The War Bird
@harminsky.bsky.social
Absolutely deranged, bouncing wildly from The Washington Capitals to NatSec to YIMBY to Judaism to US politics. I also take requests for song parodies about geopolitics, but do not take requests to stop.
Jesus this goddamn coward loser should fuck off, because I’m never voting for him again
Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says There’s “Skittishness” Over a Virginia 10D-1R US House Map; “I think the maps just look more kind of logical [at 9D-2R]”; "my unsolicited advice to Abigail is tell the federal delegation & the General Assembly to get on the same page" bluevirginia.us/2026/01/vide...
January 16, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Jesus this goddamn coward loser should fuck off, because I’m never voting for him again
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Brilliant journalist Anna Wolfe of @mississippitoday.org won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing this scandal—up to $77 million from the state's welfare system was misdirected to Favre and others. The state's GOP governor, Phil Bryant, also filed a defamation suit against MS Today but it was dismissed.
The Trump admin, which says it was investigating fraud in Democratic-led states, quietly shelved a massive welfare fraud investigation in Mississippi involving public funds funneled to Brett Favre and others
Trump Admin Went Easy On A Red State After Punishing Blue States For The Same Exact Thing
Mississippi caught a break on an embezzlement scandal that funneled money to Brett Favre and others.
www.huffpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Brilliant journalist Anna Wolfe of @mississippitoday.org won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing this scandal—up to $77 million from the state's welfare system was misdirected to Favre and others. The state's GOP governor, Phil Bryant, also filed a defamation suit against MS Today but it was dismissed.
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primary every democrat who won’t pledge to abolish ICE.
primary every democrat who won’t pledge to put these gestapo thugs on trial.
primary every democrat who won’t pledge to put these gestapo thugs on trial.
January 15, 2026 at 4:31 AM
primary every democrat who won’t pledge to abolish ICE.
primary every democrat who won’t pledge to put these gestapo thugs on trial.
primary every democrat who won’t pledge to put these gestapo thugs on trial.
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How long must the liberty and prosperity of nations be beholden to the psychosexual tantrums of insecure perverts?
Jesse Watters Scolds Europeans for Rejecting Trump: ‘Why Won’t They Give Daddy What He Wants?’
Jesse Watters Scolds Europeans for Rejecting Trump: ‘Why Won’t They Give Daddy What He Wants?’
Fox News host Jesse Watters scolded Europeans for refusing to give Greenland to President Donald Trump, questioning, "Why won't they give daddy what he wants?"
The post Jesse Watters Scolds Europeans for Rejecting Trump: ‘Why Won’t They Give Daddy What He Wants?’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:33 AM
How long must the liberty and prosperity of nations be beholden to the psychosexual tantrums of insecure perverts?
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This is how far you have to scroll on the NYTimes homepage to get any coverage of what's going on day-to-day in an occupied American city where schools are closing because the government is checking the papers of all brown or Asian people then brutalizing, imprisoning or killing them.
January 15, 2026 at 12:58 AM
This is how far you have to scroll on the NYTimes homepage to get any coverage of what's going on day-to-day in an occupied American city where schools are closing because the government is checking the papers of all brown or Asian people then brutalizing, imprisoning or killing them.
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I unironically think it’s very important that we let progressive thought leaders retcon the last 30 years of urban politics to provide the necessary permission structure to allow the proliferation of more Zohran Mamdani’s.
Alternate take: Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty is revealing that left NIMBYism was never a thing, e cept for a few places in California.
January 15, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I unironically think it’s very important that we let progressive thought leaders retcon the last 30 years of urban politics to provide the necessary permission structure to allow the proliferation of more Zohran Mamdani’s.
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Ted Cruz in 2016, "We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald Trump if he was President would have nuked Denmark"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Ted Cruz in 2016, "We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald Trump if he was President would have nuked Denmark"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
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here we go
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
here we go
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ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
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I've read many soft defenses of the ICE murder be like "these guys are just trying to do their jobs and get homes to their families" and I don't think that's actually true!
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I've read many soft defenses of the ICE murder be like "these guys are just trying to do their jobs and get homes to their families" and I don't think that's actually true!
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The civil rights act was passed by known marxist Lyndon Johnson
January 13, 2026 at 10:04 PM
The civil rights act was passed by known marxist Lyndon Johnson
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notice how they collect his belongings by shoving random pieces of it into different pockets split between four different guys.
BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only: he refused to prove his citizenship.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
January 13, 2026 at 8:05 PM
notice how they collect his belongings by shoving random pieces of it into different pockets split between four different guys.
