Sign in

Christopher Saunders

@cloudsandwaves.bsky.social
273 followers 684 following 383 posts

Artist. NYC. Care over punishment. Thank you for attending to this matter. He/Him

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
“Moscow must decide whether to give up on Hungary, its most important asset in Europe, as it did in 1989, or double-down, as it did in 1956.” A smart look at what’s at stake in Hungary’s elections, from @juliusstrauss.bsky.social
open.substack.com
Will the Russians let Hungary go?
With Viktor Orban likely to be swept from power, Moscow must decide whether to give up on Hungary, its most important asset in Europe, as it did in 1989, or double-down, as it did in 1956.
03218
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Russia, Trump, and Netanyahu are sweating, in addition to MAGA. Bannon said Orban was "Trump before Trump." www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
newyorker.com
The Global Stakes of Hungary’s Pivotal Election
What the fate of Viktor Orbán, a pioneer of strongman politics and a darling of right-wing movements across the world, might mean for Europe, Russia, MAGA, and beyond.
23556149
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
You need to see this, folks talkingpointsmemo.com/news/staff-a...
63473130
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
We’re about to pay Iran $6 billion to re-open the thing that was open before the war. Art of the deal, baby.
927152595107
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Sam Gad Jones @samgadjones.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I knew it was bad but really didn’t appreciate it was quite this bad as.ft.com/r/db911dd6-f...
22567782498
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I hope liberal and left-wing Americans defeat Trump and all he stands for, but if they want to put America's relationship with the world on a more sustainably realistic basis they need to stop viewing every geopolitical crisis or conflict as a mere externalisation of domestic American culture wars
326857
Christopher Saunders @cloudsandwaves.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
🫠
000
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This is the massive turnout for last night’s “anti regime” concert in Heroes Square, Budapest, ahead of tomorrow’s crucial Hungarian elections. Tens of thousands chanted “Russians go home”. #Orban
Aerial view of enormous crowd. Haven’t managed to source picture credit. Will post when I do
240119502846
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
The UnPopulist @theunpopulist.net · 10/04/2026
Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.
theunpopulist.net
RFK Jr. Lied His Way Into Office and American Health Is the Victim
He is pushing quackery as science as health secretary
42243241961
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Jesse Gamble @jessegamble.com · 11/04/2026
I have lost the mines that were in the Strait and which you were probably hoping would go away Forgive me there were many so hidden and so deep
5691162
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
(NYT) - Iran has been unable to open the Strait of Hormuz to more shipping traffic because it cannot locate all of the mines it laid in the waterway and lacks the capability to remove them, according to U.S. officials. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/u...
2731376340
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Experts found that the White House budget request for the upcoming fiscal year could defund 54 NASA science missions, including a spacecraft currently studying Jupiter and two planned Venus missions: www.scientificamerican.com/article/whit...
Headline reads: White House budget seeks to scrap 54 major NASA science missions. Over an image of Jupiter.
37972714
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Sheila E. Young @sheilaeyoung1.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Sincerely… NASA couldn’t have chosen a better team of people for this mission. They have been a bright light in the shadowy time here. It’s been a joy to watch. #nasa #artemisii
220149402040
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.
6961252565
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Good to see this meeting happening. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam should press the US to come out in favor of an immediate ceasefire -- both because the civilian suffering in Lebanon must stop and because Israel's continued strikes and incursions threaten the stability of the entire region.
043
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 10/04/2026
OOOF, all of the wage growth over the last year erased in one month
Line plot titled "Real wage growth is falling: year-over-year percent change in prices and wages" showing nominal wage growth, inflation, and real wage growth between 2024 and March 2026
291470523
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/04/2026
Top Democrat on House Judiciary formally asks White House physician to conduct cognitive exam of Trump: “Experts have repeatedly warned that the President has been exhibiting signs consistent with dementia and cognitive decline… increasingly incoherent, volatile, profane, deranged, and threatening.”
32860711953
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/04/2026
NEW: The DNC just passed a resolution condemning dark money donations - including those to AIPAC. A member of the DNC proposed a resolution condemning dark money through AIPAC, but the DNC panel rejected that and expanded it to include all dark money donations.
28964211655
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
If Al Capone became President
0194
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Except we’ve spent $50 billion, the Strait is closed and 3000 people are dead. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
16159541787
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
In his first 100 days, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by gig companies -Cracked down on predatory landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like.
626336107237
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It is 1854. American right-wing nativist WASPs fearmonger about Catholics handing the nation over to the Pope. It is 1960. American right-wing nativist WASPs fearmonger about Catholics handing the nation over to the Pope. It is 2026. American right-wing nativist WASPs fearmonger about Catholics ha
13445144
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.
548166657526
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
After 40 days of Trump’s war on Iran, justified by bundle of erratic war aims, there’s no public uprising, regime change, elimination of military or nuke capability. All he has to show is rubble, economic chaos, US isolation and embarrassment. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
