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Michael Evans

@colombiadocs.bsky.social
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Editorial Director at National Security Archive. FOIA enthusiast. Colombia specialist. Bluegrass guitarist. He/Him nsarchive.gwu.edu

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 8h
5 days lol
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Picture is from today in Petworth, D.C.
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Lots of people complaining that the Army is patrolling the streets of DC, but our own Metro Police Department is doing so much more harm to our community by working hand-in-glove with federal forces targeting migrants.
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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Ah yes a non-penetrating air burst weapon against a facility dug into a mountain. Genius.
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Can we all just agree that this is a dumb place to put a golf course and just make EPP an actual park?
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
JD Vance makes a homophobic attack and the @nytimes.com is too afraid to report the truth
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Still trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work.
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
U.S. Is Sending Hundreds of Troops to Latin America www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...
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U.S. Is Sending Hundreds of Troops to Latin America
The Pentagon is expanding its fight against drug traffickers, even as the plans recall a long and bloody history of U.S. intervention in the region.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
In early 2025, Ms. Comans was directed *by DOGE employees themselves* to continue payments to local governments for sheltering migrants. She followed those orders. Then other DOGE employees found out, and the Trump admin decided to blame her personally and smear her in public for the payments.
early point of confusion was whether the Executive Order required a pause in funding only to nongovernmental organizations or whether it also paused funding to state and local governments. This
was not a decision to be made by the CFO. In fact, as CFO, Ms. Comans had neither the authority
nor the ability to direct money to or away from a particular grant recipient. Defining the scope of
the Executive Order was left to senior DHS or FEMA leadership, their general counsels, or at the
very least other FEMA employees who had direct authority over the grant programs at issue.
Ultimately, the agency’s decision was that payments should continue to state and local
governments. This decision was explicitly approved by employees of the newly
created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) who were embedded with DHS
and were reviewing and approving all funding initiatives. As a result of DOGE’s approval, Ms.
Comans was directed to continue payments to state and local governments.
Thereafter, other DOGE employees embedded with the Department of Treasury claimed
FEMA’s payments to state and local governments violated the President’s Executive Order. What
followed was a series of finger pointing and backtracking that resulted in the decision to blame
Ms. Comans and three other career officials. On February 11, 2025, Ms. Comans was fired and
DHS and DOGE officials began their public campaign to use her as a scapegoat.
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
It should be a scandal that the vice president said this. “So we’re going to investigate it. We’re going to take a look at it. If we think there’s a crime, we’re going to prosecute that crime.” apnews.com/article/ilha...
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Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say
Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That’s according to people familiar with the matter.
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Very very bad.
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is horrifying www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
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Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Why are these companies not being prosecuted for doing these crimes?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Sam Altman said people are just gonna have to die in order to implement AI. In the very same week, Anthropic claimed it’s a human rights violation to be mean to the computer. These people need to be held accountable. They think lines of code are a person with rights but living people are debris.
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“I absolutely support the sentence of death, but live-streaming executions is what jihadists do,” Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a social media post. “America is better than that.” www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Hegseth faces bipartisan backlash over public execution for Fort Hood shooter
Both Republican and Democratic critics said the plan was beneath the United States.
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Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If only Congress were alive to see this:
I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of Hormuz, and this great announcement on Russian Energy, Diesel Prices for Americans and, indeed, the World, will be COMING DOWN, IN RECORD NUMBERS, AND FAST! Lower prices for Americans, especially our Great Farmers, Ranchers, and Truckers, is my Greatest Priority. This is a very big and important announcement. Additionally, it must be understood, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/10/2026
This ICE agent’s entire Instagram feed, “shooter.914,” is guns, watches, energy drinks, and alcohol.
A shooter.914 post showing a blue handgun and Reign energy drinkThe console of a car with an energy drink and handgun in the cup holders. In the foreground, shooter.914’s wrist with a fancy watch in it. Background: Two assault rifles and a Monster energy drink A screenshot of his whole account showing more of the same
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Even high school, tbh
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
JD Vance is one of shallowest thinkers out there. It's hilarious how many people took him seriously back in the day.
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A friend of mine is opening a bike shop in Petworth. www.popville.com/2026/10/new-...
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Update: The Practical Cyclist is coming soon! Looks Like a New Bike Shop is coming to Manor Park/Brightwood in the late Ms. Vanilla Beane’s old millinery spot. - PoPville
6219 3rd Street, NW Update: The Practical Cyclist is coming soon! Thanks to Julie for sharing with us. "The Practical Cyclist is COMING SOON to Northwest Washington, DC. We want more people to ride bi...
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is utterly horrific. "Greene-Placentia struggled to open her eyes. She felt a sharp pain below her waist. The attacker was pulling his penis out of her. She heard him mumble something like, '-ic bitch, not a very good fuck,' which her mind filled in as 'Democratic bitch,' she recalled."
