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I was on the Presidential search committee that hired Tisa and feel very strongly about her and what's happening in that situation.

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Elizabeth @tinymysteries.bsky.social · 2h

Paging @tathompsonks.bsky.social. The KSGOP Bus Tour stopped in Hays today.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 2h

Hahahahaha John cracks me up. Love it.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 6h

Americans should be thankful for higher gas prices because Iran is defeated!

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 8h

The correct answer is probably "it depends under which authorities are used and whether the US government pushes out boat strike porn after"

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 9h

This is a cabinet secretary and an official US government social media account. Disgusting

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 11h

As I've written before, & I"m sure I'll write again, both here & at the mothership Elon is the biggest insider threat. In August 2023 Ronan Farrow reported how Biden's senior natsec treated him as equivalent to a head of state. 1/ (Link in next post).

Last October, Colin Kahl, then the Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, sat in a hotel in Paris and prepared to make a call to avert disaster in Ukraine. A staffer handed him an iPhone—in part to avoid inviting an onslaught of late-night texts and colorful emojis on Kahl’s own phone. Kahl had returned to his room, with its heavy drapery and distant view of the Eiffel Tower, after a day of meetings with officials from the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. A senior defense official told me that Kahl was surprised by whom he was about to contact: “He was, like, ‘Why am I calling Elon Musk?’ ”

The reason soon became apparent. “Even though Musk is not technically a diplomat or statesman, I felt it was important to treat him as such, given the influence he had on this issue,” Kahl told me. SpaceX, Musk’s space-exploration company, had for months been providing Internet access across Ukraine, allowing the country’s forces to plan attacks and to defend themselves. But, in recent days, the forces had found their connectivity severed as they entered territory contested by Russia. More alarmingly, SpaceX had recently given the Pentagon an ultimatum: if it didn’t assume the cost of providing service in Ukraine, which the company calculated at some four hundred million dollars annually, it would cut off access. “We started to get a little panicked,” the senior defense official, one of four who described the standoff to me, recalled. Musk “could turn it off at any given moment. And that would have real operational impact for the Ukrainians.”

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 10h

The biggest threat to Elmo is competition. Perhaps this will encourage it in the LEO space.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 13h

At some point, enough of these secret recordings of Ken Paxton get leaked that the hypothesis that the one leaking the secret recordings is Ken Paxton himself begins to look quite plausible

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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Now this is bombing to win

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Chris Tomlinson @cltomlinson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The Wall Street Journal reports on a New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Ken Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife. One of the fugitives had donated $190,000 to Paxton. How much more can there be? www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

wsj.com

Exclusive | Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race

Trump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 14h

My guess is they are slow walking stuff because the numbers are far worse than they've admitted publicly.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 22h

There are staffers on the Hill who would be happy to ask some questions about that. The question is whether it's intentional or incompetence and neither are good.

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Wesley Morgan @wesleymorgan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

In the absence of embedded reporters, unit-level releases about award ceremonies like this one are where we’re going to get detail about what US soldiers actually went through under Iranian missile attacks this year. Curious whether DOD will crack down on them. www.dvidshub.net/news/576728/...

dvidshub.net

Soldiers' bravery saves lives during Epic Fury

On the morning of March 27, the piercing sound of the “Alarm Red” warning rang out across Prince Sultan Air Base in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. Sgt. Xavier Jones, Staff Sgt. Kalob Mitchell and Spc. Nichol...

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 23h

Just the tip in space

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I'm very convinced Wall Street is holding on until November/December to crash everything so they can blame the Dem majority.

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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Good morning team! Register and vote!

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This is both an acknowledgement that his campaign is a trash fire and the result of Senate Leadership PAC dumping $14m in. It's too little, too late.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

If there's one thing Kansans love, it's national political operatives coming to town to tell them how to vote. www.axios.com/2026/10/12/t...

axios.com

Scoop: Top Trump operative enlisted to rescue Kansas senator's campaign

The move reflects the GOP's growing anxiety over Kansas' Senate race.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Honestly don't think he would have beaten Colyer head to head without it. They needed Colyer to drop so Vicki didn't win.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

He did. Within the week.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

He deleted Trump from his campaign site in 0.2 seconds after the primary. Doubt he wants to risk it. But he is dumb enough

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I think a lot of them will find other things to do. It definitely does *not* help Masterson.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This isn't going to help Roger Marshall, and I'm not sure it helps anyone down ballot, either.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Accountability is coming.

