John Sipher

@johnsipher.bsky.social

Former CIA clandestine service. Spycraft Entertainment, Atlantic Council, NAFO. Host of Mission implausible podcast. Friend of dogs everywhere. Jimothy welcome here!

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Trump is a filthy bastard. His collusion with russia amounts to high treason. While Moscow continues to escalate its massacres of Ukrainians, Trump is offering criminals money. It's a strong incentive for the Ukrainians to bomb russian refineries even more—the Europeans must help them decisively.

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“The spy runner is a Russia-backed network called Portal Kombat that operates hundreds of websites to spread disinformation…goal is to influence these models so that they will pass along propaganda to trusting users in response to questions.” (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...

Opinion | A.I. Is Lying to You. Here’s How to Fight Back. (Gift Article)

In the age of A.I. disinformation, we all need to use the tools of counterespionage to find the truth.

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I ask again, why are national Dems letting Elon "quietly" fund these races? We have two test cases. 2024 when Dems didn't make his money an issue. And 2025 Wisconsin, where they did. Guess which time they won by double digits?

Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections

America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.

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James Talarico is a Christianity-hating communist who wants to perform sex-change ops on kids. Or so you might believe from the AI attack ads targeting the Democratic Senate nominee. Welcome to the first big US election of the deepfake era, where politicians can be made to say and do anything ...

Black-and-white AI-generated image depicting James Talarico dressed as a surgeon, wearing scrubs, a surgical cap and a mask pulled down around his neck, with a bright operating theatre light behind him.

That's the problem, Mike. It's not just that you've hired half the Third Reich to staff your Congressional office, and you have promoted neo-Nazi content online, it's that you're robbing your constituents to subsidize your donors.

After investment funds tied to Trump Jr. and Eric Trump invested in companies, those companies received $3.2bn in federal awards and $3.1bn in future contract options, including Pentagon loans and defence contracts. Lawmakers are seeking an investigation into potential corruption.

Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump-linked firms received $3.2bn in federal defence contracts, loans and investments

After funds tied to Trump Jr. and Eric Trump invested in companies, those companies received $3.2bn in federal awards and $3.1bn in future contract options, including Pentagon loans and defence contra...

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Whoa. @haleaziz.bsky.social has the scoop on a truly insane plan to use some military training ships for deportations, with people presumably shackled or locked in cells for days at a time as they transit to Central and South America. Each journey would be staggeringly expensive — and dangerous.

Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants (Gift Article)

Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.

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Funny how Marco Rubio tries to differentiate himself from all the other children of recent immigrants who are now getting removed from the country by the master he now serves. Rubio, you see, is a descendent of *the West*

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U.S. Ambassador to Greece, and former fiancé of the purported son of Donald Trump, is a crook, grifter, and conwoman. I’d say “unreal” but given how corrupt Republicans are, it’s totally normal these days.

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Just a reminder it was exactly three months ago that Trump promised Ukraine its own license to build Patriot Interceptors and one month since the Lindsey Graham tariff bill was signed. How’s all that support for Ukraine going, Trump apologists?

Have you guys noticed that Republicans who were a rubber stamp for Trump for the last decade are now suddenly pretending to be defenders of democracy? Amazingly, Senator Thom Tillis is finding his courage right around the time his book tour is launched. How brave! Read my take at the link below ⬇️

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“But rather than enhance American power, the war has constrained it…But most importantly, the rapid withdrawals have taught a lesson to the Iranians — and potentially to other adversaries — that they hold the power to chase out a superpower.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...

From Iran to the U.K., Trump Is Being Forced Into Retreat

A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended consequences.

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