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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Quick update, Putin is still a psychopath and Russia is still nuclear terrorist state. www.reuters.com/business/aer...
reuters.com
Russia sends nuclear warning to NATO as tensions rise in the Baltic
Russia has warned NATO it would be ready to resort to nuclear weapons if the Western alliance attempted ​to cut off Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders the Baltic Sea.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These are truly disturbing images, full psychosis on display. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
newsweek.com
Donald Trump ‘Love Me’ Advert Broadcast On TV
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Make noise in defense of Oleshky, a lot of noise. euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/29/r...
euromaidanpress.com
Russian troops enter homes and threaten starving Oleshky residents for food and alcohol, officials say - Euromaidan Press
Residents who escaped the occupied Kherson Oblast city describe threats and abuse by Russian troops amid severe shortages of food, water, and medicine.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So the Trump Administration has limited control over American elections. The Trump entourage may not like external observers, but the individual states can and should allow it. www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
hrw.org
US: Trump Administration Rejects External Election Observers
The Trump administration’s decision not to invite the leading international election observation body to monitor crucial US midterm polls fuels fears of serious human rights concerns around the upcomi...
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Cory Booker should be the Democratic leader of the Senate.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They jump ship to save themselves, but they've spent the past 2 years facillitating Trump's madness. Now they hope you will forget long enough to allow them to keep right on doing it. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
yahoo.com
Republicans jump ship as Trump's anchor weighs heavy on party
Republican midterm candidates are increasingly breaking from President Trump, whose approval rating is at a record low five weeks from the election.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So sayeth the New York Times. Accurate reporting inside Russia particularly as it relates to opposition to the war in Ukraine is notoriously unreliable. There is of course robust opposition withinn Russia. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
nytimes.com
Their Sons Are Dying on Battlefields in Ukraine. They Still Back Russia’s War.
The Russian region of North Ossetia has suffered a heavy toll, yet many accept the Kremlin’s line that the fighting must continue until victory is secured.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Reportedly MLB league office reached out the Trump Administration with the idea of building a baseball stadium in a national park. This is a very abusive maneuver by MLB. Very disappointing. Of course the Trump admin is interested. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
washingtonpost.com
Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Airdrops are underway, but it's an uphill battle. Much more is needed, including the world's attention. euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/27/r...
euromaidanpress.com
Russia holds 2,000 people hostage in Oleshky without food or water—Ukraine flew 4,000 kg of food to locals across the Dnipro - Euromaidan Press
Six military units coordinated one of the largest cross-Dnipro supply operations to the city Russia has turned into a starvation trap.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Ukrainian forces airdrop supplies to city where bodies are left to be eaten by dogs because of deadly risk from drones." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
‘Hell on earth’: last residents eat weeds to survive in Russian-occupied Oleshky
Ukrainian forces airdrop supplies to city where bodies are left to be eaten by dogs because of deadly risk from drones
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dear Maine, Remember when you vote for Susan Collins you vote for a Republican US Senate and everything you see happening in Washington today. If you want more of the same, go ahead and vote for more of the same. You will get it.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Who could be so arrogant and stupid? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Rejects Iran’s Cease-Fire Proposal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
The president said the deal was not “acceptable” and demurred on whether he would restart military strikes after the midterm elections.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A thing the networks should have done a deade ago. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
Major TV networks halt video coverage of Trump over CNN ban
CNN, along with MS NOW and Politico, filed a lawsuit over the ban, which the president defended as “an assault on the FAKE NEWS.”
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Again Trump threatens use of nuclear weapons against Iran. Interestingly he did so to the exact same Fox reporter as he made the 'end their civilization' remarks to in April, Trey Yingst. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
usatoday.com
Trump 'deciding' whether to 'blow the entire nation up' in Iran threat
President Donald Trump said in a Sept. 20 interview that he was "deciding" on escalating the war but was "open" to meeting his Iranian counterpart.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And maybe not so accidental. www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...
npr.org
Poland's prime minister warns of Russian 'accidental' attacks on Ukraine's allies
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that these potential strikes "intend to paralyze NATO" in an attempt to demonstrate that Article 5 "exists only in theory."
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm sorry to say folks this may not do what we wanted it to do. www.reuters.com/world/us/rus...
reuters.com
Russia sanctions bill gives Trump sweeping new tariff powers
The Russia sanctions bill passed by Congress this week gives US President Donald Trump new powers to impose tariffs that could last well beyond his presidency, injecting more uncertainty into the glob...
