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What is Donald Trump trying to hide from you? #WagtheDog rules. @joycewhitevance.bsky.social has questions and updates and things to watch into the new week. MN Chief Judge Patrick Shiltz has knives out. Good way to go to bed, knowing rule of law prevails somewhere.

Apt quotation from former US ambassador to Iraq: "there were 500 ways to do it wrong and two or three ways to do it right. And what we didn’t understand is that we were going to go through all 500.” I like @radiofreetom.bsky.social ending: #InsideStraightOdds. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The "mere act of bombing Iran will not by itself create a stable regime." Trump admin has chopped off its nose despite its face in dismantling tools that could help promote civic engagement/build united opposition in Iran. @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Does the US or, more likely, the Israelis have assets buried in Iran who could facilitate total #regimechange? If not, the quagmire Trump wants to avoid might be inevitable. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

"With such uncertainties, however, a queasy doubt that Trump knows what he is doing is entirely in order." @eliotacohen.bsky.social on the unserious POTUS and his entourage. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Explosions heard near Iraq's Erbil airport hosting US forces - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/explosions-heard-near-iraqs-erbil-airport-hosting-us-forces

Is regime change just a financial ploy for techbros and others to enrich themselves even more?

War could very well be about (1) subverting US democracy (2) enriching the president, or both One must ask whether the US armed forces are now being used on a per-hire basis War doesn't clean his slate so we then believe the absurd just because he says it. @timothysnyder.bsky.social

Trump's choice of Amb to France, Kushner, is meant to be offensive act, an aggression towards democratic France. But king of ambassadorial buffoonery is former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. @radiofreetom.bsky.social on Trump "diplomats." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

A fictional account by @timothysnyder.bsky.social that hits home because it's just short of an actual review of the news of the last few days and weeks. snyder.substack.com/p/cabinet-ap...

He makes some good comparisons of results between Orson Welles' 1938 Mars attack and Citrini Research's AI substack. But best part of @pkrugman.bsky.social's today: 16th C version of Staying Alive🎵🎶! paulkrugman.substack.com/p/when-extra...

If UK bases are “hugely important" to US #Iran strategy since January, why are US planes *in theory* prohibited from using Fairford or Diego Garcia, but not other RAF bases? It's thru "indirect reporting" of @declassifieduk.org & Dania Akkad that UK citizens stay informed on this critical issue.

Now we have proof that, in at least this case, Fort Hunter Liggett civilian police violated Posse Comitatus Act, a federal crime. What's the status of your investigation @lofgren.house.gov @usrepjimmypanetta.bsky.social? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This from @tinabrownlm.bsky.social is perfect. That photo, a "thrilling karmic win for the people versus Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ... [with] an expression of traumatized panic after a day in a police cell, gave the British public something that Americans are thirsty to see: a legal reckoning."

This is a owerful and poignant message from @timothysnyder.bsky.social using the Olympics to make many valid points. snyder.substack.com/p/watching-t...

Guess I've missed a lot of vitriol by having never watched Scott Jennings interview, if you can call it that, on @cnn.com. What does the media company gain by his kind of attack journalism?

"The obvious solution to war is to have the West having the strongest, most precise deadly weapons possible so that we can minimise unnecessary, innocent deaths.” CEO Alex Carp explained in 2025. That's the solution? www.declassifieduk.org/palantir-uk-...

"It’s astonishing how much accountability seems to be possible once you cross the Atlantic."

Dear @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @usrepjimmypanetta.bsky.social, I respectfully request that you #boycottStateofUnion speech next week. Go to the National Mall instead and show you're serious about saving our democracy. Its time for action, not more words.

One of the most basic tenets of election security is to avoid creating a Single Point of Failure (SPF). Unfortunately, it appears that SCOTUS created a potential SPF by sanctioning DOGE’s access to SSA databases, which are now a key component of Trump’s voter purge election strategy. 1/

Got mine here... www.nationalarchivesstore.org/products/boo...

At least for now, terrorism ban on Palestine Action is ruled unlawful by High Court. @declassifieduk.org's John McAvoy and Dania Akkad report as decision reached today. The courts in both the UK and the US may be the only saviors of our democratic systems. www.declassifieduk.org/terrorism-ba...

For a non-Brit, this is the best explanation of how the British government functions or doesn't. @iandunt.bsky.social makes a case for anything BUT "clown show nonsense" as PM Starmer ponders next Cabinet Secretary. Will Antonia Romeo become 1st female secretary?

