@johnismay

Reporter, The New York Times. Former U.S. Navy EOD & Iraq vet. Reach me securely via Signal at: johnismay.01 or by email at: [email protected]

 Washington, DC
Joined July 2012
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Just found out we've lost three EOD Techs to suicide in the past three weeks. There is a 24/7 hotline for Techs, their friends and family at 1.888.412.0470 + the FB group After the Long Walk here: facebook.com/groups/17289052… Please reach out if you or someone you love needs help

After the Long Walk | Facebook

After the Long Walk is a group of active duty and veteran EOD technicians, PSBS officers, and family members that have come together for one purpose, to...

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John Ismay retweeted
Ban Landmines USA@banminesusa5h
The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines–Cluster Munitions Coalition (USCBL-CMC) strongly condemns the @WhiteHouse's decision to divert over 70% of the Patrick J. Leahy War Victims Fund to "to support exigent energy security needs for partners" Full statement👇 fcnl.org/sites/default/files…
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John Ismay retweeted
Lloyd's List@LloydsListOct 26
Bulk carrier Cape Dao sinks after Hormuz attack lloydslist.com/LL1158812/Bul…

Bulk carrier Cape Dao sinks after Hormuz attack

The 170,089 dwt vessel has been declared a total loss after sinking in the Gulf of Oman, adding to mounting casualties from attacks on merchant shipping around the Strait of Hormuz

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Turnstile is, in 2026, the world’s biggest hardcore punk band by almost any measure. Despite announcing the Washington Monument show two weeks earlier, organizers estimated that the benefit concert drew around 60,000 people. wapo.st/3VUeFTc

For Turnstile, Washington Monument show was a moment, and a homecoming

Organizers estimated that the show on the National Mall drew around 60,000 people.

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There was a huge Veterans event a few blocks away from the Turnstile show and I hope this means that right now, in a bar in D.C, a young hardcore dude and an old veteran of a foreign war are finding common ground over their anachronistic and beautiful mustaches.
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Crowd reaches capacity as Turnstile concert kicks off near Washington Monument. Read more: buff.ly/bVsNjYE
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John Ismay retweeted
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@stereogumOct 24
Turnstile at the Washington Monument today, a benefit show raising money for humanitarian aid in Palestine, Sudan, and Lebanon [📹: Ayman Abdeldayem]
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Cell signal was slow enough that i tagged the wrong account — it’s @TURNSTILEHC
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The band’s at @TURNSTILEHC not the other account
John Ismay@johnismayOct 24
The crowd here for @TURNSTILE is easily bigger than the one for the July 4th parade
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The crowd here for @TURNSTILE is easily bigger than the one for the July 4th parade
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They’re turning people away bc it’s already at capacity here and the show hasn’t even started yet
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RIP Army Col. William DeGraf, age 100, veteran of 3 wars with more combat decorations than you can count. Blocked from promotion to general because he refused to inflate body counts in Vietnam. Great obit by @dugganwapo Gift link: wapo.st/4jDnnz1

An Army colonel who stuck to his principles, even when it cost him a dream

William DeGraf, who was awarded a Bronze Star for valor, died Oct. 4 at 100 in a retirement community on the grounds of Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He had recently been treated for pneumonia, said his...

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