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Iván Darias Alfonso

@ivandariasa.bsky.social
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Journalists and author, still trying to make sense of the world, which might be daunting coming from a particular Caribbean island. Based in Vienna, Austria.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h
Trump says Super Pac will pay for taxpayer-funded ads that sparked outcry
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Trump says Super Pac will pay for taxpayer-funded ads that sparked outcry
President’s U-turn comes after Democrats and Republicans condemned use of tax dollars for pro-Trump ads
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7h
DHS reportedly collected data about anti-ICE protestors in Maine, uploading their photos and license plate numbers into a database. That database was built by Palantir — which may be the most dangerous corporation in America. Watch.
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The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?
The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir.
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John Mashey @johnmashey.bsky.social · 3h
And just for fun, 2014-15 RAGA Chair was none other than Pam Bondi. Trump contributed $5K in 2014 to RAGA. bsky.app/profile/john...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2h
Cancer rates rising more quickly among younger people, international study finds
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Cancer rates rising more quickly among younger people, international study finds
Researchers, who looked at UK, US and Dutch data, say lifestyle choices are costing thousands of lives a year Cases of seven types of cancer have risen sharply among younger people in England, major new research has found, prompting warnings that lifestyle choices are costing thousands of lives each year. The number of people under 50 diagnosed with prostate cancer in England has quadrupled since 2001, while early onset bowel, kidney and uterine cancer diagnoses more than doubled. Continue reading...
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Oliver Das Gupta @oliverdasgupta.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Servus Österreich 🇦🇹 Nach der Entmachtung von SPÖ-Chef Babler nimmt die KRONE nun wohl die DreierRegierung der politischen Mitte ins Visier. Zur Erinnerung: Ein gemeinsam mit Sebastian Kurz wegen mutmaßlicher MedienKorruption beschuldigter Spin Doctor hat sein eigenes Interview-Format in der KRONE.
Kommentar das geschäftsführenden Chefredakteur der Kronen Zeitung - Screenshot von der Homepage. Kronen Zeitung
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Zerrissene SPÖ: Republik drohen Chaos und Stillstand
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The Economist @economist.com · 05/10/2026
Brazil is drifting towards a predictable crisis. Register for free to read why most of its political elite are too comfortable with the way things are to change course
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Brazil turns its back on the future
The looming election will not bring the change the country needs
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/10/2026
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: In my lawsuit, the FBI has admitted to having NINE Epstein files redaction training videos. TWO of them instructed agents to flag files with Trump’s name for supervisory review. I will cover at NOON PT here: youtube.com/live/dYiQOhP...
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LIVE: FBI’s Trump-Epstein Training Videos Finally DISCOVERED…
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/10/2026
A GOP schism over the Texas candidate Bo French’s social-media post reveals the limits of the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
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The Mainstreaming of Anti-Indian Bigotry
A Republican schism over a social-media post by a Texas politician revealed that the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy has its limits.
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The Economist @economist.com · 05/10/2026
India’s Election Commission will potentially axe more than 130m names from its voter lists—tens of millions of which will be real voters. Many political analysts are calling it the country’s biggest electoral scandal in decades
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Allegations of bias are rocking India’s electoral watchdog
It is barring tens of millions from voting
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 05/10/2026
Sunken Silk Road city reveals Central Asia's lost history: The sun had barely risen, but diving volunteer Elizaveta Bodrova was already raring to plunge into the cold waters of Lake Issyk-Kul, where the ruins of a once-thriving city have lain submerged for centuries. u.afp.com/S9Kg
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Gabriel Siqueira @gabrieldread.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Flávio Bolsonaro, do PL, foi o mais votado em oito dos dez municípios que mais desmataram na Amazônia nos últimos dez anos. Nos principais polos de avanço da fronteira agropecuária sobre a Floresta, o bolsonarista recebeu mais de 70% dos votos. sumauma.com/liveblog/ele...
