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.38.45 @3845.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Former CIA Officer Steve Hirsch mentions how the Chinese and Russians are likely monitoring how the US is struggling with and responding to food born illnesses. It's showing how incapable the US is dealing with domestic issues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gztz... @spytalker.bsky.social
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.38.45 @3845.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
"...the trip gives Russian intelligence something they cannot obtain from public records: the opportunity to see whether Patel matches the file, observe how he behaves in person, identify anything they may have missed, and determine whether an opportunity exists to obtain kompromat..."
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.38.45 @3845.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Hegseth, Rubio, and Caine Had an Auto-Deleting Signal Chat
New records reveal that officials kept using the app, even after the president suggested they stop.
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.38.45 @3845.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nro... @malfow5.bsky.social
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A Spy's Iran | SpyTalk
YouTube video by MSW Media
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Part II on Havana Syndrome with @michaeldweiss.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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Havana Syndrome Is Real - and They Tried to Bury It (with Michael Weiss) - Part Two
Podcast Episode · Mission Implausible · March 29 · 28m
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
For years, strategists have warned national leaders against the temptations of "victory disease," the belief that winning battles means they're winning the war. Leaders throughout history have made this mistake, and Trump seems to be making it now. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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An Epidemic of ‘Victory Disease’
The president is pointing to the American military’s excellence as though that somehow constitutes a strategy in itself.
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.38.45 @3845.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
generalstrikeus.com @generalstrikeus.bsky.social
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The General Strike
The General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today.
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Rachel Cohen @cohen489.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
getting awful sick of hearing liberals use domestic abuser logic to chide protestors for property damage as the state murders people
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.38.45 @3845.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
"The U.S. government has in its possession a device that is believed to cause Havana Syndrome — the affliction that scores of intelligence officers, military personnel, and diplomats began reporting in Cuba in 2016 — according to four sources." @sashaingber.bsky.social
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Exclusive: U.S. has been testing a captured device linked to Havana Syndrome, sources say
Four people tell me the U.S. government has this weapon, which has been tested.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
1/ The new US National Security Strategy blames 'undemocratic' European governments for failing to make peace with Russia, takes a pro-Russian position on NATO, reflects white nationalist views on European demographics, and pledges overt support for far-right parties. ⬇️
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.38.45 @3845.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... "For anyone who doubts that Trump is contemplating a monarchical reign, consider how very far down that road he already is. Since returning to office, he has sought absolute power, unchecked by the other branches of government, the 50 states, or the free press."
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President for Life
Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The precursor to the Insurrection Act, which President Washington invoked to call up militia during the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794, required concurrence of a Supreme Court Justice that an insurrection was occurring.
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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 10/10/2025
Explosions in Kyiv as Ukraine’s capital and its energy facilities come under “massive” Russian missile and drone attack, according to Ministry of Energy. Mayor Klitschko reported power and outages. I briefly lost power in city center. As I type this, Ukraine’s air defenses are countering drones…
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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 22/06/2025
If you live in the United States, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were six months ago. So is your family. So are your friends and neighbors. trib.al/nzgEHm8
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"blame lies with their leaders, who demonstrated a stunning lack of situational awareness and careless disregard for one of their institution’s guiding professional norms. They failed to prepare their soldiers to act like professionals.” From the great @heidiurben.bsky.social
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The military must remain nonpartisan. America depends on it
The soldiers who cheered partisan applause lines at Fort Bragg, and their leaders, erred in a spectacular way.
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Steven A. Cash @cashsteven.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
A pleasure to visit with the SpyTalk team... smart questions, smart conversation, and with people who know what they are talking about....
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.38.45 @3845.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
It would be great to hear your take on this, @kschake.bsky.social. How does this affect the chain of command? Can this hinder large scale planning and execution in military affairs? www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
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US Defense Secretary Hegseth to slash senior-most ranks of military
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered a 20% reduction in the number of four-star officers, deepening ongoing cuts at the Pentagon that have shaken the Department of Defense at the start of President Donald Trump's second term in office.
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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
"European officials increasingly see their job as decoupling from America without provoking it."
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100 days of Trump: the growing dismay in Europe
The president’s insults have soured the continent on their cousins
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 28/04/2025
Germany has asked the EU to activate an emergency clause that would allow it to rapidly increase defense investment without breaching the bloc's spending rules.
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Germany triggers EU’s emergency clause for defense spending
Acting Finance Minister Jörg Kukies also pushes for wider definition of security investment.
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Former acting Attorney General Peter Keisler and I discuss the many crises of due process in the Trump presidency. Episode 3 of the David Frum Show on YouTube below - or wherever you get your podcasts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdBQ...
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Peter Keisler and the Crises of Due Process | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
These cases will never survive federal courts overseen by federal judges...which means at some point I'm pretty sure they're going to resort to military tribunals or kangaroo courts in soccer stadiums
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Ivo Daalder @ivodaalder.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This week we discussed the faltering peace effort in Ukraine, the crisis in Kashmir, and the chaos in the Pentagon on World Review, with Carla Robbins, @ravireports.bsky.social, and Steven Erlanger. open.substack.com/pub/ivodaald...
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World Review: Ukraine Plan, Kashmir Crisis, Pentagon Chaos
A brief synopsis of this week's show
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Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Heads, Ukraine Loses. Tails, Russia Wins.
Trump is giving Putin what he wants and pushing Zelensky to accept it.
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The Dispatch @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Jamie Weinstein is joined by sociologist Larry Diamond to explain how democracies rise and fall and what history might tell us about Donald Trump’s slouch towards tyranny.