Now I get @lofgren.house.gov @usrepjimmypanetta.bsky.social's actions. "Does the Department of Homeland Security have plans to utilize Fort Hunter Liggett? And whether any police officers patrolling Jolan Road, either civilian or military, are “'operating in an immigration enforcement capacity?'"

WSJ is reporting that the highly classified whistleblower complaint against DNI Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner. Release the Gabbard/Kushner file.

Who were the foreign nationals chatting about Jared Kushner and what was the topic they were discussing, other than he's a genius at every project his FIL gives him? And why this locked safe stipulation?

"No more strongly worded letters. No more tough talk followed by weak compromises. No more hand-wringing and if only-s." @djrothkopf.bsky.social is a proud Democrat who doesn't pine for the good old days. He, like me, wants to take back majority rule with our core inviolable values.

Why can't we be more like the EU and UK? Epstein Elite class has seen consequences everywhere but here.

AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.

Per @owenjones.bsky.social: "Greens are now the best bet to replace Labour....A hung parliament with a large Green contingent could force a change in the voting system and offer a real chance of ending our failed economic model." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... r

Read why @lktiv.bsky.social thinks racism is like rust. luciantruscott.substack.com/p/afraid-for...

#PalestineAction Protesters Found Not Guilty Best way to end, Phil Miller & Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org: "A truck carrying prisoners passed by with an audible banging sound from inside. The crowd welped and started to cheer. One drummed." consortiumnews.com/2026/02/05/p...

And forced the lay off of the paper’s full-time Amazon reporter. Nice to be wealthy enough to remove the people holding you accountable. 🤨🧐

Monterey County has multi-jurisdictional areas, meaning different agencies may conduct traffic stops or conduct law enforcement investigations. County's interactive map can help many. ⏬ www.montereycountynow.com/blogs/news_b...

Jack Lew, Secretary of Treasury under Obama, has blood on his hands. #ApocalypticWasteland www.reuters.com/world/early-...

The link to this file is back up so you can read it yourself. Warning: The actions described of this monster are beyond disgusting. www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

While all of @ronanfarrow.bsky.social's thread is critical information, I think this is the key post.

I wouldn't know about Dr. Bradley Tamler's suit against local Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula but for this from @montereycountynow.com. Without Tamler's very thorough explanation for treating cancer, my husband might not be the healthy man he is today. We support his brave efforts.

Important update: a federal judge has ruled that Russ Vought & OMB were breaking the law & must tell the public exactly how they are spending (or not spending) funds appropriated by Congress. I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.

I'm as curious as George Sánchez-Tello and @lofgren.house.gov to know who's been detaining people in Monterey County down in Fort Hunter Liggett, whether CA laws are being followed and if military police are collaborating with immigration agents. voicesofmontereybay.org/2026/01/29/i...

Why would David Cameron meet with #TreasuryDevil James Eadie, Dominic West & Chris Ruddy, but not with Int'l Criminal Court Karim Khan?Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org wants to know. www.declassifieduk.org/cameron-met-...

"It’s been a rough, dangerous week. One of those weeks in which you could almost hear the world shudder." I agree with @iandunt.bsky.social: Trump was sane-washed the media. It's good to see Europeans realizing this was a breaking point. iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

And now Dania Akkad and Phil Miller @declassifieduk.org have travelled to RAF Lakenheath to understand protocol on who controls UK bases in light of US #Greenland or #Iran threats: Donald Trump or Kier Starmer? youtu.be/P89XmWdn5Vw?...

"It is British sovereign territory and the British government has banned certain arms exports to Israel. This goes against that. Who is actually in control of that base?” Is using a UK base to transfer F-35s to 🇮🇱 legal? Dania Akkad @declassifieduk.org reports.

How many $$ do these tech bros need? 5% of $1B still leaves each of them rolling in greenbacks. They've all benefitted from California's entrepreneurial climate and now have become greedy. 9/technology/google-founders-california-wealth-tax.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Is your MP listed as having received ££/ support from Labour Friends of Israel? I wonder if % taking funds in Parliament is comparable to % of US members of Congress receiving $$ from @aipac1.bsky.social? Maybe someone @declassifieduk.org can satisfy my curiosity?

It's a shame BBC staff didn't do their due diligence by interviewing Jack Smith or @joycewhitevance.bsky.social when putting together sloppily edited #6January documentary. joycevance.substack.com/p/january-6-...

Who gets to decide who is a legitimate leader? Could this be end of int'l law, U.N. charter, any kind of legal limits on the use of force, if POTUS can do that, so could Russian or Chinese leader?