There is approximately a platoon that hangs out in Navy Yard—a squad by the Half Street metro entrance near Nats Park and another in the vacant lot at 1st & M SE across from DOT—all of whom just stand around doing nothing. Same thing all cross DC. Dumb as hell.
Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · 22h ago“The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress.“ This is insane. You can’t walk four blocks without running into a group of them standing around and doing nothing.
They got people dying in camps now and they’re happy about it. bsky.app/profile/joho...
Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · yesterdayThese guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.
In TX: Tarrant County Judge Tim O'Hare just CLEARED the meeting room, kicking out public speakers who are opposed to the GOP plan to cut half of the battleground county's Election Day voting locations for November:
They're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...
Tarrant County considers cutting 140 Election Day polling sites for November
County commissioners vote Aug. 4 on proposed reductions to the number of early voting and day-of sites for the midterms.
fortworthreport.org
“With Arrighetti out of the picture, the Astros will continue the rest of the season with a rotation of Hunter Brown, Peter Lambert, Cristian Javier, Hayden Wesneski and Ronel Blanco” (Conspicuously absent from that list: Tatsuya Imai and Mike Burrows 🙃🥴) www.mlb.com/news/daulton...
'Whirlwind' for Varsho as Astros get Gold Glove OF help in deal with Toronto
HOUSTON -- The Astros finally landed the left-handed outfield bat they have coveted since the offseason, acquiring Daulton Varsho and cash from the Blue Jays before Monday's Trade Deadline in exchange...
mlb.com
Sigh.
Chandler Rome@chandlerrome.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Astros are done, multiple sources tell @theathletic.com. Daulton Varsho is their only trade deadline acquisition. For a second consecutive season, Houston fails to fortify a scuffling starting rotation that will rely on pitchers returning from lengthy layoffs.
Hey, just in the nick of time, five months AFTER starting a war in which we mag-dumped nearly the entire stockpile Also, LMT and NOC huh? Not some trendy defense tech startup? Anduril can’t make Real Stuff at scale? Hmm.
Military Times@militarytimes.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Pentagon is looking to triple Patriot missile production and quadruple THAAD interceptor production through framework agreements announced Monday. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
Shameful. Unforgivable. I hope the officers serving on these boards are haunted by their disgraceful actions for the rest of their lives.
Greg Jaffe@gregjaffe.bsky.social · 2d ago"The Pentagon has treated the trans separation board hearings with levels of security and silence usually reserved for state secrets... In some cases, service members’ spouses and even the service members themselves are kept out." w/ Dave Philipps www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
"The Pentagon has treated the trans separation board hearings with levels of security and silence usually reserved for state secrets... In some cases, service members’ spouses and even the service members themselves are kept out." w/ Dave Philipps www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
Inside the Secretive Boards Deciding Trans Troops’ Fate (Gift Article)
The Pentagon is relying on closed-door hearings to kick out transgender service members. An Army Reserve lawyer is one of the few who have seen how they really work.
nytimes.com
Still can’t over the fact that the president of the United States just told an entire state to pound sand after getting cyberattacked by a foreign adversary because they didn’t vote for him and it was treated like a Tuesday lol
I’ve seen the discourse™️ around the AJ book/op-ed but only now got around to reading this piece on it and ohhhh god Annie strayed right into my wheelhouse with this
Al Mauroni@progmil.bsky.social · 5d agoThe "death of expertise" certainly applies to the discussion of U.S. preparedness for biological threats. I disagree with Annie Jacobsen's views in her recent op-ed in the Washington Post almauroni.substack.com/p/no-one-mak...
He has since hit a third double/fourth hit of the day. Just scorching hot.
Talkin' Baseball@talkinbaseballbot.bsky.social · 3d agoYordan Alvarez now leads MLB with a .329 average after his third hit and second double of the day He also leads in home runs (35), OBP (.440), SLG (.645), and OPS (1.085)
…*Iraqi Freedom?? The one that ended 15 years ago? [googles] Oh. This is about the March 2003 fragging incident at Camp Pennsylvania, for which the Purple Heart did not apply because it was a crime/insider attack and not enemy action. If I recall the perpetrator was … ahh yes. I see.
