michael masters

Retired federal employee. cranky old guy. history buff. sci fi nerd. proud husband and father

[michael masters @mikemasters2015]

@brhodes i am amused that Never Trump Iran hawks will criticize Trump but it's clear criticizing Obama is their happy place. no acknowledgement why military option was determined to be problematic.

[michael masters @mikemasters2015]

@Birdyword i am sorry that a legend in the field who lived 92 years is being reduced to a reaction to the 1619 project by too many people who claimed he was on "our side." those who hype this as a career highlight (have read a few of these) do this man a disservice.

[michael masters @mikemasters2015]

@Timodc someday people who were advocating for years for war with Iran will acknowledge that the people they hated like Carter and Obama who avoided war with Iran were not idiots or cowards. unlikely to happen soon.

[Chris Lancaster @ChrisLancasterX]

@PhillipsPOBrien It's amazing to me that we have an American president who lies so much, and is so untrustworthy, that when Iran puts out a statement contradicting our president WE BELIEVE THE IRANIANS!

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

It would be so unprofessional of everyone to start replying to Trumps and White House’s tweets with this picture. So don’t

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

This photo exists but they will still tell you that it’s not real.

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Since the @WhiteHouse and @POTUS is mad about this, please don’t retweet or share

[Damaan, AKA 'Philly's Finest!' @Damaan4u33]

Trump is desperately trying to get this video removed from social media!

You know what to do! 🤣🤣🤣

[Lucy’s Booth @HeatherK9070]

@MikeLevin @NormOrnstein Philip Alito advised Treasury while his father ruled on Treasury cases. Undisclosed. No recusal. Introduced himself as “Phil” to avoid detection. Four sources confirmed it. The $1.8B fund headed to SCOTUS next. This is the institution we’re counting on to hold the line.

[Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt]

It’s just how bullies operate.

[scary lawyerguy @scarylawyerguy]

Bill Clinton has a random run-in with Loretta Lynch at an airport in 2016 - MASSIVE, WEEKS LONG SCANDAL
JD Vance attends a private dinner with Chief Justice Roberts while the Court considers multiple Trump Admin lawsuits - "social call" ... "friendly pop-by"

[michael masters @mikemasters2015]

@JohnCleese he can be both

[michael masters @mikemasters2015]

@StevenCheung47 laziest man to be President in a very long time wants to be applauded for working on a weekend. like when Bongino applauded Patel for working past 7 PM.

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Mary Trump: “It’s just sickening. This is a country that’s never been able to figure out how to give reparations to the descendants of people we enslaved for 8 generations, but sure we can give a bunch of insurrectionists and seditionists $1.776B”

[Sonny Bunch @SonnyBunch]

Remarkable profile in cowardice. He knew he was going to lose his primary ever since Trump was reelected. He should have been like this for the last two years. He could’ve stopped RFK Jr! If he’d done nothing else that would’ve been worth it!

[James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki]

If you want to criticize Nolan's casting, go ahead. But at least stop with the nonsensical claim that he cast Nyong'o in order to make The Odyssey Oscar-eligible. It's objectively false.

The Oscars' diversity standards can be met by films with casts that are all white, because crew, production and marketing staff, and even studio executives count toward the requirements. Oppenheimer, for instance, had a nearly all-white cast, but easily met the standards because it had women and people of color in key production roles, and Universal had a diverse marketing and distribution team. The same will be true of The Odyssey (which is also being distributed by Universal).

Nolan cast Nyong'o because he wanted to, not because some Oscar standard required him to.

[michael masters @mikemasters2015]

@RadioFreeTom Aside from everything else the actor chosen should be no older than early 30s with an eye to carrying the role for 3 films over 10 years or so Elba and other actors often named already too old to start a run in the role

[Amy McGrath @AmyMcGrathKY]

FBI Director Kash Patel snorkeling around the mass grave at the Pearl Harbor memorial is just totally inappropriate and offensive. Anyone who has been there knows the deep significance of this site. https://t.co/W9v02xpFNf

[michael masters @mikemasters2015]

@tomfriedman this would be political suicide for European leaders. Starmer is hanging by a threat. Macron and Merz not in much better shape. besides no one has yet made case for how you actually do this in the face of Iranian drones.

[michael masters @mikemasters2015]

@citrinowicz @australian this is very familiar to Korea hands. for years people said "it's in China's interest to help with DPRK problem." answer was "why is it in China's interest to help america solve a strategic problem?"