Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9hAnd removed sanctions from Russia on the same day. 7393134
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 8hAs President Trump's agenda has come to dominate the court’s docket, Justice Samuel Alito has boosted his profile as its most unwavering supporter. The spotlight was underscored by the intense speculation that has swirled around whether he will retire.washingtonpost.comAs pro-Trump rulings boost Justice Alito’s stature, retirement speculation swirlsSamuel A. Alito Jr., who has often been in the shadow of other conservative justices, has taken on new prominence as a champion for the president’s policies. 397
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 8hElon Musk’s extraordinary swipes at Indian billionaires this week mark a sharp turn in his relationship with the country.bloom.bgMusk’s India Romance Ends in Acrimony as Starlink, Tesla StallElon Musk’s extraordinary swipes at Indian billionaires this week mark a sharp turn in a relationship that once promised to make the world’s most populous nation a major new frontier for his business empire. 4218
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialLuke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 8hWe've seen Trump do some shitty things to Ukraine since taking office (Oval Office incident; Alaska summit; Patriot U-turn) but today he's chosen to do a diesel deal with Putin that plays to Russia's economic/warchest advantage and restricts Ukraine's ability to defend itself. 28444160
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 8hBuying Russian diesel will not moderate global diesel prices substantially (for obvious reasons). Also, for example, China and India produce more diesel than Russia. Russia was the one choice where buying the diesel violates our sanctions and undermines our national interests/Ukraine security. 1023583
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 8hBeen to see the four-hour Elon Musk film. Definitely something a little rum about that chap. 10563
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 8h"Voters heard Trump’s pitch and thought, What do all those pointy-headed experts know? They wanted tariffs and lower prices and the guy who fucked up the pandemic response and attempted a coup. And they got what they wanted." We got what they wanted, too.lnk.thebulwark.comThe Experts Were Right: Trump’s an Economic MoronPlus: The Triad Mailbag of your nightmares. 314045
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialOSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 8hPutin’s plane, unable to land in Moscow due to a Ukrainian drone attack, flew to St. Petersburg instead. 38423
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialDerrick Wyatt's Law and Policy Blog @blogwyatt.bsky.social · 8hwww.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Trump's US is sanctioning the International Criminal Court, seeing it as a "rogue" body The US concedes some ICC charges are legitimate But not charges against Trump cronies. The UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and others back the ICC and oppose US sanctions.bbc.co.ukUS unveils sanctions on ICC in move court condemns as 'assault on rule of law'Several member states of the international tribunal, including the UK, say they "strongly disagree" with the sanctions. 001
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialLuke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 8hWhile on this - I am aware that Russia only has limited resources and this is not a huge deal; but the message it sends Putin and his cronies is clear: We can look past you killing civilians if you're willing to give us a PR win. 69742
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h“Just feels more racist, I guess?” 261865236
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialAsawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 8hThey know how illegal this is lol zeteo.com/p/trumps-whi...zeteo.comFirst Draft: 📺 Trump’s White House Agrees His ‘Midterm Ads’ Are Illegal. They’re Doing It AnywayDonald Trump is demanding the propagandistic TV ads, even as some of his aides fret they ‘obviously’ break federal law. Missouri MAGA Senator Eric Schmitt, meanwhile, makes a fool of himself. 511138
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8hTrump’s deal to buy Russian diesel from Putin just weeks before the midterms funnels money directly into Russia’s war machine. Trump is now facing calls for Congress to block the deal and impeach him. Meanwhile, energy analysts say it’s unlikely to even make a dent in fuel prices.meidasnews.comTrump Announces Russian Diesel Deal Ahead of MidtermsTrump campaigned against foreign oil. 55347422194
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h"But this is what happens when the, quote, strongmen meet reality. Suddenly they are humiliated. They are perceived as weak, as unpopular, and they are becoming unglued. And we are seeing this. So now they whine. They complain. They go running to Fox." trib.al/SBovSzz 04314
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialOSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 8hMichael McFaul: “Trump has not only halted U.S. military aid to Ukraine, but is now giving Putin new funding to build even more Russian missiles and drones to kill Ukrainians” 1218984
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialOSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 8h🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️ Visual footage has emerged showing an Aramco facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, engulfed in flames following a reported Houthi missile attack. 15215
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 8hMany people in Donald Trump’s orbit view their positions not as public service but as a profit center—and the latest examples came this week, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.bit.lyTrump’s Team of MercenariesPeople around the president are using their roles to cash in. They learned it by watching him. 74920
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 8hI doubt Russia has tons of diesel to export. They're in a fuel shortage crisis. It'd be illegal, violating sanctions. And awful strategy while Russia is attacking Ukraine, menacing NATO allies, and helping Iran target Americans. But looks like Trump trying to jawbone markets before the midterms. 33756210
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 8hRegardless of the legality of posting armed national guard members at drop boxes, whether the boxes were open yet, or whether drop boxes qualify as polling sites under the law; the optics are what matter. Lawful or not, it’s overt, intentional voter suppression. 15352901661
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialNoel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 8hPutin has put on a masterclass of manipulating the ignorance & avarice of Trump & Co. these last few weeks. The hayseed who thinks he’s getting cheaper diesel for his tractor has no idea the price he’s gonna pay in the long run. Democracy has lost this round to an obese grifter. 032088
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 8hTrump's gift to Putin today would have killed Lindsey Graham had he not been already dead. 2120136
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8hThe Trump administration has transformed the agency into an instrument of financial sector chicanery. trib.al/PWeux9mtrib.alThe SEC Just Opened the Floodgates to FraudThe Trump administration has transformed the Securities and Exchange Commission into an instrument of financial sector chicanery. 43422
