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Manny Otiko

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Writer/blogger/video maker. I am a liberal and part of the resistance.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h
Slander is spoken; libel is written. But this isn't either of those. It's detailed reporting from a respected outlet with damning evidence. And "most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history" is as impressive as "shortest NBA player from Luxembourg"
Speaking on behalf of Lutnick, the White House said: "The BBC's pathetic and desperate attempt to slander Secretary Lutnick will do nothing to change the fact that he has been the most consequential Commerce Secretary in modern history."
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Why Did Trump Bomb Iran? His Reasons Keep Getting More Bizarre | by Manny Otiko | Oct, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/why-did-trum...
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Why Did Trump Bomb Iran? His Reasons Keep Getting More Bizarre
From nuclear weapons to regime change to drugs, Trump’s shifting explanations for the Iran war are becoming harder to follow — and easier…
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 4h
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How ‘End Times Fascism’ Is Exploiting War, AI and Political Chaos | by Manny Otiko | Oct, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/how-end-time...
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How ‘End Times Fascism’ Is Exploiting War, AI and Political Chaos
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor warn that today’s authoritarian politics are feeding on crisis, corporate power and fear — but they say…
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Trump Allies Talk Martial Law as Republicans Brace for a Midterm Election Disaster | by Manny Otiko | Oct, 2026 | Medium medium.com/the-polis/tr...
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Trump Allies Talk Martial Law as Republicans Brace for a Midterm Election Disaster
With Trump’s poll numbers sinking, some of his closest allies are floating extraordinary measures to prevent a Republican wipeout in the…
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@smaddoxsr @smaddoxsr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
As it was with the nineteenth century confederates, these 21st century confederates are criminals who will betray the USA and sell out anybody for profits.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22h
Say what, Pete Kegsbreath?
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Sen. Thom Tillis Speaks Out Against Trump, MAGA Cult — 10 Years Too Late! | by Manny Otiko | Oct, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/sen-thom-til...
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Sen. Thom Tillis Speaks Out Against Trump, MAGA Cult — 10 Years Too Late!
After years of backing Donald Trump and helping confirm his nominees, the retiring North Carolina senator is suddenly blasting MAGA, ICE…
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Trump Is a Psychopath — But Is He Crazy Enough to Use a Nuclear Weapon on Iran? | by Manny Otiko | Oct, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/trump-is-a-p...
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Trump Is a Psychopath — But Is He Crazy Enough to Use a Nuclear Weapon on Iran?
Mental health experts have warned about Trump’s behavior as new reporting says the Pentagon is expanding the nuclear options available to…
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Michael Wolff: Trump’s White House Runs on Fear, Humiliation and Flunkies | by Manny Otiko | Oct, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/michael-wolf...
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Michael Wolff: Trump’s White House Runs on Fear, Humiliation and Flunkies
Michael Wolff says Trump staffers endure insults, threats and humiliation for one powerful reason: proximity to the president and the Oval…
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Religious Freedom Advocate Warns Pete Hegseth Has Crusader Mentality | by Manny Otiko | Oct, 2026 | Medium medium.com/@mannyotiko1...
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Religious Freedom Advocate Warns Pete Hegseth Has Crusader Mentality
Michael Weinstein says Hegseth’s religious rhetoric, crusader imagery and influence over the U.S. military should alarm anyone concerned…
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/10/2026
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Michael Wolff Says Jeffrey Epstein Feared Trump — and What He Knew About Him | by Manny Otiko | Oct, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/michael-wolf...
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Michael Wolff Says Jeffrey Epstein Feared Trump — and What He Knew About Him
The author says Epstein worried about Trump’s rise, regretted revealing too much and refused to go public with potentially damaging…
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Adam Mockler: Trump Is Sabotaging Republicans — and Democrats Still Have a Problem | by Manny Otiko | Oct, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/adam-mockler...
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 01/10/2026
“This was a miscarriage of justice, and what happened to Mr. Hearn is an outrage that should shock every American. This administration chose to pursue an unjust prosecution against Mr. Hearn."
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Judge bars U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro from charging ex-Olympian in Reflecting Pool case
The judge dismissed the case against David Hearn with prejudice, citing “exceptional circumstances” that included President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on Pirro’s office.
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Biden’s Age Was Front-Page News. Why Is Trump’s Fitness Treated Differently? | by Manny Otiko | Oct, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/bidens-age-w...
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Biden’s Age Was Front-Page News. Why Is Trump’s Fitness Treated Differently?
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston says fear of legal threats, intimidation and retaliation may help explain why…
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘Godfather of AI’ Warns the Industry Needs Government Regulation Before It’s Too Late | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/godfather-of...
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‘Godfather of AI’ Warns the Industry Needs Government Regulation Before It’s Too Late
Geoffrey Hinton says the AI industry needs a government regulatory agency as increasingly powerful systems raise new safety risks
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Ad Sends a Message: “Nobody Is Going to Stop Me,” Wolff Says | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium medium.com/the-polis/tr...