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Resultado das Eleições na Amazônia: acompanhe ao vivo apuração dos votos na Floresta - SUMAÚMA
Notícias, entrevistas, colunas e análise sobre Amazonizando a COP com SUMAÚMA. O jornalismo do centro do mundo com toda a informação relevante sobre Amazonizando a COP.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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British man escapes modern slavery at London food court
A British man was forced to work unpaid in London. He is among a record number of UK nationals referred amid growing numbers of modern slavery cases in the UK. In 2025, 23,411…
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
BREAKING: White House “monitoring” a suspected outbreak of the plague in Russia. Five hospitals are reportedly under compulsory quarantine. Russian media reported an accident at a state biolab, which killed a lab worker. Pneumonic plague has a fatality rate of 100% unless treated within 24 hours.
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Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia
Administration is "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," an official told Axios.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 04/10/2026
A Haitian man legally immigrated to Ohio, then was given an ankle monitor bc Trump withdrew his status. He threw himself in front of truck. The trucker, who voted for Trump, is haunted. “Pierre was doing what he was supposed to do. We did not do right by him.” www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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A Reckoning in Springfield
A truck driver out on his route confronts what the country has become.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 03/10/2026
⚡️Ukrainian woman detained in Kazakhstan after alleged FSB trap over grandson's return. Kazakh authorities detained Ukrainian citizen Liubov Rozhanska at Astana airport at the request of Russian authorities, her lawyer told The Insider, an independent Russian investigative outlet, on Oct. 2.
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Ukrainian woman detained in Kazakhstan after alleged FSB trap over grandson's return
Rozhanska attempted to collect her 8-year-old grandson and bring him back to his father in Odesa under an agreement reached in advance with the boy’s Russian relatives.
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The Economist @economist.com · 03/10/2026
If singing is so enjoyable and beneficial, why doesn’t everyone do it more? One answer is that it is extremely difficult to sing well. Social difficulties abound, too
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Why singing is note-worthy, even if you’re bad at it
A new book argues that more people should try to carry a tune
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Diario Público @publico.es · 03/10/2026
🎥 Miles de personas muestran su indignación y hartazgo ante el problema de la vivienda: “Llevamos más de una semana de movilizaciones, más de una semana de dormir en el suelo… Nos van a seguir teniendo enfrente, plantándole cara al negocio de la vivienda”
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/10/2026
NYC Mayor Mamdani joined comedian Theo Von on his podcast and repeated his belief that the US should join the ICC in arresting Benjamin Netanyahu, after the Israeli prime minister singled out the mayor during his recent UN speech. The mayor also discussed antisemitism and affordability in New York.
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Jorge Castaño 🔻 💚 🍉 @jorgecas89.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Traduzco: O Ayuso se puede comprar un atico de lujo con dinero público mientras se permite la especulación, se desahucia a la gente y terminaras pagando un alquiler de 2000 € al mes; o se regula la vivienda y se termina la especulación Esta es la batalla que se libra en España
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Re-upping @danielstone.bsky.social on OpenAI's Australia intrusion: www.techpolicy.press/when-ai-agen...
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When AI Agents Break In, Governments Shouldn't Be Stuck With the Cleanup
OpenAI tasked its agent with answering a question about public spending. It has left us with a much bigger question about public power, writes Daniel Stone.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is an excellent and important cross-cultural reflection.
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FreePalestine @savesjarrah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#IranWar 1 Oct 2026 More than 2,000 #US Marines & the Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group are heading to the Middle East as Washington expands its military presence around #Iran, an unnamed US official told reporters on Thursday. #NetanyahuWarCriminal #Boycottisrael #TrumpWarCriminal #BoycottUSA
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 01/10/2026
“The majority of the Israelis have no pity for what's happening to Gaza.” UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine Francesca Albanese tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how Israel will not change its genocidal ways, whether or not Netanyahu is in government. Watch more: zeteo.com/p/albanese-t...
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Maciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Putin yesterday: Russia will "liberate" Donbas well before the 1.5 years Ukraine and Europe expect, so why cling to territory whose loss is "inevitable"? The numbers: in almost 4 years since Nov 2022, Russia has taken just 1.7% more of Ukraine. In September, Ukraine took back more than it lost.
ukraine russia war putin ukrainian land territory
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Chat what is internalized racism
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide
Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)
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Iván Darias Alfonso @ivandariasa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For all the sisters out there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0QN...
