Brian McKeon
@bpmckeon64.bsky.social
Former USG natsec official. Proud alum of POTUS 46 and 44, @notredame & @georgetownlaw. Usual caveats apply.
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Todd Blanche Puts Dmitry Firtash's Onetime Lawyer In Charge of Criminalizing the Russian Investigation
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Todd Blanche Puts Dmitry Firtash's Onetime Lawyer In Charge of Criminalizing the Russian Investigation - emptywheel
The biggest reason Joe DiGenova is a wildly inappropriate person to lead an attempt to criminalize the Russian investigation is his past efforts to get paid by Russian-backed Ukrainians to do the same...
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April 19, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Todd Blanche Puts Dmitry Firtash's Onetime Lawyer In Charge of Criminalizing the Russian Investigation
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I will never forgive these assholes for making me repeatedly agree with Rand Paul 🤦🏻♂️
KERNEN: We'd never be able to send anyone back if you needed a judicial warrant every single time
RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.
RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.
April 14, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I will never forgive these assholes for making me repeatedly agree with Rand Paul 🤦🏻♂️
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NEW: DOJ told a judge in New Jersey that it had violated court orders about 54 times between Dec. 5 and this week — the latest accounting of a phenomenon that used to be rare and is now rampant. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 18, 2026 at 4:33 PM
NEW: DOJ told a judge in New Jersey that it had violated court orders about 54 times between Dec. 5 and this week — the latest accounting of a phenomenon that used to be rare and is now rampant. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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To my surprise, CDC is still tracking how many children RFK condemns to measles. Cases are getting younger and, of course, it is spreading faster.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:21 PM
To my surprise, CDC is still tracking how many children RFK condemns to measles. Cases are getting younger and, of course, it is spreading faster.
www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
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It’s nuts that a member of Congress thinks that the drinking age is designed to ‘protect’ the beer.
Rep. Brian Steil: "I flew home to my home state of Wisconsin, went to buy a 6 pack a beer, the clerk asked for my ID, confirmed it, and then I was allowed to buy the beer. I just think it's nuts that we protect our beer more than our ballots."
February 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
It’s nuts that a member of Congress thinks that the drinking age is designed to ‘protect’ the beer.
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Opinion | An Old Theory Helps Explain What Happened to Renee Good
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January 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.
January 17, 2026 at 6:23 PM
DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.
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I bet there’s some law against impersonating a state worker. This is not an “in the heat of the moment” situation, this is them very deliberately lying about being a state worker.
There have been confirmed reports from local organizers in Portland ME that ICE is knocking on doors claiming to be from MaineCare and “offering help“
January 18, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I bet there’s some law against impersonating a state worker. This is not an “in the heat of the moment” situation, this is them very deliberately lying about being a state worker.
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So, just yesterday:
- 5 GOP senators joined Democrats to advance a resolution terminating hostilities in Venezuela;
- The Senate gave unanimous consent to a resolution installing the J6 plaque in the Senate
- 17 House GOP joined Dems to vote to extend ACA subsidies;
(cont.)
- 5 GOP senators joined Democrats to advance a resolution terminating hostilities in Venezuela;
- The Senate gave unanimous consent to a resolution installing the J6 plaque in the Senate
- 17 House GOP joined Dems to vote to extend ACA subsidies;
(cont.)
January 9, 2026 at 3:05 PM
So, just yesterday:
- 5 GOP senators joined Democrats to advance a resolution terminating hostilities in Venezuela;
- The Senate gave unanimous consent to a resolution installing the J6 plaque in the Senate
- 17 House GOP joined Dems to vote to extend ACA subsidies;
(cont.)
- 5 GOP senators joined Democrats to advance a resolution terminating hostilities in Venezuela;
- The Senate gave unanimous consent to a resolution installing the J6 plaque in the Senate
- 17 House GOP joined Dems to vote to extend ACA subsidies;
(cont.)
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This is incredibly well done, and totally damning. Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:27 PM
This is incredibly well done, and totally damning. Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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"why aren't people watching cable news?"
cable news:
cable news:
CNN is covering the Kalshi prediction markets as though they are news
January 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
"why aren't people watching cable news?"
cable news:
cable news:
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TRUMP 2018: I never use that term.
TRUMP 2025: Ok maybe sometimes.
TRUMP 2025: Ok maybe sometimes.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
TRUMP 2018: I never use that term.
TRUMP 2025: Ok maybe sometimes.
TRUMP 2025: Ok maybe sometimes.
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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When Democrats lose an election, we beat ourselves up over it for months.
When Republicans lose an election, they convince themselves within 24 hours that they really won.
When Republicans lose an election, they convince themselves within 24 hours that they really won.
November 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
When Democrats lose an election, we beat ourselves up over it for months.
When Republicans lose an election, they convince themselves within 24 hours that they really won.
When Republicans lose an election, they convince themselves within 24 hours that they really won.
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“I really don’t care. Do u?”
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“I really don’t care. Do u?”
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AAA gas prices: up w/w, down y/y
Today’s National Average: $3.084
One Year Ago: $3.107
Today’s National Average: $3.084
One Year Ago: $3.107
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
AAA gas prices: up w/w, down y/y
Today’s National Average: $3.084
One Year Ago: $3.107
Today’s National Average: $3.084
One Year Ago: $3.107
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October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national election—and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.
Trump: "We can never let what happened in the 2020 election happen again. We just can't let that happen. I know Kash is working on it, everybody is working on it. And certainly Tulsi is working on it. We can't let that happen again to our country."
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Looks as if Trump is saying no Democrat will be allowed to win another national election—and he will use the FBI, the DOJ, and the CIA to make sure of that. This is a full-scale attack on American democracy, and every Republican, CEO, and conservative mouthpiece who doesn't object is complicit.
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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An image of the Trump-Vance presidency smashing a wrecking ball into the White House to build a monument to Dear Leader—during a government shutdown—captures 2025 pretty well
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
An image of the Trump-Vance presidency smashing a wrecking ball into the White House to build a monument to Dear Leader—during a government shutdown—captures 2025 pretty well
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Just three months ago they were brazenly denying that there were any #Medicaid cuts at all in the budget reconciliation law, despite the $990B in cuts being the largest cuts to the program in history which will make 7.5M people uninsured.
KERNEN: There was an op-ed in the Journal urging Republicans not to get soft on some of the Medicaid cuts that we saw in the beautiful bill
BESSENT: The spending cuts that occurred in the one big beautiful bill were the largest in history and we're not gonna go back on them
BESSENT: The spending cuts that occurred in the one big beautiful bill were the largest in history and we're not gonna go back on them
October 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Just three months ago they were brazenly denying that there were any #Medicaid cuts at all in the budget reconciliation law, despite the $990B in cuts being the largest cuts to the program in history which will make 7.5M people uninsured.
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It doesn’t seem like it should be remotely controversial that if you’re killed by police while obviously storming the US Capitol that the military shouldn’t go out of its way years later to honor you, but then again Trump just rehung a portrait of Col. Robert E. Lee at West Point, so….
From @markhertling.bsky.social — retired Three Star General, veteran of our modern wars.
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Honoring Ashli Babbitt Dishonors the Military
If there’s no difference between upholding the Constitution and attacking it, then there’s no honor in service.
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August 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It doesn’t seem like it should be remotely controversial that if you’re killed by police while obviously storming the US Capitol that the military shouldn’t go out of its way years later to honor you, but then again Trump just rehung a portrait of Col. Robert E. Lee at West Point, so….
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Wow we’ve come a long way from 1968
hey hey rfk
how many kids did you kill today
how many kids did you kill today
August 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Wow we’ve come a long way from 1968