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@lifeartiste.bsky.social
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Dad to brilliances, husband to (rightly)annoyed spouse. Ex …, incl MENA hand, geopolitics, philanthropy, 2x refugee from AVH, multi-emigrant, cursed with aristocratic ennui and no money. But a damned fine cook.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4h
Kash Patel's visit to Moscow is being hosted by the FSB, the successor to the KGB, once chaired by Putin and in whose operations he continues to take a strong personal interest. The FSB has Patel's goat, it's safe to say. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Why Is Kash Patel Planning to Visit Russia?
Democrats in Congress are asking the FBI director to cancel the reported trip.
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 50m
He still exists? He has an audience?
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 10h
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h
Reuters: Denmark’s IKEA stores are preparing to serve as emergency shelters and temporary hospitals during crises, with plans to use display beds for accommodation, restaurants for food and generators for backup power.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h
Zelenskyy: While our teams are meeting in Florida, US President is having conversation with Kremlin leader responsible for this war. I believe they are simply using our team as a cover...clearly not acting in good faith as a partner. And this, in my view, is a weak decision from strong partners.
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 3h
Target allows ICE to stage from their parking lots. You know what to do.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 3h
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5h
I think this analysis is correct. Reports out of Russia for the last six weeks show huge diesel shortages and long lines of cars trying to get it. Russia doesn't have the diesel Trump says he's buying for them. This is all for another purpose, which is psy ops.
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Goldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 10h
“You secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king!” -Sideshow Bob, 1994
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 15h
Due to **declining soil quality**, nutrients in fruit & vegetables are sharply lower Researchers at Deep Science Ventures found twice the fruit & veg need to be eaten today to get the same level of minerals like potassium, magnesium or copper than 60 yrs ago www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Vegetables are half as nutritious than 60 years ago. Experts now know why
Fewer than a third of wheat varieties used in bread released since the 1960s meet the recommended zinc target, due to poor soil quality
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“This is what crowd out looks like.” - Jason Furman
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The united states will live stream an execution by firing squad.
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So, down the Trotsky path we go with a Mexican ice pick? open.substack.com/pub/spytalk/...
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Kremlin Accused in Plot to Use Mexican Hitmen for D.C. Assassination
Senior members of Russian intelligence are suspected of targeting exiled dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza in Washington, D.C.
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Exactly. But Natalie won’t wrap the chain around him… unless he is forced to consider letting her go…
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
meiselas gets it: www.meidasplus.com/p/my-respons...
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My Response to Right-Wing Smears...
Hey everyone, it’s Ben Meiselas from the MeidasTouch Network.
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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“To love purely is to consent to distance.” —Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 08/10/2026
RFK Jr.'s NIH reportedly kept sending money to a Russian institute tied to the plague lab at the center of an outbreak, despite Biden's order to end these partnerships. Fuckface is calling Putin about it now. Why the hell was this still being funded, and what else is?
mediaite.com
RFK Jr. Reportedly Sent Nearly $800K to Research Project Linked to Russian Plague Lab
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reportedly overseen nearly $800,000 in federal funding for a research project involving a Russian laboratory with ties to the Siberian facility at the center...
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Eric Harris Bernstein @ehbinmn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They started texting with a 16-year-old. After two years, they offered to sell him a gun. They consider that "stopping a terrorist attack." And they are calling it heroic. What an absolute embarrassment.
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Watching the Mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko protects his students in France from police as they attack the protesters was inspirational. France is seeing its largest student protests in decades, with youth demanding government action. Teachers and Unions have joined the protest.
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Crust News @crustnews.com · 07/10/2026
Israeli forces opened fire on refugees in Jabalia refugee camp. Casualty figures are currently unknown, as Israeli forces opened fire on rescuers.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fox needs to be sued into oblivion for malpractice, and shut down for being a threat to the country
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Before he was appointed, Kash Patel was flagged by FBI counterintelligence agents as being deeply enmeshed in influence operations run by the Russians and Chinese. After he took over, Patel began systematically eliminating all Russian and Chinese counterintelligence capacity. What to make of that?
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As Trump focuses the FBI on immigration, counterintelligence is falling behind
The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.