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
THE RUSSIA SANCTIONS BILL HOAX: "But the bill is not what it seems. The legislation would impose no significant new sanctions on Russia, and it would allow Trump to waive any of its measures simply by claiming that doing so is in the national interest." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
theatlantic.com
Congress Might Be About to Hand Trump Sweeping Tariff Powers
The Russia-sanctions bill isn’t what it seems.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I want to say, "unbelievable." But actually it's totally believable, way to believable. Where will they all run to Moscow? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
nytimes.com
Russian Businessman With Putin Ties Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Party
The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Judge Christopher Cooper should appoint a special overseer for the Kennedy Center's affairs and have done with this. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/0...
washingtonpost.com
Kennedy Center could close as early as Tuesday, warns of bankruptcy, documents show
Officials said the center is facing “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks, insist that adding President Donald Trump’s name may be the only way to avoid bankruptcy.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
On the train were Boris Johnson and David Petraeus. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Train carrying Boris Johnson and ex-CIA chief may have been targeted in Russian strike, officials say
Ukrainian Railways says former British PM and David Petraeus crossed into Poland shortly before drone attack near border
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I don't believe in coincidences, and I seriously doubt anyone on the diplomatic train does at this stage either. This is a wake-up call. Answer it. www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
yahoo.com
Russia hits passenger train on Ukraine's border with Poland, just misses 'diplomatic train'
KYIV/MOSCOW Sept 13 (Reuters) - A Russian drone hit a passenger train on Ukraine's border with NATO member Poland on Sunday, shortly after former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Are you kidding? He hasn't even called on Russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians and he want's Ukraine to halt strikes on diesel production facilities? ca.news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-dr...
ca.news.yahoo.com
Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying attacks are causing a shortage.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
They awaken. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
washingtonpost.com
GOP secretaries of state ask Supreme Court to block Trump mail-in ballot rule
The proposed change would significantly increase the likelihood of midterm election issues, they warned.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
SCOTUS will likely make some kind of move on this sometime soon, possibly this week. Trump has no legal leg to stand on. But the Roberts court isnot immune to legal fabrication. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
yahoo.com
Trump administration makes another appeal to the Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions
The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court to allow new restrictions on mail ballots in time for the midterms. The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira T...
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This from the Kyiv Post. So minus the smoke, mirrors, hot air and BS Witkoff and Kushner went back to Ukraine (again) and asked for territorial concessions (again) and were bid a fond farewell ... AGAIN! JFC. kyivindependent.com/us-envoys-wi...
kyivindependent.com
'The war will continue' — US peace push fails to achieve deal after Witkoff, Kushner's first visit to Kyiv
The latest peace talks in Kyiv and Moscow did not appear to yield a diplomatic breakthrough. "We expect the war will continue," Zelensky said, adding that Ukraine is counting on U.S. energy and air de...
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
So translation: We're so desperate to get out of this war that we started with Iran that we will allow them to, yes develop a nuclear weapon. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
Energy secretary says US might not reach nuclear agreement with Iran
Chris Wright tells ABC there ‘may not’ be an agreement that would prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The fundamental disconnect here is that Trump thinks that Russia's losses on the battlefeild will move Putin towards negotiation. In fact the opposite is true. It makes him more determined to stay the course and "finish the job." apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com
Putin meets with US envoys at the Kremlin for renewed talks on ending the war in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at the Kremlin.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Need I say more? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order
Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Stop using Google. Use DuckDuckGo. I ride with the Duck. www.reuters.com/world/us/goo...
reuters.com
Google Maps will show 'Lake America' in US, not 'Lake Ontario'
The president's order does not have ⁠any impact on Canadian naming conventions or how the rest of the world refers to the lake.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
No longer a secret apparently, but welcome news I should say. euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/27/l...
euromaidanpress.com
Ukraine's secret counteroffensive is more successful than we thought
The Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps has cut across a dangerous Russian salient in the east. All without telling anyone.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is why international law natters ... www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
yahoo.com
Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies as a prisoner at 84
Ratko Mladic, the bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces besieged the Bosnian capital for several years in the 1990s and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, died Thursday w...
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Anybody care? www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
yahoo.com
Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario amid trade war with Canada: ‘We’re gonna call it Lake America’
"All it takes is a good pen and some intelligence," the president insisted. The truth is more complicated.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Good for Canada, good the scholars. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...
nytimes.com
Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities
A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
NOTHING THE RUSSIAN ARE NOT WELL AWARE OF. "[Ratcliffe urged] the Russians to cut a deal before their military and economic situation gets worse, current and former officials said." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u...
nytimes.com
C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit
John Ratcliffe’s meeting this week with a Russian intelligence chief was aimed at pushing the Kremlin to pursue a peace deal with Ukraine.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
But now he has a warrant out for his arrest that any state can enforce. Texas won't, but other states certainly can. apnews.com/article/minn...
apnews.com
ICE officer charged in Minneapolis shooting released in Texas after immediate extradition rejected
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer charged with shooting a man and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis has been released from a Texas jail after a judge refused ...
