Michael Land
@mland12.bsky.social
Occasionally professional Eastern Europe + Eurasia researcher | PNWer living the DC life | Usual caveats | he/him
Congressman Brandon Gill says that "Texans shouldn’t go to the mall and feel like they’re in Pakistan." You can pick on Pakistan for an endless list of things, but I have never been to a bazaar that felt anywhere near as dismal and dead as an American mall.
February 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Congressman Brandon Gill says that "Texans shouldn’t go to the mall and feel like they’re in Pakistan." You can pick on Pakistan for an endless list of things, but I have never been to a bazaar that felt anywhere near as dismal and dead as an American mall.
TIL Jurgen Habermas is, to my shock, still alive. Possibly one of the last people alive who could be reasonably labeled a Prussian philosopher?
January 27, 2026 at 6:57 PM
TIL Jurgen Habermas is, to my shock, still alive. Possibly one of the last people alive who could be reasonably labeled a Prussian philosopher?
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protect and reinforce our supply lines
January 12, 2026 at 3:11 AM
protect and reinforce our supply lines
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The same people who will say that ICE shooting someone driving away in their car is "self-defense" are the ones who think driving over protesters is fine if they're in the street.
January 7, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The same people who will say that ICE shooting someone driving away in their car is "self-defense" are the ones who think driving over protesters is fine if they're in the street.
State building, here we come!
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
State building, here we come!
Just realized it's the 6th anniversary of the Qassem Soleimani strike.
January 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Just realized it's the 6th anniversary of the Qassem Soleimani strike.
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It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
January 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM
It’s old-fashioned to defend mainstream journalism these days but some of the most reliable reporting from people actually on the ground will be the AP and Reuters the next 24 hours. Your Substack journalist writing takes will be using frontline reporting from them.
At some point, there will presumably be a criminal trial of Maduro in the US. Given that they have had to use the "narco-terrorist" charge on him to be able to use the Afghanistan AUMF in Venezuela, they kind of have to make sure that charge sticks.
January 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
At some point, there will presumably be a criminal trial of Maduro in the US. Given that they have had to use the "narco-terrorist" charge on him to be able to use the Afghanistan AUMF in Venezuela, they kind of have to make sure that charge sticks.
Apparently there are retailers now claiming to sell pieces of the doomed Columbia space shuttle (albeit not parts that were part of its last mission). To be clear, Santa, this isn't on my list this year.
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Apparently there are retailers now claiming to sell pieces of the doomed Columbia space shuttle (albeit not parts that were part of its last mission). To be clear, Santa, this isn't on my list this year.
There is no MAGA. There is only Dubya. There has only ever been Dubya.
Trump on Venezuela: "Getting land, oil rights, whatever we had -- they took it away because we had a president that maybe wasn't watching. But they're not gonna do that. We want it back. They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out. And we want it back."
December 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There is no MAGA. There is only Dubya. There has only ever been Dubya.
If I ever manipulate an ISW map to get a huge payout on Polymarket, I wouldn't tell anyone. But there would be signs...
www.covers.com/industry/sta...
www.covers.com/industry/sta...
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If I ever manipulate an ISW map to get a huge payout on Polymarket, I wouldn't tell anyone. But there would be signs...
www.covers.com/industry/sta...
www.covers.com/industry/sta...
Here's a puzzle for DC folks: a Red Line Train... to Fort Totten... at West Falls Church Station
December 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Here's a puzzle for DC folks: a Red Line Train... to Fort Totten... at West Falls Church Station
Clay Higgins's statement on his sole NO vote on releasing the Epstein files:
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Clay Higgins's statement on his sole NO vote on releasing the Epstein files:
Georgetown Flea Market rugs go extremely hard
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Georgetown Flea Market rugs go extremely hard
Tuesday evening: Mamdani wins
My daylist Wednesday morning:
My daylist Wednesday morning:
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Tuesday evening: Mamdani wins
My daylist Wednesday morning:
My daylist Wednesday morning:
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Syrian president Ahmed al-Shara'a expected to visit Washington according to US Envoy Tom Barrack
November 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Syrian president Ahmed al-Shara'a expected to visit Washington according to US Envoy Tom Barrack
In case anyone was wondering why the Pentagon's budget is so high and where all that money goes:
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
In case anyone was wondering why the Pentagon's budget is so high and where all that money goes:
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Seattle No Kings from the monorail
October 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Seattle No Kings from the monorail
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ICE is literally shooting priests like it's 1905 or some shit
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
ICE is literally shooting priests like it's 1905 or some shit
"We conducted a seance, and the spirit of Donald Trump confirmed that he is in excellent health and prepared to finish out his term in office."
-Jake Tapper a few years down the road, probably
-Jake Tapper a few years down the road, probably
October 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"We conducted a seance, and the spirit of Donald Trump confirmed that he is in excellent health and prepared to finish out his term in office."
-Jake Tapper a few years down the road, probably
-Jake Tapper a few years down the road, probably
Random observation, but El Salvador is considered a level one "exercise normal precaution" country on the State Department advisory list? Safer than France, Denmark, or Sweden?
October 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Random observation, but El Salvador is considered a level one "exercise normal precaution" country on the State Department advisory list? Safer than France, Denmark, or Sweden?
Imagine being a terrorist and having the police get a higher body count than you during your own attack. How embarrassing!
Two victims in Manchester attack were shot by police on.ft.com/42KdNBd
Two victims in Manchester attack were shot by police
Greater Manchester police say one of those shot by officers has died
on.ft.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Imagine being a terrorist and having the police get a higher body count than you during your own attack. How embarrassing!