Jessica John

CIA analyst (2006-16) who joined the circus. Russian leader expert, served in Balkans. @TheSteadyState3 member. Alum @bu_law @gspmgwu @cuboulder. Nola native.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

@mattyglesias With consolidation, partial repayment, interest, etc, how would they have parsed it out? It was probably just too complex.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

I just waited 30 minutes in a @BurgervilleUSA drive thru line for their shake machine to be down. And now I’m still stuck in the line to get nothing because I can’t get out. I cannot describe the #FirstWorldProblems rage I feel.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

Another great article from a friend who knows his sh*t. 😆

[Peter Mandaville @pmandaville]

Aidan Houston and I have a new @USIP piece out on "The Role of Religion in Russia's War on Ukraine" https://t.co/BJgDFYdZLe

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

Great article by my friend Chris Bort.

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

Putin's invasion of Ukraine shocked and confounded many analysts and observers of Russia, writes Christopher Bort. But Putin has not grown "unhinged"—rather, he has gradually evolved into an ever-higher-stakes gambler.
https://t.co/ipV3e8IQW0

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

@death_pony @thatgirljj Yeah. As former go-to Putin expert, this is really bad.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

People kept asking me if I wished I was at the agency over the course of the past week. And I was like, oh hell no. But I suddenly wish at least had some inside knowledge because this is scary.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

Losing my GD mind with @VerizonSupport today. two days now and going on 4 hours of being shoved off to different help desks and getting disconnected or sent to "closed" lines. Can I give it all back? Thank you.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

It’s so strange to be watching this one from the outside.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

Are you down @bluevine? I cannot login and the password reset is not working.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

Lil Nas X’s trolling of evangelicals has made my week.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

Me to my mom today: Are you shaming me for being “unproductive” on my day off, on the day I took off after my covid vaccine?
<End scene>
If anyone’s wondering why I’m a crazy person...

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

@BidenHarrisBro @citizengatsby I read this as Lindsay Lohan and got really confused for a second.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

@ProfessorShaw So true.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

Why do ppl ask for feedback when they absolutely don’t want feedback?

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

Apparently people turn their heads to the side when they eat tacos and burritos. Apparently I don’t. I’m like a messy little chipmunk.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

One day, I won’t get offended when someone is rude to me on the Internet. But today is NOT that day.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

I took both Budgetary Policy & Budgetary Politics in grad school at GWU. And all I remember is that the Senate Parliamentarian came to talk to us and is important. That’s it. One year of my life it was the thing I knew the most about. Now I got nada.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

My mom: Did you hear about the big earthquake in Japan?
Me: <looks at Twitter>
Me: Well, @wesinjapan is still talking about TX, so it must not be too bad.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

When you believe that your control is the only way to protect “real America,” you are willing to destroy it in that effort.

[Jessica John @CordeLisse]

Yesterday it took me a while to figure out who the “floor Joyces” were. #stuffmymomsays