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Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Ad Sends a Message: “Nobody Is Going to Stop Me,” Wolff Says
Daily Beast co-host Michael Wolff says Trump’s latest ad reflects a broader belief that the rules no longer apply to him — and that he…
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pappas: It’s a golden age if you’re Don Jr. getting a Russian oligarch to pay for a wedding reception, but for the rest of us, it doesn’t feel like that. They can put out whatever numbers they want. The American people know that this is a totally incompetent president who is estranged from reality.
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
David Cay Johnston: Trump Is a Psychopath as Dangerous as Stalin | by Manny Otiko | The Polis | Sep, 2026 | Medium medium.com/the-polis/da...
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David Cay Johnston: Trump Is a Psychopath as Dangerous as Stalin
David Cay Johnston: Trump Is a Psychopath as Dangerous as Stalin The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist warns that Trump’s attacks on the press, expansive view of presidential power and increasingly …
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mark Carney built a global profile in 2026 by standing up to Donald Trump. If some prediction-market traders and prominent admirers are right, the Canadian prime minister could end the year with the Nobel Peace Prize and Time magazine’s Person of the Year. www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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Mark Carney's stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzz
Mark Carney built a global profile in 2026 by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump. If some prediction-market traders and prominent admirers are right, the Canadian prime minister could end the ...
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon Wants 1 Million Drones. Trump Boys Just Happen to Have Drone Companies! | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium medium.com/the-polis/th...
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The Pentagon Wants 1 Million Drones. Trump Boys Just Happen to Have Drone Companies!
Corruption Runs in the Trump Crime Family. Now Don Jr. and Eric Are Joining the Military-Industrial Complex Gravy Train
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dean Obeidallah Accuses Media of Ignoring Trump’s ‘Treason’ as China Helps Iran | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/dean-obeidal...
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Dean Obeidallah Accuses Media of Ignoring Trump’s ‘Treason’ as China Helps Iran
While lawmakers warn that Beijing aided Iran against U.S. forces, Trump praises Xi and gives the Chinese leader a lavish welcome
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Genuinely the worst campaign message I’ve ever seen
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith looked straight at the Senate and said what Trump’s enablers have spent years trying to bury: There was proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump committed crimes against this country. Smith said he’d prosecute him again today. Because the evidence doesn’t give a damn about your red hat
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Theo Bros Want a White Christian America Where Women and Minorities Are Silent or Gone | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/theo-bros-wa...
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Theo Bros Want a White Christian America Where Women and Minorities Are Silent or Gone
How a growing network of hard-right Christian nationalists is using social media, misogyny, and white identity politics to push a vision of…
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump’s Hardcore MAGA ‘Front Row Joes’ Are Finally Turning Against Him | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium medium.com/the-polis/tr...
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Trump’s Hardcore MAGA ‘Front Row Joes’ Are Finally Turning Against Him
Some of Trump’s Most Devoted MAGA Supporters Say They’ve Had Enough After Years of Unwavering Loyalty
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@smaddoxsr @smaddoxsr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Citizens in this nation have elected cruel people to government since George Washington and the other enslavers and murderers of indigenous peoples hundreds of years ago. We have allowed Criminal Trump in the government TWICE!
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Trump Skips the Briefing Books, And America Pays the Price
Michael Wolff says Trump enters high-stakes meetings unprepared, vulnerable to flattery and easy for foreign leaders to manipulate
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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The Real AI Threat Isn’t Skynet — It’s the Billionaires Controlling It
Everyone’s afraid AI will take over someday — but the billionaires controlling it may already be rewriting the rules right now
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump Wants Media He Can Control — and China Shows Him How | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/trump-wants-...
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Trump Wants Media He Can Control — and China Shows Him How
Inside the White House press fight over Chinese state media access, barred U.S. reporters and growing warnings about press freedom
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 27/09/2026
Meanwhile it appears DOJ some time ago leaked the 37 pages to a Trump-friendly reporter. I wonder if they disclosed that to the judge. “So secret we can’t show you but we leaked them” is not a good look. meidasnews.com/news/trump-d...
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Trump DOJ Claims It Complied With Latest Epstein Order in Katie Phang Case
Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Attorney General Todd Blanche to submit unredacted FBI notes and support disputed victim redactions, while a temporary appellate pause now blocks foreign-language file rev...
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Heather Cox Richardson Says Trump’s MAGA Coalition Is Starting to Fall Apart | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/heather-cox-...
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Heather Cox Richardson Says Trump’s MAGA Coalition Is Starting to Fall Apart
Historian Heather Cox Richardson argues Trump’s MAGA movement is losing its grip, the Republican Party is starting to fracture and America…
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Trump Kicked Mainstream News Out of the White House — and Gave a Spot to a Raging Neo-Nazi | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/trump-kicked...