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How Democracies Fall and Rise
‘Freedom is at existential risk right now.’
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.38.45 @3845.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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The State Department closes the office that flags disinformation from Russia, China and Iran
The State Department has shut down the office that sought to deal with misinformation and disinformation that Russia, China and Iran have been accused of spreading.
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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 11/04/2025
New #SpyTalk with host @spytalker.bsky.social #MSWMedia 🕵🏼‍♀️ Guest: @tim-weiner.bsky.social Listen: spytalk.simplecast.com/episodes/ins...
New SpyTalk podcast. Pulitzer-winning intelligence historian Tim Weiner discusses the latest wacky—and disturbing—news from inside the Trump administration’s national security team.
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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
First episode of the David Frum Show is live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTfV...
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Rahm Emanuel and Trump’s Tariff Chaos | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/04/2025
@theatlantic.com’s writers and editors are on Bluesky. Follow us for ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling: go.bsky.app/NVbMa2Y
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
More from ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl: "By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially." Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03... Take action: ala.org/showup
White House "cutting off opportunity" for Americans as administration cuts IMLS staff. American Library Association, Show Up for Our Libraries.“Whether on a campus, in the neighborhood, on a military base or elsewhere, libraries mean opportunity for everyone in our communities. By cutting off federal support from libraries, the Trump administration is cutting off opportunity for the American people – economically, culturally, professionally and socially.  
 
“Congress created IMLS by law, with bipartisan support. Republican and Democratic Presidents signed those laws, including President Trump in 2018. Any significant reductions to the IMLS’ small and talented workforce would undermine the agency’s ability to carry out that law.  
 
“To the dedicated staff of IMLS, you have the full support of ALA. We thank you for your service to America’s libraries. We are exploring all possible policy and legal responses to this order, and we promise to mobilize library supporters nationwide to return you to the vital work entrusted to you." ALA President Cindy Hohl
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 01/04/2025
"The public needs to wake up before our libraries are gone," one "livid" librarian said.
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Librarians Are Mad As Hell At The Trump Administration. They Think You Should Be, Too.
"The public needs to wake up before our libraries are gone," one "livid" librarian said.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 25/03/2025
Elon Musk would now be in charge of the databases determining voter eligibility.
A screenshot of a text excerpt mentioning the Department of Homeland Security and the DOGE Administrator. The text discusses the review of voter registration lists, voter list maintenance activities, and the coordination of federal and state records, including immigration databases, to ensure consistency with federal requirements. The text cites 52 U.S.C. 20507 and mentions the use of subpoenas where necessary.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The fight for our democracy is not coming. It is here. When I say that we have months, not a year, to save democracy, I'm talking about this coordinated, relentless legal assault on political dissent. 1/ Let me explain a few elements of Trump's plan: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left
The president and his allies in Congress are targeting the financial, digital and legal machinery that powers the Democratic Party and much of the progressive political world.
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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries
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ACLU @aclu.org · 15/03/2025
BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration over the expected unlawful and unprecedented invocation of the Alien Enemies Act. This is the same policy used during WWII to justify the internment of people of Japanese ancestry.
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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
"I have never witnessed the personal security clearance process personally weaponized by a president to the extent as it has been in the past several weeks simply to attack perceived partisan enemies." Former Classification Czar under President Bush www.justsecurity.org/108657/congr...
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Congress Must Stop the Weaponization of Security Clearances
Former "Security Czar" writes that weaponization of the personal security clearance process is weakening the security of the American people.
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Amanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
From me: A status report of where things stand when it comes to Trump’s most autocratic threats to democracy. open.substack.com/pub/protectd...
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How much damage has been done so far?
Assessing the impact of Trump 2.0
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This is the most important thread I've ever written. If Pete said yes and Dem Leadership agreed to assess each Dem congressional and committee office to fund this, we'd only need a Dem Senator to sacrifice a "hideaway" office in the Capitol to serve as the press briefing room.
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
We're in a crisis of historical proportions. Dems need to act like it. For a change.
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 12/02/2025
Has someone made a straight-forward Appointments Clause challenge to DOGE and, specifically, Musk's involvement?
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
“The autocracies of the 20th century relied on mass terror. Those of the 21st often don’t need to; their subjects comply willingly.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
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Opinion | To Obey Trump or Not to Obey
The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
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.38.45 @3845.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
"If you voted Republican, and you care about your country, please act rather than rationalize." "And get ready to protest with people with whom you otherwise disagree." open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The awful news that Elon Musk clashed with a top Treasury official in an effort to access govt payment systems raises a crucial question: Did Trump authorize this, or not? I talked to former officials who explain why this is a key question, and why it's so alarming: newrepublic.com/article/1910...
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Trump and Elon Musk Just Pulled Off Another Purge—and It’s a Scary One
Did Musk’s alleged effort to access the government’s payment systems have Trump’s blessing? Or was he going rogue? Either scenario is bad, but one’s a little worse.
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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Every elected or aspiring D needs to read this from @joshtpm.bsky.social 100% endorse. Every word. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/who-c...
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Who Can Stop Elon’s ‘Team’ Wilding Its Way Through the Federal Government?
Over the course of the last two weeks, I’ve tried to drive...
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Civics matters. You cannot understand the blatant power grab Trump is making right now if you don’t understand separation of powers.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
New shit has come to light. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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The Consensus on Havana Syndrome Is Cracking
After long denying the possibility, some intelligence agencies are no longer willing to rule out a mystery weapon.
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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 02/01/2025
The danger of kakistocracy. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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