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Willing outcast from the "bird". Hoping to see a brighter future in 2029. 💙💙💙

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
www.thetimes.com/sport/athlet...
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Letting Russia return to Olympics is to collude in slaughter of Ukrainians
Not to be outdone by squalid antics of Infantino, the IOC made my stomach lurch when I found out they had been readmitted for 2028 Los Angeles Games
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This guy has no pride. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Rubio tries to enlist other nations in antifa fight, but some allies recoil
The secretary of state plans to convene foreign ministers in Washington next week. The event has unsettled some U.S. and European officials.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Severe personality disorder. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
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Trump yelled at NATO leaders in public. In private, it was a different story.
The president started his visit to Ankara berating the NATO alliance. Something changed before he left.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I haven't looked into the facts but suspect this sentence in Daily Caller would benefit from being reworded.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
To be clear: that’s why I said the “long term trajectory” of the war. Full production capability is probably 2 years away, minimum. If they import some items from the US (rocket motors, seekers, etc.) they could conceivably start producing sooner. It’s definitely not a quick fix.
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lakerider.bsky.social @lakerider.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t threatening to withhold antiterrorism funding a form of terrorism against the American people who are just trying live safely? “The call is coming from inside the house.” -to quote an old horror movie.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Unbelievable www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/c...
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Administration Demands States Change Voting Rules or Lose Antiterrorism Funds
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Leaders like Sen. Mark Kelly addressed the Platner allegations head-on instead of looking the other way. That's one of the clearest differences between the two parties.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
“The United States today has a president and an administration that makes its country smaller – less as the home of freedom, less as an example and therefore also less as a world power. The country is becoming less respected, less admired and…also less influential.” hokmark.eu/250-ar-som-t...
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250 år som the land of the free – Gunnar Hökmark
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
In Strike After Strike, Ukraine Is Bringing the War to Crimea www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Ukraine Is Bringing the War With Russia to Crimea, Strike After Strike
Ukraine is engaged in a campaign in Crimea to take out Russian air defenses, sever vital supply lines, and cripple the peninsula's energy grid and fuel reserves.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
JUST IN: Judge Paul Friedman (Clinton/DC) gives Pentagon two weeks to get relief from DC Circuit, otherwise policy requiring escorts will be lifted for NYT reporters. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
JUST IN: Prosecutor acknowledges inadvertently committing same act defendant's charged w/doing intentionally: unauthorized transfer of unreleased Jack Smith Trump Mar-a-Lago docs report. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Miscellaneous Relief – #802 in United States v. Trump (S.D. Fla., 9:23-cr-80101) – CourtListener.com
Miscellaneous Relief
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
JUST IN: Trump's lawyers ask #SCOTUS for 2nd extension to file cert petition on dismissed libel suit v. CNN www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Insane we live in a country where journalists can report this and legislators and investigators do nothing about it. (Gift Article). History will not be kind! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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How Trump Is Trying to Change the Electoral Process to Help Republicans (Gift Article)
Here’s how President Trump is using the powers of his office to try to reshape the rules governing the midterms and future elections.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It can only go bad. How in the world would anyone benefit? I could hand over a list of 1,000 names and it would be completely meaningless to anyone who read it. You wouldn’t know any of them. But if a bad actor got ahold of the list, we’d go blind.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The dumbest idea ever. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...
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Inside Intelligence Agencies, a Fight Over Building a Master List of Spies
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
NEW in @politico.com Magazine: It's often said that the Supreme Court lacks its own army. Well, that may be changing. The force protecting #SCOTUS is mushrooming. Now, some in Congress are demanding justices testify-for 1st time in 7 years-on where the $ goes www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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The Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Massive Police Force
The Supreme Court is spending millions to beef up security. At what cost?
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
A reminder that Dildo Bill is still shredding our intelligence community and dumpster diving for conspiracy theory fodder. /1 (gift) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/o...
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Opinion | With Bill Pulte, Trump Is Sending a Dangerous Message
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Reminder that Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer refused to let Ukraine strike Russian oil and gas, even with their own weaponry. Will somebody in US leadership, someday get Russian policy right?
