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Rev. Dr. Chris McMullen @revdrchrismcmullen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Happy Barrack Obama Appreciation Day, everyone! (Please share!)

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Trump is starving Ukraine of some vital defensive systems. Again, it needs to be said, the US government is now acting in such a way that it is helping the Russians kill Ukrainians.

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

What you saw from Trump in CA this weekend was not law enforcement. What you saw was a test of ways and means for Trump to disrupt and pervert the 2026 elections. My latest in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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For Trump, This Is a Dress Rehearsal

Ordering the National Guard to deploy in Los Angeles is a warning of what to expect when his hold on power is threatened.

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Jacques Poitras @poitrasj.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

The Goddess of Democracy, Beijing, 1989.

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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

“What the Ukrainians provided on the weekend was a lesson that has 2 sides. They showed what can be done when politicians take risk and free up their people to exercise creativity. Ukraine also showed what happens to those whose learning and adaptation culture is inadequate.” archive.is/wAOnH

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

President Trump and his family are extorting billions of dollars from US companies and foreign nations. In new piece for @TheAtlantic I examine past US corruption - and conclude Trump can't be compared to anything American, only Russia or Africa. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist

He is taking self-enrichment to a scale never seen before in America.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I sent this piece out yesterday. Is Trump acting like a Russian agent of influence. The evidence is fascinating and not comforting. Worth noting that yesterday after publicly complaining about Russia, Trump put off any decision on sanctions for weeks.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

WASHINGTON (AP) - In second estimate, US says economy contracted 0.2% in first quarter amid Trump trade war tumult.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Trump is not angry with Putin, he is not frustrated with Putin, he is not about to punish Putin. Trump is protecting Putin--he just wants you to think he is not to cover himself politically. Its not TACO, its TAPP (Trump Always Protects Putin)

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

WATCH: @repmoskowitz.bsky.social calls out the astounding nearly $1 BILLION (!!) for ICE employees in bonuses alone in the Republican budget. Masked anti-constitutional vigilantism pays well these days. 🇺🇸

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

NEW: The recognition of de jure Russian sovereignty over Crimea or any other areas of Ukraine under occupation since 2014 would constitute a significant concession to Russia that should be balanced by a significant Russian concession in return. More in our latest: isw.pub/UkrWar042525

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative. A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

No exemptions though for the things poor people buy: inexpensive shoes, clothes, bedding, tableware.

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Warren Kinsella @warrenkinsella.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Pierre Poilievre is "very much in sync" with Trump. Has @ABDanielleSmith cost @PierrePoilievre the election before it even starts? #ableg #cdnpoli

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Sunshine, Philosophy & Atticus 🐕‍🦺 @philosophydj.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Stop whining about your crappy cars when you’re not paying any taxes!!! 🤦‍♀️☮️💙🌊🐕‍🦺

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Really important article in @foreignaffairs.com by former Ukrainian Defense Secretary Andriy Zagorodnyuk. Its about how Ukraine can fight on effectively without any US aid. It’s key to understand that Trump is full of BS when he says Ukraine has "no cards". www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/ukra...

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Ukraine Without America

How Kyiv can persist in the face of a hostile Washington.

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Politics @politics15.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

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Matthew Garrett @mjg59.eicar-test-file.zip · 05/03/2025

A while back I was helping examine the security of the Starlink terminal and found a very obvious bug in the bootloader that was only unexploitable due to the memory layout of the terminal. Critical infrastructure shouldn't depend on Starlink without a shitload of auditing.

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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

This is the first page of this morning’s edition of the Globe and Mail (arguably the English Canadian paper of record) I don’t remember seeing anything like this before

A mostly blank page with the words Strong and Free, from the English version of the Canadian national anthem )
Below the fold of this newspaper sheet , in smaller type, news and editorial references to the trade war

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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Through grim, cold and dark winters and dusty, hot summers, through the sacrifice and pain of war, you have played, and continue to play, a brave and historic role in opposing tyranny. Thank you, Ukraine. mickryan.substack.com/p/three-year...

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Three years of sacrifice and courage

Reflections on the meaning of three years of war in a much longer Ukrainian struggle against Russia.

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Trump and Vance are not selling out Ukraine because of anything Zelenskyy said to them. Trump and Vance are selling out Ukraine because of things Putin and Musk said to them.

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Mick Ryan @warinthefuture.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

That a wartime president who courageously remained in his country despite being urged to leave, and has united and led his country since, is lectured on 'peace' and 'advantage' by a former military photographer and a draft dodger is a massive irony.

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Ukraine Fact Sheet - February 21, 2025: isw.pub/UkraineFacts...

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Hi All, just sent out my weekend update (free as always). The only way to understand the USA and its interactions with Russia, Ukraine and Europe is to accept that the US is now a mafia state. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

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Weekend Update #121: The Mafia State Takes Over the USA

Phillips’s Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

NEW: Putin is Unlikely to Demobilize in the Event of a Ceasefire Because He is Afraid of His Veterans, by ISW Deputy Russia Team Lead @katstepanenko.bsky.social Read the special report: isw.pub/AfghanSyndrome

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

European Parliament member 👇🏽

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19/02/2025

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Hi All--a double barrelled post I hope you will find very important (and all free). First a comment on what we saw from Trump last night. The USA is now an open enemy of democracy--and needs to be understood as such. Also, Paul Krugman and I have a video chat. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

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The US Has Taken Sides--Against Democracy

Also: Paul Krugman and I have a video chat.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

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Brent Hobbs 🇺🇸🇱🇹🇺🇦 @brenthobbs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Here’s the only one I’ve seen so far.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/02/2025

white nationalist men are too emotional to be in charge

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

A dictatorship that kills people from democracies if they say something inconvenient hosting another dictatorship that does the same and a country run by a wannabe dictator who wants people jailed for saying anything inconvenient gathered to decide the fate of a democracy that wasn’t even invited?

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