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Trump Kicked Mainstream News Out of the White House — and Gave a Spot to a Raging Neo-Nazi
CNN, MS NOW and Politico were barred from White House grounds while Border Hawk — an outlet the SPLC says has ties to white-nationalist…
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gil Duran: The Real AI Threat Isn’t the Machines. It’s the Billionaires Behind Them | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/gil-duran-th...
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Gil Duran: The Real AI Threat Isn’t the Machines. It’s the Billionaires Behind Them
Journalist warns Silicon Valley’s techno-oligarchs have amassed enormous power with little accountability
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump’s Xi State Dinner Raises Awkward Questions About China, Iran and Taiwan | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/trumps-xi-st...
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Trump’s Xi State Dinner Raises Awkward Questions About China, Iran and Taiwan
Xi Jinping got the red carpet, a White House state dinner and Trump’s full attention — but questions over China, Taiwan, Iran and trade…
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Former MAGA Stars Say Trump Betrayed Them. A Psychologist Says It’s Face-Saving | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium medium.com/@mannyotiko1...
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Former MAGA Stars Say Trump Betrayed Them. A Psychologist Says It’s Face-Saving
Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Megyn Kelly are distancing themselves from Trump — but psychologist Elliot Connie says their…
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Why a Simple Surgery Can Leave Americans Buried in Medical Debt | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium mannyotiko1.medium.com/why-a-simple...
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Why a Simple Surgery Can Leave Americans Buried in Medical Debt
America’s For-Profit Healthcare System Turns Routine Medical Care Into a Financial Crisis
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
Republicans never should’ve voted to confirm Pete Hegseth. They own this… 📌 Iran war mismanagement & misleading public claims 📌 Iranian girls’ school strike, 120+ children killed 📌 8 suicide attempts aboard USS Lincoln 📌 Fired senior military leaders without cause
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Tucker Carlson Turns on Trump Over Iran: ‘The Most Profoundly Destructive’ Decision in U.S. History | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium medium.com/@mannyotiko1...
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Tucker Carlson Turns on Trump Over Iran: ‘The Most Profoundly Destructive’ Decision in U.S. History
The former Fox News star blasts Trump’s Iran policy, takes aim at Benjamin Netanyahu and the Washington ‘uniparty,’ and admits he wasted…
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Meidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not enough voters trusted a Black woman who: Graduated from Howard & law school Was DA, AG, Senator & VP Would expand Medicare > home care Would protect reproductive freedom Offered homebuyers up to $25K Would lower prescr. drug costs Offered parents a $6K tax credit Would cut middle-class taxes
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Latino Media Told Immigrants Not to Worry About Trump. Now Some of Them Regret It | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium medium.com/the-polis/la...
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Latino Media Told Immigrants Not to Worry About Trump. Now Some of Them Regret It
A 2024 Media Matters report shows how pro-Trump Latino media figures downplayed his immigration and deportation plans. Now some former…
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 24/09/2026
Author Jacob Silverman discusses how tech elites like Peter Thiel and David Sacks are shaping the Trump administration’s approach to technology.
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“Gilded Rage”: Jacob Silverman on How a Radicalized Silicon Valley Shapes Trump’s AI Policies
“One of the features we see in … a lot of the billionaire tech elites is a real kind of anger,” says Jacob Silverman, author of Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the Radicalization of Silicon Valley. “They’r...
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Malcolm Nance Sounds the Alarm: AI Fakes, Russian Disinformation and the 2026 Midterms | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium medium.com/@mannyotiko1...
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Malcolm Nance Sounds the Alarm: AI Fakes, Russian Disinformation and the 2026 Midterms
The former intelligence officer warns that voter intimidation, Russian influence operations and an explosion of AI-generated disinformation…
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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NEW: Troy Jackson's campaign is out with their first digital spot following the bombshell Susan Collins bribery scandal calling her "Corrupt Collins." Watch this:
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
Ossoff: "Sen. John Thune is coming to Georgia to campaign for the congressman. The senator therefore needs to answer whether he will denounce Mike Collins's extensive ties to white nationalism and neo-Nazi ideology."
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Manny Otiko @mannyotiko.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Luke Harding: Trump Has ‘Dictator Envy’ — and Putin Knows How to Exploit It | by Manny Otiko | Sep, 2026 | Medium medium.com/@mannyotiko1...
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Luke Harding: Trump Has ‘Dictator Envy’ — and Putin Knows How to Exploit It
The former Guardian Russia correspondent says Vladimir Putin knows how to manipulate Donald Trump — and Russian intelligence has been…
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📌So eight sailors we know of attempted suicide in the USS Lincoln Strike Group. This is beyond disgusting. It is a tragedy, and heads need to roll starting with Pete Hegseth, who is an unqualified bum. I can't even imagine how bad the morale must be on these ships. This is NOT the Navy I served in.
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