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"Forget the myths the media has created about the White House. The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand" Deep Throat
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
NEW: Judge Emmet Sullivan (Clinton/DC) finds acting AG Todd Blanche 'conceded' violating Epstein Files Transparency Act. Acting on suit by @katiephang.bsky.social, judge gives Blanche a week to remove redactions or explain why he can't. w/@kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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Todd Blanche ‘conceded’ violating law on Epstein files, judge finds
Court gives DOJ a week to remove redactions or justify them.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
NEW: Over 1 million people face loss of work permits & possible deportation after #SCOTUS rules, 6-3, courts can't enforce requirements in law on Temporary Protected Status (TPS.) Trump admin celebrates, but political fallout looms, esp in FL. w/@gfineout.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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Supreme Court allows Trump to end temporary protections for Haitians, Syrians
More than a million immigrants face possible deportation if they can’t get other legal status in the U.S.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“America’s strategic performance was nothing short of appalling—its alienation of allies…its failure to protect Gulf States, its rough handling of an ally that had fought alongside it…were all signs of ineptitude and even incompetence.” (gift article) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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War and Consequences
The damage will not be undone when the Trump administration is gone.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We should visit in the thousands and do our hands in the water. Make them arrest us all.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Well, since this worked the previous 30 times he used it…
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
JUST IN: Judge Dana Sabraw (GWBush/CASD) rejects DOJ arguments that migrants impacted by Trump 45 era family separation policy must file habeas petitions in district of detention to seek release. Judge says they can file thru ACLU in his court. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
NEW: Judge blocks Trump admin experiments allowing states to limit access to soda & sweetened beverages in SNAP program, formerly Food Stamps. More via @marciabrown.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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Judge scraps SNAP junk food rules, dealing a blow to MAHA
Limits of soda and candy in the nation's largest anti-hunger program have been a cornerstone policy achievement of the Make America Healthy Again movement.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Such a creep open.substack.com/pub/socialco...
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Peter Thiel's Inner Circle Jerk
The Social Contract Weekly Wrap
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I told you she was nuts and dangerous! (Our pod to follow). Gift article. wapo.st/4viLSnW
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Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career
I obtained hundreds of confidential memos detailing politics and policy guidance for Gabbard from her years in Congress, then embarked on a quest to identify who was behind them.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
lol maritime-executive.com/article/low-...
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Low on Fuel, Russian Frigate Drifts in the English Channel
A Russian frigate stationed in the English Channel, which was not on hand to impede the Royal Navy’s seizure on June 14 of the sanctioned Cameroon-fla...
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Admittedly, that’s an easy one. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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U.S. intelligence warns Israel is likely to undermine Iran peace deal, officials say
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces pressure to continue a military campaign in Lebanon, current and former U.S. officials said.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“If Rutte’s self-debasing flattery of Trump actually worked, that would be one thing…Unfortunately, Trump takes servile flattery as his due. Giving it to him satisfies his need to feel superior and dominant, but it buys you nothing.” (gift article) www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Mark Rutte Needs to Stop Talking
Flattering Trump will get Europe nowhere.
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It Ain't Me. @notimeforbs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
250 years based on trust that an elected administration wouldn't intentionally sabotage every GD department. Gone, just like that.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Next step. White only bathrooms in the Pentagon. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
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Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth’s War on Diversity
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The idiocy and malevolence…
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The inmates have taken over. www.cnn.com/2026/06/19/p...
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Trump’s new acting intel chief Bill Pulte arrives early, eyes firing hundreds | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday after asking for a list of every employee in the office so he c...
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
“We were left with no option but to come to the negotiating table and accept billions of dollars.” theshovel.com.au/2026/06/19/c...
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Cuba Offers To Give Up Nuclear Weapons It’s Not Developing in Return for US$300B — The Shovel
"Cuba has also agreed to open the Straight of Florida. Yes, it is already open. But under this deal, they have agreed to keep it open … for the next 60 days, and then they will start charging us to ac...
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
When a president sees Mao, Stalin, and Attila the Hun as useful reference points, the problem isn’t media bias. The problem is the reference points.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is truly a situation of monkeys with machine guns www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Trump stalls confirmation process of his own national intelligence nominee
There was confusion in Congress after President Trump announced that his pick for director of national intelligence would not show up for his scheduled confirmation hearing. The Intelligence Committee...
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Even the conservatives Times headline writers have to acknowledge the disaster www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/w...
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Iran Gets Major Economic Lifeline for Minimal Concessions in Initial Deal
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Bozo screws up again
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Like so many past wars, seems like US will only acknowledge the Iran one was a war now that it is over www.mediaite.com/media/news/r...
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READ: Leaked Alleged Text of Trump-Iran Deal
The document is sure to make waves amid widespread speculation over the deal agreed to by the Trump administration and Islamic Republic.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
JUST IN: Judge Angel Kelley (Biden/MA) doubles down on reversing Trump-era National Park exhibit changes, wants nationwide list of them by noon Wednesday so she can decide whether to stay her order demanding reversal. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Earlier: www.eenews.net/articles/jud...
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
“For the Kremlin, negotiations are not a path to peace. They are another instrument for achieving its objectives by different means. Talks are used to buy time, exhaust opponents, undermine Western unity and seek relief from sanctions.” news.err.ee/1610056219/m...
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Marko Mihkelson: When Russia loses
Western leaders are asking the wrong question about Russia. It is not how to negotiate with the Kremlin or deter a future attack, but how to ensure Moscow is defeated in its war against Ukraine so tha...
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
That’s what you get when you put your faith in Donald Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/w...
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Israel Counts the Ways That Netanyahu’s Iran Strategy Failed
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We know. The world knows. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
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Opinion | President Trump Lost This War
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
“There is nothing new about the MAGA right, including its Christian nationalist wing. Its ideas have been tried before, and they have failed before, including in a regime that is rightly remembered by the French as a source of national shame.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...
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Opinion | Christian Nationalism’s Dark Forebears
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