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Liz Stringer - Sister (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Liz Stringer
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 02/10/2026
Russian drones again attacked Kyiv’s Pivdennyi Bridge three times over several hours, according to Ukrainska Pravda. The bridge was closed to traffic, while traffic on two other Dnipro crossings was restricted. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Russian drones strike Kyiv’s Southern Bridge three times in several hours. Traffic restrictions spread to two other Dnipro crossings. — Meduza
Russian forces continued their drone attacks on Kyiv. One of the targets was the Southern Bridge across the Dnipro River, which drones attacked three times over several hours, Ukrainska Pravda…
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elDiario.es Cultura @eldiariocultura.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Un pintor llamado Manolo García: “Como en mis canciones, me gusta que la imaginación camine” www.eldiario.es/sevilla/pint...
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Un pintor llamado Manolo García: "Como en mis canciones, me gusta que la imaginación camine"
El cantante de El Último de la Fila muestra una selección de sus pinturas, su pasión menos conocida y la que le permite descansar de las largas giras, en Fundación Cajasol de Sevilla
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🚨🚨European leaders must stop calling #Russian attacks “hybrid,” according to Estonia's FM. They are “terror attacks” and “sabotage attacks,” says Margus Tsahkna and part of a systematic Russian effort against Europe that amounts to “some kind of war." www.politico.eu/article/esto...
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It’s war, not hybrid attacks, says Estonian foreign minister
Margus Tsahkna says Europe must present a united front against Moscow.
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DER STANDARD @derstandard.at · 02/10/2026
Renée Goods Partnerin Becca Good hat sich erstmals seit ihrem Tod öffentlich geäußert. www.derstandard.at/story/3000000342…
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Iván Darias Alfonso @ivandariasa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
La historia del restaurante comenzó, sin embargo, mucho antes de su apertura y a 7.440 kilómetros de Madrid. elpais.com/gastronomia/...
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Cierra Zara, el histórico restaurante cubano de Chueca
El establecimiento, que abrió sus puertas en 1964, forma parte de la memoria sentimental de varias generaciones
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Miami Herald @miamiherald.com · 02/10/2026
“We do not agree with our country’s political system; that is not a crime,” said Anna Sofía Benítez.
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Havana court convicts Christian content creator who calls Cuba a ‘dictatorship’
“We do not agree with our country’s political system; that is not a crime,” said Anna Sofía Benítez.
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Brasil 247 @brasil247.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Quem sabe um dia a Globo reconhece que prestou serviço a um crápula como o Moro?”, indaga Lula Ao citar o mea-culpa tardio da emissora sobre a ditadura militar, Lula tocou em uma ferida aberta na memória política brasileira...
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“Quem sabe um dia a Globo reconhece que prestou serviço a um crápula como o Moro?”, indaga Lula
Ao citar o mea-culpa tardio da emissora sobre a ditadura militar, Lula tocou em uma ferida aberta na memória política brasileira
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is Ilya Honcharov. He was only 14 years old. Russia killed him in Vyshhorod, Kyiv Region on September 30 🕯💔 ​Ilya’s family had moved to the Kyiv region from Sumy to escape relentless bombings, only for a Russian missile to strike the building where they lived.
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Alberto Chimal @albertochimal.com · 02/10/2026
Aquí está la grabación de nuestro programa de ayer, en el que hablamos de cómo se beneficia el cerebro humano al escribir y aprender, y por qué vale la pena no resignarnos a que una IA generativa piense por nosotros. www.youtube.com/live/_n7twSz...
Portada de un video del canal Alberto y Raquel. La ilustración es una representación alegórica de la mente humana.
