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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 21/05/2025
in recognition of elon pulling back from politics i will curtail my efforts to run an electric vehicle company
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/03/2025
Gabbard testifies that she can't remember what country in the Asia-Pacific region she was in when the Signal group chat about Yemen strikes was happening
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 21/03/2025
Are other billionaires deeply invested in China getting this briefing too? Will China be represented at the briefing or will Musk give them a read-out afterwards?
wsj.com
Musk Set to Receive Top-Secret Briefing on U.S. War Plans for China
The Trump adviser is expected to get a look at the Pentagon blueprint despite his companies’ financial stakes in China and defense contracts.
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eriksaari.bsky.social @eriksaari.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
sfchronicle.com
Is Trump preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act? Signs are pointing that way
A joint Department of Defense and Homeland Security report will soon recommend whether or not to invoke the Insurrection Act over illegal migration.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Important.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19/03/2025
⚡️ RFE/RL sues Trump administration over funding cuts. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) sued the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) on March 18 over the termination of grant funding, calling the action unconstitutional.
kyivindependent.com
RFE/RL sues Trump administration over funding cuts
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) sued the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) on March 18 over the termination of grant funding, calling the action unconstitutional.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 19/03/2025
Escalating warnings of a potential Russian attack on NATO have raised fears in the Baltic states that they could be next in the crosshairs. Talk about a potential Russian invasion is "very common at parties, gatherings, lunch breaks, water cooler talk," one Vilnius resident says.
kyivindependent.com
‘Talk about an invasion is everywhere’ — How Lithuania is preparing for war with Russia
Throughout Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, repeated and escalating warnings of the potential for a wider war have only raised fears in the Baltic states that they could be next in the crossha...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/03/2025
The first pride wasn't legal either, it was a riot.
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Bernie Sanders is holding MASSIVE rallies in packed venues, bigger crowds than Trump was getting, and legacy media is practically silent. Bernie is talking to workers rather than hanging out with socialites with mediocre plastic surgery at Mar-a-Lago, and it's just not interesting to corporate media
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/03/2025
“Trump and Vance appear to have entered the meeting with the intention of berating Zelensky and drawing him into an argument as a pretext for the diplomatic break,” Jonathan Chait writes: theatln.tc/ejdvMpQT
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The Real Reason Trump Berated Zelensky
He simply likes Vladimir Putin better.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 25/02/2025
Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money, the administration’s own data shows.
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Nearly 40 percent of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings
Data published on DOGE's "Wall of Receipts" shows more than one-third of the contract cancellations are expected to yield no savings.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This seems bad
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 25/02/2025
kremlin spox dmitry peskov saying the kremlin “welcomes” trump administration’s “much more balanced position” at the united nations after yesterday opposing resolution condemning russia’s invasion
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/02/2025
We dare Mike Johnson to give that answer at a town hall in front of his constituents
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 24/02/2025
The Trump Administration just can't stop hiring incompetent loyalist podcasters to vital government roles-- and Republican Senators have enabled it. Watch @therickwilson.bsky.social full clip here:
youtu.be
DAN BONGINO for Deputy FBI Director? Really!?
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 24/02/2025
The EU has adopted its 16th package of sanctions against Russia. It includes cutting off 13 Russian banks from SWIFT, banning the broadcasting of eight Russian media outlets, and sanctioning 74 shadow fleet tankers transporting Russian oil.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
USAID informed employees via email that it is terminating 2,000 workers and placing thousands of foreign service officers and other direct hires worldwide on paid leave, effective tonight.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 24/02/2025
Merz was a real transatlanticist, on the very pro-American end of the German political spectrum
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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
He made Bongino Deputy FBI Director. We're so screwed.
