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Michael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
NEW: Channel 4 to broadcast the doc about Gaza medics ditched by BBC. The Beeb worried about partiality. C4 says they believe it is “duly impartial view of a subject that both divides opinion and frequently provokes dispute about what constitutes a fact”. Shown this Wednesday.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 28/06/2025
Orban banned it, so even more people turned out
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Sherrill Stroschein @sherrillstroschein.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Budapest Pride! Sent from a friend on site. ❤️
Large numbers gathered for Pride in Budapest
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Support independent journalism! 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 04/06/2025
All universities need to fight together or someday this could happen to them.
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soonergrunt @soonergrunt.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Today is the 36th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Ti... by the #PeoplesRepublicofChina
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1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre - Wikipedia
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 04/06/2025
This is big: Chief Judge Boasberg GRANTS class certification to the men unlawfully renditioned to El Salvador in March under the Alien Enemies Act, orders Trump administration to offer up a plan to facilitate their obtaining habeas relief. Here's how the ruling begins: With a nod to Kafka.
Screenshot of ruling in J.G.G. v. Trump:

"One morning, Kafka’s Josef K. awakens to encounter two strange men outside his room. As he gets his bearings, he realizes that he is under arrest. When he asks the strangers why, he receives no answer. “We weren’t sent to tell you that,” one says. “Proceedings are under way
and you’ll learn everything in due course.” Franz Kafka, The Trial 5 (Breon Mitchell trans., Schocken Books Inc. 1998). Bewildered by these men and distressed by their message, K. tries to comfort himself that he lives in “a state governed by law,” one where “all statutes [are] in
force.” Id. at 6. He therefore demands again, “How can I be under arrest? And in this manner?” “Now there you go again,” the guard replies. “We don’t answer such questions.” Undeterred, K. offers his “papers” and demands their arrest warrant. “Good heavens!” the man scolds. “There’s
been no mistake.” “[O]ur department,” he assures K., is only “attracted by guilt”; it “doesn’t seek [it] out . . . . That’s the Law.” Id. at 8–9. “I don’t know that law,” K. responds. “You’ll feel it eventually,” the guard says. Id. at 9."
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Every word of this ruling is damning of the lawless authoritarians now running our government storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 05/06/2025
“It’s one thing for me to talk about oligarchy as an abstraction,” Bernie Sanders told Evan Osnos. “Trump has made it clear. He has said it loudly and clearly: we are a government of billionaires.”
newyorker.com
Donald Trump’s Politics of Plunder
The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.
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stovedoorkosen.bsky.social @stovedoorkosen.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
I believe in science
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Thinking & Thankful 💪💙🤗🏳️‍🌈 @thinking-thankful.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
South African immigrant Elon Musk is going to try to rehabilitate his image and quietly slip away from politics, but we'll never forget the chaos and disaster he unleashed on America. Americans must boycott all his businesses indefinitely. #teslatakdown #tanktwitter #sinkstarlink #sinkspacex
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Maximillian Potter @maxpotter.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Americans desperately need more of this kind of expert assessment and guidance. This isn’t about politics, it’s about pathology. www.huffpost.com/entry/psycho...
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I’m A Psychologist Who Specializes In Narcissists. Here’s What We Need To Do To Stop Trump.
"The same patterns that destabilize families destabilize democracies."
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From the sea @maciejha.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Mike Johnson: I suggest you trust knowledge and competences, not „instincts” of bankruptcies specialist.
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
taskandpurpose.com/news/soldier...
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Medal of Honor recipient depicted in movie 'Glory' erased from Pentagon website
Denzel Washington reenacted the heroics of Sgt. William Carney in the movie "Glory." The Pentagon removed a story about him for DEI reasons.
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Donald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Dear allies, the investigation of the Lithuanian prosecutor’s office has confirmed our suspicions that responsible for setting fires to shopping centres in Vilnius and Warsaw are the Russian secret services. Good to know before negotiations. Such is the nature of this state.
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Eldorado9 @eldorado99.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Niech idzie w świat...
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From the sea @maciejha.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
„It is not safe for anyone to visit America right now."
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German tourists detained at Otay Mesa Detention Center for weeks
Two German citizens have been held for weeks at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego after trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico on tourist visas, according to their friends and family, who say ...
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
A second German tourist is being held in a detention centre after having her Visa revoked by the U.S. It’s the same detention centre holding Jessica Brösche, the German tattoo artist who spent 8 days in solitary. She’s been held for 6 weeks. The U.S. is not a safe place to travel anymore
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«Es ist schrecklich»: Deutscher Tourist wollte mit einem Esta über Mexiko in die USA einreisen – jetzt sitzt er in Abschiebehaft
Der Deutsche Lucas Sielaff befindet sich in US-Abschiebehaft. Er wollte mit einem Esta einreisen. Es ist der zweite Fall dieser Art innerhalb kurzer Zeit. Seine Verlobte äussert sich besorgt.
