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San Franciscan, writer, analyst. Interests: democracy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, cognitive science, art, flowers, pastry.

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Nina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 39m
RUSSIA TARGETED A BUS FULL OF CIVILIANS AND MULTIPLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THIS WEEK ALONE. Maybe the ingrate is the guy who made the decision to fund that terrorism by purchasing oil in a last ditch attempt to boost his poll numbers?
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2h
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 45m
Agent of a Foreign Power emptywheel.net/2026/10/10/a...
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Agent of a Foreign Power - emptywheel
If you read Putin's statement about the capitulation he wrangled from Trump yesterday, rather than Trump, it becomes clear that Putin has finally finished fully recruiting Donald Trump.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 42m
"Vladimir Putin seems to have finally completed the complete recruitment of Trump that Russia has been pursuing for decades."
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 1h
If you force your kids to watch a live execution, you deserve to get arrested and have your children taken away from you
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meta @metatheory.bsky.social · 33m
Trump and Fox are going to have to make Zelenskyy into a monster in order to justify the love affair with Putin. And the Americans who watch those idiot sycophants 24/7 and drive their gas guzzler monster trucks will obey.
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Olivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 39m
A weapon developed for war and designed to inflict intense pain has been approved for loan to federal law enforcement on American soil. The Pentagon authorized the heat ray for DHS. Could ICE get access? Could it be used against migrants or Americans exercising First Amendment rights? Who decides?
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meta @metatheory.bsky.social · 40m
His psycho delusions are all he has.
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meta @metatheory.bsky.social · 42m
Trump wants the world to know he’s an even greater monster than Putin.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 1h
In Kharkiv today, murderhappy Russians struck a medical facility, injuring 5 people. ​Trump wants us to stop striking russian oil refineries and let them keep destroying our homes, hospitals, schools, and kindergartens with impunity. He blames us for fighting back against pure terrorism.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 57m
In 2025, the Trump administration prevented the EPA and HHS from distributing more than $1 billion appropriated by Congress, in prohibitions known as impoundments, according to decisions the Government Accountability Office sent to Congress on Wednesday.
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Congress' Watchdog Finds Trump Illegally Withheld More Than $1 Billion in Federal Funds
The White House impounded funds from the EPA and HHS last year, the Government Accountability Office reports.
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Ben Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 16h
Whoever wins the governorships in the battleground states will certify the 2028 presidential election. There are election deniers running, in Wisconsin and elsewhere. We've got to beat them. My new NYT op-ed:
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Opinion | Want to Avoid Another Jan. 6? Defeat These Republicans. (Gift Article)
The 2028 election is on the ballot right now.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 1h
This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won’t. On Monday, EU Foreign Ministers intend to approve the biggest set of sanctions listings targeting Russia’s war machine since the start of the war.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 1h
Russian strikes killed over 80 Ukrainian civilians in two days. Moreover, it has stepped up its hybrid attacks against Europe, both EU Member States and NATO Allies. Suspending sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenues to wage war.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h
Another lie to fool voters that never happened.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 17h
A Ukrainian drone attack disrupted airspace over Moscow, throwing a wrench into Vladimir Putin’s attempt to return from abroad.
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Putin Trapped in His Plane Amid Massive Drone Attack
The Russian president’s plane was reportedly left making loops in the air over Moscow before diverting to a safer place.
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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 21h
8 time Texas HS football state champion coach knows what’s at stake this November.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 2h
Vibe shift update: Dems getting endorsements from legendary Texas high school football coaches
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meta @metatheory.bsky.social · 1h
Trump has entered the United States in the war with Ukraine on the side of Russia. Trump’s special birthday gift to Putin makes clear his love has no bounds. The existential threats to Ukraine and Europe mean nothing to him. He’s shifted the axis of power to please his evil soulmate. It’s insane.
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2h
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US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing
Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow
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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 2h
US warned the Ukrainians that Washington might cut off intelligence sharing with Kyiv if it will continue strikes on Russian refineries. The Americans also informed their Ukrainian counterparts that the US was set to lift sanctions on Russian diesel and that Moscow intended to lift its export ban.
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Documented @documentedny.bsky.social · 1h
ICE Is detaining West African women, some of whom have been in New York for decades, with plans to send them to countries they have no connection to.
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‘But I’m Not From Ghana’: ICE Targets Longtime New Yorkers for Third-Country Deportation
African New Yorkers, many here for decades with protected legal status, are being arrested by ICE.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1h
Trump's tax policy is unambiguous: it has meant reducing the tax burden on the wealthiest 1% and increasing it on all other Americans. And this is the essence of the bargain Trump struck with the tech bros in 2024.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 7h
New primer about the news from the last few hours that the US is getting back to business with Russia. This is not Trump being erratic, it is not about diesel, it is not a small move. It is about the US moving to a more active position of helping Putin. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/this-is-ab...
