Reposted by Rodger PayneMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6hUkraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right. 437172986689
Reposted by Rodger PayneRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 7h"The 2.25m barrels of diesel Putin offered Trump will have zero net impact on the world price of diesel. But accepting them will collapse the US-led sanctions regime on Russia—and align Trump with Putin against Ukraine's attacks on Russian energy production..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comTrump Is an Easy Mark for PutinThe president’s diesel deal sells out Ukraine, and does nothing for Americans. 16024801080
Reposted by Rodger PayneMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Former VP Mike Pence: “President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel amidst Putin’s ongoing and brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine makes no sense and is a betrayal of the legacy and leadership of the late Senator Lindsey Graham.” 61870255
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Maybe Russia should try it. The US, of course, has a 2+ year wait for a new presidential election. 000
Reposted by Rodger Paynescarylawyerguy.bsky.social @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump Admin hires private equity guy at DOD. Months later, guy's former employer gets a $281 million *no bid* contract to consult for him. Pro Publica is running circles around every other news outlet when it comes to chronicling the obscene level of corruption going on right now 210145
Reposted by Rodger PayneDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 11/10/2026It says something that: a) GOP SuperPACs have thrown a bazillion dollars at the Texas senate race; and b) Talarico was off the campaign hustings for more than ten days and the combined effect on the race appears to have been… zero. www.realclearpolling.com/polls/senate... 311427
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The message here is that Ukraine should stop defending itself against Russian aggression. NATO allies must love that message. 000
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 10/10/2026There's a good chance a lame duck Trump is going to find it harder and harder to seem powerful and will say increasingly ridiculous things. 000
Reposted by Rodger PayneAvishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Remember when we all agreed that Al-Qaeda and ISIS’s televised executions were a mark of retrograde bloodthirsty religious fundamentalism? 838980
Reposted by Rodger PayneGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 09/10/2026credit where credit is due, this is straight ahead factual and well written 271799433
Reposted by Rodger PayneNick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Remember when it was Al Qaeda/ISIS putting execution videos online 36715
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The measures included murders, assaults, thefts, mass shootings, terrorist attacks, hate crimes, drug-related deaths, unemployment, bankruptcy filings, credit scores, traffic fatalities, impaired driving, workplace injuries and deaths and losses from major climate disasters. 010
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Personal & residential safety carried the most weight in the study, accounting for 40 of the 100 possible points. Financial safety, road safety, workplace safety and emergency preparedness each accounted for 15 points. 110
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The 10 states at the bottom of the overall ranking were: Georgia Alabama Colorado Missouri Oklahoma Arkansas Florida Texas Louisiana Mississippi FWIW: all but Colorado were Trump states in 2024. 110
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026These are the 10 safest states in America, new report says: Vermont Massachusetts Maine New Hampshire Connecticut Utah Minnesota Indiana Rhode Island Hawaii FWIW: all but Utah & Indiana were Harris states in 2024 www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...usatoday.comThese are the 10 safest states in America, new report saysWalletHub ranked all 50 U.S. states for safety. See which states made the top 10 and which landed among the 10 least safe states. 110
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Dude has a bachelor's degree in Political Science, a law degree from Yale, and Honors in BS. 000
Reposted by Rodger Payne🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 08/10/2026like, if gaddafi had declared that all apples are now oranges and that all libyans calling them apples were internal enemies, it’d be covered in the press as a wacky but dangerous move from an unserious and dangerous clown dictator 17707122
Reposted by Rodger PayneAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026my main comment is, do they remember who won the battle of the alamo bsky.app/profile/dber... 1511799251
Reposted by Rodger PayneProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term. 3622331164
Reposted by Rodger Payne🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 05/10/2026Yeah, this is a big time impeachment abuse of power. 22824232
Reposted by Rodger PayneBen Raderstorf @raders.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is such a good and important idea from @andycraig.bsky.social. 07217
Reposted by Rodger PaynePKs Powerfromspace1 🚀 Last Angry Bernie Brother cast adrift 😒 @powerfromspace1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026@osinttechnical.bsky.social The White House is "monitoring" reports of a suspected plague outbreak in the Russian city of Irkutsk after a worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute died Friday -Axios Multiple hospitals in the area have been quarantined, with local censorship reported. 11310
Reposted by Rodger PayneIan Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Health authorities in Siberia have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague. She accidentally broke a test tube containing live bacteria. She was hospitalized with symptoms of severe pneumonia and died. www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/02/n...themoscowtimes.comNearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow TimesHealth authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regio... 12914
