I will be featured in a story on “The Daily Show” next month — I will post the date when it’s available.

Last July the State Department RIF’d 1,107 civil servants who were experts on oil, counterterrorism, Russia, and Iran. We’ve been blacklisted from applying from any openings State posts on USA Jobs. US taxpayers paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for each of us to be hired, screened, retained.

Today the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) released the Annual Threat Assessment report for 2026. I read it and neither this year’s report nor last year’s report justifies Donald Trump’s war with Iran. #Iran #War #Trump #MAGA #Israel

I joined “Chris Jansing Reports” on Ms NOW to discuss the false justification for Donald Trump’s disastrous war with Iran. I am running for Congress to ensure we don’t get involved in any forever wars. #Iran #Oil #War #Trump #USA
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I joined “Chris Jansing Reports” on MS NOW to discuss how DOGE cuts to the State Department last July have impacted Donald Trump’s disastrous war with Iran. I am running for Congress to protect our non-partisan experts and to ensure we don’t get involved in any forever wars. www.duffin4va.com

5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.

Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

Happy National Meatball Day to all the meatballs in the Trump administration. May God help us all.

Donald Trump’s war with Iran could be the biggest blunder in US history. What do you think? Are you okay with oil doubling or tripling in cost? Are you okay with a military draft? Let me know what you think. #Iran #Trump #War #Oil #News

I was quoted in the Washington Post today:
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"We cannot stick with the status quo and expect voters to stand behind us. We need to think big. We need to be bold. We need a president as ambitious as FDR." #Midterms #Virginia #Arlington #Alexandria #Democrats
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"I countered white supremacy at the State Department and I see parallels with what this administration is doing and Nazi Germany. They're not hiding their racism. They're not hiding their xenophobia. They're flaunting it."

We must hold Donald Trump accountable. And Democrats must also clean up their own house. We cannot fight corruption in the Trump administration while sitting members of Congress profit from stock trading. www.duffin4va.com #Virginia #Alexandria #Arlington #Midterms #Reform

1,300+ State Department employees were RIF’d by DOGE last year and now Donald Trump has started an unnecessary war with Iran. Tell Congress to pass legislation to reinstate these non-partisan foreign policy experts. #DiplomacyMatters #FedsMatter

Join me in Arlington tomorrow for a happy hour with great menu specials. I’m also selling campaign coffee mugs.

The Trump Administration's Diplomatic Row with France over Far-Right Activitst's Death Undermines a Vital Partnership Most Americans have never heard of French far-right activist Quentin Deranque.

The State Department has picked a fight with France over “violent radical leftism.” As someone who worked in the Bureau of Counterterrorism for nine years, I know those claims are bs. Read my first substack article and subscribe (for free).

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"If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition," said then CENTCOM commander Gen. James Mattis in 2013.

@beyer.house.gov is worth over $100 million so why idoes he need defense contractor contributions?

Letter: Why does Beyer keep taking money from Dominion? Editor: Virginia’s 8th Congressional District is full of people who acknowledge the reality of climate change. We know the science — we are in a crisis, and need immediate action

Rep Don Beyer has run on a pro-environment platform but Dominion Energy has been one of his top donors.

I attended a rally in DC today commemorating the work so many dedicated USAID personnel had done over the years to save lives and spread goodwill around the world. USAID played a vital part in our national security and it needs to be restored.
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Thank you! I’m doing what I believe is right.

Thanks for the tag. I’m a RIF’d State Department counterterrorism official running to reiterate Feds and make Northern Virginia more affordable for working families.

As I have said repeatedly in the media and on socials, the Virginia delegation has failed Federal employees.
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One year later, seven fired federal workers share where they are now The Trump administration fundamentally altered the trajectories of hundreds of thousands of lives.

I was featured in the 51st website’s story about fired Feds.

No more powerbrokers rigging Virginia’s elections.

A government-released FBI document shows that an attorney formally reported accusations that Epstein and Trump sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl in the 1990s. The document confirms the government received and preserved those allegations. Trump needs to be impeached now! @citizensimpeachment.com

Happy 294th birthday to George Washington, who realized that stepping aside after two terms was in the best interest of our country. @beyer.house.gov turns 76 this year and believes he should have a seventh term so he can have a farewell tour.

Where is @repdonbeyer and other members of Congress who are supposed to be fighting to reinstate Feds? That’s why I am running for Congress in Virginia’s 8th District. I joined the “Center D with Luis Miranda” podcast earlier this week.
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Let’s make Northern Virginia affordable for working families and young professionals. I’m running for Congress in Virginia’s 8th District and have a plan for increasing home ownership and easing the burden of raising children here. www.duffn4va.com

Less than two weeks after getting RIF’d from the State Department, I participated in a project that documented the loss of institutional knowledge within the U.S. government. This is an important time capsule on what happened.

www.departmentofgovernmentwaste.com/michael

It was a pleasure meeting @vanhollen.senate.gov again at the AFGE legislative conference. He’s been a great champion for RIF’d Feds — we need more fighters in Congress like him.