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The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 02/10/2026
“Nuclear war planners rely more and more on artificial intelligence, which automates the process and reduces the time for human judgment.” —Jerry Brown on the threat of nuclear apocalypse
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‘I Taste Ashes in the Wind’ | Jerry Brown
Ever since the end of the cold war, the subject of nuclear war and the profound threat it poses to humanity has suffered a “peculiar invisibility.” This
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 02/10/2026
A deep dive into the Baltic states' extensive preparations for a Russian invasion, from @isaacstanbecker who tracks "the emergence of a new order, in which Ukraine matters as much to the security of Europe as the United States" www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Baltic States Prepare for War
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia are readying themselves to fend off a Russian attack—with the help of the United States, or without it.
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wrote this in May after seeing Artemisia Gentleschi’s Judith Beheading Holofornes .There were so many horrendous reports of violence against women that week that I wanted to jump into the painting and help the women finish him off. open.substack.com/pub/feminist...
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Essay: Artemisia Teaches Us This
Artemisia Gentileschi: Judith Beheading Holofernes Judith Beheading Holofernes, oil on canvas by Artemisia Gentileschi, c.
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James Urbaniak @jamesurbaniak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This historic image is the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima of MAGA idiocy
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 01/10/2026
ICE has notified me that another person has died in their custody. This is the 58th death under ICE’s watch since Trump returned to office. That’s 58 too many. We need to dismantle ICE, eliminate private, for-profit detention centers, and reform our broken immigration system.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Intellectual monoculture is bad whatever the source. (Also a key reason why the lack of creativity/diversity in AI output is such a concern in the medium to long term.)
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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 01/10/2026
A Claudia S., de 20 años, la atropelló un vehículo a gran velocidad y acabó falleciendo. El conductor comenzó esa noche una huida hacia adelante que le llevó, al menos, a dos países. Cinco años después ha sido detenido en Francia. Su piel lo delató
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La piel permitió rastrear al conductor que atropelló a la estudiante Claudia y huyó fuera de España
La minuciosa inspección del vehículo que arrolló a una joven canaria en Madrid encontró ADN del autor. Cinco años después, es localizado en Francia con una identidad falsa
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Contrary to this op-ed, we don't actually have to give up on papers! New in @chronicle.com How to Assign Research Papers Again Three ways to counter AI and restore confidence in the integrity of student writing www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/10/2026
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has emerged as a prominent voice calling on Americans to step back from the political hostility gripping the country. The Republican governor is expanding on that message in a new book. to.pbs.org/3VmTJnx
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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on his blueprint for depolarizing a fractured nation
In the aftermath of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox emerged as a prominent voice calling on Americans to step back from the political hatred and violence gripping the country. Now, the Republican governor ...
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Iván Darias Alfonso @ivandariasa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Banality of Cruelty
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edgery.bsky.social @edgery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
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Kennedy Center moves to sell all of its Steinway pianos
Photos show piano movers rolling massive Steinway grand pianos through the red-carpeted halls of the Kennedy Center this week.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/10/2026
Eric Schmitt’s attempted gotcha of former Special Counsel Jack Smith failed spectacularly—but in Schmitt’s MAGA bubble, there's no such thing as a gaffe, Helen Lewis argues:
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Eric Schmitt’s Very Bad Day at Work
For MAGA politicians, there’s no such thing as a gaffe.
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Lina Paulitsch @linapaulitsch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Warum bekam Sebastian Kurz monatlich 10.000 Euro vom Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC), Orbáns Thinktank? Die Verträge wollen die Ungarn nicht herausrücken. Meine Klage auf Informationsfreiheit wäre am 2.10. in Budapest verhandelt worden - doch das MCC sabotiert 👇 www.falter.at/maily/202609...
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Orbán: Was war Kurz’ Leistung? Schweigen aus Ungarn
Warum zahlte Orbáns Thinktank, das Mathias Corvinus Collegium, ein Gehalt an Ex-Kanzler Sebastian Kurz? Das wollen die Ungarn partout nicht erklären. Der zähe Prozess eines Antrags auf Informationsfre...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 01/10/2026
"Financial regulator investigates Adam Kinzinger over Kalshi trading The CFTC is targeting trades the former House Republican made related to his Biden-era pardon." Aiden Reiter for @politico.com
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Financial regulator investigates Adam Kinzinger over Kalshi trading
The CFTC is targeting trades the former House Republican made related to his Biden-era pardon.
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