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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

President Trump perplexed meteorologists by suggesting the US could stop Hurricane Dorian in 2019 by "dropping a nuclear bomb" into the eye of the storm. As preposterous as nuking a hurricane appeared, Trump was addressing a real issue: the devastating impact of Atlantic hurricanes.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 07/02/2025

the only people who benefit from this are child predators and i'd like dem officials to say so into a microphone

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

NEW: President Trump's hiring freeze has stopped the onboarding of seasonal federal firefighters, including those who work for agencies called on to help battle the devastating L.A. fires, creating a potential shortfall ahead of the next fire season. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Trump's freeze stalls federal firefighter hiring

Crews helped battle the deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires, and now some worry a shortfall will weaken response capabilities as fire season approaches.

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Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

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Josh Campbell @joshscampbell.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Trump Justice Department shutters specialized FBI team combatting foreign election interference threats --> www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

If I was a foreign power wanting to cripple US power, I'd: 1. Purge intel agencies + expose agents 2. Mess w/Treasury 3. Politicize military 4. Turn off foreign aid 5. Shutter anti-corruption + election interference teams 6. Sow discord with allies Wait, I'm getting an update...

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Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Big day for child predators.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/02/2025

"give me the man and I will find the crime" was a Stalinist thing

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Mystery Solved: Here's what Scott Bessent and DOJ and Treasury mean by Marko Elez only having 'read only' access the payments system. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/heres...

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Here’s What Treasury and DOJ Mean By ‘Read-Only’ Access

One of the continuing mysteries about the DOGE intrusion into the super...

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SF Tomato Whisperer @firehorse.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

To be fair, who can resist a good, freshly baked stollen?

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SF Tomato Whisperer @firehorse.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The more we learn, the more it confirms what we already know: corruption and incompetence rule the White House.

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SF Tomato Whisperer @firehorse.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Now this (WaPo) Day before D.C. plane crash, another jet had to abort first landing at Reagan National. Save lives, get the word out: Trump broke the FAA and it’s no longer safe to fly.

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SF Tomato Whisperer @firehorse.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Just reported - Last night at the time of the crash, the helicopter and domestic airline Air Traffic Controller positions were combined. Usually there would be 2 separate individuals in these positions. 1/2

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SF Tomato Whisperer @firehorse.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Interesting reading... www.amazon.com/Simple-Sabot...

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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Today’s sham election in Belarus was neither free nor fair. The people of Belarus deserve a real say in who governs their country. On this so-called ‘election day’, I’m hosting Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya with EU Foreign Ministers to reaffirm our support for a free and democratic Belarus.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Important read. Covers the tension between speech and sovereignty (see also: 🇧🇷), and highlights how Musk’s amplification is instrumental in boosting candidates - w/impact difficult to measure. The question is, how will the European regulators handle their charge? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

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Elon Musk Is Giving Europeans a Headache

He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.

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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Trump’s promise to destroy impediments to his free-wheeling abuse of power took a new twist Fri night when he summarily fired more than a dozen IGs in a purge that removed a front-line defense against corruption, malfeasance, and mismanagement. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

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Trump Purports To Fire IGs En Masse In Friday Night Purge

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

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CNN @cnn.com · 27/01/2025

At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.

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Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

This is Carolyn Edwards. She was one of the first officers attacked and knocked out on January 6th. She bravely testified before the January 6th committee. She is one of the bravest people I know and she deserves better. (She posted this publicly on her FB page which is why I'm sharing publicly)

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lorem ipsum 🇧🇷🇺🇸 @whiskeynachos.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Cool. Perfect time to shut down the fucking CDC.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

"Researchers who have clinical trial participants ... said they weren’t able to order test tubes to draw blood as well as other key study components. If something doesn’t change, one researcher who was affected said his study will run out of key supplies by next week."

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

that's ... ethnic cleansing

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I genuinely don't understand why Ds are so quiescent -"mandate" perceptions quickly dissipate -no elections for two years + midterms bad for pres. party -last time Ds acted like this, led to policy disasters (Afg., Iraq, torture) & elite capitulation hurt HRC and others, creating opening for Obama

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 26/01/2025

⚡️Trump serious about annexing Greenland, aggressive with Danish PM, FT reports. Trump's territorial ambitions and disregard for international norms are "serious, and potentially very dangerous," a senior European Official told the Financial Times.