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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
All Pete Hegseth talks about is being a warrior and instilling a warrior mindset in the military. Personal courage is the cornerstone of the warrior ethos. I wonder how that fits with being such a coward as to fire generals with 35 or more years of service in a press release on a Friday night.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 24/02/2025
We’re all tired of hearing about Elon Musk—his attempts to intimidate federal agencies, bolster authoritarian movements & more. But UCS’s @karenstillerman.bsky.social highlights overlooked parts of his story, like the improper firing of the USDA inspector general investigating a Musk-owned company.
blog.ucsusa.org
USDA Inspector General Firing Is Another Misuse of Musk’s Grotesque Power
President Trump's firing of 17 inspectors general was illegal, and one of the people targeted had led an investigation into Elon Musk's company Neuralink.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 24/02/2025
⚡️UN adopts Ukraine's resolution condemning Russia's invasion — US, Russia, Belarus vote against. The UN General Assembly approved a Ukrainian resolution condemning Russia's full-scale invasion, with 93 countries voting in favor. The U.S., Israel, Hungary, Russia, and Belarus have voted against it.
kyivindependent.com
UN adopts Ukraine's resolution condemning Russia's invasion — US, Russia, Belarus vote against
The UN General Assembly approved a Ukrainian resolution on Feb. 24 condemning Russia's full-scale invasion, with 93 countries voting in favor and 18 against. The U.S., Israel, Hungary, Russia, and Bel...
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Question of the day: What do these countries have in common? -- Belarus; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Central African Republic; North Korea; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Haiti; Hungary; Israel; Mali; Marshall Islands; Nicaragua; Niger; Palau; Russia; Sudan and The United States of America.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 24/02/2025
Do Americans want to be aligned with Russia against all of our traditional allies in Europe and Asia? I don't think so
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Kyiv Post @kyivpost.com · 24/02/2025
Trump REFUSED to call Putin a dictator. Journalist: You called Zelensky a dictator. Would you use the same words for Putin? Trump: I don’t use those words lightly.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Trump’s new acting CFPB director in charge of reigning in predatory financial institutions is literally promoting a predatory payday lender. Because something something working class champions.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The only war that Putin is winning is inside Trump’s head. Putin only wins the war on the ground by setting American policy, through Trump. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
theatlantic.com
Putin’s Three Years of Humiliation
The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Last night's Pentagon massacre is much more than realized. Not just firing the black CJCS and first woman CNO but all the senior JAG officers and hiring a man who just joined 3 different crypto firms tied to Kushner and Thiel as Chairman. I did a deep dive into it open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...
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This is the most dangerous move yet
The canary is gasping for air
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Get. Him. Out. Of. Our. Government.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/02/2025
Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Such hostile nonsense from Americans in power just now. I wish we would listen to people who have suffered for reporting the truth, like Stanislav Aseyev, combat veteran and survivor of a Russian torture camp.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 21/02/2025
Know Your Rights Virtual Town Hall: www.youtube.com/live/4UBQW3b...
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Know Your Rights Virtual Town Hall
YouTube video by Rep. Jasmine Crockett
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/02/2025
DID YOU KNOW: As Trump/Musk fire anyone in the fed government that participated in diversity, equity & inclusion, he just nominated Kimberly Richey for Asst Sec Office of Civil Rights at the Dept of Education. During Trump's 1st term, she ESTABLISHED the DEI office people are now being fired from.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.
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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
#Krasnov
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Nancy Mace is, among other things, just painfully stupid.
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AlwaysACivilServant @drneuro.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money. That starts with banning super PAC donations in Dem primaries. There’s no way the party can speak for the majority of working people in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/02/2025
Donald Trump’s firing of military leaders — four-star General Brown and four-star Admiral Franchetti — along with top legal officers is a betrayal of legions of first rate service members who dedicate their lives to our nation’s defense. This is a growing national security risk.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22/02/2025
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 22/02/2025
The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda.
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Supreme Court temporarily blocks Trump from firing head of whistleblower office
The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald…
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Teddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I have identified at least two dozen pardoned Capitol Rioters that are currently attending CPAC in Washington, D.C. —including members of far right extremists groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. Updates on Pardon Tracker's interactive visualization: embed.kumu.io/39b5108ec4a0...
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Literary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 21/02/2025
share of canadians who support (even though they can't afford) dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on the united states: 70% -leger
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