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
White House reviews candidates to replace Hegseth deputy Feinberg, sources say www.reuters.com/world/white-...
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EXCLUSIVE: White House reviews candidates to replace Hegseth deputy Feinberg, sources say
The White House has reviewed candidates to potentially replace Deputy ​Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, three people familiar with the discussions told Reuters, a sign that more leadership change ...
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This gives new life to rumors that Feinberg may be on his way out at the Pentagon.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This strikes me as really fuckin bad
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 06/10/2026
Scandal unfolding in Germany: Police has arrested the former head of the BND, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, August Hanning, on suspicion of espionage. Hanning was the agency's chief from 1998 to 2005. www.spiegel.de/panorama/jus...
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(S+) August Hanning: Ex-BND-Chef verhaftet – Verdacht auf Landesverräterische Ausspähung
Nach Informationen von SPIEGEL und SPIEGEL TV haben Fahnder den ehemaligen BND-Präsidenten August Hanning festgenommen. Der frühere Spitzenbeamte soll jahrelang privat Geheiminformationen von seinem a...
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump "asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro." time.com/article/2026...
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What Trump Has Built
An interview with the President at a pivotal moment in his second term
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 04/10/2026
Opened up YouTube to watch a movie and they're promoting Birth of a Nation. My jaw was on the floor. What the actual f....
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The most corrupt administration in history, and it's not close. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Our dog does this.
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Glonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"I will demolish the ballroom and the arch on Day 1" is table stakes for the 2028 primary. None of this wishy-washy "come together to solve problems" bullshit - the monuments to his ego must go, period, end of sentence.
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Might I recommend including one dish that isn't yellow?
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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Occam’s razor: he is a Nazi.
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Un expediente agujereado esconde el rol de la CIA en la represión del 68 en México elpais.com/mexico/2026-...
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Un expediente agujereado esconde el rol de la CIA en la represión del 68 en México
Nuevas indagaciones confirman la financiación estadounidense a grupos estudiantiles de extrema derecha en los años previos a la matanza de Tlatelolco
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Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi @ajimenezbacardi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
La Jornada acaba de escribir un artículo sobre la investigación que @cldorfman.bsky.social y yo hemos publicado en @nsarchive.bsky.social sobre operaciones de la CIA en contra de estudiantes mexicanos desde 1952 hasta la masacre de Tlatelolco en el 68. www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2026...
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CIA financió grupos de derecha, realizó infiltración y tuvo nexos con gobierno previo a matanza en Tlatelolco
Según documentos oficiales divulgados y analizados por el National Security Archive, centro de investigación independiente en Washington, la CIA manejaba por lo menos cinco proyectos a lo largo de dos...
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump defends the men in the Cornell gang rape case, saying he “feels bad” for them and they won't get a “fair shake”
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
CIA continued extensive operations against leftist student groups in #Mexico even after the Tlatelolco massacre in 1968. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo... Important new release by @nsarchive.bsky.social today but CIA still refuses to unredact important documents after more than half a century.
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The CIA Station in Mexico: The Last JFK Assassination Records Secrets
Washington, D.C., October 1, 2026 - The CIA continues to keep secret major substantive portions of an internal accounting of its activities in Mexico, including information on covert operations target...
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Erin Gallagher @3r1ng.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
La CIA continuó con amplias operaciones contra grupos estudiantiles de izquierda en #México incluso después de la masacre de Tlatelolco en 1968. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo... 👀 via @nsarchive.bsky.social
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The CIA Station in Mexico: The Last JFK Assassination Records Secrets
Washington, D.C., October 1, 2026 - The CIA continues to keep secret major substantive portions of an internal accounting of its activities in Mexico, including information on covert operations target...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.
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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
REMIGRATION REPORT
94%)
3.3+
MILLION REMOVALS
INCLUDING DEPORTATIONS AND VOLUNTARY REMOVALS
ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
250,000
VISAS REVOKED
REVOKED
TRAVEL BANNED
FROM 39 COUNTRIES
2,600+
287(G)
AGREEMENTS
NATURALIZATIONS
DOWN
75%
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unsurprising from the president who called fallen soldiers "losers" and "suckers."
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Moment of zen today on Rock Creek directly beneath the Purple Line bridge.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the scene outside Bard high school this morning — FBI agents and armed soldiers acting as if children going to school on a Friday morning is some national security threat.
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Laurent Cesari @laurentcesari.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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The CIA Station in Mexico: The Last JFK Assassination Records Secrets
Washington, D.C., October 1, 2026 - The CIA continues to keep secret major substantive portions of an internal accounting of its activities in Mexico, including information on covert operations target...
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Michael Evans @colombiadocs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It is sometimes hard to fathom that there could be cities with more rats than D.C.
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