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Eto Buziashvili @buziashvili.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
In less than 3 weeks, Moldova heads into its parliamentary elections facing very aggressive and sophisticated foreign interference. In our new report, we break down the threat landscape: a hybrid mix of money, manipulation, and manufactured dissent. 1/8
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 09/09/2025
Who is this man to lecture Europe while sparing Putin from real pressure? Trump urged the EU to impose 100% tariffs on China and India to curb their purchases of Russian oil and pressure Moscow to end the war. He promised US backing for such measures. Yet on Russia itself, he offers nothing.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
One of the ways a democracy disappears: the legislative branch neuters itself and takes orders from the leader. This week Senate Republicans will go "nuclear" to change the body's rules. The change? Stop having separate votes on nominees. Just do 50 at a time. Not kidding.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 09/09/2025
⚡️Russian military losses near 300,000 in 2025, Syrskyi says. "The Russian army's losses since the beginning of the year have already reached almost 300 thousand (299,210) people," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported Sept. 9.
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Russian military losses near 300,000 in 2025, Syrskyi says
Russia has lost nearly 300,000 troops in 2025, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported Sept. 9.
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Good piece by Ken Roth on why Putin invaded #Ukraine. It had nothing to do with "Nato" or "neo-Nazis". Rather, it was about crushing a pro-European democracy on Russia's doorstep, and "quashing" the example that offered to millions of Russians www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Trump needs to understand what the war in Ukraine is really about | Kenneth Roth
It’s not about Nato or the Soviet Union. It’s about democracy.
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Nothing to see here: just Boris Johnson acting as a fixer for Evgeny Lebedev - the son of a KGB foreign intelligence officer - and introducing him to Elon Musk www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Revealed: Boris Johnson approached Elon Musk on behalf of London Evening Standard owner Lebedev
Former PM’s private office forwarded business proposal from peer to owner of X in June 2024, leaked files suggest
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Edward Lucas @edwardlucas.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
and here in Swedish
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10/09/2025
As the Polish military confirmed that aerial objects were shot down, the incident marks what is believed to be the first direct engagement by a NATO member against Russian assets in its own airspace since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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In first for NATO, Poland downs Russian drones amid mass attack on Ukraine as Putin tests Western resolve
Polish authorities temporarily closed Warsaw Chopin Airport and placed the country’s air defenses on high alert overnight on Sept. 10, following reports that Russian drones have entered Polish airspac...
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10/09/2025
⚡️Putin ‘testing NATO resolve,’ US congressman warns as Poland confirms airspace breach by Russian drones. Polish authorities temporarily closed Warsaw Chopin Airport and placed the country’s air defenses on high alert overnight on Sept. 10.
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Putin 'testing NATO resolve,' US congressman warns as Poland confirms airspace breach by Russian drones
Polish authorities temporarily closed Warsaw Chopin Airport and placed the country’s air defenses on high alert overnight on Sept. 10, following reports that Russian drones have entered Polish airspac...
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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
All Ukraine on alert, as swarms of Russian cruise missiles cross country. 8 Tu-95 bombers launched weapons (largest No. since “Spiderweb” attack on RU bomber bases). Earlier, after drone incursions into Poland, it appeared Kremlin called off attack, but it was obviously a ruse.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/09/2025
Earlier, the department spiked a plan to reveal a Chinese information campaign, on the grounds that it prefers"telling the truth to our adversaries." Meanwhile the administration is gutting America's foreign broadcasters, so unclear who exactly will do that www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars
The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/09/2025
"On August 29, the State Department leadership notified staff that it was terminating more than two dozen agreements...designed to create common language and tactics to push back against Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and terrorist influence campaigns overseas..." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars
The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/09/2025
Since January 20, Russian air raids in Ukraine have intensified dramatically
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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov threatened America with nuclear strikes if new sanctions are imposed, insulted Scott Bessent, provided an update about Margarita Simonyan's operation, and ran another fundraiser where Ukrainians were depicted as pigs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTh1...
