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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/08/2026

Pathetic -- Google is now referring to Lake Ontario as "Lake America"

screencap of Google Maps showing "Lake America"

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 24/08/2026

Whenever I see stuff like this I start an existential crisis of whether there is any point at all to the political punditry, expertise and spin-doctors… 🙃

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/08/2026

Trump launched the Iran war with a grandiose video talking about regime change and destroying Iran’s capabilities. Six months later, he’s proven to be so weak that the US can’t even keep the Strait of Hormuz open. An absolutely resounding defeat.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026

My takeaway from that speech is that we are headed down the road of Trump trying to outright rig elections. It probably won't work, but he's going for it.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/07/2026

So refreshing to hear a politician actually answer the questions

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?

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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports

Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/06/2026

Bessent says Iran was "two weeks away" from a nuclear weapon (In other words, they'd get one as soon as Trump released his healthcare plan ... )

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

So Trump has spent the last 24 hours saying that dealing with the Iranian government is great, saying Iran can keep its missiles, saying how he wants people to invest in Iran. In other words, he is now strongly helping one of Putin's closest allies. Funny how that turned out.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/06/2026

WOW - Trump crashes out & cuts his interview w/ Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged "You're either crooked or you're stupid. I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her" "I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Hi All, Just sent out this piece about the future of my Substack. It has grown into something extraordinary, approaching 120000 subscribers and the number 1 in the International Category. I am thinking about the best way to take it forward, and these are my ideas. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

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The Future Of This Substack

Hello All,

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

It’s remarkable how slow so many people have been to recognise the malevolent and disruptive behaviour of Elon Musk towards British politics. This was clear from the time of the riots in the summer…

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The Ukrainian decision to double down on drone warfare, from the battlefield, to mid range and long range strike, and not to draft all of its young men to make infantry, will be seen by historians as one of the most important decisions in 19th-21st century warfare.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/05/2026

HANNITY: Congratulations on your victory *cut to Ken Paxton* Paxton: 🥴🥴🥴

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This is Ken Paxton's mugshot. He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

In the end, making Putin threaten, moan and beg to hold his pissy little 45 minute parade, from which he ran away like a frightened schoolboy, revealed more about the real state of the war than anyone could have expected.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/05/2026

Trump is crazyposting at 3pm

Trump TS posting featuring image of him with caption "LEADERS LEAD" one of Biden with "COWARDS KNEEL" and one of Obama with "TRAITORS BOW"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/04/2026

we've noticed and i'm glad he's getting help

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Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump is Accelerating Medical Treatments for Serious Mental Illness

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Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

This is what Israel has done to Bint Jbeil, my hometown in southern Lebanon

Aerial view of large scale devastation inflicted on the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, with an Israeli tank parked in the center of the photo.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Tremendously depressing read. Also: proper reporting. open.substack.com/pub/londonce...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/04/2026

BREAKING: I just got President Trump on the phone. He said his farts smell like roses today, everybody at the Trump hotel is coming up to him w/ tears in their eyes crying "Sir!", & Iran just agreed to become the 51st state w/ Don Jr as governor. Then the call ended. (Satire but you follow me ... )

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 08/04/2026

1/ This Yanis Varoufakis screed made me so angry the only way I can salvage my day is to go through it line by line as catharsis. You are welcome to come on the journey toward my aneurism with me. An angry h/t to @sianushka.bsky.social for bringing this into my life. unherd.com/2026/04/why-...

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Why I went to Moscow

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It can certainly be read as a love letter to Putin — Maria Popova has a point as usual — but whatever happens the expression of a genocidal wish by the president of the United States is a horror we will never live down.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/04/2026

🇷🇺🇭🇺 An answer which might as well have been written by Putin himself. Shameful from JD Vance.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/03/2026

Trump: "Now NATO is getting much nicer because they're seeing my attitude, but as far as I'm concerned it's too late"

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Ive said for more than a year that it might be better for Europe if the US left NATO. The US is now bullying and unreliable and would probably not fight for Europe against Putin anyway. Better for Europe to move on, especially with Ukraine a key anchor of its future security

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/03/2026

Jeffries calls Kristi Noem "a living breathing article of impeachment"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/03/2026

telling myself that this clip was the last straw

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/03/2026

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

"When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran..." www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

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Kash Patel’s latest firings ousted agents with expertise in Iran

The FBI director gutted a specialized, global espionage unit of counterintelligence agents, just days before Operation Epic Fury.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I get why/that people say this, but dont' underestimate this: all other social networks are invested in making sure that posts that link to journalism remain buried, or at least never go viral. BlueSky doesn't do that. That makes it very valuable to a ton of newsrooms righ tnow.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

Today should be your 38th birthday..
When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Starmer's ability to find the exact sweetspot which pisses off everyone is extraordinary. He's a savant.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Zelensky hinting that, once again, the US might be delaying the supply of anti air missiles to Ukraine, so as to help Russia.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

part of me still can't believe the East Wing was completely destroyed and there have been no negative consequences or reports on whether items inside were properly archived or not

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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

the most impactful thing Elon Musk has ever done or will ever do regarding science and innovation in this country is illegally cut billions of dollars of research funds for literally no reason

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

If Europeans do not grasp today that they need new united structures to provide for their defense and security (both economic and military), they never will.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

We've spent ten years being proved right about all the things the loudest, biggest voices in the UK media insisted, often obnoxiously, we were wrong about. The real kicker is that there's no consolation whatsoever in being correct. Brexit, Putin, Johnson, Truss, Trump, Twitter, Netanyahu etc etc...

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America? 2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America? 2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

My Budget Day opinion: Budget Day should be abolished. Performative nonsense that (by accident) leans into 'politics as entertainment'. Measures should instead be announced when they are individually ready to be announced – at any time in the parliamentary calendar.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

It is worth questioning though whether making the teaching of home students dependent on numbers of overseas students whose fluctuation is not under the control of universities is really a sustainable funding model for higher education

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I am of course inclined to focus on the weapon's grade levels of inhumanity, cruelty, discrimination and racism involved in Labour's current policies, but on a purely practical level, they will utterly cripple the country, trash higher ed, the NHS, business etc, meaning everyone suffers.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 23/11/2025

Some of us have been advocating this going back since chatGPT launched. It also has other benefits: correcting someone else's work is actually a really good way to learn something yourself.

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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I do not see how a UK govt can accept for example Russian re admittance to G8 or amnesty for the war crimes. It’s not just about Ukraine.

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