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
WORTH READING IF YOU HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION TO THE ATLANTIC: "A likelier explanation for this latest trip is that Russia is getting more dangerous and the Trump administration wanted to warn it against escalating." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
theatlantic.com
Why Did John Ratcliffe Go to Moscow?
Despite Trump’s claims, the CIA director’s visit was anything but routine. It might be a sign that Putin is getting more dangerous.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Keith Kellogg gets it. kyivindependent.com/putin-like-h...
kyivindependent.com
'He's sort of like Hitler' — Trump's ex-Ukraine envoy Kellogg warns Putin won't stop at Donbas
Russia would not end its war against Ukraine even if it captured all of Donbas, former U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg told the Kyiv Independent in an interview conducted on Ukrainian Ind...
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Nothing to see here. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
washingtonpost.com
CIA director makes rare, unannounced visit to Moscow
The trip came as Ukrainian forces have stepped up attacks deep inside Russia, including in the capital.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So effectively, If you don't let us have our way with the Kennedy Center we'll blow the fucking place up. Basically. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
nytimes.com
Trump Lawyers Warn That Kennedy Center Might Need Demolition if Not Fixed
In a court filing about honoring President Trump on the facade, the administration said that without a proper renovation the building might need to be “taken down.”
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The biggest danger is that the Supreme Court is allow/facilitating electoral chaos. Chaos is what the Trump mob wants. They would love USPS carry out their will, but failing that chaos is the backup plan. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/u...
nytimes.com
Where Does Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Mail Voting Stand?
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to continue with plans to curtail mail-in voting, but the fast-moving, high-stakes legal fight continues.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/08/2026
Norm Eisen of Democracy Defenders Fund: “Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule. Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it.”
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Americans hear "51st state" as Trump trolling. Canadians hear it as an existential threat to their sovereignty. That gap in perception is why Carney can't afford to look conciliatory, even if the economics of retaliation don't add up. This isn't just a trade war anymore.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
With this court the fact that they are allowing construction to proceed means that there is a high probability that they will rule to allow Trump to build his ballroom on the ruins of the East Wing. The "for now" caveat is window dressing. www.npr.org/2026/08/21/n...
npr.org
Supreme Court allows Trump's ballroom construction to continue for now
The ruling comes after months of back-and-forth between the Trump administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A health insurance problem is one problem Becerra faces. Then there's homeowners insurance and energy costs. Katie porter would have reigned in the corporate predators, Becerra took large campaign contributions from them. Problems coming, yes. www.npr.org/2026/08/23/n...
npr.org
Becerra, running for governor of California, faces a health insurance problem
The nation's uninsured rate hit a historical low when Xavier Becerra was health secretary. Now he wants to be California's next governor as Trump's actions have driven people off health insurance.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You don't say? apnews.com/article/jeff...
apnews.com
Jared Kushner meets with Democratic leader Jeffries with House control at stake in November
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and outside Jared Kushner met privately recently.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Angie Nixon and David Jolly are natural allies. Their campaigns could really help each other. www.axios.com/2026/08/21/f...
axios.com
Florida's Angie Nixon isn't the socialist you've heard about
"I don't campaign as a member of any organization," she told Axios.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The threat is real and perpetual. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
theguardian.com
Gun stash in German forest believed to be linked to Russia, say reports
Germany seeking to extradite suspect from Romania over guns it is feared could have been used ⁠in assassinations
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Message control, the domain of the dictator. apnews.com/article/star...
apnews.com
Longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes to retire, citing differences with Pentagon leadership
Longtime Stars and Stripes publisher Max D. Lederer Jr. has announced his retirement. The development comes as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon seeks to exert editorial control over the milit...
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
If the UK gets into a fight with Russia what does Trump do? The answer to this question is quite a bit more complex than it might at first seem. Hint: Trump may have difficulty outrunning himself. euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/16/u...
euromaidanpress.com
British drones hit Russia for first time in Ukraine’s deep-strike campaign – The Sunday Times - Euromaidan Press
The Sunday Times reports Ukraine used British drones inside Russia for the first time, adding cheaper firepower to Kyiv’s strike campaign.
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Marc Ash🇺🇦🇺🇸 @marcashrsn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
How much influence does Russian intelligence have on the tone and direction of U.S. commercial media headlines? The "reported killing of 6" in Russia comes entirely from Russian sources. No window, no confirmation. Just Russian sources. apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com
Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia
Ukraine has launched hundreds of drones across Russia, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war.
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