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Vladimir Solovyov threatens America and gives an update about Margarita Simonyan
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
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Background Briefing with Ian Masters @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
We speak with @olgalautman.bsky.social about the U.S. telling its European allies it will no longer work against Russian, Chinese and Iranian disinformation warfare. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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The US Tells the Europeans We Will No Longer Work With Them Against Disinformation Warfare
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Russia escalating its genocidal war in Ukraine, targeting the EU Commissioner’s plane w GPS jamming, bombing EU and British building (& American factory) in Ukraine, & now swarming Poland w drones is happening because of Trump’s fealty to Putin. What promises were made to Putin?
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
As there are reports that Russian drones are in Poland and NATO scrambled jets to respond, RIA Novosti's main story right now is "Pentagon to cut funding for US military readiness in Europe" Screw Russia and anyone who supports this
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
The Minnesota assassin appears to be a hate-filled right winger. So can we stop walking on eggshells about MAGA's legitimization of political violence? Yes, Republicans have also been the target of inexcusable violence, but this isn't a "both sides" issue. 1/ A🧵on the danger.
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Edward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
NEW: The board of the Fulbright Program has just resigned after accusing Trump aides of political interference. They say a State Dept. office under Rubio and Darren Beattie has cancelled scholarships to nearly 200 US professors and researchers. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Meanwhile in Russia: while the Kremlin's most prominent propagandists are always rooting for civil war in America, they are deeply disturbed by the Trump-Musk feud and want it to end ASAP. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOSH...
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Pundits worry the Trump-Musk feud might harm Russia
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and Dimitri Simes surmised that Trump is failing on every front and has no discernible master plan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPCy...
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Vladimir Solovyov and Dimitri Simes say Trump is failing
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Meanwhile in Russia: decorated state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and his fellow propagandists rejoiced about events in California, hoping they mark the beginning of a civil war in the United States they've long been rooting for. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWo7...
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Vladimir Solovyov is ecstatic about events in the US
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
1. I'm going to thread out the very odd sequence of events that led Fox News anchor John Robert, theoretically a "straight news" guy, to pretend the early hours of June 7 actually happened a day ago in order to avoid pointing out that Donald Trump was wrong about something.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
As I have been saying: Immigrations raids on non-criminal day laborers, and the ensuing US military incursion of California, have been orchestrated by shadow president Stephen Miller. www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Trump's legal basis for federalizing the National Guard and deploying it in Los Angeles is surprisingly weak and vulnerable to judicial pushback—if the courts have the courage to enforce the law as written: slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Trump’s Deployment of the National Guard in L.A. Has Serious Legal Flaws
Trump has made himself more susceptible to legal challenge. California’s lawsuit has been assigned to Judge Charles Breyer, a Bill Clinton appointee.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 10/06/2025
“The Insurrection Act” by Any Other Name: Unpacking Trump’s Memorandum Authorizing Domestic Deployment of the Military A leading expert @lizagoitein.bsky.social answers 5 key questions #TaskForce51 #NationalGuard #LosAngeles #NORTHCOM www.justsecurity.org/114282/memor...
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Trump’s Memorandum Authorizing Military Domestic Deployment
"The Memorandum ... raises many of the same concerns as an Insurrection Act invocation would, and that could end up looking quite similar in practice."
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This indictment is a travesty. DOJ is filing charges that never would have been brought by prior Departments of either party. From Rep. McIver here to Judge Dugan in WI to David Huerta in LA -- injustice. The congresswoman is vigorously contesting this and I think she will be successful!
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Trump, who recently paid Ashli Babbitt's family $5 million and has floated the idea of reparations for January 6 rioters, calls protesters in Los Angeles "paid insurrectionists."
