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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026
State Department employees were falsely accused of "censoring" Americans. When do they get justice? thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C…
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 01/10/2026
I talked to Jake Sullivan and Jon Finer about the radical transformation of US foreign policy, away from a process designed to help all Americans and towards the interests of a few people in the administration or close to the president youtu.be/vn4i_Jk_khc?...
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Anne Applebaum on the Grifters and Ideologues Behind Trump’s Agenda
YouTube video by The Long Game Podcast
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exactly. As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“That is why Schmitt and Satan are convenient explanatory agents: They externalize the cause.But the transformation proceeded through choices made by conservatives who saw enough of what was happening to object yet concluded accommodation was preferable to rupture.” open.substack.com/pub/johnganz...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026
"internal financial documents show that ticket sales steeply declined after Mr. Trump’s takeover of the institution, and plunged even further after his name was added to the building" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/a...
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Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say (Gift Article)
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover @firinglineshow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“American foreign policy should be about benefiting all Americans,” says Pulitzer Prize-winning historian @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu. “When it’s designed to enrich a few people who have some kind of contact to the administration... it’s not good for America.” FULL EPISODE: bit.ly/4dYciVj
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A sobering, interesting, and thought-provoking discussion with Bob Kagan on the world crisis.The war in the Middle East isn’t over, Putin’s aggression isn’t over, Xi’s ambitions aren’t over, and above all Trump’s combination of bullying and weakness isn’t over. www.youtube.com/live/yV5I_7Y...
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Trump’s Iran Disaster Is Reshaping the World (w/ Robert Kagan) | Bulwark on Sunday
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"So Trump’s megalomania and narcissism, his deputies’ fanaticism and sycophancy, and the radicalization of MAGA are increasingly out of control. And elites’ accommodation is as widespread as ever. This Quadrangle of Doom means we face a perilous next two years." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-qua...
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Trump’s Quadrangle of Doom
It’s going to get worse.
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
White nationalism. That’s what the Trump regime’s immigration policies are all about. Brown and Black people out. White people in. Doesn’t get any simpler than that. The only immigrants the regime really wants are White Afrikaners: www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
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Trump administration to welcome up to 17,500 more White South Africans as refugees
The Trump administration is planning to welcome up to 17,500 additional White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees over the next 12 months, according to a notice sent to Congress.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“So here’s what Democrats should offer: Stop the data centers. Make AI safe. Protect your health care. Fix the rotten Supreme Court. Get us out of the Middle East. Renew our friendship with Canada. Hold the oligarchs accountable. Release the Epstein files.” www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
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What Dems Should Do With 54 Senate Seats
An eight-point agenda for turning a Senate majority into a mandate for action.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children. He praises Stalin on social media www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was a beloved Washington institution, enjoyed by millions of people. It has been destroyed for no real reason. Just vanity, carelessness, indifference. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Trump’s Kennedy Center Shakedown
The only appropriate response is to refuse to accede to his demands.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
“I don’t think Americans should be scared of anything,” says Vance, who’s part of an administration that shamelessly works to terrify Americans about law-abiding immigrants and transgender military officers.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/09/2026
Online grifters, private companies, and far-right ideologues have transformed traditional American diplomacy, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu writes. She explores how they’re wielding their newfound power:
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Donald Trump’s Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/09/2026
Lie after lie
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/09/2026
only fraudulent economists are allowed now?
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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social's new book on the subject: 'American Overthrow.' ‘Fascinating.’ @financialtimes.com ‘Should make readers of all political persuasions think twice about American politics.’ @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu 20% off with code GILES20 ➡️ tinyurl.com/36j3ejaa
Book cover for American Overthrow showing the Russian double-headed eagle on the seal of the President of the United States.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“We should all be appalled that the dignified rows of white marble headstones at Arlington could be overshadowed by this Great Triumphal Arch. We should all be appalled that our president is trying to impose such an un-American project on us. Stop the arch.” www.thebulwark.com/p/our-orange...
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Our Orange Napoleon Wants a Big Arch
It’s a lot of things, but it’s not “American.”
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The oligarchic Ellison family purchased CBS and installed the right-wing Zionist functionary Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief for moments like this.