@wmata.com the arrival time signage on the non-Route 1 A1X stops are consistently and catastrophically wrong. Today I got on a bikeshare because the sign insisted it’d be 17 minutes until the next bus, and then one passed me less than 3 minutes later. Can we either fix them or turn them off?
January 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM
@wmata.com the arrival time signage on the non-Route 1 A1X stops are consistently and catastrophically wrong. Today I got on a bikeshare because the sign insisted it’d be 17 minutes until the next bus, and then one passed me less than 3 minutes later. Can we either fix them or turn them off?
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Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
Big clash this afternoon between DHS agents and protesters in a residential street in Minneapolis, following a DHS agent hitting another vehicle. Tear gas was deployed in people’s yards and agents pepper prayed people.
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Note that the fascist is not using the pepper spray for crowd control. He is entering a vehicle unimpeded to depart. He is simply using the pepper spray to physically punish an unarmed citizen he doesn't like.
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Apparently Network NOVA is live streaming this debate tonight on their Substack channel. The SD39 Democratic "firehouse primary" is TOMORROW (Tuesday) from 8:30 am to 7 pm. bluevirginia.us/2026/01/va-s...
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Apparently Network NOVA is live streaming this debate tonight on their Substack channel. The SD39 Democratic "firehouse primary" is TOMORROW (Tuesday) from 8:30 am to 7 pm. bluevirginia.us/2026/01/va-s...
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A moderate Democrat with a federal law enforcement background (he was a fed prosecutor) saying on the record that we may need to abolish ICE and start from scratch seems significant.
Some good suggestions from @brianbeutler.bsky.social. I think Rep Daniel Goldman offers a good start at how Dems might approach this going forward here:
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
January 12, 2026 at 6:26 PM
A moderate Democrat with a federal law enforcement background (he was a fed prosecutor) saying on the record that we may need to abolish ICE and start from scratch seems significant.
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we used to talk about how culture war issues were invented by the rich to convince the poor to vote against their interests but it seems more and more like they were true believers and/or Getting Brainwashed Of That Thing
this is a five alarm Fucking With The Money fire and between this and the Greenland threats the rich assholes might want to wake up and realize this dude is going to cost them way more than any wealth tax will
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 3:03 AM
we used to talk about how culture war issues were invented by the rich to convince the poor to vote against their interests but it seems more and more like they were true believers and/or Getting Brainwashed Of That Thing
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It is so funny how Jerome Powell was entirely a fluke because so many of the smart money guys are spineless worms who still, to this very minute, cannot comprehend the threat of the wolf snarling in their face
...I feared months ago when I suggested the Chair step down to protect the institution’s independence.
What is required now is that the person nominated to replace the Chair be committed to implementing the reforms necessary to restore the effectiveness of the world’s most powerful central bank....
What is required now is that the person nominated to replace the Chair be committed to implementing the reforms necessary to restore the effectiveness of the world’s most powerful central bank....
January 12, 2026 at 1:15 AM
It is so funny how Jerome Powell was entirely a fluke because so many of the smart money guys are spineless worms who still, to this very minute, cannot comprehend the threat of the wolf snarling in their face
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“Sometimes public service requires standing firm in the face of threats, which is what this unambiguously is”
How did the banker dude get here before the leaders of every self-mythologizing media organization or even Congress
How did the banker dude get here before the leaders of every self-mythologizing media organization or even Congress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:06 AM
“Sometimes public service requires standing firm in the face of threats, which is what this unambiguously is”
How did the banker dude get here before the leaders of every self-mythologizing media organization or even Congress
How did the banker dude get here before the leaders of every self-mythologizing media organization or even Congress
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People are worried about the survival of the union, but I'd argue since the head of state seems to be able to cut aid while actively deploying armed loyalists to commit acts of wanton terror in states he considers his political enemies, the union is already dead
January 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
People are worried about the survival of the union, but I'd argue since the head of state seems to be able to cut aid while actively deploying armed loyalists to commit acts of wanton terror in states he considers his political enemies, the union is already dead
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January 12, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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Unfortunately for Powell, the Roberts Supreme Court specifically ruled that the president cannot be legally accused of making a bad-faith, pretextual prosecution, but is “absolutely immune” from any questioning of his motives for investigating or prosecuting whoever he chooses
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Unfortunately for Powell, the Roberts Supreme Court specifically ruled that the president cannot be legally accused of making a bad-faith, pretextual prosecution, but is “absolutely immune” from any questioning of his motives for investigating or prosecuting whoever he chooses
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"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
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I think about this July 2024 threat from the head of the Heritage Foundation quite a lot these days.
January 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I think about this July 2024 threat from the head of the Heritage Foundation quite a lot these days.