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialLiz @clinicalliz.bsky.social · 8hIllegal, immoral, AND ineffective? Of course Trump thinks it’s brilliant. 011
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 8h(🚨) MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: Trump Unilaterally Ends American Sanctions on Russian Energy Products and Announces That America Will Now Help Finance the Genocide Against Europeans in Ukraine; Russia and America Now Co-Rogue States, with America Funding Two Genocides and Russia One 1481133533
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialZach Everson @zacheverson.com · 8hCould explain why his sister married Matt Gaetz.  33713
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 8h1) Putin doesn't have diesel to spare. 2) Diesel is cover for lifting sanctions. 3) Putin's statement sounds like he's offering an Iran escape hatch, which I've been predicting. 4) Half of the MASSIVE bribes Putin is offering now don't exist. 5) But he does mention security coop -- Kash. 551815655
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h“I’ll say I love her publicly, but the truth is I can’t fucking stand her,” the ally said. “But if she asks you to go on the podcast, or come over for dinner, you say yes, because Stephen Miller is the second-most powerful person in the world.” 61364119
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialMeduza in English @meduza.io · 8hZelensky says Ukraine retaliated for Russian strikes on its data centers. Yandex reports drone attacks on its Russian facilities for a second day, while Washington and Kyiv prepare for fresh talks in Miami about ending the war. meduza.io/en/feature/2...meduza.ioUkraine strikes Russian tech giant Yandex’s data centers for a second straight day as new peace talks involving Kyiv, the U.S., and Europe get underway in Miami — MeduzaUkrainian drones attacked Russia’s Kaluga region overnight into October 9, Governor Vladislav Shapsha said. He said Ukrainian forces struck infrastructure in Kaluga but gave no further details. Nine… 0173
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialJeffrey Phillips @11thjeff.bsky.social · 8hThen Zelenskyy has no choice then. The Russian oil delivery infrastructure must be sunk entirely #SlavaUkraïnicnbc.comTrump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global marketsPresident Donald Trump has few options to reduce diesel prices given the destruction done to refineries by the wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. 1124
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialReuters @reuters.com · 7hEXCLUSIVE: Erik Prince's forces suffer battlefield loss in Congo, former UFC fighter among wounded, sources say reut.rs/4yc5risreut.rsEXCLUSIVE: Erik Prince's forces suffer battlefield loss in Congo, former UFC fighter among wounded, sources sayBlackwater founder Erik Prince's forces suffered a major battlefield loss in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-September when enemy forces ambushed them, killing and wounding at least 20 people, including a popular former UFC fighter, sources close to the government and his company said. 24216
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialGautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 7hTrump deserves some credit folks, no ruler has ever done the Self-Tariff 233
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialMother Jones @motherjones.com · 7hBig money has long dominated American politics, with wealthy donors, corporations, and special interests dumping tons of cash into presidential and congressional elections. But this year, the quid pro quo of campaign money for preferential government treatment is more brazen than ever before.motherjones.comThe midterm spending bonanza is threatening democracy like never before.New on "Stress Test": This cycle's shameless spree is bigger and more brazen than ever. Voters might finally be fed up. 39733
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 7hWow, CNN is really on top on the breaking news about Trump re-aligning America with Russia in the Russia-Ukraine War JFC (screenshot taken at 5:15PM ET) 2934288
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 7hZelenskyy is right. Let's hope Ukraine has a healthy stock of drones and cruise missiles to apply its own sanctions on Russian refining and exports. One benefit of Trump ending almost all aid to UA is that he no longer has much leverage in Kyiv to persuade it not to. 812740
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7h*Useful idiot* doesn't do this abject dunderhead justice 57438103
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 7htoo lacking in credibility and decency even for this WH. All that sucking up for nothing 2419434
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 7hIt is all a kind of extension of the state anyway, so 'nationalize' here really means 'take control of subsidies and revenues and anything that has implications for state policy generally'. 2387
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 7hTrump is desperate to lower the domestic fuel price, indifferent to the outcome of the war in Ukraine. But at the same time it seems unlikely that much diesel will get exported given that Russia can't supply its own market. 2387
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7hTrump has denied disaster relief for Illinois following severe storms in August. Trump approved a request from Indiana for damage resulting from the same storms. One is a "blue state." The other is a "red state." No other president has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has. 16544212086
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialGautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 7hThe spy who came in for the cold brewskis 023
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialTony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 7hDon't think that grappling semi naked and shaved for a submission or knockout is the same discipline as armed police trying to subdue and make an arrest. Just sayin. 0122
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialWhaley Queen of the Woke @simonwhale.bsky.social · 7hWell them and the law 🤣🤣 10404
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialsixcatsandcounting.bsky.social @sixcatsandcounting.bsky.social · 7hThis is how we lost. 064
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialIputadollariniwinacar @iputadollarin.bsky.social · 7hTrump signed the gd sanctions bill sept 18! His dementia is so advanced he can't remember actions just weeks ago! abcnews.com/amp/US/wireS... 012
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h🚨 ANALYSIS: Trump eased sanctions on Russian diesel weeks before the midterms, despite analysts doubting the deal will meaningfully lower prices. Zelenskyy accuses Trump of using Ukraine’s peace talks as a “smokescreen” for his Putin deal. The full story is worse than you think.meidasplus.comBREAKING: The Truth About Trump’s Oil Deal With PutinTrump eases sanctions on Russian diesel as energy analysts question the deal and Zelenskyy accuses him of betraying Ukraine. 991173510
Reposted by @jparkins10.bsky.social"Sources close to" Bob Borsley @bobborsley.bsky.social · 7hReagan has statues in Eastern Europe commemorating his opposition to Russian imperialism. Trump is working really hard for a statue in Moscow commemorating his support for Russian imperialism. Putin should give him one. He’s earned it. 36613