Reposted by GeoexpeditionWalker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Hakeem Jeffries cannot become speaker in 2027. It would be a colossal waste of power and opportunity for Dems to elevate him again. They need to choose someone stronger and preferably isn’t to the right of the vast majority of American voters on healthcare. 623121542466
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Jake S is doing a good job in your absence, but he’s not you! We look forward to your return! 000
Reposted by GeoexpeditionBen Rhodes @rhodesben.bsky.social · 21/05/2026"we tend to experience politics as a contest taking place in the present, but each nation’s identity is shaped by currents that reach back into our shared past. A strongman taps into those currents to make their ascendancy the inevitable outcome of the story" open.substack.com/pub/benrhode...open.substack.comWhy I Wrote All We SayThe Backstory of a Book 47116
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 13/05/2026To me, he looks like a Rhodesian Ridgeback (Lion Hound). They are fabulous, smart, affectionate dogs. I infer he was a rescue, which astounds me! 000
Reposted by GeoexpeditionJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/05/2026The voice of a deeply corrupt man running a deeply corrupt Court. 582195420
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 25/02/2026The Dems are fortunate to have some very savvy, capable young leaders, who’ll give the party some vitality. Democraps like Schumer and the House minority leader, are too beholden to special interests, and are hardly inspiring. I look forward to Ben Rhodes being a player in the party again! 010
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Ben, I’m glad you speak truth to the Demcrap aleaders. 010
Reposted by GeoexpeditionJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 26/01/2026“In Ron DeSantis’s Florida…parents at one Miami school received a notice that their first graders would need a signed permission slip to “participate and listen to a book written by an African American.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/b...nytimes.comCan American Children Point to America on a Map? 43518261
Reposted by GeoexpeditionAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/01/2026Firing Greg bovine is good, but can we stop with the “Trump is getting bad advice” crap? This is all on him. Stop making excuses 46681451322
Reposted by GeoexpeditionMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement. 7693757811749
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 20/01/2026At first, I thought McDaniel had written a sarcastic parody. But reading his bio shedd MyZ some light on his comment, which Joel S. describes. 000
Reposted by Geoexpeditionwakeupwoke.bsky.social @wakeupwoke.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Alfred Hugenberg, the "gravedigger of Weimar," used his vast media empire to relentlessly attack democracy. His fatal miscalculation was enabling Hitler's rise in 1933, believing he could control the Nazis, He is the archetype of the conservative elite who enabled fascism, only to be consumed by it. 011
Reposted by GeoexpeditionJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 11/01/2026“The Russian state has consistently demanded recognition as a great power, even as it has consistently lacked the material, political, and moral means to sustain one.” tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...tomorrowsaffairs.comPutin’s Lies Hide WeaknessRussia has thrived on lies for centuries; its undoing will come when truth proves more powerful than the fictions it desperately spins 817262
Reposted by GeoexpeditionAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same 738276936955
Reposted by GeoexpeditionTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc. 18187281912
Reposted by GeoexpeditionJohn Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Remember, being shot by police while you’re violently attacking the US Capitol is murder, but not wanting to let masked government thugs into your car means you deserve to be murdered. 421759584
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 08/01/2026True story: The only person I knew in VN, who was happy to be there was a nurse who’d come from Thule! Speculation: But the Con, Mr Mercator, knows better. 000
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Does this mean you’ll be recalled and given the cover of US Consul in Thule? 110
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 29/12/2025You are an historically informed source, though the bad guys may have clipped your clearances. Thank You! 000
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 24/12/2025You might ask El Jefe of the “Extreme” Court. 000
Reposted by GeoexpeditionScoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 18/12/2025The Vanity Fair photographer knew what he was doing. (I doubt I’m the first to notice this but it hasn’t graced my TL) 12857731285
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 08/12/2025I noticed today that Brand X for Muskovy Twits, today seemingly has an influx of people skeptical of Agent Orange, and his corrupt acolytes. Unless it’s an AI ploy, the vast projection, gaslighting and extrajudicial murdering, are getting noticed by people who can reason critically. 000
