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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In my latest Shatterbelt Brief column for Independence Avenue Media, I look at Russia's failed efforts to re-Sovietize the post-Soviet space. www.indavemedia.com/commentary-p...

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Commentary: Putin’s Epic Re-Sovietization Fail

The Shatterbelt Brief is a weekly column by Brian Whitmore examining the shifting political and geopolitical dynamics of Eastern Europe

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Brian Whitmore @powervertical.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Can’t post this enough times

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Trump to crowd: “It’s amazing. I can say the stupidest things, and you clap.” Crowd: claps In the history of dumb fucking cults, MAGA is by far, the fucking dumbest.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

His brain is broken.

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Benjamin Wittes @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org · 10/10/2026

Here is your assignment for today: Go to this link and buy a coffee for @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social: buymeacoffee.com/kateinkharkiv She has been keeping us all informed from Kharkiv for years now—in English. Follow and support her please.

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Kate

Hi, my name is Kate. I live in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Trying to keep the world informed about Ukrainian perspective of war, tell the world how war feels for a regular citizen in a city that gets mercilessl

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Watching corporate media use every term to describe Trump's unhinged conduct except what it is: DEMENTIA. In no scenario should a person with dementia be able to control the US military and our nuclear arsenal. My conversation with Nobel Prize-winning psychiatrist: youtu.be/PprfjmmuWAs?...

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Nobel prize winning Dr: Trump's dementia is threat to the world. He must be removed from office!

YouTube video by The Dean Obeidallah Show

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Montana Skeptic @montanaskeptic.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The newest Trump Admin figure who needs to be hung by her toenails.

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 10/10/2026

the Elon Take The Wheel livestream is coming back in a big way, with an amazing lineup of guests (and some surprise news) dropping Monday at 8 am Pacific the heart of Elon Musk's power is storytelling, so I'll be speaking with the journalists and storytellers who are fighting Musk's fire with fire

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026

just to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026

good morning, today is October 9 and Alex Gibney's documentary film "MUSK" is now playing at select theaters in New York and Los Angeles it's happening!

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Montana Skeptic @montanaskeptic.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

@theonetruedoktor.bsky.social's short essay on Pete Hegseth's determination to livestream an execution is factual & clinical yet at the same time enough to make one's blood boil. thestandarddispatchandmail.substack.com/p/the-public...

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The Public Execution of Nidal Malik Hasan

An vile spectacle that should be condemned

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

David Frum on today’s “ To the Contrary” podcast … youtube.com/shorts/yik-h...

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The Most Corrupt Administration in the History Of...

YouTube video by To the Contrary With Charlie Sykes

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 08/10/2026

what a biased hatchet job, using the mans own words like this

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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Cornell Seven For @rawstory.com For a behind-the-scenes look at my creative process, sketches, videos, and works in progress, subscribe at: nickanderson.substack.com.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026

Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out"

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Montana Skeptic @montanaskeptic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Three things astonish me about @kingcambo.bsky.social: 1. How brilliant he is (day-in, day-out). 2. How correct I think he will prove. 3. That more of you are not reading this guy even though it's completely free. kingcambo812.substack.com/p/evening-de...

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Evening Debrief – Monday, October 5, 2026

Dispatches From the Last Sane Bastard in This Casino

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Melania Trump tried to bully me into silence because she didn’t like what I had to say about her. Shouldn’t our First Lady have more important things to worry about?

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/10/2026

Negotiations to end the war in Ukraine "have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner" reports @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Our radical religious fanatics fighting their radical religious fanatics @anntelnaes.bsky.social (archives 3/18/26)

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Montana Skeptic @montanaskeptic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Four decades of separation created deep differences between East & West Germany that four decades of unity hasn't been sufficient to heal. History from @theonetruedoktor.bsky.social, with relevance to the US's Trump alt-right & its Civil War. thestandarddispatchandmail.substack.com/p/day-of-ger...

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Day of German Unity (Tag der Deutschen Einheit)

Thirty-Six Years ago the two German states officially unified. The Germans are still divided

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you haven't been keeping up, Sen Schmitt tried to play gotcha with Jack Smith and it blew up in his face.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you ever feel the need to make people laugh but can't think of a good joke, just say the words "Senator Eric Schmitt"

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Armed Maidan: Ukraine Resists ruzzian Genocide @armedmaidan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We're fighting orcs online too! They manipulate social media sites with mass reporting to severely deboost Ukrainian fundraisers Your replies, likes and shares are more important than ever to counteract this It's free for you—but gold for us

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 27/09/2026

That’s right

Further reading:
- Oracle feels the force (FTAV)
- US data centres 'are short six NYCs of electricity (FTAV)
— Where's all the AI chips? (Ed Zitron)

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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Press ban For @contrariannews.org Go behind the scenes of my creative process at nickanderson.substack.com.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Listen, I just think it's weird that the same people who are saying they're worried that AI is going to wipe out humanity are also eager for military contracts that will give AI control of weapons.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Xi … couldn’t help but admire the confidence with which Trump now uttered rudimentary English sentences and estimating that the president had probably expanded his vocabulary to at least 100 words."

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Fotos by Fuzzy @fotosbyfuzzzy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Michael de Adder is great at portraying what His Orangeness does.

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tomorrow at 2 pm EDT, I’ll be hosting a Substack Live video with my friend @davidcorn.bsky.social to talk about his new book, entitled How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America. Hope you can all make it, Comrades! Link here 👉👉 open.substack.com/live-stream/...

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@anntelnaes.bsky.social (Archives 4/2025)

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Mathew @realmatrobnew.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I hate it when people don't pick up on sarcasm.

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fabulous

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s still funny to me that the US had a presidential election that was basically like “Should the US kill itself” and “Yes” won (2024)

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's Monday. You might think your job is pointless. But at least you don't work as Russia's "Head of Human Rights Council". And you don't have to pretend our elections are ideal.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yes, totally normal to have a Russian oligarch pay for your wedding! And I am sure Don Junior will pay him right back!

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

JD Vance wants “another chance” 😂😂😂😂 youtu.be/mAV0Jp6XLkk?...

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 20/09/2026

I don't want to hear Ed Sheeran *sing*. What makes you think I want to hear him talk?

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17/09/2026

Joined the Tech Report to talk about how Microsoft only has 2GW of AI chips in service, suggesting that it has at least $82 billion of GPUs in warehouses, and that the industry as a whole may have pre-purchased anywhere from $100 billion to $300bn of GPUs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C-J...

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AI Bubble: ‘This could humiliate the largest companies in the world’ | Ed Zitron

YouTube video by The Tech Report

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18/09/2026

Total unscientific nonsense spread via the media as a means of pretending they are doing some bastardized form of recursive self-improvement. Takes a lot to make me dislike a company more than OpenAI but Dario truly has taken the lead

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

House Speaker Johnson calls an early recess to avoid a Sec. Hegseth impeachment vote, AI regulation, the Epstein files, Trump’s criminal behavior, and pretty much everything else. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/squeaker-m...

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Squeaker Mike Johnson

makes a run for it

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Dear Ma and Pa MAGA, YOU did this. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/dear-maga-...

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14/09/2026

Free newsletter: The idea that we're nearing the creation of AI systems that we can't control and that pose an existential threat to humanity is a lie and a distraction from the tangible harms and problems caused by LLMs and AI labs' near-unlimited resources. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...

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Wendell Albright @wendella.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"rump will not support the institution unless his name is on it. Well, so be it. The trustees should let it close, declare bankruptcy, and come to a sad end—all on Trump’s watch. Allow the Kennedy Center to fail in full view of the American public, and let them decide whether such things matter."

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