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It's Always 9/11 Somewhere
A desperate ruling class returns to 9/11 politics as its hold on power slips. This is a clue as to the function of Islamophobia in the United States
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Trump Watch 👀 @trumpwatch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚨 THIS ISN’T MEDIA. IT’S A CORRUPTION PIPELINE. Pedo Trump + Paramount + CBS + the Ellisons. Money. Political favors. Media control. When billionaires trade access for power, democracy pays the price. Follow the money. 🔥🇺🇸 prospect.org/2026/09/01/p...
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Paramount, CBS, Trump, and the Ellisons: The Ultimate Corruption - The American Prospect
A new documentary, ‘Murdering 60 Minutes,’ brilliantly connects the dots.
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Are you kidding me www.cbsnews.com/news/abdul-e...
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Dean Barnett @darsb1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 28/08/2026
Read Peter Wehner, on the significance of Natalie Harp www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
MAGA is a Red Scare, a Race Scare, and a Gender Scare all at once.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/08/2026
"He's a man who had a drinking problem, who was a weekend Fox and Friends host, who is now in charge of the most complex bureaucracy that's ever existed in human history. It's just a clown show." Michael Wood on Pete Hegseth's leadership at the Pentagon:
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 23/08/2026
"Against Canada, Trump is fighting a trade war that very few Americans support, under leadership that most Americans reject, to achieve results that virtually all Americans would dismiss as pointless if not crazy" Read David Frum: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How to Lose a Trade War
Trump’s bullying of Canada is failing.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/08/2026
This is what the fake "free speech" advocates have built: an administration that harasses critics. Produce research showing the expensive National Guard deployments didn't lower crime? Get sued by Trump's lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The blob of pond scum that is our corrupt incompetent president surely does not understand why Mark Carney is so superior to him by every meaningful metric or that what Carney has cannot be bought by him at any price.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/08/2026
Breaking News: Mark Carney, Canada’s leader, rejected a U.S. trade deal and told Canadians that President Trump’s new tariffs were “designed to hurt and divide us.”
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Mark Carney Speaks to Canadians After Trade Talks With U.S. Collapse
Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after he ordered negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This headline is the perfect expression of the lalala Sulzberger fantasy that both parties are really centrist at heart. They don’t want to acknowledge that one has gone insane & that progressives are surging in the other. I’m surprised @jamellebouie.net played along www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/o...
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Opinion | The Right Is Rethinking MAGA. The Left Is Rethinking ‘Woke.’
As primary results trickle in, both parties are wrestling with what they stand for — and where they’re headed.
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415guy.bsky.social @415guy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
BTW, for those of you who are interested in listening to other perspectives besides the constant "editing of the word salads" done by the domestic media, YouTube has channels for CBC (Canada), Aljazeera (Middle East), France24 and DW (Germany). There are probably others, but those are my "go-to's".
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
There is a thirst on the right for an explicit anti-Muslim politics which Hegseth can fill and Vance probably can't/ www.mediamatters.org/pete-hegseth...
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Pete Hegseth's book includes complaints about “Muslims’ birth rates,” praise for “crusaders who pushed back the Muslim hordes”
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
There are some self-described socialist candidates on the left who I strongly disagree with, but the only politician seizing and nationalizing shares of private companies that I know of is Donald J Trump.
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Tempa @tempaleigh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"By jointly owning Trump, the two leaders will also acquire stakes in over 200 Republican members of Congress, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, and CBS News chief Bari Weiss."
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Don’t express alarm when he’s merely obviously TRYING to consolidate authoritarian power. You have to wait until he succeeds and you’re no longer allowed to.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I am not the first to make this point but imagine a woman president obsessing constantly over her “ballroom” as the economy imploded and her war spun out of control
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/08/2026
Headline from....the Daily Mail.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/08/2026
Horrific account of settler violence in the West Bank www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/w...
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Settler Siege of Palestinian Homes Highlights Growing West Bank Chaos
Two families have been trapped by settlers for days, casting a spotlight on the army’s struggle to curtail settler violence and protect Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 03/08/2026
update: they still haven't retracted their wildly misleading X posts
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 01/08/2026
Look, a lot of people are clowning on Adam O'Neal for taking a job for which he wasn't qualified in service of helping a billionaire curry favor with an autocrat, using his position to build an unpopular and facile video series and then bailing on the role in barely over a year.
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