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This Is About Much More Than Just Diesel
What Really Matters From The Last Few Hours
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 5h
Trump is drowning the strong economy he inherited in the toilet deanbaker22.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
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The Trump Economy: AI Bubble and Beyond
Trump is drowning the strong economy he inherited in the toilet
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Rhonda 🌊 @silverarticfox.bsky.social · 15h
Lifting oil sanctions on Russia to fix fuel prices means we are directly funding the bullets and bombs killing people in Ukraine. Trading our basic human morals for cheaper gas makes us complicit in global terror. This is buying short-term economic relief with blood money.
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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 12h
How can anybody be surprised that Trump makes a for the US meaningless Diesel deal with Putin to end sanctions on Russia? Have you not understood that Trump supports Russia against Ukraine, the West & the US? Few things are more obvious.
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 5h
1/ Russian sources expect that as well as purchasing Russian oil and diesel, Donald Trump will provide Russia with spare parts to repair the refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes. They anticipate that Trump's fuel deal will lead to a Russian victory. ⬇️
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WNBA @wnba.com · 10h
In just their second season, the Valkyries are headed to the Finals ⚔️ They defeated the Aces 3-0 in the Semifinals to become the fastest expansion team in league history to compete for a title. #WNBASeason30
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Ambassador Greg Delawie @gregdelawie.bsky.social · 12h
This is, of course, a lie. The decline of glaciers in Greenland, Antarctica, and central Europe are obvious from satellite photos.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 18h
One in five American families fell behind on a loan or mortgage payment in the past year — up from one in eight in 2022 and the highest since 2007.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 12h
He quite literally has no idea what health insurance is. Truly none.
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SpyTalker @spytalker.bsky.social · 12h
Trump destroys everything he touches. Now:More than 500 trees may be removed from D.C. golf course Trump wants to redesign
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 13h
Pretty damning pile of evidence here that GOP Sen. Roger Marshall’s office seems to have been systematically — and illegally, and quite smugly — using taxpayer money to subsidize his campaign www.ms.now/news/roger-m...
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Roger Marshall’s complicated history of blurring the line between taxpayer dollars and campaign cash
In a joint investigation, Kansas Reflector and MS NOW obtained records from Marshall's first Senate run that raise concerns about his use of office resources.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 13h
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Blimple @blimple.bsky.social · 13h
The Supreme Court didn’t used to be the President’s personal tribunal but times have changed
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 13h
Reuters: “The Republican president filed his appeal after a federal judge threw out ‌the case and imposed nearly $1 million in sanctions against Trump and one of his lawyers for bringing a ‘frivolous’ suit.”
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Trump takes suit against Hillary Clinton over 2016 election to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to revive his dismissed lawsuit against his 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton accusing her of conspiring along with former ​FBI Director...
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 16h
The Trump administration has denied Illinois’ request for disaster relief — again. The state sought FEMA’s help after days of severe weather in and around the Chicago area in August. FEMA granted Indiana’s request for help with the same storm. buff.ly/P3ElxRb
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 14h
President of some of the divided states ... only the ones he thinks like him.
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 14h
We’ve reached the point where I cannot imagine a way to reform this. It’s beyond me.
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Lawyers, Guns and Money @lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 14h
Trump funds Putin’s war
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Trump funds Putin's war - Lawyers, Guns & Money
“The pee tape is real” is the charitable explanation: President Donald Trump said he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. Trump said on social media on Friday […]
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 15h
Trump wants Ukraine to stop attacking refineries. But he has no problem with Putin attacking children.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 15h
The Golden Era!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h
Central casting.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14h
2-year-old Kathlyn is among hundreds of thousands of children whose lives have drastically changed due to current immigration policies. "What could've been."
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Jonathan Diaz @jonathandiaz.bsky.social · 17h
After pressure from the DC Board of Elections and Election Protection organizations, a spokesperson for the Guard said that they are addressing this specific incident, and that National Guard members are "directed not to monitor or secure polling locations" www.washingtonsun.com/metro/nation...
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D.C. Elections Board Asks National Guard to Stay Away From Ballot Drop Boxes
Guard members were seen standing next to a drop box in Foggy Bottom this week.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 22h
STATEMENT OF ABBE LOWELL AND NORM EISEN, COUNSEL FOR FED GOVERNOR LISA COOK, IN RESPONSE TO WHITE HOUSE "HEARING" ANNOUNCEMENT
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 16h
They're partying in military housing while they make the actual troops live on squalid boats and wrecked airbases so their families back home can pay $5 a gallon.
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meta @metatheory.bsky.social · 15h
Gross.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 16h
Trump started a stupid & illegal war in Iran that has driven up diesel prices. Now he wants to bankroll Putin's illegal war against Ukraine by buying diesel from him.   One strategic disaster after the next. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Trump lifts sanctions on Russian diesel, suggests US may buy amid surging fuel prices
The move comes weeks ahead of the midterm elections.
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