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!
300,000 tons is the equivalent of 93 million gallons of diesel. U.S. daily consumption? 160 million gallons. So 13-14 hours’ worth. Won’t really move the needle on prices in the market.
It's clear the plan is to blame Ukrainian refinery attacks for high gas prices, and portray Trump as working with Putin to save both nations. And the only way to stop the barbarism is to vote GOP in November. It's breathtaking in its cynicism, and it won't work.
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The Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press Secretary www.thebulwark.com/p/katie-zach...
The Deleted Tweets of the New White House Press Secretary
Katie Zacharia is ready to defend Trump. The Constitution? Less so.
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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.
Donald Trump is going around the country telling a weird madeup story about James Talarico fake-eating meat and then throwing up… My report from the POTUS red-state panic tour: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
The Dumocrats Are Coming for Trump, and All He Can Do Is Call Them Names
A report from the President’s campaign tour through the formerly safe precincts of red America.
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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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“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
Montenegro's PM Milojko Spajić confirmed the detention of Russian propagandist Zvinchuk, aka Rybar, saying "institutions are doing their job, Montenegro is protecting its interests, and no one will be able to threaten our European future."
Montenegro detained Mikhail Zvinchuk, founder of Z-channel Rybar and a former Russian defense ministry press officer, along with his wife and associates on October 9, local media report. The US offered a $10 million reward for him in 2024 over alleged ties to Kremlin propaganda.
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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Looks like Trump's bold strategy of committing war crimes has once again failed to win over the Nobel Peace Prize committee. Tough crowd.
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 ...
Whether he does or not, extremists will splice it in with glorious music and images of jihadis in action. He will shout Alallahu Akbar, and enter anti-western mythology. Because we are dumb.
So how is the Nidal Hassan execution going to work? They drug him so he doesn't get to yell something before he dies?
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Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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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.
Have you ever noticed how none of the members of the self proclaimed “party of personal responsibility” ever take personal responsibility for anything Like, ever
FOX NEWS: If you lose the House, whose fault is that? MIKE JOHNSON: If we lose the House, it will be because the people were misled FOX NEWS: It doesn't fall on your shoulders? MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know how it could. I mean, I'm traveling nonstop
Just despicable people. All of them. It’s not just that they’re corrupt and shitty at their jobs - they’re terrible humans.
My kids have measles, I can’t afford diesel, I lost my job, and my country just lost a war to Iran. But at least now I can watch firing squad executions on TV.
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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Ossoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
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*
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.
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?
NASA has released onboard video of Artemis II's reentry through Earth's atmosphere 🤩 Top speed: about 25,000 mph
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 ⬇️
“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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Only the best and brightest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks
The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
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