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maikl @mhikaric.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's like the pitchbot wrote this

maikl @mhikaric.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Country whose security probably relies on the integrity of a normative security architecture says it won't support integrity of said security architecture. More at 11.

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maikl @mhikaric.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Classic. Russia makes an outrageous demand that it couldn't take on its own, uses it as a bargaining chip and to show it's being "constructive."

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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

If you are into post-Soviet monumental sculptures (donated by Russia to many cities around the world), you might know Zurab Tsereteli, who died today www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Georgian-Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli dies aged 91

He was known for gigantic and often controversial monuments, including some taller than the Statue of Liberty.

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

“THE COURT: Do you realize that this is Kafkaesque? …2 very experienced lawyers can't even tell [their client whose SEVIS record was terminated] whether…he's here legally, b/c the Court can't tell him whether or not he's here legally, b/c the govt’s counsel can't tell him if he's here legally.”

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This has to be one of the craziest admissions from A JUDGE that l've ever seen in a court transcript. What the hell are we doing here?!

THE COURT: Do you realize that this is Kafkaesque?
I've got two experienced immigration lawyers on behalf of a
client who is months away from graduation, who has done nothing wrong, who has been terminated from a system that you all keep telling me has no effect on his immigration status, although that clearly is BS. And now, his two very experienced lawyers can't even tell him whether or not he's here legally, because the Court can't tell him whether or not he's here legally, because the government's counsel can't tell
him if he's here legally.

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maikl @mhikaric.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

They've officially exited Eden, folks

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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

My latest in @thebulwark.bsky.social: There’s nothing inevitable in war, and the Ukrainians are in very strong defensive positions right now, and are improving weekly, their ability to generate force and to reinforce those positions. www.thebulwark.com/p/if-ukraine...

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If Ukraine-Russia Negotiations Fail, Victory Remains an Option

The secretary of state and the top American commander in Europe just gave two very different perspectives on the war.

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maikl @mhikaric.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

That time the Republicans cured us of our love of humongous trucks

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Ru ceasefires are always lies. Time for a broader audience to learn what Ukrainians have known for 11 yrs.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

reagan/bush judges: "this administration's shocking arguments would reduce the rule of law to lawlenssness" neocons: abolish ICE david brooks: communist manifesto Dem leadership, top liberal consultants/pundits: the latest NYT/Ipsos has Trump up +4 on immigration, +9 with noncollege men

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 15/04/2025

A New Hampshire real estate attorney and American citizen returning home from Canada says he was detained at the border without an explanation and "treated like a criminal."

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The War Monitor @warmonitor.net · 14/04/2025

Federal agents lied to schools to interrogate migrant kids, without warrants, consent, or cause. The children were living with legal guardians who never authorized this. It wasn't really a "welfare check". apnews.com/article/scho...

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Feds say agents went to LA schools to do welfare check on migrant children

The Department of Homeland Security says its officers visited two Los Angeles public elementary schools this week to do a welfare check on migrant children.

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 14/04/2025

bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record

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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 14/04/2025

Trump full-on accusing Zelensky of starting the war Russia launched against Ukraine in 2014, before Zelensky was even president, and escalated in 2022 with it unprovoked, full-blown invasion. Not a single criticism toward Putin, a day after the deadliest single attack of the war by Russia this year.

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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

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Nicole Micheroni @nicolemicheroni.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

Email from DHS revoking parole, unnamed recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 1

Email from DHS revoking parole, unknown recipient, received by Nicole Micheroni. Part 2

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maikl @mhikaric.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

There is so, so much wrong with this, but also why is Kherson in the Russian zone of control???

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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Europeans finding out that the Euro is now the reserve currency and they're the economic hegemon

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maikl @mhikaric.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

It's almost as though you can't totally separate Indopac threat vectors from Europe

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Thomas Wiegold @wiegold.de · 09/04/2025

missed this one last night: "Japan expressed interest Tuesday in participating in the NATO command for its Ukrainian mission based in Germany in what would be a major boost in ties with the largely European alliance."

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Japan says it wants to join a NATO command for the support of Ukraine

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani says Japan wants to participate in a NATO command for its Ukrainian mission as Japan increasingly steps up military ties with the largely European security organ...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Dark stuff. The lack of evidence against the Salvadoran deported in "error" is appalling. And the implication of Trump's position really is that anyone removed in "error" might not have recourse. See this exchange w/ @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social in four screen caps: newrepublic.com/article/1937...

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Cristina Maza @cmaza.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

NEW for @nationaljournal.com: Immigration lawyers around the U.S. are scrambling as the Trump administration disappears their clients with little due process and refuses to address deportation errors. They get daily calls from people looking for loved ones. www.nationaljournal.com/s/728168/imm...

nationaljournal.com

Immigration lawyers scramble as Trump pursues legally questionable deportations

One attorney's lament: 'We keep getting surprised by how far the administration will go.'