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Mariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My doctor asked if anyone in my family suffers from mental illness. I said: No, we all seem to enjoy it.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Now that’s some funny shit. I don’t care who you are.
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No you won’t you corrupt pos.
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Is he about to start a nuclear war?
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In Phoenix, the Democratic candidate for CD-8 was out repairing yard signs when suddenly she was brutally assaulted and raped. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A gold statue titled The Orange Plague—depicting a naked Donald Trump riding a buckling man—has been unveiled at the European Parliament. Jens Galschiøt’s searing satire exposes how unchecked greed & political oppression crush humanity under the guise of power. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
independent.co.uk
Naked statue of Trump named ‘Orange Plague’ unveiled at European Parliament
The creator of the sculpture said it was a ‘satirical outcry’ against Trump’s volatile climate and foreign policies
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago describes the war on Iran as “The Mother of All Strategic Blunders”. Among other things, the US went into the war on the false claim that Iran was on the verge of acquiring a nuclear weapon; it thought air power alone would produce regime change, which
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How much longer can the world absorb the Iran shock?
The disruption to oil supply, oil prices and the world economy has been surprisingly manageable so far
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Scott is always so damned diplomatic.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pay attention to this: it's a big deal.
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The world will need to cleanse itself of the United States, while retaining the lessons of its many failures. How does one do that?
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
‘Murca. Not Britain. It’s because of extreme processing. Can’t be just a potato chip anymore.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I would pay more than $1
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Netanyahu's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, openly refers to IDF operations in south Lebanon as ethnic cleansing.
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The kleptocracy does not want future asset recovery. The Trump regime is reducing the capacity of a future administration to claw back what they stole. steadystate1.substack.com/p/i-fought-c...
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I Fought Corruption Abroad for Years. My Own Country Just Surrendered.
America Just Joined Russia and Belarus in Quitting the Fight Against Corruption
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
the headline should be: "Israel Invites Head of Political Party Founded by Former SS Officers" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US, Israeli and European far-right figures to gather for conference in Israel
Trump’s counter-terrorism ‘czar’, Sebastian Gorka, was scheduled to speak at conference but White House says he will no longer attend
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Palmer Luckey is the GOP's lead money raiser in Silicon Valley. Palmer Luckey is appointed to key DOD board along with Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich. Palmer Luckey gets $2.9 bn no bid DOD contract. This is pay-to-play, how the Trump regime works. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/a...
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Anduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after CEO joins Pentagon weapons group
Defense tech leaders are gaining sway in Washington in President Donald Trump's military reindustrialization push
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
someone please ask our reckless dangerous and deranged media to hold republicans accountable for these statements. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump suggests he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
Gavin Newsom calls comments ‘deranged and dangerous’ after president tells Nebraska rally: ‘They can take out a city’
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
this is a must-do
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“.. San Diego is not collateral damage,” San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria posted. “We are not expendable. And we are never a ‘small price to pay.’ Keep our city out of your reckless war talk.” @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/s...
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RvDO @lifeartiste.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Every time this ancient stain opens his mouth he demonstrates that he and his ilk are incapable of leadership.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 06/10/2026
Telegraph: “Russia has been accused of sending secret agents to defecate in the lavatories of Finnish MPs in a bizarre escalation of its hybrid warfare against the West” Russia is mining the elevators
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alabama Republican Rep Brett Easterbrook spent years positioning himself the key promoter of Christian family values within the Alabama GOP. He sponsored the bill forcing trans girls to use boys bathrooms in schools. He voted to ban LGBTQ-inclusivity in classrooms, keep trans girls off girls’ teams,
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Alabama state representative, school board member charged with attempted human trafficking | Alabama Reflector
Brett Easterbrook and Kory Wesley were arrested by the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Friday afternoon for attempted human trafficking.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/10/2026
I was honored to visit Our Lady Salam, the first Arabic-speaking Lutheran parish on Staten Island. Its congregants hail from as close as Hylan Blvd to as far as Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan, & Egypt — yet have planted roots in our city. Many carry the weight of war and genocide daily.
Mayor Mamdani greets members of Our Lady Salam parish on Staten Island.Mayor Mamdani meets members of Our Lady Salam parish on Staten Island.
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