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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2h
If Americans view, clip, share, and permanently enshrine an American public killing in a million ways on the internet, we will move towards fascist rituals of violence. snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong...
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Four Wrongs of a Public Execution
Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin comments on plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hassan in the United States, saying that turning death into a spectacle is unacceptable.
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Cardinal Parolin on US public execution: Death must not be turned into a spectacle - Vatican News
Speaking on the sidelines of an event in Rome on John Henry Newman, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin comments on plans to livestream the ...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2h
We’re watching the process right now. Bari Weiss and Jonathan Greenblatt offer two interesting case studies in moral depravity b
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How do human beings explain taking part in genocide? NAZA provides a chilling look | Omer Bartov
It’s easier to blame brutes and sadists for extreme violence. But as we see in the documentary, modern genocides are fueled by people who are uncomfortably recognizable
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
Igor reflects a lot of the commentary from inside Russia, in which this "deal" is basically viewed as a huge case of Putin pulling the wool over Trump's eyes for a massive tactical win over a man who is an easily swayed idiot (but "our" idiot).
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
This is the best analysis out there about Putin's "diesel deal" with Trump, which really isn't about selling diesel at all. It's about an insurance policy for the Kremlin, and Trump realigning himself against NATO and for Moscow. From Phillips P O'Brien.
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This Is About Much More Than Just Diesel
What Really Matters From The Last Few Hours
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
As ever, Gary Kasparov understands exactly what's going down.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
Overall, violent crime is dropping, especially in urban areas in the northeast. The exception: a massive crime wave involving guns carried out by ICE agents. Here an off duty ICE agent harasses and shoots a man and woman asleep on a lawn in Fresno, for no particular reason.
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72-year-old man shoots off-duty ICE agent found asleep on Fresno lawn, agent arrested: Police
Authorities say a woman found the ICE agent sleeping on her front lawn.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
Trump's plan to betray Ukraine and align the US with Russia in their current war continues to unfold in predictable fashion. www.ft.com/content/7fd4...
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US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing
Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
The law has always been clear that confessions secured through torture are inadmissible. So there is no surprise in this outcome.
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All Four Defendants’ Confessions Are Now Suppressed in the 9/11 Case
A military judge on Wednesday threw out the last disputed confession in the case against the suspected 9/11 plotters at Guantanamo Bay.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
Carl Schmitt was the lawyer who helped Adolf Hitler deconstruct the Weimar Constitution following the Nacht der langen Messer. Here Sunstein points out that the reasoning and arguments used by JD Vance are Schmittian. Considering that Vance's advisor Curtis Yarvin is a Schmitt-follower, no surprise.
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Defining Socialism
On Friends, Enemies, and Moral Foundations Theory
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lizbauch.bsky.social @lizbauch.bsky.social · 6h
An off-duty ICE agent was shot in Fresno after he was found sleeping on a lawn, then allegedly assaulted a 72-year-old man, authorities said. The Fresno Police Department said it received several reports at 3:19 a.m. Friday of a gunshot fired... www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Off-duty ICE agent found sleeping on Fresno lawn is shot after assaulting man, authorities say
When officers arrived, they found David Gonzalez, 32, in handcuffs, with a gunshot wound to his midsection, according to a Fresno Police statement.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 7h
The Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival of a centuries-old Palestinian cultural tradition. mondoweiss.net/2026/10/afte...
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After three years of genocide, Gaza’s olive harvest is going extinct
The Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival…
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h
Actor Keegan Allen was beaten & robbed at gunpoint in West Hollywood, then immediately took to social to blame Karen Bass. I’m sorry this happened to him, but W. Hollywood is its own city, patrolled by the LA County Sheriff’s Department. Karen Bass isn’t the mayor of WeHo. Wrong city. Wrong mayor.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
More evidence that Trump really has no idea how a compulsory insurance healthcare system works, or what the role of insurance companies in the process is. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
The analysis and reasoning here are correct. Moreover, the more Putin persuades Trump to abandon Ukraine and support him, the more America's erstwhile allies must step up and strengthen their backing for Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The more Putin escalates his attacks on Europe, the more Europe should support Ukraine | Timothy Garton Ash
Moscow’s imperialist strongman believes decadent European democracies can be cowed. Our job is to prove him wrong, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
Trump's tax policy is unambiguous: it has meant reducing the tax burden on the wealthiest 1% and increasing it on all other Americans. And this is the essence of the bargain Trump struck with the tech bros in 2024.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
Pontifex maximus has a message to Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump about their plans to livestream a firing squad execution from Ft Hood as public entertainment in December. This is moral depravity of the highest order.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
The fact that Putin, Trump and XI align as forces of manifest evil in the world should come as a surprise to no one. Yet few in America seem aware of what is happening.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 6h
Another reminder that the GOP has ceased functioning as a political party in conventional terms. Instead it operates as a cult of personality, as much of Europe did in the 1930s.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h
There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.
—Walter Lippmann, “What Modern Liberty Means,” Liberty and the News (1920)
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 6h
Fixed it for Trump.
Trump's post announcing a diesel deal with Russia. I've covered up false claims he made with grey boxes, and in yellow text written what is true, including that "receiving bribes from Vladimir Putin" is his greatest priority.
