Kris Armstrong
@krisarmstrong1.bsky.social
#Soroptimist | Advocate for women and girls | Fan of Da Bears, Illini, and StL Cardinals | Tea Leaf Ironstone | Tech Analyst | Lover of music, books, cats, and my husband | Fella | Team Mongo
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I can’t even imagine the degree of stupidity doing something like this entails.
Or what would’ve rightly happened to any of us working in a sane government after doing such a thing.
Or what would’ve rightly happened to any of us working in a sane government after doing such a thing.
DoD IG confirms the Secretary copied operational details from a SECRET//NOFORN CENTCOM brief into a 19-person Signal chat that included a journalist. This occurred 2–4 hours before U.S. strikes in Yemen.
December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I can’t even imagine the degree of stupidity doing something like this entails.
Or what would’ve rightly happened to any of us working in a sane government after doing such a thing.
Or what would’ve rightly happened to any of us working in a sane government after doing such a thing.
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Turns out the waste fraud and abuse was coming from inside the Trump family
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Turns out the waste fraud and abuse was coming from inside the Trump family
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Meanwhile, Putin is openly threatening to attack Western Europe if it continues to resist his effort to reconstruct the USSR.
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Meanwhile, Putin is openly threatening to attack Western Europe if it continues to resist his effort to reconstruct the USSR.
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CBS News next weekend is broadcasting a Bari Weiss-Erika Kirk "town hall." Why not just start simulcasting Hannity?
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
CBS News next weekend is broadcasting a Bari Weiss-Erika Kirk "town hall." Why not just start simulcasting Hannity?
Jesus Mary and Joseph… call it incompetence, call it malfeasance call it depraved indifference, call it unprofessional. Whatever you call it, these people are unserious, unqualified, incompetent, completely ridiculous batshit crazy cretins.
U.S. Department of Defense's Inspector General's report on the Signalgate saga is now online
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
December 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Jesus Mary and Joseph… call it incompetence, call it malfeasance call it depraved indifference, call it unprofessional. Whatever you call it, these people are unserious, unqualified, incompetent, completely ridiculous batshit crazy cretins.
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rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
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Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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The gymnasts claim the inaction enabled Sean Gardner to get a job at Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, Iowa, in 2018, where the gymnasts say they and other preteen and teenage girls were abused despite additional complaints about Gardner.
Olympics Sports Watchdog Failed to Stop Mississippi Coach's Sexual Abuse, Women Allege
Two gymnasts who say they were sexually abused at an elite academy in Iowa filed lawsuits Monday against the sport’s oversight bodies.
buff.ly
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The gymnasts claim the inaction enabled Sean Gardner to get a job at Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute in West Des Moines, Iowa, in 2018, where the gymnasts say they and other preteen and teenage girls were abused despite additional complaints about Gardner.
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For all the Republicans waxing nostalgic about dumping the Affordable Care Act, here's a list of pre-existing conditions that got you denied coverage on the individual market *in Colorado* before the ACA:
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
For all the Republicans waxing nostalgic about dumping the Affordable Care Act, here's a list of pre-existing conditions that got you denied coverage on the individual market *in Colorado* before the ACA:
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"I think this president thinks we have the world's largest economy ever because of real estate investors. It's not—it's because of science."
Sen. Mark Kelly criticizes Trump's cuts to critical scientific research.
Sen. Mark Kelly criticizes Trump's cuts to critical scientific research.
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"I think this president thinks we have the world's largest economy ever because of real estate investors. It's not—it's because of science."
Sen. Mark Kelly criticizes Trump's cuts to critical scientific research.
Sen. Mark Kelly criticizes Trump's cuts to critical scientific research.
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Whiskey Pete tried to attack the reliability of @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social by noting that there was one EXTRA text in what Whiskey Pete turned over, on top of what Goldberg published.
This was that text.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
This was that text.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Whiskey Pete tried to attack the reliability of @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social by noting that there was one EXTRA text in what Whiskey Pete turned over, on top of what Goldberg published.
This was that text.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
This was that text.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
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Here's another good thing (if it makes it from mice to people) we won't get if RFK Jr. and his grifting associates achieve their aims:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Experimental vaccine prevents deadly allergic reactions in mice
Technology could offer longer protection against allergies than is possible with existing treatments.
www.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Here's another good thing (if it makes it from mice to people) we won't get if RFK Jr. and his grifting associates achieve their aims:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
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Horrifying story: Chicago promoted two police officers even after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct. That’s because the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored.
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Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct
The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Horrifying story: Chicago promoted two police officers even after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct. That’s because the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored.
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1. This is not how anyone talks to an O-10.
2. This is certainly not how a 40 year-old ex-O-4 talks to an O-10.
3. This is the most dumbshit company grade officer crap imaginable. No competent commander tells a senior officer not to ask questions.
4. He may as well have called Holsey "boy."
2. This is certainly not how a 40 year-old ex-O-4 talks to an O-10.
3. This is the most dumbshit company grade officer crap imaginable. No competent commander tells a senior officer not to ask questions.
4. He may as well have called Holsey "boy."
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
1. This is not how anyone talks to an O-10.
2. This is certainly not how a 40 year-old ex-O-4 talks to an O-10.
3. This is the most dumbshit company grade officer crap imaginable. No competent commander tells a senior officer not to ask questions.
4. He may as well have called Holsey "boy."
2. This is certainly not how a 40 year-old ex-O-4 talks to an O-10.
3. This is the most dumbshit company grade officer crap imaginable. No competent commander tells a senior officer not to ask questions.
4. He may as well have called Holsey "boy."
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'...to sing the praises of her mother's gumbo. His own family's christmas cooking is not mentioned'
Weird, did he have a painful childhood for some reason? I wonder why his mum wasn't cooking for him at Christmas? If only a journalist could investigate
Weird, did he have a painful childhood for some reason? I wonder why his mum wasn't cooking for him at Christmas? If only a journalist could investigate
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
'...to sing the praises of her mother's gumbo. His own family's christmas cooking is not mentioned'
Weird, did he have a painful childhood for some reason? I wonder why his mum wasn't cooking for him at Christmas? If only a journalist could investigate
Weird, did he have a painful childhood for some reason? I wonder why his mum wasn't cooking for him at Christmas? If only a journalist could investigate
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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Would we really be surprised if these people repealed seatbelt laws?
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Would we really be surprised if these people repealed seatbelt laws?
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Bears nominated DJ Moore as the 2025 Walter Payton Man of the Year and surprised him with the announcement
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Bears nominated DJ Moore as the 2025 Walter Payton Man of the Year and surprised him with the announcement
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Peak Cowboys would be upsetting the injury-ravaged Lions tonite, partying organization-wide like they just won 8 Super Bowls, then losing next week to the Vikings with someone named Case Sploodus at QB.
Things may well be better in Dallas for a team that has been largely allergic to success in the last decade, but this is exactly the kind of game they’d find a way to lose anyway in the past.
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Peak Cowboys would be upsetting the injury-ravaged Lions tonite, partying organization-wide like they just won 8 Super Bowls, then losing next week to the Vikings with someone named Case Sploodus at QB.
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Tucker's obsession with whether Pete Buttigieg is gay is a great drama of my time. This man is consumed by the idea Pete is fake gay.
December 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Tucker's obsession with whether Pete Buttigieg is gay is a great drama of my time. This man is consumed by the idea Pete is fake gay.
Almost always 😴
Sean Hannity defends Trump falling asleep during his cabinet meeting:
"He's almost always awake."
"He's almost always awake."
December 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Almost always 😴