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Trump serious about annexing Greenland, aggressive with Danish PM, FT reports

Trump's territorial ambitions and disregard for international norms are "serious, and potentially very dangerous," a senior European Official told the Financial Times.

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The actual reporting is about how Trump is getting to work on purging federal workers en masse but God forbid the headline be about a straightforward objective conclusion when you can make it something foggy and subjective instead

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

This is Orwellian (first time for me to ever invoke that term). Trump administration is calling people in the country "unlawful" who are: immigrants who signed all the paperwork, entered the country legally, and have remained here documented and lawfully. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The world all of us Americans have lived in is one where—despite our griping & not awesome moments & political narratives—the United States has been an engine of innovation, prosperity, security, human progress But if you take out enough screws, it will lurch to a halt & not be easy to resurrect /1

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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

It's not surprising in the slightest, but even so, trial balloning genocide openly is insane AF.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Trump's illiberalism is similarly expanding the influence of his executive orders - fear of wrongful firing and prosecution is exacerbating panicked exec branch compliance even for actions of dubious legality. Whatever you think of the policies, not how power should be exercised in a democracy

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 25/01/2025

⚡️Trump fires Defense, State department watchdogs in latest government purge. Inspector generals provide oversight of federal agencies, investigating fraud, waste, and abuse of power. Defense Department watchdogs have tracked U.S. military aid to Ukraine throughout Russia's full-scale invasion.

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Trump fires Defense, State department watchdogs in latest government purge

Inspectors general provide oversight of federal agencies, investigating cases of possible fraud, waste, and abuse of power. Defense Department watchdogs have played a role in tracking U.S. military ai...

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Ben Hodges @general-ben.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Similar cancellations happened at the Army War College in Carlisle PA. Canx history courses about Black Soldiers and Women in Combat.

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Ben Hodges @general-ben.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Huh? What’s woke about trying to clear old minefields from places where children and farmers need to move?

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 25/01/2025

⚡️Zelensky offers Ukraine as transit hub for Azerbaijani gas to Europe. President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that Azerbaijan has significant export capacity, with the ability to send up to 25 billion cubic meters of gas, and that Ukraine can provide the necessary infrastructure to transport it.

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Zelensky offers Ukraine as transit hub for Azerbaijani gas to Europe

President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that Azerbaijan has significant export capacity, with the ability to send up to 25 billion cubic meters of gas, and that Ukraine can provide the necessary infra...

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 25/01/2025

Sweden is preparing its largest military aid package to Ukraine since 2022, with CV90 repairs set to take place in Ukraine. The aid for 2025-2027 is expected to reach $7.1 billion. Sweden is also working to establish armored vehicle maintenance facilities in Ukraine en.defence-ua.com/news/sweden_...

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Sweden Prepares Largest Aid Package Since 2022 with CV90 Repairs Planned in Ukraine | Defense Express

Details of Sweden's largest aid package to Ukraine and the bilateral defense cooperation agreement

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Tatarigami @tatarigami.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Our team at Frontelligence Insight is looking for dedicated volunteers to support our growing investigations and research projects. As our workload expands, we need more hands to manage an already complex process that involves cross-source verification, peer review, and multi-regional analysis:

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Krugman says the editors at the Times editorial page were increasingly trying to water down his columns and arguments www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...

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Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times

The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

‘Dark Money’ Is Tainting Washington Think Tanks. A New Report Shows It’s Worse Than You Think. Foreign governments are throwing millions at D.C. think tanks. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

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‘Dark Money’ Is Tainting Washington Think Tanks. A New Report Shows It’s Worse Than You Think.

Foreign governments are throwing millions at D.C. think tanks.

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Meanwhile in Russia: priest Kirill Ivanov predicted that things will keep getting worse and prayed for God to send more suffering to Russia and Russians. youtu.be/bAfZ9qRKR2I

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Russian priest Kirill Ivanov asks God for more suffering

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

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