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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
8 time Texas HS football state champion coach knows what’s at stake this November.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h
Number of networks picking this up on the evening news: zero. This is called sane washing.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h
Speaking at a campaign event in Syracuse, Trump throws a tantrum lasting more than 10 minutes focused on the Nobel Prize in which he lavishes praise on himself and attacks the highly qualified and respected recipient of the award. He ends the tantrum with a wave of threats targeting Norway.
washingtonpost.com
Trump fumes at ‘stain’ on Norway after missing out on Nobel Peace Prize
The president described the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay as “disgraceful and embarrassing” and said he would “not forget.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Trump: "I think you heard about the oil deal with Russia. That is a big deal. That is massive amounts of oil coming into our country, and I want to thank President Putin to be honest with you."
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ABILA (American Branch of the ILA) @abilaofficial.bsky.social · 6h
ILW WEBINAR: Aggression Unbound? Is Accountability Possible? Considering Potential Pathways | November 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... With: Tom Dannenbaum, Oona Hathaway, Mary Ellen O'Connell, Rebecca Shoot, Jennifer Trahan, & Amb. Christian Wenaweser
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h
The essential observation of the day. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
In his extended series of campaign stump delusions, Greenland always shows up. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
Rep Michael McCaul (R-TX) is a buffoon who never understood what Trump was up to and had no inkling that if Trump were given complete authority over sanctions, he would, of course, use that authority to make friends with Putin and end sanctions. The whimpishness of this post is comic.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
André Carrilho
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
Matt Wuerker, Politico
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15h
“The United States of America, represented by me as your president, should have received the Nobel peace prize, but didn’t. And this is an indelible stain on the country of Norway, and those people that made such a disgraceful and embarrassing decision,” Trump said.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15h
This man is insane. But you can count on US corporate media not to report what he said and did. "At what was supposed to be a rally for other Republican candidates in Syracuse, New York, the US president devoted a long portion of his speech airing his grievances with the Nobel committee.
theguardian.com
Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes Norway
President complains about not winning prize in year he started war with Iran and says: ‘We will not forget, Norway’
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 15h
Rep Max Miller's (R-OH) adulterous girlfriend of nearly two years was just indicted by a grand jury on three charges, including grand theft.
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Rep. Max Miller's girlfriend was just indicted
A grand jury formally charged Jaclyn Alatrash, the congressman's partner of nearly two years, with grand theft.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h
A conservative Danish politician explains why it his impossible for Europeans to view an America governed by Trump as an ally.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 18h
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h
The NYPD (God bless 'em) has just released their surveillance videos, which show unequivocally that all the statements made by Markwayne Mullin about the Marble Hill shooting are false. But then we knew that. Let's give him a five-Pinocchios award for today's show. bsky.app/profile/reic...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21h
Note the Trump position: Ukraine must stop bombing refineries and pipelines, even though they are legitimate military targets (suggested, as it turns out, by the US). But Russia is perfectly free to bomb apartment buildings, hospitals, churches and libraries, because that's what "real warriors" do.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h
Ken & Angela Paxton appear to have the goods on one another, and it's a wide assortment of fraud felony counts. www.thedailybeast.com/must-win-mag...
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Must-Win MAGA Candidate Exposed Blaming Wife in Fraud Probe
Ken Paxton’s deposition is the latest leak to hit his struggling campaign.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h
It looks like Sen Roger Marshall is using taxpayer funds to pay his campaign staff. The scam is unprecedented.
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Roger Marshall’s complicated history of blurring the line between taxpayer dollars and campaign cash • Kansas Reflector
In a joint investigation, Kansas Reflector and MS NOW obtained audio recordings, photos, videos, screenshots of text messages and calendar items from 2020 — when Marshall first ran for his Senate seat...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22h
Pew Research Center: A month out from the 2026 midterm election, the costs of many household essentials are a top economic concern for most Americans.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21h
Kash Patel's visit to Moscow is being hosted by the FSB, the successor to the KGB, once chaired by Putin and in whose operations he continues to take a strong personal interest. The FSB has Patel's goat, it's safe to say. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Why Is Kash Patel Planning to Visit Russia?
Democrats in Congress are asking the FBI director to cancel the reported trip.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21h
The National Association of Evangelicals has now aligned itself fully with the statement of Archbishop Coakley for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, condemning Hegseth's plans for a live-streamed execution at Ft Hood. religionnews.com/2026/10/09/h...
religionnews.com
Catholic, evangelical leaders condemn public execution plan of Fort Hood gunman
(RNS) — ‘The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people,’ Archbishop Paul S. Coakle...
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21h
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is the nation's highest profile Hindu political leader, and he's now campaigning for governor of Ohio. Has this triggered a series of acts of vandalism targeting Hindu temples in Ohio? religionnews.com/2026/10/08/o...
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Ohio Hindu temple vandalized, rattling worshippers
(RNS) — Someone threw bricks at the windows of Shree Swaminarayan Vadtal Dham, shattering one and sending glass shards flying inside the Richmond Heights, Ohio, temple.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21h
On Putin's birthday, moreover, Trump gave him: (1) an end to sanctions; (2) a drawdown of US troops defending NATO; and (3) a sleazy, super corrupt LUKoil deal—and this is just what we know so far.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The economic and political mood this year is similar to 2006, but Democrats have fewer swing districts to compete in. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 23h
Sun Belt cities are building housing roughly three times as fast as blue state metropolises.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 22h
One in five American families fell behind on a loan or mortgage payment in the past year — up from one in eight in 2022 and the highest since 2007.
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