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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

As someone whose worked on the problem set of countering these influence ops in past assignments, Rick's assessment here is spot on.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

BREAKING: Federal judge orders Trump administration to stop DHS's pro-Trump propaganda ads immediately, including ordering the canceling of ads set to run as soon as this evening. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/doj-does-n...

Based on the materials provided, the Court does not require the additional conference on
October 13, 2026 and such conference is adjourned. The Court finds that (1) the present motion
is not moot, (2) there is standing to proceed, and (3) the moving Plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are likely to succeed on the merits, will suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction, the balance of the equities tips in their favor, and an injunction serves the public interest. A full opinion shall follow shortly. Therefore, the Court GRANTS the moving Plaintiffs' motion, and IT IS HEREBY:
ORDERED that under 5 U.S.C. § 705, the purchase order entered into on or about September 20, 2026 between Customs Border Protection ("CBP") and Lepugh, Inc., doing business as LMD Agency, Inc., ("LMD") ("September 20, 2026 purchase order") is stayed, including all future payments made thereunder; it is further
ORDERED that under 5 U.S.C. § 705, the Office of Management and Budget's ("OMB") apportionment of $20 million to fund the development, creation, and/or airing of the

advertisements covered by the September 20, 2026 purchase order, including but not limited to The Country He Loves, Celebrating the Enduring Spirit, Final Battle, To the Great Proud People of Iran, and Maduro (collectively "the challenged advertisements") is stayed; it is further
ORDERED that Defendants are enjoined from using, disbursing, or transferring funds appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") to develop, create, disseminate, place, distribute, publish, or air the challenged advertisements; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendants shall cancel or cause to be cancelled any slot, placement, reservation, or arrangement for the airing or dissemination of the challenged advertisements,
including those placements for the evening of October 11, 2026;
ORDERED that Defendants shall not enter into, renew, or expand any agreement authorizing the development, creation, dissemination, placement, or airing of the challenged
advertisements; and it is further

ORDERED that the foregoing instructions bind Defendants' officers, agents, employees, contractors, and anyone acting in concert with them. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(d)(2).
ORDERED that Defendants shall immediately provide a copy of this order to LMD,
under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(2)(C), and that LMD, as a contractor that is in active concert and participation with Defendants, is enjoined from continuing to run or place the
challenged advertisements; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendants will file a status report within 24 hours of the entry of this temporary restraining order and Section 705 stay, confirming compliance with this Order; and it
is further
ORDERED that this Order shall remain in effect until 14 days from today, subject to an extension of this Court; and it is further
ORDERED that, in the Court's discretion, Plaintiffs shall not be required to post a bond.

Case 1:26-cv-08882-JLR Document 41 Filed 10/11/26 Page 4 of 4
This Order shall be effective as of 6:45 p.m. on October 11, 2026 and the Clerk of Court
is respectfully requested to close the motion at Dkt. 25. The Court will reschedule the October
13, 2026 conference to discuss next steps in this matter.
Dated: October 11, 2026
New York, New York
SO ORDERED.
Kanifer Rockon
JENNIFER L. ROCHON
United States District Judge

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If Republicans weren't already trying to hand the Senate seat in Kansas to Democrats, bringing out Sam Brownback is the opposite of helpful.

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Chrononaut @chrononaut.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

This threat is going to have major repercussions beyond the war in Ukraine regardless of whether it gets acted upon. With it Trump has proven beyond any reasonable doubt that the US is not just an unreliable ally, but also an unreliable supplier of arms to its most loyal allies.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

all those people who called me "irresponsible" for advocating air strikes against specific data centers better be eating crow.

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TT @tathompsonks.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I am unsure why - absent an enormous fuck up or natural disaster - you you would run generators on a data center for 24 hours straight

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ImmigrantsAreUS @immigrantsareus.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"On Diesel and men" @darthputinkgb.bsky.social remains a master strategist. "There’s only one idiot in this deal and it’s Donald." darthputinkgb.substack.com/p/donalds-di...