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I happen to know that some powerful media orgs were unhappy that AP filed suit; they thought the conflict with the White House would blow over on its own and that AP risked making bad law. The AP's leadership deserves a lot of credit for having proceeded as it did. apnews.com/article/trum...

apnews.com

AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists

A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

One of two things is happening. They don’t understand what’s happening. They want it to happen. Pick your poison

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Reuters @reuters.com · 09/04/2025

Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27

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South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says

Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Tragic, but also notable that this 4th death in North America is someone who is either a child or a person over the age of 65. That does not describe the vast majority of confirmed cases, who are adults under the age of 50. We really don't want to find out what H5N1 would do at population scale.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident. We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear. His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...

In just four days, Dr. Khan Suri was transferred among five different ICE facilities across three states, despite the fact that ICE records indicate there were beds in Virginia facilities. Dr. Khan Suri was fasting in religious observance of Ramadan, but multiple ICE facilities refused him food or water to break his fast.

For almost two weeks, he was housed in a room without a bed and with a television blaring 21 hours a day. Dr. Khan Suri was issued used underwear, and a bright red uniform that is usually reserved for detained individuals who have been classified as ‘high security’ based on their criminal history or alleged affiliation with criminal organizations. He is not permitted to work or spend more than two hours per week outside of his dorm.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Request is for 13x the current annual custody budget. Not sure people are preparing for the scale of the domestic gulags this administration wants to build and how many more people will be snatched if this operation gets up and running.

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Just call it surrender. Stop playing word games. The United States of America is surrendering to Russia.

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Jordan Heath-Rawlings @jordanhr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Can I interest you in a fantastic convo with @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social about how entwined our national security is with America's and what we need to do about it? Everything from supply chains to intelligence to ... Gordie Bond. It's all here, E5 of #ElbowsUp.

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Untangling Canada's national security from America's

Podcast Episode · Elbows Up · 2025-04-08 · 39m

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maikl @mhikaric.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I hope Andor Season 2 is just 12 episodes of the minutes of ISB supervisor meetings

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

“The Japanese American National Museum says Trump admin may withhold as much as $2 million approved by the Biden admin.” “Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a JANM leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

latimes.com

Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH

The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE. Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:

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Jaime Montana Cook is at
Sackets Harbor Central School.
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Message from the Sackets Harbor Principal
As the principal of these students, I need to speak plainly.
Our three students who were taken by ICE were doing everything right. They had declared themselves to immigration judges, attended court on their assigned dates, and were following the legal process.
They are not criminals. They have no ties to any criminal activity. They are loved in their classrooms. Their family has worked at the nearby "Old McDonald's" petting zoo and dairy farm for 15 years.
They lived in a house on the same road as a home ICE had a warrant for. The fact that ICE went door to door is unfathomable. The fact that our students were handcuffed and put into the same van as the alleged criminal from down the street is unconscionable. When I think of my third grader's experience, my stomach twists and it is hard to breathe.
We are in shock-and it is that shared shock that has unified our community in the call for our students' release.
We are in direct communication with our students. Let me be clear: they are not
"being medically evaluated." They are not being "questioned as potential victims."
Calling a detention center by another name does not change what it is.
We deserve better than spin and misinformation. My teachers and my students are already hurting.
Please, think about how long every hour feels for a third grader in a detention center.
The wait had already been too long a week ago.
I have no other agenda. Please release my students and their mother back to our community.
Jaime Cook
Prek-12 Principal
Sackets Harbor, NY

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maikl @mhikaric.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

A few critical observations: (1) Amazon is now little more than Alibaba express with markups (2) Wolfs (the excellent Apple movie) is, in the Die Hard tradition, definitely a Christmas movie (3) I was led to believe that a cyberpunk dystopia would have more widely available noodle stands

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

(AFP)- The head of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said on Thursday that the U.S. government had switched off a satellite that transmitted its Russian-language program into Russia. www.straitstimes.com/world/europe...

straitstimes.com

Radio Free Europe says US switches off satellite transmitting Russia broadcast

The Trump administration decided in mid-March to freeze its funding, amid a drive to slash the size of the federal government. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Sabine Freizer Gunes @sabinefreizer.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Russia is clearly not grateful Though the US imposed no new tariffs Tonight massive Russian drone attack on Ukraine including on Dnipro, Kyiv and Kharkiv where 2 reported killed so far

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

It’s not. Congress could solve this quite easily.

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Paul Rimple @pjrimple.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Borchorno, in Tusheti, is the highest inhabited settlement of Europe. #Travel there with us this summer. www.meetmeheretbilisi.com/tusheti-tour #GeorgiaTravel #TravelToGeorgia

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Carney: "The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of global economic leadership, when it forged alliances rooted in trust and mutual respect, and championed the free and open exchange of goods and services, is over."

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maikl @mhikaric.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Destroy all our international influence and alliances to mayyyybee get a wee wedge between Russia and China. Genius

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

On the tariffs @strangeloopcanon.com over at the other place has pretty convincing evidence that the White House may have used LLMs to come up with its tariff model and that that evidence may have come from LLM scraping of a Peter Navarro book. We are in the dumbest AI timeline.

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Toomas Hendrik Ilves @ilvestoomas.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Funny, the countries that didn't get tariffs: Russia North Korea Cuba Venezuela Berlarus Somalia Burkina Faso are, except for Cuba, which abstained, the same countries the US voted together with against the UN resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 🤔

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Joe Weisenthal @weisenthal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Dollar falling virtually every major currency in the world right now

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