Same reason as it’s always been for everyone - it’s incredibly hard to win wars Winning active hostilities is hard Coming out ahead long term, even harder The question isn’t “why is it hard for the U.S.” The question is why we would ever believe politicians claiming this one will be different

If the Off-Off-Broadway Reichsminister Bormann wants to go there…

Such a pleasure to welcome Sean Wiswesser back on @secretsandspies.bsky.social. Check out our conversation below on why, unfortunately, the rumors of Putin's impending demise are greatly exaggerated — and what games are likely to unfold in the Kremlin on the day that demise inevitably comes to pass.

Broke boy

Subscribe and follow @secretsandspies.bsky.social. The Russians aren’t paying Chris and I a 100k per episode (trust), and if they tried, we’d keep a few bands to wipe our ass with and light the rest on fire.

Circling back here… This piece of shit — in league with his piece of shit compatriots, Benny Johnson and Dave Rubin — is well known to have been funneled up to $100k every week for a single YouTube episode wherein he’d "distribute content to U.S. audiences with hidden Russian government messaging".

Tim Pool was paid by a Russian front to create content. This is definitely the dumbest timeline…

That’ll get the spice flowing through that strait again…

tl;dr: grandpa just says things

Woke up to some great news this morning. Our YouTube channel has just hit a milestone with 10,000 subscribers 🍸🍸🍸

Trekked across the Ben Franklin Bridge into Philly with my mom for its 100th anniversary today. My great-grandmother walked it on the day it opened in 1926.

Germany is reshaping its foreign intelligence service. Chris speaks with German journalist Florian Flade about sweeping BND reforms, Russia’s hybrid war, cyber operations, and the shadow of history. Links below 👇👇👇

New Espresso Martini drops tomorrow. Lots of thinking faces going on :)

As a strict originalist, I believe that we must take the American Constitution literally. Unless its literal meaning contradicts the opinion of a Republican president.

He’s gonna say that he can appoint Bill Pulte acting chief justice too.

The “Nuh uh” theory of governance continues to pay dividends.

New episode's out on @secretsandspies.bsky.social! I talked to Shane Harris about Tulsi Gabbard, that WaPo story on her guru -- and how you, too, are probably more qualified to be the DNI. Links below should you venture a watch or listen.

Did politics break America's intelligence leadership? @mattfulton.net speaks with @shaneharris.bsky.social about Tulsi Gabbard, Bill Pulte, the DNI, and why many now believe the office created after 9/11 should be radically reformed or abolished. Links to episode in comments below 👇👇👇

Unbothered by the discourse.

Always great speaking with Shane — the weirder and more distressing the reason, the better. Check out @secretsandspies.bsky.social tomorrow for our full conversation.

Bill Pulte is running U.S. intelligence right now. The Atlantic's @shaneharris.bsky.social argues he may be doing it unlawfully — the statute says the job belongs to someone else entirely. Shane breaks down the case. New episode tomorrow morning.

NEW: The Trump administration's counterterrorism strategy ignores far-right terrorism. And given America's long-standing experience with white supremacy, the administration's oversight is likely to cost lives. With my friend @pwbeck.bsky.social for @lawfaremedia.org.

Just recorded a great chat with @shaneharris.bsky.social on those Tulsi Gabbard revelations, all the many eyebrows raised by Bill Pulte, and — if the DNI’s office is past its expiration date — what should replace it. Out this Saturday on @secretsandspies.bsky.social.

Stand down, sir. False alarm.

There’s not a single aspect of human society that this malignant bot hasn’t yearned in his bones to co-opt, monetize, enshittify, and destroy.

From our latest podcast. Links are in comments below to the full episode. 👇👇👇 Is the Trump admin incompetent when it comes to Iran and their planning or lack of planning for this war? Or is it something else?

The villain’s pro-algae.

The Pentagon City Metro is like the Tate Modern for ads specializing in this genre of gibberish.

Every hostile intelligence agency to the United States just getting to play on easy mode

ZELENSKYY: For the first time, Americans reacted positively to giving us licenses to produce Patriot missiles. American production is 700 Patriot missiles a year. Americans recently granted licenses to Germans. We signed contract with Germans to produce 600 missiles for Ukraine.

Positive.

Best believe we already got the artwork for @secretsandspies.bsky.social's next Espresso Martini locked.

Outrageous that this nut was ever Senate-confirmed. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

Are we not in this situation today because President Trump couldn’t, in fact, take the strait by force?

Park ranger fired by DOGE guides lost tourists to the Smithsonian via a hidden path across the Reflecting Pool. (August 2026, colorized)

You touch the algae water? Jail. You pick up a peeling paint strip for a souvenir? Right to jail. Right away.

New Espresso Martini on @secretsandspies.bsky.social. Chris and I unpack the US-Iran deal that hardly warrants a victory lap, why the war may have hardened Tehran instead of breaking it, and why the Pentagon just rated Israel a "critical" counterintelligence threat. This one's packed. Links below.

Right, a normal president wouldn't be distracted by a shiny gift and would listen to intel experts who know it's likely bugged twelve different ways

I threw up in the Reflecting Pool at like 4am once. Not my proudest moment. Jägermeister and an Adams Morgan jumbo slice. A potent mixture.

Slow clap for whichever genius made this.

tbf the nuke negotiations probably should be multilateral...but idk allies are woke and dumb so whatever

The vibes on this weekend's Espresso Martini... Out tomorrow morning. @secretsandspies.bsky.social

Goes without saying, but if Obama or Biden were responsible for this, Fox would not shut the fuck up about it until the heat death of the universe. Like, in the right hands, these are optics that could drive angry, recliner-bound Boomers to the grave.

If true (very big "if" considering the source), this is actually a really good thing.