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Gov. Newsom is asking for a restraining order on Trump/Hegseth's use of the military in Los Angeles, saying they are preparing to go on immigration raids with ICE. He wants a ruling within two hours. "They must be stopped immediately." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
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On Tyranny free resources
To use and to share, now or any time
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Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
American Bar Association responds to May 29 Pam Bondi letter (which she posted online but they never received) cutting it off from any ability to perform its traditional professional vetting of judicial nominees (long pre-nomination, but since '17 post nomination) static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Effectively, after sanctioning Mexico and Canada bc they're not doing enough on fentanyl trafficking, Trump is taking away California's tools to combat fentanyl trafficking.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
CATO has a report out showing how much the immigration parts of the Big Ugly add to the deficit. www.cato.org/blog/deporta...
A pie chart showing the costs of HR1, the reconciliation bill. A purple section amounting to about 55% of the pie is labeled HR1's other deficit 2.25T. A turquoise section labeled Interest amounts for about 16% of the pie. A mustard section, labeled Deportation Fiscal Effect, makes up about 25% of the pie, marked as 886B.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Alina Habba has created something called a "Special Prosecutions Division" to charge Donald Trump's political enemies. (This press release tells a third or fourth mutually inconsistent story about what happened at Delaney Hall.) www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/c...
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Congresswoman Charged for Forcibly Impeding and Interfering With Federal Officers
U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver was charged in a three-count indictment today for forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officers.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Yeah, this is absolutely a possibility:
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
BREAKING: DC Circuit panel of three Trump appointees blocks Judge Boasberg's June 11 deadline for DOJ to report back on how the Trump administration will give constitutionally required due process to the people it sent to CECOT under the AEA in March. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
No. 25-5217
September Term, 2024
1:25-cv-00766-JEB
Filed On: June 10, 2025
J.G.G., et al.,
Appellees
V.
Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al.,
Appellants
BEFORE:
Katsas, Rao, and Walker, Circuit Judges
ORDER
Upon consideration of the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal and an administrative stay, it is
ORDERED that those portions of the district court's order entered on June 4, 2025, granting in part appellees' motion for a preliminary injunction, granting in part their motion for class certification, and ordering appellants to file a notice by June 11, 2025, be administratively stayed pending further order of the court. The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the emergency motion for a stay pending appeal and should not be construed in any way as a ruling on the merits of that motion. See D.C. Circuit Handbook of Practice and Internal Procedures 33 (2024). It is
FURTHER ORDERED that appellees file a response to the emergency motion by
5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 16, 2025. Any reply is due by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
Per Curiam
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/06/2025
"nullification of the election results" = "winning imbued trump with sovereign authority and so all opposition to him is illegitimate and illegal"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11/06/2025
We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol. Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists. W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info, Alianza Rebelde Investiga
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Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Everything was fine until Trump decided to unleash violent raids w/o grounds in elementary schools, shopping areas, & peaceful public spaces. ICE then illegally blocked Members of Congress entry into the facilities they are disappearing people into, escalating the situation. Let’s start there.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/06/2025
This is an important reminder: even the LAPD acknowledged yesterday that everything was peaceful. Then Trump brought the chaos. He is responsible.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
“Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to call for the overturning of the Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, with strategists citing the successful effort that overturned the right to legal abortions as a possible blueprint for the new fight.”
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Southern Baptists Call to Overturn Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination was motivated by conservative Christians’ success in reversing Roe v. Wade.
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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 10/06/2025
Hope so
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/06/2025
BREAKING: Tonight, California Gov. Newsom will be addressing California — and the nation — LIVE at around 6:30pm PT regarding Trump’s illegal militarization of LA and his broader assault on our democracy. Watch exclusively on the MeidasTouch channel.
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EXCLUSIVE: Governor Newsom ADDRESSES State and Nation LIVE
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline. There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Offline, in real-world Los Angeles, most Angelenos are having a perfectly normal day. But online, the fires and riots are still raging. Seeking clicks, clout and chaos, unvetted social media accounts are preying on fears about where last weekend’s clashes will lead... www.cnn.com/2025/06/10/m...
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Social media algorithms boost L.A. protest misinformation in ‘combustible’ environment | CNN Business
Offline, in real-world Los Angeles, most Angelenos are having a perfectly normal day. But online, the fires and riots are still raging.
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