washingtonpost.com
32910
Christopher Saunders @cloudsandwaves.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
👇
000
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
“.. Trump’s approach to diplomacy with Iran: scorched-earth threats, scrambled markets, alarmed allies and adversaries, widespread civilian panic and an eleventh-hour off-ramp that has both sides accusing the other of being disingenuous.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...
16366106
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This image, which claims to show one of the airmen rescued by US special forces from Iran, has racked up millions of views after being shared by some major influencers, and even by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. The image is AI-generated and features multiple errors.
551079377
Christopher Saunders @cloudsandwaves.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
👇
000
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 08/04/2026
Small drone attacks are killing more civilians around the world than ever before. I made a map about it:
map.faineg.com
Targeted Small Drone Attacks on Civilians: A Global OSINT Picture
A global OSINT map of targeted small drone attacks on civilians since 2022.
14428185
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
It's a toss-up right now as to which will fail to achieve more of its goals: the war with Iran or the ceasefire with Iran.
617640
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The Pakistan president’s proposal specified the ceasefire would include Lebanon. He posted it on X. Trump referred to agreeing with the Pakistan president’s proposal when he announced the ceasefire. He posted it on Truth Social and the White House shared it on X.
25321103
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
“This is a trans-national effort, funded by Russian oil, to replace Western liberalism with a pro-Russian ideology... Orbán is not just the puppet that gives this packaged ideology a European face... he oversees the money laundering vehicles to fund the larger network” emptywheel.net/2026/04/07/p...
emptywheel.net
Putin's Puppet Project in Peril - emptywheel
JD Vance took time out of Trump's Crusades against Iran to tamper in Hungary's election not just because Viktor Orbán is the ideological figurehead of the far right, but because Hungary serves as a ke...
6625771188
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Guffawing "TACO!" underplays the horrific import of what we just lived through. Dems must force an impeachment vote. @brianbeutler.bsky.social: "The main thing is the usurpation of power—the full power of the United States—for the purposes of holding the entire planet hostage. Trump did that."
5342109
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/04/2026
these are the stupidest people to ever live
1084725794
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Difficult to describe how unusual it is for @icrc.org to speak publicly like this. "Heavy explosive weapons with wide-area effects struck densely populated urban areas, including the capital Beirut, without effective advance warnings." ICRC Outraged by Deadly Strikes in Densely Populated Areas
icrc.org
Lebanon: ICRC outraged by deadly strikes in densely populated areas
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is outraged by the devastating death and destruction in densely populated areas across Lebanon today following intensified military operations.
311258711
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The “art” of Trump’s “deals” is his ability to convince millions of people that there is a deal when there isn’t.
1813680762
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Mayor Mamdani chats with New Yorkers while walking the six miles from City Hall to Gracie Mansion, fulfilling the promise he made in his inauguration speech to “be outside” as Mayor — “because this is a government of New York, by New York, and for New York.”
654189283210
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/04/2026
"The shattering of faith in America’s goodness is the hardest part to watch."
motherjones.com
A photographer’s view of ICE’s relentless courthouse arrests
The shattering of faith in America's goodness is the hardest part to watch.
79386195
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
feel increasingly worried/confident that the ultimate outcome here will be "Iran tolls the Straight of Hormuz and Trump lets them do it if they share some of the revenue with him"
32873113
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The question of whether Tucker Carlson or Candace Owens are more influential on the MAGA base than Trump's evangelicals (White, Franklin Graham, Robert Jeffress, etc.) is the one to watch here. I've argued the evangelicals have a thicker, long-lasting relationship with their audiences. 7/x
411210
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 08/04/2026
Ceasefire bets sent more than $170 million coursing through Polymarket — and sparked fresh scrutiny on inside information
bloom.bg
Polymarket’s Iran Bets Draw Fresh Disputes and Insider Scrutiny
Bets on a ceasefire between the US and Iran have sent more than $170 million coursing through Polymarket, making it one of the largest geopolitical wagers in the short history of prediction markets.
74127
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
You don’t need to think prior U.S. administrations have clean hands—obviously they don’t—to believe the current one is acting in uniquely dangerous and unprecedented ways.
161150209
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I am going only by memory, but it seems to me that the Iranian 10 points are pretty much what they started with.
3482
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We can’t unring the bell of an American president threatening to do genocide
953944789
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
For comparison, the JCPOA ('Iran Deal') payment that everyone in MAGA excoriates was $1.7bn. The $2m-per-ship toll regime on the Strait would generate at normal traffic something like $40bn *each year* for Iran (120 ships per day at $2m per split 50/50 with Oman).
13504121
Christopher Saunders @cloudsandwaves.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Deals! suddenly the most corrupt place on earth.
000
Reposted by Christopher Saunders
Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 08/04/2026
Have we stopped recently to remember how unbelievably bizarre it is that we have a president announcing his intention to commit genocide on *a social media site*? It’s stunning how much madness we’ve come to accept already.
619536