Parler is back online now by routing 100% of its user traffic through servers located within the Russian Federation. Raise your hand if you understand the very significant impact this has on the ability to surveil and target insurrectionists who organize on Parler. — Chris Vickery (@VickerySec) January 18, 2021 There are two interesting takeaways …
Silverman on Security
You Have Questions, I Have Answers (You Probably Didn’t Want): NSA General Counsel Edition
Several people have asked me about this unpleasant news: The NSA is ‘moving forward’ to install Michael Ellis, a former GOP operative, as its top lawyer. TRUMP DECISIONS ARE A FUNDAMENTAL THREAT TO US NATIONAL SECURITY. THIS IS A POLITICAL HACK IN A CAREER POSITION WITH 48 HOURS TO GO. https://t.co/1KmRM1U6zn — Barry R McCaffrey …
Breaking: Alexei Navalny’s Plane Landed Safely In Russia; He Was Immediately Arrested
Here’s Sky News video of the arrival. There’s a much shorter clip of the arrest as the tram reaches the terminal in the first tweet below the YouTube embed. ?? — BREAKING: JUST IN: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested just moments after landing in Moscow. pic.twitter.com/ET9xXdcPpA — Belaaz (@TheBelaaz) January 17, 2021 A …
Operation Lollipop: A Preview Of President-Elect Biden’s Vaccination Plan
Tonight President-elect Biden announced that he would be announcing his vaccination plan tomorrow. For your convenience, we here at the Balloon Juice bunker have gotten a copy of the plan, codename Operation Lollipop, and it is our distinct honor and privilege to bring it to you now. Full disclosure: contrary to initial reports, Dave Anderson …
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The Only Thing Worse Than a Neo-Confederate Is a Historically Illiterate Neo-Confederate
Yesterday some dumbass tied a Confederate flag to the doors of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park in New York City. I’ve tried to find a picture of the flag tied to the doors to confirm my suspicion that the moron who did this is a Confederate navy aficionado. Regardless, the person who …
BOLO: Can You Help The FBI Identify This Domestic Terrorist?
Do you know this man? Yesterday, some of the extremist insurrectionists that Trump had mobilized to overthrow the US Congress, the Constitution, and the constitutional order, had the goal of taking the Vice President, the Senate and House leadership, and other members of the Senate and the House and their staff hostage to either coerce …
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Speaker Pelosi and Senator McConnell Are Running Out of Time: The President Must Be Impeached Tonight!
Things are now moving at their own pace. Events are out of the hands of the decision makers. There is a limited amount of time to get things back under control. Today, at the instigation of President Trump and his enablers in the House and Senate Republican caucuses, Trump’s supporters engaged in an act of …