JJ MacNab
@jjmacnab.bsky.social
Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism. UC Berkeley alumna. Cats are badass.
Daisy is getting so big. She weighed in this morning at 0.9 lbs.
Seven years ago, Pauline Shanks Kaurin left a good job as a tenured professor, uprooted her family, and moved to teach military ethics at the Naval War College. Now she's leaving in protest of policies she can't support and that make her job impossible. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Military Ethics Professor Resigns in Protest
Over the course of several months, Pauline Shanks Kaurin concluded she no longer had the academic freedom necessary for doing her job.
theatlantic.com
I've 99% walked away from social media. I highly recommend it.
Foster kittens 27 - 32 are 5 weeks old and are now running around and playing in my office. 33 - 35 are in quarantine in the back bedroom. Two are 6 weeks old, one is 5 weeks. 36 and 37 are 4 weeks old and are horribly sick with an URI, so they are in a super strict quarantine in a bathroom.
They're making a movie based on a story i wrote 15 years ago.
Everything We Know About Sovereign, The Nick Offerman And Dennis Quaid Thriller - SlashFilm
Jacob Tremblay will also star in the ripped-from-the-headlines dramatization.
slashfilm.com
#Caturday Behemoth is two months shy of his 2nd birthday. He’ll grow until he’s 3. He does not like being picked up.
"From this office, we called out to the future so that the people who occupy it may know the truth about what happened that day. History will know that day because of what we did. That matters — now more than ever — and no one can ever take that away." www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
'History will know that day because of what we did': DOJ prosecutor who worked Jan. 6 cases resigns
Assistant U.S.
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It's a glorious day on the Big Bear Lake eagles' nest and the first egg is hatching.
The Minerva Research Initiative has funded my research on how terrorist groups adapt, how they foster malevolent creativity in tactics, how they target religious converts for recruitment, and many other areas. Through this I’ve been able to cultivate the next generation of terrorism scholars.
Kai Kupferschmidt@kakape.bsky.social · last yr.NEW: The Minerva Research Initiative, established by the Pentagon to fund social science relevant to national security, is being gutted. Dozens of researchers studying threats from extremist groups, misinformation or climate change have received notices that their grants are being terminated. 🧪
Today's the end of the two-week quarantine for the foster litter. They are running down the hallway as fast as their little kitten legs will carry them.
A man accused of assaulting law enforcement officers and tossing an explosive device into a Capitol tunnel on Jan. 6 was rearrested just days after receiving a pardon from President Donald Trump.
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Already Rearrested on Gun Charges
A Jan. 6 rioter charged with lobbing an explosive device at police was arrested shortly after having his case dismissed under Trump's mass pardon.
rollingstone.com
Police arrest apparent leader of cultlike ‘Zizian’ group linked to multiple killings in the US apnews.com/article/zizi...
Police arrest apparent leader of cultlike 'Zizian' group linked to multiple killings in the US
The apparent leader of a cultlike group known as the Zizians has been arrested in Maryland along with another member of the group.
apnews.com
Explore the impact of nostalgia and nationalism on U.S. militias through @amycooter.bsky.social’s research. She joins me on Critically Speaking: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... #USMilitias
In a new podcast interview, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio said he & Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes have apparently been talking since their release from prison & are "putting some things together to make liberals' heads explode."
Morning Briefing: Founder of Atomwaffen Division Convicted for Terrorist Plot to Attack Power Grid
Morning Briefing: Founder of Atomwaffen Division Convicted for Terrorist Plot to Attack Power Grid
The founder of the Atomwaffen Division was convicted of 'conspiring with his former girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist beliefs.'
radicalreports.org
Suspects in killings of Vallejo witness, Vermont border patrol agent connected by marriage license, extreme ideology Both suspects appear to sympathize with fringe Bay Area group described as a “murder gang.” openvallejo.org/2025/01/27/s...
Suspects in killings of Vallejo witness, Vermont border patrol agent connected by marriage license, extreme ideology
Both suspects attended the prestigious Lakeside School in Seattle, studied computer science, and appear to sympathize with fringe Bay Area group described as a “murder gang.”
openvallejo.org
A Massachusetts man arrested at the U.S. Capitol with Molotov cocktails and a knife told police he was there to “kill” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, court documents say. Ryan Michael “Reily” English initially intended to kill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and House Speaker Mike Johnson
Man arrested with Molotov cocktails aimed to kill Treasury secretary at Capitol, police say
The nomination of Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary by President Donald Trump was confirmed Monday by the Senate.
cnbc.com
One of the January 6 rioters is now facing charges of soliciting a minor. Andrew Taake, 36, was released from federal prison last week after Trump pardoned over 1,500 J6ers. He had been convicted of assaulting police officers with a metal whip and bear spray. abc13.com/post/andrew-...
Houston man, who was pardoned in Jan. 6 riots, now wanted for online solicitation, records show
According to court records, the 36-year-old Houston man is now wanted for an online solicitation charge of a minor.
abc13.com