, but I’m glad they did.

The Jesus And Mary Chain - Sometimes Always (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by UPROXX Indie Mixtape

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 3d

On the topic of post-punk, this film combines two of my favorite things: a harsh critique of the ideological inanities underlying 1970s left-wing terrorism, and a banger of a soundtrack featuring Wire, the Feelies, New Order, and more.

(The Criterion edition is, naturally, chock full of extras.)

CARLOS (trailer)

YouTube video by SundanceTV

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 3d

While we’re speaking of post-punk...

Wire - Outdoor Miner (LP Version)

YouTube video by wirewehear

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 3d

New Order, as they appeared in Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s fever dreams.

(And if you don’t know his work, you should *really* shift things around today and make time to watch “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.”)

New Order - Singularity (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by neworder

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 3d

You know, I honestly don’t like constantly writing about the FBI; there are other topics I want to explore. But every goddamned day, this clown of a director makes it necessary — again, and again, and again — to explain to just how far from the norm things are there.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 3d

Bannon was allowed to surrender himself at the Washington Field Office. I know, because I worked there at the time, and remember acutely that half of the media present was there at his request so he could make speech.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 3d

He also referred to the arresting agents as Nazis, which we’ve been told by everyone in this administration is something you can’t do to government employees.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 3d

Navarro, after his arrest at an airport — which is not that uncommon, because the location guarantees that the subject will have been through security and will not be armed — made multiple false statements about how he was treated.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s unpack this. Stone regularly bragged about having security provided by the Proud Boys, and later, Oath Keepers, both of which have been involved in multiple violent incidents and brag about regularly being armed. Standard tactics were used per policy under the circumstances.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 4d

It’s only odd if no one else at the J. Edgar Hoover Building is willing to do it, either because they have principles, or because they know that they would be out of professional scope and personal liability could attach for such a blatantly unconstitutional personnel action.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4d

Isn't it odd for the head of an agency of almost 40,000 employees to be the one to take time to write a letter to fire a mere trainee?

Unless this is just one more performance to garner attention from equally horrible people.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 4d

And while we’re at it, your CrossFit videos are stupid: learn to do a pull-up with proper form, and lift some barbells normally and go for a run like an adult.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 4d

Missile strikes are, by their nature, kinetic; stop trying to sound like some sort of JSOC operator, you poseur.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

Pete Hegseth: “Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed..”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth # @
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@SecWar
Earlier this morning, on President Trump's orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike, and no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation. The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics - headed to America to poison our people.
Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route. These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 4d

A lot of vulnerable groups go around in masks and kidnap people at gunpoint.

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 5d

Vaguely indeed, since you don’t bother to include the macron over the “O.” 😔

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 5d

If I’m reading older Asian poetry, it’s obviously going to be Bashō’s “Narrow Road to the Deep North,” which, as we all know, is Japanese.

(Snark aside, it really is great.)

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 5d

@hollybfletcher.bsky.social, we are emphatically too old to be referencing EDM. Even @annabower.bsky.social barely squeaks under the wire.

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 5d

Billy Bragg’s “Waiting for the Great Leap Forward” really is a great tune, but I’m quite wary of playing for my son, for fear of turning him bolshie.

Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards (Official Video)

YouTube video by Billy Bragg

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 5d

Quite. Rich people are buying Patek Phillipe, anyway, and people who actually want a good tool watch will opt for an Omega Seamaster or Speedmaster over a Rolex Submariner or Daytona.

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