Stars and Stripes@starsandstripes.bsky.social · 3d agoSix service members received the Purple Heart on during a Pentagon Hall of Heroes ceremony honoring their actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
“grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought” is a truly wonderful turn of phrase also bone-chillingly terrifying when used to describe the person with sole authority to order the use of nuclear weapons
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoSen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."
(Reassuringly) the president has the zoomies
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoSen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."
I wonder if the Dodgers celebrate acquiring Josh Fields every August 1st since 2016…
Trump expects Jeanine Pirro to serve his agenda, not justice, and it's on crystal clear display today.
CCDR warns sky will fall if they don’t get more stuff, news at 11. Grynch isn’t WRONG here but 1) CENTCOM has A DOZEN DDGs rn 2) CENTCOM wanted Israel in their AOR so fuckin’ bad, they should pickup that BMD mission anyway 3) Israel has plenty of their own BMD www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. general warns Pentagon he lacks sufficient forces to protect Israel
A shortage of Navy destroyers, used to defend against Iranian ballistic missile attacks, will force the head of U.S. European Command to prioritize the U.S. homeland instead, officials said.
washingtonpost.com
Like the hypocrisy and the open corruption, the naked, brazen lying is itself aspiring authoritarianism. They aren't lying to cover anything up. They're saying, "We know we're lying. You know we're lying. And we know you know we're lying. And there's nothing you can do about it."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.BASH: But it peeled off. Why did that happen? BURGUM: It didn't peel off. There was vandalism. There was box cutters. There have been 7 arrests. BASH: There are photographs of people cutting a 350 foot gash in the reflecting pool? BURGUM: Dana, I'm not sure why you keep questioning it
Ah okay, DOJ is throwing Interior and Park Police under the bus lol
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d agoFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
“A former U.S. military official told CBS that the value of hitting energy infrastructure would be to impact the Iranian military's ability to provide services and effectively govern.” Yeah, that doesn’t meet the test for being a lawful military objective.
I wonder what AUSA is gonna get shit-canned for admitting Grandpa Is Full Of Shit on the record
Mike@forbesmm.bsky.social · 5d ago“[DOJ] said in a 20-page court filing that information provided since the indictment of David Hearn shows that the damage was the result of a ‘flawed installation by the contractor’” LMAO U DON’T FUCKIN’ SAY?! apnews.com/article/refl...
lmao just call it “decisive” huh, is that how it works
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 5d agoUS Central Command (CENTCOM) has prepared a large-scale operation in the form of a decisive two-week bombing campaign should Trump choose escalation to break the deadlock in the Middle East, two sources confirmed.-NYP
“[DOJ] said in a 20-page court filing that information provided since the indictment of David Hearn shows that the damage was the result of a ‘flawed installation by the contractor’” LMAO U DON’T FUCKIN’ SAY?! apnews.com/article/refl...
Justice Department drops criminal case against ex-Olympian charged with damaging Reflecting Pool
The Justice Department has moved to dismiss a criminal case charging a former Olympian with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
apnews.com
Ideas for starters who would likely go deeper than Imai’s signature 2/3 of the first inning: - anyone from Sugar Land or CC with a pulse - let Orbit pitch - sign someone from Rice - what’s Chas McCormick up to? - pick a fan at random
Chandler Rome@chandlerrome.bsky.social · last wk.The Astros list TBA as their starter for Sunday against the Rangers. That is Tatsuya Imai's scheduled turn in the rotation. Houston could pitch Peter Lambert on four days rest instead of Imai.
They should ask how The Post managed to turn its business around using the same strat– excuse me, I’m being handed a note.
Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · last wk.NEW: Under Bari Weiss, CBS News has shifted to the right to try to grab some of Fox News' audience. Not only have they failed to do that, but they've driven off so much of their core audience that CBS Mornings is now perilously close to getting beaten by Fox & Friends. zeteo.com/p/mamdani-de...