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
NEW: I helped Brian Krebs trace the background of one of Elon Musk's top loyalists, Branden Spikes, head of IT at X, who spent 2 mo at DOGE. Spikes and his ex-wife were involved with Russian diaspora websites and groups linked to pro-Kremlin KSORS players, Russian state media while he was at SpaceX.
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
If there is a recession, it will not have been caused by complex fluctuations in the economy. It will have been caused by Trump’s intentionally reckless chaos. Presidents rarely have this direct responsibility for economic cycles but this would be an exception.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This is how you tell who Trump’s constituents are. bsky.app/profile/juli...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/03/2025
Breaking News: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Pentagon to halt offensive cyberoperations against Russia, officials said.
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Hegseth Orders Pentagon to Stop Offensive Cyberoperations Against Russia
The defense secretary’s instructions, which were given before President Trump’s blowup with the Ukrainian president, are apparently part of an effort to draw Russia into talks on the war.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago. But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today. He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/02/2025
relatedly, why is the entire political press completely uninterested in the verifiable fact that JD Vance has close relationships with online nazis?
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Latest in a series of canny observations from Joshi
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Natasha Loder @natashaloder.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Popular on X at the moment:
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025
It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19/02/2025
DOGE is gaining total control over key government computer systems—and there may be no way to wrest it back, @cwarzel.bsky.social, @ibogost.bsky.social, and @matteowong.bsky.social write.
theatlantic.com
DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data
The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies.
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Matteo Wong @matteowong.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
DOGE and Trump appointees are burrowing deeper and deeper into sensitive federal computer systems and data. In one agency, we report, they have "God-mode" access. With @cwarzel.bsky.social and @ibogost.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
theatlantic.com
DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data
The president’s special commission now has an unprecedented ability to view and manipulate information at many federal agencies.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
New on MSNBC: Pete Hegseth is considering firing a slate of military generals and flag officers as early as this week, according to two defense officials and three congressional officials.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making" "Tillis told people that the FBI warned him about 'credible death threats' when he was considering voting against Pete Hegseth’s nomination"
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“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.
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Sumita Pahwa @sumitapahwa.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Most of the people quoted here *are Republicans* afraid of death threats *from their own party leader.* www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 18/02/2025
Fact checking the Vance speech www.thecipherbrief.com/column_artic...
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JD Vance’s Munich Speech Played Loose with Facts
OPINION — “This December, Romania straight up cancelled the results of a presidential election based on the flimsy suspicions of an intelligence agency and enormous [...] More
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Over the past week, several recent ex-State Dept officials reached out to me with a major concern. DOGE could soon access a huge defense-export database that represents a massive, if not transformational corruption opportunity for Musk & allies. Meet USXports:
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Musk and DOGE Might Soon Have Access to the Most Lucrative Defense-Contract Database of All
Ex-officials warn Zeteo that the USXports database is a means for Musk to undercut competitors to SpaceX in the defense sector.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Has anyone had a better past month than Putin?
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Tom Clark @tomsclark.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
There is a massive power grab going on. And Congress is just letting it happen.
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Trump official announces that Trump has signed an executive order claiming that only the president can speak for “what the law is” (This is not how the Constitution works)
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Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll introduce how the Elon Musk’s Election Interference Machine™ (EIM) works. Since Musk and his broligarch allies won the presidency for Trump, they’ve now harnessed the machine to interfere in European elections, including the ones in Germany and Romania. 1/23
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Trump is simply repeating a Putin talking point here. Russia has insisted on intervening in basic issues of Ukrainian sovereignty for more than a decade. Now Trump is doing Putin’s PR work, making unsustainable arguments for an unjustifiable invasion. www.axios.com/2025/02/18/t...
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Trump levels stunning criticisms against Zelensky after Russia talks
Trump's comments about Ukraine's domestic politics will likely put more pressure on Zelensky ahead of possible negotiations to end the war.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This will end badly for everyone. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data
Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Elon Musk retweeted a conspiracy theory about white people being ethnically cleansed from South Africa, a lie spread by white nationalists. Not only that, the person he RTed said this is the “human rights cause of our lifetimes.” You shouldn’t need a salute to know that this man is a Nazi.
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The human rights cause of our lifetimes is the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Afrikaners.
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U.S. Mission Acknowledges Petition on South Africa's Land Policies: @POTUS @StateDept
#SouthAfrica #Expropriation
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U.S. MISSION SOUTH AFRICA
The U.S. Embassy in South Africa received a petition this morning addressed to President Donald Trump, seeking U.S. support to change policies and laws affecting the Afikaner community in South
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Maximillian Potter @maxpotter.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
"Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily-guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country..." by @jacobbogage.bsky.social Because — of course. wapo.st/3QizwcN
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Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS
Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/02/2025
This is the way… “The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.” With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/02/2025
The Department of Government Efficiency isn't interested in efficiency. Or transparency, or cutting costs. It's real goal is to destroy the federal civil service. In other words, regime change. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
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ATP Geopolitics @atpgeo.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This is such a good interview with @michaeldweiss.bsky.social on the Bulwark with @timmiller.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uSb...
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Our Foreign Policy in Ukraine Is a TOTAL MESS (w/ Michael Weiss) | The Bulwark Podcast
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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