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1) Putin doesn't have diesel to spare. 2) Diesel is cover for lifting sanctions. 3) Putin's statement sounds like he's offering an Iran escape hatch, which I've been predicting. 4) Half of the MASSIVE bribes Putin is offering now don't exist. 5) But he does mention security coop -- Kash.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

“I’ll say I love her publicly, but the truth is I can’t fucking stand her,” the ally said. “But if she asks you to go on the podcast, or come over for dinner, you say yes, because Stephen Miller is the second-most powerful person in the world.”

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 5h

Trump announces that the U.S. will buy Russian oil. This is just a few weeks after Trump signed the Lindsey Graham Russia Sanctions bill, which authorized him to place 100% tariffs on countries that are the biggest importers of Russian oil/gas. Are we going to tariff ourselves now?

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h

I think this analysis is correct. Reports out of Russia for the last six weeks show huge diesel shortages and long lines of cars trying to get it. Russia doesn't have the diesel Trump says he's buying for them. This is all for another purpose, which is psy ops.

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Nathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 5h

This is a complete betrayal of Ukraine and of Europe to violate sanctions on Russia. And Congress has passed laws to block Russia oil sales So Trump is violating international sanctions and federal law This should be his second impeachment related to Ukraine

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4h

A federal judge has sanctioned a DOJ attorney for accusing an ICE detainee's attorney of misconduct without any evidence. The punishment: Two hours of legal training about the "special role of US attorneys" and the need to support claims with evidence. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

This is completely outrageous and disgusting. This must immediately be blocked by Congress and Trump should be impeached for this. The US is now funding Putin’s war machine as he murders civilians including children. We are lost as a country.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 6h

My eyes are literally stinging

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 11h

So a bunch of guys in plainclothes surrounded a man in a car and shot him, then the government disappeared him and refuses to release any information about his condition or whereabouts

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11h

Again, you (& I) live in a country where there are concentration camps & people are being disappeared. We can argue about what exactly to call this particular form of partially autocratic political regime, but it’s not a full democracy.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 6h

I really wish Uber would offer a “no strong fragrances” ride option (car fresheners, cologne, etc.)…I’m dying rn

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 9h

I can’t help but notice that ICE keeps claiming that people it shoots were trying to ram the agents with a car, and then video keeps proving that’s a lie.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

DOJ “has hastily hired a new crop of 130 people -- some w/ criminal records, minimal experience, tarnished work histories, hyperpartisanship and downright bizarre public statements.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 21h

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026

Trump: "The White House considers anyone that uses the term, 'Artificial Intelligence,' as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, 'Super Intelligence,' THE ENEMY! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 23h

nothing has happened to change my mind on this since i posted it months ago

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Trump has moved the ethical line" drives me crazy. It pretends there are no other actors with agency in 🇺🇸 politics or the media. You could have treated this as a nonstop five-alarm scandal & crisis for democracy. You didn't do that. You did for EMAIL & BIDEN OLD. Other choices were right there.

nytimes.com

An Outrage in 2019. No Problem in 2026. Trump Has Moved the Ethical Line.

The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Before he was appointed, Kash Patel was flagged by FBI counterintelligence agents as being deeply enmeshed in influence operations run by the Russians and Chinese. After he took over, Patel began systematically eliminating all Russian and Chinese counterintelligence capacity. What to make of that?

npr.org

As Trump focuses the FBI on immigration, counterintelligence is falling behind

The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026

Trump: *says horrible thing* the media: he didn’t actually mean it Trump: no I definitely one hundred percent meant it

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is the vice president's guy, no? This should be every headline, it should lead every newscast and EVERY REPUBLICAN SHOULD BE ASKED ABOUT IT.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 06/10/2026

If Nidal Hasan is executed by firing squad, as the Pentagon spokesman says Hegseth and Trump have decided, it will be the first death sentence carried out by the U.S. military since 1961, and the first by firing squad since 1945. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

Screenshot of a tweet from @SeanParnellASW dated 5 Oct 2026, reading as follows:

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has recommended — and President Donald J. Trump has approved — death by U.S. Army firing squad for convicted terrorist Nidal Malik Hasan, the jihadist who opened fire on unarmed American soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009. He killed 13 people and wounded 32 others while shouting “Allahu Akbar” during the attack.

The Secretary of the Army will set the time and place of the execution. Judgement day for Hasan has finally come.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Trump's crass incivility gets a scolding from one of the icons of the South Carolina GOP.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026

An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

U.S. forces are retreating. That's what this means. "Pulled out and returned to their home stations in the U.S. as potential Iranian threats raise base security concerns" is a fancy way of saying the Iranian military has the U.S. military in retreat. This is unbelievably embarrassing.

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

“The coin in question was listed for sale on eBay and is branded “U.S. ERO Yuma ICE.” Along with a snarling wolf-like creature, the coin, which is in the shape of a police badge, features two twisted mottoes. “There is no hunting like the hunting of man,” it says.”

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Russia has imposed strict limits on the freedom of young men in a move that paves the way for mass military mobilisation, a leaked document suggests. Conscription laws require men aged between 18 and 30 to sign up with enlistment offices so they can be called up to fight if needed.

thetimes.com

Russia limits young men’s freedom, fuelling mobilisation fear

A document seen by The Sunday Times suggests Putin is making life harder for conscription dodgers

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Greg Parmesan @gregparmesan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Administration led by geriatric who can‘t stay awake during mid-day meetings and has severely swollen cankles wants the commoners to stand on cement slabs for 8-hour shifts.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Community Notes for the win here, Megyn Kelly. 👌

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

But ice cream shops can’t give a free cone to someone with an “I voted” sticker

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The petty-ass bullshit this administration inflicts on people just trying to live their livea is truly something to behold

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.

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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

TFW you are taking a page from Idi Amin

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I didn't say it was proven. I literally said "I have to wonder..." Investigations ask questions that need to be answered. That's how they work.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Corruption is personally benefitting from wrongdoing. Conflict of interest is when incentives prevent you from exercising independent judgment. The latter can lead to the former, but they are actually two different concepts.

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

So I would be interested to know more about the relationship between the Tompkins Cty. DAs office and Cornell. Are there former Tompkins Cty. police who now work at the University, for ex? There may not be but it’s clear there was something standing in the way of conducting an inpartial investigat’n

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And of course this happens frequently between government regulators and the private sector, where people from agencies like the FDA and SEC have lucrative opportunities that await them in house…which gives them an incentive to look the other way on violations (e.g., Purdue Pharma) 4/

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We’ve seen this movie before, for example with USA Gymnastics, where the FBI dropped the ball…a later OIG investigation revealed that the FBI supervisor in charge of the case was in the process of being interviewed for a job with the U.S. Olympic Committee (or another invested party in that case) 3/

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

One pattern I see repeatedly in my research into complicity is the conflict of interest involved between the public and private sector in many contexts. I have to wonder if there is such an issue with regard to the Tompkins Cty prosecutor’s office and Cornell 1/

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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Y'all I just caught the Kennedy Center claiming it isn't closing while telling vendors it's closing and now they're selling all of their Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...

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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos

Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.

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