Reposted by Rodger PayneMark Sumner 🌒 @devilstower.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Every Republican, including Trump, who tries to fall back on “stopping Iran from having a bomb” should be reminded that intelligence assessments, both before and after the war began, were that Iran was "not building a nuclear weapon” and the program had been suspended since 2003. …foxnews.comVance defends Gabbard as 'critical part' of Trump team after president dismissed Iran nuke threat commentsVice President JD Vance expressed support for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard after President Donald Trump claimed he "didn't care" about her previous Iran comments. 410126
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Counter: Are we certain that the ideological clowns are out? 100
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026He just had that convention in Texas urging people to vote for Republicans as if he was personally on the ballot. 000
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Box score reveals that he was struggling and not playing in a game with a lot of other future major leaguers. www.milb.com/gameday/chie...milb.comGameday: Chiefs 7, Cubs 10 Final Score (06/26/2022)Follow baseball results with FREE box scores, pitch-by-pitch strikezone info, and Statcast data for Chiefs vs. Cubs at Four Winds Field 000
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026South Bend Cub Pete Crow-Armstrong, June 2022. I basically attended this game just to see him. 110
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Guessing that someone saw the data that the UK is now about as wealthy as Mississippi, America's poorest state. 000
Reposted by Rodger PayneCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026when your country's new accord on “super intelligence” misspells the country's name 1873054576
Reposted by Rodger PayneUofL Center for Asian Democracy @asiandemocracy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pakistan shuts down roads into the capital in preparation for the PTI’s protest march. The march will demand the freedom of the party’s former leader, Imran Khan, from prison. Khan remains Pakistan’s most prominent opposition leader despite his imprisonment. www.aljazeera.com/news-analysi...aljazeera.com‘Source of anxiety’: Pakistan cracks down before march to free Imran KhanThe government has blocked highways to the capital and set up container barriers in preparation for the PTI protest. 012
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yesterday Schmitt was at least quite misleading if not outright lying. The false gotcha is always a bad look. 000
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Experienced this same phenomenon in the Netherlands earlier this year -- in January and February! 010
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This is probably well-known by now but Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since the 1930s. 000
Reposted by Rodger PayneMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026well when you put it like that it sounds stupid doesn't it 413227
Reposted by Rodger PayneLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/09/202670% of Canadians defined national security and defence, as including climate and pandemic preparedness People don't have a narrow idea of defence. It isn't just guns and ammo. They think security means more than just countering terrorist threats progressdevelopment.substack.com/p/sovereignt...progressdevelopment.substack.comSovereignty is the means not the endWhat can we learn from a unique exercise that listens to Canadians talk about foreign policy? 1208
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is tone deafness. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...yahoo.comObama: Government is ‘so much less corrupt than probably it’s ever been’Former President Obama says in his just-launched literary-focused podcast that the federal government is “so much less corrupt” than it was in the past. “People are always surprised when I tell them t... 010
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Once more: Kansas has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since the 1930s 120
Reposted by Rodger PayneCorey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"Presidential Executive Orders" have no force outside of the Executive branch. Someone teaching at Hawaii can't be "non-compliant with them." This is jibberish capitulation BS. 14313
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Informative thread on blowback consequences of Trump's media bans. 020
Rodger Payne @rodgerp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Big shot: That Pete Alonso homer probably ended Yordan Alvarez triple crown hopes and may have ended Blue Jays playoff hopes too. 010
Reposted by Rodger PayneElon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Headline is not as strongly worded as the quote. 11097298
Reposted by Rodger PayneDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026If any of these guys spent 1 hour with someone outside of their ideological bubble they might have learned something. For example, if you think you can cut the deficit via personnel cuts, you are a fucking clown who does not deserve to be listened to. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-year-on-... 345976
Reposted by Rodger PayneThe Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 21/09/2026Executive Director of The Steady State, Steven Cash, breaks down NSPM-7, which he calls the scariest government document he's ever seen, and how it repurposes the intelligence community to treat Americans as potential domestic terrorists. 67249
Reposted by Rodger PayneAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Wrote it with Rob Smigel. And yes, it was pulled from reruns. 422513828