John Halbert

Producer of adventures, artistic, intellectual, political, culinary, and otherwise. #ThreeMenandaJob

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

Whenever I get depressed that we’re never getting out of this, I think about Ukraine dismantling the almighty Russian bear.

If they can do that, the vast majority of Americans can kick out Trump’s sadistic, corrupt regime—one way or the other.

Long Live America
Heroyam Slava

[Grace Panetta @grace_panetta]

The consultants who recruited Graham Platner made a big bet that a candidate with a thin resumé but ultra-masculine aesthetic would win — and that bet spectacularly blew up instead. What it means for the (neverending) electability conversation:

https://t.co/CHbGW2deYH

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

For a guy who was marketed as a real man, a stand-up guy - a real person who's made hard choices - this is basically some bratty trust-fund teenager behavior.

A mature, responsible person would have been out yesterday. (Or, really, would have known not to run.)

[Dr. Annie Andrews @AnnieAndrewsMD]

I’m just a girl, running for the U.S. Senate, with a medical degree, a record of service, and a non-problematic past. 👋

[John Halbert @JohnTEQP]

That looks like a turning point.

[Igor Sushko @igorsushko]

🔥 Russia: In response to some gas stations instituting a policy allowing Kremlin officials to bypass the line to refuel, Russians are setting those gas stations on fire when no one is around while they're empty.

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

We have to open the Gordie Howe Bridge.

The failure to open the bridge is a stunning example of corruption under Donald Trump.

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

Why was a ribbon cutting ceremony to open the Gordie Howe bridge abruptly canceled a few weeks back? The Trump administration won’t say.

Meanwhile, what we do know is that the billionaire owners of the competing Ambassador bridge donated a million bucks to a Trump super PAC, swiftly got a meeting with Howard Lutnick, and then all of the sudden the President began railing against the Gordie Howe bridge and threatening to keep it closed.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

No supplemental funds for DOD until Hegseth resigns.

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

In this race, Chuck Schumer is throwing his weight behind Haley Stevens. Of the candidates, she’s the only one who accepts corporate PAC dollars, she’s taken thousands from the company that sells tasers to ICE and from Elon Musk’s companies, and she refuses to hold any public events or take hard questions from voters.

That’s what he wants to put up against Mike Rogers in November?

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

.@BarackObama shades Trump: The exhibits here focus on the shared values that make democracy possible. That no one is above the law. That our military owe allegiance to the people and the Constitution. A belief in the peaceful transfer of power after the people have spoken in fair and free elections. And a belief that honesty, integrity, kindness, and compassion matter

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

This war will be taught at War Colleges (assuming they still exist) and strategic studies programs for years to come as *the* case study in how operational successes do not lead to strategic victory.

[John Halbert @JohnTEQP]

@HQNewsNow @MarkWarner I probably have a higher security clearance than Pulte, and I got mine in the 90’s.

[Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings | @ChuckPfarrer]

MORALE IS A FACTOR: Russian tank crews seldom miss an opportunity to park their vehicles with all of the hatches left open. They do this becuase reporting your vehicle destroyed is much safer than driving it across the Zero Line.

[John Halbert @JohnTEQP]

@Acyn @neeratanden The ultimate real man alive is Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

[John Halbert @JohnTEQP]

@cincopedia Congrats!

[Jeff Timmer @jefftimmer]

(Kevin Kline) "Don't call me stupid."

(Jamie Lee Curtis) "Oh, right. To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people. I've known sheep that could outwit you. I've worn dresses with higher IQs. But you think you're an intellectual, don't you, ape?"

(Kevin Kline) "Apes don't read philosophy."

(Jamie Lee Curtis) "Yes they do, Otto. They just don't understand it. Now let me correct you on a couple of things, OK? Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not "Every man for himself." And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up."

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

Dear Scott Pelley: pull the entire 60 Minutes team together and go to MSNow and offer a package deal to recreate the show for Sunday night and call it The Hour

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

I’m Kid Rock.”
“I’m Naomi Wolf.”
“I’m Kanye West.”
“I’m Matt Taibbi.”
“I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis: “To call Ken Paxton 'ethically challenged' is to call Jeffrey Dahmer suffering from an eating disorder.”

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

If you get a payout from Trump’s January 6 slush fund, California will tax it at 100%.

People who assault cops and overthrow democracy don’t deserve a taxpayer-funded payday.