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Read separately, a day or so ago, that this admiral is a trump fan — so skepticism is warranted. 000
Reposted by GeoexpeditionBen Rhodes @rhodesben.bsky.social · 02/12/2025"If you believe a 19-year-old Jewish college student chanting “Free Palestine” is more dangerous than the vice president of the US implying that Germans should embrace the far-right party Alternative for Germany then you’re drawing the wrong lessons from history." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...nytimes.comOpinion | This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza 17403100
Reposted by GeoexpeditionSuzyQ @suzyqfit4u.bsky.social · 27/11/2025This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President! This 👇 972295318236
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Ambassador, reading a column today, I inferred that Witless is like trump — a wheeler dealer, with the baggage that implies. 010
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 25/11/2025I’m one citizen, and veteran who appreciates your post-retirement educational efforts. 130
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 16/11/2025I’d have thought operational tng would include spotting a con like Don. I can’t perceive charisma attributed to him, so don’t understand why a guy, presumably with similar training, to yours would be magat. Perhaps freedom from flutter ironically permits clearer picture of one’s goals to emerge? 000
Reposted by GeoexpeditionRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13/11/2025You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why? 584261327593
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 12/11/20251. Indeed! 2. Would I be correct in inferring you were made Chief, because you’d been able to determine where you’d been sent? ;-) 110
Reposted by GeoexpeditionSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Has Mike Johnson ever considered holding his daily presser an hour later to give him time to read a paper? 1583417556
Reposted by Geoexpeditionemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Maybe hospitalizing a FOOTBALL player will get the attention of right wing Texans. 51948426
Reposted by GeoexpeditionProPublica @propublica.org · 28/10/2025NEW: The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, which makes it illegal to require almost anyone to take a vaccine, test or other “medical intervention,” comes amid a national measles outbreak larger than the U.S. has seen in decades. By @audreydutton.bsky.socialpropublica.orgMy State Banned Vaccine Mandates. Here’s How I Covered It as an Idaho Journalist.The Idaho Medical Freedom Act, which makes it illegal to require almost anyone to take a vaccine, test or other “medical intervention,” comes amid a national measles outbreak larger than the U.S. has ... 1101192476
Reposted by GeoexpeditionJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Outright corruption. www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...newyorker.comThe Lessons of an Indefensible Pardon for a Crypto BillionaireDonald Trump’s grant of clemency to the founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, shows how the checks on Presidential power are failing. 415667
Reposted by Geoexpeditionemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 26/10/2025How George Will describes the unlawful arrest of George Retes in the Bezos Post. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 1122319915
Reposted by GeoexpeditionPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 21/10/2025First World Series between two cities threatened with invasion or invaded by a U.S. president. 15087711910
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 20/10/2025@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social Looking @ the Twit tonight, I (different handle) discovered you’ve been hassled. I’d been unaware. Very sorry to learn! 000
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Follow the money. Bezo$ purchase sealed its fate. 010
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Fortunately, the icon or imprimatur of Orange Cheeto & his kakistocrats is vulgarity. 010
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Re actual physical ops: The Russian flights near Alaska seem obvious and SOP. Do you have a comment about the drones overflying Copenhagen? 000
Reposted by Geoexpeditionjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2025i find the “maybe kash patel isn’t fit to lead the FBI” stuff to be very funny. yeah, no shit! 1517848604
Geoexpedition @geoexpedition.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Great idea! My job at the time (as a Generalist) required working with engineers, but I wasn’t permitted anything connected to the Net or wireless. My wife got a very early Mac & I saw how it functioned. Later, my ignorance was detrimental when I was transferred to a group filled with techies! 000
Reposted by GeoexpeditionAram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 07/09/2025The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements. 103146875472
